Fu Quan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to Lingdan Pavilion next."
Lingdan Pavilion is also an industry under the Lin family, but this Dange is not completely in the hands of the Lin family. The Lin family only holds 40% of the shares, and Zhang Heng, the shopkeeper of Lingdan Pavilion, also holds 40%.
shares.
This Zhang Heng has always been cunning and shrewd. He has revised the accounts several times in order to take advantage of them as much as possible. However, Fu Quan saw through all his tricks one by one and saved the Lin family's due benefits.
The reason why Fu Quan wanted to take Zhan Chen to Lingdan Pavilion and let him come into contact with Zhang Heng was, on the one hand, to test Zhan Chen's adaptability, and on the other hand, to let him experience how tricky these shopkeepers were.
After everything was done, the two of them entered the Lingdan Pavilion. The shopkeeper Zhang Heng immediately came over with a smile and greeted Fu Quan: "Butler Fu, you are here again. Please sit upstairs!"
Fu Quan just nodded at him and said, "You should understand the old rules."
At this time, Zhang Heng saw Zhan Chen following Fu Quan again. He was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Steward Fu, this person following you is——"
"He is Zhan Chen, the new manager of the Lin Mansion. From now on, he will be responsible for collecting rent and dividends."
Zhang Heng was startled again, and then walked up to Zhan Chen. Genuo held Zhan Chen's hand and said, "Manager Zhan is really young and promising. He won Master Lin's trust right away. I will do business in the future."
Please take more care of me."
Zhan Chen was not used to this kind of socializing, but since he was already working in the Lin Mansion, he wanted to
The three of them went straight to the top floor of Lingdan Pavilion and came to an elegant room where they sat down separately for host and guest. Zhang Heng handed Fu Quan an account book and said, "This is Lingdan Pavilion's income this month. Please take a look."
But Fu Quan did not take action and said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, I think I told you that the person responsible for checking the accounts now is Zhan Chen. You should hand the account books to him."
"Oh, I'm not used to it yet." Zhang Heng patted his head and said with a smile, and then he handed the account book to Zhan Chen, who took it and looked at it.
He immediately discovered that the profit from elixirs was astonishingly high. The elixir purchased by Lingdan Pavilion last month was worth almost 300,000 mid-grade star stones, while the elixirs sold were as high as 2 million mid-grade star stones.
The labor cost and other expenses are about 500,000 mid-grade star stones, and the net profit is 1.4 million mid-grade star stones!
Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Steward Fu, Zhan Chen, our profit last month was 1.4 million mid-grade star stones. Your Lin family holds 40% of the shares, so you deserve 560,000 mid-grade star stones. I am willing to
After settling the above-mentioned high-grade star stones, that is five hundred and sixty high-grade star stones. This is money, please accept it."
As he spoke, he handed a storage bag to Zhan Chen. Just as Zhan Chen was about to take the bag, Fu Quan shouted, "Wait a minute! Zhan Chen, show me the account book."
"Okay." Zhan Chen handed him the account book. Fu Quan took it and looked at it, then pointed to several places in the account book and said to Zhan Chen: "Zhan Chen, you see, the purchasing price of medicinal materials here is generally higher.
Based on the average selling price in the market, the cost of this place is much higher than last month."
Zhang Heng on the side couldn't sit still and couldn't help shouting: "Steward Fu, you don't know the market. The prices of medicinal materials are soaring now, and this month the alchemist in our pavilion asked me to increase his salary.
The expenses add up to a lot.”
Fu Quan said: "Zhang Heng, don't lie to me. I just came out of a spiritual medicine pavilion. Don't you know the current market price of medicinal materials? Although the prices of some medicinal materials have increased a little, the prices of most medicinal materials have gone down.
It has dropped from last month. Do you want me to verify each item? As for the alchemist, I can also send someone to ask and say that you can’t hide it from me. There must be something wrong with the accounts here. You have concealed the profits for at least five years.
Let’s take the top-grade star stone.”
Zhang Heng smiled and said, "I can't hide everything from Butler Fu, but it's not that much, just 30,000."
"Thirty thousand is not a small amount, so add it in."
"Okay." Zhang Heng had no choice but to take out another 1,200 pieces of mid-grade star stones and handed them to Zhan Chen.
Fu Quan stood up and said to Zhan Chen: "Zhan Chen, let's leave and go to the next store."
Zhan Chen stood up and left Lingdan Pavilion with Fu Quan. When they arrived outside, Fu Quan turned to Zhan Chen and said, "Zhan Chen, you saw it just now. It's not that easy to collect money from these shopkeepers. Although
The Lin family is the most powerful in Tunyun City, but they still can't protect the store owners. They will do some tricks behind the scenes, trying to evade the rent and the bonuses that should be handed over as much as possible, so you have to worry about these things in the future.
Be careful."
"I understand." Zhan Chen replied.
"Next let's go to the next shop, Sword Building."
"yes."
So next, Zhan Chen and Fu Quan were busy all day, visiting all the shops. Finally, Fu Quan and Zhan Chen handed over all the rent they got this month to Lin Wusheng. Their task was over.
This is the end.
Besides, after Zhan Chen and Fu Quan parted ways, they did not return to their homes. Instead, they went out again and came to the Lingdan Pavilion that they had visited before. It turned out that Zhan Chen had already thought about it, and he wanted to understand refining.
Star Pill Method returned to his old career and became an alchemist. Now he has become the spokesperson of the Lin family. He can use this identity to make friends with the alchemy pavilion in the city.
Zhan Chen strode into the door. Zhang Heng's eyes were sharp and he saw him immediately. He was slightly startled, but he still greeted him with a smile and asked: "Manager Zhan, why are you free to come to our place today?"
Zhan Chen saw that he was a little nervous, so he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm not here for business today, but for private matters."
"Could it be that you are here to buy elixirs from us? That's easy to say, I can give you a 50% discount." Zhang Heng showed a flattering smile, obviously intending to make friends.
Zhan Chen naturally understood what he was thinking, so he said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, you are mistaken. I will do my best to serve the Lin family and will not engage in malpractice for personal gain."
Zhang Heng's expression changed and he asked, "Then why are you here today?"
Zhan Chen smiled slightly and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm here to discuss business with you."
"You are doing business with me, what kind of business?" Zhang Heng asked curiously.
"To tell you the truth, I was also an alchemist before I came to Taihao Star, but the alchemy system on our planet is completely different from that on Taihao Star. If you can provide me with the alchemy recipe, I would like to try to see if I can refine it.
Here comes the star elixir."
Zhang Heng said: "But as you know, we have no shortage of alchemists. What's more, the recipe for an elixir is very precious. It is all in the hands of the alchemist, and we in the Alchemy Pavilion cannot get it easily."
Zhan Chen glanced at him and asked, "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't you really have a prescription in your hand?"
Zhang Heng stopped talking.
Zhan Chen continued: "Let's do this, you give me the recipe for the most common elixir, and I will try to refine some of it first. If it succeeds, I will give them all to you without a single star stone.
, do you think this deal is a good deal?"
Zhang Heng was a little hesitant. Although it was a small star-rated elixir, there were so few people who could refine it that it would be difficult to find even one in ten thousand. This is why alchemists are so popular.
An alchemy pavilion would often spend a lot of money to hire an alchemist to refine elixirs for them. If Zhan Chen could really refine elixirs, then this would be a good deal.
"Okay, who calls you the manager of the Lin family? In the future, our Lingdan Pavilion's business will still depend on you to take care of it. I will give you the recipe for the most common one-star elixir to try." Zhang
Heng finally made a decision.
"Great!" Zhan Chen said happily.
Zhang Heng took out a jade slip and handed it to Zhan Chen and said: "Manager Zhan, this jade slip contains a method for refining a pill called Star Refining Pill. It can improve the ability of strong people in the Quasi-Star Realm to absorb star power.
The speed is 30%, I will hand it to you now, you can use it as a test, if possible, I hope to get 500 of these elixirs, is that okay?"
"Okay!" Zhan Chen took the jade slip and agreed in one breath.
Zhang Heng added: "I have to take a certain risk when I hand over the prescription to you, but since you are the manager of the Lin family, I am willing to trust you once. Remember not to leak the prescription."
"I understand. Thank you for your trust. I will definitely hand over the five hundred Star Refining Pills to you. Then I will go back first." Zhan Chen turned around and left.
After leaving the Lingdan Pavilion, Zhan Chen walked into the largest weapon refining pavilion in the city, the Jubao Pavilion. In order to refine star elixirs, he must have an alchemy furnace that can use star power.
There are all kinds of weapons and magic weapons gathered in the Jubao Pavilion. It can be said that everything is available. There is an entire floor of alchemy furnaces alone, with thousands of them. These alchemy furnaces are displayed on the floor like decorations, but few people come to choose them.
Because the conditions to become an alchemist are too harsh, most people don't have this talent, and refining elixirs is time-consuming and laborious. If the elixir-making rate is too low, it's not cost-effective at all. It's better to go to the elixir pavilion to buy it.
Everyone can calculate this account.
Let's talk about Zhan Chen wandering around the floors, looking at each alchemy furnace but being a little intimidated, because even the cheapest one-star alchemy furnace costs almost 100,000 mid-grade star stones, and today's Zhan Chen Pouch
I am too shy to spend so much money to buy it.
He was a little anxious in his heart: "I really made a mistake. I didn't expect that an alchemy furnace would be so expensive. If you include the medicinal materials for refining the elixir, it would definitely cost a lot of star stones. In this way, my alchemy plan would be completely useless."
It can't be realized, but I even boasted about it to Zhang Heng. Do I have to go back and return the prescription to Zhang Heng?"
At this moment, Zhan Chen even thought of giving up, but he immediately rejected his idea: "No, there is no turning back when I shoot. I must find a way to solve the problem of the star stone!"