"Seventy percent off?" Feng Jun smiled. "Forget it, I won't take advantage of you. Fifty percent off, then. Where should I deliver the Energy Blocks?"
"Y-you... wait a moment," Brother Jiu said after staring blankly for a while. "You really have Energy Blocks?"
"Maybe they're Energy Stones. There's not much difference," Feng Jun replied casually. "Since this is our first transaction, I'll pay the deposit first. Whether or not you can fulfill the order, if the deal falls through, it definitely won't be my fault."
Brother Jiu did not understand the joke about it not being his fault, but he grasped the general meaning. "You'll pay the Energy Blocks unconditionally in advance?"
On Xingzheng Star, if medicine counted as scarce supplies, then Energy Blocks were undoubtedly hard currency. Countless people had no idea how much credit they had prepaid just to obtain Energy Blocks.
But Energy Blocks now... were no longer a matter of prepaying credit. There simply was no stock.
Hesheng had imports of several million tons, but the production base itself needed Energy Stones. Moreover, it had already begun production. Together with Hesheng's other departments, they consumed at least fifteen hundred tons of Energy Stones every day.
Pioneer Bank needed Energy Stones, the Left Dragon City government still needed Energy Stones, and the military was watching this place like a hawk. It had already taken three million tons of Energy Stones in advance and wanted more, but not only Hesheng and the bank, even the Left Dragon City government refused.
How many Energy Stones did the Human Race still have in reserve? Brother Jiu did not know, but he knew one thing: two small factories in the clan that produced Energy Rods had already shut down because of the shortage of Energy Stones.
The government did not agree