No wonder these people came together to visit him, no wonder these people acted as if they had him in their hands, no wonder even the Emperor of Da Qi couldn't do anything to these people.
After all, it seems that behind these people are most likely some high-ranking officials or some great nobles.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen chuckled and said, "Everyone, the price you're offering is outrageous. If you really want to do business, then be realistic. I'm putting this on hold today: driving up the price of Artemisia annua will not benefit you in any way. This high price won't last long. It will collapse sooner or later. It's better to sell it as soon as possible."
Naturally, the businessmen scoffed at what Lu Chen said.
Since they can drive up the price of Artemisia annua, they naturally have a way to maintain this price for a period of time.
It doesn't have to last too long. We just need to wait until the court can no longer get better and the epidemic in the four cities can no longer be controlled.
In fact, in this era, there are many ways to drive up prices, such as buying up all the goods on the market at high prices, or using some means to prevent other people's goods from entering a certain area.
Whatever the method, they just happen to be able to do it.
Xiao Jinquan then said with a smile, "What the Imperial Master said makes sense. That's why we need to hurry up and sell the Artemisia annua while the price is high. To be honest, the stock of Artemisia annua is very limited. If we expect new Artemisia annua to appear on the market, we'll probably have to wait for a while."
"It doesn't matter to us. We can wait a while, but I don't know if the people in the epidemic area can wait."
"Hehehe, Manager Xiao is planning to defeat my army!" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Jinquan in front of him with a smile, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.
Xiao Jinquan was intimidated by Lu Chen's aura and took a half step back. Then he thought about the strength behind him and continued to speak calmly, "I dare not. I am mainly worried about what might happen in the epidemic area."
Lu Chen didn't continue to dwell on this matter. Instead, he looked at the other party and said, "I know a little bit about your identities and your strength. In such a short period of time, you have monopolized the entire Artemisia annua and controlled the market. I'm afraid you have invested a lot of money."
The news that Artemisia annua can cure diseases will not spread for more than seven days. In such a short period of time, if you want to directly monopolize the Artemisia annua market, you will inevitably need to invest a lot of money.
It’s not that Lu Chen looks down on these medicinal material merchants. They may be rich, but the amount of funds required to accomplish these things in a short period of time is an astronomical figure, which is absolutely impossible for them to do.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of many businessmen changed slightly, but soon returned to normal.
Their move this time was so big that it was impossible to hide it from others, so Xiao Jinquan admitted it openly: "Yes, for this plan, our families have indeed put our lives and property on the line, so Master Imperial Master, please don't tell us whether you are afraid of death or not. If we don't make money, we will die anyway!"
Lu Chen nodded to show that he understood. Now it seemed that this was a dead end and neither side would give in.
He took another sip of tea, his expression becoming increasingly calm as he spoke, "I can't bear to see other people's families destroyed. How about this? I won't let you suffer any loss. How about I buy your Artemisia annua at double the market price?"
There was no need to listen to the answers of these businessmen. Just by looking at the "what are you dreaming about" expressions on their faces, Lu Chen knew it was impossible.
As expected, Xiao Jinquan shook his head and said, "At 50% of the current market price, it can't go any lower! And the Imperial Master had better make some further plans. According to our information, there are more than just ten merchants entering the market to drive up the price of Artemisia annua. If we delay any longer, the price of Artemisia annua will probably go even higher!"
"Is that so? Someone actually jumped in?"
"That's natural. Businessmen pursue profit. Since there's profit to be made, why not?"
Lu Chen nodded again in agreement and said, "But you also know that this price is inflated. If it suddenly collapses one day, won't your fate be miserable?"
"So, we need to quickly dispose of the Artemisia annua we have while the price is high. I believe the Imperial Master will be willing to help us with this!"
After hearing these words, Lu Chen sighed and thought to himself that greed is indeed the original sin.
In his previous life, he had come into contact with a university professor who specialized in mathematical models.
A professor like this should, in theory, be able to have enough food and clothing, even if he cannot become rich.
But what was unexpected was that the professor suddenly became penniless in his later years. After careful questioning, it was found that it was because he encountered the P2P crash.
Lu Chen was very surprised at the time. Logically speaking, considering the old professor's level of education and the fact that he was engaged in research in the field of mathematics, how could he be deceived by those P2P platforms? This was simply unbelievable.
Doesn’t he know that the high interest rates promised by those platforms are simply unsustainable?
With his professional mathematical knowledge, he should be able to figure out what tricks these platforms are playing.
Lu Chen's worldview was completely shattered at the thought of being cheated out of all his money in such a situation.
But later, after spending more time with the old professor, he learned the inside story.
In fact, many people who have lost all their money due to P2P platforms are not fools. Many people even know that it is a scam.
But if you know it’s a scam, why would you join in?
The reason is simple. They see through the essence of this scam, which is a game of pass the parcel. The high interest rates lure them and make them feel that they will not be the last unlucky ones. They believe that they can successfully extricate themselves from the scam before it explodes.
This is one of the three major illusions in life. Once you get involved in this field, the so-called professional knowledge is actually useless.
In other words, the more professional knowledge a person has and the more confident he is, the more likely he is to fall into this trap.
This is what the current group of businessmen do. They believe that when the price of Artemisia annua collapses, they can get out and make a fortune.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen grinned and looked at the ten businessmen in front of him and said, "It's a good thing to be confident. I hope you can always be so confident. By the way, I sincerely wish you all a long life. No matter what happens, you must live well!"
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