The famous philosopher Aminus once said that some things only happen once or countless times.
Therefore, since the first "pre-order of Poseidon Stone" contract was signed, it has opened new doors for countless people.
It can only be said that the inspiration for thinking is very important. Once this matter spread, everyone seemed to have an epiphany and followed this model. They would pay a deposit first, then obtain a certain amount of Poseidon Stones at the real-time price, and then pay the full amount when the due date arrived.
This situation is more likely to occur for people who don't have cash on hand. There's no other way; if you don't have money but still want to participate in the trading of Poseidon Stones, this seems to be the best way... However, the fact is that even if people have cash on hand, most people will still choose this method.
Anyway, the market for Poseidon Stone is booming, so who would really worry about losses? These contracts are money!
Sign up as many contracts as possible now, and you'll have a better life later!
It's not just buyers; as time goes by, sellers of all sizes are also gradually abandoning spot transactions. Many sellers have even put up signs saying "only contracts are accepted"—you don't have cash, and I don't have that much stock. Selling to one person only earns me one unit of income, but if we sign a contract, I can sell to ten, twenty, or even more people at the same time, right?
As for the issue of delivery on time, they don't care. After all, delivery times vary. Besides, the seller can also be a buyer. I can just sign the contract with someone else.
Some clever people have even learned to use asset verification as a trick. You think I don't have money? Look at how many contracts I have! When they mature, they'll be piles of gold and silver. What are you worried about?
Soon, the market for Poseidon Stones transformed into a market of contracts. At a glance, there were very few transactions where money and goods were exchanged directly; instead, contracts were everywhere. A contract for "pre-ordering xxx Poseidon Stones" could even be used as currency to circulate among people.
Anyway, the contracts are all in black and white, and they even bear the seal of the royal family or the Papacy. Who would care if the buyer or seller on the order doesn't honor their commitment?
If you're really lying, you'll be in big trouble in court.
"Lord Gu Jian, why do I find myself increasingly confused about the buying and selling of Sea God Stones these days?"
As the most talked-about event in the main city, the young empress Dongfang Xiao naturally paid close attention to it. Whenever Cheng Gujian came to pay his respects, she would chat with him for a while.
She couldn't help but pay attention. Firstly, as the ruler of a country, such a major matter was naturally always on her mind. Secondly, the trend of trading sea god stones had truly swept across the country and was no longer just a small-scale affair among ordinary people; many officials in the court had also participated.
They certainly smelled the money in it, and began to be dissatisfied with simply collecting Neptune Stone ornaments for decoration—the truth is that many people are just being pretentious and don't really like these shiny Neptune Stone products; sorry, they can't appreciate them.
However, the fact that profits can be made from this is something everyone likes. Under this trend, even the wealthy and powerful nobles have finally lowered their stance and started to participate.
Most transactions among ordinary people revolve around the lowest grade of white Poseidon stone, sometimes mixed with a little bit of medium-quality Poseidon stone, which is considered the best they can get... In the end, they don't have a big vision. Even if they are blinded by the booming market, they don't have the guts to sign orders that are dozens or even hundreds of times more expensive than themselves.
Let alone raising the money myself, even if I dismantled all my relatives and even Xiaoqiang into parts and sold them, I still wouldn't be able to come up with that much money!
Even if they could raise more funds through signed or held orders, they would prefer to stay in the secondary market, preferring to trade more inferior goods rather than consider those exorbitantly priced deep blue sea jewels.
After all, with everyone hyping it up, the price of Poseidon Stone has long been incredibly high.
Remember the initial prices? Low-grade Poseidon Stone cost fifty silver coins, medium-grade Poseidon Stone cost five gold coins, and the best deep blue high-grade Poseidon Stone cost fifty gold coins... Interestingly, today's market price, at first glance, seems to have remained at the same level, without any change.
but.
The unit of measurement has long since changed. It used to be calculated in 100 grams, but now... it's one gram.
One hundred times!
It has only been exactly one month since the first sale of Poseidon Stone!
With such terrifying profits, it's probably impossible to find a more lucrative industry in the entire Hualan Empire!
The nobles, on the other hand, were not worried about this problem. Firstly, they were wealthy, and while ordinary people dared not buy or sell high-quality sea god stones, they didn't care. After so many years of hard work... no, after generations of people had worked so hard, this little bit of money was not a problem at all!
Secondly, it was also due to their innate sense of superiority. If the lower classes, dressed in coarse linen, were trading in low-grade or mid-grade sea god stones, wouldn't it be beneath them if we traded these too?
If you're going to buy one, buy the big one!
Yesterday, when Dongfang Xiao went to court, he saw a minister who was as happy as a flower. When he asked, he found out that it was because he had just signed an order for 300 grams of top-quality sea god stone, which cost a full 15,000 gold coins!
This amount... is enough to purchase a beautifully decorated castle with its own garden in the most prosperous Upper City of the Empire.
Logically speaking, the only difference between trading a certain number of Poseidon Stones and trading a certain type of Poseidon Stone is the price; those with money can buy more and those without money can buy less... But for some reason, this matter suddenly made the little queen feel uneasy.
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