This lich needs more money

Amber once received an invitation from the goddess Leila, saying that he could do whatever he wanted in his dreams.

But he was still a lich and had no interest in this.

Now he found that Leila was right. It might feel better in dreams than in reality. At least the experience when Amber was still alive was far inferior to now.

In simple terms, any scene, any costume, any prop, any posture... can be changed with just one thought, saving a lot of time in dressing and undressing, and ensuring that there is only comfort without any small problems such as wrong size of clothes, poor workmanship, or the bed is not comfortable enough or the temperature is not comfortable enough.

The simulation of the dream is perfect, but it's a pity that the teammates don't cooperate very well.

Amber never expected that the withered rose had zero experience in this aspect. She said that she had read many large-scale knight novels, but when it came to actual combat, she would only cover her face and let Amber do whatever she wanted.

But this shy look is also quite interesting.

Today's dream was spent so absurdly that when she left the dream, the withered rose felt weak and a little unable to stand up.

Amber Xiu estimated that if this kind of stimulation happened a few more times, it would definitely make the withered rose closer to the living.

However, this was just a little change in life. Amber Xiu was always busy now.

The Ryan Empire was about to enter a new stage, and the world pattern would change accordingly. Even if Amber Xiu's current work focus was on hell, there were still too many things in this world that he couldn't let go of.

Business was only secondary. There were still many old friends who had to face the changes in the world pattern, and Amber Xiu needed to arrange a good future for himself.

Harvey, this kid, didn't need to be taken care of. Just let him hide in the underground factory and concentrate on research. He also liked this kind of technology nerd life. But in order to ensure that he would not die from forgetting to eat for a long time, Amber Xiu specially hired a few servants to take care of his daily life, ensuring that Harvey lived a life of having his clothes and food provided for him.

And Selwyn, this new student was quite talented in business, but his talent in the prophecy school was much worse than Harvey's. Of course, this school was originally sparsely populated, so Ambersu gave her another different training method, which was to use the power of the prophecy school in business.

"You will never guess how much money I have made with the power of the prophecy school! Use what you have learned to make money, no matter how many times you fail, you will never really go bankrupt." This is the advice Ambersu gave to Selwyn, and Selwyn seemed to like this way of learning, and he was more enthusiastic about Ambersu's alchemy business.

But when it comes to business, Selwyn took out the magic mirror, called up a lot of information, and showed it to Ambersu.

"Teacher, the Alchemy Association has been making small moves. Although the threat of Ms. Rose has prevented them from going too far, they still don't give up and have been snatching our market share. The overseas dragon alchemy route is about to be opened up by them."

Ambersu touched his chin. Gustavo, this old guy, is really getting stupider as he gets older.

Isn't it more important to make money through good cooperation than anything else? Why must he be so greedy? The Dragon Clan Alchemy business is the biggest card in Amberxiu's hand, the flagship product of the alchemy brand, and the real core.

Gustavo wants to snatch even this, which means he is going to turn against him.

Oh, in Gustavo's view, he is already dead, no wonder.

If the partner is dead and the successor seems to be completely inferior to the previous one, then Amberxiu will also think about swallowing up the partner's share. There is no way, this is business, and the essence of capitalism will not be affected by the good or bad of human nature.

However, since he is still alive, Gustavo's behavior is a turn against him.

Amberxiu carefully read the information provided by Selwin. This old guy still treats people as human beings.

Overseas routes are dangerous, and sending envoys will result in a lot of deaths, but it doesn't matter, slaves and mercenaries can be solved with money.

After the Alchemy Association cooperated with Amberxiu, the business was booming and made a lot of money. Gustavo spared no expense and secretly sent envoys to overseas. Not only that, the old guy also spread the news and sold the route map of the overseas Dragon Island.

The routes of the Gold Coin Island and Silver Coin Island built by Amber Xiu have long been opened up and mature, and can be reached by sea without the Drow Elf Airlines. Money is attractive, not to mention the legendary dragon, which is something that even its feces is worth a fortune.

Greed will prompt those desperate people to go overseas, which is something that the Withered Rose cannot completely stop.

Gustavo's idea is very simple, that is, to break the monopoly and renegotiate the price. He doesn't care how many people can open this route, as long as it is not exclusive to Amber Xiu.

This is an open conspiracy. Either the Alchemy Association is destroyed directly, or there is no way to stop it.

The Withered Rose was originally very tough. Those who went out to sea died one by one, and those who came died in batches, but Amber Xiu lived too fast, which made the undead queen lazy and lying down. After all, Amber Xiu has been resurrected, and she doesn't have to worry about business matters.

This mentality has led to a significant reduction in the intensity of the blockade. Many large chambers of commerce have found their own routes and are now working together to do business with overseas dragons, bypassing the chain of Gold Coin Island and Silver Coin Island.

If it weren't for the pressure from the couple Gareth and Canggu on the dragon clan, those dragons really couldn't bear the "sugar-coated bullet".

You know, these humans offer a higher price than Amber. Going to the Gold Coin Island to get a manicure can only get a little mutton and beef, but these humans directly send live cattle and sheep, as well as golden coins.

Although the quantity is a little less, the unit price is high.

The dragons are not creatures who know how to be grateful. Long-term poverty and the frustration of their ancestors have made these young dragons eager for quick success. They have powerful powers, but they can only live overseas.

Whenever there is any temptation, these dragons can't stand it.

Once the private contact begins, it basically can't be stopped.

Gareth thought about slaughtering a few little dragons to deter these restless dragons, but the father-in-law desperately broke the seal to stop Gareth.

"They are not your slaves, let alone livestock for you to harvest!"

Even if these dragons have betrayed before, the obsession of the lord of the dragon tomb is to protect the dragon clan, which is unreasonable. Gareth couldn't really kill his father-in-law, so he could only turn a blind eye and ask the dragons to give priority to the share of the Gold Coin Island.

But once this hole was opened, the result was doomed.

Humans couldn't accept this kind of double standard exploitation, let alone dragons? Dissatisfaction would continue to accumulate and eventually explode.

Either the dragons were all finished, or Amberxiu's monopoly was broken.

Selwin looked at her teacher with great expectation. She had heard countless legends about it, but the legendary figure in front of her even sold the gods in a package.

What would he do in the face of such a business war?

Amberxiu didn't give Selwin a direct answer, but asked Selwin: "The Alchemy Association wants to break our monopoly. What do you think?"

Selwin was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that this was the teacher testing him, and he quickly expressed his thoughts.

"We still have the advantage now. The Alchemy Association does not have enough force to support such behavior. The simplest and most direct way is to continue to block the route as before.

"Although there are many desperadoes, if the death rate is too high, they will also consider the cost. Dragons are not easy to talk to. Their greed will become higher and higher until a certain threshold, resulting in the benefits of going to sea not being equal to the risks, then naturally no one will go."

After Selwyn finished speaking, he looked at Amberxiu nervously, hoping to get the teacher's comments.

Amberxiu did not make any judgment, but nodded to signal her to continue.

Selwyn calmed down and continued: "We should continue to expand our advantages. It will take a long time for them to break the monopoly. Now the meeting of the countries is about to be held. If Ryan can stabilize the surrounding neighbors, there will be no more wars in the short term. That is our best opportunity for expansion.

"The market of the Ryan Empire has always been difficult to open due to the influence of fanatical beliefs. After all, we have a close relationship with the undead. But this time, we can take most of the market share. It is a market with tens of millions of people. The small actions of the Alchemy Association are not worth mentioning compared to it."

Selwin obviously made a lot of preparations for this plan. Many data can be explained clearly as soon as he opens his mouth. He has definitely worked hard.

Amber Xiu just waited quietly for her to finish, and then gave a comment: "Too low."

Selwin asked doubtfully: "Teacher, what do you mean too low?"

Amber Xiu shook his head and said: "The aggressiveness is too low."

"Aggressiveness?"

Selwin looked confused. What does doing business have to do with aggression? Is the teacher going to use force to destroy the Alchemy Association directly? This is different from the big man he imagined. Selwin imagined that Amber Xiu should be a top wise man who sits down and drinks a glass of red wine. A few simple words can make the world dance with it, not a reckless man who kills the whole family at any time.

Amber Xiu could guess what Selwyn was thinking, and smiled and said: "My students, if we are thriving entrepreneurs, it is right to focus on expanding the market. The larger the market, the more we can throw our opponents down and the easier it is to grow ourselves. Resources, technology, these core things are always more important than destroying opponents.

"But this only applies to the early stage of entrepreneurship, when the business is not big. Because we were too weak at that time, and we were all competitors. You can't destroy all your opponents, so you should focus on strengthening yourself.

"And now, we are the world's number one monopoly enterprise, including raw materials, technology, transportation... The only advantage of the Alchemy Association is their terminal sales, and they are also our only opponent. Look clearly at your own positioning. We are the world's number one, and we are facing the challenge of the second place.

"If we just avoid fighting and choose to open up new markets, then the third place will think that he can also challenge. Various insidious means will continue to be staged, and we are the target of collective attack, because we are the strongest one, we have no opponents, only a group of hyenas waiting for us to die and devour our corpses.

"Once we kill the Alchemy Association of the second place, the third and fourth place will be busy devouring his body, and Ryan's market will still be ours. At this stage, it is no longer a simple expansion of the incremental market, but a competition for the existing market."

Selwyn felt that what Amber Xiu said made sense, and felt that his vision had reached a new level. It turned out that he was already at the top of the world when he took over the business. It turned out that his vision was too narrow and he couldn't keep up with the teacher's pace.

"But, teacher, if you use violent means, will that..."

Selwyn is still lawful. Although Amberxiu has power over the Alchemy Association, business is business. What is the difference between direct violence and robbery?

Amberxiu's business is so big. If others try to steal it, how can the business be done? It will definitely turn into a disorderly war. At that time, Selwyn will have no meaning of existence.

Amberxiu laughed loudly and said: "What are you thinking? I am also a businessman. Even the most vicious rumors are just rumors that I am greedy. Look who said that I don't do business but kill people and rob. ?”

Selwyn smiled awkwardly, and Ambrose spoke as if nothing was wrong. Everyone knew that her teacher was greedy, and he would pluck out the feathers of any passing bird. However, everyone knew that working with him would make money, and they had never heard of him tearing up the agreement and violently snatching away the birds.

"But, teacher, you said I have low aggression..."

"I'm talking about commercial aggression. What do you think?" Amberxiu shook his head and said, "Actually, if I were to handle it, I wouldn't kill those small caravans going out to sea in the first place. Not only that, I will also point to the sea with great fanfare and say that I have placed all the most valuable treasures in the world there, bringing the world into the Age of Discovery.

"But you think those ocean races are easy to get along with. Shark fish, Kuo Tao fish, Yixi manta, and even the mermaid people don't like outsiders walking over their heads. Only I have the ability to travel unimpeded in the sea. , if they want to make money, they can only continue to spend money on me to buy ships, route maps, and even navigation time.

"As you just said, by increasing their cost of going to sea, they will naturally not be able to threaten us. But what you choose is blockade and threats, and what I choose is taxation. Your understanding of aggression is still limited to violent means. What I'm going to teach you today is business aggression, attack their wallets until you drain them dry.

"The same goes for the Alchemy Association. They are the richest people after us. Their wallets are much richer than those of small merchants and hawkers. Just poke a hole and gold coins will fall out, and they will be so heartbroken that their faces will be distorted. . Don’t they want the alchemy raw materials of the Dragon Clan? Let them think about it slowly and let’s dig up their roots.”

"Dig the roots?"

Selwyn said doubtfully: "Teacher, I don't understand."

Amberxiu sighed. Selwyn was very talented in business, much better than Harvey. The only problem was that she had little experience. It was too difficult for her to accept her business all at once. But after all, he is his own student, so he can only give guidance patiently.

"Let me ask you, what is the most important thing about the Alchemy Association?"

Selwyn said doubtfully: "Alchemy technology?"

"Very close."

Selwyn thought again, and quickly answered with a bright eye: "It's the alchemist!"

Amberxiu said approvingly: "Smarter, much better than that boy Harvey. Yes, the greatest asset of the Alchemy Association is actually the alchemists. Not to mention those legendary geniuses, there are just a large number of junior alchemists and The apprentices are the best in the world. Even though they have experienced a tragic blow, the foundation accumulated by Alchemy City is still very strong, and no one can compare with them.

"The old guy Gustavo Flynn relies on these middle and low-level alchemists to support the operation of the Alchemy Association and this huge alchemy industry business. If we get rid of these alchemists, what will happen to the alchemist industry?" The association will collapse immediately. No matter how powerful Gustavo Flynn is, he cannot act as a thousand alchemists by himself.

"At that time, they won't want to grab any raw materials anymore. There are no people, so what's the use of getting raw materials?"

Selwyn felt his vision suddenly brighten up. He had never expected that there was such a move. He was truly worthy of being a teacher, and worthy of being a legendary tycoon who could package and sell even gods!

Selwyn couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, how are we going to pry away these alchemists? If we hire them directly, the cost will be very high. Moreover, we don't have so many mature alchemy factories. If we invite them back, we can only raise them." It’s a waste of money.”

"Then how do you think the Alchemy Association retains them?"

"Benefits and Knowledge."

Selwyn blurted out these things. She had worked hard to understand the Alchemy Association. After being pointed out by Amber Xiu, she immediately understood a lot of rote information.

"Yes, benefits and knowledge, and the latter is more important. The Alchemy Association has a complete talent training method. If you join the Alchemy Association, you can enjoy this clear upgrade path, which is irresistible to most alchemists. Tempting. But if you study it carefully, you will find that this upgrade route is actually very dark.

"There are only so many places in the Alchemy Association, and their plate is only so big, so this upgrade route has been limiting the places for high-level alchemists. They monopolized the knowledge, and then began to use various methods to strangle young people's room for advancement. , a little bit leaks out occasionally, like tying a carrot on the head of the donkey doing the grinding, or they continue to work. "

Amberxiu couldn't help but think of Isabel, this alchemy apprentice who had studied for so many years and knew nothing. Because those alchemy equipment are all customized to "anti-self-study" and "anti-cracking". Without a teacher to tell you the principles, Isabel doesn't even know the difference in temperature between the inside and outside of the flame.

"But, teacher, how can we compare with the Alchemy Association in terms of knowledge of alchemy?"

In Selwyn's opinion, the Alchemy Association has a long history and many legendary alchemists, so they really have no advantage in this regard.

Amber said doubtfully: "Don't you know that when the Alchemy City was destroyed, most of their information was packed up for me, and my teacher is the God of Alchemy. What can Gustavo Flynn use to compare his technical advantages with me?"

Selwyn's eyes widened, as if his eyeballs were about to pop out.

The God of Alchemy is the teacher's teacher? !

Is there anything wrong? No one told her this!

Are the people in the Alchemy Association crazy? Provoking a student of the God of Alchemy? !