Chapter 801: Chapter 589: The Business Plan Achieves Great Success!
“The empire’s spies are targeting the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce’s Undead Mage.”
“And that mysterious force is targeting the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.”
“So, these two forces are different.”
After some thought, Zi Di’s trust in Yuan Ci couldn’t help but rise significantly.
“Next, an in-depth investigation needs to be conducted on two individuals.”
“One is the ‘Thirteen Prince,’ who should be the hostage.”
“The other is ‘Shichijiro,’ currently known to be a very powerful Golden Level, possessing the Undying Ability.”
Zi Di did not recall the few mouse-eyed ghosts and snake shadow ghosts, leaving them temporarily in the alchemy laboratory.
The ice statue ghost was also difficult to retrieve at the moment.
It had to wait until the metal door opened again to retreat from the Purple Vine Shop with the least risk and cost.
After Zi Di withdrew her main attention, her spiritual connection with the ice statue ghost, snake shadow ghost, and mouse-eyed ghost immediately became vague and indistinct.
The spiritual connection with the ice statue ghost was the weakest, while that with the snake shadow ghost and mouse-eyed ghost was somewhat stronger.
Clearly, the latter were further away from Zi Di, with the Transcendent environment of the Ten-thousand-year-old Ice Lake serving as a barrier.
“Although the Undead Magic System has gradually been targeted and restrained, it still retains some advantages of new magic factions.”
Zi Di immediately contacted Zong Ge.
The intelligence she gathered was too vital, fundamentally affecting the survivors’ development strategies and ensuing action plans.
After the alchemy communication device connected, Zi Di and Zong Ge quickly exchanged codes.
“There’s bad news.” Zi Di said solemnly, revealing all the intelligence she had gathered to Zong Ge.
After a moment of silence, Zong Ge analyzed: the empire’s spies should be targeting the remnants of the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce. This view was in complete agreement with Zi Di.
“One is the endlessly emerging mysterious force at Golden Level, the other is the Holy Bright Empire’s spy organization…”
Zong Ge sighed, sensing enormous pressure even as someone as strong-willed as him.
“On my side, however, there’s good news.” He told Zi Di.
“Not long ago, the Lijian family sent someone with the earnings report for this stage.”
“The sales of the Dragon Power Riding Potion have been excellent, and we’ve profited more than 200,000 gold coins!”
Upon hearing this, Zi Di was slightly stunned, before softly exhaling a deep breath.
Her eyes couldn’t help but redden.
It’s been hard!
This commercial plan was nearly interrupted halfway. Fortunately, Zi Di withstood the immense pressure and persisted.
She didn’t charge recklessly but considered the realities, decisively compromising, sacrificing some interests to secure deep collaboration with the Lijian family.
With this strong ally, her presided commercial plan was finally executed.
Now, it had yielded substantial phased results.
Zi Di took a deep breath, steadying her breath to prevent Zong Ge on the other end of the communication device from noticing her current emotional fluctuations.
Zi Di’s mood was excited.
No choice.
Recent bad news has been overwhelming!
Zi Di was ambushed in the Purple Vine Shop, nearly assassinated; if not saved by Yuan Ci, her fate would have been dire. Even if she survived, she would have been held captive.
Afterwards, Zi Di secretly investigated and formally confirmed her attackers were indeed the Holy Bright Empire’s spy organization.
This result brought her extremely immense psychological pressure!
The survivors’ size and strength were simply too meager, utterly incomparable to the empire’s spy organization.
Besides this, they had a mysterious and powerful enemy force, whose Golden Level numbers were extraordinarily high!
Were it not for the Deception and Disguise Skill, anti-detection Prophecy Skill, and the cautious habits cultivated on Mysterious Monster Island, they would have been crushed to pieces by these two organizations long ago.
“This is indeed a rare piece of good news.” Zi Di’s tone was steady, “What’s the specific content of the revenue and expenditure?”
“I will send it to you.” Zong Ge replied.
Through the magic alchemy device, Zong Ge quickly transmitted a magic image to Zi Di.
This magic image recorded the visit of the Lijian family’s commercial envoy, who presented detailed text documents and delivered a brief report in person to “Long Fu” (Zong Ge).
At that time, not only Zong Ge was present, but also an alchemy puppet impersonating the Mage Yao Ma.
Zi Di acted alone, and Zong Ge would use an alchemy puppet to disguise as her.
The Lijian family or anyone else detected nothing amiss.
The Deception and Disguise Skill is truly reliable. But in this instance, the consumption of Pearl Bubble increased substantially.
When Zi Di departed from Snowbird Port, she carried over 60 Pearl Bubbles.
During the handling of the Axe Gang’s leader’s ambush, Zong Ge consumed a significant amount.
After arriving at Ice House City, the consumption surged and never decreased.
At Ice Sculpture Royal Capital, due to Zi Di’s ambush and the strong reconnaissance needs, the consumption of Pearl Bubble soared even higher.
There’s only as much Pearl Bubble as is used, and neither Zong Ge nor Zi Di have the means or ways to replenish it.
This is currently their most urgent strategic resource!
Zi Di also wanted to be frugal, but there was really no way! The situation forced her to increase the use of Pearl Bubble in many places.
Zi Di looked at the Magic Image, and then used her Spirit to review the text data stored in the alchemy device.
She reviewed it twice, gaining a deep understanding of this detailed income and expenditure.
The Dragon Power Riding Potion was selling like hotcakes across the Ice Sculpture Kingdom. This is a blue ocean market, the demand has not yet been fully satisfied, and there is still huge development space.
“At present, the main competitor is the Jingxiang family.”
“The Alchemy Guild has not responded until now, which is really beyond my expectations.”
Originally, Zi Di’s hypothetical opponent was the Alchemy Guild of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom. But until now, this giant entity has not made any moves.
“It is precisely this situation that made the first round of profit much larger than I had imagined.”
Although the Jingxiang family also has a large market share, it is far from comparable to the Alchemy Guild.
“The benefits of deep cooperation with the Lijian family also manifest here.”
“Even if relying solely on the four alchemy workshops in Snowbird Port, working day and night to brew potions, it would still be unable to satisfy the potion demand of the entire Ice Sculpture Kingdom.”
“The Lijian family has alchemy studios, workshops, and factories all around the country, and the Mage Towers they control also participate in potion-making.”
“This is what suppressed the Jingxiang family, allowing them to steadily receive the first wave of dividends brought by the squad leader’s nationwide fame.”
As for expenditures…
The largest part was the acquisition of various shops under the name of the Lijian family in previous stages.
Second, transportation costs.
The final part is the reconstruction fee. This mainly involves rebuilding the four alchemy workshops in Snowbird Port that were once destroyed. But thanks to Sanda’s timely dispatch and arrangement, these losses are far from being as huge as they appear.
“Sanda played a not insignificant role.”
“Although he is only at Black Iron Level as a fighter, and is a loyal follower of Zong Ge, his rich experience as a mercenary squad leader before allowed him to barely manage the branch group’s operations.”
“While we were away, Sanda temporarily took on the leadership role, completing everything quite well.”
“If it weren’t for that major blunder, he would have received a lot of credit.”
Zi Di naturally thought of Sanda’s major blunder, which was losing the Big Guy.
At the critical moment, Sanda ordered Chi Lai to retrieve the Big Guy, not expecting Chi Lai to act on his own initiative. The result was that the Big Guy was taken away by Da Dou.
Of course, retrospectively examining the entire process, Zi Di also realized: Even if Chi Lai retrieved the Big Guy in time, according to the will and decision manifested by Da Dou, he would still have forcibly taken the Big Guy away. Silver Level Chi Lai would not be able to stop Da Dou.
Sanda’s order and Chi Lai’s spontaneous decision factually reduced the risks to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps. If Chi Lai and Da Dou had clashed, they might have died in battle.
But none of these facts mask Sanda’s error in decision-making!
A mistake is a mistake.
On this point, Zong Ge also indicated that Sanda’s command was inappropriate.
Zong Ge was clear in his rewards and punishments and did not choose to shelter his goblin follower due to his relationship with Sanda.
“For this large sale of Dragon Power Riding Potion, we invested over 600 thousand Gold. In this portion of funds, we focused on acquiring shops across the land.”
“Now, we’ve profited about 200 thousand, but the Lijian family will get about 80 thousand of the earnings.”
“I plan to directly hand 120 thousand Gold Coin to the Lijian family to expand Dragon Power Riding Potion production,” Zi Di said to Zong Ge.
Zong Ge didn’t hesitate: “You make the decisions on this matter.”
Since the survivors emerged from Mysterious Monster Island, Zi Di continuously displayed her business acumen.
Even the wide-eyed Zong Ge was amazed.
If this time’s grand commercial plan had failed, Zong Ge might have hesitated, but he would still have considered Zi Di the most business-savvy among the survivors.
The reality is, this time Zi Di’s plan was a great success.
This was just the first round of profit, reaching 200 thousand Gold Coin.
The vision, methods, and decisions Zi Di showed throughout this process made Zong Ge admire her secretly.
Having led a military, Zong Ge of course understood the significant importance of supplies to an army!
Therefore, Zi Di’s proposal this time, Zong Ge immediately agreed with both hands.
“Long Fu, come out!”
“Since you can kill Teng Donglang, why don’t you dare duel with me?”
“I’m merely Silver Level, what are you afraid of?”
“Come out, accept my duel challenge!”
…
Zi Di frowned, she heard the chaos from Zong Ge’s side through the alchemy device.
“What’s going on?” Zi Di immediately asked.
Zong Ge’s tone was calm: “This is already the third challenger.”
“My location has already been leaked, the first two public challengers were already handled by the Lijian family.”
“But I think this situation will become more intense.”
“Although these three challengers are all Silver Level, I think it’s not simple. It’s highly likely to be a subsequent attack by the enemy aiming to exhaust me, preventing me from healing.”
Zong Ge’s battlefield instinct is sharp.
From these challenges, he immediately sensed the enemy’s intent.