Ten days later, the horse racing track in Qingxiangfang was bustling with people once again.
Yushan's beloved gourd vase did not explode this time, but it got the last place in the race. However, Yushan did not come today.
He is in full swing creating the monkey-themed magical artifacts required for the blind box.
"Gentlemen and ladies of the path, although the horse race has ended, I have some good news to share with everyone."
The Yuan family of Anbei recently opened a fortune-telling, talismans and elixirs store called Bǎobǎo Ge in Qingxiangfang. It has just started business.
If you can gather three people and go together, you can buy the Wang family's special donkey skin thousand-mile symbol at a 90% discount.
The Bǎobǎo Ge also...
Pathwalkers, opportunities come once in a lifetime. Wang family is being foolish, offering such a generous discount.
Everyone, hurry up and go! If Bǎobǎo Ge can't keep running, the pathwalkers who arrive late will not be able to take advantage of the situation!"
Yang Qi's advertisement is a disaster, but hey, this stuff really works.
After all, this is the first time that Qingxiangfang has opened its doors, and cultivators don't really understand advertising.
In the past, the shops in Qingxiangfang relied on hiring people to go to various restaurants, inns, and tea houses to advertise them.
Yu Lou's latest advertisement is a link to the private domain traffic pool constructed by the Yang family.
Leveraging the top traffic of the Qingxiangfang horse racing event, with the Bǎobǎo Ge discount as the handle, it fully activated users' touchpoints, achieving breakthrough marketing.
This is essentially a primitive version of ecological backfiring. For other competitors of Bǎobǎo Ge, it can be considered a dimensional reduction attack.
Cui Baihao only learned about the new store Bǎobǎo Ge through the promotion by Yang Qi.
He is the eldest of the Red Tree Gate, a low-level sect. The sound of an eldest cultivating to level nine in qigong is absurd, but considering that the Red Tree Gate has only produced two foundation cultivators since its founding, it's not surprising that an eldest cultivating to level nine in qigong is also a senior.
This time to Qingxiangfang, his main task was to sell the nine-grade redwood, a specialty of the sect. After completing the task, he would also drop by the horse racing track to watch the races.
However, upon hearing about the discount on the thousand-mile talismans from Anbei King's store, he started to think about it.
Some of the younger disciples in the sect need the thousand-mile talismans, so he bought three to go back and use as needed, which is just right.
So, he followed the crowd and came to Bǎobǎo Ge.
Yes, the crowd. Many cultivators who came to watch the horse race are here.
"Gentlemen and ladies of the path, please line up. Those who want to buy three people's 90% discount thousand-mile talismans, please note that a group of three is required to enjoy the discount. Each person can only buy two at most!"
Hearing the Bǎobǎo Ge shopkeeper's words, Cui Baihao was somewhat annoyed.
With such a large family business as the Wang family, you can't even spare the effort to let us buy more than two. Too stingy, too stingy!
In his heart, he cursed, but Cui Baihao had no intention of leaving. After all, the 90% discount Wang family donkey skin thousand-mile talismans were really enticing.
The value of the goods used for attracting customers lies in this, and the Wang family is in the business of raising donkeys, so they naturally have an abundant supply of donkey skin thousand-mile talismans. Even at a 90% discount, there is still a profit to be made.
Soon, Cui Baihao's turn came. Under the guidance of the shopkeeper, he and two other customers formed a group of three, with each person buying two donkey skin thousand-mile talismans.
The two customers turned and left after buying the symbols. However, Cui Baihao was stunned by the magnificent immortal tablet in Bǎobǎo Ge.
Under the guidance of the Great Elephant Ancestor, Wang Yinghua of the Wang family is even on the same level as Xuanzuan and Danri.
There are also three Wang family foundation cultivators who have entered the Xuanzuan sect and ranked among the true disciples of the Red Light.
Thinking of the Red Light Daoist, thinking of the Anbei King's family, and thinking of his own Red Tree Sect, Cui Baihao felt inexplicably heartbroken.
Cultivating the Way is difficult, very difficult indeed.
While it is good to return to the mundane world as a cultivator, who would want to give up the hope of living forever?
Even though the hope is so faint, no one is willing to give up.
"New blind boxes are up! There are twenty boxes, each containing three low-quality magical artifacts and three bottles of Qi Transformation pills, six in each bottle."
"Gentlemen and ladies of the path, as always, buy now and forget about it! Don't change your mind!"
Qi Transformation Dan?
Cui Baihao doesn't know what a blind box is, but he knows about Qi Transformation pills.
A single Qi Transformation pill is priced at five spirit stones, and can help a cultivator who takes the pill increase their future five days' Qi cultivation speed, which is equivalent to fifteen days of practice.
After asking what a blind box was, Cui Baihao's eyes shone with excitement as he looked at the wooden boxes, his heart burning with fervor.
With the purchase of two boxes, whether you draw a Qi Transformation pill or a low-quality magical artifact, it's not a loss and could even be a small profit.
But out of the twenty blind boxes, only six have high-value items. To sell them, you need to buy more.
He gritted his teeth, waving his hand and shouting.
"Give me five... blind boxes, yes, blind boxes, five blind boxes!"
"I'm sorry, we have a limit purchase, each person can only buy two. And this pathwalker, you shouted too late, now there's only one blind box left."
The shopkeeper's response left Cui Baihao completely stunned. It was gone so quickly?
"Pathwalker, would you like to buy it? If not, I'll sell it to another cultivator."
However, because there were too many people today, the shopkeeper had no time to let Cui Baihao hesitate.
"To, to, one will do."
Even one is fine, it's a small gamble that soothes the soul.
Buying five at a time is indeed too risky. Although the Anbei King's family would not damage their reputation, it's always better to be cautious and more stable.
Taking the blind box, Cui Baihao touched the wooden body painted in red lacquer, feeling a bit eager to open it.
However, he noticed that the cultivators who had bought blind boxes were all kowtowing in front of the tablet of the Great Elephant Ancestor, as if they were seeking blessings from the ancestor?
Holding the idea that he wouldn't be at a loss, Cui Baihao also bowed twice, his actions and expressions quite in place.
He could say that this was the most respectful moment he had ever shown to the Great Elephant Ancestor in his life.
Since the ancestor has also been worshipped, washing hands naturally cannot be missed. After all, if everyone else has washed theirs, not washing yours would mean missing out on a bit of luck.
However, when Cui Baihao reached out his hand towards the water basin, the shopkeeper stopped him.
"There's a fee for washing hands with sacred water. Five hand-washing tickets can be bought for one spirit stone. Pathwalker, have you purchased your tickets yet?"
"You're washing your hands?" Cui Baihao staring with wide eyes, pointing at the person who had already washed their hands and was about to open the box.
"Have they all bought tickets?"
The shopkeeper quickly pulled out a wooden card with intricate carvings, on which there was also a relief of Bǎobǎo Ge.
"Yes, take a look, this is a ticket for washing hands with sacred water. We punch a hole after each use, do you want it?"
Of course, we also have free sacred water for washing hands. But the ordinary water from the world has no root, and we can only offer it for free as a bonus."
Looking at the wooden card with intricate carvings of the hand washing ticket in the shopkeeper's hand, Cui Baihao, a small family, was about to reject it.
"Aha! I won! I won! Hahaha, I won!"
The cultivator who just washed his hands with sacred water had opened a low-grade purple copper "Break the Law" staff, and was now excitedly dancing in circles around the Bǎobǎo Ge hall.
Cui Baihao's words that were about to be spoken did not come out.
"Can I take away the sacred water I washed my hands with?"
The Red Tree Sect is poor. Although Cui Baihao is a senior, he still needs to save where he can.
The sacred water that has been washed can be taken back to be used to make tea.
"Of course, we can do that for free. Pathwalker, would you like to buy?"
"Yes, I will!"
Soon, Cui Baihao had finished washing his hands, picked up the packed sacred water, and left with the blind box.
As an old veteran of the world, he wouldn't dare open the blind box in public. In case he draws a low-grade magical artifact, it might be envy-inducing to others.
Upon returning to his small room at Fúyuán Jū, Cui Baihao sat on the bed that was difficult to turn over, looking at the blind box on his hand, which had been painted with red lacquer.
Excited heart, trembling hands.
Opening it, in the middle of the wooden box was perfectly set an jade bottle.
"I've made a fortune!"
He twisted the cork of the jade bottle and placed the bottle in front of his nose, smelling the fragrance of Qi Transformation pills, Cui Baihao sighed.
"I didn't know that the Qi Transformation pill had such a delicate scent. The elixir is truly extraordinary, truly extraordinary."
In the past, he only dared to use Qi Transformation Powder, never buying Qi Transformation pills.
He poured out a single pill onto his palm, looking at the brown pill that was cherry-sized, Cui Baihao swallowed and then put it back in the bottle.
I'll take it back to the sect and take it then.
With these six Qi Transformation pills in hand, his path to the tenth level of cultivation can be walked faster.
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On the second floor of Bǎobǎo Ge, Wang Rongsheng was smiling very happily.
"Jade Building, I never expected this blind box to be so popular. Hahaha, I was blind at first."
With such good business today at Bǎobǎo Ge, he naturally understands that this is thanks to Jade Building's contribution.
The three-person 90% discount group, the timed auction, and the horse racing advertisement are all for attracting customers.
Only the blind box sales are truly expanding profit.
After four blows, Jade Building's status as manager is naturally secure, and there is no longer a need to worry about being fired due to poor performance.
But you see, if one doesn't plan for the distant future, they will definitely face worries in the near term.
"Uncle, the current prosperity of Bǎobǎo Ge would not have been possible without your great support. However, we now have a new problem."
Jade Building first praised the clan uncle and then turned to seek help.
"The blind box is selling well because the total value of the goods is sold at a price that works out to be 98% of the total, on average."
Therefore, there will always be cultivators who take advantage of the deal and become repeat customers, thus improving the sales of blind boxes.
But selling too quickly is not entirely a good thing. I predict that Bǎobǎo Ge will soon face a shortage of supply.
Now that Bǎobǎo Ge has taken so much business from other shops, we should negotiate with them. We can't rely on our own supply alone, what do you think?"
Stable supply chain, and at the same time avoid being eaten by others and having people remember it.
Jade Building's blind box strategy is actually through high turnover, to achieve the increase in sales within a unit of time, thus improving overall profit.
But the market demand is limited, and when Bǎobǎo Ge's business is good, the competitors won't have enough to satisfy their appetites.
Therefore, some means need to be implemented to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
People like the Great Elephant, with their vast sects and deep power, have no fear of being left with only bones at the bottom.
But Wang's family doesn't have such a big mouth, eating too much will bring disaster!
Facing Jade Building's suggestion, Wang Rongsheng was filled with great emotion in his heart. He nodded and said.
"Jade Building, I finally understand why the clan leader wanted to appoint you as the manager of Bǎobǎo Ge."
You're right, but these things can be left to me. Those old guys are not easy to deal with.
Fortunately, I'm also an old veteran of the world, and I can still help you a bit, hahaha."
At this moment, a spiritual crane raised by the Wang family flew to the window of the second floor of Bǎobǎo Ge.
It looked impatient, pecking at the window repeatedly with its beak, indicating that the two chatting inside should open the door for it as soon as possible.
Wang Rongsheng was surprised and raised his hand. The window opened, and the spiritual crane flew in.
After throwing down a bundle, it walked over to the table and drank some of the divine tea on the table, which was prepared by Wang Rongsheng for Jade Building.
"Which one is this, the second or third crane?"
Crane No. 2 and Crane No. 3 looked so similar that Jade Building couldn't tell which one it was at first.
The spiritual crane pecked twice at Jade Building before arrogantly opening its mouth - "I'm hungry."
Wang Rongsheng picked up the bundle, checked it out, and said.
"It's a seven-stringed zither customized by Mu Yingxi, made personally by the clan leader, and he specifically instructed you to deliver it to the abode of the cultivators under Mu Chunze's guardianship."
Jade Building was a bit surprised when he held out some pastries to feed Crane No. 3, "Let me go deliver the zither?"
Suddenly, he realized that something was wrong.
As expected, every foundation-cultivating cultivator who has been favored by the Purple Palace and becomes a genuine apprentice is not a fool.
