["Lord Ethan, can I ask how much one Sun Worm costs?",] Player A asked.
["One hundred beast cores for one."]
Ethan directly quoted a sky-high price.
Sure enough, at that moment, the entire world channel fell silent.
Normally… they already thought Ethan was ruthless enough.
Who would've thought he could be even worse? A single bug for a hundred beast cores.
What kind of outrageous price is that? Even if that bug were covered in gold, it probably wouldn't be worth that much.
["Th-this…"], Even Lord Luna of Region Eight was so shocked by Ethan that she couldn't speak properly, ["Lord Ethan, isn't your price a bit too high? A hundred beast cores… even I, as a lord, couldn't casually take that out! How could players possibly have that many beast cores to give you?"]
["Heh! Not expensive at all,"] Ethan replied with a smile, ["Think about it. If you can't go out for these three days, not only will you earn nothing, you'll keep losing resources. But with this Sun Worm, you can go out and make money, gather materials…"]
["But even if we work nonstop for three days, we still couldn't get a hundred beast cores,"] Player A argued, ["You know, before, I almost lost half my life just to kill one monster, and that only got me a single beast core! What makes you think that just because we can go out, we'll be able to get a hundred?"]
["Heh! Heh!"], Ethan sent two "heh heh" messages before continuing, ["Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't. Not only can I do it, I can also make the people who trust me become just as capable "]
["As long as you're willing to pay the price of a hundred beast cores, I naturally have a way to help you earn a hundred beast cores, or even more "]
["I've been doing business for so long, let me ask you, have I ever told a single lie?"]
["That's actually true,"] Player Altizimo stepped in to support him.
But the world channel wasn't just Altizimo. There were plenty of others.
So naturally, someone came out to oppose him, ["Heh! It's true you haven't lied, but that doesn't mean you won't lie now. This is a hundred beast cores, not one. If what you say doesn't come true, are we supposed to storm your place like Shakun did?"]
["That's why I say your vision is too small."]
Ethan looked down on that player, ["Don't you know there's something called a lord contract? I'll promise it here, if you go out for these three days and follow my method but still can't collect a hundred beast cores, I'll refund all your beast cores."]
["Really?"]
Hearing that, everyone's eyes lit up.
And Jeffery clearly caught the scent of business again. He immediately went to Ethan, ["Lord Ethan! Boss Ethan! Let's make a deal. This kind of troublesome business, I'll handle it for you. Teaching them how to collect beast cores, giving them tools, all of it, leave it to me. Then you just give me one little Sun Worm, how about it…"]
["You sly little guy, you really know how to seize the moment,"] Ethan immediately laughed. This Jeffery was quite interesting.
While everyone else was still thinking about whether trading a hundred beast cores for one Sun Worm was worth it, only Jeffery had spotted the opportunity and rushed over, trying to become Ethan's agent.
Actually, someone like Jeffery, bold and meticulous, even in a modern city would probably be quite successful.
But… gold will shine sooner or later. Even here, he could still seize opportunities.
As the saying goes, times create heroes.
But in reality… opportunities like this exist all the time.
For example, in the '80s and '90s, there was the wave of going into business. Those who seized it are now big bosses.
By the 2000s and 2010s, it was too late for that, but the internet boom came along. Another wave of opportunity. Back then, even a pig standing in the wind could take off.
And now… in the 2020s, the internet has started cooling down, but live streaming is booming.
So in this world, opportunities are everywhere, all the time. It just depends on whether you can grab them.
Now that they're in the Mist World, as long as there are people, there will be demand.
Where there's demand, there's a market.
And in the end, that market is still run by people. It's still an opportunity.
But up until now, not many have seized it. Ethan is one, the lords of Region Two and Region Eight count as well, and now Jeffery makes another.
In total, just a handful of people.
["So…",] Seeing Ethan hadn't answered directly, Jeffery cautiously probed, ["Lord Ethan, does that mean you agree?"]
["Me agreeing isn't enough, because you're going to be very busy,"] Ethan smiled, ["I've got several hundred Sun Worms. If I make you my agent, that means you'll be trading with hundreds of people at the same time, teaching them how to get beast cores, and providing all kinds of after-sales service. I doubt you'll have time to go out and collect beast cores yourself."]
["Ah!"], Jeffery thought about it and felt it made sense, ["Then what should I do? I…"]
["I can provide you with food and water, and I can also give you one percent of the total transaction amount as your reward,"] Ethan proposed, ["If you think it's acceptable, we'll finalize a lord agreement! I'll leave this entire matter to you."]
In fact, if this deal succeeded, the one who benefited the most would naturally be Ethan.
After all, he didn't have time to slowly deal with buyers across the entire world channel. To him, time was money. A hundred beast cores wasn't worth wasting that much time.
'Sigh! I have gotten big.'
Back then, he could hang materials overnight just for a few beast cores.
Now that he had money, he didn't even care about a hundred beast cores anymore.
["I will sign it immediately!"]
Jeffery agreed without hesitation.
After all, to him, time wasn't worth much. During the Polar Night, he couldn't go out anyway. If he could just stay at home for a few days, not fight monsters, and still earn some money, what could be better than that?
[Lord Agreement: Jeffery becomes Ethan's agent, responsible for selling Sun Worms. At the same time, Jeffery will sign Sun Worm loan contracts with players, which will carry the same effect as Ethan's lord contracts.]
[Note: Jeffery must not disclose the method of collecting beast cores to players who have not purchased Sun Worms, and must also warn players not to leak the secret. Otherwise, the Sun Worms will be reclaimed immediately and cooperation permanently terminated.]
[Note 2: If Jeffery violates the above terms, his player status will be stripped, and he will become Ethan's resident.]
[Do you agree?]
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