Bai Yutang immediately said, "Here's the thing. Selling all our entry tickets within a day definitely won't be a problem."
"But selling them straight off for two thousand is a bit... wasteful. We'd be making only half as much."
"We could widen our profit margins even further!"
"What profit margins?" Bai Jin'er asked curiously.
"Our stronghold's grand array provides sixty times the spiritual qi. At market rates, a day of that is worth at least six thousand spirit stones."
"So as long as our ticket price stays below that, the fellow disciples paying for them are actually getting an absolute steal!"
Bai Yutang spoke with easy confidence, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.
"There's absolutely no need to drop straight to two thousand spirit stones a day!"
"We could start at four thousand and squeeze every last drop of fat out of the richest disciples who are most desperate to improve!"
"Once they've spent most of their spirit stones, we'll lower the price to three thousand!"
"Then the people who thought it was expensive before will feel they've landed the bargain of a lifetime. Even if they don't have spirit stones, they'll find ways to borrow them or take on missions. They'll fight tooth and nail to buy tickets!"
"We call this... scarcity selling, stimulating a second round of spending!"
"Gasp! Th-this really is a brilliant plan!" Fang Yuan was so impressed he could have prostrated himself in admiration.
Chun Xiaobai also nodded inwardly, realizing that this fellow really did have a talent for business.
Only his heart was so black it was practically gleaming!
He gave Bai Yutang a sidelong look and suddenly asked a question.
"So that 'A Thousand Gold for One Character' rule of yours, and that whole death-before-surrender act, were all to raise your value