As Li Hongyao listened to Bai You's report, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. This miraculous fruit hadn't even sold many units yet, and it had already dealt a blow to the Li family's businesses. Sales of their previously most popular mental energy stabilizers and mental energy repair agents had dropped by 5%.
This has never happened before. The sales of these two medicines have always been stable, which is also the key to the Li family's rise to the top of the nine major families. Just what is the background of this Hope Fruit and Vegetable Store?
The royal family has made it clear that they are not on their side, and after several tests, it has been basically confirmed.
But if they continue to let it grow up unchecked, the Li family is probably doomed.
Li Hongyao glanced at Bai You, "Hopefully there's still no progress with the fruit and vegetable store?"
Bai You lowered his head regretfully, "No, but I heard from Xu's informants that this store was originally related to the Qi family, but he doesn't know the specifics."
"Investigate! Keep investigating, I want to see who has such great ability."
"yes!"
Bai You left, sighing inwardly. The Qi family had always had a smooth and successful history, and this was the first time he had ever seen the family head so nervous.
All nine families operate fruit and vegetable businesses to varying degrees, hoping to cultivate discerning tastes among netizens by offering incredibly low prices, almost giving them away for free. This has impacted each family's fruit and vegetable business to different extents.
Many netizens felt resentful that fruits and vegetables that could heal mental strength only cost 200 star coins, while these fruits and vegetables, which tasted very ordinary and had a negligible effect on mental strength, were so expensive. They decided to wait and see before eating them.
Among them, Huangjia, which has the largest market share in fruits and vegetables, suffered the greatest losses. Even though Huangjia made some concessions, the costs were still there, and it was impossible for them to compete with the long road ahead of Hope Fruit and Vegetable Store.
Besides, this store has only been open for two days. It wasn't even that big yesterday, so how come it's suddenly become so big today? People have been trying to buy it for so long, so why isn't it sold out yet? If it continues like this or even gets bigger and bigger, how will they be able to do business?
Therefore, the head of the Huang family convened a meeting.
"Master, I have a feeling this shop must have a powerful backer,"
This statement was unanimously agreed upon. It's impossible that someone could manipulate the interests of major families without being caught; there must have been something fishy going on.
But such a low price is lower than the cost of many of their fruits and vegetables. Who would do a business at a loss? What is their purpose?
"First, we can rule out the royal family. Although the nine major families pose a subtle threat to the royal family, they have been at peace for many years. Most importantly, after the Li family's probing, we can basically rule out the royal family."
"We also exclude the Federation. The main objective of both the Empire and the Federation is to eliminate the Zerg. The Federation should not provoke the Nine Families when the situation is dire. We still need the Nine Families for military expenses. Moreover, the Federation cannot avoid the royal family's mastermind and leave no trace on the internet."
"Exclude the Li family..."
After a series of impassioned speeches, the crowd made a series of refutations.
Huang Tairong listened quietly without saying a word.
After everyone had ruled out all possible forces, the meeting fell into an eerie silence.
They've ruled out everyone, and they really can't think of anyone else to eliminate, so who is it?
Huang Tairong glanced around indifferently, his imposing presence radiating without anger. "Is this the result of your investigation?"
No one dared to speak. After a moment of silence, Huang Hexu, the young master of the Huang family, said, "Although we can't find out who's behind him, we might be able to monopolize the supply of Hope Fruit and Vegetable Store."
"As soon as he releases fruit, we'll buy it all and stock up. Firstly, we can enjoy these amazing fruits and vegetables ourselves or use them to do favors. Secondly, since other people can't buy these amazing fruits and vegetables, they'll naturally have to buy ours instead. Then we can lower the price and do some promotions..."
Huang Hexu spoke eloquently, and the more everyone listened, the brighter their eyes became. Indeed, they had been getting stuck on the issue, focusing all their efforts on finding out who was behind it all. Since they couldn't find out who it was, it was good to resolve the current crisis first.
Huang Tairong nodded in satisfaction. "I'm leaving this to you. Remember to make sure it's done flawlessly."
...
As a powerful wood-type ability user, Lu Manman can grow fruits and vegetables with ease, and can grow a dormitory full of them in no time.
Fortunately, Lu Manman bought enough tentacle monster robots. Although it didn't completely hinder the progress, it still couldn't keep up with Lu Manman's pace.
The road ahead is long, so I can only take breaks as needed. During my breaks, I review the relevant knowledge about mecha, and time flies by.
I just wish I could move to a bigger house.
It was as if Heaven had heard Lu Manman's heartfelt words. The next day, as soon as she got to her dormitory after school, Lu Manman received a call from the principal's personal computer.
"Jianguo, you are the most talented child here. In order to help you better develop this talent, we think it would be better to arrange a house for you near the training ground so that you can train properly. What do you think?"
What? Such a good thing? Lu Manman was flattered. "Okay, I'm very satisfied. Then I'll trouble the principal."
The principal was very quick. Because it was a folding house, it was just a matter of pressing a button, and a small villa appeared in a corner of a remote training ground. This training ground also became Lu Manman's dedicated training ground.
Although the principal didn't know why the higher-ups had made this arrangement, it was enough that Zhao Jianguo seemed happy; it was good to win over a genius.
Then he took out a hover scooter from his spatial storage. "This is a precedent for you. From now on, you won't have to wait for the school bus to get to and from school. You can use this directly. I hope you can save your precious time and get some exercise."
Lu Manman was very satisfied with the villa when she inspected it, and now she has received another surprise. Lu Manman is so excited that she doesn't know what to say.
The principal was so kind, even more thoughtful than she had imagined. She excitedly bid farewell to the principal and leisurely strolled around, admiring the villa and touching the hovercraft, thoroughly enjoying herself.
In a great mood, Lu Manman placed an order for a huge number of tentacle monster robots and anonymous delivery boxes on the spot.
Before the delivery arrived, Lu Manman closed all the doors, windows, and curtains tightly, which then gave rise to a whole villa full of supernatural fruits and vegetables.
The robots are busy enough now.
Lu Manman finally has time to train properly, and training here can also protect the secrets inside the villa. How could the principal be so considerate?
Lu Manman practiced diligently on the training ground where the villa was located until the mecha's energy was exhausted. Only then did he reluctantly come out and fill the villa, which had become quite empty, back up.
Then he took out energy stones from his spatial storage. Luckily, he had received a lot of energy stones as a gift when he bought the spaceship last time, which came in handy. After installing the energy stones, he continued his training on the long road ahead.
He quickly mastered a set of mecha Tai Chi dances with great skill, surpassing even his teacher's abilities.
The next morning, Lu Manman arrived at the classroom in a cheerful mood. As soon as she entered, Zhao Bo pulled her aside and said, "Jianguo, why did you move out without saying a word? I knocked on the door for a long time, but you wouldn't open it. In the end, Lao Xu told me that you moved to a detached villa."
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