Chapter 126 New Store, New Problems

The unprofitable fourth floor is a huge room.

The first space that caught my eye was the living room.

There were simple wooden sofas and tables.

There were some spiritual fruits on the table, and coats and clothes were thrown casually on the sofa.

If you only look at the clothes and tables and chairs, there is still a sense of life, but if you look at the walls and space, it seems very deserted.

Because it is too empty, there is nothing in the huge space except the table and sofa.

Ye Buwen picked up a spiritual fruit and ate it, then sat down on the sofa.

Everything here is very strange.

After waiting for a while, a sound came from the room inside, the sound of people walking.

Not long after, Lin Murong, with sweat on his forehead and the fragrance of medicine all over his body, came out, looking tired.

"Yo~"

Ye Buwen greeted Lin Murong.

Lin Murong screamed, ejected a flying sword from the storage bag, and pointed at Ye Buwen.

After seeing the face, Lin Murong breathed a sigh of relief and complained: "You should have shouted loudly when you came back. I thought a bandit had come in when you suddenly came."

"It's not polite to shout in a place with people. What if you are in retreat and I disturb you with my shouting?"

Ye Buwen picked up a fist-sized spiritual fruit, opened his mouth wide, and ate it in one bite.

Although the fruit looked bigger than his mouth, Ye Buwen's mouth did not swell at all as he chewed the fruit in his mouth. He seemed to be chewing it slowly.

Ye Buwen said while eating: "It's you who changed the store. I thought I was in the wrong place."

Lin Murong sat opposite Ye Buwen and picked up a spiritual fruit and wiped it with his sleeve.

"Who told you to go out and retreat for so long without sending any news."

"The requirements of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce are very tough, and we can't find anyone, so we decided to change the store ourselves."

"The requirements of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce?"

Ye Buwen asked curiously, while taking out the first-grade spiritual medicine and spiritual fruit he found in Liantian Mountains from his storage bag.

He ate all the spiritual fruits on the table.

Lin Murong raised his head and recalled: "Seven months ago, the people of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce found us. They said that they would give us the right to expand the store. If we can buy the surrounding land, we can expand it into a huge business building like the big chamber of commerce to meet greater business needs. And the construction will be fully covered by the chamber of commerce."

"How did this happen to us suddenly? Good things don't have to cost a price?"

Ye Buwen didn't believe that there is a free lunch in the world. Fengyun Chamber of Commerce would not bring up this matter for no reason.

"It does cost a price."

"What price?"

"Our store has become one of the cores of the Fengyun City defense formation. Fengyun Chamber of Commerce signed a contract with Senior Xu Yu and others. They settled here and established a family, responsible for guarding and maintaining this core."

Ye Buwen was a little surprised: "You signed it on my behalf?"

"How dare we do this. The maid made the decision for you and tied us to Fengyun City. You will skin us alive when you come back."

Ye Buwen smiled and leaned lazily on the sofa.

"I'm not that vicious."

"But I didn't agree, and Fengyun Chamber of Commerce just changed my store like that?"

Lin Murong nodded.

"Fengyun Chamber of Commerce is very domineering and doesn't give us a chance to refuse."

"If we refuse, they will buy back the store at the original price and continue to transform it into the center of the suppression array. Then they will recruit excellent foundation-building cultivators to manage and guard it."

"At that time, we couldn't find where you were, so Senior Xu Yu analyzed it with us and agreed to the request of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce."

Ye Buwen had a headache. Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, an organization representing Fengyun City, really didn't care about other people's eyes when doing things.

This privately bought store was bought at will.

That is to say, all cultivators who bought caves and stores paid rent to Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, and the real ownership was still in the hands of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce.

No one could resist it if it wanted to take it back.

In terms of military hegemony in Fengyun City, no one could compare with Jindan Zhenren Huangfeng Zhenren.

"After we become the center of the formation, we are also working for Fengyun City. Are there any benefits?"

"All kinds of management fees are exempted for one year. We and seniors like Xu Yu and Zhou Kang have permanent residency and no longer need to pay spirit stones."

"So stingy."

Ye Buwen complained.

This is all small favors, not generous at all.

"The store has become so big, how much miscellaneous fees do we have to pay every year?"

Ye Buwen is familiar with the nature of Fengyun City's management. They either keep people in Fengyun City or drive them out.

"Six thousand two hundred spirit stones per year."

Ye Buwen rolled his eyes.

Six thousand two hundred spirit stones, dozens of times more than before, Fengyun Chamber of Commerce is not a human being.

"Can the current fixed income support the operation of the store?"

Lin Murong shook his head.

"I only make pills and don't participate in operations. I don't know the situation very well. You can ask Zhou Yi for more details than me."

"But seeing that Zhou Yi has been going out very diligently recently, he should be under some pressure."

Ye Buwen's brain was running at high speed, estimating the data based on experience.

The first layer is still the old lottery model, with very low profits and almost no spiritual stones.

The second layer sells elixirs and talismans, etc. Although the scale is large, the profit is limited, and they all take a low commission.

The third layer is a new business, which is a variant of the first layer business, but it is consignment for intermediaries in the foundation-building period.

Although this business is high-end, the transaction speed is slow.

There are few cultivators in the foundation-building period, and they have a long lifespan. They have a different concept of time from ordinary cultivators. The transaction of an item is calculated in months.

After all, foundation-building monks often go into seclusion for months.

If he guessed correctly, the current store's fixed annual revenue would not be much after paying for the miscellaneous expenses of the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, the salaries of the store's employees, and various hidden expenses.

Zhou Yi should be worried about the source of raw materials for the monks and the transformation of resources.

Without him, the store almost lost the free sale of spiritual medicine and monster bones without making money.

The store was large, and the business model instantly changed from Ye Buwen's small shipping store to a large chamber of commerce operation.

The acquisition of raw materials, the talents who converted them into elixirs, magic tools and talismans, and the final sale were all costs.

It was almost night, and Zhou Yi came back from outside.

As soon as he walked in, he looked up to the sky and sighed, his face full of resentment.

In the past, if it was not profitable, the store would have closed long ago, and it was Zhou Yi's personal time.

"It seems that you are very tired, coming back so late."

Ye Buwen heard the voice and raised his eyes from the secret book.

Zhou Yi looked at Ye Buwen, who was sitting on the sofa with a book in his hand, with a surprise on his face.

"Master, you are finally back."

Zhou Yi jogged and jumped to jump on Ye Buwen, but Ye Buwen held her head with a finger and prevented her from touching him.

Zhou Yi stood up with dissatisfaction on her face and said, "I have worked so hard, but you don't even give me a hug as a reward. How can you be so ruthless as a master?"

"You want to take advantage of me, not me not giving you a reward." Ye Buwen retracted his hand and said indifferently.

"Tsk, hypocritical."

Zhou Yi sat opposite Ye Buwen angrily and picked up the spiritual fruit on the table and ate it fiercely.

Ye Buwen put down the secret book.

"Not making money has changed so much, I don't understand it at all. Talk to me."

"Didn't that slut Lin Murong tell you?"

"I did, but you know the specific situation better."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yi complained to him.

The general situation was similar to what he guessed.

Although the revenue was a little higher than he expected, the disadvantages of not making money were still obvious.

First, the pricing was too affordable, and too much profit was given, resulting in a low profit margin.

Second, there is a lack of big profit points. The talents with the largest profit margins, such as talismans, elixirs, magic tools, etc., are all from outside cooperation, except Lin Murong.

Third, there is a lack of a complete structure. From a small shop to a large shop with such a huge venue. But the business model is still the same as when Ye Buwen was a small shop.

"Master, why don't I learn alchemy and let Lin Murong, that bitch, run the shop. She practices alchemy every day and doesn't have to think about anything. It's much easier than me."

Zhou Yi complained, and by the way, she said some bad things about Lin Murong to improve her status.

"If you are willing to learn alchemy from scratch, I have no objection." Ye Buwen said indifferently.

He knew that this was Zhou Yi's joking complaint, and if she really changed, she would not be willing.

"Okay, you take care of the store. I'll just be lazy and be a carefree maid."

"It's impossible to be a carefree maid. Give up. If you feel tired, take a month off."

"Forget it, I won't take a break. Now is a critical moment."

Although she felt a little tired, she would not feel at ease if she really put down all her affairs to rest.