Chapter 787 Business
Chapter 787 Business
As the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. Compared with Wen Rui, a profiteer with rich experience in cheating people, Taoist Mosquito's bargaining ability is obviously far from enough, and he was left speechless by Wen Rui.
Wen Rui even made no secret of his intention to trick him for a long time, but Taoist Mosquito had no cards to counter, and even though he knew he was being tricked he could only grit his teeth and be the scapegoat.
It feels so good to make money by doing something dishonest in a monopoly business.
This is exactly the case of doing good deeds without worrying about the future. Wen Rui's original intention of collecting water from all over the world was just to implement a defensive strategy of clearing the countryside and protecting the mortal world from being easily occupied by Mosquito Taoist.
Other gods also have magical containers for collecting water, such as the Water Virtue Star Lord and Taishang Laojun, but they are reluctant to take the consequences of causing a severe drought in the mortal world. Even though they know that this method can hinder the attack of the evil mosquitoes, they are unwilling to do so.
Wen Rui dared to do this because the dehydration plan was implemented simultaneously. Most of the creatures in the Southern Continent, which were most vulnerable to drought, were dehydrated and collected by him, so they would not die of hunger and thirst during the drought.
As a result, Wen Rui deserved to get rich and became the largest water merchant in the Three Realms in disguise. If Taoist Mosquito wanted water, he could only snatch it from the second largest water merchant, Nan Ji Xian Weng, and the third largest water merchant, Bei Ji Zi Wei Emperor, if he didn't buy it from him.
The color of Wen Rui's clone began to fade, which was a sign that the original deity was withdrawing the incense and vows and was going to take back the clone.
"Your Majesty, please stay. One lake of water is too little. Two lakes of water are enough to exchange for any one of the Sun and Moon Divine Pearls!"
"Are you planning to exchange them with me one by one? Did I not explain it clearly just now, or did you not understand? A lake of water in exchange for a pair of Sun and Moon Divine Pearls, no negotiation!"
Taoist Mosquito lowered his head and thought, as if he was calculating whether the water in a lake converted into a sea of blood would be enough to sustain the Demon Mosquito army's expedition to the Arctic.
His brain was not slow either, and he figured out the result quickly. He shook his head secretly and said, "Emperor, this pair of Sun and Moon Divine Pearls is definitely not an ordinary magic weapon. Their power is not inferior to the Dinghai Divine Pearl. I am unwilling to give you a pair in exchange for a lake of water."
From the very beginning, Wen Rui showed interest in the Sun and Moon Pearls, and his bargaining only revolved around the Sun and Moon Pearls. This is actually a very common technique used by unscrupulous merchants in the antique trading business when they are looking for bargains.
This technique is called "making a feint to the east and attacking in the west".
When you see an antique you like, don't show obvious interest. Instead, focus on other unrelated antiques, examine them carefully, ask about details, and make the seller think that you are more interested in the "replacement."
When negotiating with the seller about the price of the "replacement", observe the seller's attitude and reaction to infer the seller's bottom line for the antique you desire.
In this way, you can take the initiative, easily lower the seller's psychological expectations, and get the treasure you really like at a super low price.
The current era is still the last years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Contemporary objects from this era will be considered super antiques in later generations.
In other words, the antique trading industry had not even been born in this era.
After all, when people in the Western Zhou Dynasty wanted to buy antiques, all they could buy were stone tools and pottery from primitive people in ancient tribal times, which had no aesthetic or collection value at all.
As for the buying and selling of magic weapons, it basically did not exist among the immortals in the ancient times. Magic weapons belonged to those with virtue. If you saw a good thing, you could just grab it. If you couldn't grab it, you could just steal it. Why bother to buy it with money?
Wen Rui casually used business routines from thousands of years ago to plot against Taoist Mosquito, which was like the Chinese instructing Africans on how to farm. It was a dimensionality reduction attack on the cognitive level.
Even though Taoist Mosquito had lived for more than 100,000 years, he was still fooled and fell into the trap without much struggle.
"If you don't want to sell it, then forget it. But doing business with you means I'm taking on huge risks. I could end up in disgrace if I'm not careful." Wen Rui's clone had become translucent, like a candle in the wind, and it seemed like it would disappear at any time.
"Doing business requires a righteous relationship, mutual benefit and mutual trust. There is no trust between you and me. We can't even make the first deal. It seems that we are not destined to make fortunes together. Our fate ends here and cannot be forced."
"Emperor, don't be in such a hurry to leave."
Under Wen Rui's repeated pressure, the pheromones transmitted by Taoist Mosquito forgot to conceal his emotions, and were mixed with too many information molecules, exposing his eagerness and desire.
"This pair of Sun and Moon Divine Pearls is the magic weapon that I value most. It is also the only one among the several treasures that can be refined by me into my own magic weapon and the foundation for my enlightenment."
Under the constant pressure, Taoist Mosquito finally couldn't bear it anymore and revealed his trump card: "I have absorbed tens of thousands of years of cultivation from the Turtle Spirit Mother, which is equivalent to inheriting her Taoism. If it weren't for the excessive amount of demonic energy accumulated in my body, this pair of magic weapons would have long become my life objects and recognized me as their master."
"I am willing to exchange my foundation for the future of the Blood Sea Demon Clan, but it will not help to exchange it for just a lake of water. I really cannot give it up."
"Please forgive me, Emperor Wen, and lower the price. I am sincere in cooperating with you..."
Wen Rui's clone faded slower and slower, and gradually became clearer, but he said with an embarrassed look: "How about we do a small business first, build mutual trust, and lay a foundation for cooperation?"
"I am not very proficient in business, so I would like to ask the Emperor to help me understand how to establish mutual trust."
"The Sun and Moon Divine Pearl is too valuable to you to sell at a low price. Then sell me a small piece of fashionable classic junk that you are willing to part with. Use me to build up your credit points. When you do more small business in the future and accumulate a certain amount of credit points, we can talk about big deals."
Rubbing his hands, Wen Rui said with a grin, "This is the basic operation of establishing cooperative relationships between businessmen. If you don't believe me, go and ask around. You thieves, even if you want to sell stolen goods, you have to find trusted acquaintances, right?"
"Oh... I see."
Taoist Mosquito nodded slowly, as if he had realized something. "I have also dealt with those smugglers in Liberty City. At the beginning, no matter how much gold sand I offered, they were unwilling to sell me my obsolete scientific research equipment, saying that they were afraid that I would use a trap to enforce the law."
"Later, I started by buying small devices in the gray area, and then we gradually became familiar with each other. Later, I could get the equipment I wanted just by paying money. He could even get the latest models."
"Would you mind telling me the name of the guy who sold you the equipment?" Wen Rui gritted his teeth and asked casually.
"Hey, Emperor Wen, even though I am a demon, I still have my own principles. How can I betray my friends?"
"Tell me the guy's name and I'll give you a discount."
"Emperor Wen still doesn't understand us, the demon race. We may be indifferent to human life, despise etiquette, have no respect for ethics, and have committed countless sins, but we are definitely not unfaithful. If I say I will kill your entire family, I will not leave anyone alive."
"Okay, okay, I was just testing you. If you sell out your business partners for profit, I won't dare do business with you."
Wen Rui then nodded in pretense of satisfaction, and said with a hearty smile: "Then let's do a little business and make friends. I will exchange a lake of water for one of your other small pieces of fashion boutique junk, is that okay?"
(End of this chapter)