Chapter 119 114: Agreement Reached and the Rabbits' Procurement (Part 3)

It wasn't long after reaching the cooperation intention that Yang Bolin signed a supply contract with Ma Ning at the temporary stronghold inside the Purple Treasure Pavilion market.The contract stipulated that.

Taoshu Commerce Association would sell a batch of war supplies to Purple Treasure Pavilion in a short time, guaranteeing that the defect rate would not exceed 0.03%.

The specific quantities are as follows:

60,000 pieces of Type 67 Joy Sticks, unit price is 0.8 Spirit Stones each, total price is 48,000 Spirit Stones.

Of which the rabbits are transporting 10,000 pieces of Joy Sticks this time for on-site delivery, totaling 8,000 Spirit Stones.

Besides that.

Taoshu Commerce Association will also provide 500 units of Type 56 Automatic Shooting Symbols and 90,000 rounds of 7.62mm Happy Pills (i.e., 3,000 magazines).

Total price is 17,000 Spirit Stones.

In other words, the total price of this trade is 65,000 Spirit Stones, with 8,000 Spirit Stones in on-site transactions.

Purple Treasure Pavilion will send special personnel to Chixian City to hand over the goods upon receiving notification from Taoshu Commerce Association, and transportation costs will be borne by Ziqiong City.

The payment for this trade will be made in full after the materials arrive in Ziqiong City and are inspected and accepted.

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After all, it's the first time, and suddenly stuffing too much of those long, black, thick things isn't good.

Secondly, it's because, in the short term, Ziqiong City doesn't have a place needing to consume these 'symbols'.

Even in Yang Bolin's plan.

Be it this batch of Joy Sticks or Type 56 Shooting Symbols, the ultimate customers of the first batch of trade are not Ziqiong City at all.

That's right.

He plans to resell this batch, sell them to other cities and see.

Don't forget, at the end of the day, Yang Bolin is still a merchant—and a particularly astute one.

The reason he believes in Ma Ning's so-called cost-price talk, aside from Ma Ning's decent acting skills, is more that he fundamentally lacks understanding of technological weapons concepts.

In his cognition.

No matter how the form of symbols change, to reach certain degrees of power it must consume Spiritual Energy, so the cost can't be too low.

In the end, the worldview is too different—it has nothing to do with how easily Yang Bolin can be fooled.

Thus, when stepping away from this topic and returning to a commercial angle, Yang Bolin naturally reverted to being the top merchant of Damo Realm.

So, after calming down, his first reaction in his heart was....

Collect a batch of supplies and become a reseller!

With the connections left by the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Ziqiong City, he can very accurately know which city needs these materials, the related market absolutely won't lack.

According to the price provided by Taoshu Commerce Association, in resale there's actually quite a profit.

Especially for those Type 56 Automatic Shooting Symbols, their power is visually apparent, the purchasing price of 28 Spirit Stones, with his means, selling them for 50 Spirit Stones isn't really difficult.

Of course.

Long, long after, this Chief Shopkeeper Yang found out:

What burns Spirit Stones aren't these few sticks but those small Happy Pills.

Yang Bolin was very happy; the rabbits on the other side were laughing just as happily.

After signing the agreement.

If it weren't for good mental quality, Ma Ning almost couldn't help but do a bit of juggling on the spot.

Actually, upon knowing the amount of goods Yang Bolin initially ordered, the experts from the command staff quickly inferred his purpose:

The probability he orders this batch isn't for personal use!

Those experts are the top professionals locally, each a super big shot, so Yang Bolin's little schemes have a hard time being concealed in front of them.

Though they know.

After deliberation, the command staff ultimately decided to play dumb and let him resell.

After all, firstly, as a short-term partner, Purple Treasure Pavilion is very good, and there's no need to ruin the relationship.

Secondly, with the current connections of the rabbits, it's hard to find another opportunity to contact cities in need of 'symbols' - such a bottom-scanning opportunity is too rare.

Certainly.

Considering the sinister hearts of people in Damo Realm, the rabbits will not completely lower their guard towards Purple Treasure Pavilion.

In fact, they also have a plan, which is to take advantage of the upcoming Xiaolianzi Mountain battle, to flex their muscles in front of Purple Treasure Pavilion...or rather, Ziqiong City.

After all, Taoshu Commerce Association currently only introduces mortals without cultivation, if they don't show something high-end, who knows what the opposite side might think.

And besides factors concerning partners, another important reason why the rabbits have chosen to selectively ignore Yang Bolin's transformation into a reseller is...

This wave is a blood profit!

The cost of the Type 67 Joy Sticks in 2022 Huaxia currency price level is about 15.8 Huaxia yuan each.

During the package sale in the early 2000s, the price for Joy Sticks was one ton (which is more than 1660 pieces) 2,300 yuan.

And the price of 0.8 Spirit Stones is.....

4800 Huaxia coins, one piece.

Ahem...

In a way, Ma Ning wasn't exactly lying.

It was only a difference of about 4780 coins to reach the cost price. Rounded up and fast-forwarded a bit, selling at a loss indeed made sense.

The profit margin on the 56-style automatic collection talismans from the rabbits wasn't much either.

Because the stamping machine box was easy to produce and low-cost, the production lines for the 56-style submachine guns gradually shifted to produce stamping machine boxes, so after the 70s, the rabbits' 56-style cost dropped to....

Around eighteen bucks per piece, at current prices.

The average salary of city formal employees in the 70s was 53.94 yuan per month, so the cost of a 56-style now would be roughly around one thousand four hundred or five.

With such high costs, buying it with just over twenty spirit stones really didn't leave much profit compared to a happiness stick.

As for the final 7.22mm happiness pill.....

Ahem.

Let's not mention it; actually, it only made a tiny bit more profit, nothing significant.

It's roughly just enough to add a negligible thread of black to the rabbits' inner color.

If it were the hawks, the quoted price might have been even darker.

Wait, saying it like this doesn't seem right either.

Because if the hawks came to Ziqiong City, they might start a fight, anyway, it's not like they haven't done this before.

They might even concoct some Thanksgiving festival or something.

In short.

From the perspective of trading in the Damo Realm, the rabbits' goods are indeed much cheaper than those common talismans.

And the cheaper the price, the more stock each city would have, leading to fewer casualties during beast tides.

It's definitely making full use of resources, proving that the rabbits are harmless and friendly.

After signing the intent contract, Ma Ning sipped some tea and then said to Yang Bolin:

"Shopkeeper Yang, it is known that Purple Treasure Pavilion is the largest commerce association in Ziqiong City. Now we wish to purchase some supplies from your esteemed association. I wonder if Shopkeeper Yang is interested in doing this business with us?"

Hearing that Ma Ning wanted to purchase supplies, Yang Bolin perked up immediately.

Although he wasn't very familiar with the rabbits.

During the signing of the previous intent contract, he honestly felt the rabbits' sincerity and straightforwardness.

Originally priced at one spirit stone per happiness stick, they offered a twenty percent discount just like that.

Willing to sell at cost price or even a slight loss to show sincerity.

This is the type of customer Yang Bolin most liked dealing with, so honest that you wouldn't want to gouge him too badly—after all, compared to someone like Tang Si, who is profit-driven, Yang Bolin could still adhere to some principles; otherwise, he wouldn't have been entrusted to manage Purple Treasure Pavilion.

So when Ma Ning expressed the intention to purchase supplies.

Yang Bolin didn't mind that the other party was an ordinary person without even cultivation, and took out several lists from the spatial bag on the spot.

He laid out the lists on the table and introduced:

"Shopkeeper Ma, these lists from left to right are the supply lists for magical artifacts, talismans, spirit medicines, and elixirs.

The one on the far left is a miscellaneous supplies list, including arrays, puppets, demonic pets, etc., with prices listed from high to low in every category.

This set of lists is specially supplied for Purple Treasure Pavilion's major clients, just pick whatever you need and hand it over to me.

To express the sincerity of Purple Treasure Pavilion, regardless of your final total purchase price, I, as the Chief Shopkeeper of Purple Treasure Pavilion, will offer a ten percent discount!"

The major clients Yang Bolin referred to are not ordinary partners like Wei Qiangsheng.

For a commercial association under a family to be defined as a 'major client' by Purple Treasure Pavilion, there needs to be at least one third-layer Core Formation Realm power in the family.

Moreover, it shouldn't be one whose vitality is nearly exhausted.

However, this concept of major clients is ultimately defined by people, so under some special circumstances, as long as the authority of the person in charge is enough, the power requirement can be appropriately relaxed.

For instance, the rabbits at this moment, they absolutely qualify as a major client.

Thus Yang Bolin timely expressed his attention, directly agreeing to the discount.

Due to the large number of supplies recorded on the lists, all described in Damo language, it required a certain amount of time to translate and compile.

So after a brief discussion, Ma Ning expressed a desire to stay and peruse the lists in detail.

Yang Bolin, already aware of the language barrier with the rabbits from previous exchanges, naturally agreed to Ma Ning's request with pleasure.

The two parties agreed to meet again the next day—after twelve hours, at which time the rabbits would provide a detailed list of their needs.

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