Chapter 16

The overseas market is much larger than the domestic market. Currently, the space ring is very popular. With this high level of interest, if the space ring can be exported overseas, the sales figures will definitely be impressive.

However, given the unique nature of the space ring product, she needs to consult with professionals before deciding whether to sell it.

Although she coveted the huge overseas market, she prioritized national security above all else. If the United States restricted the export of the space ring, she would not complain.

Almost as soon as Xia Ke asked her question, Chen Ying called.

“Ms. Xia, I am glad that you have considered things thoroughly, and I am also pleased that you made your decision with the country as the prerequisite.”

Xia Kezhen was surprised that Chen Ying would call her. Minister Chen's voice was as elegant and crisp as it had been two months ago, so she quickly replied.

"This is what I should do as a citizen of the Flower Country."

"Regarding your inquiry about the space ring exit, I've discussed it with my colleagues in the relevant departments before. The organization's intention is to respect any business development plans you have and not worry about technology leaks. Judging from the research materials you donated to the Flower Kingdom, cracking the space ring technology without those materials would be extremely difficult. Although you are the seller of the space, you probably haven't conducted any experiments on space travel between countries, have you?"

Yes, Xia Ke had not done any related experiments, nor did she have the means to do so, nor did she dare to actually go to the border to conduct the experiments.

However, when she asked the system whether it was possible to use the space ring to cross borders between countries, the answer was no.

The premise for establishing a spatial ring is that the location is public. In the system, public is defined as the public nature of a shared space.

For example, the road in front of her house is a public area that any citizen of the Flower Kingdom can come to, as can people from the Eagle Kingdom who live in the Flower Kingdom. However, people from the Eagle Kingdom who live in the Eagle Kingdom cannot come directly through the spatial ring. This is because the system regards the Flower Kingdom as a shared space. This shared space contains small public spaces as well as private spaces. People in the same shared space can only cross spaces within the public area.

Therefore, the claims made abroad that there is no space around the customs borders of various countries are completely baseless slanders.

Chen Ying continued speaking.

"After obtaining the space ring, our people conducted numerous experiments at the border, and all of them failed. Even when the distance was only one meter, the space ring could not create the other end of the location as long as the border line was crossed."

At this point, Xia Ke understood what the organization meant.

Even if foreigners obtain the space ring, they cannot crack the technology or enter the country without going through customs. They can only travel within their own country and pose no threat to the Flower Kingdom. Therefore, we can sell it as we see fit and need not worry about anything else.

However, exporting goods overseas is not an easy task. First of all, Hongqi Piao has no qualifications in this regard, and export trade-related procedures need to be completed on the spot. In addition, international express delivery will increase its prices.

"Master, you're being unethical! We clearly agreed on a yearly delivery fee of 600,000 yuan, and now you're raising the price halfway through, showing absolutely no sense of contractual obligation!"

“We were talking about domestic express delivery before. The cost of international express delivery is definitely not comparable to that of domestic express delivery. A price increase is a reasonable demand.”

"But our previous agreement did not clearly specify whether it was a domestic or international courier service."

The system crashed; this was indeed his mistake.

Among the hosts he had previously mentored, they were likely still struggling with research and development projects or product promotion during this period. They couldn't even get their products out of the domestic market, let alone sell them internationally. That's why he didn't specify the region when he signed the first contract.

Upon closer examination, it was indeed a systemic error.

The system decided to compromise: "When the logistics agreement was signed previously, an important clause was indeed missing due to a system oversight. The system is willing to pay for the error, and the host can receive a 50% discount on international logistics for the first year."

How much is it after the 50% discount?

"Eight hundred thousand a year."

Xia Ke exclaimed, "So expensive!"

"International logistics involves longer routes and more complex procedures, and the fees charged by the system are based on market prices."

“Okay.” Xia Ke agreed to the system’s suggestion.

The system that binds him is highly intelligent; communicating with him feels exactly the same as communicating with a human.

Eight hundred thousand isn't a large sum for her now. If the system is willing to back down, then she doesn't need to keep chasing after it. As I said before, having a strained relationship with the system is harmful to her.

The cost of 800,000 can simply be added to the selling price of the space ring, and the cost can be passed on to overseas customers.

She can't bear to exploit her fellow countrymen in China, but she won't be so lenient with the people abroad!

Xia Ke asked Liu Yun to handle the export procedures, while Xia Ke herself started registering a store on Walker, the largest shopping platform in the world.

Only a minority of people can access her domestic shops by bypassing the Great Firewall. If she wants to capture the overseas market, she will definitely need to adapt to local customs and join the shopping platforms that they are familiar with.

Perhaps Chen Ying had made some arrangements, because the export procedures were completed quickly. By the time the qualifications were obtained, Xia Ke had also successfully submitted the materials and registered her online store on Walker.

Within an hour of registering the online store, it had already garnered 50,000 followers. While this was partly due to the promotional effect of domestic online stores, it was largely driven by the eagerness of overseas buyers to purchase the space ring. They desperately wanted to own their own space ring.

The newly recruited overseas store operators will list products at the prices agreed upon in previous meetings.

In overseas Walker stores, each space ring costs 20,000 yuan, which is three times the price in China.

Even with the high price, it was still hard to dampen the enthusiasm of overseas buyers for purchasing the space rings. As soon as the products were listed, they sold out instantly.

The newly recruited operations manager speaks excellent English. He skillfully replies to buyers' messages while listing a new batch of products.

This shop operator is not in China; he is currently studying in Tajikistan. There are three other shop operators like him, all of whom are international students in different countries.

All four were level 10 surfers, surfing domestic waves, so they knew about the Space Ring when it first appeared in China. But at that time, they could only watch videos of the Space Ring and drool over it, never imagining that they would later be interviewed as overseas part-time operations staff for Red Flag, nor did they expect that one of their employee benefits would be a Space Ring that could be purchased at 80% of the domestic price.

Although it was a part-time job, Hongqi Piao was very wealthy and offered exceptionally generous wages and benefits.

If you calculate today's sales volume and price of the Space Ring, you'll understand why they pay such high salaries.

Xia Ke was busy with product export matters, but only at the beginning of the decision-making process. After handing over the tasks to the next person in charge, she returned to a state of leisure.

It's better to be a boss.

Everything is done by someone else; you just need to say a few words.

With the help of the system's logistics, the first batch of overseas buyers who purchased the space ring received their goods by noon that same day.

A university in the country of Lanxi.

Lola had just finished her afternoon nap when she saw a box on the living room table. Before she could take a closer look, she heard her roommate say...

"When I got home today, I saw a box at the door that looked like yours, so I helped bring it in."

“I saw that the box had the words ‘Flower Country’ written on it. Honey, how did you end up receiving a package from Flower Country?”

Laura was still a little groggy after waking up and didn't react immediately.

"Friends from the Flower Country? No, darling, you know, the only Flower Country people I've ever met are the international students in my class."

She realized what was happening half a minute later.

"The Land of Flowers? You said it's a package from the Land of Flowers!"

"Oh my god, I know what it is! But this is just too amazing. I placed the order this morning and it arrived in just a few hours. It's incredible!"

"From the Flower Country to the Lanxi Country, there's a huge gap between the two planets!"

Her roommate was completely confused.

"Lola, what are you saying? Sorry, I don't understand a word."

"It's a space ring! A space ring produced in the Flower Kingdom. It's been really popular online lately. Alice, I'm sure you've seen videos about it."

"Yes, I saw it. I also know that today is the first time it has been released overseas, but it is too expensive. If I were to buy it, it would cost me two months' worth of living expenses, so I didn't buy it."

"What are we waiting for, Lola? Open the box and let us see this amazing little thing."

"OK."

Lola and Alice sat together, carefully opening the beautifully packaged box.

Looking at the tiny spatial ring inside the box, both of them were incredulous.

"It's amazing that such a small thing can take me 150 kilometers away. It's simply a miracle in the history of human technology."

"Yes, it's so beautiful. I hope the red flags will be on sale during holidays so I can have my own space ring too."

After speaking, Lola operated the space ring according to the instructions.

For exports, the system changed the instruction manual to the official language of the buyer's country.

This was just a simple request, and the system readily agreed.

Using the space ring was completely foolproof, and Lola quickly completed her first space travel.

Lola returned to her apartment through the spatial loop with a flushed face and her eyes shining brightly.

"Alice, you really should buy a space ring. Only those who have actually used it can understand what a magical experience it is."

To be honest, Alice was also madly in love with the Space Ring after seeing its actual effects, but unfortunately, she was broke and had to give up.

Lola used the spatial ring to go to school that day. She was a super procrastinator and usually arrived at class on time. Sometimes she would be late and get scolded by the professor if she didn't control herself well. But now she doesn't have to worry about this problem anymore.

She's a procrastinator, while her roommate is a decisive person who mentions school every day twenty minutes before class.

Lola asks Alice to help her create another location in the classroom and to help her press the space ring three minutes before class begins.

Alice is a helpful person, and she rarely refuses requests for help, especially since the person asking for her help this time is her roommate who lives under the same roof.

She nodded and took the small spatial ring from Lola's hand.

Alice went to school as usual that day. She read for fifteen minutes on the lawn and arrived at the classroom five minutes before class started. At that time, there were only a few people in the classroom, and she even saw a few unfamiliar faces.

Time passed second by second.

Three minutes before class started, there were still not many people in the classroom.

Are you all planning to skip class today? If so, the professor will be furious!

Because she was thinking about something, Alice pressed the space ring a minute later than planned.

Just as the blue vortex appeared in front of her, many more blue vortexes suddenly appeared in other parts of the classroom.

The most outrageous thing was that five vortexes appeared simultaneously in front of a blond boy.

When Alice saw her classmates emerging from the whirlpool, she finally understood why there were so few people in the classroom.

The strangers she had seen earlier were nothing more than tools, just like her, helping their friends create locations within their spatial rings.

Time's up, class begins.

But the professor was late.

Just as the students were wondering what was going on, a remote-controlled airplane flew from the window to the podium, and then the professor's voice came through the airplane.

"Good afternoon, my lovely children. Please help me press the space ring button on the remote control airplane."

The students in the front row eagerly ran up to the stage to help.

It was that familiar blue vortex again. Their professor, heavily pregnant, emerged from it, stretching out his arms as if to embrace.

"Kids, I hope you like this entrance!"

"Wow! The professor is so cool!"

Alice also cheered and applauded for the professor's appearance.

His eyes were fixed on the silver light in front of the professor. It had only been half a day since it was released, but the spatial ring had already taken over the campus.