Senior Brother Xinghe's Way of Business!

Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming were both completely baffled by Qin Xiangqian...

Especially Ma Liang, you know, Ma Liang said, "I am Senior Brother Xinghe's number one confidant..."

When it comes to understanding Senior Brother Xinghe's various meanings, I, Ma Liang, am undoubtedly number one. But this time, I'm actually inferior to Qin Xiangqian?

Did Old Qin have a breakout performance this time?

Just as Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming were saying they were all ready to listen, Qin Xiangqian spoke up!

"Senior Brother Ouyang, please change the air conditioner from separating cooling and heating functions to combining them into one!"

"This... is fine..." Ouyang Ming nodded, after all, this was not a troublesome matter at all for Ouyang Ming, an Artifact Refining Divine Master.

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang was stunned... What happened to selling them separately? Why are they being merged?

But Qin Xiangqian quickly said, "Senior Brother Ma Liang, as the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. When it comes to the ability to provide free services, no one in the world can surpass you, Senior Brother Ma Liang!"

But when it comes to doing business properly, Senior Brother Ma Liang, you are indeed no match for me, Qin Xiangqian...

Ma Liang did not refute Qin Xiangqian's words. After all, Qin Xiangqian had worked his way up in the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce his whole life. His achievements today were not simply because he was Senior Brother Xinghe's second most trusted confidant!

Qin Xiangqian really does have something!

Looking at Qin Xiangqian, who seems to be doing nothing all day, do you really think managing the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce is a simple matter?

Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce encounters countless troubles every day, but Qin Xiangqian handles them all flawlessly. In terms of this ability alone, Qin Xiangqian is more than capable of carrying the entire Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce!

Qin Xiangqian said, "Qin Xiangqian Senior Brother Ma Liang, when you suggested selling air conditioners separately for heating and cooling, I was somewhat resistant."

After all, customers aren't fools. What, we're selling cooling and heating separately? Don't they understand? If a dignified Artifact Refining Divine Master like Ouyang Ming couldn't even combine this, wouldn't that be a bit too embarrassing?

So the guests know everything...

Perhaps they'll buy two of our air conditioners out of necessity, but honestly, Senior Brother Ma Liang, what has brought our Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce to where it is today?

It's the public's word-of-mouth...

Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce of Commerce may not offer the cheapest products, but they are guaranteed to be the most reliable. You won't regret buying anything from Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce!

This is something that is known throughout the entire Four Continents.

We could easily solve this with one air conditioner, but we're splitting it into two to make double the money. If we keep doing this, won't the reputation of our Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce be affected?

At first, I, Qin Xiangqian, didn't quite understand, but with Senior Brother Xinghe's decision, I suddenly understood!

Hearing what Old Qin said, Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming both nodded in agreement.

As Old Qin said, reputation is something that is not easy to build, but it can also be destroyed by a small mistake.

You think Leader Bai is joking with you?

Leader Bai seizes every opportunity to write a clear and concise article for you, okay?

If Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce really decides to split an air conditioner and sell it twice, then Leader Bai will have to break records overnight and write a 300,000 to 500,000-word article to make Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce cry!

"That's why Senior Brother Xinghe said he'd sell it for one and a half spirit stones. Senior Brother Xinghe such a far-sighted person; he never intended to make money from the air conditioner itself. In fact, Senior Brother Xinghe is practically unparalleled in the world of business..."

There's a saying in the business world, "If you want to take, you must first give." To make big money, you must first understand how to lose money. If you can't even understand how to lose money, how can you make money? Therefore, Senior Brother Xinghe's secret to making huge profits is actually hidden in the secret of losing huge profits!

Qin Xiangqian remarked that Senior Brother Xinghe's strategy in this round was simply unbeatable...

We sell all the air conditioners without making a single penny of profit. In fact, not only do we not make a profit, we also publish the blueprints and the construction costs... so that the entire Four Continents knows how much resources we lose for every air conditioner we sell!

Qin Xiangqian stated that the previous belief held by fellow students Senior Brother Ma Liang and Senior Brother Ouyang that one could make money by selling air conditioners was actually a misconception.

Qin Xiangqian stated that although he had only studied weapon crafting for three to five years, he could understand most of it Qin Xiangqian looking at Senior Brother Ouyang's design drawings.

Of course, this doesn't mean Ouyang Ming's weapon-forging skills are bad; on the contrary, it shows that Ouyang Ming's weapon-forging skills are amazing.

As the saying goes, the greatest truths are the simplest. If other weapon refiners can't understand Ouyang Ming's blueprints after seeing them, it doesn't mean that Ouyang Ming is powerful. On the contrary, it means that Ouyang Ming's weapon refining skills are not yet perfect!

Now, Qin Xiangqian said that even someone like him, who has only studied weapon crafting for three to five years and can't even be considered a weapon craftsman, could roughly understand the blueprints. So, normally, any weapon craftsman with a certain rank could know how to make an air conditioner just by looking at the blueprints?

Even without blueprints, once our air conditioner is sold, other weapon refiners can probably figure it out by taking it apart at home, right?

Who can guarantee that other brands of air conditioners won't appear in Four Continents by then?

After all, there are countless powerful weapon refiners in the world. If they obtain the air conditioner and slightly modify the blueprints, causing minor changes to the principle, it's hard to say that they completely copied us!

In this situation, there is no doubt that other brands of air conditioners will emerge.

If we sell it for fifteen spirit stones, and someone else grits their teeth and sells it for ten, then do we have no choice but to lower our price as well?

Qin Xiangqian stated that price wars are the lowest form of business practices!

A truly successful business can never win by relying on price wars.

Therefore, Senior Brother Xinghe knew that our previous plan to make a fortune selling air conditioners wouldn't last long after he learned a little about it.

The Four Continents Market is only so big... By then, our Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce will sell a portion of the air conditioners, and other forces will also sell a portion. Once the market is divided up, how much money will we actually make?

It must be said that Qin Xiangqian's analysis was spot on. Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming didn't understand business, but they still understood what Qin Xiangqian meant and nodded in agreement.

"Not only that, our air conditioners come with a quality guarantee of about twenty years. Other major retailers probably offer similar guarantees, or at least not by much. This effectively further shrinks our market share!"

"The Four Continents market is only so big... If our products are sold and the people who need them don't need to buy them again for twenty years, then at most how many resources can we earn?"

Qin Xiangqian once again threw out something that neither Ma Liang nor Ouyang Ming had considered!

However, it must be said that Ouyang Ming's analysis was spot on... Selling things doesn't mean that just because your product can make money, or that there is demand for your product, you will definitely make a fortune!

For example, a roast goose rice restaurant opened somewhere. It tasted good and was reasonably priced. At first, people from all over went there to eat, and the owner made money...

But believe it or not, within half a month, the entire surrounding area will have become a genuine roast goose restaurant.

By then, can you still guarantee that your restaurant will be the best?

Even if you can guarantee it, a large portion of your customers will inevitably be taken away due to various queues or other reasons.

In this situation, no matter how well you do, you may not be eliminated by the market, but as time goes by, your popularity will definitely gradually subside.

This is determined by the market environment!

Therefore, Qin Xiangqian stated that in our Four Continents, the most profitable thing has never been a project, but a monopoly!

When you monopolize something, even if that thing only earns a very small amount of resources per day, when it's a monopoly, you can make a fortune even if you just lie around doing nothing!

It would have been impossible for us to achieve a monopoly in the air conditioning industry, but Senior Brother Xinghe's move of selling air conditioners at a loss has successfully created an opportunity for us all to achieve a monopoly!

First of all, our Vast Heaven Holy Land loses money on every unit we sell, even if it means losing two. We can afford that loss, but can other forces afford it?

Profitable businesses will attract people no matter how difficult or challenging they are, but loss-making businesses will be ignored no matter how hard you try!

We're going to sell air conditioners right from the start and suffer huge losses, which will scare away 99% of speculators!

Without substantial financial resources, could you possibly outmaneuver us?

"No, no... Old Qin... Aren't we just losing money? What's the use of a monopoly if we're just losing money?" Ma Liang was full of questions.

"Yeah... I don't understand either..." Ouyang Ming was also full of questions.

"Senior brothers, our money-making opportunity doesn't lie in the air conditioner, but in... this!" Qin Xiangqian said, prying off the spirit stone that powers the air conditioner!

"Senior Brother Ouyang, if I asked you to modify the blueprints so that only special spirit stones processed by our Vast Heaven Holy Land can power the air conditioner, and no one else can do it, could you accomplish that?" Qin Xiangqian asked.

"This is no difficult task... The special spirit stones I create are impossible for anyone in the world to replicate!" Ouyang Ming said confidently.

Hearing Senior Brother Ouyang's words, Qin Xiangqian smiled and said, "This is where we make a killing... We don't just monopolize air conditioners, we monopolize the energy they generate!"

"Once our air conditioners are sold, any weapon refiner can disassemble them and roughly reconstruct the blueprints to manufacture new air conditioners. But while weapon refiners can disassemble air conditioners, who has ever heard of a weapon refiner being able to disassemble spirit stones?"

Qin Xiangqian said this, Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang's eyes lit up!

Because what Old Qin said was absolutely fucking awesome!

If you find a weapon refiner, even one with a decent skill level, disassembling an air conditioner or even replicating it to a certain extent shouldn't be too difficult!

Even dismantling a divine artifact is not impossible for a weapon refiner of sufficient rank.

But my friend... throughout the Four Continents, have you ever heard of anyone who can dismantle a spirit stone?

Don't be fooled by the fact that low-grade spirit stones are everywhere... but tell me, which powerful figure in the Four Continents can claim to be able to dismantle a spirit stone?

Even the weakest spirit stone is still born of heaven and earth... You think you can dismantle a spirit stone? Why don't you just fly to the heavens?

If you can disassemble spirit stones, then theoretically you can create spirit stones!

Therefore, as long as Ouyang Ming places a special mark on the spirit stone, and as long as the spirit stone cannot be disassembled, who can break Ouyang Ming's mark?

So, wouldn't this be an absolutely inimitable super mark?

Even if you could disassemble an air conditioner, or even manufacture one, you couldn't disassemble a spirit stone, and you wouldn't know how the spirit stone supplies energy to the air conditioner...

In this situation... wouldn't it be tantamount to a complete monopoly of the air conditioning industry?

You can manufacture air conditioners, but you'll lose money on every one you manufacture... and energy can only be purchased from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce... Under these circumstances, neither party can possibly snatch any business from the Vast Heaven Holy Land!

At this moment, listening to Old Qin's analysis, Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang were both shocked!

Senior Brother Xinghe didn't utter a single word in this battle, yet it contained such a terrifying method of business monopoly... This is truly too terrifying!