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Chapter 98 -98: The Bubble Business Targeting Nobles
"Master, the Elf Queen has offered a handsome reward to have you cancel the bounty on the Dragon Clan hero unit. I think it's a good opportunity," Heishou said.
Qin Muye furrowed his brow, "A good opportunity? You mean to have them send over ten thousand elves for experimentation?"
"No, we could just breed elves directly, then you'd have as many subjects for experimentation as you need," Heishou added.
"The elves are backed by their god, you think they'd agree to that? Stop joking. What price did the Elf Clan offer to make you come and tell me all this?" Qin Muye said, dissecting a dragon corpse without much concern, "If the price is right, canceling it isn't out of the question."
"To have the Elder Princess of the Elf Clan take you as her master, and then..."
"They think that being ugly, they can dream so beautifully? You believe that too?" Qin Muye cut him off, Take as a master?
Being part of the royal family, to some extent, always involves politics, which is definitely not well-intentioned.
"They are willing to offer a divine artifact as a gift for taking her as a disciple, and if you control the Elder Princess of the Elf Clan, we can completely intervene in the internal affairs of the Elf Clan, and even override the Elf Queen, thus achieving the breeding of elves," Heishou explained.
"It's a good idea, but it will take too long. Oh, I remember the Wisdom Tree has some relationship with the elves, right? Here's the deal, they dig up the Wisdom Tree and bring it to me, and I'll cancel the bounty on the Dragon Clan heroes," Qin Muye recalled before altering his demand.
What use does he have for the Elf Elder Princess? He can't keep her as RBQ, and he isn't into that either. To him, whether in terms of experimental or political value, the Elf Elder Princess is worthless compared to a Golden-Level Hero Treasure Chest, unless it's for the Wisdom Tree, otherwise forget it.
"Yes, master, I will communicate with the Elf Clan, but it might be difficult. From the information we've gathered, the Wisdom Tree is divine, that makes it a Tier 6, and it's not the Elf Clan's deity. Unless the god of the elves intervenes, it's unlikely that we can procure it," Heishou subtly suggested that Qin Muye give up on the idea, as continuing the bounty on the Dragon Clan hero unit might be more feasible.
"Hmm, I understand. Has there been any movement on the bounty recently?" Qin Muye, catching Heishou's hint, then asked.
"Not yet, after all, the Dragon Clan is a major race, and naturally, a superior race, making them hard to hunt, let alone their hero units. However, intelligence from other areas has shown that some are tempted," Heishou explained.
Now that his territory had opened up to the market with the Crimson Series armaments, various intelligence channels had also naturally been established by Heishou, making information far more accessible than before.
"Alright, I am aware. If there's nothing else, you may go attend to other matters," Qin Muye casually said.
As the territory flourished, reforms continued to progress, like the usage of cement roads, and the gradual complete setup of electrical and hydraulic infrastructure among others.
Thinking about it, a group of magic creatures with high attributes involved in construction would definitely make progress much faster than ordinary people.
Various factories had been erected, the resources produced from resource buildings were processed into various processed goods, allowing the territory to produce various luxury goods besides selling armaments.
Qin Muye was a cunning man; he knew real estate and finance were the most profitable. Unfortunately, those industries aren't very viable on the Magic Continent, so he could only speculate in luxury goods.
What would happen if a Great Noble used a glass as dazzling as crystal, wore a silk robe both beautiful and smooth, and constructed by master designers, and traveled in a steel-like, fierce giant machine? What would a rival noble think when they saw this?
They would definitely buy it, relying on their competitive and vain nature. Qin Muye leveraged his advantages derived from arms trading to promote consumerism heavily.
The commerce on the Magic Continent was in its primitive stages, while Qin Muye and his ancient fellows from the same world lived in a feudal society, that kind which favored agriculture over commerce.
To reap benefits, Qin Muye naturally had to be ruthless.
After some time, along with methods like hunger marketing, there was already a trend among the nobles.
He wasn't worried about imitations; after all, Qin Muye was not selling goods but concepts and brands. Each item had a unique number and anti-counterfeit mark, making it impossible for counterfeiters to pass off fake goods as genuine with modern techniques.
Moreover, are the things from modern society really that easy to imitate?
Speaking of glass cups, it involves not just how to make them but also shaping and designing. Otherwise, while others have visually striking glass cups with gradients, if you are holding just a plain one, it would be better not to have one at all, as bringing it out might even be met with ridicule.
Thus, Qin Muye initially took the high-end route. How much money can the poor have? If you're going to make money, might as well make it from the wealthy.
This is just the basic version. There were even possibilities of integrating with magic and elements, producing various fancy stuff. They weren't seeking to be the best, only aiming to satisfy the Nobles' competitive and vanity-driven mentalities.
As for income, although it fell short compared to that from selling arms, selling luxury goods was still making a fortune every day, but selling arms could make one's coffers overflow. Nevertheless, it was still a source of income, and Qin Muye couldn't just give it up. Besides, this was a long-term income source. Once the trend was set along with brand effect, there wouldn't be a need to even produce luxury goods. Instead, he could switch to licensing and collecting franchise fees annually.
It was only in the initial phase that real efforts were made; in the mid-phase, once capital had accumulated sufficiently, it was not conceivable to have Spirit Monsters do these tasks.
Of course, this was based on the strength of Qin Muye's territory. If there wasn't enough strength, it would not have been so easy to open the market for these luxury goods. After all, this world was the Magic Continent, not a normal society, and strong-arming was common.
The actions of the Silver Star Alliance were evidence enough.
With his way of earning money, Lords like the True Dragon Emperor and Wang Junzi were very envious and had hinted in the chat channels that they wanted a hand in it.
This bunch of Lords always harbored ulterior motives. Did they want to join in? They wanted to take advantage and then push him out.
They said one thing, but their actual interest didn't budge at all. Was this the semblance of cooperation?
In the chat channel, Qin Muye mentioned an annual fee of 3 instance scrolls, and everyone started bargaining.
Then, Qin Muye simply stopped dealing with them.
If they were to join now, it wouldn't just be Qin Muye eating meat and them sipping soup; they would be eating meat together. If none were willing to pay, then naturally, there would be no deal. They wanted benefits without giving anything in return, why on earth should Qin Muye help them make money together?
If it really came to paying 3 instance scrolls a year, it might just seem like one instance action to others, but for Qin Muye, who had access to the Super Space-Time Transmission Channel, one scroll meant the resources of an entire world; thus, while others might profit, Qin Muye would definitely not lose.
If not, why would Qin Muye have the Black Hand offer a large bounty for a hero unit from the Dragon Clan? The aim was to get one such instance initiated.
In fact, Qin Muye knew, asking the Lords to provide instance scrolls, building blueprints, and such was almost like asking for their lives. Not to mention others, even Qin Muye himself would not want to give these up.
He'll eventually need them himself; giving them to other Lords would be like aiding the
enemy.
"But these Lords definitely won't give up; they have probably directed their people to start imitating it already,"
"Heh, what they replicate can never be the core of my business strategy."
The product might be good, but Qin Muye wasn't selling the product-it was an almost immeasurable demotion if not for internal factors leading to self-destruction.
It satisfied psychological needs, not material ones. Even if they successfully replicated it, so what? By that time, Qin Muye would have already switched to licensing it out, and the Lords would be facing a multitude of franchisees, not Qin Muye. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Always one step ahead, as long as he maintained his advantages, he would always be faster.
Even if they knew, they couldn't catch up; by the mid to late phase, Qin Muye would have reaped the benefits and left.
It seemed profitable, but in reality, it was just a bubble. He was doing all this to gather resources, not to genuinely rely on it for survival.
One must understand, on the Magic Continent, strength was key, not so-called business. Business was purely a means to foster growth for Qin Muye and his territory.
