"How about it, my friend? Would you like to purchase Jin Gong's universal translation service?" the goblin Jin Gong asked with a beaming smile.
"Don't rush," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "I need to purchase services, but not just that one... I also need to set up a stall and have you look after it for me. I also need to buy some intelligence on the Prophecy Temple. Do you provide all of that?"
"...Yes, my friend. You truly are very wise." Jin Gong gave him a thumbs-up.
Bai Xiaowen did not intend to buy just one "service." After buying the translation service, if he later found artifact fragments he wanted, he would still need Jin Gong to contact their owners. And if he had artifact fragments he wanted to sell, would he not need Jin Gong to sell them for him as well?
Once he bought one service, he would have to buy the later services too. Otherwise, his earlier investment would definitely go to waste. That was the sunk cost. It was like paying a deposit when buying something—if the details were not clarified from the start, unscrupulous merchants would inevitably jack up the price in every possible way after taking the deposit and screw you over completely.
Putting all the services he needed together, asking about the total price, and then deciding whether it was worth it—that was the wise choice.
"Did you split the services you offer into separate items so you could make money off each one?" Bai Xiaowen asked curiously.
Jin Gong chuckled, tacitly admitting it.
In fact, that was exactly what Jin Gong did. He had used the same trick to fleece several groups of explorers.
"Wouldn't you get beaten up for doing that?" Bai Xiaowen asked doubtfully.
"My friend! Jin Gong