Chapter 148 The Lion Opens His Mouth
Ji Liang sneered, lowered his eyes slightly, and fed Si Shuo another wonton. He saw her eating with puffed cheeks and gentle features, but the words he said were particularly provocative:
"What a coincidence! We don't lack these crystals, and we don't plan to sell the shop. We are just waiting for the five-year lease to expire, and then we can return your deposit and take over the business."
Manager Ma Xiang narrowed his eyes in anger and whispered, "Young man, you are new to Beast City. You are not afraid of tigers, do you really think you can start a business just by having a shop?
Everyone is jealous of our business, but we Grey Parrots are not easy to bully. Have you seen this area? Among ten dyed coarse cloth shops, two or three of them are Grey Parrots! I am afraid that by then, not only will you have to pay us a considerable deposit of two years, but you will also lose your shop and it will be forcibly bought or even robbed.
So, young man, when we are willing to give you respect and negotiate the price in a friendly manner, just go down the ladder!"
Ji Liang remained unmoved, with no fear on his face. "Then we'll talk about it when the time comes. After all, five years is not a short time. Maybe my partner will perform well in the Beast Barracks and become a small leader, who can protect the family business. Or maybe my little female will do well and find us a partner with a good family background."
He was not in a hurry, but the grey parrot beastmen were.
Just as he said, now the Grey Parrot orcs are taking advantage of the fact that Ji Liang and his group are new arrivals and have no foundation at all. If they cannot get the shop now, then it will be even more impossible for them to buy the shop in five years!
Thinking about the fact that the Hexi tribe had taken away the shop ahead of time, which was equivalent to working for five years and eighteen months in a year for nothing, Manager Ma Xiang said coldly, "Since you don't know what's good for you, then we will follow the regulations for renting shops in Guangshou City. Even if we don't want a deposit, we hope that you can return the five years' rent we paid in full! Otherwise, you can only use the shop to pay off the debt, and redeem it when you have enough crystal stones.
The five days' rent we pay for our business in the shop is equivalent to the one-day interest on your debt." (In the Beast World, the expression is definitely not like this. I have translated it literally. Don't delve into it, my dears. (#^.^#))
Zhi Qi and Si Shuo also understood now.
The manager wanted to use the considerable rent to force them to sell their shops, otherwise what would be waiting for them would be compound interest, with the interest increasing as they paid more.
Ji Liang pursed his lips tightly, "How much is the rent for five years?"
Manager Ma Xiang smiled and said slowly:
“If you don’t do business, you don’t know how hard it is. There are times when business is good, and there are times when there is no business, such as the rainy season and the cold season. Basically, more than half of the cost is lost, and the only profit is the hard work fee.
But the rent is paid on a monthly basis, which is not a small amount. It is about thirty level ten crystals a month, which means two thousand seven hundred level ten crystals in five years!
I'm being very kind by charging you five days' rent for one day's interest."
Si Shuo calculated his savings, which were equivalent to twenty-seven level twelve crystals. He could afford it, but he was definitely asking for too much and taking advantage of them.
Even with some favors added in, this amount of crystals would be enough to buy two shops.
Ji Liang couldn't help laughing out loud: "Master Ma Xiang, do you think that we are from a small place and can't count, so you can just say whatever you want? Or do you think that we don't understand the rules of Guangshou City?
For example, when it comes to collecting rent, especially when it comes to shops, if both parties are more cautious, they will leave a record at the deed management office to prevent each other from defaulting on their payments.
Why don't we go look for it now?"
Manager Ma Xiang didn't expect that he knew the procedure. He smiled stiffly and said, "There's no need to be so troublesome. The Hexi tribe was too urgent to collect the fee this time, so we didn't go to register."
Ji Liang raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "With the cautious and meticulous nature of Ma Xiang, how could he not have registered it?
Are you afraid that the number of crystals you found will be too different from the price you just revealed? If there is really no registration, then we will calculate it according to the market price. The cost of your clothing store is mainly materials, labor, technology and rent.
Basically, technology and rent each account for 30%. The price of ready-made clothes will not be too outrageous. As I said, the most acceptable price for customers is half of the cost and half of the profit.
As for wholesale to traveling merchants, that is additional profit.
In other words, for every piece of clothing you sell, the rent accounts for 15%. Excluding the rainy and cold seasons when there is no business, you can sell 200 to 300 pieces of clothing a day when business is good, and 100 to 180 pieces on normal days.
Haha, most of your clothes cost a few or a dozen level six crystals, and the profit per day is about nine level eight crystals, which is totally unprofitable for six months a year... The rent is about thirty-two level ten crystals, and for five years it is more than one hundred and sixty level ten crystals, even if you round it up, it's only two hundred!"
Manager Ma Xiang was so frightened that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. This new orc was too extraordinary.
He could roughly calculate the profit and rent of the shop based on an observation during his visit.
Indeed, this time the Hexi tribe asked them for 150 level 10 crystals!
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In the Beast World, level six crystals are considered the standard and have the largest circulation quantity. For example, the basic monthly salary of beast soldiers starts at 500 level six crystals.
The prices in the Beast World are difficult to define. Si Shuo figured that a sixth-level crystal core is equivalent to one RMB, which has amazing purchasing power, similar to the 1970s and 1980s in her world, while a tenth-level crystal core is equivalent to ten thousand yuan.
The fighting power of the orcs determines the wealth of the small family to a certain extent, and the gap should not be too obvious.
Level six ferocious beasts are already somewhat intelligent, and it is somewhat difficult to capture them, especially when they are facing orcs, where it is a matter of life and death. They are very strong, and only orcs of level eight or nine can be hunted alone.
Unless the beastmen of level 12 or 13 are extremely powerful, they also need teamwork to hunt down beasts of level 10, not to mention beasts of level 11 or 12! Basically, beastmen keep high-level crystals for their female offspring to absorb, or to help them when they advance.
That is, in the Dongye Forest, everyone had some high-level crystals stored in their hands, but they were snatched away in large quantities by the Hexi tribe.
"I can tell you're not good at business. How can you calculate the accounts like that? We work hard from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and we can barely support our family. And you know that the Hexi tribe is particularly domineering and powerful behind the scenes..."
Ji Liang didn't listen to his long speech and said directly: "Boss Ma Xiang, it's not easy for anyone. It's useless for you to tell us these words. Just tell us how you want to solve it!"
At the moment, Manager Ma Xiang was not very sure, as two hundred level ten crystals were not a small number.
He glanced at the beast patterns on Ji Liang and Zhi Qi's necks. One was level 10 and the other was level 9. Moreover, the news from the Hexi tribe was that the beast husband with the highest combat power around the Saint Si Shuo was only level 11...