Chapter 447 - Colin Is Business-savvy (1/2)

The Alpha Alliance uses crystal coins, which are made from some rare ore and issued by the alliance. In fact, crystal coins are a virtual currency, just like the credit points of the Nami Alliance.

The difference is, crystal coins of the Alpha Alliance are not recognized by the Nami Alliance. In contrast, credit points of the Nami Alliance can be used on the turf of several alliances. After all, the currency of a powerful alliance will not depreciate.

What can one credit point buy? It can’t even buy some snacks for a child. Actually, the gap between the rich and the poor is great among the Nami people. People from powerful member stars of the alliance are of course well-off. These rich people spend thousands of credit points on a piece of clothing. While most of those living on the poor member stars can only earn ten credit points after toiling for a day.

Colin Weir is from a powerful family of the Caesar Star of the Alpha Alliance, but he knows very little about the price of the Nami Alliance. Even for the Han family, who engage in interstellar trade, they don’t do business with different alliances.

In this situation, Colin thinks of a trick. He decides to divide the spirit rice into three batches and arrange three auctions for each batch, during which the selling price of one batch must be higher than the former one. In that case, there is no way to force prices down!

“Mr. Weir, how much spirit rice do you have?”

Windsor taps the table with her fingers. She has asked a good question. Too little spirit rice would mean little profits they can make.

“Six tons of spirit rice are divided into three batches, each with two tons.”

There is a smile in Windsor’s green eyes. Spirit rice is a high-end product. If she gets all the six tons of it, she will not have to return empty-handed.

Colin Weir beams at the Nami people. These people in gorgeous clothes obviously want to bid for the product, but they remain elegant and try not to reveal their intentions. However, they cannot refrain from pus.h.i.+ng up the price.

“500 credit points per catty (1 catty=0.5 kilogram).”

“500 credit points? Big Beard, are you buying rotten persimmons? ”

The chunky old man is so angry that his beard shakes. What is that guy saying? What rotten persimmon can be sold for 500 credit points per catty? A piece of mashed potatoes lingers on his gorgeous pleated collar, making him look particularly funny.

“I would like to pay 600 credit points… ”

“Mr. Churchi is joking, aren’t you? I would like to pay 800.”

Colin Weir doesn’t say anything, even when the crowd pushes the price up to 1800 credit points per catty.

“You have been bidding for a long time. Why not take a break and have some tea?”

When the businessmen hear Colin’s words, they feel thirsty. Remembering the potato and beef rice they previously had, they wonder what kind of tea this stars.h.i.+p can offer, though tea is not unique to the earth.

Lin Luoran doesn’t disappoint them. She orders the robot butler to serve top-notch Dahongpao tea.

The blue-and-white porcelain bowl and the golden liquid have greatly impressed the pretentious Nami people even before they taste the tea. In the past, Huaxia’s porcelain was carried to Europe by the Silk Road. It proved popular among the people of the upper cla.s.s. Lin Luoran finds that the Nami people are dressed in a sophisticated manner, just like the polite society of Europe. She guesses that these people may share the same taste with the Europeans, though the two peoples live on different stars.

As expected, the blue-and-white porcelain does the trick. The ancient Huaxia civilization, along with the simplicity of the wooden table, has outs.h.i.+ned the cold technological culture. The Nami people suddenly feel their tongues drier.

A cup of tea for each person doesn’t cost many tea leaves, but the refres.h.i.+ng Reiki contained in the white mist still makes the merchants feel relaxed and happy.

The tea also has a special taste, which makes people calm and peaceful. Actually, they haven’t drunk such tea ever before. Nice tea!

Colin Weir takes a sip of tea. He understands that Lin Luoran is observing them secretly and trying to promote this auction.

When the auction starts again, it becomes more heated. The merchants almost lose their elegance and wrestle on the table.

In contrast, the gorgeous and domineering Queen Windsor lowers her head to drink tea. The tea is no worse than the best tea in the alliance. Perhaps, she has found another business opportunity? Careful Windsor narrows her eyes. She has decided not to bid against these merchants, which makes Colin Weir quietly look at the female pirate.

For such a thing as the spirit rice, sellers are not easy to find, but buyers abound, because many dignitaries crave longevity. The first batch of spirit rice for auction is finally sold for 3,000 credit points per kilogram. One ton is 1,000 kilograms, so Colin gets 6,000,000 credit points from the first batch. The second batch earns him 6,400,000, slightly more than the first batch does. Windsor partic.i.p.ates in the bidding for the third batch and raises the price to 8,000,000 credit points. However, she doesn’t pay for the goods.

Colin Weir doesn’t know if the earnings are enough to obtain temporary residency, so he talks in a vague way.

“The ‘Alpha-Edward’ stars.h.i.+p may have ingredients with Reiki to sell, but I have to check with my boss. I will inform everyone if we are to sell more products.”

The businessmen are quite satisfied with what Colin says. Those who don’t get the spirit rice have regained their elegance. The successful bidders make payments and leave with their goods.

Obviously, the Nami Alliance pays great attention to citizens’ privacy. In addition to using a personal computer, credit points transfer can be made by bearer credit cards. People can pay with such a credit card at any time by entering the pa.s.sword. In fact, these merchants use such credit cards to conclude the deal.

Colin Weir looks at the card made of crystal-like materials in his hand, and then raises his head and smiles. “Ms. Windsor, you agreed to have dinner with me, didn’t you?”

Light of temptation flashes in the green eyes of Windsor. “If we can talk about the business of selling ingredients with Reiki, such as potatoes, spirit tea… We can do more than having dinner together.”

Windsor takes a step further, while Colin takes three back.

“Well… It’s up to my lady to make a decision.”

“Cultivator Lin” sounds like she is distant from him, while “Sister Lin” would make him sound too cute. Now that he has become Lin Luoran’s “conspirator”, he readily swallows his pride and becomes her subordinate. There’s nothing improper if he calls her “my lady”, he thinks.

Smile of the glamorous pirate grows faint.

It turns out that the mysterious master is a woman? In dealing with a woman, Windsor feels that she has lost her inborn advantage.

Colin Weir throws up his hands. “Ms. Windsor, I have to disembark to get a temporary residence permit. How about giving you a ride?”

A trace of anger in Windsor’s eyes is hidden so well that it goes unnoticed. The blatant order for her to leave makes her feel hurt.

However, the gorgeous woman who heads a group of gangsters smiles. “Since Mr. Weir comes here for the first time, let me go with you to apply for a temporary residence permit.”

It’s hard to refuse a favor given by a beauty. What can Colin do except accepting with a cheerful expression? The gentleman and the lady, both in disguise, take the airs.h.i.+p to the nearest office of the N2 planet.

When the meeting room quiets down, Ma Shuangshuang comes out pursing her lips.

“Look, Aunt Lin. Colin is really a lady-killer!”

As Lin Luoran thinks of the female pirate’s flamboyant appearance, she shakes her head secretly. Whether for Windsor or Colin, their amorous looks are nothing but smokescreens when they confront each other.

When she saved Colin Weir on the earth, this aristocrat even inquired about what benefits he could draw from her. Seen in this light, Colin is completely unrelated to the word “good”.

As for Windsor, a female pirate who is in charge of a stars.h.i.+p, she is far from a brainless beautiful woman without any capabilities. If that were the case, she would have been killed by now.

Han Weiya is helping the cyan little fox restore the medicine field to the previous condition. Only the siblings of the Ma family follow Lin Luoran.

Ma Yiming remembers what he has heard and asks, “Aunt Lin, do we really need to sell ingredients with Reiki?”

When they have the temporary residence permit, there is no need to sell any ingredients with Reiki, right? To be honest, Ma Yiming feels that he hates to part with the spirit rice. Since they can be self-sufficient, what’s the good of the Nami Alliance’s credit points?

Lin Luoran is astonished. “When I decided to take you away from the earth, I didn’t intend to inflict suffering on you. Since we have come to an exotic land, why not enjoy the journey? In that way, our half-year interstellar drift will prove worthy. We are travelling here! It’s hard to move on without money.”