ARIWLBBC Chapter 79

The Scheme

Posted by April Fox, ? Views, Released on October 12, 2024

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Hai Tu noticed the black fragrance Bo Ge bought and leaned in, whispering to him, “Is this for your dad?”

“No, it’s for my crush.” Bo Ge looked up and replied.

Using his dad’s money to buy a fragrance for his crush—how sad would that make his dad feel!

Hai Tu sighed for the chief, unable to help but suggest to Bo Ge, “Why not buy something for your dad too?”**

Bo Ge quietly looked at Hai Tu and slowly shook his head.

“You could get a free gift as well.” Having received a high salary, Hai Tu felt guilty and instinctively wanted to help the rebellious child get closer to his dad.

*“Let’s go.” Bo Ge rubbed his arms, saying, “It feels a bit chilly behind me.”

“Please wait a moment.”A dressed-up elf hurried over to the boy, presenting a pristine white conch shell with both hands.

*“This is a special gift from our store. Put it on your bedside; there will be a surprise tonight.”

“What kind of gift is this? I’ve never seen this announced by the official Kashilo.” Hai Tu murmured in confusion.

“Thank you.” Bo Ge took the conch shell, casually placing it in the fragrance bag, one in each hand, and quickly led the two of them out of the fragrance store.

Inside, there was always a feeling of being watched, which made Bo Ge uncomfortable, but it felt much better once they were outside.

After saying goodbye to Yu Mumu, Hai Tu left, reminding Bo Ge to hide the fragrance meant for his crush so that his dad wouldn’t find out; otherwise, if his dad got jealous, his allowance would be in jeopardy.

Sitting at his desk, Bo Ge was studying how to make up the remaining credits when Sister Amber sent him a ranking list. He looked at it and saw that the ranking of the Gugu Chi team in the NGC7331 planet instance had dropped to seventeenth place. They urgently needed to organize a team to grind for a high score again.

Lie Beishuang returned home after work. As soon as he entered, a human boy ran over to greet him, immediately scooping him up and taking a few breaths, instantly relieving the fatigue of the day.

“How was your day?” Lie Beishuang asked, holding the boy with one arm and lightly kissing his cheek.

“I bought a small gift for Mi Mi and invested in a student supply store near the First Military Academy.” Bo Ge briefly explained the situation at Yu Mumu’s store to the big cat. “I think just from the chainsaw-powered daggers, we can make a lot of credit points.”

Lie Beishuang smiled slightly at the boy’s words.

“What do you think, Mi Mi?” Bo Ge understood that 300,000 credit points meant little to the big cat, but the experience he could gain from it might be more valuable.

“If it were me, I wouldn’t buy a large quantity of chainsaw-powered daggers.”

Lie Beishuang settled into the smart sofa while holding the boy securely.

“Why?” Bo Ge asked, confused. Based on the current situation, selling them would definitely earn a lot of credit points!

“If you expand your store, it will inevitably raise the alert of your competitors nearby. Low prices will disrupt the balance of the mech parts sales around the military academy. Your rivals will band together against you. If I were your competitor, I would have countless ways to make you lose everything and leave you unable to recover.”

*“Really?”Bo Ge frowned, remaining skeptical of the big cat’s claims.“Then give me one example.”

Experience doesn’t come for free. Lie Beishuang looked down and lightly tapped his own cheek.

“Just say you want a kiss.”

Bo Ge tilted his head and quickly pecked the side of the man’s face.

“For example, I could sabotage your supply.” Lie Beishuang held Bo Ge on his lap, speaking casually. From your description, Yu Mumu hasn’t been in the parts sales business for long, so she definitely doesn’t have a long-term fixed sourcing channel.

I could provide her with quality daggers as samples to lure her in at a low price, getting her to place an order with me. After I get the deposit, I would find a factory to produce a batch of defective daggers and deliver those to her.”

“What if she checks each dagger when she receives them?” Gugu challenged.

“She could check ten or even a hundred, but what about a thousand or ten thousand?” Lie Beishuang held the boy gently, his voice soft.

“I could mix good and bad daggers, or even provide her with qualified ones during the inspection. But once she pays in full and opens the box in her store, do you think she would still see the same batch?”

Bo Ge frowned. What the big cat described was certainly plausible, especially since the other party was also in the mech parts sales business and was well-versed in the conditions of the supply chain. It would be too easy to trick Yu Mumu.

Leaning up, Bo Ge kissed the big cat again and blinked. “I want to hear the second example.”

“We can run a simulation.” Lie Beishuang raised his hand, and the staff quickly flew over, projecting two mech parts sales stores. A virtual panel appeared in front of Bo Ge and Lie Beishuang, displaying various data.

“Let’s assume the demand for chainsaw-powered daggers is one thousand pieces, with a single purchase price of one thousand credit points, and you each have a capital of five hundred thousand credit points.

Now the young master has borrowed three hundred thousand credit points, giving a total of eight hundred thousand credit points to start selling.” The staff proceeded in a businesslike manner.

Bo Ge used the credit points to purchase the daggers. According to Yu Mumu, eighty percent of the students would buy from her. Bo Ge decided to purchase eight hundred daggers all at once, adjusting the price to one thousand two hundred credit points, and began selling.

“Assuming your goods are fine, our purchase price is the same at one thousand credit points. You sell for one thousand two, while I sell for two thousand credit points. Your sales volume far exceeds mine right now.”

Now, I’ll drop the price of the daggers to one thousand one credit points.” Lei Beishuang adjusted his selling price, and suddenly the purchasing volume shot up.

Sensing that he was clearly being targeted, Bo Ge furrowed his brow. “I’ll also lower it to one thousand one.”

With both sides having the same price, the purchasing volume matched as well. Bo Ge saw Lei Beishuang lower the price again to one thousand credit points.

“Aren’t you losing money?” Bo Ge asked, puzzled. Seeing Lei Beishuang’s sales volume about to surpass his, he had no choice but to painfully drop the price to one thousand credit points as well.

Immediately after, Lei Beishuang cut the price again, bringing the dagger price down to nine hundred credit points.

“Why are you still selling at a loss?” Bo Ge frowned. “This isn’t good for either of us; we’ll lose all the previous profits.”

Lei Beishuang looked at the boy with a calm gaze, which Bo Ge felt contained a hint of provocation.

The effect of the low price caused Lei Beishuang’s sales volume to exceed Bo Ge’s. Not willing to back down, Bo Ge adjusted the price to eight hundred fifty credit points, and his sales volume started to rise. Lei Beishuang didn’t continue lowering his price; instead, he raised it back to two thousand credit points.

Bo Ge was somewhat confused by Lei Beishuang’s actions. Looking down, he noticed that his sales volume had suddenly stagnated.

“Hmm?” Bo Ge stood up. “I still have over two hundred daggers left, and my price is lower than yours. Why isn’t my sales volume moving?”

“The market is already saturated.” Lei Beishuang gently looked at the boy and displayed his data panel to him.

Lei Beishuang had only purchased four hundred fifty daggers, and now all of them had been sold. His profits and losses balanced out; his original capital was five hundred thousand, and he still had five hundred thousand, plus an additional twenty credit points.

However, Bo Ge was not only losing credit points, but he also had over two hundred daggers that couldn’t be sold, weighing him down.

“How could this happen?” Bo Ge was confused.

“From the moment you brought in eight hundred daggers, you were already losing,” Lei Beishuang said, sitting up and pulling the standing boy back into his embrace. “When the selling prices are similar, if you can’t sell the expected quantity, you disrupt the market balance, and it’s only a matter of time before you’re targeted.”

“Are those shops selling at high prices really in the right?” Bo Ge furrowed his brow. “Sister Yu Mumu just wants to help the students save money; is she supposed to be targeted and bullied into losing money and going into debt?”

“I understand.” Lei Beishuang gently stroked the boy’s hair. “The kinder people are, the smarter they need to be. Do you understand?”

“I’ll go contact Sister Yu Mumu.” Bo Ge stood up, clearly agitated. “I see it now; the entire chainsaw-powered dagger incident is a trap in mech parts sales. They’re just waiting for Sister Yu Mumu to jump in!”

Seeing the boy grasping the situation, Lei Beishuang slowly released his hold. “I also graduated from the First Military Academy. When I was in school, many professors had connections with merchants outside, and even many professors’ families operated shops near the school for profit. It might not be very obvious now, but you all still need to be careful.”

Bo Ge made a “got it” gesture to Lei Beishuang and quickly contacted Yu Mumu in front of the big cat. When Yu Mumu didn’t pick up, Bo Ge called a few more times until he finally reached her.

“It’s Bo Ge! Sorry, I was busy just now,” Yu Mumu exclaimed excitedly. “Guess what order I just signed?”

Bo Ge felt a chill in his heart. “Chainsaw-powered daggers?”

“That’s right!” Yu Mumu was over the moon. “The manufacturer just lowered the price by fifty credit points! This opportunity only comes once, and I seized it tightly!”

Bo Ge smacked his forehead in despair.

“How many did you sign for?” Bo Ge suddenly remembered to ask.

“Um… because I’m expanding the store, I only used one hundred thousand of the three hundred thousand you gave me, plus I saved up more than one hundred eighty thousand credit points. I ordered three hundred chainsaw-powered daggers.”

Only three hundred.

Bo Ge let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing this, the scepter began typing in the air. “Young master, ask which manufacturer it is.”

“Yu Mumu, do you have more specific information about the manufacturer you mentioned?” Bo Ge asked cautiously.

“Yes, they have registration information on the Star Network. I’ll send it to you.” Yu Mumu sensed something in Bo Ge’s tone. “Is there a problem?”

“This is very likely a scam targeting you.” Bo Ge quickly conveyed his earlier deductions to Yu Mumu. There was a long silence on her end as she seemed to be contemplating.

After the manufacturer’s information was sent over, the scepter quickly checked and typed to Bo Ge, “This manufacturer does have a production license, but before this, there was no order information at all, let alone any sales channels.”

A blatant scam!

“Sister, we’ve been scammed.” Bo Ge was now completely certain. Yu Mumu fell silent, her hard-earned one hundred eighty thousand, along with the one hundred thousand credit points from the human boy—although only a deposit had been paid, the contract had already been signed.

What should they do now?

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