It was the third day since Lin Sanjiu entered the trading route. It was also the second day since she managed to earn 21,055 Stamina Points with nothing. There were less than 48 hours left until the agreed time for her to deliver the goods.
Right now, she only had 19248.5 Stamina Points and 2450 pounds of eggs with her. In other words, she had to earn back the Stamina Points she needed to clear the checkpoint and pay for the goods in the next 20 hours of business.
Just like the day before, Lin Sanjiu rushed into the Cloud Gathering Trading Centre like a gust of wind the moment it opened.
Initially, Lin Sanjiu wanted to use some money to buy a new set of clothes. However, after the incident yesterday, she didn't have the mood to care about that anymore. Hence, she was still wrapped in a bathrobe with the words "Big Cat Hotel" written on it.
"How is it?" Lin Sanjiu asked eagerly the moment she stepped through the door.
"According to your instructions, we bought the 350 pounds of eggs produced today at a price of 1.9 Stamina Points per pound," the waiter said while rubbing his hands. The waiter said as he rubbed his hands. His expression showed that he was acting as an accomplice to a villain. "It's fine on this road, but I heard that the trading houses on other roads have been surrounded by small shop owners since early in the morning … But since you're a player and a VIP customer, they can't do anything about it since you've placed the purchase order early."
Lin Sanjiu nodded with a serious expression.
She had already memorized Scrooge McDuck's plan from last night. If anything unexpected happened, she could activate her [Consciousness Mimicry] at any time.
Perhaps it was due to the two-day shortage of eggs and the fact that she had requested to buy eggs with 3 Stamina Points, the price of eggs finally broke through 2 Stamina Points reluctantly when Lin Sanjiu raised her head to look at the notice board. It reached 2.1 Stamina Points, then rose all the way to 2.4 Stamina Points.
After she paid for the eggs and paid the processing fee, she spent another 680 Stamina Points. Now, her Stamina Points had dropped to 1.8. Lin Sanjiu exhaled slightly and knocked on the wooden counter, "I want to send a message."
"Okay. Who do you want to send it to? "
After thinking for a while, she decided to give him a number. "I will send it to Player Number 23 first. Tell him that I am ready. He can sell the goods to me now. "
Player Number 23 was, of course, Hei Zeji. Lin Sanjiu had to convince him to help her. Lin Sanjiu had to put in a good word for him.
"Has it been sent?" When the waiter nodded at her, Lin Sanjiu muttered, "Next, help me sell 50 pounds of eggs for 2.5 Stamina Points per pound."
"Huh?" Mrs. Manas exclaimed.
Even the waiter looked up in surprise. Since he could work in the trading center, he naturally understood Lin Sanjiu's intention and the situation she was in. "Are you trying to clear out the stock in your hands? Why is there only so little? You have almost the same stock in your hands. But in this case, the market price may fall. "
"It's okay. Just let it go," Lin Sanjiu smiled at him, "I think I can sell it for 2.5."
Just as Scrooge McDuck had predicted, even though 2.5 Stamina Points was a sky-high price compared to the initial price, the 50 pounds of eggs were sold within half an hour. The buyer was a medium-sized supermarket on the "Fat Dog Route". After the transaction was over, the supermarket even sent a message to Player 57, "You were the one who cleared all the eggs for the past two days, right? Brother, you seem to have quite a lot of money. Let's work together again in the future. "
Lin Sanjiu, who was called "brother", didn't take it to heart. She put herself in his shoes and thought about how Scrooge McDuck would reply. She only replied with two words, "Definitely."
After the delivery of the 50 pounds of eggs, the price did not fall as the waiter was worried about. Instead, the average market price steadily rose to 2.5, and it didn't move anymore.
"Huh? Why did the price increase when we have eggs?" he asked, a little perplexed.
"You can call it hunger marketing," Lin Sanjiu explained. Of course, she figured it out in her Scrooge McDuck mode, "Besides, everyone will see that Player 57 has been hoarding the eggs for two days and finally started selling them at 2.5. It would also make people think that this was my target price. If I sell another 50 pounds of eggs, the price will drop a little. After all, compared to the amount of eggs I have in my inventory, the number of small shops waiting to buy eggs isn't very large. "
"Ahem, the things you've done. I'm a little confused just by looking at it, "the waiter laughed." By the way, there's news from Player No.23 that you contacted just now. He wants to … sell … Huh? "
Lin Sanjiu lowered her head and sipped her freshly brewed tea without changing her expression.
"He's selling a piece of broken rock that he picked up from the roadside?" He almost doubted his eyes, "And it's selling for … 200 pounds of eggs?"
"Give it to him," Lin Sanjiu cut off the waiter's surprised voice without hesitation. "Are you done? Give me the rock. "
Lin Sanjiu was waiting to see how the stone, which was worth 200 pounds of eggs, worked. However, the moment the waiter passed the stone to her, Lin Sanjiu tossed it to the ground. It bounced a few times on the ground with a loud thud.
Naturally, the rock was just an excuse. Lin Sanjiu wanted to transfer the 200 pounds of eggs to Hei Zeji safely and conveniently through the trading center. According to the current market price of eggs, Lin Sanjiu had to pay another 15 Stamina Points as the processing fee. Including the 121 Stamina Points that she had just earned, she now had 18674.5 Stamina Points.
"Why are you doing this kind of useless thing? Let me tell you, if you don't hurry up and sell these eggs, you will need to replenish nearly 3,000 Stamina Points, "Mrs. Manas warned her.
"Next time, tell me something that I don't know." Once Lin Sanjiu had made up her mind, she would not be swayed by the outside world. She turned to the waiter and said, "Send a few more messages for me."
"Who? What do you want me to say? "
The message that Lin Sanjiu was about to send was the most important step in her plan. She sent the same message to the three egg suppliers. Perhaps it was because she was a VIP customer or because she had bought all of their eggs, the three egg suppliers replied very quickly. Lin Sanjiu didn't know if it was because she was the VIP customer or because she had bought all of their eggs.
After Lin Sanjiu read through the short messages carefully, a smile appeared on her face. "Not bad. Not bad, the situation was much better than what she had expected … It seemed that there was always a way out.
When she was in her "Scrooge McDuck" state, she already had a draft of how she should reply to them and how she should negotiate with them. After weighing every word carefully, she sent the second round of messages. Just like that, Lin Sanjiu went back and forth with the three egg producers for half a day. Finally, Lin Sanjiu managed to get a result that she was somewhat satisfied with.
Since the first step was considered successful, the next step would be smooth sailing.
Lin Sanjiu's targets were four large chain eateries. Perhaps it was because this was a simplified trading market, each of them only had a few types of food on their trading list. Since each of them used eggs as their main ingredient, it saved Lin Sanjiu a lot of trouble.
"I want all of the strawberry red lips cakes today. Are there only 50 cakes? Hmm, okay … How long is the shelf life? Three days? Do I have to keep it refrigerated? If I buy the virtual inventory … Oh, that's good. Yes, I will buy all of them. Let me see, what are the other few? Hmm, not too many. Okay, I will take them all. "
The waiter, who had been busy introducing the products, was momentarily stunned when he heard Lin Sanjiu's words. He immediately looked up at Lin Sanjiu.
"All of them? There are a total of four types of dishes and desserts, and there are dozens and hundreds of pieces of each … "He took a deep breath." This is different from the ingredients. It's very expensive. "
This was indeed true. The strawberry red lips cake was only half the size of a girl's palm. One would cost 25 stamina points. 50 pieces of cake, plus a total of 430 desserts and food from the other three companies … How could she not know how high the total price was!
Lin Sanjiu forced a smile and gritted her teeth. She could feel her temples throbbing as she spoke, "That's a total of 9850 Stamina Points, right? I want them all! "
The waiter immediately swallowed the rest of his words and hurriedly lowered his head to work.
Including the processing fee, her remaining Stamina Points would be reduced to 8,529.
This was indeed a big risk … Lin Sanjiu stared silently at the "Buy" word flashing again and again on the notice board. Even though Lin Sanjiu was a seasoned fighter, she couldn't help feeling a layer of cold sweat slowly forming on her back. Her evolved ability, combat skills, combat experience, etc. Would not provide any assistance to her this time. If she couldn't gather the money, then …
She didn't dare to ask the consequences of breaching the contract. However, from the way the Starry Carnival Amusement Park operated, she could roughly guess what would happen without even asking.
Even if she didn't spend the night with 10 stamina points, she would lose one of her legs. Moreover, she had to pay tens of thousands of stamina points.
She had basically done what she wanted to do … She could only hope that Hei Zeji could complete the task successfully.
According to the information obtained from the egg supplier, the four restaurants had one thing in common — the supplier had to deliver eggs to them every day. This meant that all the eggs they received every day were used to cook their dishes, even if not all of them were used. Even if not all of the eggs were used, the difference shouldn't be too big.
According to Lin Sanjiu's plan, after she bought all the specialties and desserts from the four restaurants in the market, Hei Zeji would send a purchase request to the four restaurants. This was not a small amount. They would need to sell at least a day's worth of desserts from the four restaurants.
However, since Lin Sanjiu had already bought all the food from the four restaurants that day, Hei Zeji naturally couldn't buy any of them. Hence, he would offer a price that was much higher than the market price to "entice" the restaurants to accept his order.
Lin Sanjiu sat beside the wooden counter, feeling a little uneasy. She pricked up her ears and waited for the waiter to call her to check the information.
Hei Zeji's message came very quickly.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell what his tone was from the message, but her instincts told her that he wasn't in a good mood when he sent the message. "They were evasive and hesitant. If I didn't know them, they might have thought that I was asking them for money. One of them even asked me if I knew Player 57. In short, none of them accepted my order without hesitation. However, none of them were willing to reject me outright."
Now that the price of eggs was so high, and the restaurants were selling out all the dishes made from eggs, it was only natural that these slick businessmen would be more cautious and try to be vague about the business that was delivered to their doorstep … Lin Sanjiu asked anxiously, "Did you do as we said?"
"You are so annoying," Hei Zeji's first sentence was this. This was the first thing she said when she came back. "I was enjoying my cake, but you dragged me into this mess … I told them that I beat up No.57 and forced her to transfer 200 pounds of eggs to me. Now I'm selling it to them at 0.1 Stamina Points per pound, and they all want it! Of course, I didn't sign the contract. "
From the series of exclamation marks, it seemed that Hei Zeji really wanted to beat her up. However, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help laughing. Her eyes sparkled as she revealed her pearly white teeth. She slapped the wooden counter with all her might, "That's great!"
The waiter looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Help me send a message to the three egg producers," Lin Sanjiu said cheerfully, "Tell them that I have fulfilled the conditions to terminate the contract. Tell them to act quickly."
Seeing that the waiter rushed off to send the message, Mrs. Manas finally clicked her tongue in Lin Sanjiu's mind. After watching Lin Sanjiu work quietly for half a day, Mrs. Manas naturally understood what was going on, "I have to say, that old duck is really good at scamming people for money."
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help smiling.
The negotiation with the three egg producers was the most important part of her plan, but it was also the most uncertain part. If she didn't succeed in this part, she could only sell all the eggs she had and try to recoup as much money as she could. However, perhaps with the help of Scrooge McDuck's ability, the three egg producers not only gave her all the information she needed, but they also reached an agreement very quickly.
Even though Lin Sanjiu was relieved, she didn't dare to relax before everything was finalized. She waited in the Cloud Gathering Trading Firm for quite some time before she finally received a reply from the three egg producers.
Two hours after Lin Sanjiu received her reply, a few new names appeared on the list of items in the Cloud Gathering Trading Centre. The first name was "Strawberry Lips Cake". It was the batch of dishes and desserts that Lin Sanjiu had just bought.
However, this time, their prices were much lower.
"Since my order to buy the eggs has not changed, I should be the first to buy the eggs tomorrow, right?" Lin Sanjiu asked the waiter.
When the waiter nodded, the tall woman heaved a long sigh of relief.
"I can finally have a good night's sleep tonight," Lin Sanjiu smiled as she glanced at the notice board one last time. Then, she stood up, pushed open the door, and walked briskly to the hotel. (To be continued.)
PS:
"Ahahaha, all of you came to gift me, Heshibi's Sinful Dream, Fu Shu, and Song of the Twilight Rain on Valentine's Day. I have received your sincerity. This means that all of you are my lovers! Let's not talk about the more important things first, but the three of you are already on my lover list. Never leave, never abandon... Hehehe. "
Today, I have another batch of lovers: 2 egg tarts from Squirrel House, 2 egg tarts from Hashimoto Man, 2 must stand strong, I am Lord Bai, Mother of the World, mikasayou, Bread and Milk House, Witless 731, I Don't Like to Go Downstairs, 10 of Xi Beibei (10!) , Buldexi, Several Layers of Misty Rain ^ Qing Cheng, uhh, Shiliyumi is the Great Lizard Lord, two talismans of Violent Orange, Thin Xin Xin's Chocolate, Book Friend 160213175240919's Perfume Pouch, two roses of Charming Breath and ten chocolates (so many ~!). And Camille Baa (Gay Friend? That's you, right? If not, please leave a comment in the book review section ~!
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