Chapter 16 Black Market
When we went online, everyone from the Northern Alliance was already here, and there were also a few new faces, which caught me off guard. When Rose and I went online, these people were chatting together about something. Looking at the badges, you could tell that these were not people from the Northern Alliance, and each of them was the president.
Yanyu came over immediately when she saw us appearing: "Come on, let me introduce you to everyone. This is Ziri, the president of the Frost Rose Alliance. Next to her is Miss Rose, the financial director of the Frost Rose Alliance." Yanyu turned around again. Introduce us to these people. As their badges show, these people are basically the presidents of various guilds. Yanyu obviously also wants to get people to buy together. We told Yanyu that Tianting once said that if you buy more, you will receive gifts. Maybe Yanyu plans to attract more people to buy, and then not tell them that there are gifts, so that she can earn a gift fee. Yanyu's thoughts are consistent with those of me and Rose, but he is a third-hand reseller after all, so the profit is not as big as ours.
These people had obviously watched the video of the Sky Soldier test before we went online, because they did not ask me about the quality of the soldiers at all. Instead, they kept asking about the price and the issue of replenishing soldiers after losses.
Yanyu first arranged everyone's actions. Rose and I sat in the front seat, Yanyu sat opposite us, and the other presidents sat in two rows on both sides. After everyone was ready, I started to introduce: "Looking at everyone's enthusiasm, I know that you have already watched the video." Everyone nodded together. I continued: "Actually, this is a mission reward, not an ordinary soldier buying and selling plan as you might imagine."
A shrewd-looking president immediately said: "Does that mean that if there is a loss, it will not be replenished in the future?"
Rose said: "It is possible that you are talking about 'sex', but it is not entirely certain. Maybe we can get such a reward in the future, or one day our bank will formalize its relationship with Heaven and be able to purchase unlimited amounts." It’s possible. I’m not sure in any case. But I suggest you not to have too much hope, because as we all know, Heaven rarely comes into contact with players, and it’s not easy to improve relationships.”
"Then it can only be regarded as a one-time 'sexuality' right now, right?"
"Roughly the same."
The presidents below whispered to each other for a while, and finally Yanyu said as a representative: "We need a quotation now, are you ready?"
Rose tapped her temple with her finger: "The prices are all here, we didn't prepare a list. Tianting is not a supermarket, there is no quotation list. We also memorized it by heart, and in fact we just got this Military types. If you don’t believe it, go to Essinger and ask. Many people should have seen these soldiers arriving at Essinger in the morning. If you want to know the price, go outside and bring in a soldier of that type. I will tell you the price on the spot. ."
"Okay then." Yanyu winked at the presidents: "Go ahead and pick."
The presidents in the room dispersed in a hurry, and Rose and I followed out. The room was too small, and all the soldiers would definitely not be able to stand up if they were brought in, so Rose and I simply followed them out to see how they were selecting. There are only ten guild leaders here, including Yanyu and me. I have brought ten soldiers of each type, which is enough for them to share. Each guild leader chooses his favorite unit to stand beside him, so that we know how to give the price.
Yanyu has the least variety among all the presidents. Each of the eight presidents selected at least seven types of soldiers, while Yanyu only chose five. The most terrifying president chose sixteen arms. Rose said with some worry: "These soldiers are not cheap, you have to think carefully. If you choose so many types, you won't be able to buy much of each type. Maybe they won't be effective in combat, right?"
The president immediately said: "My guild is very small and cannot afford to form a large-scale army. This time I plan to buy some soldiers to form an elite force similar to a special force."
"Oh. That's a good idea."
Rose asked the Northern Alliance people to prepare a large number of notes and pens, and then write the prices on the notes and paste them on the soldiers selected by the president. Almost all the presidents couldn't help but roll their eyes when they saw the price. We ourselves felt that the price set this time was a bit exaggerated, but considering that we urgently needed funds to purchase the heavenly weapons, we had no choice but to go a little lower.
Among the arms chosen by these presidents. The sword and shield infantry who was the first to participate in the test was the most purchased, probably because his performance was so outstanding in the first place. Including Yanyu, nine guild presidents chose this unit. But looking back, this unit does have very standard combat strength, which is average in every aspect. As a regular army, what is important is overall strength, not outstanding performance. This kind of soldier fits this requirement very well.
At the beginning, this soldier had to deal with three Templars alone. As a result, seventeen Templars were killed and three were seriously injured. Such an outstanding performance cannot be cheap. The Templar Knights participating in the war were at a special level, and the price of each knight was 1,100 crystal coins. If calculated in terms of combat effectiveness, this heavenly soldier has at least as much combat effectiveness as other soldiers with 20,000 crystal coins. As long as someone is not too stupid and has 20,000 crystal coins, they will only buy one soldier like this instead of 18 Templars.
Rose and I originally considered dividing the price according to combat effectiveness. The total price of the soldiers defeated by this heavenly soldier definitely exceeded 20,000 crystal coins. Although not all of the Templars were dead. But the soldier who was seriously injured and unconscious was almost dead. On the battlefield, such soldiers are usually trampled to death before being carried away by the ambulance team. Although we originally considered selling it this way, we are a little worried now that we have seen the actual results. Isn’t it really scary at this price? Even if this heavenly soldier is more powerful than other soldiers worth 20,000 crystal coins, it would be a bit scary to actually sell it for 20,000 crystal coins. After all, there seems to be no unit of other religious forces that costs more than 1,600 crystal coins. We suddenly got 20,000 crystal coins, which is absolutely terrifying. So the final price posted was a 20% discount, which was 16,000 crystal coins. Even though this price was already our 20% discount, it still frightened the presidents.
After Rose posted this unit, the other units became much more chaotic, and each guild had its own hobbies. Rose wrote the prices to them one by one, and the presidents followed behind with fear. The sword and shield wielder just now is considered a mid- to low-level unit, so most of the other units are more expensive than this price.
Rose put a price on a mighty cavalryman in golden armor, and the president who chose this unit immediately stared: "Twenty-eight thousand?" Plop. The president fell straight down.
The president next to him touched his chest and said, "Fortunately, I don't plan to buy cavalry. I am an infantryman."
Rose walked to the heavenly soldier next to him and posted the price while saying: "I'm sorry, the one you picked has always been used as a centurion land in heaven, and it is a little more expensive than the cavalry. But don't worry too much, it's only one cent more expensive. Just a little bit.”
"How much is that?" the president asked, wiping the sweat from his forehead and his legs shaking.
"Thirty thousand crystal coins."
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I quickly went over to help the president and said, "Don't be afraid! Although this soldier is worth 30,000 crystal coins, think about it. Even if you spend 60,000 crystal coins to buy 0 human infantry, you still can't beat this centurion captain." .So this is actually not expensive, but very cheap.”
Originally, the president just fell to the ground. When I said this, he immediately foamed at the mouth and became completely unresponsive.
Yanyu was considered the strongest. He could barely hold on and waited until his member moved him a stool before slumping down on it. The price is indeed a bit too shocking. Most people couldn't bear the price of selling one soldier to twenty high-level soldiers.
Although they were a little nervous due to the price, these presidents were still very clear-headed. After careful consideration they agreed that the deal was actually worth it, but ostensibly they wanted to make a counteroffer to me.
I jumped up immediately: "You have got the wrong person. The army belongs to heaven, and I am a buyer like you. If I can bargain, why don't you tell me? Don't I want to buy more to arm my guild? It's so expensive Earth soldiers, a large guild like ours doesn’t dare to buy too much, do you think I am willing?”
Everyone shut up when I said that. It's not that they didn't think about the issue of kickbacks. However, considering that the price/performance ratio of this soldier does have great potential, if it offends me and makes me unable to buy it, wouldn’t that be a bigger disadvantage?
These presidents quickly accepted the fact that although the price was high, they were not buying for everyone. There is still a lot of money in the guild. This time I finally understood what it means to have strength in numbers. Except for the Northern Alliance, the eight guilds ordered a total of 100 million crystal coins worth of heavenly troops from me. Rose and I spent a lot of effort not to jump up on the spot. Shouting that we are rich. The actual price of these soldiers is only one-tenth of our quotation. With a total price of 100 million, our total profit after tax will not be less than 75 million crystal coins. The specific amount of the Northern Alliance's share is not yet known. The 75 million does not include the Northern Alliance's share.
It seems that all the major guilds in the country are full of money, and eight guilds actually collected 100 million crystal coins. But it’s appropriate to think about it. Our guild actually has more money, but every time we have money, we invest in expanding production, so we are always short of funds. Our guild is not really poor, we just spend money too fast.
While the presidents were placing orders and writing contracts, Rose and I discussed whether we should promote these heavenly soldiers on a larger scale. Although making money is the main purpose. But if the main battle NPCs of the Chinese guilds are replaced by heavenly soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese guilds can definitely be greatly improved. Compared to buying the guards of the Temple of Light and the Temple of Darkness, even if the price of the Heavenly Soldiers is increased ten times by us, it still has a perfect value for money. Why not do it happily?
Rose also agrees with my idea, but she is darker than me. Rose wants me to go to Germany and she herself to South Korea to promote the two sides. The price is slightly higher than what would be sold to the Chinese guild. Anyway, as long as it is more cost-effective than other types of arms, it will be fine.
It was originally just to raise funds. Unexpectedly, it turned into a hugely profitable industry. Anyway, it’s a one-shot deal. Just make enough money.
The presidents signed the contract and submitted it to the system for confirmation, and then each delivered the money to the system for safekeeping. The money will be automatically transferred to our guild's account after we deliver the goods. Just because this damn system had to arrive first before the money could be paid, I had to go back to heaven to buy the heavenly soldiers one by one and pay them to these guilds one by one. If we buy all these goods at once, our bank will not have so much working capital for the time being, so we will have to deal with it slowly.
Mist and Rain's Northern Alliance waited for those presidents to leave before discussing the purchase and sale plan with us. Compared to our price that shocked those presidents at the beginning, the Northern Alliance's purchase order also shocked us. I always thought that the Northern Alliance was just a large military guild without much money, but today it seems that the Northern Alliance's hidden power is definitely not small. This time, Yanyu actually placed an order for 200 million crystal coins with me. Rose and I were fooled on the spot. Not to mention ordinary guilds, even if our guild does not engage in large-scale construction, if we want to take out 200 million crystal coins at a time, we need to think about it first. This Northern Alliance actually dares to place such a large order.
We are making money anyway, and the more he buys, the happier we are. We are not worried at all about the Northern Alliance using these soldiers to suppress our guild. Not to mention that our current relationship is still relatively good. This profit alone absolutely guarantees our safety. Every time the Northern Alliance buys a soldier, it is equivalent to buying 7 soldiers for us. The more he buys, the greater the gap between us. It is impossible for him to suppress us with the help of heavenly soldiers. I believe Yanyu himself knows this. Although he didn't say it, he definitely knew that the actual price would not be so exaggerated. But he never imagined that the actual price was only one-tenth of the listed price.
After returning to Isengard, Rose and I immediately found Ying, Hong Yue, Zi Yue, Shura Ziyi, Chuang Wang, and Su Mei. I briefly talked about this Tianbing promotion plan, and at the same time showed today's huge results. After everyone understood what was going on, Rose quickly assigned tasks: "Ying and Ziyue are responsible for the sales of general guilds in the country, and pay attention to those guilds with better reputations. Hongyue is specifically responsible for the Hot Blood Alliance. After all, it is your brother's guild. We are considered a family, so the price can be lowered, as long as we don’t lose money, but we must keep it secret and announce it to the outside world that the price is still the same. Shura Ziyi is responsible for sales in the United States, so the price might as well be a little more cruel. Americans have money, as long as They are willing to spend money on high-end armaments. I will be in charge of the South Korean side, and my husband, you will be in charge of the German side. The price will depend on the situation. Sumei, you and Chuang Wang go to the Indonesian side, where people from so many countries are crowded. Together, such excellent soldiers will definitely be easy to sell."