Qin Ran ate something deliciously before following Elder Sun to where the pills were stored.
Yesterday we just talked about small talk and didn't discuss any serious business, but today we are going to talk formally about purchasing the elixir.
Qin Ran and Elder Sun walked side by side. As they walked, he suddenly sighed, "Fei Yan is gone. I'm really not used to it."
"Yes, such a beautiful girl." Elder Sun echoed his words.
Elder Sun knew that Qin Ran had killed Feng Feiyan, so Qin Ran was not at all uncomfortable. He knew that Qin Ran was just saying this to get excited, and the important thing was what he was going to say.
"The purchase lists and accounts were all made by Feiyan before, but now I have to do it myself..." Qin Ran said, "It wasn't until I started doing it myself that I realized how difficult it was."
Although he knew that he couldn't trust a single word from a person like Qin Ran in this situation, Elder Sun was still a little happy when he heard Qin Ran say that. Because he knew that accounting was difficult, it meant that Qin Ran might not be good at it, which meant that there would be more work to do in the future...
“This matter is indeed difficult…” Elder Sun nodded, but pretended to ask Qin Ran, “But don’t you have this friend Yan? Doesn’t he know how to do it, either?”
“Alas!” Qin Ran shook his head and sighed, “Stop talking. He knows even less than I do. He has to learn everything from scratch.”
When Yan Yi heard this, he lowered his head in shame.
Elder Sun was delighted and said with a smile: "It is difficult, but it will be fine if you learn slowly. However, fortunately, you all come to us to purchase. Our two families have been friends for hundreds of years and have established a tradition. We will not owe you anything. It will also be easy to do the accounts."
"Of course I believe in Elder Sun." Qin Ran nodded, but then he frowned. "It's just that some things are really tricky. As a novice, I always make mistakes. For example, some medicinal materials have four or even twelve different prices throughout the year due to the different seasons of maturity. This will cause the prices of pills of the same quality to be different. I can't handle it."
Hearing this, Elder Sun slowly came to his senses. Qin Ran was indeed not someone he could easily deal with.
Without saying too much, let’s just say that he has been in charge of Dao Jianmen’s elixirs for hundreds of years, and he has never said that any elixir would have four price levels in a year… Qin Ran hid a knife in his words.
But he was also an old fox, and knew that he couldn't take this seriously, so he just said, "Elder Qin, you don't need to worry about this. We have a large reserve of medicinal materials in Zhishen Valley, which is enough to ensure that the price of each kind of elixir is stable and will not change with external changes. And the price we give you Daojianmen is always the most conscientious."
However, Elder Sun didn't know that Qin Ran was heartbroken by Dao Jianmen's annual expenditure on elixirs in Zhishen Valley, and had already made up his mind to lower the price today no matter what.
So before Elder Sun finished speaking, he had already taken out the account book and tried to force the matter to be cleared up. He opened the account book, pointed at a medicine and said to Elder Sun:
"For example, although this Tianxin grass is a second-grade spiritual medicine, it still follows the four seasons of the weather, growing in spring and withering in autumn. So in spring and summer, the price of Tianxin grass is four spiritual stones per tael, but in winter, the price of Tianxin grass soars to seven spiritual stones per tael.
"Tianxin grass is an indispensable herb for refining Qi Gathering Pills, so the price of Qi Gathering Pills is different in winter and summer. In the summer, it is only 18 spirit stones, but in the winter, it is sold for 21 spirit stones."
Qin Ran's words confused Elder Sun's disciple. He couldn't help but ask, "But it's winter now? The average price of our Qi Gathering Pills is only twenty, and you're making a profit!"
His words made Qin Ran nod his head repeatedly and laugh. He turned around and said to him, "Yes, yes, that's what I mean. Now each Qi Gathering Pill is sold for 21 spirit stones, but you in Zhishen Valley only sell for 20 spirit stones. You are losing money. Our two sects are on good terms, and I can't bear to let you lose money."
The disciple couldn't help feeling proud and was about to say a few more words, but suddenly he saw his master staring at him sinisterly. He was startled and couldn't say the words that were on his lips.
“Hey…it’s okay if it’s a little bit of a loss!” Elder Sun stopped his disciple from talking nonsense and said to Qin Ran with a smile, “We have been friends for a hundred years. There’s no need to talk about what outsiders say.”
"There is a saying in my hometown that brothers should settle accounts clearly. For matters involving money, we must be careful." Qin Ran said seriously. Before Elder Sun could speak, he pointed to another medicinal herb and said, "Elder, look, this is Ningbai fruit. It blooms in spring, bears fruit in autumn, and is picked in winter. So this fruit also has two opposite sexes in winter and summer.
“In the summer, when there is less, one can be sold for ten spirit stones; in the winter, when there is more, even ten spirit stones per pound cannot be sold.
"Ningbai Fruit is an important ingredient in refining the Barrier Breaking Pill, which affects the price of the Barrier Breaking Pill. It is said that..."
The more Qin Ran spoke, the uglier Elder Sun's expression became. When Qin Ran mentioned the price, one could already feel the frost around him.
“It is said that the market price of the Barrier Breaking Pill is 200 spirit stones per pill in the summer, but in the winter…” Qin Ran ignored Elder Sun and continued, “In the winter, it should be sold for 100 spirit stones per pill.”
"One hundred spirit stones?!" The disciple couldn't help but yelled in surprise again, snorting coldly, "Are you talking in your sleep?"
Regardless of winter or summer, the price Daojianmen paid for a low-grade Barrier Breaking Pill from Zhishen Valley was 200 Spiritual Stones, and it has not changed for many years. If the price was different in spring and summer, how much less would they earn? ..
“Young man, don’t be alarmed…” Qin Ran smiled and comforted him, “I am only telling the truth based on market research.”
Well, young man, Elder Sun’s disciples are at least a hundred years old.
"Elder Sun, look, there is also this iceberg snow lotus..."
Qin Ran was about to introduce to Elder Sun some medicinal herbs whose prices were different in winter and summer, or whose prices had dropped recently for various reasons, but Elder Sun suddenly reached out and pressed his hand on his account book.
Elder Sun's expression was extremely grim, because if Qin Ran continued to say this, he would lose more than a million spirit stones this time.
With bloodshot eyes, he stared at Qin Ran and said, "Tell me a number."
“We…” Qin Ran pretended not to understand and continued, “Let’s just follow the standard.”
"80% off!" Elder Sun gritted his teeth.
"Elder Sun, you are looking at the remains of a blood python..."
“40% off!”
Qin Ran collected the account book and nodded, "Deal."
In fact, he didn't dare to push too far. After all, Zhishen Valley had a monopoly on elixirs. If he really pushed him to the limit and didn't sell him elixirs, he would be dumbfounded. He decided to stop while he was ahead.
Besides... he knew the threshold principle very well. If he could get a 40% discount this time, he could get a 50% discount next time, and the next time, everyone would follow the standard market rules...
"Huh!" Elder Sun breathed a sigh of relief.
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