The price negotiations actually went quite smoothly. Feng Jun had started by asking an exorbitant price: five hundred taels of gold for each refrigerator and air conditioner.
Baili Adept was even more straightforward. "Feng Adept, don't joke around. I know you agreed on two hundred taels per unit with Senior Brother Dragon Wanderer. I don't care how you arranged things with him or what benefits you promised him. I accept the price of two hundred taels. No problem, right?"
After thinking for a moment, Feng Jun said there was a problem with that price—because at the time, he hadn't known these things were so important to the Yin Sha Sect.
Baili Adept's mouth twitched twice despite himself. I thought I was already mercenary enough. Who knew someone could be even more mercenary than me?
So he bluntly pointed out that there was no point if he had to spell certain things out—did Feng Jun really not know how much refrigerators and air conditioners sold for in the Mortal World?
Feng Jun answered solemnly that he genuinely did not know. That was not a lie. Pacify Arms Mountain had never set fixed prices for refrigerators, color televisions, and the like. They generally charged whatever price they felt like, and occasionally threw in gifts when they encountered major customers.
Moreover, those who bought such things generally did not bargain. Bargaining was far too undignified.
Still, even without a clear impression, Feng Jun could roughly determine that two hundred taels of gold per unit was... about the highest price they could sell them for.
But Baili Adept immediately cited three examples. The most expensive refrigerator had only sold for one hundred and twenty taels, and Pacify Arms Mountain had even included a manual as a gift: How to Make Ice Cream.
"That's different."