Chapter 3322 — The Five Luminaries Sect's Worry
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
It was just like the Kang family back then—relying solely on a monopoly, and the moment the market took a hit, they would be stripped to the bone. The same was true of Kang Jingming now. When it came to sly tricks, Liu Jinghan might not be his match, but when it came to business, ten Kang Zhaomings would not be enough.
So once the two of them saw the predicament, they set their sights on the second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron that had not yet gone on the market, hoping to make a fortune through the supply of raw materials for it.
But they had never once considered how big the market for this second-grade automatic medicinal cauldron might be—or rather, both of them had misjudged it. They assumed the second-grade cauldron was just like the first-grade one, with an extremely low threshold for use, usable by anyone, and so a sales frenzy was surely inevitable.
"Then shall we now use the money we earned from the first-grade intelligent medicinal cauldron to mass-produce second-grade cauldrons?" Kang Jingming asked.
"Exactly. When the time comes, the production of second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons won't be able to bypass our raw materials!" Ancestor Xuanchen nodded. "Since we can't make money from producing and selling the second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons, we must seize control of the raw materials market."
"Who says we can't sell them?" Kang Jingming waved a hand and said smugly. "Father-in-law, we are the raw material suppliers! We can use that as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Wei Zhao. The finished second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons Wei Zhao produces must be partially allocated to us for sale, and at a low price at that. That way we can simply rebrand them as our Xuandan Sect's second-grade intelligent medicinal cauldrons and sell them, so our first-grade intelligent medicinal cauldron customers won't feel we have no follow-up products or technical support."
"Oh? Now that is a good idea. I must say, Zhaoming, you really are a business genius!" Ancestor Xuanchen found it quite reasonable upon hearing it. Only he had no dealings with the worldly world of commerce and had no idea that such rebranding was the most common of business tactics, requiring no business acumen at all—it was everywhere in the market. Yet in Kang Jingming's hands it became the mark of a business genius.
"Haha, merely a paltry trick!" Kang Jingming said, though his manner was thoroughly self-satisfied.
"You handle following up on this matter. And as for that Limit Qi Condensation Pill, you must hurry as well—produce it and poison that brat Wei Zhao to death!" Ancestor Xuanchen said.
"Rest assured, Father-in-law!" Kang Jingming nodded in agreement.
What Kang Jingming had never anticipated, however, was that he had manufactured several hundred second-grade cauldrons, yet neither Wei Zhao nor Liu Jinghan had shown the slightest intention of coming to him to buy any!
Before his eyes, the Cultivators' Commerce Association's second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons had even begun to be auctioned off, their numbers growing fewer and fewer, and the sects that bought them all sang their praises—yet Liu Jinghan still showed no sign of wanting to purchase more cauldrons!
Kang Jingming knew perfectly well that Liu Jinghan had only those thirty second-grade cauldrons supplied by You Panhu—not a single one more. They were about to sell out at any moment, so how could there be no word at all?
Could it be deliberate, keeping a low profile for fear that he would drive up the price?
But when only the last ten second-grade automatic medicinal cauldrons remained, still neither Wei Zhao nor Liu Jinghan made any move to contact him, which left Kang Jingming utterly baffled. What kind of way was this to do business?