Chapter 1035 - Ticket Price Going to the Moon (2/2)

“For the ticket three days from now, one million…USD.”

The boss cursed in his mind when he heard this as it was the price of a house. But then when he thought about it and how he developed real estate himself, he changed his mindset and said in pain.

“Hurry and place an order, buy… buy ten for me!”

Originally, he only intended to buy three to take his wife and son to see. But when he thought how the fare may go up even higher, he would make his money back by selling it at a higher price.

As a result, with the thirsty market and the pump of a large group of people with other intentions, the ticket sold on the black market sold at more than ten times the price with the highest ticket priced at more than 10 million USD.

Another interesting phenomenon was that the tickets that had seats closest to the front of the ship were sold at a higher price. This was especially true for the earlier flights. An example would be seat 001 on the first flight. It was bought by a Middle-Eastern billionaire at a price of 15 million USD.

Although 1,012 people have already stepped onto the Moon, everyone wanted to be the 1,013th. Even if history wouldn’t remember the name of the 1,013th person who landed on the Moon, it would still be worth the fame. Jiang Chen admitted that he had underestimated wealthy people’s desire for exclusivity. The pumped up ticket price had seriously affected the normal operation of Seagull flight.

As a result, while all previous sales didn’t change. From the second day on, the sales of the tickets began to be linked to the buyer’s identification information. The ticket holder must hold the same visa and passport as the ticket purchaser to board the ship. The measure immediately crushed the scalpers who got a taste of the sweet profit.

At the ground command center, looking at the green spot on the radar that marked the Seagull, Kelvin expressed his opinion.

“I think we sold our tickets too cheap. The black market is selling them at 10 million USD. We can totally price a ticket at 200,000 XND. At this price, we can at least make 50 million per flight.”

The Seagull used a nuclear fusion generator for its power, and the total value of the helium 3 battery and the bismuth metal consumed by the flight was less than one million XND. Even adding the ship’s maintenance costs and labor costs, the cost of a trip would only be two million XND.

With the current fare, the flight would make so much money!

The Lunar Colony that burned money for a whole year finally achieved breakeven through electricity sales and rare earth mining. It finally achieved profitability through tourism! Two days before the first flight, the excited Kelvin was in tears. Now he was complaining that the fare was set too low.

A quite fast change in attitude.

“The fare will come down sooner or later. The tourists’ enthusiasm can’t just be supported by the rich. What’s more, we have a golden mountain behind us, would you still care about the coins in the workers’ pockets?” Jiang Chen teased him.

“Isn’t there a proverb? Mosquito meat is still meat.” Kelvin shook his head.

“There is another proverb, the one that can be successful doesn’t care about the small profits.”

Jiang Chen patted Kelvin’s shoulder and left the confused Kelvin alone.

Standing beside the route map for a long time, Kelvin’s eyebrows locked together, thinking about the words Jiang Chen said.

After a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence with a serious expression on his face.

“…How come I remember that the proverb as, the one that can be successful doesn’t care about the details?”