Chapter 73 · Volume 1

Discount Upon Discount

240 for 10 catties, 2400 for 100 catties.
Cheng Shuili raised her eyebrows slightly, "If I buy enough, are there any further discounts?"
Hu Lailai glanced at Cheng Shuili. This person had enough luck to trade with the Rat King right now! Such a big client must be secured!
Hu Lailai nodded and said earnestly, "If you buy a large quantity, we can give you another twenty percent off!"
A discount upon a discount!
Cheng Shuili was satisfied. She nodded and said, "I'll buy one hundred catties first, and I'll come back when I've finished them."
Hu Lailai hadn't expected such a big client to only ask for one hundred catties.
She smiled apologetically and said, "One hundred catties is still too little. Even after the discount, it won't reach 2000 game coins, so it doesn't count as a big deal. Please consider it again; if it were one hundred kilograms, that would definitely work!"
Cheng Shuili was silent for a moment. She hadn't expected this beastman to think one hundred catties was too little either.
However, the person who introduced her had made it very clear that she held a position, so it was normal for her to look down on such a small transaction amount.
Cheng Shuili felt that buying one hundred catties or one hundred kilograms didn't matter. She had enough game coins, and she didn't have anywhere else to spend them right now.
Besides, she still had a Simple Hunting Trap pending for custom processing. Once she collected a small processing fee for that, wouldn't she earn the money back?
The only real issue was whether Wan Yi could store that much food!
Cheng Shuili thought about it. She didn't really know the situation, and thinking about it wouldn't help, so she simply said to Hu Lailai, "Wait a moment."
She opened the small window and sent a message to Wan Yi.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: How many catties of rice can you store there?
【Wan Yi】: ?
Wan Yi wasn't the type to only reply with a question mark, but the current situation was truly puzzling!
She knew the Crow had money, and she knew the Crow was very meticulous about food!
But what did it mean to ask how much rice her rice jar could hold? If she said it could hold a few thousand catties, could the Crow afford to buy it?
Wan Yi fell silent. Maybe the Crow really could afford it?
【Wan Yi】: Maybe around one or two hundred kilograms? I only have one large rice jar here. It doesn't matter if you buy more; just store it at your place.
Cheng Shuili had completely forgotten about that option.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: Buying 200 catties. You can eat for free. Ask Xinxue and Liang Shanbo for game coins if they want some.
【Wan Yi】: Understood, boss!
Cheng Shuili smiled. That settled it.
Seeing the human's expression, Hu Lailai knew the matter was likely settled. She immediately beamed and said, "I can arrange for someone to deliver it to your vehicle for you. Safety is absolutely guaranteed. If any accidents occur, our merchant house will provide full compensation!"
That was great!
Cheng Shuili wasn't greedy for full compensation; she just appreciated this level of service.
In one word, excellent!
Seeing that she was satisfied, Hu Lailai immediately called over two waiters in suits to load several bags of rice onto a cart.
Cheng Shuili took a look. She had originally thought it would be sold in bulk like the stalls outside, which was why she was worried the rice jar at Wan Yi's end wouldn't fit it. She hadn't expected it to be pre-bagged.
There was no need to worry about storage now.
She could just open one bag at a time.
These bags were 20 kilograms each. She had bought 100 kilograms, totaling five bags of rice, which wasn't as much as she had imagined.
But the weight was definitely substantial.
This time, Hu Lailai didn't lead her to the cashier to pay. Instead, she took out a machine that looked like a card reader and smiled, "The price for you is 30 game coins per catty. The original total is 6000 game coins. Because you are our Tier 2 VIP, we give you a twenty percent discount, making it 4800 game coins."
Hu Lailai smiled suggestively, "Plus the personal discount I'm giving you, you only need to pay 3840 game coins. If you think that's okay, you can pay directly."
As Hu Lailai finished speaking, a system panel immediately appeared in front of Cheng Shuili.
【You are about to purchase 200 catties of rice. You need to pay 3840 game coins. Confirm payment?】
The numbers matched.
Cheng Shuili clicked "Yes" directly.
Hu Lailai's smile grew even wider, and her gaze toward Cheng Shuili became somewhat enthusiastic.
Competition within the Ten Thousand Beasts Merchant House was very fierce!
But inside the merchant house, talking about anything else didn't matter; there was only one thing that attracted attention, and that was performance!
Business on the beastman side was difficult; clients were basically fixed, and they couldn't pull in any new people. Meanwhile, the human customer side was still a vast blue ocean! A huge cake that hadn't been divided yet!
Hu Lailai didn't care about her own judgment; she trusted the Rat King's judgment. Anyone the Rat King was willing to give weapons to definitely had the potential to strike it rich.
"Is there anything else you need?"
Hu Lailai flicked the payment machine in her hand, her smile bright and warm.
"I can give you a discount on that too."
Cheng Shuili nodded. She did indeed need something else.
"What are the prices for your fruit?"
"These are rare goods!"
Hu Lailai's eyes lit up again. Thinking this human was about to make another large purchase worth thousands, she hurriedly gestured for people to bring out the fruit from inside the merchant house.
Apples, mangoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, pears, apricots...
All sorts of fruits were displayed in front of Cheng Shuili. They looked significantly different from the fruit Cheng Shuili had seen in her past life, as if they had been produced to a single standard.
Each type of fruit was a uniform size and looked exactly the same.
Cheng Shuili was silent for a moment, suddenly realizing that these items weren't sold like they were in her past life. They weren't sold by weight; they were bought by the piece.
It seemed Liang Shanbo probably couldn't afford them.
Thinking this, Cheng Shuili asked, "What is the cheapest one?"
"The cheapest?" Hu Lailai was clearly stunned. This human client shouldn't be short of money, so why...
But Hu Lailai possessed professional etiquette. After a brief pause, she immediately recited the prices she knew by heart, "Apples are 40 game coins each, peaches are 35 game coins each..."
She rattled off a series of prices in one breath. Cheng Shuili listened carefully; none of them were below 30 game coins.
"The cheapest ones are the oranges," Hu Lailai picked up a completely orange-colored orange, which still had two dark green leaves on it, looking extremely fresh, "They are 35 game coins."
Cheng Shuili frowned. This price was simply outrageous.
But thinking of Liang Shanbo, that big foodie who would definitely borrow money from Xinxue, she took out her game coins: "One orange."
"Just one orange?"
Hu Lailai was very surprised. This human had just paid over 3000 game coins, nearly four thousand!
And she hadn't even blinked!
Cheng Shuili nodded.
Hu Lailai, however, had a new idea. If this human was reluctant to spend game coins now, she might as well take the initiative to gift this human a piece of fruit.
Consider it building a favor!
Besides, if this human accepted her gesture, she would mention her name for future consumption at the Trading Post.

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