Dragon's Origin

After seeing off the Great Elder and Third Elder of the Xia family, Mei'er and Qiangwei suppressed their excitement and returned to the back hall. Knowing that no outsiders would see or hear them, they both shouted excitedly, slapped each other's hands, and hurriedly ran towards Wang Sheng's practice room.

This deal was a huge profit! Even Mei'er, who was accustomed to the scale of business at Qian Sheng Yuan Run Zi Fang and Meng Zhi Fang Ya Yun, rarely made so much in a single transaction.

Despite Mei'er and Qiangwei's calm demeanor when seeing off the two elders of the Xia family, their hearts were already boiling. Standing at the door, they were even trembling slightly with excitement.

Bang! The door of the practice room was pushed open heavily. Before the person outside could enter, Wang Sheng and the old Taoist already heard Mei'er's shout: "Lord, do you know how much we earned this time?"

Wang Sheng and the old Taoist already knew the two women were coming when they started running over, so they didn't react much. Wang Sheng had expected Mei'er's shout, but the old Taoist was confused, not knowing what had happened.

"Take your time, sit down and rest!" Wang Sheng stood up, pulled Mei'er over, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and pressed her into a chair. He did the same for Qiangwei, and after the two women were seated, he turned to explain to the old Taoist: "Old Taoist, here's what happened."

Wang Sheng explained how the Third Elder of the Xia family had come to buy the extra tickets, the first chance to get the complete map of the Thousand Absolutes Land core for a year, and the secrets to survival in the Shanyue area: "I let them talk to Mei'er, and the results should be out now, and they should be very good. These two girls haven't seen much of the world, don't laugh at them."

"No problem, no problem!" The old Taoist stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Girl, tell me, how much did you earn?"

"First, the fifty concert tickets," Mei'er said with a smile, counting them off one by one: "Normally, they're 100,000 gold coins each, but they wanted an extra fifty, so I sold them for ten times the price. 50 million gold coins!"

Wang Sheng directly gave Mei'er and Qiangwei a thumbs up. That was really pushing it! These fifty tickets alone earned half the profit of a concert. Mei'er really deserved the credit.

The old Taoist knew the price of a Grandmaster's concert, but now hearing that Mei'er had swindled the Xia family out of 50 million gold coins without batting an eye, even with his heaven-defying cultivation, he couldn't help but admire her business acumen.

"They had to buy them!" Mei'er explained to the old Taoist with a grin: "The Xia family and the Qiu family suffered heavy losses, and many experts died. They urgently need to replenish their forces. It's the Xia family today, and it will be the Qiu family another day. They can't escape either."

Last time, the Qiu family provoked Zhu Shaodong to deal with Wang Sheng in Tongxing City, and ended up paying 200 million gold coins to settle the matter. But Mei'er was a vengeful person, and she still remembered it. If the Qiu family wanted the remaining fifty spots, they shouldn't even think about it without offering a higher price than the Xia family. She would bleed them dry!

"Another thing, the method to enter the Shanyue area," Mei'er said again, mentioning the second business deal: "Lord, guess how much I sold it for? Old Ancestor, you guess too."

"Five million gold coins," Wang Sheng quickly said a number.

"Well, close enough," the old Taoist nodded. Last time, Wang Sheng's simple method to prevent snow blindness earned each family 1 million gold coins, making them all cry out in pain. This time, the method to enter the Shanyue area was still being bought by the Xia and Qiu families, and each family could be sold for 5 million gold coins, totaling 10 million, which wasn't a small amount.

The old Taoist knew what the method was. It was so simple it couldn't be simpler. After entering a certain area of the Shanyue area, just quickly find a place to take a bath and wash off the smell on your body. It was that simple. If the two families knew that the method they bought was so simple, they would probably be heartbroken.

"I rounded it up for them," Mei'er and Qiangwei looked at each other and then laughed at the same time. After laughing, Mei'er slowly hinted at an answer.

"Ten million?" The old Taoist subconsciously said a whole number when he heard that it was rounded up. A method for taking a bath earned them 10 million gold coins. What a profiteering merchant!

Mei'er shook her head, smiling without saying a word. Qiangwei next to her had the same expression, looking proud, as if waiting for Wang Sheng to praise her.

"You didn't round these two up to 100 million, did you?" Wang Sheng knew how black-hearted Mei'er could be, and he couldn't help but ask in disbelief at this moment.

Wang Sheng was also a little frightened when he asked this question. If it was really this price, then it was an astronomical amount. The Lingxu old Taoist next to him was already dumbfounded. Just telling people to take a bath could sell for 50 million gold coins?

Mei'er nodded triumphantly. It really was that number. When she said rounded up, she meant rounded up to 100 million gold coins together with the tickets.

"Isn't this already making enemies?" Seeing Mei'er really nodding, the old Taoist couldn't believe his eyes. This wasn't called business, this was simply offending people!

"No, no, no!" Mei'er shook her head directly, refuting: "Old Ancestor, this isn't selling a method for 50 million, but the Xia family spent 50 million to buy an opportunity to change the balance of power between the two sides. If you calculate it this way, isn't 50 million gold coins worth it?"

The old Taoist didn't have much time to return, but he knew roughly how the Xia and Qiu families had been beaten by the Shanyue Kingdom. They could only be passively beaten without any way to fight back, and the two families were almost worried to death. Now that there was a way to change the balance of power between the two sides, it was a great advantage for the two countries. Just this shift in offense and defense could reduce the deaths of many disciples, kill many enemies, and allow the two families to occupy countless benefits. The numbers were countless!

If you really calculated it this way, only 50 million gold coins was not a loss at all. You can't say that the method is simple and worthless. Since it's so simple, why didn't you think of it?

This was like Hou Debang's Hou's alkali production method on Earth, or the production method of Prussian blue. They all seemed simple now, but when people didn't understand them at the time, they could only use extremely expensive methods to manufacture them. A simple little method could bring in profits many times greater than 50 million gold coins, so there was absolutely no way it was not worth it.

After understanding the reasoning behind this, even the Lingxu old Taoist had to give Mei'er a thumbs up in admiration. This was simply divine! In terms of business acumen, Mei'er had already reached the legendary realm, right?

Wang Sheng was also a little ashamed. It seemed that letting Mei'er negotiate was really the right thing to do. If he had quoted the price himself, he might have been fooled by the Xia family for only 5 million. Mei'er was still tough, and this time it was another 50 million, rounding it up!