Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 897 - 635: Terminal: "How Did I End Up Cloning Something Like You?" (2)
"Magic Crystal Store."
"Magic Crystal Store?" Zi Yuan was quite surprised: "To open a Magic Crystal Store, besides the store itself, you also need at least one member of the Optimist Race... Oh, I remember now, a few days ago, a mixed-blood member of the Optimist Race came looking for you, are you planning to recruit her?"
"That's right." Li Zheng nodded. There was nothing to hide about this; once the store opened, the other party would find out anyway.
"A Magic Crystal Store... is indeed a good choice." Zi Yuan pondered for a moment and had a rather approving attitude towards Li Zheng's decision: "The fourth district is just starting out, and there are few people purifying magic crystals, so certainly not much money can be made at first. But the Magic Crystal is, after all, the main hard currency of the Outer City, and its future growth prospects are considerable."
Finally, he gave a fair suggestion: "Having just one Optimist Race member is definitely not enough. You need to recruit more Optimist Race people before the fourth district fully develops, or you won't be able to handle it. By then, the purification speed of the magic crystals might not keep up with market demand, possibly causing a loss of personnel to other districts."
The loss of personnel would be extremely detrimental to the development of the entire district.
Just like a snowball effect, disadvantages grow larger and larger, eventually leading to a market collapse, all residents evacuating, turning it into a Ghost Street.
Similar things have indeed happened in the history of the Outer City.
It is precisely the indispensable role of the Optimist Race in the Outer City that many people have tried to increase their population or research how to replicate their innate abilities.
But, it is quite unfortunate that currently only Le Jia is known as a successful mixed-blood example. How many failures lurk behind is frightening to imagine.
"Let future issues be dealt with in the future." Li Zheng neither agreed nor disagreed. In his plan, the Optimist Race was merely transitional, and even the Magic Crystal Store was only temporarily used.
In the future, not only the fourth district, but even all the Magic Crystal Stores in other districts may go bankrupt!
Because he will reveal the method of condensing nodes when the time is right!
At that time, everyone in the Outer City can dispel the evil aura from the magic crystals with their own power, so who would need a Magic Crystal Store?
"Suit yourself." Seeing that Li Zheng did not accept his suggestion, Zi Yuan showed no signs of anger. He merely shrugged and went back to sit behind the counter.
Just then, a few alien residents came in from outside, choosing weapons and equipment.
Li Zheng took Zhan Zhouzhou to the outside of the Blacksmith Shop.
Zhan Zhouzhou said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave now and wait for you in the fourth district."
"In the next few days, I will find a way to get some more Crystal Coins. You handle the Blacksmith Shop issues there first. Once it's sorted, come back and I'll give you the money." Li Zheng pondered for a few seconds and said, "There are still some branch routes on each street, where houses are cheaper and mainly used as residential areas. If possible, we can buy a few for our people to settle in. Also, we should secure a house in the factory area..."
Zhan Zhouzhou said, "That requires quite a bit of money, doesn't it? Can you manage?"
"Are you questioning my ability to make money?" Li Zheng's face showed great confidence, as if getting some Red Crystal Coins was no big deal at all.
Zhan Zhouzhou thought about it, realizing that she didn't know how many good things Li Zheng had hidden, and exchanging some for Red Crystal Coins should be easy, so she was overly worried.
Calming herself, she looked at Li Zheng, then at Mirel who was following them and habitually keeping silent, and her expression turned odd.
She had the feeling that something had happened between Li Zheng and Mirel, and their relationship had changed from before.
Although the two did not show any signs and maintained their previous distance, Zhan Zhouzhou's intuition told her: something fishy was going on! 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
She looked at them suspiciously for a while but didn't say much more, turning around to go to the district's Teleportation Gate.
"I feel like Mirel looks at Li Zheng the same way Yan Guang used to look at Phoenix Mountain!" Zhan Zhouzhou mused, "And she's not as flirty as she used to be, Li Zheng must have done something with her!"
Her eyes flickered, thinking of something, and soon as she came to the outside of the district's Teleportation Gate queue.
Li Zheng watched Zhan Zhouzhou's departing figure and frowned slightly: "Mirel, come with me to the factory area, we'll find a Botanical Garden and do some business."
"Alright." Mirel responded and followed Li Zheng towards the direction of the factory area.
On the way, Li Zheng prepared a few samples in advance, stored in capsules for backup.
"Buying a house in the fourth district requires a lot of Crystal Coins, I don't know how many goods need to be sold to gather enough..." Li Zheng was somewhat worried. He still had a considerable amount of raw materials for the enhanced intermediate Cultivation Liquid, but calculating based on the previous selling price to Kang'er, it wasn't very profitable.
"If there were some way to raise the price a bit, that would be great."
As he thought about it, Li Zheng turned his gaze to Mirel.
With a thought, Li Zheng took out an Inscription Card and found a special channel on the contact terminal, sending a message: "If I use the racial characteristic of the Enchanting Demon Race to tempt others into paying a bit more during business dealings, does it count as illegal?"
The other side of the terminal, perhaps busy or shocked by Li Zheng's action of exposing himself to the highest authority before committing a crime, took a full three minutes to respond: "?????????? How did I manage to clone such a creation as you? Who checks with the police if something is illegal before committing it?"
