The third day was an exceptionally sunny day. Sunlight shone down from the blue sky and shone on Lin Sanjiu's shoulders. When Lin Sanjiu walked out of Big Cat Hotel, the owner of a pancake shop next door immediately poked his head out and greeted her enthusiastically, "Are you going out?"
"Yes," Lin Sanjiu nodded with a smile. She looked very amiable in her Scrooge McDuck form, "How's business today?"
"Not bad! The pancake shops on the other streets are not doing well. They can't sell anything without eggs, "the owner of the pancake shop tapped the spatula in his hand happily. The pancake shop owner tapped the spatula in his hand happily. "I heard that eggs in the market have been out of stock recently, and the price has skyrocketed. I was a little worried at first, but I didn't expect you to be so resourceful. You actually managed to get me a batch of eggs in advance … It's all thanks to you this time."
Lin Sanjiu smiled. She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her bathrobe and strolled toward Cloud Gathering Trading House.
The owner of the pancake shop had told her yesterday that he had run out of eggs and that his business wasn't doing well. Even though he was beating around the bush, the meaning behind his words was clear. It seemed like he was afraid that Lin Sanjiu wouldn't be able to deliver the eggs. When Lin Sanjiu heard that, she immediately gave him the 50 catties of pancake that he had ordered. She even told him, "This is the stock that I specially prepared for you." The pancake shop owner thanked her profusely.
Of course, Lin Sanjiu didn't give him the eggs in advance because she wanted to help.
She didn't hoard all the eggs in the market so that no one would have eggs to eat. Instead, it was so that only a few people would have eggs to eat. She wanted to artificially make eggs a scarce resource. Only then could the price rise. If there were no more eggs, there would definitely be substitutes for eggs. Therefore, just like the 50 pounds of eggs that she sold yesterday, she wanted to stimulate the market with these 50 pounds of eggs.
If this was a real market, Scrooge McDuck's method would not work at all. However, the market that Starry Carnival Amusement Park had created was a relatively closed environment. It greatly simplified the complexity of the market, and at the same time, it had a high degree of realism. Scrooge McDuck's method was tailor-made for this place.
When Lin Sanjiu arrived at Cloud Gathering Trading House, the door was already opened by the waiter. He had learned his lesson after nearly being knocked down by Lin Sanjiu rushing into his shop for the past two days. He opened the door five minutes early, "Oh, you are still so punctual! Let me tell you a piece of good news. The price of eggs has risen again! I've also bought the pastries that you asked me to buy yesterday. I'm just waiting for you to trade your Stamina Points. "
The price of eggs had risen again. Of course, this was all within Lin Sanjiu's expectations. She smiled and looked at the notice board. She saw that the average market price of eggs had risen to 2.8 Stamina Points per pound.
The market had just opened. She still had one day to bring the price of the eggs up to the price she had agreed with the three suppliers.
He turned his head. She asked the waiter, "How much did the batch of pastries cost yesterday?"
"There are a total of 120 items. On average, each item costs 20 Stamina Points." The waiter smiled enthusiastically. "Including the processing fee, it's a total of 2472 Stamina Points."
"What about the eggs?"
"Hey, you're asking the right question. For some reason, as soon as the market opened today, the three egg producers suddenly released several times more eggs than yesterday. It was a full 1150 pounds! When you bought them, the price was still 2.6, so this batch of eggs cost you 3,080 Stamina Points. "
Even though Lin Sanjiu had spent so much Stamina Points in one go, when she sat in her usual seat, she tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest of her chair. Slowly, a smile appeared on her face.
Just as Lin Sanjiu had agreed with the three egg producers yesterday, they had successfully terminated their contracts with the four large restaurants. Of the 1150 pounds of eggs she had ordered today, 800 pounds were supposed to be supplied to the four large restaurants.
Lin Sanjiu had come up with the idea of terminating the contracts after she got some important information from the suppliers. She was in her "Scrooge McDuck" state.
In such a relatively closed market, just as she had predicted, the competition between the three egg producers was very intense. The market was only so big and there were only a few big customers. There were quite a lot of small suppliers. Furthermore, the small suppliers couldn't make up for the surplus of their production. Hence, it had always been a buyer's market. In other words, the original average price of 0.6 was the lowest price reached by the three egg producers after several intense price wars.
It was said that before Lin Sanjiu intervened, the three egg producers were already struggling to reduce their stock and increase their prices. Therefore, when Lin Sanjiu sent a message to them, she quickly got the answer she wanted.
The contract signed between the supplier and the restaurants was an "exclusive supply contract". Logically speaking, the restaurants couldn't purchase their eggs from other suppliers. In order to achieve this exclusive supply contract, the supplier had no choice but to lower the price of the eggs to the market. However, in a buyer's market, the binding force of such a contract was not strong. Even if the restaurant found someone else to purchase the goods, it would not be able to do so. Even if the restaurant found another supplier to purchase the eggs, none of the suppliers would be willing to terminate the contract.
Unless the suppliers were motivated by an external force, they would form an alliance.
And that was exactly what Lin Sanjiu did.
The deal that Hei Zeji proposed at this time was a bait to lure them to buy the eggs from him and break the contract first. However, if it was just that, the chances of success were not high. If there were smart people who thought about the situation in the market and refused to buy the eggs, it was very possible that they would not buy the eggs.
To ensure that none of the restaurants would fall into her trap, Lin Sanjiu came up with a second plan.
Under her instruction, the three suppliers made an "exchange". Each supplier sent a message to a restaurant that wasn't their customer, telling them that the price of eggs had increased drastically. Even if they had a contract, they couldn't guarantee that their original supplier wouldn't increase the price. However, they were different. They were willing to continue to provide eggs that were lower than the market price, hoping that they could win over their customers.
With a second supplier as a backup plan, the large restaurants let their guard down. They all took Hei Zeji's bait and produced a batch of pastries that didn't cost much. When Hei Zeji expressed that he could not buy that many pastries, the sky had already turned dark. It was almost time to close the restaurant. In order to sell off the pastries as soon as possible, the restaurants had lowered their prices by a few Stamina Points.
The moment Lin Sanjiu's gaze fell on the batch of pastries, she ordered the waiter to "buy them before the market closes".
There were a total of four restaurants. The reason why she only sold 200 catties of eggs to them through Hei Zeji was because a small number wouldn't raise any suspicions. Secondly, she didn't have much Stamina Points left. She needed to control their production. Indeed, with only a few dozen catties of eggs, they could only make 120 pastries. Lin Sanjiu could afford it.
Now. Lin Sanjiu had a total of 2,977 Stamina Points, 3,300 catties of eggs, and 600 pastries.
"What should we do next?" Mrs. Manas couldn't help asking.
"Don't worry. The market has just opened," Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes. She smiled like a fox. If it wasn't for her [Consciousness Mimicry], she would never be able to make such an expression in her life. "Give those restaurants some time. They will need some time to realize that they don't have any more pastries today. "
Things went smoother than Lin Sanjiu had expected. Twenty minutes later, the first request for eggs from one of the four major restaurants appeared on the notice board.
This message immediately caused the entire market to explode.
The average price of the egg market was flickering continuously. After every flicker, the number would increase a little, and finally, it reached a shocking 5. However, no matter how firm the price was rising, the market inventory was always showing "extremely low".
To add another spoonful of oil to the fire. Lin Sanjiu immediately sent the message, "6 Stamina Points for Eggs". Immediately after that, her personal inbox was flooded with messages. The waiter was so busy that he was sweating profusely. Before he could find the first message, another three to four messages had already come in. Some of them expressed their admiration for Number 57, some criticized her, and most of them wanted to buy some eggs from her.
Lin Sanjiu did not reply to any of the messages. She only told him, "You don't have to show me anything other than the news from the four major restaurants." Then, she waited patiently.
Finally, after half an hour. The other three restaurants also gave in.
The first one to send her a message was "Lips", whom she had interacted with several times.
"I know you don't intend to stay here long, so I'll let you have your way just this once," the message was harsh. "Don't you want to leave after making some money? Give me a price for the eggs in your hand! "
Lin Sanjiu smiled and did not reply.
The messages from the other two dessert shops were much more polite.
"I don't know how to address you, but please let me open the shop. We produce a lot of desserts every day, and our main ingredient is eggs. So, I hope that you can consider it and negotiate with a price that we can both accept. "
"Lips Restaurant uses the least amount of eggs." "No wonder they are so stubborn." Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and randomly chose a dessert shop called "Peppermint Leaf". She gave an irrelevant reply, "What do you think of the strawberry lip cake?"
The other party was obviously a little confused, but he still replied quickly, "This is Lips' signature dessert. Even if others have the recipe, they won't be able to make it. You can say that it's very famous."
"That's good."
Lin Sanjiu, who was in her Scrooge McDuck mode, already had an idea in her mind.
"As you can see, there isn't a single shop in the market that sells eggs … It's not just you guys, no one can make anything that contains eggs."
"Yes, what do you mean …"
"I can provide you with 20 pieces of strawberry lips cake and 200 other desserts. Each piece of strawberry lips cake costs 30 Stamina Points, and the other desserts costs 28 Stamina Points. To show my sincerity, I promise you that I will not sell any eggs for the next four hours. When I sell the eggs, I guarantee that the market price will be 8 Stamina Points per pound. What do you think? "
It was already a great advantage to sell the eggs when all the competitors were out of stock. Besides, even if all the competitors bought the eggs, they would not be able to sell their desserts at the same price as Lin Sanjiu due to the cost of their desserts. In less than ten minutes, Lin Sanjiu sold 220 pieces of desserts to "Peppermint Leaf". Moreover, the latter paid for all the processing fees. Lin Sanjiu got back 6,200 Stamina Points, so she had a total of 9,177 Stamina Points.
According to the daily sales figures simulated by Starry Carnival Amusement Park, this amount of Stamina Points could only satisfy half of the dessert market. However, after Lin Sanjiu collaborated with three egg producers to release a piece of news, the impact of the news was like a tsunami.
"Player 57 is currently discussing a possible partnership with the egg producers. He intends to acquire three egg producers in the market and merge them into one. Currently, the progress is going smoothly. Apparently, they have already signed the contract."
This piece of news was like a spark that fell on gasoline. Coupled with the various incentives that Lin Sanjiu had set up, the market finally went into a frenzy. Everyone was guessing what price Player 57 would set after he monopolized the market. Due to Lin Sanjiu's aggressive behavior over the past few days, the market was generally optimistic about the price of eggs in the future. Hence, the current price of an egg soared to 7.5 Stamina Points. The price had never been so high before.
The leftover eggs that Lin Sanjiu purposely sold to the supermarkets and pancake shops had already flowed into the market due to the temptation. In the end, they continued to inflate the bubble even further.
Seeing that it was about time, Lin Sanjiu waved her hand lightly, "They're fat enough. It's time to slaughter them."
This time. Even Lips finally gave up their arrogance.
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Lin Sanjiu had too many eggs in her inventory, so she set a minimum purchase quantity. The minimum purchase quantity she gave to Lips and the other large restaurants was 400 pounds at 8 Stamina Points per pound. Apart from Peppermint Leaf, the other three large restaurants had no choice but to place their orders even though they were reluctant. Perhaps they were worried that the price of eggs would increase even more in the future, so the three restaurants ordered a total of 1,600 pounds of eggs. With that, Lin Sanjiu quickly earned back 12,800 Stamina Points. She finally earned back the money she owed.
"I have to hurry up," Lin Sanjiu muttered to herself, "Once those egg producers find out that I set a minimum purchase quantity, they will know that I'm setting them up. I knew I was tricking them … I have to sell the rest of the eggs as soon as possible. "
She couldn't sell too many eggs to the small stores, but she couldn't sell them too expensive either. With a price of 6 Stamina Points per pound, she managed to sell another 700 pounds of eggs. Apparently, everyone thought that the price of eggs would increase in the future, so they bought more eggs than usual.
Currently, Lin Sanjiu's Stamina Points had reached 26,177. She had earned enough Stamina Points to clear this scenario. She still had 380 desserts and a thousand pounds of eggs left.
Almost as soon as the transaction was completed, the price of the eggs dropped from 7.5 to 4. Such a fluctuation meant that the three egg producers finally realized that something was amiss. Number 57 had sold the eggs at a high price that exceeded the market's ability to digest. By the time the market finished digesting this batch of eggs, they would be able to produce more eggs. By then, it would still be a buyer's market, but this time, they had lost their biggest customer.
"That was close. Next, "Lin Sanjiu smiled and exhaled. She instructed the waiter to delete the hundreds of messages," I will slowly sell these desserts and eggs at a price far lower than the market price. "
Mrs. Manas was already dumbfounded.
"That old duck …" she mumbled, "I can't believe that he managed to scam everyone in this market."
"Let me tell you," Mrs. Manas said as if she had heard a compliment. Lin Sanjiu laughed, "Normally, I wouldn't dare to do something like this. But now, I can leave after I finish my business. It would be a waste not to scam them. This feels so good!"
With enough Stamina Points, the next step was simple.
Lin Sanjiu bought all the goods she needed with the money from the merchants. She also bought a hundred and fifty pounds of eggs. Finally, she paid off all the debts she owed to the merchants on Pumpkin Route and avoided the fate of being punished by the Starry Carnival Amusement Park. After she sold her goods at a low price that almost completely disrupted the market, the 320 desserts and 850 pounds of eggs earned her a total of 2,815 Stamina Points.
Wearing her new combat vest and shorts, Lin Sanjiu sat on Pumpkin Route and basked in the sun.
When her gaze fell on a few figures that appeared out of nowhere, she leaped up with a smile, "Let's go! I'll finish this round for you! "(To be continued.)
PS:
After I finished writing this chapter, I was so happy that I finally finished writing about the Starry Carnival Amusement Park. Then, I realized that I had forgotten about the final destination … Ahhh, I don't want to write about the final destination anymore. Can I just end it like this? I'm sick of Red Nautilus!
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