Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 733 - Taking a Different Path
Chapter 733: Chapter 733 Taking a Different Path
“It’s too much!”
Su Ziling stomped her foot forcefully, her pouted lips could hang a storage bag.
Wang Chen couldn’t help but laugh silently.
The teenage girl, always graceful and mature in front of others, only showed her naive and youthful side when she was with him.
And what had upset Su Ziling so much was a newly opened ice cream store!
This ice cream store was less than two hundred steps away from Wang Chen’s little shop, with a larger and more imposing decor, selling all sorts of ice creams in different flavors.
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They not only copied all of Wang Chen’s ideas but also introduced many new ones.
What’s more, the cheapest ice cream they offered only cost twenty Fragmented Spirit Stones, slashing prices to rock bottom.
It instantly crushed Wang Chen’s own business.
To say Wang Chen wasn’t upset about his business, which had been bringing in a hefty profit every day before collapsing so quickly, would definitely be a lie.
But what could he do about it?
He had no reason, nor the strength, to prevent their competition.
For a small plaything like ice cream, it was all too easy for large businesses to crush a small store once they got involved.
The advantage of lower production costs was just there!
“This is so unfair.”
Su Ziling knew getting angry was pointless, but she couldn’t help feeling aggrieved.
Previously, when Wang Chen began his business offering discounts on magic artifacts, it only lasted one day before the old manager warned him, telling him he couldn’t do that.
But now, when others were blatantly undercutting prices to steal business, that same old fellow didn’t come out to say a word.
Where was the fairness in that?
Wang Chen had no words in response, only able to stroke her hair to comfort her.
In any world, there is no such thing as true fairness.
If you want fairness, you first need the strong power to maintain your own interests. If he were not just a humble Purple Mansion cultivator but a Mana-encompassing Integration True Venerable or a Mahayana Saint, who would dare to steal his business?
They’d be tired of living!
So Wang Chen was frustrated but not rashly angry because futile anger was just a display of impotence.
Moreover, he had not only made a handsome profit through selling ice cream, but also sold almost all of his stocked magical and spiritual artifacts thanks to the never-ending flow of customers, thus filling in all of his previous losses.
What Wang Chen was thinking about now was to find a new way, to explore a fresh avenue for financial recovery.
As for the ice cream business, let whoever wants to do it, do it!
After Wang Chen’s consoling, Su Ziling finally calmed down, but then she said with a bitter face, “Master, what are we going to do with all the ice chests at home?”
Because of the booming ice cream business, at her strong recommendation, Wang Chen had made about ten more ice chests.
They filled the workshop to the brim.
These ice chests had a built-in Frost Array, powered by Spirit Stones, serving the function of long-term ice production.
They were medium-tier magic artifacts and the invested costs were not small.
To let them go to waste now was painful for Su Ziling to even think about; she felt as if it was her own fault.
Wang Chen said with a smile, “That’s simple, we’ll sell them. Oh right!”
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His eyes lit up: “We can sell the ice chests!”
Wang Chen remembered the anecdotes of the gold rush prospectors from his previous life!
The ice cream business was already crowded with competitors, but no one had started selling ice chests yet. He could certainly make a large batch in advance, modeled after refrigerator designs from his previous life, and sell them to the “middle class” in the Thousand Star Immortal City.
Ice cream sales were good, so naturally, there were people who wanted to make it at home, to have it whenever they wanted, especially families with children.
Wang Chen could sell refrigerators, and then provide recipes and techniques for making ice cream for free.
In this way, not only could he make a tidy sum of Spirit Stones, but he could also undercut those who tried to follow the trend—once every household had a refrigerator, how many would still go to the shop to buy ice cream?
No matter how low the cost of ice cream in the shops was, it still became expensive when factoring in rent and labor.
Let’s see you try to compete with big brother!
Wang Chen vowed grimly to himself.
Once he made up his mind, he immediately sprang into action.
He dismantled all the original ice cabinets, taking out the important components for later use, and then he drew up blueprints in the style of refrigerators from his previous life.
Double doors, triple doors, side-by-side doors…
Then, apart from the most vital core components, he entrusted the production of all the refrigerator shells, linings, and storage ice compartments to several workshops.
The craftsmen in the world of immortal cultivation were extremely capable, akin to high-precision humanoid machine tools. An order like Wang Chen’s was a piece of cake for them.
To make the refrigerators more appealing, Wang Chen had them customized with different shell colors.
Pearl White, Moonlight Silver, Dawn Gold, Sky Blue, Polar Night Black, Scarlet Flame Red…
Finally, he affixed his own designed metal LOGO, instantly full of style.
After taking all these refrigerator shells back, Wang Chen then assembled the most important part, the compressor—the Frost Artifact components.
Fresh out of the forge were refrigerators with the unique charm of the Immortal Realm!
Determined to earn his first pot of gold, Wang Chen spared no effort this time, ordering a very large quantity and then working day and night to refine the Frost Artifact components.
His Nine Directions Refinement Skill had reached the Grandmaster tier, and with the aid of treasures like the Creation Cauldron to refine artifacts, it was akin to using a cleaver to kill a chicken, naturally resulting in success after success.
The success rate was a hundred percent, and the finished products were flawless, achieving extremely high quality while keeping the costs to a very low level.
After all preparations were in place, the next morning, Wang Chen had Su Ziling display the refrigerators.
Five styles, seven colors, neatly arranged outside the shop, were very eye-catching!
Someone immediately approached out of curiosity, “Shopkeeper Wang, what are you selling here?”
Su Ziling answered with a smiling face, “These are refrigerators, magic artifacts for making ice cream and frozen desserts. It’s a new product from our shop. With the purchase of a refrigerator, we provide a complete set of the Dharma Technique for making desserts, along with three boxes of ingredients!”
“So it’s a magic artifact for making ice cream!”
The visitor suddenly realized, “You’re not selling ice cream anymore?”
Su Ziling pouted, “We just can’t compete with others, so we had to bring out our last resort to sell.”
The other party laughed, “The young lady is quite interesting. How much are you selling this refrigerator for?”
Su Ziling eagerly pointed to a refrigerator next to her and said, “This Moonlight Silver side-by-side door refrigerator is only 500 Spirit Stones, and it only needs one Spirit Stone a day to maintain operation.”
“Uncle, do you want to buy one? For 500 Spirit Stones, you won’t be at a loss, nor will you be cheated, but you can get a refrigerator that lets you enjoy ice cream anytime!”
This pitch was taught to her by Wang Chen.
The man indeed showed a look of interest.
The cost of living in Thousand Star Immortal City was very high, and 500 Low Spirits Stones really weren’t a large sum; moreover, the extremely low energy consumption of just one Spirit Stone a day was truly tempting.
Unable to help himself, the man asked, “One Spirit Stone? Are you for real?”
“Of course it’s real.”
That’s when Wang Chen spoke up, “If the daily consumption exceeds a Spirit Stone, bring it back for a full refund!”
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