Xuanxia

Chapter 237 Priceless or Sky-High Price?

"priceless?"

Fu Qingzhou was confused: "Isn't it just spreading a message? I can do this kind of thing myself, it just takes more time. For the Nebula Chamber of Commerce... is this difficult?"

"Young man, you misunderstood. The price is not determined solely by the difficulty."

Situ Chong stroked the goat's beard and said, "The Xingyun Merchants Association has never been interested in getting deeply involved in the affairs of the underworld."

"Whether we entrust a guest official to carry out the project or use the funds of the Chamber of Commerce to carry it out, the price is not determined solely by the difficulty of the project. We must also carefully consider its impact on the society and use it as a criterion for valuation. If its impact on the society is huge, we will definitely raise the price."

Fu Qingzhou coughed dryly: "Mr. Situ, I understand, but don't speak so elegantly next time, we are rough people..."

Situ Chong was startled for a moment, then laughed casually and said, "I understand."

But his meaning was actually clear - the Nebula Chamber of Commerce did not like to get deeply involved in the underworld, it was purely for making money. If this matter was deeply involved in the underworld, then the price would be particularly high.

"But……"

At this time, Tang Jiao asked, "We are just spreading news. It may have an impact on the martial arts world, but it's not that big, right?"

Before Situ Chong could speak, Fu Qingzhou had already shaken his head: "No, Jiaojiao, I think I understand."

He sighed, "The Wulin League and Qianfang Baixiao Tower jointly hosting the Qianlong Hundred Heroes Meeting is a grand event in the martial arts world. Now that there is chaos, it means that this grand event will probably be a farce."

“But if we succeed, the Wulin Alliance may become the leader of the righteous path through this event, and the influence of Qianfang Baixiao Tower in the martial arts world will also be greatly enhanced. The variables involved and the impact on the future of the martial arts world are very huge.”

Situ Chong nodded slightly: "Young man, what you said is very true... For more than a hundred years, there have always been several major sects in the martial arts world, each of which has checked and balanced each other, and there is order in the chaos. If there is really a sect that dominates the martial arts world, even I dare not make a definite statement about the variables."

"So what you have entrusted to me is by no means a small matter... but a major event that may change the world of Dayan!"

Fu Qingzhou scratched his head.

He had never expected that the Nebula Chamber of Commerce would set its prices based on this kind of thing.

How can you just do business and actually care about stability?

"What should I do?"

Tang Jiao asked in a low voice: "Brother, we promised the young leader... and if we don't do this, those who were hunted down and persecuted just for taking the Qianlong card will be too pitiful."

Fu Qingzhou also rubbed his chin and began to think.

If we don't rely on the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, then...

But before he could start thinking, he heard Situ Chong laughing and saying, "Young man, young lady, I only said it is priceless, but I didn't say it can't be done."

"Ah?" Tang Jiao's eyes widened: "What does that mean?"

Fu Qingzhou understood instantly: "Oh my god, you are going to raise the price!"

Situ Chong laughed.

Fu Qingzhou rolled his eyes: "Why are you talking about all this nonsense? Just give me the price."

He finally understood. This guy Situ Chong said he was an actuary of the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, but wasn't he doing the same old business as a pawnshop?
When pawn shops collect pawned items, they like to deliberately say that the items you send are worthless so that they can lower the price more easily.

Similarly, when they sell things outside, the previously "worthless" things will be given all kinds of stories and all kinds of high-sounding attributes... This is raising the price.

Most of the things sold in the pawnshop are rare and strange items, such as gold and silver jewelry, antique toys... Most of the items do not have a fixed price. As long as both parties are willing to fight and be willing, the transaction can be completed at any price.

It is obvious that Situ Chong has mastered this skill to perfection.

At this time, he heard Fu Qingzhou asking for the price again, and he laughed and said, "Young man, if I say it is priceless, it really is priceless."

After that, he narrowed his eyes again: "And priceless things... naturally have to be traded with priceless things."

So I was waiting here.

Fu Qingzhou sighed: "Then tell me, what do you like about us?"

Situ Chong shook his head and said, "How can I know what treasures you have? Why don't you tell me for yourself and I will set the price for you?"

When Tang Jiao heard this, she quickly reached into her arms. But the next second, her wrist was pinched by Fu Qingzhou.

"Don't worry..."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Mr. Situ, the last time I did business with the Xingyun Chamber of Commerce, I didn't engage in such intrigue. If you want to do business sincerely, you should at least clearly mark the price, right?"

"You want us to take out the things we have and then you decide the price? You are a Class A actuary and you decide the price. We can't even argue with you. This won't work."

As he spoke, he said calmly: "If this is the case, the fairness of the Nebula Chamber of Commerce's transactions will be greatly discounted in my mind."

Situ Chong was neither annoyed nor anxious. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"It's said to be priceless, but in reality it's probably a sky-high price... but a sky-high price is not impossible."

Fu Qingzhou said calmly: "Mr. Situ, why don't you try to tell me, according to your calculations, what kind of things can be worth this 'priceless' thing?"

Situ Chong smiled.

"When Shopkeeper Chen Dahe sent a message to the insiders, saying that Young Master Fu was also a good bargainer, I was quite disdainful... Now it seems that what he said is true."

He brewed a fresh pot of tea and added more for Fu Qingzhou, then said slowly, "If we take the tasks currently posted by our Xingyun Chamber of Commerce as an example, there is a priceless task - to learn the name, identity and origin of the master of Xiyu Pavilion."

Fu Qingzhou's pupils shrank.

"Haha, Master Fu."

Situ Chong smiled and said, "Even the guest with the highest level of cultivation in the Chamber of Commerce would not dare to take on such a task. You don't want to try, do you?"

"Of course I won't try." Fu Qingzhou curled his lips: "But I want to ask, how much did the customer who posted this task offer?"

Situ Chong was stunned.

Tang Jiao had long understood her elder brother's intentions, and chuckled, "Yes, old man, if someone takes on this task, you should charge him money, right? How much did you charge?"

"Even if the customer didn't pay you money but did something for you, how much is the service you asked him to do worth?"

"As a Class A actuary, you can always give me a price, right?"

After being bombarded with such words, Situ Chong finally shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

He took a sip of tea and sighed, "Young people are really something to behold..."

As he said this, he put down the teacup, picked up the abacus again, and clicked it a few times.

"Young Master Fu, if that's the case, I won't embarrass you. I'll give you a price."

Situ Chong said: "We have a task here, you have completed it; in addition, an additional payment of 50,000 taels of silver will be sufficient."

"Fifty thousand taels?!"

Fu Qingzhou almost choked himself.

Tang Jiao, on the other hand, was quite calm. She frowned and said, "We are in a hurry to do this. If we deal with the Chamber of Commerce task first, will it take up too much time?"

Situ Chong smiled slightly: "This task is not time-consuming, but judging from the look on Young Master Fu's face, it seems that he is more troubled by the fifty thousand taels of silver?"

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "Fifty thousand taels! Where can I get it?"

"Brother, this is not difficult."

Tang Jiao said softly: "We have money."

As she spoke, she reached into her bosom and pulled out a thin piece of brocade-wrapped object and placed it on the tea table.

After opening the brocade, inside was a piece of metal-like object, as black as night and covered with star-like spots. At first glance, it had a deep and mysterious feeling, as if it contained an extremely profound truth.

"Puff!" Situ Chong couldn't hold it in and spat out a mouthful of tea.

The hysterical screams of the smoker rang in Fu Qingzhou's mind: "Fuck! Fuck! Fu boy, I want this! I want this! Ahhhhh!"

(End of this chapter)