Our Goal Is to Lose Over a Hundred Million by Year's End!

Qin Xiangqian's business acumen is beyond question...

This move resulted in a huge loss for air conditioners, but the energy monopoly strategy was absolutely insane!

Old Qin immediately did the math... For every air conditioner we sell, we lose about three spirit stones... But our spirit stone energy, under normal circumstances, is half a stone in summer and half a stone in winter...

One energy stone is consumed per year, and selling each energy stone for two or three spirit stones isn't unreasonable, is it?

This piece of ancient ice sells for over ten spirit stones, while our energy stones only cost two or three. You can argue all you want, but our price is still a fair deal...

Qin Xiangqian even calculated that this price was something that even a slightly wealthy family might not be able to afford, let alone an ordinary Rogue Cultivator!

Therefore, this market is not only for cultivators, but also has a large market for ordinary people.

It seems like we're losing money the first year we sell air conditioners... but in the second year, we'll probably be able to break even!

Our air conditioners have a lifespan of twenty years!

So let's do the math a bit more. Let's say we don't even break even in the second year, but in the third year. In that case, wouldn't we be making a killing for the next seventeen years?

This time, Senior Brother Xinghe n't aiming for quick profits; he's pursuing a sustainable development path!

Twenty years, three years of investment, seventeen years to make money... every twenty years is a cycle...

In this scenario, even if we only earn one spirit stone per air conditioner per year, we can still earn seventeen spirit stones over seventeen years!

Seventeen spirit stones don't sound like a lot...

But don't forget... how huge is the population base of the Four Continents... how terrifying is the number of people in the Four Continents who can afford air conditioning!

Ma Liang, the greatest mathematician in the Four Continents, couldn't figure out how much money he would make by multiplying this base number by seventeen!

Most importantly, this industry will not be interfered with by anyone else... Anyone who wants to lose money along with our Vast Heaven Holy Land, please start making air conditioners.

As long as you don't learn the technique of dismantling spirit stones, we will forever maintain a monopoly!

What the heck? What if someone can dismantle a spirit stone?

Friend... other people can already dismantle spirit stones... why the hell would they do this?

This is like learning the ability to teleport infinitely. Your first thought would be, "How many takeout orders can I deliver in a day?"

"We'll directly publish the air conditioner's design drawings, its structure, the materials needed, and its cost... We want the entire Four Continents to know how much we lose on every air conditioner we sell... So we don't make money selling air conditioners; we only earn our reputation..."

"Our real money-making opportunity lies in energy! That's Senior Brother Xinghe's plan... All the other ideas we had before were just narrowing our path!"

Qin Xiangqian sighed at this moment...

Ma Liang and Ouyang Ming were completely bewildered by what they were hearing...

Are there really so many intricacies involved in business?

How is Old Qin's brain structured?

Old Qin's mind is alright, but Senior Brother Xinghe is just too terrifying. Without saying a word, he has already completed the plan for the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce for the Future twenty years...

After a detailed discussion, Ouyang Ming went to do his work, while Qin Xiangqian and Ma Liang immediately made the air conditioner design drawings and costs public according to the plan!

With the news released by the Vast Heaven Holy Land, the Four Continents were stunned!

"Do all the people in the Vast Heaven Holy Land like to lose money? Who's ever heard of losing money on one item for every one they sell?"

"Yeah... Could this be a scam?"

"No, no, no... Brother, the grandson of the third uncle of the neighbor's dog across the hall, the daughter of my second aunt's fourth sister, is a weapon refiner. The moment the blueprints for this air conditioner were released, they disassembled and analyzed it. Selling one and losing money on two is no problem at all. In fact, only high-level weapon refiners from the Vast Heaven Holy Land can achieve this... If it were a low-level weapon refiner, the loss would be even greater!"

"Huh? Really?"

In a short time, countless weapon refiners Four Continents also spoke up... because all the weapon refiners across the Four Continents disassembled and studied the blueprints and materials...

The result is the same. Only the top weapon refiners of Vast Heaven Holy Land can lose two units for selling one. If it were other weapon refiners, it wouldn't be impossible for them to lose three, or even four or five units for selling one!

Therefore, Vast Heaven Holy Land didn't lie about a single word; their air conditioner sales were indeed a pure loss-making venture!

But this left everyone speechless...

In the past, Chu Xinghe liked to do all sorts of things that seemed like huge losses...

What? Is this penchant for losing money contagious?

Now everyone else in the Vast Heaven Holy Land is starting to follow this pattern too?

What's the loss?

Is Qin Xiangqian really the one who instigated this whole thing? Has Qin Xiangqian gone mad?

Does Qin Xiangqian really not want his position as president of the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce? Or does he simply want a replacement?

Other chamber of commerce presidents are all trying to figure out how to make their chambers of commerce a fortune, but you, Qin Xiangqian, lose money on every single one you sell?

What makes you, Qin Xiangqian, happy about this loss?

The discussions outside were endless... and Chu Xinghe naturally saw the announcement too... Upon seeing the announcement, Chu Xinghe immediately thought that although he didn't know much about business!

But look at this announcement, isn't it completely flawless?

We lose money on every unit we sell... so in this situation, wouldn't you say it's a pure loss?

Chu Xinghe took a special look at the rotation speed of the Misfortune Compass. There was nothing wrong with it. The Misfortune Compass spun smoothly without any problems!

So, as soon as he regained his ability to speak, Chu Xinghe went to find Old Qin!

"Qin Xiangqian greets Senior Brother Xinghe!" Qin Xiangqian looked at Senior Brother Xinghe with a smile. From the smile on Senior Brother Xinghe's face, Old Qin knew that he had definitely won Senior Brother Xinghe's approval this time!

Sure enough, seeing Old Qin smiling, Chu Xinghe thought, "Old Qin, you've finally got it!"

You're now even proactively helping your Senior Brother Xinghe, who's suffered losses...

Although Senior Brother Xinghe Old Qin n't understand the ways of business, as long as you keep going like this, no one can shake your position in the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce!

"Old Qin... you did a good job this time. You understand everything I mean, so I don't need to say anything more... keep up the good work, and your position as president of the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce is unshakeable!"

Upon hearing Senior Brother Xinghe's words, Qin Xiangqian was so excited he almost peed himself!

Senior Brother Xinghe has finally affirmed my actions, Qin Xiangqian!

Everything I, Qin Xiangqian, understand is perfectly correct... I, Qin Xiangqian, am still Senior Brother Xinghe's second most trusted confidant!

Although I, as the second most trusted confidant, am still somewhat inferior to Senior Brother Ma Liang's most trusted confidant, when it comes to business, I, Qin Xiangqian, will definitely be ruthless!

"Please rest assured, Senior Brother Xinghe, the Senior Brother Xinghe Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce will never let you down!" Qin Xiangqian said solemnly.

"Good, good, good... Old Qin... You did very well this time... The Vast Heaven Holy Land benefits all living beings, so whatever we do, we must not consider the gains first, but the losses... Whatever we do, we must first benefit all living beings, and in this way, all living beings will surely not be let down!"

Upon hearing Senior Brother Xinghe's praise, Qin Xiangqian immediately said, "Let me see... Is my understanding completely correct?"

What I meant by Senior Brother Xinghe was that to make a huge profit, you have to suffer huge losses first!

Did Senior Brother Xinghe say that to gain something, you must first lose something else?

Did Qin Xiangqian go berserk this time?

"By the way, Old Qin, how many air conditioners do you plan to ship in the first batch?"

"A million?" Qin Xiangqian asked.

"A million is too little..." Chu Xinghe said, explaining that when that bastard Ouyang Ming said he'd give out that much, he was afraid Ouyang Ming would make a killing, which is why he didn't allow more to be given out...

We're losing money on every unit we sell right now, it's pure loss... In this situation, wouldn't it be better to sell as many as possible?

"What does Senior Brother Xinghe mean?" Qin Xiangqian looked at Senior Brother Xinghe.

"It should be a simple matter for our weapon refiners to make this air conditioner... It's like a piece of cake for a weapon refiner to make 30,000 or 50,000 a day, right?"

Qin Xiangqian nodded repeatedly!

That's right, this air conditioner was designed by Senior Brother Ouyang to be simple and easy to operate. To put it bluntly, even Big White could make it in three to five days if he were brought over to learn!

With those weapon-refining beasts in our Vast Heaven Holy Land... casually manufacturing thirty to fifty thousand units a day wouldn't be a difficult task at all...

You don't actually think that artificers manufacture air conditioners piece by piece, do you?

Weapon refiners also possess Spirit Power. When crafting low-level items, they only need a few refining incantations to automatically create a terrifying production line!

Therefore, manufacturing speed is not a problem at all!

Hearing that there were no issues with the manufacturing speed, Chu Xinghe remarked, "Since we're going to benefit all living beings, can't we at least not be so stingy?"

Those who didn't know better might think that our Vast Heaven Holy Land couldn't afford to offer any more benefits...

So we'll have to lose at least 30 to 50 million on the first batch... We'll try our best to break 100 million in losses before the end of the year!

"Senior Brother Xinghe, breaking the 100 million mark in losses is possible, but it's uncertain in the first year... After all, many people will be hesitant at first, and even if we sell at a loss, there might not be that many people willing to buy! So..."

"So we can give it away for free... We don't need that half-spirit stone. If it sells well, we'll sell it; if it doesn't sell well, we'll give it away for free!"

Qin Xiangqian's eyes lit up when he heard what Senior Brother Xinghe said!

Senior Brother Xinghe's trading strategy is indeed incredibly sound!

Senior Brother Xinghe is absolutely right... If we sell well, then we'll sell; if we don't sell well, in order to quickly open up the market, we'll just give it away for free!

We've already lost money on two machines, what's one more to lose?

Although this means we've lost another unit, it only amounts to about a year and a half's worth of costs...

Twenty minus three equals seventeen!

Twenty minus four and a half, or even five, still equals fifteen!

Qin Xiangqian said that his vision and Qin Xiangqian were far inferior to that of Senior Brother Xinghe!

We've been making a killing for over ten years, what's another year or two?

So Qin Xiangqian nodded. "Senior Brother Xinghe, please rest assured, I will be staying at the Artifact Refining Palace from now on... We will definitely suffer losses exceeding 100 million by the end of the year! Please rest assured, Senior Brother Xinghe, I, Qin Xiangqian, hereby pledge that if the losses do not exceed 100 million by the end of the year, I, Qin Xiangqian, will not stay at the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce for even a single day!"

Upon hearing Old Qin's words, Chu Xinghe was so excited he almost peed himself!

With such a lucky general, how can we not accomplish great things!

If everyone in our Vast Heaven Holy Land were like Old Qin, able to lose hundreds of millions every year, I, Chu Xinghe, would have been invincible long ago!