"No problem."

Ling Jiuqiu nodded decisively.

To be honest, the purchase price offered by the other party was slightly higher than he expected.

After all, Qi Blood Pill and Vitality Pill are both regular pills, and the price is completely transparent, and the price is one hundred taels per bottle anywhere.

The other party bought at a price of 90 taels per bottle, leaving only 10% of the gross profit margin for himself, and then deducting various operating costs, which is indeed quite sincere.

Originally, Ling Jiuqiu wanted to find a few more commercial houses to compare prices, but since he had a more ideal price for the first time, he didn't bother to continue to talk to other commercial houses, so he simply happily agreed.

Next, the two discussed some details of the cooperation and signed a contract, which clearly stated the rights and obligations of both parties -

Party A: Qianhe Commercial Bank Tongyuancheng Branch.

Party B: Alchemist Ling Jiuqiu.

Article 1: Party B shall deliver 30 bottles of Qi Blood Pill and 15 bottles of Shengsheng Pill to Party A every week, and the number of pills delivered each time can fluctuate by up to 50%, and the purchase unit price will not be affected.

Article 2, Party A at the purchase price of 90 taels of silver per bottle, after the inspection of Party B on the day of delivery, at the latest the next day to pay Party B in full at one time, if there is a breach of contract, Party B shall be compensated for the loss of 1,000 taels of silver.

Article 3: In order to avoid affecting Party A's business plan, Party B must supply qualified pills on time and in accordance with the agreement, and if there is a breach of contract, Party A shall be compensated for the loss of 1,000 taels of silver.

Fourth, from the date of the establishment of the contract, Party B needs to make the first delivery of the pill within one week, and then once a week, Party A will withhold one thousand taels of silver as a deposit from the first payment, and the deposit will be returned to Party B in full on the date of termination of the contract.

Article 5, Article 6......

Article 18: If one party wants to terminate the contract and sign a new contract, it must explain to the other party at least one week in advance, and the contract will be officially terminated after the deposit is returned.

In addition to these clauses, there were also some other detailed clauses, which made Jiuqiu read them carefully and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed his name on the contract.

The contract was in triplicate, two of which were kept in the Chizuru Firm, and the other was given to Ling Jiuqiu.

After the two briefly talked a few more words, Ling Jiuqiu got up and left with the signed contract.

The entrance of the hall of the comptoir.

Mei Shijie watched Ling Jiuqiu's back go away, then turned around and walked through the hall to the reception room on the other side, where he saw Director Chen, who had been waiting here.

"Has it already been negotiated?"

Director Chen asked.

Mei Shijie walked quickly not far in front of the other party, and said with a smile: "Director Chen, I have signed the contract and just sent him away." ”

"Okay, then then, you can fulfill the contract with him normally, and if there are new orders in the future, I will come and inform you."

Hearing this, Mei Shijie hesitated and asked, "Director Chen, I don't know if this Ling Jiuqiu is an enemy or a friend?" What attitude should I have? ”

Director Chen glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about this for the time being, just have a good relationship with him first." ”

After speaking, Director Chen got up and left.

It didn't take long for him to come to a luxurious mansion in Xicheng District, and he met Chi Jiang, the deputy leader of the True Dragon Gang, in the cultivation room.

"Helper, I just met Ling Jiuqiu."

"Oh? Is that the kid who killed Shi Huili in the entrance competition? ”

The fierce-looking Wei Chijiang raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, it's that Ling Jiuqiu, he became an alchemist, and he just happened to find the Thousand Crane Trading House and wanted to cooperate in selling pills."

Mr. Chen laughed.

Yu Chijiang also grinned: "This is a coincidence, did you agree to cooperate?" ”

"Agreed, after all, only by contacting each other more will there be a chance for revenge in the future." Director Chen nodded.

Wei Chijiang glanced at him with satisfaction: "Then this kid will be handed over to you to deal with." ”

"Remember, the other party's background is not simple, and you can't kill him directly, but you must make him suffer a little more, and it's best to scrape him off a few layers of skin, you know?"

Director Chen bowed and said, "Obey!" ”

……

The other side.

After Ling Jiuqiu left the Thousand Crane Trading House, he went straight back to the academy.

At this time, it was already dark, and he didn't plan to cultivate or alchemy, so after washing, he fell asleep deeply.

Early the next morning.

Ling Jiuqiu came to the Alchemist Association, purchased twelve copies of the materials for the Qi and Blood Pill, rented a small alchemy room, and began the first day of the formal alchemy journey.

The cost of one Qi and Blood Pill material is sixty-five taels of silver, and the cost of twelve materials is seven hundred and eighty taels.

It usually takes about two hours, so that Jiuqiu can finish refining and succeed in about ten furnaces.

According to the price he agreed with the Thousand Crane Trading House, these pills could be sold for nine hundred taels of silver.

His profit was only one hundred and twenty taels.

"After two hours of hard work, I can't even earn two hundred taels of silver, this rate of return is too low!"

Ling Jiuqiu shook his head and sighed.

Renting an alchemy room for two hours only costs four taels of silver, as well as porcelain bottles and wooden boxes for holding pills, etc., and these costs are negligible.

But in fact, in addition to these costs on the surface, there is also a big hidden cost, that is, the loss of true qi.

After all, the alchemy that lasts for two hours consumes a huge amount of true qi, and these consumption needs to be compensated for with a lot of resources, and resources need money to buy.

To put it bluntly, every wisp of true qi is money.

According to Ling Jiuqiu's rough estimate, the amount of True Qi consumed by sustaining the alchemy for two hours was roughly equivalent to the amount of True Qi transformed by one Qi Nourishing Pill.

One Qi Nourishing Pill is worth one hundred taels of silver.

In other words, the cost of alchemy's true qi loss is one hundred taels of silver every two hours.

If all these losses are counted, then Ling Jiuqiu's profit is even lower, only less than twenty taels of silver.

Such an income is an unattainable dream for ordinary people, but for a strong person like Ling Jiuqiu, it is simply a loss-making transaction.

But there is no way, if you want to improve alchemy, you must practice more, and it is already worth thanking if you can benefit from it in the process of practicing.

"I can only find a way to improve the success rate of alchemy, every time I succeed in one more furnace, I will have one more furnace of pure profit in the pill, based on the current net profit of twenty taels, which is equivalent to several times at once."

"If you can achieve a 10% success rate, then the net profit for two hours is about 200 taels, so it is cost-effective."

Thinking of this, Ling Jiuqiu opened the alchemy furnace with full motivation and put a piece of spiritual grass into it.

While he was engrossed in alchemy, time passed quietly, and about two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Ling Jiuqiu opened the Dan furnace, kneaded the finished product into the shape of a standard pill, and put it into a small blue porcelain bottle.

"Great, this time I succeeded in eleven furnaces, only one furnace failed, and the net profit was one hundred and ten taels of silver, Meizizi!"

A smile appeared on Jiuqiu's face.