At nine o'clock the next morning, Lin Sanjiu, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped through the door of the Cloud Gathering Trading House.
The waiter didn't see her clearly and almost bumped into her. He quickly took two steps back and followed her with a smile, "You're early, dear customer!"
The figure in front of him was a head taller than him. It was staring at the notice board in front of it. Even though he could only see its back, the skeletal wings protruding from the back of the bathrobe suddenly lifted and spread out in the gale. Finally, it revealed its owner's irrepressible excitement.
"I didn't expect that duck's method to be so effective," Lin Sanjiu, who had already withdrawn from her camouflage, looked at the notice board with a smile. "... The price has increased to 1.2."
As expected, the first message she sent had the effect of adding fuel to the fire. Even she didn't expect to double the price of eggs the moment the market opened.
"According to your instructions, we've bought all 350 pounds of eggs from the three producers today," the waiter said enthusiastically. "The price wasn't so high when the market opened, so we bought them at 1 stamina point per pound. You'll have to pay for the stamina points."
Before Lin Sanjiu withdrew from her [Consciousness Mimicry], she had already thought through her next plan. Even though she wasn't Scrooge McDuck anymore, she still had a plan. "Help me remove the first message and change it to 3 Stamina Points per pound."
After calculating, she still had 19396.5 Stamina Points left after including the processing fees and the cost of the eggs. It was enough for her to increase the price of the eggs by a few times.
"Other than buying eggs, there are also a few shops that want to buy butter," the waiter reminded her, "You can't go back on your word. You have to buy some butter as soon as possible."
"Okay, which shops are they?"
"There are a total of four restaurants and dessert shops. Here is the list. Please take a look." The waiter handed a piece of paper to Lin Sanjiu from behind the wooden counter.
Currently, the average price of butter in the market was 12 Stamina Points/500G. The four shops had bought a total of 60 catties of butter. With a 20% discount, Lin Sanjiu only lost 144 Stamina Points. It wasn't a big deal to her, so she could afford it. However, when her gaze shifted from the list, she immediately frowned.
"Lips" restaurant was at the top of the list.
… Something didn't seem right.
Lin Sanjiu furrowed her brows. While she was deep in thought, she made a transaction with the waiter. She bought 60 pounds of butter and distributed it to the waiter. Including the processing fees, she had lost 148 Stamina Points. Now, she only had 19248.5 Stamina Points left.
After the handover of stamina points, she immediately instructed the waiter, "Take down this 20% discount news for now. Only put it up when I tell you to."
"Okay," the waiter replied without hesitation. However, Mrs. Manas couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet. What does this message do? Why sell butter and sugar at a loss? "
After pondering for a moment, Lin Sanjiu explained slowly, "… The reason why I hoarded eggs and prevented them from circulating in the market is not only to raise the price of eggs, but also to increase the price of eggs. Small vendors can just wait a few days if they run out of eggs. However, only large chain stores can't wait even a day. Can you imagine going to McDonald's and being told that they don't have hamburger buns? Can you imagine going to McDonald's and being told that they don't sell hamburgers? Therefore, my main goal this time is to extort some Stamina Points from these large chain stores. "
Even though this was just a pocket dimension and there were almost no posthumans who would actually buy anything, the various situations in this "trade route" were very realistic. Lin Sanjiu even looked at the account book of the female beverage shop owner. Everything seemed to be logical, as if she had business every day.
"When I was in the mimicry mode, I had already targeted a few large chain stores.
One of them is' Lips', "Lin Sanjiu pulled a chair and sat down. Lin Sanjiu pulled a chair over and sat down. She knocked on the chair's armrest with her head full of doubts as she said, "The eggs from these few companies are mainly used in desserts and some dishes. Most of their products have to be paired with at least one of the items that I sell at a 20% discount. For example, the egg tarts need cream and sugar, and the omelette needs butter."
"So what?"
"I did it to dispel their worries. Although the price of eggs has gone up, the price of other ingredients has gone down. This way, the pressure on them to raise the price of their final products will be reduced … But of course, this is just a false signal from me. The possibility of this method working is not high, but it would be great if it could stimulate them to produce food that requires eggs. "
"Since they are buying so much butter from you, does it mean that your plan is successful?" Mrs. Manas asked. "But, you said that the large chain stores can't even wait for a day … I don't think those large chain stores have posted any requests for eggs."
Actually, Lin Sanjiu was a little worried about this.
"I'll wait a little longer," Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to look away from the notice board, "After all, they are large chain stores. They might still have some eggs in their inventory. It doesn't mean anything that they haven't posted any requests for eggs. Judging from their consumption, they should still need at least half a day."
However, things did not go as she wished. She sat at the Cloud Gathering Trading House until the afternoon, but there was still no information on the notice board from the large chain stores.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Lin Sanjiu couldn't sit still any longer.
Her plan was perfect, but why didn't the fish take the bait?
The "Lips" on Pumpkin Route had not officially opened for business yet, so naturally, she couldn't get any information from them. She walked out of the trading house and took out a paper crane.
"Are you still on Velvet Cake Route?" Lin Sanjiu was a little anxious, so her tone wasn't very polite, "Do you know a restaurant called 'Lips' on that route?
Do you know a restaurant called 'Lips'? I need a favor from you. "
"When did you not ask me for a favor?" Hei Zeji replied very quickly and lazily, as if he didn't really care about her request, "I know that restaurant. It's only available at the last part of the route. What do you want? "
"The last part?"
"Huh? Are you also on the last part of the route? " Lin Sanjiu was a little happy. She didn't expect that Hei Zeji would really become her ally on "Route of Transactions", "That's great. Hurry up and go to that restaurant to see if they still have any strawberry Lips Cake."
Even though she could check and even buy it directly from the trading house, she still needed Hei Zeji's help to find out more information.
This time, the paper crane took a little longer than the previous time. It only brought back one word, "Yes." After that, there was no more sound.
Lin Sanjiu didn't even need to think to know what Hei Zeji was doing.
"That's weird … It's already been a day. Why are there still any more? Could it be that they didn't sell all the cakes they made this morning? "Lin Sanjiu mumbled and grabbed the paper crane again. "Don't worry about eating first … Help me ask them how many strawberry Lips Cake they make every day. How many cakes did they make today? Do they still make more after they sell them? "
"You don't have to ask. I can tell you." Five minutes later, the paper crane flew back. It sounded like Hei Zeji was very satisfied. "They usually make around 50 cakes a day. They don't have any more after they sell them. Sigh, if you didn't remind me, I would have missed today … There were only two left just now."
"How did you know?"
"This kind of cake is only sold here," Hei Zeji said matter-of-factly, "That's why I've come to this route a few times."
"A few times?" Lin Sanjiu was shocked. She didn't expect that he was closer to the ultimate gift bag than Puppeteer and Geran, "Then why didn't you go to the final destination?"
"Why do you care?!" Hei Zeji suddenly became irritated.
Needless to say, he definitely couldn't earn 3,500 Stamina Points.
Lin Sanjiu and Mrs. Manas reached the same conclusion at the same time.
After thanking Hei Zeji, Lin Sanjiu kept the paper crane and walked back to the trading house while mumbling to herself.
The eggs had been out of stock for an entire day. Other than the few large chain stores that she had targeted, there were quite a number of smaller stores that were requesting for eggs. The price had risen from 1.2 Stamina Points per pound in the morning to 1.9 Stamina Points per pound. However, even though Lin Sanjiu had requested for eggs for 3 Stamina Points, it seemed like the price wouldn't go beyond 2 Stamina Points today.
Lin Sanjiu sighed and sat down.
"This is why I targeted the larger stores," Lin Sanjiu muttered to herself or to Mrs. Manas. She studied the notice board with her brows furrowed as she said softly, "I have a large quantity of eggs. The smaller stores can't digest all of them and they can't afford to pay a high price … Only the larger stores can buy all of the eggs at the price I have in mind. But why aren't they requesting for eggs? "
Lin Sanjiu hesitated for a moment. Even though she was a little reluctant, she still activated her [Consciousness Mimicry] once again when she saw that the Cloud Gathering Trading House was about to close.
The bored waiter who was sitting behind the wooden counter glanced at Lin Sanjiu, who was sitting in a corner. "Huh?" He was a little stunned.
A second ago, Lin Sanjiu was as hard and sharp as a steel blade, but in the next second, she had suddenly become smooth and amiable. Her eyes darted around. Even though she had the same face, she looked like a completely different person.
Lin Sanjiu sat on the chair and stared at the notice board for a few minutes. Suddenly, she jumped up and slapped her thigh. "Ouch!" she screamed.
"What, what, what's wrong?" The waiter was startled by her and also jumped up.
"A hundred secrets have a flaw, a hundred secrets have a flaw! Lin Sanjiu's face was filled with regret, hatred, and heartache. She rushed forward and grabbed the waiter by his collar, "It's all your fault! Let me ask you, didn't you say that all transactions have to go through the trading house? "
"Yes, yes, yes," the waiter stuttered, "Even if a tourist buys a piece of paper, there is a 5% handling fee included in the price … You can think of it as a tax."
"Then tell me, why is there only a supply of 350 pounds of eggs on the notice board?" Lin Sanjiu's eyes were about to burst into flames. She had only switched to Scrooge McDuck's way of thinking for a short while, but she immediately realized the problem, "I bought all the eggs, and now, I can't even find a single eggshell in the market. It would be fine if only one store had a stock, but all the chain stores are silent. All the products that use eggs are still on sale. They must have other sources of supply other than the trading house! Explain to me! "
"Listen to me, dear customer," the waiter smiled bitterly and said hurriedly, "You have misunderstood. It's like this. Usually, small stores don't have a large and stable supply, so they buy from the trading house. They don't know how much they will buy today or tomorrow. However, those large chain stores definitely need a stable source of supply … So, they sign a contract with the supplier and set the quantity and price. In this way, the direct supply cannot be counted as part of the 'sellable supply'.
But, I didn't lie to you. Even if they are direct supply, they will still charge a handling fee every day. This is also under the jurisdiction of the trading house. "
Lin Sanjiu was so angry that her face alternated between red and white. She really wanted to kick someone. Now, she understood that the daily production of eggs was more than 350 pounds. It was just that this was the number of eggs listed on the notice board. The extra eggs had already been sent to the chain restaurants.
"No wonder the chain restaurants don't care about it!"
While Lin Sanjiu cursed herself for not being considerate enough, she walked in circles in the main hall.
Mrs. Manas also became anxious. She quickly advised, "Luckily, you found out early. This is only the first day … I think, why don't you earn less? You can slowly sell the eggs in the next two days! Don't forget, you have to deliver the eggs to the stores that have placed orders the day after tomorrow. You have to redeem the Stamina Points then. Even though you will earn less if you sell the eggs to the small stores, you will still make a profit. "
Lin Sanjiu's words were reasonable, and she had minimized the risk. If Lin Sanjiu was still in Lin Sanjiu's mindset, she would definitely agree to it without hesitation.
However, Mrs. Manas was dealing with "Scrooge McDuck" right now.
"Including the production of eggs tomorrow and the day after, I have a total of 3150 pounds on hand," Lin Sanjiu said with a gloomy face. "After deducting the 200 pounds that the merchants on Pumpkin Route ordered, I still have 2,950 pounds to sell. Think about it, before I came here, I had already accumulated 2,100 pounds of eggs … These small stores can't possibly handle it. "
If she wanted the small stores to buy the eggs, she would have to buy all the eggs tomorrow and the day after. However, even if she bought all the eggs, the small stores wouldn't be able to handle such a large amount.
"Then, what do you plan to do?"
Lin Sanjiu pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes.
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