Chapter 504: Flattery
Inside the Desert Arrow train carriage, Dorothy stared at the neatly printed words on the table in front of her. She was silent for a while, her heart was in turmoil, and she wanted to curse.
"The rent is 10,000 pounds and the deposit is 30,000 pounds. Why don't you just go and rob it? It's not like you won't return this blessed item after renting it. Is it necessary to charge you so much? Did you guys all die of poverty in your previous life?"
After hearing the price offered by Beverly, Dorothy cursed in her heart. The rental of this blessed object would be 10,000 pounds, and the deposit would be 30,000 pounds, which meant that she would need to raise at least 40,000 pounds to rent the item, and her current cash... emmm, after counting her assets, Dorothy found that she didn't even have 2,000 pounds.
Her most recent big expense was to sneak onto the special envoy's vehicle to Addis. She spent 700 pounds to buy a lot of supplies in Kankedal Harbor and disguised herself as a merchant to qualify to board the Desert Arrow. After this, Dorothy's originally ample cash suddenly shrank to only about 1,100 pounds, a huge difference compared to 40,000 pounds.
You know, Dorothy only spent more than 1,000 pounds to buy the holy emblem of the Stone Prince, and now it has suddenly soared to tens of thousands of pounds. This is really too much for Dorothy to bear for a while. You have to know that this is an era where you can buy a small villa for 500 pounds. The price of tens of thousands of pounds is already at the level of small-scale military purchase orders between some countries. This is not a price that an individual can easily afford.
In addition, Dorothy seriously suspected that Beverly temporarily raised the price and then reduced it in the name of solving the problem of Gabu, just like what happened on Taobao on Double Eleven. In this way, Beverly not only repaid her for helping them get rid of Gabu, but also made every penny less of the money she was supposed to earn.
Looking at the offer given by Beverly, Dorothy was silent for a long time. Then she thought carefully for a while and picked up the pen to write on the page.
"This price is still a bit too expensive. It's a bit distorted to say the least..."
"Expensive? It's not expensive. This is a blessed item blessed by the gods. How can it be cheap? In the past, the parties who rented blessed items were all large associations or countries. When they needed a blessed item, it must have some special and important purpose. Therefore, even a high price would be acceptable to them. You should know that blessed items not only have extraordinary abilities, but are also key tools for many rituals. If they are in the right place, they can have an influence comparable to that of a large army. In a sense, we rent out blessed items as key military equipment. These tens of thousands of pounds are really nothing.
"You haven't seen how expensive it is yet. The rental cost of the God-given items on it alone exceeds the cost of building a battleship. The total cost can bring a burden to the finances of a powerful country like Putin and Faraday. This is what is called truly expensive.
"If you have doubts about the price I offer, you can go to other big cities to ask the Craftsmen's Guild's bases whether the price I offer is already extremely favorable. Of course... the business of renting blessed objects needs to be reported directly to the General Association. Ordinary customers are not qualified. You will probably need to make a transaction volume of 7,000 to 8,000 pounds and become a VIP at the local Craftsmen's Guild before this business can be opened to you."
Beverly responded to Dorothy bluntly. Looking at the long string of printed Putin letters that quickly appeared in front of her, Dorothy was stunned. She thought that with Beverly's personality and level, the other party would not deceive her. This magical object should be priced at this price, and she must have gotten a lot of bargains.
According to Beverly's words, Dorothy also roughly understood that the business targets of the blessed items were not ordinary individual Beyonders, but countries and large associations. For the key ceremony, they could afford such a price. After all, they had a strong foundation, a large organization, and a wide range of ways to make money. But when this price fell on her, it was indeed too expensive. Even if it was a big discount, it still seemed expensive.
Looking at Beverly's response, Dorothy couldn't help but be silent. After thinking for a while, she continued writing on the page.
"Okay, I already know the price, but I don't need it right now, so I won't rent it for now. I'll contact you when I need it."
"Sure. Anyway, the rental of divine objects is not a very hot business. There should be stock whenever you come. If you want it, just contact me directly~"
After that, Dorothy and Beverly said goodbye to each other again. Then Dorothy closed the "Wenhai Hangzhi" in front of her, took a long breath, and leaned back on the sofa behind her.
"Phew... 40,000 pounds. How can I get that?"
Touching her forehead, Dorothy looked at the scenery passing by outside the car window and began to think hard in her heart.
Dorothy's main source of income has always been robbing various cults. Although the income from this is not bad, it is far from enough compared to the cash Dorothy needs now. She must think of some other ways to make money.
The first thing Dorothy thought of was to make a "Qi" storage and sell it in the market. With the current high price of "Qi", it would not take many pieces to make money, but the key "Qi" storage production technology has long been lost, and she has the talent but cannot make it. And even if she made it, it would be risky to sell it in the market at this time, because the suspected Heavenly Judge Cult has appeared, and now it is estimated that a lot of eyes are staring at the "Qi" market, and the sudden appearance of the supply may be noticed.
"This is so difficult..." Dorothy sighed and scratched her head, then she couldn't help but sigh at the difficulties of her life.
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North Ufeija Coast, Kankerdar.
At noon, in an oasis surrounded by green trees in the suburbs of Kankedal, there are many villas standing here. Many of the gates of these villas are planted with national flags of different styles, and almost all of them are the flags of the main continent countries, which symbolizes the noble nationality and identity of the owners of the owners here.
Among this series of villas, there is a large one with its own courtyard, fountains, and exquisite garden sculptures. The most eye-catching courtyard is as beautiful as a garden. There is a flag at the entrance of the courtyard of the villa like other villas, but it is not the flag of any country, but a green flag with the outline of Kankedal.
In this huge villa, a white man in his fifties with white hair and a well-fitting suit was sitting on the balcony of the villa. He was smoking a cigar in one hand and unfolding a newspaper with the other hand, staring at the news on it, with a solemn look in his eyes.
On the newspaper he was looking at, there was a piece of news being published at the moment, with the following written in eye-catching large fonts.
"The Addis talks have concluded, and the special envoys represented by Sister Vanya have set off to return."
Under the huge title, there is a long subtitle and main text, which records more content.
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