Chapter 335: Flattery
Dr. D did not want to contact Zhou Man after the ban was lifted, at least not for a long time.
Although she was thick-skinned enough, she was not thick-skinned enough to contact people again as if nothing had happened after being caught and fined for prying into their secrets.
Maybe, but definitely not in three days.
But she didn't expect that she would receive an email from Zhou Man as soon as the ban was lifted.
She didn't want to open it, guessing it was probably a letter of questioning.
But after browsing the forum and not finding anything that she was particularly interested in and could afford, Dr. D turned around and opened the email Zhou Man sent her.
To her surprise, the email did not question her, but expressed concern for her and made a request, hoping that she could do the other party a favor.
Dr. D was silent for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Are you asking me to make amends?"
It's not wrong to think so, but they haven't signed any long-term cooperation contract, nor are they close partners. They are just inquiring about each other. Do they need to be compensated?
Despite thinking this, Dr. D gritted his teeth and contacted Zhou Man.
There was no other way. She was a professor of biology, but no large group was willing to fund her research institute. She could only apply for research funds from the school and conduct research with a group of doctoral students and graduate students.
But the gains were small.
She had to make some discoveries to support her large group of people, but she couldn't spend too much on the target.
The objects favored by people on the forum are biological in nature, and they cost hundreds of thousands or even millions.
Moreover, one target object may not necessarily produce research results. Sometimes the target object is used up halfway through the research, and then you have to spend points to buy it again, which costs a lot.
Zhou Man is the only person she has found who can provide her with the target object, requires relatively few points, and can maintain long-term contact with her.
Dr. D felt that she was at the bottom of the ranking among all the lucky people in the other world, based on the information she had collected so far.
Manbao was about to fall asleep hugging the quilt when the system started beeping. She couldn't help but yawn and rubbed her eyes to look. Only then did she realize that it was Dr. D who had replied to the email.
She checked the time. The upper right corner of the system showed 8:50 p.m., which was almost midnight. How could she reply to the message at this time? Don’t people in the future sleep?
Manbao yawned again, and couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of her eyes. She had prepared many things to say to her, but she was too sleepy at the moment and didn't want to talk much, so she briefly told her that the mall had banned her.
Then he asked, "Can I trade something for wheat seeds? Koko said wheat seeds aren't expensive there, and I don't want much, just two thousand kilograms."
"Do you know how much the postage is for two thousand kilograms?"
Yes, it’s not the price, but the postage.
Wheat seeds are not expensive for her, but the postage is expensive.
Manbao thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know."
Dr. D: …
Keke suddenly interrupted, "Host, interstellar postage also has discounts. The other party sending a large number of express deliveries will only benefit her in improving her level and reputation, and will also benefit her in many conveniences in the future."
Manbao blinked, understanding that there was no need to feel too guilty, so she confidently put forward her offer, "I have two different kinds of Poria soil. One of them was dug from under a patch of three Poria cocos plants connected together."
Dr. D, who was typing, received the email and immediately deleted the previous text. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You have to tell me, what was the target object you recently included?"
Manbao's first thought was, "Tree sparrow?"
Dr. D on the opposite side was cheered up and immediately went out to search for tree sparrow. She found that it was a new entry and it might not be warm yet. She was more interested in plants, so she set up various plant entries in the encyclopedia.
You will be reminded only when there is an update to the plant entries you are following.
Although it is not my area of expertise, it is a newly released term after all, which means that most people in the world do not know about it, and the opportunities therein are obvious.
So she replied, "Yes, but you have to give me a tree sparrow."
Manbao was no longer sleepy. She asked Koko, "Do I look like a fool?"
“No.”
"That's right. I'm clearly the smartest kid within a hundred miles." Manbao was rather unconvinced, so he replied somewhat unhappily, "Two thousand kilograms of wheat seeds sell for less than 40,000 in the mall. Do you know how much a tree sparrow costs?"
Dr. D finally came to his senses and calmed down a bit. He said, "Then I'll give you some more wheat seeds? Or at worst, I'll give you points. How many points do you want?"
It is not easy to catch tree sparrows nowadays. It may be because the people in Qili Village caught them too hard this year, so that the birds have become like spirits and it is impossible to catch them recently.
So Manbao replied: "It's very difficult to catch. I can't catch it now."
Dr. D gritted his teeth and said, "Give me two portions of Poria soil and I'll give you two thousand kilograms of wheat seeds, but you also have to agree to sell me a tree sparrow, alive. You name the price."
Manbao was very excited. The encyclopedia had not yet given an entry or a name to the bird with blue feathers, so for the time being there were only 10,000 reward points and no points were included.
The maximum time limit is three months, but if there's a better opportunity here to get points faster...
Manbao Lion said loudly: "Two hundred thousand..."
She was a little unsure about sending it, but Koko considerately replaced the "..." with a period. So Dr. D received a price that was both bland and strong.
The other party was silent for a moment and then agreed.
Manbao couldn't help but jump for joy. He rolled around on the bed with the quilt in his arms twice, then divided the piles of soil in the system into two parts and sent them to the other party.
Manbao said, "Prepare some wheat seeds for me first. I need them urgently. I'll contact you when I catch the bird."
Dr. D agreed.
The two parties completed the transaction and it was still early, so Dr. D wanted to establish a personal relationship with Manbao. The main reason was that the last conversation ended a bit awkwardly, and for the sake of long-term development, she felt it necessary to explain.
So he said, "Mr. Zhou, I didn't mean to offend you last time. Unlike you, this is my first time on this forum, and I don't know some of the rules very well. Please forgive me."
Manbao didn't care and said, "This is my first time on this forum too, and I'm not familiar with many of the rules."
Dr. D felt that this was a sarcastic remark, and she felt a little uncomfortable, but decided to swallow her anger and change the subject, "Mr. Zhou, are you planning to consider growing wheat? Why do you need so many wheat seeds?"
(End of this chapter)
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