Chapter 1017 Exclusive
Chen Yang interrupted Rong Yuqing's rebuttal, waving his hand, "Alright, alright, your Tianji Linglong wouldn't do such a thing, and I, Chen Yang, wouldn't either!"
"I came to talk to you about those treasures from the Confucian school."
"Did you get them or not?"
As Chen Yang spoke, he saw the conflicted expression on Rong Yuqing's face and asked, "What do you mean? You got the goods? And you don't want to sell?"
Seeing that her thoughts were discovered by Chen Yang, Rong Yuqing decided to lay her cards on the table, "There's no doubt about the cooperation between us. Whether it's elixirs or spatial treasures, I trust you to deliver discreetly."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have given you so many precious materials."
"But this batch of treasures from the Confucian school was bought with my own hard-earned money."
"The spirit stones spent were not all of Tianji Linglong's funds, but it was still a considerable amount."
Ever since Rong Yuqing began to operate Tianji Linglong again, she had been meticulously managing her daily expenses.
She wished she could make one spirit stone stretch to four or five.
Spirit stones were no small matter; their preciousness had increased several times over.
Tianji Linglong's rapid expansion had also emptied Rong Yuqing's coffers.
The reason Rong Yuqing was so eager to collect treasures for auction was not just to increase Tianji Linglong's visibility, but rather to find ways to earn more spirit stones.
She had indeed earned quite a lot during this period, but this batch of treasures from the Confucian school also represented a significant expenditure.
How many spirit stones did Chen Yang have?
Rong Yuqing might even know better than Chen Yang.
Given Chen Yang's personality, if he weren't short on spirit stones, he would have paid her long ago.
To ask Chen Yang to fork out another hefty sum of spirit stones to buy back the Confucian treasures was absolutely impossible!
There were only two possibilities for Chen Yang to stop her for a discussion: either the spirit stones would be accounted for in the upcoming elixir auction,
Or else... if he was particularly ruthless, he would give nothing at all.
Both scenarios were plausible!
As a businesswoman, Rong Yuqing had seen it all.
What she had just said, while seemingly intending to create animosity with Chen Yang, was actually not the case. The matters she revealed were far from enough to break their partnership.
The reason was simply to let Chen Yang know that she was in it to make money!
Trying to get something for free was impossible!
Chen Yang's expression darkened.
Since Rong Yuqing had been so explicit, Chen Yang couldn't help but understand.
Beside him, Xi Bai quickly stepped forward, taking out a pile of spirit stones and looking at Rong Yuqing somewhat anxiously, "Boss Rong, this is all I have on me right now. Can you accept it for now?"
Rong Yuqing looked at the spirit stones in Xi Bai's hand and stared at him as if he were an idiot, saying softly, "Are you trying to kill me! The spirit stones I gave to that Golden Egg were hundreds of times this amount!"
At this, Xi Bai's face also darkened.
Hundreds of times?
The spirit stones he could produce now represented his entire net worth.
This was Xi Bai's first time realizing how precious the treasures he used to carry around were.
Just then, Bei Xuan spoke up.
"Ahem, well, Boss Rong!"
"If I recall correctly, didn't we have an agreement before?"
Rong Yuqing was taken aback and looked at Bei Xuan strangely. They had indeed met once before regarding the establishment of Tianji Linglong, but as for an agreement...
Bei Xuan continued, "Although I generally don't interfere in matters between cultivators, you've collected too many stolen goods this time."
"I can't just ignore it!"
At these words, everyone was stunned.
Stolen goods!
Saying it like that, it seemed to make sense, didn't it?
The matter between the Golden Egg and the Confucian school was their own affair.
But robbing Xi Bai was a real incident that had happened.
Calling the treasures Tianji Linglong had collected with spirit stones "stolen goods" was perfectly reasonable!
Rong Yuqing looked at Bei Xuan with a dark expression, gritting her teeth, "You still say you're not bandits? You're planning to rob me directly!"
Chen Yang said with a wry smile, "We're all businessmen. Can't we sit down and discuss things properly?"
"I am willing to give you spirit stones, but I can't produce such a large amount at once!"
"How about this: I have a batch of good items on hand right now. Although they are not as valuable as elixirs or spatial protections, they can be sold to cultivators and priced in spirit stones, which is perfectly fine."
"I'll have someone deliver the goods to you after I return. Tianji Linglong can hold a special sale as quickly as possible, how about it?"
Rong Yuqing's eyebrows shot up.
Chen Yang actually had other good items on hand.
If they could be priced in spirit stones, then it wasn't impossible!
"What exactly is it? It sounds like you have quite a lot. Can I see it first?"
Having been in the business world for so many years, Rong Yuqing was certainly not going to be fooled by a man's sweet talk. Chen Yang took out a bottle of Immortal Wine from his Tree Tomb Necklace and handed it over. "This Immortal Wine is divided into a regular version and a cultivator version."
"The regular version is useless to Tianji Linglong, but it will be used to open up the market on Yangyangyang Company's online sales platform."
"As for the cultivator version, if you think it's acceptable, I can grant you exclusive sales rights!"
"Everything will be according to your wishes!"
Chen Yang had already been thinking about having Tianji Linglong handle the sales of Immortal Wine. The Immortal Wine hadn't been fully brewed before, so Chen Yang felt embarrassed to bring it up, but unexpectedly, it had come back to this point.
Rong Yuqing took the Immortal Wine and sniffed it. After taking a small sip, the aroma of the wine immediately rushed to her face, and her originally fair complexion turned red.
"This wine! It's so potent!"
"No, even my inner energy can't suppress the wine's essence!"
Rong Yuqing immediately detected the uniqueness of the Immortal Wine.
Powerful cultivators had not entirely abandoned base desires.
Let alone that the most powerful cultivators now were not all mortal, even in the past, Rong Yuqing had seen many Venerables with peculiar hobbies.
And wine was one of the most widespread hobbies.
Ordinary wine had no effect on cultivators, but this wine that Chen Yang had produced, which couldn't be dissipated by inner energy, would surely be sought after by many male cultivators!
In just a few seconds, Rong Yuqing perceived the immense commercial value of the Immortal Wine.
Exclusive sales rights!
If she could obtain the exclusive sales rights from Chen Yang, this would be a source of endless income.
It might not be as substantial as a treasure auction, where one sale could sustain Tianji Linglong for a long time.
But once the sales channels for Immortal Wine were opened, even on normal days when there were no treasure auctions, it would bring in considerable profit.
Moreover, this could very well be a monopoly!
Rong Yuqing's eyes fixed on Chen Yang, suppressing her inner excitement, she said, "We, Tianji Linglong, want the exclusive sales rights!"