Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Peng Wanli thought for a while, as if he was considering the words: "Let's put it this way! You must already know that each chamber of commerce is dependent on the merchant alliance, and the members of the merchant alliance have quotas, just like in Taoism. Class A Xuanmen, Class B Xuanmen, Class D Xuanmen are also divided into different levels."

"The different levels of Xuanmen in the Xuanmen system determine the amount of tax you pay and the scope of your influence. The same is true for the members of the Chamber of Commerce in the Merchant Alliance, which will divide your trading quotas according to the level."

"For example, if the annual trading volume of a business alliance is 10,000 chopsticks, then each member of the business alliance will have a corresponding allocation. A Grade A Chamber of Commerce will have a quota of 5,000 chopsticks, and a Grade B Chamber of Commerce will have a quota of 3,000 chopsticks. According to the trading volume quota, Class C Chamber of Commerce will receive a trading volume quota of two thousand chopsticks.”

"All kinds of commodities and materials have their corresponding quotas, and spiritual beasts are certainly no exception."

"Since the needs of each commodity are different, the quota is more or less. Take fire rats as an example. The quota allocated to the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce by the Merchant Alliance is five million. That means you can only provide five million fire rats to the inland chamber of commerce, and the rest are provided by other members of the chamber of commerce.”

"The inland chambers of commerce only need five million fire rats from you. If you have more, they won't buy them because the market can't bear it. When the chamber of commerce assigned quotas to its members, it conducted a rigorous market survey to know the market demand. how many."

"Then the quota is allocated based on market demand. Each member of the business alliance must abide by the decision of the business alliance. This involves market stability. If violated, the business alliance will impose penalties."

"Take the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce as an example. His quota is 5 million, but if he sells 7 million, others will have to sell 2 million less, which infringes on the interests of other members of the merchant association. The entire market is so big. The demand remains unchanged. If you sell more, others will not be able to sell it. This is the reason. "

After listening to his words, everyone vaguely understood the meaning of the business alliance quota division. In layman's terms, it means cutting the cake.

The business alliance is responsible for doing market research to find out how big the whole cake is, and then divides the cake according to the level of the members of the business alliance, and each member chamber of commerce of the business alliance will get a corresponding piece.

Yin Qingyuan asked: "What does this have to do with our Xingang Xuan Mo Sect?"

Peng Wanli said: "Baoxing Chamber of Commerce received a quota of five million fire rats. Xueyu Chamber of Commerce was not a member of the merchant alliance, so it could only purchase the quota from him."

"Then the quota of five million fire rats is in the hands of the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce. They have bred three million fire rats themselves, and they still have a quota of two million fire rats that need to be distributed."

"The quota set for Xingang is 100,000, but the quota of 100,000 fire rats has been bought by the Demon Sect, so we don't have a share."

"Unless we snatch the 100,000 quota from the Demon Sect."

"Now you know why a fire rat cub needs one hundred spirit stones!"

"One million spirit stones is exactly the price of 100,000 adult fire rats. In fact, it is the quota of one million spirit stones to buy 100,000 fire rats."

Everyone suddenly realized, and then they understood why the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce offered such an outrageous price.

Tang Ning asked: "Uncle, I still have one thing that I don't understand. The Xueyu Chamber of Commerce must have spent a lot of money to purchase the quota of five million fire rats from the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce. Why don't they breed it themselves? I Why are they only breeding three million and allocating two million to them? They have all the breeding capabilities!"

Peng Wanli said: "This is the internal rule of their chamber of commerce. You can see it as a check and balance, or a compromise."

"When a chamber of commerce purchases a quota for a certain item from a member of the trade alliance, it is actually equivalent to him buying the monopoly on the item."

"Other forces will definitely not be happy. Everyone wants this monopoly, so this rule is in place."

"That is, the chamber of commerce that bought the item quota can only produce 60% of the quota itself, and the remaining 40% of the quota must be distributed so that other chambers of commerce, aristocratic families, and sects can also get some quotas."

"When you eat meat, everyone has to drink some soup. This forms a community of interests and will not undermine each other. Otherwise, if one person has a monopoly, others will be jealous and sneak around from time to time, which can easily lead to friction."

"Business alliances are all about harmony and wealth, and they need stability. The member chambers of commerce of the merchant alliance don't want their affiliated chambers of commerce to dominate, so they formulated this rule."

"The Xueyu Chamber of Commerce bought a quota of five million fire rats. He can only breed three million of them, and the other two million quotas need to be distributed to various forces. The quota left for Xingang is only one hundred thousand, and these one hundred thousand It was bought by the Demon Sect, so we can’t breed fire rats.”

"I see." Tangning nodded. After Peng Wanli's words, he had a new understanding of the overall structure of the Chamber of Commerce. They have quite a few internal rules.

Yin Qingyuan asked: "If we spend one million spirit stones to buy the quota of 100,000 fire rats, will it be a one-time or permanent effect?"

Peng Wanli said: "It is a permanent right, but each shipment requires a certain amount of tax to be paid to the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce. The Xueyu Chamber of Commerce's rule is 30% of the profit, but that is only for other powerful chambers of commerce or aristocratic families."

"For example, Crescent Sect promised them to pay 50% of the profits before buying the quota rights for 100,000 fire rats. This is only done openly, but there are some things to do secretly."

"This extra 20% profit is actually a bribe to the person in charge of spiritual animal breeding within the chamber of commerce, otherwise why would they sell the quota to you."

Jiang Yuhuan asked: "What is the price offered by Uncle Master?"

Peng Wanli sighed: "We offered a price of 60% profit, but the monk from the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce who is responsible for managing the breeding of spirit beasts still didn't agree."

The 60% profit was already twice as high as the Xueyu Chamber of Commerce's regulations, but it still failed to impress them. Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this.

Tang Ning asked: "Why? The Chamber of Commerce is doing business. Our bid is higher than that of the Demon Sect. Why don't they agree? Is there anything we can't agree on here?"

Peng Wanli said: "They didn't say anything, they just said they should think more about it and give us an accurate answer after we come back."

Tangning said: "Then there is still a chance."

Peng Wanli shook his head: "It's just talk. If something like this cannot be negotiated on the spot, it is basically a rejection. They are just using us as a bargaining chip to further squeeze the profits of the Demon Sect."

After traveling for more than twenty days, the Aurora Boat left Huangyi Island and sailed into the vast sky over the Qinghai Sea.

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Outside the Xue Jade Chamber of Commerce's formation, a ray of light shot out, revealing the figure of a middle-aged elegant man with a fair face and a slightly fat figure. With a wave of his hand, the talisman passed into the light curtain. After a while, the light curtain melted. There was a gap, and the man's figure flashed into the inner room.

In the majestic and majestic cave, the elegant man followed a maid to the main room. Inside, a man with a fair complexion and a tall figure was sitting cross-legged on a futon. It was Jia Wenxun.

"Brother Xu, why are you here?" Jia Wenxun stood up and said with a smile on his face.

The elegant man bowed his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Jia, I'm sorry to bother you, but my sect sent me here to verify a piece of information with your Chamber of Commerce."

"Come on, please sit down quickly." Jia Wenxun said, turning his left hand, taking out the white jade wine bottle and wine glass, and filling up the wine: "Brother Xu has come a long way to taste this third-level spiritual wine first. This But it’s a good thing that Mr. Zhang Julai gave to me. I always treasure it. If you hadn’t come here, Brother Xu, I wouldn’t have taken it out to anyone else.”

The elegant man sat down as he was told, and the two of them raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp. The wine entered their stomachs, and their mouths were full of fragrance. The spiritual power in the Linghai Point was slightly agitated: "It is indeed a good wine. Thank you Daoist Jia for your warm hospitality, but I am bringing you the wine this time." I am here on the orders of the headmaster of our sect. Please tell me truthfully, have any Xingang Xuanmen monks come here recently?"

Jia Wenxun smiled: "So it was for this matter! To tell you the truth, Xingang Xuanmen Sect did send people here a few months ago to talk to us about the fire rats, but now they have left. "

The elegant man said: "I don't know how my friend responded. Please tell me the truth. Our sect has cooperated with your Chamber of Commerce for more than fifty years. We have always been trustworthy and never broke our promises. Is your Chamber of Commerce really going to give up on our sect?" And cooperate with Xingang Xuanmen? "

Jia Wenxun said: "Brother Xu! We have been friends for so many years. Of course I will not agree to cooperate with Xuanmen. However, I will not hide it from you. This matter is really not my decision."

The elegant man said: "Isn't it true that the matters related to the breeding of fire rat spirit beasts in your chamber of commerce are handled by fellow Taoists? Please make it clear what you mean by these words."

Jia Wenxun said: "Brother Xu must know that although I am taking care of the spirit beast industry, I am just using chicken feathers as arrows. The real decision-maker is Lord Zhang Julai. I don't know what connections Xingang Xuanmen used this time. , actually found Mr. Zhang directly and completely bypassed me. It seems that some of them have an old relationship with Mr. Zhang, so I can no longer get involved in this matter. "

The elegant man looked a little unhappy when he heard this: "What do you mean, fellow Taoist? Senior Zhang of your merchant association has already negotiated with Xuanmen?"

Jia Wenxun said: "No, as far as I know, Mr. Zhang has not finalized it yet, but he does intend to cooperate with Xingang Xuanmen. Brother Xu, it's not that I won't help you. I have tried my best on this matter. If it weren't for me, I’ll give you some advice and good words to Mr. Zhang, and since there’s a contract between you and me, I’m afraid they’ve already reached an agreement.”

The elegant man said: "Thank you for your kind words, fellow Taoist. I also hope that fellow Taoist can help me. I would like to introduce you to Senior Zhang. I would like to have an interview with Senior Zhang."

Jia Wenxun said: "Okay, don't worry! This matter will be taken care of by me."

"Then I won't bother you any more. I'm waiting for news from your Taoist friends at your Chamber of Commerce Inn." The man said, got up and left.

Jia Wenxun smiled slightly when he saw his retreating figure.