Global Survival: The Witch of the Tower with an E-Rank Talent
Chapter 14

The Business I Do Is Monopoly

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Watching the favorable market response, Lan Qingyou let out a small sigh of relief and curled her lips into a faint smile.

Sure enough, she had to find the right niche to enjoy the benefits of the industry.

Although she truly could not move about as freely as others.

While she rested to recover Magic Power and others chopped trees, she read books. In a way, they were all working toward the same goal.

But forget about adding friends.

Seeing the 99+ friend requests that instantly appeared in her friend list, Lan Qingyou ignored them all.

She was highly motivated now.

She took out the ten boxes of test tubes she had traded for from the warehouse, then filled and listed another hundred Mana Potions.

They sold out in no time.

The materials in her warehouse were skyrocketing. This was far faster than gathering them herself.

One hundred and fifty potions instantly increased her basic units by fifteen hundred.

But then she ran into a problem.

Simply put, she had run out of test tubes.

There were plenty of potions in the pot, but without containers, they were useless.

This pot had a capacity of a little over twenty liters.

Even if she rounded it down to twenty liters, that was still twenty thousand milliliters. Each potion was ten milliliters, meaning one pot could make two thousand potions.

However, because they had been simmered, Lan Qingyou's pot had boiled down to only half its original volume. Even so, there were still around a thousand potions.

She had only sold one hundred and fifty so far. She was still far from selling them all.

There were currently 9,968 people in Channel 666. Even if she sold them all, there would not be enough to go around.

Seeing so many supplies unable to enter her account made Lan Qingyou feel miserable. It felt like a terrible waste.

So, while idly thinking of a solution, she opened her friends list and rejected everyone who wanted to freeload.

Then she noticed an interesting message.

She tapped the profile picture and entered the person's page. He was a thin-faced man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with somewhat messy hair and a tie around his neck.

His profile contained only one description: "Professional Merchant."

He had probably been the sort of business elite on Blue Star.

Shang Chuan: I have a large number of test tubes here. Add me if you need them.

Seeing that, Lan Qingyou immediately added him as a friend.

Shang Chuan: "Boss Lan, you finally added me. Happy."

Lan Qingyou: "How many test tubes?"

Lan Qingyou had no intention of chatting to build rapport. She got straight to the point.

Shang Chuan: "53 boxes."

Lan Qingyou: "Price."

Lan Qingyou did not ask why he had so many, nor was there any need to.

Because she had seen in his shop that he was buying them at two units.

Interestingly, he did not use boxes as the unit. He used sets of ten test tubes instead.

It seemed she had run into a middleman, and a professional one at that.

After all, he even counted used test tubes. He was clearly planning to recycle and reuse resources.

That was what professionalism looked like. He was talented.

So Lan Qingyou made a few adjustments in her own shop.

Shang Chuan: "Five basic units for ten."

Lan Qingyou: "Three units for ten. I'll let you make a little profit. Otherwise, I'll just buy them myself."

Shang Chuan: "Deal."

After thinking it over, Shang Chuan accepted Lan Qingyou's price.

After all, he was doing this to earn the difference. Since she was willing to leave him some profit, he naturally knew when to stop.

Harmony brought wealth. There was no need to argue over it.

Besides, the test tube purchase listing in Lan Qingyou's shop had disappeared just moments ago. That was her show of sincerity.

If he still tried to play hard to get, he would be asking for death.

Lan Qingyou: "Handle the purchasing from now on. Send me a trade request whenever you collect a box. We'll settle accounts once a day."

It was a point-to-point, end-to-end trading method that could remain available for a long time.

If you can't find the book by searching its title, try searching for the author. It may have simply been renamed!

All one had to do was send the other party a trade request and place the items inside, then wait for them to see and accept it. It was extremely convenient.

Even more conveniently, this trading method could be set to twelve, twenty-four, or forty-eight hours.

Shang Chuan: "No problem."

The two ended their conversation pleasantly.

Lan Qingyou got test tubes, Shang Chuan earned the difference, and everyone had a bright future.

After receiving more than five hundred test tubes, Lan Qingyou immediately began bottling and selling.

Business was excellent. Everything sold out the moment she listed it.

Because business was so good, she even discovered that each slot had a stacking limit of 999. That was good news.

This way, the warehouse would be best used specifically for stockpiling materials.

Such as Wood, stone, Vine, soil, sand, Devilish Creature Crystal Cores, and other basic materials.

However, considering that she would sometimes toss refined potions in there to exchange for specified items, she still needed to reserve several slots.

Calculating it that way, she really did not have enough slots.

Lan Qingyou closed the listing that exchanged for stone.

After all, her Shelter only needed 100 stone to upgrade.

Then she changed the trade listing to ten Crude Mana Potions for one E-Rank Devilish Creature Crystal Core, limiting it to only ten cores.

She also added a listing for five potions in exchange for five hundred grams of food or Mineral Water, limited to ten of each.

She was clearly aiming to upgrade her Shelter.

But even knowing Lan Qingyou's intentions, those who needed to buy would still buy.

There were over nine thousand people in the channel. There were not even enough potions for one per person, so Lan Qingyou was not worried about failing to sell them.

She was that blatant about it.

"Lan Qingyou is probably raking in money every day, huh?"

"More than that. I did the math. She has collected at least six thousand units of materials already."

"@Lan Qingyou, no one has anything to say if you have the ability to make this money, but can you consider lowering the price a little? Everyone is struggling to survive. Aren't you just taking advantage of a crisis?"

"Get lost! Shut your ass! Damn it, Xintianle, right? I'll remember you. If Lan Qingyou stops selling potions, I'll be the first to chop you to death."

"What kind of internet saint is this? Kindly roll far away."

"Are you Xiang Si? Don't make me start cursing!"

"He's not wrong, though. What's wrong with lowering the price when sales are this good? Giving customers discounts benefits yourself too."

"She's running a monopoly. Why would she need to give you consumers any discounts?"

When they saw how well Lan Qingyou's business was doing, some were jealous, some envious, some sarcastic, and some offered kind advice.

Lan Qingyou sneered after reading those messages.

Then, with a few taps of her finger, she added them to her shop's blacklist. She did not need those few customers anyway.

So they wanted to be sarcastic? So they wanted to offer kind advice? That was right. The business she did was monopoly.

If you didn't like it, who the hell were you?

I'll make it so you can't afford to buy them at all.

Let's see whether you still have the nerve to complain.

Afterward, Lan Qingyou even added a six-word motto to her shop description: "Buy it if you want, get lost if you don't."

It made all those people who came to buy potions grit their teeth.

"Tsk tsk, this Lan Qingyou has quite the temper."

"Is it that bad? I don't think so. Getting rid of those clingy pests early is good for everyone."

"Isn't ten potions for one hundred Magic Power a little too little for an E-Rank Devilish Creature Crystal Core?"

"It's not too little, is it? I got lucky today and killed a horned rabbit. It had an E-Rank Devilish Creature Crystal Core inside it."

"Brother, trust me. First, there's no need to keep targeting those damned wolf packs. Broaden your view, and you'll find that plenty of devilish creatures are E-Rank."

"Really? Then I'll try it tomorrow."

Although the price Lan Qingyou offered appeared rather unreasonable.

Most people in Channel 666 unexpectedly accepted it.

There were still online beggars begging and internet saints pointing fingers from their moral high ground, along with jealous people making snide remarks, but most people were not bothered by it.

This was the 666 Villain Valley channel.

Compared to people from other regions, those who had already been villains on Blue Star had less naive innocence and more practical maturity.

Of course.

When it was time to act, these brothers would not show the slightest mercy.

It really was chaotic.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you don't lose it next time!

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