As if he had found a kindred spirit:
"Mr. Lin, I knew you would understand me!
Those old fossils in my family don't understand a thing. All they do is tell me to curry favor with those Card Making Masters.
But I think the card market dominated by these Card Masters is a stagnant pool, utterly devoid of spirit!
They don't understand the actual needs of the market at all. They'll only grow more and more hidebound,
which is why I came out and founded 'Shiying Card Industry' myself, specifically to seek out card works by unknown Card Masters from the private sector;
I believe only those who came from unconventional backgrounds can possess truly freer creativity.
All they lack is financial support;
and money was precisely what I had!
I want to raise a few catfish and stir this card market into life, turning it upside down!
So I want to buy you as a person. You're the biggest catfish in my heart!"
Lin Chen was somewhat shaken by Jia Yanshang. What this portly young master was describing was precisely the free-market economic model!
Instead of starting from the producer's perspective, it began from the consumer's perspective, building a more diverse and freer card market.
In this world, because of the Anomalous Invasion from beyond, the market had languished, and most card resources were being requisitioned and controlled by the authorities.
It was like a wartime planned economy—monotonous, scarce, and rigid.
Although it helped the authorities concentrate their strength to accomplish things, it was unfriendly to the masses at the bottom.
This left grassroots Card Masters without resources, without money, and without the means to survive!
So the market first had to provide them with cheaper, higher-quality cards;
once they grew stronger and survived, they could earn more money!