The Market Cannot Be Disrupted

Chapter 97 The Market Cannot Be Disrupted

Finding Katsusuke again was different from the previous two meetings.

Both sides already have a basic understanding of each other.

Xia Mu didn't beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of his visit.

As the regional manager of the Alliance Store, Shengjie had already obtained some information that ordinary people did not know, so he guessed that Natsuki must have obtained something good from the Lantern Volcano on Juyuan Island yesterday and now wanted to return it to him.

He never expected that Xia Mu would bring thousands of fire stones this time.

Evolution stones are extremely rare evolution items. Although lucky people can obtain them in the wild, it is impossible to get so many.

Simply put, the generation of evolution stones generally requires many conditions to be met. Famous mining areas around the world are not open to the public, and the source is controlled by the League and various families.

With the number reaching thousands or even tens of thousands, there is no doubt that Xia Mu has discovered a new vein of evolution stones.

"Xia Mu, this is no joke. You have to know how valuable an evolution stone vein is!" Shengjie was dumbfounded.

Even though he was knowledgeable and held a mid-to-high-level position in the league, it was still too outrageous for such a thing to happen to him.

At this moment, the way he looked at Xia Mu changed.

Knowing his shock, Xia Mu continued, "I never expected to be so lucky. Yesterday, Mt. Lantern erupted, and on a whim, I went to investigate. Not only did I manage to thwart Team Rocket's plot, but I also saved Moltres. I thought catching Moltres was the biggest gain, but when I entered the underground cavern of Mt. Lantern, I found so many Fire Stones... I just wonder, with so many, what's the League's buyback price?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the probing intent was quite clear.

Upon hearing this, Katsusuke's expression turned serious.

"I can't give you a precise answer to that, since the quantity is too large and needs to be reported to the alliance headquarters so that the higher-ups can give an appropriate recycling price."

"However, you can rest assured that as long as the recycling standards are met, the price will definitely exceed 15000 Alliance Coins. I remember that three months ago, an expedition team found more than 300 Water Stones in a deep pool deep in the Viridian Forest. At that time, the recycling price at the Viridian City Friendship Shop was 38000 Alliance Coins."

Although there was no precise price quote, Xia Mu learned from the examples he mentioned that the price of recycling evolution stones was indeed linked to the quantity.

Since the quantity is small, it will not be valued and will not disrupt the market, so at this recycling price, you can sell it or not, it's up to you.

However, if the quantity is large, reaching hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, and if these items are sold illegally in private, or if licenses are obtained through certain means and then sold at low prices, it will disrupt the economic market.

Imagine that the price of gold is originally 600 per gram, and suddenly a store appears that sells gold for only 200 per gram.

Without a license, people will definitely doubt its authenticity, but with a license, the price of gold will drop rapidly, affecting the entire market.

Your quantity may be limited, but the losses to the capital market over a period of time are immeasurable.

Therefore, high-price buybacks will occur.

Rather than allow an economic collapse to occur, those in power will try to nip anything out of control in the bud.

Xia Mu was unwilling to do this business not because the profit was too small, but because the constraints were too great, and he would end up having no control over his own destiny.

Indeed, he can choose to sell evolution stones at a low price regardless of everything. For example, if others sell them for 20 or 30, he will only sell them for 10!

However, you need to incur various costs, plus the alliance tax. Selling one for 100,000 alliance coins might only yield a net profit of 30,000 to 50,000 coins.

In a short period of time, you can indeed make a lot of money because you sell it cheaply, and a lot of people will come to buy it.

However, as time goes on and the market is disrupted, other suppliers will also lower their prices. In this way, not everyone makes money, but the entire evolution stone market is in trouble.

The league will not allow this to happen, which is why there are so many rules and restrictions.

In the future, the price of evolution stones may gradually decrease due to the influence of the overall environment, but as of now, it's not that simple, and no one can influence the overall situation.

Unless the higher-ups work together to come up with a mutually beneficial solution.

Xia Mu didn't want to be the first to stick his neck out, nor did he want to be the villain and be targeted by everyone. So, even if he entered this industry, he would only reach a consensus with other investors to sell at the same price and occasionally hold some promotional events.

You mean, wouldn't one evolution stone be able to sell for two or three hundred thousand Alliance Coins?

indeed so!

But at this price, how many can you sell in a short period of time?

If he wants to get rich quickly, increasing sales volume is the only way for him now.

Natsuki was desperately short of money, which is why she sought out Katsusuke again.

Of course, he wouldn't sell directly to the Alliance Store. Instead, after learning more about it, he would go to his parents' company to learn from their experience.

After all, his business acumen was only so-so. Although he had been exposed to some things in his past and present lives, he knew nothing when it came to actual practice.

While he was pursuing his Buddhist scriptures, he was indeed unwilling to accept financial assistance from his parents. This was to completely sever ties with the Xia family, not wanting a single penny from them, and to avoid future repercussions.

……

After talking with Katsuki for a long time, Natsuki waited for him to contact his superiors and received a definite reply.

Clearly, the Rockets' surprise attack on Juyuan Island had already drawn the attention of the league's top brass, and now that Natsuki is involved, the commander-in-chief has been alarmed.

Without a doubt, it was Natsuki who not only thwarted Team Rocket's plot but also captured the legendary Moltres.

While this isn't unprecedented in the league's history, it's not something just anyone can do.

In addition, Xia Mu is a junior member of the Xia family, and this time he will be selling tens of thousands of fire stones.

If such important news isn't accompanied by a reasonable acquisition plan, wouldn't that lead to a falling out?

Xia Mu then realized that his name had already been remembered by the higher-ups in Guandu, especially the commander-in-chief.

Through a phone call, Xia Mu also spoke for several minutes with the commander-in-chief named Yan Tie.

Xia Mu felt that the incredibly enthusiastic old man opposite him was trying to get close to him and even invited him to visit Quartz Plateau sometime, which made Xia Mu feel quite flattered.

Xia Mu could only casually agree, since they had even brought up Uncle Xia, implying that they were very close old friends.

Xia Mu was indeed tempted by the offer of 5 Alliance Coins.

If tens of thousands of them are sold at once, that would amount to a total of 5 million Alliance Coins.

Moreover, this should already be the highest buyback price the Kanto Alliance can offer.

As for the comet fragments, due to a series of reasons, Yan Tie directly raised the buyback price to ten million Alliance Coins.

The initial plan was to mainly sell comet fragments, since the recycling price of fire stones was too low, it was really better to sell comet fragments directly.

Anyway, if they ask where it came from, just say you found it at Denghuoshan.

(End of this chapter)