Free Web NovelWhen she received the Spiritual Energy item blueprints and Alchemy potion recipes from Zhang Huainan, Lu Yibei didn't look at them closely; she just roughly scanned them before putting them away.
First of all, examining them closely in front of Zhang Huainan wasn't really appropriate; after all, she got them for free, and being picky about them would be a bit ungrateful.
Secondly, she wasn't collecting these blueprints and recipes for her own use in the first place.
Her original plan was to give those blueprints and recipes to Du Sixian for mass production, then distribute them to the urban legend in Hua City, or sell them at the Ghost Market for money, and finally, use any leftover to arm the Paper Cicada Immortal army.
After all, there were thousands of urban legend within Hua City, and relying solely on fright to supply them with Spiritual Energy wasn't a long-term solution; over time, the ordinary people in Hua City might stop being afraid, or they might even become enthusiastic urban legend lovers like Uncle Zhang Shan.
Therefore, establishing a few Spiritual Energy item and Alchemy potion production lines was necessary for sustainable development.
From a certain perspective, the Eclipse Society did exactly this!
However, Lu Yibei was different from the Eclipse Society; she wasn't interested in creating major news, she just wanted to protect herself. At the very least, she needed to cultivate a hundred or so A-Level urban legend from within the Hua City urban legend, right?
Smelly Girl's Taoyuan had one or two dozen A-Level existences under her command, which was several times more than hers; that wasn't too much, right? This was Lu Yibei's thought.
However, only after she and Du Sixian carefully studied those blueprints and recipes did she realize that Zhang Huainan was truly cunning and sly. The blueprints and recipes he gave were all "mediocre stuff"!
Deep within the Irresponsible Fright Company of Calamity, in Du Sixian's office.
Lu Yibei sat on the sofa, watching Du Sixian, who was behind the desk, staring at the computer screen and diligently calculating data.
It had been some time since she last saw Du Sixian, and perhaps because she was busy with official duties all day, the originally energetic girl had already acquired a hint of shrewd and capable aura.
If this continued, Du Sixian wouldn't turn into that kind of super strong woman that no one would dare to approach, would she? Lu Yibei thought. In fact, she felt a bit embarrassed about letting Du Sixian manage so many things.
Although Du Sixian was Lu Yibei's subordinate, she was still just an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl.
Letting such a girl, at the prime of her youth, spend all day mingling with a bunch of strange-looking urban legend... she wasn't a devil or anything.
However, after Du Sixian repeatedly stated that she loved these things and never tired of them, Lu Yibei gradually felt at ease. How about asking Smelly Girl to help check Du Sixian's romantic prospects later?
What's the difference between a person who only knows work and doesn't do anything else meaningful, and a machine?
Lu Yibei thought, waiting quietly while looking at the drink Mengmeng had personally made on the coffee table, and frowned. free𝑤ebnovel.com
In the mug printed with White Little Flower's classic rose skin, there was a thick, reddish liquid emitting a faint glow, with some tiny particles shimmering with silver light floating in it.
This was the urban legend drink developed by Mengmeng - Lava Star.
Lu Yibei, "Can this stuff really be drunk?"
Didn't this, to some extent, materialize the phrase "drink more lava"?
Staring at the contents of the cup, she hesitated for a long time. Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed Mengmeng peering in from outside the office's floor-to-ceiling window, secretly observing with eyes full of anticipation. Lu Yibei gritted her teeth, brought the cup to her lips, and took a small sip.
Mengmeng made the drink herself, so she couldn't disappoint her good intentions, right?
Just like that Old man Zhang Huainan would force himself to eat the dumplings I made, no matter how bad Mengmeng's drink was, I had to force myself to drink it!
The warm liquid had a moderately sweet and sour taste, with a slight tingle, like eating popping candy. Hmm? It felt pretty good? Lu Yibei tilted her head and took another big gulp.
The warm drink slid down her esophagus into her stomach, «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» quickly stirring up a warm current that spread throughout her limbs and bones, giving her the feeling that every pore had become unblocked, as if she had swallowed a urban legend core that had completely purified negative substances.
In addition to this, Lu Yibei also felt a trace of something different.
That thing was sincere and pure, making her feel warm inside.
Perhaps it could be called "gentleness"?
That was probably the delicious "ingredient" that Mengmeng inadvertently added while making the drink with her whole heart.
Only at this moment did Lu Yibei realize what Du Sixian meant when she said earlier, "Mengmeng has solved the problem of young urban legend finding the distributed Spiritual Energy supplies unpalatable."
Mengmeng added some cheap Alchemy materials to the Spiritual Energy supplies and made them into drinks!
This was like giving bread and lettuce to children separately; many children wouldn't eat them, but if you add a meat patty and make it into a hamburger, they can eat it with relish.
In fact, besides Lava Star, Mengmeng had also developed over twenty other urban legend drinks. Although the raw materials for these urban legend drinks were just some cheap Alchemy materials, they were quite popular among the urban legend in Hua City, and even urban legend from surrounding cities came to taste them.
If this continued, would Hua City become like cities with popular online celebrity milk tea shops, where urban legend from all over the country come to check in?
A urban legend online celebrity milk tea shop... thinking about it felt quite exciting!
At that time, they could create scarcity marketing, make those foreign urban legend queue for a long time but not necessarily be able to buy, and then have a few unknown Little Freaks act as scalpers,
Selling at high prices... maybe they could even make a small profit! Lu Yibei thought with some excitement.
Just as the little abacus in her mind was clattering, Du Sixian finally finished calculating the data, let out a long breath, stretched, stood up, and walked over to Lu Yibei's side.
"Expert, I've calculated it. Based on the current prices of raw materials circulating in the Ghost Market, and the average prices of low-level Spiritual Energy items and common Alchemy potions, if we really do this business, the profit will only be 10.3% to 15.7%. What do you think?"
Lu Yibei, "All of this... perhaps that Old man had already calculated it when he gave me those recipes and blueprints? A minimum profit of 10.3% doesn't seem particularly low at first glance, but compared to Spiritual Energy items and Alchemy potions, which often have profits of 50% or more, or even several to dozens of times, it's already quite low."
In Lu Yibei's opinion, Zhang Huainan probably anticipated the purpose for which she would take these blueprints and recipes, which is why he deliberately gave her some blueprints and recipes that were profitable but didn't offer huge profits.
However,
"It's not a big problem!" Lu Yibei said seriously, "We can sell in large quantities with small profits!"
Du Sixian nodded, "Then I'll go discuss the matter of purchasing materials with Mengmeng later, and then organize some reliable urban legend to start trial production?"
Lu Yibei thought for a moment, and gently shook her head, "Don't rush yet. Before starting trial production, there's another problem that needs to be solved first."
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"Oh?" Du Sixian tilted her head, "What else is there?"
"We need to figure out a way to secretly set up a mechanism on these Spiritual Energy items," Lu Yibei explained, "the kind that doesn't affect the normal use of the Spiritual Energy items, but can be activated at a crucial moment to temporarily disable them."
Otherwise, if others buy the Spiritual Energy items we make and use them against us in the future, it will be very uncomfortable. It's fine if we win, but if we lose, it will feel terrible, like being defeated by someone using our own moves. Lu Yibei thought. Hearing this, Du Sixian was stunned for a moment, then her face showed a look of realization, "Understood, I know what to do!" "When I was learning how to make Spiritual Energy items, I saw something similar!"
Hearing Du Sixian's words, Lu Yibei couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Du Sixian was truly more capable than Mengmeng; she had actually taught herself the skills of Spiritual Energy item making and Alchemy without her knowing.
What is a high-quality subordinate? Only someone who constantly learns and strengthens themselves according to needs is a high-quality subordinate! What kind of useless people were those guys Chatterbox Girl recommended?
They died before I even got around to looking for them, Lu Yibei thought.
"Okay! After you figure out the hidden mechanism, you can start trying to make them," Lu Yibei continued, "However, after they are made, don't be in a hurry to sell them. Wait for me to do something first."
"When the time is right, I'll notify you. At that time, the selling price might even be a bit higher than what you currently estimate!"
Du Sixian slightly furrowed her brows and asked doubtfully, "A bit higher? Market competitiveness will decrease a lot, after all, our stuff..." is really mediocre! Du Sixian added in her heart. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"I know, I know," Lu Yibei explained, "These Spiritual Energy items and potions aren't too good, but what if we label them as products of Da Chunyang Palace?"
Old man, you won't let me make a little money, huh?
I have plenty of ways! Just borrowing the name of Da Chunyang Palace, that's not too much, right?
At that time, she would have Lin Nian spread the news, saying that during the Pink Fluffy Rabbit incident, someone took advantage of the chaos and got a batch of Spiritual Energy items from Da Chunyang Palace, in huge quantities and at a good price. Lu Yibei thought.
After hearing Lu Yibei's explanation, Du Sixian's eyes lit up, "That's feasible!"
The four words "Da Chunyang Palace" alone were enough to make the price of these "mediocre items" rise, not to mention that these Spiritual Energy items and Alchemy potions, although ordinary, were indeed unique to Da Chunyang Palace.
This kind of thing was like the new generation of electronic products from a major manufacturer; anyone with a discerning eye could see that the performance increase was just like squeezing toothpaste, but many people still flocked to them.
"However, this matter is just between you and me; don't mention it to outsiders," Lu Yibei reminded her, "If buyers ask, at most give them an ambiguous answer. You must not admit that our things are truly produced by Da Chunyang Palace. You should know how to do that, right?"
This was originally a job of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs; if it were exposed, and Da Chunyang Palace came looking for them in the end, it would likely end in disaster.
"Understood!" Du Sixian smiled knowingly, "My father and uncles often did similar things. I've been exposed to it and understand a bit."
Lu Yibei, ""
The way you're smiling, it's enough to scare children; I'm afraid you don't just understand a little, do you? As expected of a capitalist's daughter, is this considered a bloodline awakening?
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After discussing various details about selling Spiritual Energy items and Alchemy potions with Du Sixian, Lu Yibei went to chat with Mengmeng for a while, shared some tips on making desserts with Mengmeng, and suggested that in addition to making drinks, Mengmeng could also pair them with some pastries.
After doing all this, she got on her small motorcycle and left the underground parking lot.
She originally wanted to tell Du Sixian that after she successfully merged Lingtai Pure Karma and God Kingdom Prototype, she could move the base in the underground parking lot into the God Kingdom Prototype.
At that time, both the space and the secrecy would be greatly improved.
However, later, considering that the merger was still up in the air and whether it would succeed was a question, Lu Yibei temporarily
didn't mention it to Du Sixian.
Before leaving the Happiness Community on her small motorcycle, Lu Yibei ultimately couldn't resist the temptation to pet cats and went to Miao Xiaoqi's cat castle.
Then, Miao Xiaoqi left a few scratches on the back of her hand. "Next time you're so handsy, I'll scratch your face!"
Looking at the cat with mottled fur, whose face showed a fierce expression like a human's and who spoke human words, Lu Yibei asked with a complicated feeling, "No, what's wrong with petting? Don't the aunties in this community pet you all the time?"
Miao Xiaoqi put on a little grumpy cat face, lifting her chin slightly, "I'm a cat with principles. Humans can pet..." "urban legend can't?" Lu Yibei interrupted.
"urban legend can too, but King of Weird Tales," Miao Xiaoqi said, "can't!" Lu Yibei,
I think you're targeting me, Flower City Torment King. Besides me, who else in the entire Hua City is... Oh, Smelly Girl is also a King of Weird Tales, isn't she?
Then it's fine!
As soon as she thought that Smelly Girl couldn't pet cats either, Lu Yibei's mood instantly balanced out a lot. "Speaking of which, what has your Void been up to lately? I haven't heard anything about him for a long time."
As Lu Yibei spoke, she walked over to the cat castle, squeezed Miao Xiaoqi out, and sat on her bed.
You won't let me pet you, but you didn't say I couldn't snatch your cat bed, right? Hehe, it's soft and quite comfortable!
Miao Xiaoqi glared fiercely at Lu Yibei, raised her paw, and was about to scratch Lu Yibei, when she suddenly seemed to remember something and let out a light gasp, "Oh no, the thing Void told me to do..."
She had been having too much fun hanging out in Happiness Community recently. If Lu Yibei hadn't mentioned Void, she would have forgotten the task Void had assigned her.
"I, I can tell you what our Void has been doing lately, but you also have to tell me some things."
"Okay!" Lu Yibei raised an eyebrow and said, "Then you go first."
"Hmm," Miao Xiaoqi licked her paw, tilted her head, and thought for a moment, then said, "Void has recently found the God Kingdom and is trying to get his hands on it. He's almost succeeded."
Lu Yibei, "???"
Huh? What the heck? Did that guy actually go looking for the God Kingdom? And he actually found it? That's outrageous!
After complaining inwardly for a couple of sentences, Lu Yibei looked at Miao Xiaoqi and said, "Alright, what do you want to ask me?" "Void," Miao Xiaoqi asked, "I just want to ask you, after the God Kingdom is established, what do you plan to do next?"
That guy, Void, wants to copy me again, huh? Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow and said expressionlessly, "Next step? Infiltrate the Eclipse Society, I guess."
If you've got the guts, copy this too! Lu Yibei thought.
