"If you mark the price of materials very low, customers who know the goods will naturally be willing to buy your goods. Maybe your business is good at the beginning, but the profit is not high. Maybe there are stall owners who want to start a price war with you, but as time goes by, they will not It will greatly harm the interests of the stall owners because of you alone. Although this market does not allow fighting, they will do everything possible to plot against you and slander you until no one comes to buy materials from you." Zhou Yang said.
"Here, you're saying that in order to squeeze me out, they slandered me for selling fake goods?" Ouyang Chong seemed to understand something.
"To do business, you must first understand people's hearts, and more importantly, you must understand people's hearts. Genuine goods are the basis, but business methods and the ability to recognize people are more important." Zhou Yang did not answer directly, but pointed out two key issues in doing business. .
Honesty and trustworthiness, and genuine products are also the basis, but if you only do this and don't understand the way of business, you are destined not to go far, and you are destined not to make a lot of money.
"How to figure out how to manage people's hearts?" It seems that this question is relatively profound for Ouyang.
"Haha, you will understand this later. To give a simple example, our generation of cultivators take Tao as the foundation and cultivation as the method. However, in the process of cultivation, we will encounter many setbacks. Perhaps confusion is just a problem in cultivation. This has troubled us for a long time. We think that the path we are taking is the right one, that it should be the most ideal path, but we always cannot get over it.
If you stick to the corner and don't know how to adapt, then the problem will never be solved, and it will be difficult to make progress in cultivation. As the saying goes, there are ten thousand ways in the Tao, not just three thousand? This statement is also very suitable for business. "
In fact, Zhou Yang was two years younger than Ouyang Chong, but at this time it was as if his elder was explaining the Tao to him. But he couldn't talk too much, he only gave a way. There were many things that needed to be understood by oneself, and many of his methods may not be suitable for Ouyang Chong.
For example, he pretended to be a big businessman, and with his sharp tongue and various tricks, he won a large order from the West Key Artifact Store and became a long-term partner. He will earn a lot of spiritual stones in the future. . And Ouyang Chong couldn't do such a thing even if he was beaten to death.
Of course, he didn't want to explain this too clearly, because now was not the time.
"I've been taught a lesson, I'll figure it out carefully." Ouyang rushed to Zhou Yang and gave a salute, saying sincerely.
"Haha, this is just my personal opinion. In fact, I haven't been in business for long." Zhou Yang said with a smile.
"The shopkeeper sets the price slightly higher than other stalls, so how can he explain it to the customers?" He made the previous arguments specious, but price is a real issue that Ouyang Chong must understand.
"The materials on my body all come from some strange places. Although they are the same thing, the quality is better and the price is naturally higher."
"oh."
"Also, those stall owners are not afraid that you will set a high price, they are just afraid that you will set a lower price than them." Zhou Yang reminded again.
"I understand, they may also increase the price, and then they will get greater benefits, and naturally no one will come to make trouble again." Ouyang Chong seemed to have some enlightenment.
These principles are very simple, it's just that he has identified a real dead principle.
In fact, setting a low price is not necessarily right. Setting a low price for high-quality materials is also contrary to common sense. Anything that goes against common sense will lead to a dead end over time.
The key is that good things must be worth the money, and the seller must be able to justify the high price, and ultimately the buyer must accept it.
The main reason why Zhou Yang knew Ouyang Chong didn't understand business but still asked him to be a clerk in Yangtian's shop was that he was an honest man with good character and would not betray him under normal circumstances.
Secondly, he is currently mainly engaged in the business of West Key artifacts. He only needs to purchase a large amount of low- and mid-level auxiliary materials for refining weapons. He does not expect Yangtian shop to earn spiritual stones so quickly.
Thirdly, although Ouyang Chong is pedantic, he is very smart. He must be able to get started in business quickly under his careful guidance. As for collecting materials from Hualingshi, even a fool would do it, let alone Ouyang Chong.
"Captain, it's done." At this time, Cui Kai came back to resume his life.
"Oh." Zhou Yang glanced at him, making his hair stand on end.
"Don't worry, the location on the third floor is definitely good, otherwise it wouldn't be so expensive. Oh, what a scam, such a small place actually costs 8,000 spirit stones a month!" Cui Kai understood the meaning of Zhou Yang's eyes and hurriedly added road.
"Don't worry if it's more expensive, as long as the location is good. In addition, both of you should pay attention. If there is a good stall for sale, you should buy it immediately. Okay, Ouyang, look at the store first and post this list in front of the counter. , if there are materials on the list, open to purchase. Cui Kai, you are responsible for cleaning up that big and cheap stall, it will be useful in the future."
Zhou Yang gave orders one by one and handed the acquisition list to Ouyang Chong.
These are some intermediate and low-level auxiliary materials needed by Xiyao Artifact Shop, as well as the key to alchemy, and some materials needed for the Six Paths of Returning Yang Formation.
As for some higher-quality materials, he plans to purchase them at the third-floor stall.
"Yes, from the shopkeeper." Ouyang responded.
"No problem!" Cui Kai was very thick-skinned and didn't care at all about Zhou Yang's ridicule.
Zhou Yang continued to wander around Fang City to grasp relevant information and be aware of it.
For several hours in a row, there was no one at Ouyang Chong's stall, which made him very depressed. He secretly cursed the stall owners as despicable. With their rumors and slander, it was strange that he had business here.
Maybe the two big men from before were the ones they found. And if this happens for a long time, I will really be sorry for the monthly price of these two thousand spiritual stones.
Near sunset, Zhou Yang went up to the fourth floor of Fangshi again.
"This is what you want!" Bo Cheng handed an intermediate storage bag to Zhou Yang.
"Thank you, thank you sir!" Zhou Yang clasped his fists, sincerely thanked him, and took out an intermediate storage bag, ready to turn over the materials.
"Don't bother, I'll give you the storage bag." Bo Cheng waved his hand.
"Well, then I'm not polite. This is just a small thought, please accept it!" Zhou Yang then handed over a bag of spirit stones.
"What are you doing! With the relationship between you and me, there is no need for this!" Bo Cheng did not accept the spirit stone bag.
"Every code is a code. The blogger has helped me several times, but I can't repay you. It's just a small gift, which is really disrespectful. If the boss doesn't accept it, I will feel uneasy and I won't dare to visit you again in the future."
"You, you, you, okay, I won't do this again! I'll have something to do in the future, but it doesn't matter. In this city, I still have the final say." Zhou Yang's words were very helpful to Bo Cheng, so he took the bag.
He had already scanned it with his spiritual consciousness. There were a hundred thousand spirit stones inside. Excluding the more than 10,000 spirit stones in the intermediate storage bag, there was still more than 80,000 in income. This was not a small sum, so he secretly praised this boy. Be a good person.
What Zhou Yang wanted was what he said. He rented a stall in the market and would inevitably come to him if he had something to do in the future. It would be much better to invest some money at this time than to hold on to the idea temporarily.
"Okay, okay! Fellow Taoist Zhou is indeed true to his word, I admire him!" Xi Yao Chengfu couldn't help but praise him repeatedly after taking the storage bag in the Xi Yao Artifact Shop.
It would be quite time-consuming to purchase these auxiliary materials again, and it would be impossible to collect them all in one day. I didn't expect that the young man in front of me could actually do it. It's a bit exaggerated to say that his hands and eyes can reach the sky, but it is indeed not simple. He still has some energy in this southwest city.
"Excuse me, Mr. Xi Yao." Zhou Yang and the others sat down, and a young boy brought tea.
"Fellow Taoist Zhou please, two fellow Taoists please!"
"please!"
The four of them drank spiritual tea for a while, and then a boy brought Zhou Yang's two quasi-magic weapons over. Zhou Yang took it and took a look. It was indeed very different from before.
Although it still looks dull, it gives people a very spiritual feeling.
With a brief injection of magic power, the two magic weapons instantly began to glow, as if they had come alive. Moreover, there are three faint haloes on the surface of the magic weapon, which means that it has gone through three blood refinements.
"Okay, okay! Your shop's weapon refining skills are indeed superb. These two magic weapons actually have a hint of spirituality that only magic weapons can have. It's high, it's really high!" Zhou Yang praised greatly.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou is over the top. To tell you the truth, in order to successfully refine these two magic weapons before sunset, I specially asked two masters of weapon refining to do it in person. Only then can I live up to my trust and allow my friend Daoist to get his wish!" "Xiyao Chengfu said, pointing to the two magic weapons.
"So, I'm so flattered!" Zhou Yang hurriedly stood up to thank him.
"No, you're welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhou. Whatever I promise must be completed on time and in quantity! We are friends. From now on, whether it is refining weapons or blood refining magic weapons, just ask." Xi Yao Chengfu waved his hand.
"No matter what, I'm here to take advantage of it." Zhou Yang said politely.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, our shop still needs five kilograms of gold crystal, three kilograms of black iron, three kilograms of black gold, and five kilograms of phoenix wood. Is it available now?" Xi Yao Chengfu once again extended an olive branch.
"Of course there are some goods." Zhou Yang understood that Xi Yao Chengfu was selling it in order to get his Ten Thousand Years Xuan Bing, so he reached into his consciousness, put the materials into another storage bag, and then took it out Come out and hand it over to the other party.
"The auxiliary materials for refining the weapon are one million spirit stones. These materials are 1,185,000, for a total of 2,185,000 spirit stones. Taken together, this is 2.2 million spirit stones. "Xiyao Chengfu handed a spirit stone bag to Zhou Yang.
Cui Kai only focused on drinking tea, but Ouyang Chong was dumbfounded. One business deal was only 2.2 million, and 15,000 spirit stones were available at any time. This is a real big deal, a big businessman!
"Okay, then I'm welcome." Zhou Yang took the spirit stone bag.
"Haha, we are partners, no need to be polite, no need to be polite. Oh, then..." Xi Yaochengfu chuckled, his eyes shining, as if he was about to see a rare treasure.
"Haha, don't worry, look at this!" Zhou Yang flipped his right hand, and two pieces as white as snow and as crystal as jade appeared on the coffee table, each weighing seven to eight taels.
