The next morning, after waking up, Luo Wen felt sore all over his body.
Especially some of the small muscle groups, which were particularly noticeable.
Luo Wen was quite pleased with this.
Anyone who worked out knew that pain was a sign of progress.
He got up and simply washed up, finding that Hill had already gone to work early.
On the table were milk, eggs, and corn that still retained their warmth.
Luo Wen finished the breakfast Hill had left for him and drove to the warehouse where he had previously stored the rice.
Luo Wen looked at the one hundred thousand bags of rice in the warehouse and pondered slightly.
Hmm... I should be able to transport them all to the Swallowed Star world in one go, right? Luo Wen thought.
Luo Wen raised his right hand, and the Teleportation Ring on his index finger flickered slightly with a blue light.
At this moment, only four gems on it were still lit.
I forgot to borrow the Arc Reactor from Tony yesterday. Oh well, I'll call him in the afternoon. Let's go see Zhou Huayang first.
Luo Wen snapped his fingers.
A blue-black vortex appeared.
Luo Wen tried to manipulate the vortex with his mind.
When he came back yesterday, carrying his suitcase, he had discovered that he seemed to be able to freely change the shape and size of the Spacetime Vortex.
Under the guidance of Luo Wen's consciousness, the blue-black vortex gradually expanded until it turned into a huge Black Hole!
Like a giant abyss mouth, the Black Hole centered on Luo Wen and completely swallowed the one hundred thousand bags of rice.
The next second, Luo Wen and the one hundred thousand bags of rice disappeared from the warehouse together.
When Luo Wen opened his eyes, the scenery of the warehouse had changed slightly; the space was wider, and the ceiling was also different.
Obviously, this was the warehouse in the Swallowed Star world.
Looking at the rice piled up across half the warehouse, Luo Wen smiled.
It seemed the Spacetime Vortex could indeed be big or small, making it very convenient to use.
Luo Wen took out his phone, intending to give Zhou Huayang a call and have him come haul the cargo.
However, as soon as he raised his hand, he froze.
Luo Wen stared blankly at the ring on his right hand.
The ring, which originally had four glowing gems, now only had two emitting light.
Luo Wen twitched the corner of his mouth.
As expected, there was no free lunch; expanding the portal would consume more energy, huh.
If only I had an Infinity Stone, infinite battery life.
Luo Wen thought to himself while dialing Zhou Huayang's phone number.
"Hey, Brother Zhou, the address is 311 Qingping Road. Bring a truck to haul the cargo."
Luo Wen gave Zhou Huayang an address and then began to wait.
During the wait, Luo Wen slowly went through a set of Basic Ten Forms.
Because of the muscle soreness, he performed them quite slowly.
Even so, after going through it once, a slight sweat broke out on his body.
At this moment, the sound of a vehicle came from outside the warehouse.
Luo Wen walked out and took a look; Zhou Huayang's car had stopped, followed by two large freight trucks behind it.
"Brother Zhou, you're here."
Luo Wen walked back up and greeted him.
"I'm here!"
Zhou Huayang was all smiles.
Last night he had been so excited that he hardly slept at all.
If Luo Wen hadn't been lying to him, he might make a fortune in the future.
"Let's go, I'll take you to inspect the goods first."
Luo Wen didn't dilly-dally, turning around and leading Zhou Huayang into the warehouse.
As soon as Zhou Huayang entered the warehouse, he saw it piled to the brim.
"Brother Zhou, take a look around."
Luo Wen made a casual gesture.
With a pounding heart, Zhou Huayang pulled out his pocketknife and cut a slit in a bag of rice.
Immediately, round, crystal-clear white rice grains spilled out.
Zhou Huayang's eyes widened.
With this appearance, it was definitely top-notch!
Zhou Huayang reached out and scooped up a handful, bringing it to his nose to sniff. A fresh fragrance of rice drifted up, with not a trace of stale smell.
"Brother Luo Wen, this quality is absolute perfection!"
Without a second word, Zhou Huayang directly gave Luo Wen a thumbs-up!
Yesterday he had felt like he struck gold, but he hadn't expected to strike a goldmine this big!
Rice of this quality already belonged to the highest grade on the market.
Logically speaking, the wholesale price definitely wouldn't be lower than 9 Chinese Yuan per catty.
Yet Luo Wen actually asked for only 7 Chinese Yuan per catty.
Making a two-yuan price difference per catty meant that with these 2,500 tons of rice, he could instantly make 10 million Chinese Yuan!
Super profits!
His entire net worth was only around that much!
"If there's no problem, Brother Zhou, go ahead and haul the cargo away. I can guarantee you that the goods you get from me in the future will all be of this quality."
"Okay, damn it, little brother Luo Wen, from now on if you tell me Zhou Huayang to go east, I will never go west!"
Zhou Huayang put the rice back into his hand and immediately made his stance clear.
If Luo Wen weren't too young, he would have wanted to kneel right now, kowtow, and acknowledge him as his boss.
Making ten million on a single deal, this was a meal ticket and benefactor—closer than one's own biological father!
"Haha, alright, happy cooperation."
Luo Wen smiled and patted Zhou Huayang on the shoulder.
One could imagine that as Zhou Huayang made more and more money, his status within the Zhou Family would rise straight up.
By then, the Zhou Family would become Luo Wen's protective umbrella for grain sales in the Swallowed Star world.
The Zhou Family truly wasn't some colossal entity, but protecting a rice business was more than enough.
Luo Wen actually had other better choices.
But he found them troublesome.
Money was just a number once you had too much of it.
Strength was the foundation.
There was no need to fuss over such tiny gains and losses.
At most a few more years, when his strength reached the Planetary Level, these Earth currencies would all just be numbers to him.
Zhou Huayang grinned from ear to ear the entire time, shouting at the drivers and workers to haul the rice away trip by trip.
At the same time, 35 million Chinese Yuan was added to Luo Wen's bank account.
Added to the 200,000 left from selling the watch earlier, there was a total of 35,200,000 Chinese Yuan in the bank account.
He got insanely rich in one go.
Moreover, Luo Wen had also agreed with Zhou Huayang to come pull cargo again in a week.
The reason for leaving a one-week interval was to give Zhou Huayang and the grain and oil merchants he contacted time to digest their inventory.
Dumping too much rice onto the market all at once would only cause the price of rice to plummet crazily, which wasn't a good thing.
In a week's time, Zhou Huayang could sell the rice to other forces or even other base cities.
Right now I have over thirty million Chinese Yuan in my hands, so I can first purchase a batch of Level 1-3 Kroll Alloy and get the alloy company up and running.
Luo Wen arrived at the apartment he rented next to the Limit Martial Hall and thought to himself.
He had just asked Zhou Huayang.
The price of Level 1 Kroll Alloy was 50,000 Chinese Yuan per kilogram.
The price of Level 2 Kroll Alloy was 50,000 Chinese Yuan per kilogram.
The price of Level 3 Kroll Alloy was 40,000 Chinese Yuan per kilogram.
Among them, the hardness of Level 2 Kroll Alloy rivaled Diamond, possessing all the advantages of steel while also possessing the hardness of Diamond. Level 2 Kroll Alloy would definitely be avidly sought after by various forces in the Marvel world.
So Level 2 Kroll Alloy was definitely going to be a hot seller.
Luo Wen silently estimated and planned to first purchase 1,000 kilograms of Level 2 Kroll Alloy and 200 kilograms of Level 3 Kroll Alloy.
That would come out to exactly 23 million Chinese Yuan.
This much Kroll Alloy was enough for him to host an exhibition.
When this batch of Kroll Alloy was sold off, he would instantly become super-rich in the Marvel world.
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