Chapter 32: Opportunity is Reserved for Those Who Are Prepared~
“Hey! Ke Lai, the lightning-struck wood should be shared by everyone who saw it. Don’t tell me you’re planning to take it all for yourself.”
On the way back to the city center, Li Xiang gave a thorough explanation of the information about lightning-struck wood, and learned that this thing was extremely valuable.
“No way, are you trying to rob me?” Ke Lai sensed Li Xiang’s intention and quickly covered the hand with the nano-ring, looking at Li Xiang warily.
“Who knew this thing could sell for so much a catty!” After checking the price, Li Xiang’s intestines were about to turn green with regret.
Not three hundred, not thirty thousand, but three hundred thousand!
A full three hundred thousand star coins!
He would have to hunt mutated beasts for twenty to thirty years to earn the money for one catty of this thing!
Ke Lai put her hands on her hips. “I asked you to help me cut it back then. You were the one who said you wouldn’t help.”
In the end, she hadn’t taken the entire lightning-struck wood, but only a part of it.
“The key is, even if I took the lightning-struck wood, I wouldn’t be able to sell it,” Li Xiang pouted.
Lightning-struck wood was notoriously valuable but had no market. Li Xiang, unlike Ke Lai’s family who specialized in this area, had no connections. The mutated beast trading market wouldn’t take it, and the plant market wouldn’t take it either. It was useless for him to have it.
“Jiang Ning, aren’t you envious?” Li Xiang turned his gaze to Jiang Ning. “That’s three hundred thousand star coins!”
Li Xiang was afraid that Jiang Ning didn’t know its price and deliberately emphasized it again.
Jiang Ning honestly shook her head. “Not envious.”
“Why?” Li Xiang was very puzzled. Was there really such an honest person in the world?
“Resources are also a part of measuring a person’s strength,” Jiang Ning said.
Just as Li Xiang had said, even if they got the lightning-struck wood, they had no way to sell it. Taking a step back, for people like her and Li Xiang, they might even suffer an unwarranted disaster because of the lightning-struck wood.
“See!” Ke Lai said with her chin held high. “If only your ideological awareness were half as high as Jiang Ning’s.”
“But…” Jiang Ning’s tone changed, and she looked at Ke Lai with a smile. “The A-rank mutated root is considered sold to you. Remember to transfer the money to me according to the market price.”
Ke Lai: “…”
So she was waiting for her here.
Ke Lai: “Fine, after I go back and find out the species of this mutated tree, I’ll give you the money.”
“Wait,” Li Xiang interjected. “Since you two have settled it, what about the fee for my treatment!”
“Aren’t two low-grade spirit tools enough?” Ke Lai frowned at him.
“Damn it!” Li Xiang’s body stiffened. He slapped his head, remembering this matter. “I left the spirit tools on the ground and didn’t take them. They’re still in the underground oasis!”
Damn, damn, damn!
That was money!
“That has nothing to do with me. Once a spirit tool leaves the counter, I’m not responsible for it,” Ke Lai said with a serious expression, immediately distancing herself from the matter.
“Why don’t we go back now?” Li Xiang was on the verge of tears.
…
In the end, the three of them did not go back. Firstly, they had consumed a great deal of energy on this trip. Secondly, the guards at the Death Swamp had been strengthened. Even if they went back now, they wouldn’t be able to get in.
After bidding farewell to Ke Lai, Jiang Ning and a long-faced Li Xiang went to the trading market.
The uninhabited zone had been silent for five years, and the supply of mutated beast materials almost entirely depended on transportation from other cities. The mutated beast market had no business and had been in a semi-abandoned state.
The mutated beast recycling shop they used to frequent had also closed down two years ago. The new owner was a chubby young man with glasses.
After the reopening of the uninhabited zone, the mutated beast market was bustling with people.
“Take mine first. I have all C-rank mutated beasts.”
“My quantity is small, I’ll be quick!”
“Don’t push! I was the first one here! You should take mine first.”
Everyone was scrambling to be the first to trade. The owner alone couldn’t handle it.
“Don’t worry, one by one, one by one,” the owner’s head was about to explode.
“Need help?”
A faint voice suddenly came from the crowd.
The owner’s gaze fell on a pair of clear and bright eyes.
“My name is Jiang Ning. The price to hire me is 55 star coins per hour,” Jiang Ning said with a shy smile.
The minimum wage standard on Planet M412 was 35 star coins per hour, but this was a laborious job, so she did not quote the minimum wage of Planet M412, but the wage of Fan Xing, the largest planet in the Federation.
The owner was stunned for a moment, then calculated the profit in his mind. He shook Jiang Ning’s hand and agreed.
“According to the rank of the mutated beasts, the shelves in the warehouse are D-rank, C-rank, B-rank, and A-rank from front to back. The buyback price of the mutated beasts is based on the price released on the official website of the M412 government today. After calculating the price for a customer, use this to pay.” The owner threw a small card with a smart screen to Jiang Ning.
“No problem, boss!” Jiang Ning took the smart payment card.
“My name is Chang Ming, you don’t have to call me boss,” the corner of Chang Ming’s mouth twitched twice.
“Okay, boss!” Jiang Ning made an ‘ok’ gesture.
Chang Ming: “…”
Chang Ming looked at her clear eyes, held his forehead, and sighed. “Forget it, let’s get to work.”
Jiang Ning walked to the center of the crowd, opened the virtual amplifier on her Star Brain, and cleared her throat twice to ensure everyone’s attention was on her. She said slowly, “Now, everyone, please judge the rank of the mutated beasts you have caught and line up in the corresponding area of the shelves. Whichever area lines up first, we will start settling from that area.”
“Jiang Ning?” Li Xiang heard the familiar voice and realized that Jiang Ning was no longer by his side.
He stared fixedly at Jiang Ning, who was surrounded by the crowd.
Jiang Ning’s voice was accurately transmitted to everyone’s ears through the amplifier. After a moment of digestion in their minds, no one moved. After a long while, a rough voice came from the crowd.
“What if the mutated beasts I’ve caught are of more than one rank? What should I do then?”
“Then, after settling the current rank of mutated beasts, you can go to another area and line up again,” Jiang Ning said.
“Line up again? Isn’t this a waste of everyone’s time?”
Jiang Ning looked at the person who had spoken. “If you’re not satisfied, you can turn left at the door and go to another trading market to sell.”
Not only was the person who had spoken stunned by her words, but even the owner, Chang Ming, at the side was also stunned.
What kind of attitude was this?
“You… who are you? You say line up, and we have to line up!” The person saw Jiang Ning’s tough attitude and began to be unreasonable.
“I am an employee here. This is the rule set by the boss,” Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow at Chang Ming. “Boss, say a few words.”
“…Indeed, our shop has our own rules. If you want to continue trading, please line up at the back of the warehouse,” Chang Ming said, biting the bullet.
His words were much more effective than Jiang Ning’s. The bustling crowd immediately swarmed towards the warehouse, everyone wanting to be first in line.
After everyone had left, Jiang Ning said proudly to Chang Ming, “Boss, what do you think of this efficiency?”
A faint smile appeared on Chang Ming’s lips. He sincerely praised, “55 an hour is indeed worth it.”
After saying that, he was the first to walk to the warehouse.
Only a bewildered Li Xiang was left. He walked to Jiang Ning’s side and asked, “When did you become an employee here?”
“Opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared and take the initiative~” Jiang Ning proudly raised her head and walked away.
Li Xiang: “???”
What opportunity? Why didn’t he see any opportunity?