Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 23: A Resource Merchant’s Day
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Are you selling long-term?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Yes!"
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Okay, my purchase price is 1.2 points for 1,000 units of wood or stone, or 15 Gold Coins for 1,000 units of wood or stone. Since you have a large quantity, I’ll knock the price down a bit. 1.1 points or 13 Gold Coins. What do you think?"
Qian Duoduo’s offer was a bit higher than Lin Yu’s expected price. In his mind, selling for the Points Shop rate of 1 point for 1,000 units of wood or stone would have already been quite good.
This was because the Points Shop had a limit on exchange quantities—each person could only exchange for a maximum of 1,000 points’ worth of resources per month. This was nowhere near enough for lords who urgently needed large quantities of resources. Coupled with the fact that everyone was busy developing their territories, resources on the market were in short supply. This was why the exchange ratio of resources to points had broken past 1,000:1.
However, Lin Yu still had a question, so he asked.
Lin Yu (Private Message): "I’m satisfied with the price, but I do have one question."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Isn’t the ratio of Gold Coins to points 10:1? Why do you get more Gold Coins when exchanging resources for them?"
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "It’s mainly because points are more useful. Gold Coins are primarily for territory construction or buying items used within the territory. But points can be exchanged in the Points Shop for all sorts of useful things, some of which can even influence an entire civilization."
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "So, there are more Gold Coins in circulation than points, and on the black market, 1 point can be exchanged for far more than 10 Gold Coins."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "I see, thank you, Lord Qian. In that case, I’ll list the trade directly to you on the market. Let’s do half and half for points and Gold Coins. I want 1,100 points and 13,000 Gold Coins."
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Deal! Can you guarantee you can trade this many resources every day until the end of the month?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "I can!"
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Great. A pleasure doing business with you!"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "A pleasure doing business with you!"
And just like that, Lin Yu and Qian Duoduo finalized a deal to trade two million resources daily for the rest of the month. This included one million wood and one million stone, with one million resources exchanged for 1,100 points and the other million for 13,000 Gold Coins.
However, as more and more resource buildings in Lin Yu’s territory were completed, he was able to construct more buildings each day, which in turn required more Gold Coins.
Lin Yu had no choice but to have the Construction Planning Bureau set aside more resources for sale each day to obtain enough Gold Coins.
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In the early morning, Lin Yu and Chenxi finished breakfast.
After a bit of sweet affection with Lin Yu, Chenxi left for her job at the library.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, would go to a pavilion that had formed naturally from the branches in the crown of the World Tree.
In the pavilion, a cup of freshly brewed hot tea was already on the table, along with a good amount of fruit.
Lin Yu sat in a nearby rocking chair, took a sip of tea, picked up a cluster of crystal-like fruit, and began to eat as he projected his consciousness into the Lord’s Heart. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
First, he tossed one million wood and one million stone onto the market, listing them directly for Qian Duoduo at a price of 1,100 points and 13,000 Gold Coins.
Then he switched to the chat channel and started hawking his wares.
[World Chat Channel (789654)]
Lin Yu: "Today’s batch of resources available! PM me if interested. Bulk discounts available!!"
Lin Yu: "Today’s batch of resources available! PM me if interested. Bulk discounts available!!"
Lin Yu: "Today’s batch of resources available! PM me if interested. Bulk discounts available!!"
After posting three times, Lin Yu stopped shouting and waited for interested parties to private message him for trades. He then began listing his goods on the market.
Each lot contained 10,000 units and was priced at 14 points or 170 Gold Coins.
He now had a surplus of at least five million wood and stone each day. Aside from the two million sold directly to Qian Duoduo, the rest had to be sold retail.
However, in recent days, land plots had become more widely known among the lords. People had, more or less, all gotten their hands on some, and most had used them for themselves.
What does one do with extra territory space? You can’t just let it sit there for sight-seeing!
So, they needed to construct buildings, which required resources. As a result, resource prices on the market had risen quite a bit.
This was because many Civilian Lords hadn’t been selling resources recently; they were using them for themselves.
Before long, an interested party arrived.
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Younger Brother Lin, selling resources again?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Brother Ding, interested in buying some? I see you’re about to break into the top ten on the leaderboards. Don’t you want to give it a shot?"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Sigh... don’t say that. Your old brother here is only at 31st. The top ten is still a long way off."
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Younger Brother, can you make it a bit cheaper? Yesterday you were selling for 13 points, why did the price go up again today?"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "I heard that Qian Duoduo has always been getting his supply from you for 11 points. You should either raise his price or lower mine."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Brother, the deal with Lord Qian was arranged beforehand, back when prices were still relatively low. Besides, a man has to have integrity. Once you’ve made an agreement, you can’t just randomly raise the price, right?"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Haha, good! I admire people like you. Since that’s the case, then Younger Brother Lin, give me a discount. How about yesterday’s price?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Easy, since you’re such a good customer, Brother, I’ll sell it to you cheaper. How many units do you need?"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Let’s go with 600,000 wood and 400,000 stone. That’s 16,000 Gold Coins in total, right?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Brother, want to buy a bit more? There are only a few days left before the end of the month, and the price might go up again tomorrow!"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Forget it. My rank is what it is. I’m not hoping to climb any higher; I’ll be happy if I can just maintain my current position. That’ll be all!"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Alright, I’ll list it for you now. Come again soon!"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "Younger Brother Lin, let this old brother give you a piece of advice. The competition in the second phase is going to be fierce. You should probably focus on developing your territory. Be careful you don’t end up with the life to earn money, but not the life to spend it."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Thanks for the reminder, Brother. I know what I’m doing!"
Ding Dong (Private Message): "As long as you know what you’re doing. Wish you prosperous business! See ya!" freēwēbηovel.c૦m
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One after another, interested parties appeared to private message Lin Yu and purchase resources.
After lunch in the afternoon, it wasn’t long before Lin Yu’s entire stock of resources for the day was sold out.
The chat channel was mostly filled with people hawking resources, land plots, and blueprints for sale.
A small minority were discussing the changes on the Prosperity-ranking leaderboard.
Lin Yu had now dropped to tenth place, while Qian Duoduo had become number one.
No one knew just how many points and Gold Coins Qian Duoduo had brought with him, but in any case, he had never stopped his acquisition spree.
His territory’s prosperity was increasing at a rate of 200,000 to 300,000 per day and was now approaching four million.
’But it’s a shame. Even if he works so hard and splurges like this, he’s destined to not get first place.’
After watching the chat channel out of boredom for a while, Lin Yu randomly projected his consciousness into one of his territory’s citizens and began observing their daily life.
This was perhaps one of the few things he never got tired of doing.
