Chapter 280: Crazy Profits
Watching the satisfied two walk out of the restaurant, Lu Shuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the remaining ten days of the year can be relaxed.
Just now, Lu Shuang and the presidents of the two guilds reached an agreement that they would provide a large order for each of their guilds within two months, including 30 million units of grain, 800,000 sets of first-level equipment, 300,000 sets of second-level equipment, 50,000 sets of third-level equipment, and some other consumables. One of the first-level equipment only needs weapons and armor, that is, iron swords and leather armor, while the second- and third-level equipment is a complete set, that is, weapons, armor, combat boots, handguards, helmets, etc., the price is naturally half more expensive than simple weapons and armor.
The grain price in Yuyang County, Youzhou is relatively high, about 14 copper units, and the grain price in Wujun County in Yangzhou is slightly higher due to climatic reasons, so the grain price is only 12 copper units. According to more than 10 million units, the excess part of the price increase of 10%, the Temple of the God of War needs to pay Lu Shuang 44,800 gold, because Youzhou Yuyang is far away from Feitian City, and the transportation fee is 200 gold, and the whole number is 45,000 gold, which is about 450 million yuan in RMB. The Yingxue Guild needs to pay 38,400 gold, because Yangzhou Wu County is close to Feitian City, and the transportation fee is only 100 gold, which is just 38,500 gold, which is about 385 million yuan. For the grain part, a 30% deposit will be paid first, and the two guilds will pay the balance after receiving 30 million grains.
In terms of equipment, because the first-level equipment only needs iron sword and leather armor, it is basically used as an ordinary consumable for monster farming in the territory, and Lu Shuang doesn't plan to care so much here, so the iron sword and leather armor add up to only 300 copper, which is basically the lowest price in the market, and the small profit is quick turnover.
Although 300 copper can only earn about 100 copper, Lu Shuang's main interest is that the huge order can feed the small workshops in Fuhaizhou that have just been established and are waiting to be fed. In addition, Fuhaizhou does not produce much iron, and Lu Shuang also has to consider importing a large amount of iron ore or semi-finished iron ingots for them.
Level 2 equipment includes iron weapons and chain mail, which are mainly used by Tier 5 soldiers, and now that most players have been promoted to Tier 5 soldiers, the demand for Level 2 equipment has increased dramatically. The Temple of War and the Sakura-Snow Guild have at least hundreds of territories, and each territory has one or two intermediate blacksmith tailors who have the ability to manufacture second-level equipment on their own. It's just that the gap is relatively large for a while, otherwise the arms business with such high profits will never let outsiders be responsible.
If Lu Shuang's asking price is too high, they might as well let the fifth-order soldiers use the first-level equipment of the fourth-order soldiers, anyway, there is no big war now, and it doesn't matter if they use poor equipment, and it is enough to use an iron sword if they farm monsters. Therefore, Lu Shuang fought with one enemy and two enemies, and after some bargaining, he finally priced a complete set of second-level equipment at 3,000 copper.
The third-level equipment is what Lu Shuang cares about, and it is also the highlight of the arms transaction, and the profits are extremely high. At the beginning, Lu Shuang started with a lion, asking for a set of 50,000 copper. Such a price Barbarian King and Purple Yi are naturally unacceptable, they have high-level blacksmiths and high-level tailors in their territory, and they can also produce third-level equipment by themselves. However, it is unfortunate that in the territory attached to the Temple of War or the Sakura Snow Guild, all the high-level blacksmiths and high-level tailors combined, the daily production capacity is only 500 pieces of fine iron guns and plate armor, and if you still have to allocate production capacity to make trivial accessories such as combat boots, arm guards, and helmets, it is great to have 300 sets a day, and it takes almost half a year to gather 50,000 sets.
And now among the stronger player forces, they all use sixth-order soldiers as elite troops, and seventh- and eighth-order soldiers can be said to be the elite of the elite. If you want to set up an elite army dominated by sixth-order soldiers, it is not possible to have soldiers without equipment, but the production capacity is really not able to keep up, and the third-level equipment is far from in short supply, which is also the reason why Lu Shuang thinks that he will eat them.
Based on the principle of win-win cooperation, coupled with their concessions in other fields, the final price of the third-level equipment was set at 40,000 copper sets. The Barbarian King and Ziyi estimated the cost of the lower three-level suit, counting the raw materials, the wages of high-level talents, and the cost of various losses, the cost of a set of third-level equipment is close to 20,000 copper, and the profit margin of 100% can make the capitalists dare to trample on all the laws of the world, which really makes them a little distressed, if this business is a territory, it would be better.
However, the person who can become the leader of the super guild will naturally not be so short-sighted, and the number of sixth-order soldiers in the territory is not large, and the top priority now is to build a sixth-order elite army of tens of thousands as soon as possible.
800,000 sets of first-class equipment, each set (including only iron swords and leather armor) 300 copper, to pay 24,000 gold; 300,000 sets of secondary equipment, a complete set of 3,000 copper, 90,000 gold; 50,000 sets of third-level equipment, a complete set of 40,000 copper, need to pay 200,000 gold. The total of the three is 314,000 gold, that is, the God of War Temple and the Sakurayuki Guild each need to pay 314,000 gold to Feitian City.
When the contract was signed, both the Barbarian King and the purple clothes had bitter gourd faces, after all, more than 3.1 billion RMB was spent on equipment alone, which was a huge expenditure for any super guild. However, since the game has been updated, a large number of new players have entered the game, and with it comes a huge amount of capital, and almost every powerful player force or game guild has a company or group sponsorship behind it. Game guilds like the Top Ten Guilds have even more abundant funds behind them, and as long as the decision-makers have no opinions and no financial problems, they can complete the transaction.
But Lu Shuang knew that they must be smiling in their hearts, don't look at the big expenditure, but if you think about it carefully, the first- and second-level equipment added up to more than 110,000 gold, which was not provided for free, but sold by their guild to the players in the territory.
Now weapons and equipment are in short supply.,Ordinary players won't take a worn-out iron sword to farm monsters.,You can't brush a few monsters a day.,There's also the possibility of being counter-killed.。 Our guild doesn't cheat its own people, doesn't hoard goods or increase prices, and sells iron swords and leather armor at the original market price, as long as 400 copper sets, which is equivalent to three or four days of income for players, but can be used for a month. If the player is a fifth-order soldier and wants second-level equipment that fits his strength, the guild also has a large number of them, as long as 4000 copper, a complete set of second-level equipment, wearing combat boots and helmets, and installing forks. Lu Shuang estimated that they would sell it, and the equipment of more than 110,000 gold could earn more than 30,000 gold.
As for the 200,000 gold level 3 equipment, if they produce it themselves, 200,000 gold can indeed produce 100,000 sets of level 3 equipment, and it can be calculated with a daily output of 300 sets, and it will be almost at the end of next year to get together. While more blacksmiths and tailors will advance to the high professions during this period, there is no one knowing the odds of progressing, and it is not certain how many will advance to the high professions.
The God of War Temple and the Sakura Snow Guild are exchanging money for development time, if that batch of first- and second-level equipment can be sold and earn 40,000 gold, then this arms transaction is equivalent to spending 160,000 gold to buy 50,000 sets of third-level equipment. Handed over to their territory to produce their own third-level equipment, each set costs about 20,000 copper, and the cost of 50,000 sets of third-level equipment is 100,000 gold, but it will not be able to complete the task in five or six months.
In this way, in addition to the profit of 40,000 gold and the cost of 100,000 gold, it only costs 60,000 gold, which can make the military strength of the territory step to a higher level a few months in advance. Satisfying the needs of realm players for primary and secondary equipment as soon as possible can also restore development as soon as possible, which in turn promotes the development of the territory.
It can be said that none of the presidents of the ten guilds are in vain.
But Lu Shuang is not false, and this transaction directly increased his income by a large amount. 60 million units of grain trade, the total value of the two guilds is more than 83,000 gold. And his purchase price in Feitian City is only 4 copper units, counting transportation and labor costs, the cost price of grain is 5 copper units, and the total cost of 60 million units of grain is only 30,000 gold, and the profit is more than 53,000 gold, close to 180% profit margin.
In terms of first- and second-level equipment, Lu Shuang plans to hand over this order to the territory's small private workshops and production buildings, feeding them, and also conducive to the sustainable and healthy development of the territory's economy. And stimulated by a large number of orders, the upgrading speed of life occupations will be accelerated, and more and more advanced talents can be born indirectly.
The real bulk of this transaction is the third-level equipment, 50,000 sets of third-level equipment were sold for 200,000 gold, and one set was sold for 40,000 copper. The cost of third-level equipment is not raw materials, but labor costs, or the more advanced the equipment, the higher the labor cost required. Because these equipment can only be manufactured by the corresponding level of life classes, and the advanced, special and even king-level classes are very rare in every territory, and the more advanced the equipment, the lower the daily production capacity, and the price of equipment has soared from the third level of equipment.
But what the Barbarian King and Ziyi didn't know was that the cost of the complete set of third-level equipment in Feitian City was less than 10,000 copper, because Feitian City had a large number of senior and above talents. While other players can only make 300 sets of Level 3 equipment a day, Feitian City can make 5,000 sets a day, and the high efficiency has reduced the cost off a cliff. So 200,000 gold, Lu Shuang can actually earn 150,000 gold, and the two guilds will earn 300,000 gold, with a profit margin of 300%, which is enough to make any capitalist in the world go crazy.
Only two items of food and third-level equipment, Lu Shuang's pocket has an extra 350,000 gold, converted into RMB, that is, Lu Shuang earned 3.5 billion yuan this time, and he traded in the territory, or he didn't have to pay taxes.
However, even if he had so much money in his pocket, Lu Shuang didn't dare to exchange more than a billion yuan, and only exchanged a small amount. He is also afraid that such a large amount of money is traded in an ordinary player account, which will inevitably not attract the attention of the bank and the state, in case someone checks whether he is laundering money, and finds out that he is a light feather, things will not be fun.
For Lu Shuang, achieving financial freedom and worry-free in the second half of her life is already very satisfying. After staying in the game for a long time, the huge amount of hundreds of thousands of gold gives him the feeling that it is just a number, a number about the game currency.