Urban Sims

Chapter 358 Warehouse, Company, Advertising
Merchant refers to a general term for a group of people who engage in commodity trading, goods exchange and transportation, so that goods can flow widely and obtain benefits from them.

Where there are interests, there are businessmen.

Interstellar merchants are not much different from traditional merchants, and they are also a group of creatures that pursue profits.

Interstellar merchants sell all kinds of goods, agricultural products, industrial products, knowledge-based, cultural and entertainment products, whether it is physical needs or spiritual needs, they can satisfy you.

As long as you have the "currency" that can be traded in your hand.

However, interstellar merchants are somewhat different from traditional merchants.

Interstellar merchants trade goods in a wider range, more varieties, and longer distances, and most of them use barter.

The galaxy is too big, and there are countless civilizations. It is impossible to achieve currency unification, and the vast majority of currencies are financial products, some of which are only circulation properties, rather than their actual value. Unless there is a powerful civilization, Credit guarantees can be provided for this currency.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, bartering is the most common trading method for most interstellar merchants.

Of course, in a free trade star like the City of Thousand Stars, the official currency "star coin" is still very important. At least most interstellar merchants accept the currency "star coin" and buy it at a suitable price. Walk.

Naturally, the issuance of "Star Coins" has allowed the officials of the City of Thousand Stars to reap huge benefits every year.

So, for interstellar merchants, which goods are more valuable?

There are mainly four categories.

One, knowledge and technology information.

There is no doubt that information, especially technical data information, is always the most popular commodity among interstellar merchants.

Just imagine that for those first-, second-, and third-level civilizations that are in the technological bottleneck period, if the technological bombs in the hands of interstellar merchants can help them achieve civilization and achieve level upgrades and breakthroughs, these technological bombs, these civilizations, are willing to spend How much to buy?

It is bound to be a waste of money, and they will buy everything they have in their pockets.

Moreover, the storage medium of technical data has the characteristics of small size, light weight, easy to carry, and can be sold unlimited times. Once the transaction is successful, the return rate is extremely high, so it is the goods that interstellar merchants love to trade.

However, higher civilizations do not want civilizations with the same technological level to increase in number and threaten their own status, so they jointly formulated the "Convention on Non-Proliferation of Technology", strictly restricting the flow of technical data to lower civilizations, and severely cracking down on sensitive technologies. data transactions.

Especially groups such as technology businessmen are under the key monitoring of these civilizations.

Two, energy.

Before the perpetual motion machine was invented, the energy industry was a permanent industry, from "firewood" in ancient civilizations, "coal" and "oil" in modern civilizations, to "nuclear fuel" and "energy blocks" in the interstellar era... …the energy industry, like human food, is in constant demand.

Three, food, minerals, electromechanical equipment, munitions, spaceships and other "tangible" commodities.

Four, "intangible" spiritual goods such as culture, film and television, games, and art.

These four categories contain everything a civilization needs.

As for Yun Xinghe and the others who planned to switch from "explorers" to become "interstellar merchants" for a while, the first industry they focused on was of course the energy industry.

Generally speaking, the higher the energy density of the energy block, the higher the value.

Those with low energy density, such as the common hydrogen element, are distributed everywhere in the universe. Not to mention, the energy density is not high, and they occupy a large volume. A cargo spaceship powered by this type of energy is a bit like a train in the steam age. Cargo, half of coal.

As for the civilizations around the City of Thousand Planets, most of them are second-level civilizations, and there are fewer third-level civilizations. Therefore, the Zerg energy core, which is equivalent to a third-level energy block, is very popular among these civilizations.

That's why Yun Xinghe and the others saw on the dynamic price panel of the energy trading market in the City of Thousand Stars: 1 block of standard-volume third-level energy block can be sold for 190 star coins.

To be honest, Yun Xinghe thinks this price is a bit low. You must know that a palm-sized third-level energy core contains enough energy to meet the electricity demand of a first-level civilization with tens of billions of people for a year, but in the end it can only be exchanged for Feitian The 11 crew members (except the three-eyed people who don't eat or drink) will live in the City of Thousand Stars for two or three days.

This shows that the prices here are high.

As for the thousands of second-level spaceships floating around outside the City of Thousand Planets, it can be known that these spaceships must choose to berth outside the well-equipped spaceport because they cannot afford the high daily expenses.

But you can't become a fat man even if you eat one bite. Although the price of the third-level energy core is not as high as imagined, but with the amount carried by the Feitian, it is certain that you will make a fortune in the end.

Make up your mind, and then split up.

First of all, at the space port, rent a warehouse for storing goods, take down the two large containers hanging under the belly of the Feitian, and store them properly.

Yun Xinghe personally took Gu Fan and Du Xiaopang to find the Star Government, and with the two containers of energy cores as collateral, he easily obtained a low-interest loan of 10 Star Coins, and at a rate of 24 Star Coins per 100 hours For the price, the warehouse was rented out and the container was put in.

There is a warehouse.

The second is to set up a company.

Regarding the "company", different civilizations have different names, some are called "chambers of commerce", some are called "shops", and some are called "traveling merchants"...but the essence is the same, they all buy at a low price High selling commercial establishments.

So Lan Xiulong took Su Jialu and Belekov to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Star City, and spent 1000 star coins to register a "company".

As for the company name—Feitian Trading Co., Ltd., it was lazy to use the name of the spaceship.

Thus, the company also has.

In the bustling city center, I rented a 500-square-meter office building at a price of 180 star coins per week. As the office location, Feitian Trading Co., Ltd. can basically carry out the company's business.

As for the business, Luo Xin is in charge of the crew with Yun Qiaoqiao, Xianglan Mikoto, and Uehara Aika. The business model is also very simple. Luo Xin is responsible for finding channels and advertising, Yun Qiaoqiao and the others The three women only need to sit in the office, serve as customer service, and answer the phone.

Once a customer is interested in the goods and wants to see the goods, Xia Xingkong, the product consultant, will take the customer there, or inspect the quality of the "goods" to make the customer feel at ease and satisfied.

After such a whole arrangement, a small but well-equipped trading company was established in just two days.

The business was also carried out in a hurry.

Company meeting room.

Yun Xinghedao: "Luo Xin, all the remaining 8 star coins will be given to you. Put more advertisements on open-air advertising platforms, online platforms, and trading markets to build the company's reputation and attract customers' attention. Inside, sell most of the energy cores."

"Yes, Captain."

……

For the next few days.

In the trading circle of the City of Thousand Stars and the interstellar business circle, a new "Feitian Trading Co., Ltd." has attracted the attention of many businessmen with a keen sense of business opportunities.

In every corner of Star City, some voices of discussion appeared.

"I heard that this new trading company mainly deals in Zerg energy cores. It is said in the trading market that they can supply more than 100 million pieces, all of which are high-grade energy cores."

"100 million? Are there really so many? How did they get it? It is estimated that the Zerg on a planet must be wiped out to get so many energy cores, right?"

"Actually, this is not too much. You can buy a dozen or so third-level civilized spaceships passing by. What is exaggerated is that they said 'as much as you want and as much as you can supply. Don't worry about us running out of stock. Let's take a look at what you have first." Is the star coins enough'... Isn't this mocking us for having no money? Our interstellar merchants, who have private galaxies and private planets, abound. How dare they question whether we have enough star coins? I really do Can't take it!"

A fat interstellar businessman with all kinds of valuable beads on his body was dissatisfied.

"I sent someone to inquire. The founder of this company was the civilization who came to the City of Thousand Stars for the first time some time ago. He only had a small and medium-sized spaceship, but he dared to say such things... Typical arrogance, Never seen the world!"

"I feel that they only have a maximum of 100 million energy cores, and if they exceed this number, they will not be able to get them out."

"Energy accounting is a relatively high-value commodity. You must know that the price of an advanced three-level civilization spaceship is only 3000 million star coins."

"This type of energy core generally has only two uses. One is used as the core power source for high-speed spacecraft, and the other is used as a battery for high-power shipborne weapons... But in peacetime, there is not much demand for this type of energy core."

"I think it's quite a lot. At least for our interstellar merchants, most of the spaceships use energy cores... Time is money. Whoever runs the fastest will earn more money."

"I plan to go to that company tomorrow to have a look. If there are so many energy cores, I plan to buy a batch. The green fairy civilization is preparing for a war against the Zerg, recovering more than a dozen frontier leaders that have fallen over the years, the third-level energy cores , they need a lot."

"So, I also plan to buy a batch..."

One person held a glass of wine and muttered, as for the purpose, it is a commercial secret.

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