Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 4 [First Transaction]

如果按照1星元等于1.5元人民币的购买力来换算，蓝星这边1斤西瓜的价格相当于是2100元人民币，而萧宇在自己地球那边一斤的价格是1.63元人民币，两者相差了惊人的1288倍。

Not to mention the purchase price of 280 Star Yuan per 100 grams, even the purchase price of 280 Star Yuan per pound is completely acceptable to Xiao Yu.

"Mr. Xiao is indeed a big businessman, very generous!" Boss Liu was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought Xiao Yu would bargain for a price or something, but he didn't expect that he would just give a flat price and the deal was done.

Thinking that Xiao Yu still had 500 kilograms of goods, Boss Liu quickly said, "Mr. Xiao, when are we going to trade the goods you have?"

"There's no rush. Most of the goods are not in Qingyang. I'll contact you, Boss Liu, when the time comes, and you can send someone to pick up the goods. I won't take these two melons back. Boss Liu, please accept them first. Oh, and please pay me in cash." Xiao Yu said with a smile, looking calm.

Seeing him come back so quickly, Boss Liu thought the goods were already in Qingyang, but since the other party said so, he naturally couldn't say anything, and immediately smiled and nodded, "Okay, no problem, wait a moment."

说完他就去拿钱，谈好的价格每100克280星元，那就1400星元1斤，萧宇带过来的这两个大西瓜总共24斤就是合计33600星元。

After a while, Boss Liu came to Xiao Yu again with cash and handed it to him. There were a total of 39 Star Yuan banknotes, including 33 1000-yuan banknotes and 6 100-yuan banknotes.

There are 1000 dollar bills, which is nice, you can just put it in your pocket.

Xiao Yu counted the money, put it in his pocket and said with a smile, "Boss Liu, I won't bother you with your business anymore. Goodbye."

Boss Liu also smiled amiably and said, "Mr. Xiao, take care."

After handing over the money and receiving the goods, the transaction was completed and Xiao Yu walked out of the store.

I walked away from the store to an empty corner, took out the money again and checked each one. The 33 1000-denomination Star Dollar bills all felt the same, including the 6 100-denomination Star Dollar bills.

Xiao Yu was relieved now. If they all felt the same, they were either all fake money or all real.

Obviously, the star coins in his hand must be real, unless Boss Liu does not want the so-called 70 kilograms of goods behind, which is a transaction expected to be worth star coins.

Xiao Yu put the money back into his pocket with satisfaction. Although Star Yuan could not be spent on Earth, it could be spent on Blue Star.

He just passed by a clothing store that had recruitment information for sales clerks and the salary and benefits were also posted. This gave Xiao Yu a reference for the income situation of the lower-class local indigenous people here.

The salary offered for recruiting store clerks is between 2500 and 3000 Star Dollars.

In other words, Xiao Yu spent less than 40 yuan to buy two watermelons on Earth and cashed them in, which was equivalent to about a year's income for an ordinary person here.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh that it was definitely a huge profit. No wonder there is a so-called industry rule that one doesn't ask where a hero comes from or where the goods come from.

"Huh? Even artificial starch is produced on a large scale here in Blue Star?" Xiao Yu was wandering around the trading market and saw a two-city sales store on the left. The store only sold starch, and the price sign showed that the starch sold was industrial starch artificially synthesized using carbon dioxide.

The artificial starch synthesis technology on Earth is still in the laboratory, which is a very good technological breakthrough. As for large-scale industrial mass production, it is unknown when it will happen. However, Xiao Yu did not find it strange when he thought that the technology level on Blue Star was much more advanced than that on Earth.

By the way, I took a look at the price of this industrial synthetic starch. It costs 100 star yuan per 30 grams.

"Food-related products are not cheap in the Blue Star world, but now we have artificial synthetic starch. Why is food so scarce?" Xiao Yu still felt the price was a bit outrageous. A pound of synthetic starch was 150 star yuan, which seemed cheaper than fruits and other foods. But Xiao Yu learned that this was the daily staple food of the local indigenous people, so it was very expensive.

Based on the amount of starch an adult consumes every day, the starch expenditure alone would be around 900 to 1000 Singapore dollars per month.

Xiao Yu went to several nearby stores that sold food-related products, and finally came to a conclusion that surprised him. If the local indigenous lower-class people had an income of 3000 star dollars per month, the people here would spend about 60% to 65% of their income on food, just to eat enough rather than to eat and drink well.

The proportion of food expenditure of ordinary people in the world is also not small, but it is completely different, because ordinary people in China are big foodies, and they eat more for the sake of eating well and regard it as consumption, so the Engel coefficient is not fully applicable in China.

"Doesn't that mean that the Engel coefficient of at least this place on Blue Star has reached a level of 0.6 to 0.65?" Xiao Yu estimated in his mind as he walked and was very surprised by this.

If we follow the standards of the Earth, when the Engel coefficient reaches 0.6, the residents' living standards are in poverty, and when the living standards are between 0.5 and 0.6, they are just barely adequate.

Xiao Yu muttered in confusion, "This is really weird. The technological level of this world is obviously much more advanced than that of Earth, but the lower-class people here can barely get enough food and clothing. Industrial synthetic starch is mass-produced, so normal food rations should not be a problem at all. Why is it like this? Is it possible that food scarcity has been artificially created?"

This counter-intuitive and counter-common sense imagination puzzled Xiao Yu and also aroused his interest. However, Xiao Yu did not plan to understand these things at the moment. He would talk about them later. He did not forget that the deadline for his gambling agreement with the capital was urgent, so this problem had to be solved first.

Possessing the god-level ability to travel freely between Earth and Blue Star, Xiao Yu knew that on Earth, he had the entire Blue Star's technology as a backing. He could completely register a new company and simply throw Prism Technology aside without any impact. The new company would definitely be able to get off the ground quickly.

Of course there is nothing wrong with doing this, but Xiao Yu has no intention of doing so. These are two different things. He cannot swallow the humiliation of being attacked by someone and hiding in shame.

Not only this reason, Xiao Yu also realized that if he gave in so easily, how could he guarantee that the newly established company would not be coveted again?

Peace survives when it is sought through struggle, and it dies when it is sought through compromise. This sentence is equally applicable in the business world.

Xiao Yu has made up his mind that this time he must make the capital lose badly.

After a while, Xiao Yu thought for a while and said to himself: "Let's rent a house here first, so as not to be caught by others when opening the teleportation star gate to and from the earth."

When teleporting before, the coordinate points chosen were all in the bathroom, because there is basically no surveillance in the bathroom, but there is still a risk of being seen by others. By renting a house on Blue Star, I can avoid being seen by others when teleporting between Earth and Blue Star in the future.

"I don't know if I can rent a house without registering my identity. I'll go look for it first..." Xiao Yu thought secretly. He still has to find a way to get a legal identity on Blue Star. It is very inconvenient to be an illegal resident, and it may also bring some unpredictable troubles and potential risks.

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(End of this chapter)