Chapter 197 Bargaining
This token is quite special, but it is not a rare move for Manager Qian.
When it comes to doing business, Huabao Pavilion feels that it is not inferior to anyone. In order to stimulate purchases, they have used many small tricks, such as giving away gifts, returning crystal stones, charging money in exchange for tokens, etc. Tokens can only be regarded as a relatively common method.
But what surprised Manager Qian was their self-confidence!
Yes, it is confidence. This small Xianlaifang dares to say that there will be other new pills in the future, and even gives a token. What does this mean?
It means that they are very sure that this breakthrough pill is effective. Anyone who has bought it will definitely have a good impression of Xianlaifang.
And they are very confident, knowing that they will still have new pills to sell in the future... Maybe they already have other new pills, but they are just hiding them?
This is interesting. It seems that Xianlaifang must have a talented pill master to cooperate with it.
Manager Qian's eyes moved, and he put away the breakthrough pill and walked out of the shop.
When he reached a deserted place, he took out his voice transmission and reported to his boss:
"Reporting to Pavilion Master, I have successfully purchased the Breakthrough Pill. From what I have observed, the Xianlai Sect seems to be very confident and is not afraid of problems with the pill. It seems that the efficacy of the pill should not be much different from what they said. In addition, I believe that there must be someone among the Xianlai Sect disciples who is good at refining pills, and this Breakthrough Pill is likely to be made by that person."
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"This costs 100,000 crystals? That's too expensive. Can it be a little less? How about 90,000?"
The third person in line turned out to be a thin, dark-skinned male cultivator with a goatee.
However, this person did not pay readily, but started bargaining.
If it were a bigger and more famous shop, and if the Breakthrough Pills were replaced with a well-known old-fashioned elixir, this kind of bargaining behavior would almost never occur.
After all, this person didn't trust the elixirs and the shop, and thought the things were not worth so much money.
"Sorry, it's a fixed price. It's the same for everyone." Shopkeeper Niu said calmly.
"Then why did I hear that the guy named Qiao got the elixir in advance? And his elixir was given by you!" The male cultivator with a goatee narrowed his eyes and asked.
As soon as he said this, someone behind him couldn't sit still anymore and started to echo him, "That's right, you can give it to others, so why not give it to us at a lower price? We didn't ask you to give it away for free."
Every bit of money saved is a bit of money, and since it involves personal interests, many people have participated in it.
Manager Niu was not at all panicked about this, because he had known this would happen long before today.
His shop is not well-known, and not everyone in Ziye City has heard of it. Now he is selling such expensive goods all of a sudden, and claims that they are better than the Golden Elixir. It is normal for others to be skeptical about this.
"The elixir that man received was not given by me. Our shop only sells elixirs. If you don't want to buy it, you can leave at any time. It will also be helpful to make room for the people behind you so as not to waste everyone's time." Shopkeeper Niu said with a smile.
What a joke, something worth one hundred thousand dollars, but this person just asked for ninety thousand dollars?
Even when bargaining, no one would be so insincere. Most of these people just come to ask and will not really buy.
The goatee-bearded male cultivator became unhappy when he saw his tough attitude.
When he went to other stores to buy things worth hundreds or thousands of crystals, he had to pay extra for them. But this store, on the other hand, sold things for hundreds of thousands of crystals at a time, which directly drained out all his savings. Moreover, they wouldn't even give a discount. What kind of attitude is this!
This is outrageous!
"Even if I can't give you 90,000, then at least give it a discount. It's such an expensive thing!" He continued, not giving up.
"Our stuff is worth the price. When you use it to break through successfully, you will know how precious it is." Shopkeeper Niu was too lazy to waste words with this man and urged him, "Does this Taoist want to buy it, or do you want to think about it again?"
"Hmph, whoever wants to buy can buy it. I think everyone who buys it will regret it!" Goatbeard sneered and tossed his sleeves. He left the team and shouted, "I think these 100,000 crystal stones will probably go to waste!"
Manager Niu ignored him and smiled as he invited the next customer to come forward. "What would you like, fellow Taoist?"
After he finished speaking, he winked at the waiter beside him. The waiter understood and quickly walked to the man with goatee, smiling and said, "Please come in."
It seemed like he was being polite, but in reality he was using his body to push the man out of the shop.
The man with the goatee was still angry and wanted to stay in the store to vent his anger by saying a few more harsh words, but he was pushed out of the store before he could even open his mouth.
He became even angrier, but now the shop was full of people inside and outside. It was easy for him to get out, but it would be difficult to get back in.
He stood outside the shop, surrounded by people watching the fun. He also wanted to see what was going on inside, but... he was too short.
After trying to stand on tiptoe to peek many times but to no avail, he almost got angry and his nose was crooked!
In fact, Goatbeard really needed an elixir. Although he himself had poor qualifications, his family had a very outstanding daughter.
For things like elixirs for breakthroughs, those who have the means will prepare them early. For example, they will buy the Foundation Establishment Pill when they are still at the seventh or eighth level of Qi training, and prepare the Golden Transformation Pill in advance when they are still in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
In this way, once you reach a certain level of cultivation, you can immediately take the pill to break through, which allows for a seamless connection in time and allows you to maintain your talent to the maximum extent possible.
On the contrary, if you wait until you have reached a certain level of cultivation to prepare for it, that kind of elixir is in short supply and it is difficult to buy it quickly.
This delay may last for several months or even years, which is simply not worth it for a cultivator who is in urgent need of a breakthrough.
The goat-bearded daughter had reached the late stage of foundation building three years ago. He had long wanted to prepare a golden elixir for his daughter to use for her future breakthrough.
However, he had only waited for it once in such a long time, and the price of the Golden Elixir had increased by 15,000 crystal stones, which made him unbearable, so he did not buy it.
Who would have thought that after that time, the Golden Elixir had no longer been circulated in the market. He became anxious knowing that his daughter might reach the Great Perfection in a few years, but there was no Golden Elixir yet.
He was also very excited about the launch of the breakthrough pill, especially after hearing that it could remove inner demons.
His daughter once had a Taoist partner, but because she did not cherish him, the other party broke up with her. Since then, she has been left with a demon in her heart, and until now she cannot bear to hear the name of that person.
This breakthrough pill is exactly what I need!
But the shopkeeper was too tough, which made Goatee very uncomfortable, so he took a gamble and refused to buy it.
Goat Beard made up his mind and decided to wait and see. When Xianlaifang's business was bad and the pills could not be sold, maybe the shopkeeper would lower the price on his own initiative!
Maybe then I won't need 90,000 crystal stones and can buy the Breakthrough Pill myself!