Chapter 526: Explaining and Probing! (1/2)
“Oh? You’re planning to establish a merchant group?” asked Ling Tianxia, looking as if he had discovered something interesting.
“If I can, I will certainly try. After all, money is very useful in many cases.” Bai Xiaofei smiled and did not deny it. Of course, he wouldn’t tell them that he already owned a developing business.
“Mhm, well said, money is a good thing.” Ling Tianxia nodded, then fell into consideration. “What do you want to know? Business is a huge subject to study. It took me more than 20 years to get out of my initial misconception and slowly developed the Globe Merchant Group after.”
When it was about business, Ling Tianxia was definitely a senior whose experience even Chu Qingtian and Jing Cheng couldn’t come close.
“Misconception?” Stunned, Bai Xiaofei felt like he had discovered a valuable information point.
“That’s right, misconception. Many people’s understanding of merchant groups is to buy and sell, compete with opponents, and win over customers. Although these are indeed the foundation of a business, they can only drive it to the upper middle-level at most. Going higher is simply wishful thinking,” explained Ling Tianxia without any intention of withholding.
“There’s actually more to it?” Bai Xiaofei asked purely for the sake of learning this time.
Feng Wuhen and Lu Lingyun might have this knowledge, but Bai Xiaofei was just a blank sheet of paper. Moreover, the Illusion Demon had not developed to that point yet so they had not mentioned this to him.
“Of course!” With a proud tone, Ling Tianxia started lecturing. “A businessman is only a businessman, and what they can do is restricted. This restriction comes from all the kingdoms on this continent! For example, you carefully prepared a big plan, but when you enter the operation stage, you find that this kingdom has a policy to limit this kind of business, and then you are left with no choice but to pay your way through. Therefore, if a merchant group wants to be truly free, it must establish a good relationship with the leaders of various kingdoms. In other words, the true secret that allows a business to succeed is ‘connections’!”
Pausing, Ling Tianxia looked straight at Bai Xiaofei. Meanwhile, the latter had the feeling of being struck by enlightenment, and he thought of the Bright Road Merchant House.
It could be said that Bai Xiaofei had inadvertently helped the Bright Road Merchant House complete the final transformation that Ling Tianxia had just mentioned!
In other words, the fate of the Bright Road Merchant House had been tied to Ancient Yue. The better the kingdom developed, the higher this business would climb; but even if the kingdom stagnated or even collapsed, the business would not go down with it.
A kingdom could vanish, but businessmen could still sell goods anywhere!
Suddenly, Bai Xiaofei had a clear idea about the future of Illusion Demon.
“Thank you so much, Senior Brother Ling!” The first thing Bai Xiaofei did upon returning to his senses was to solemnly express his gratitude to Ling Tianxia. Regardless of whether the matter in Ancient Yue was directed by Ling Tianxia or not, the guy had truly enlightened him today.
“Now that’s an exceptional power of understanding in a young man. It seems that we will have ten great merchant groups instead of nine in just a few decades!” Ling Tianxia burst out laughing, his tone full of approval. “Teacher, your vision is as accurate as ever. You have found an excellent student!”