The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 176 Sold Out
However, the corridor was no longer as relaxed as it used to be.

The Qingling tea and Qingling rice have had a rare bumper harvest this quarter, and the mountain of raw materials urgently needs to be processed.

The farmers are working diligently and racing against time to complete the final bagging work, in accordance with the strict requirements and tight deadlines set by Suninglong.

Everyone held their breath, focused on their work, and the air was filled with the fragrance of tea and a tense atmosphere of busy activity.

Upon seeing the boss, the busy workers in the workshop stopped what they were doing and looked up in surprise.

For six whole years, they had only seen the boss a handful of times.

Why would the boss come? Looking at the young people she brought, each of them seemed to exude an air of wealth that said, "I'm not poor."

Are they all guests?
“I’ve brought a few young helpers,” Su Ninglong pointed to the people behind her and gave a straightforward order. “Just tell them what to do. Each of them has a task, and no slacking off is allowed. Otherwise, you will have to settle your bill for the star coins you used to rent the sacred artifact immediately.”

So they were all people who owed rent! Some were involuntarily in arrears, since the team was paying for it and couldn't settle the debt immediately.

Before some missions, you need to prepare some sacred artifacts. You can get them from Su Ninglong first by simply asking.

Even Lei Qingya touched her nose and remained silent. She often took the Qingxin Earrings and the Collapse Pointer from the warehouse. Although she knew that Su Ninglong allowed her to use them, she naturally felt a little guilty after using them so often.

These Star Alliance personnel, who originally earned over 300 Star Coins per hour, could only squat miserably on the ground, doing packing work for less than 20 Star Coins per hour.

Song Liu and Lian Xinyi, being quite down-to-earth, didn't feel awkward at all. Instead, they naturally struck up a conversation with the farmers next to them, asking about their daily work and whether they found it tiring...

A gentle breeze caressed her face, cool and refreshing. Su Ninglong rubbed the water droplets on her cheek and said, "It's raining."

“Young man, let me ask you something,” a farmer said in a low voice, sounding puzzled and concerned, “our boss is such a good girl, why is everyone online criticizing her?”

“A person who is not envied is mediocre,” Lian Xinyi said with a smile, naively believing that the farmers were worried about the boss’s feelings. “Don’t worry, Sister Su is broad-minded and doesn’t care about these things.”

Song Liu, however, keenly sensed the deeper worry in the farmer's words and replied, "Ninglong's things are always in high demand, so there's no worry about selling them. Don't worry, the manor will be fine."

Upon hearing this, the farmers' tense expressions relaxed slightly.

Suninglong is now considering how to price its tea.

Xingyuan had previously checked the market and suggested that she set the price between 100,000 and 500,000 star coins.

The reasons are quite valid. Firstly, Qingling tea leaves are indeed rare, and their growth is inseparable from the special spiritual energy nourished by cultivators. They cannot survive by ordinary cultivation alone.

Secondly, its efficacy is remarkable, and it has the potential to be included in the scope of medicinal use.

Of course, Lei Qingya's father had an even stronger opinion, believing that this tea was fully qualified to sell for more than three million star coins per kilogram.

After a moment's thought, Su Ninglong decided to set aside half of this period's output separately.

This portion is reserved for herself and her familiar hunter companions; the price is flexible.

Since everyone says she's "bad," she might as well be even more thoroughly "bad" and turn evil!

With a light tap of her fingertip on the screen, she decisively set the price at two million star coins per tael.

After setting it up, she leaned closer to Ge Wei, who was engrossed in keeping accounts, and whispered the amount.

"Clang." Ge Wei nearly dropped the pen from his hand onto the ledger, almost catching his breath. "Two...two million?! And only one tael? Ancestor, aren't you afraid the Star Alliance Commercial Investigation Bureau will come knocking on your door?"

"Let them investigate." Su Ninglong shrugged nonchalantly. "Without my master, me, and Lei Qingya, no one can grow this tea exactly the same. If you really want to be serious, selling it for two million a tael based on our average hourly wage would be too cheap for them."

Ge Wei opened his mouth, but for a moment he was speechless.

I recall someone offering over a billion to buy Master Su's sacred artifact called "Echoes of the Abyss" (the one that even Xin Yi often borrowed).

Compared to this, considering Master Su's immeasurable "hourly wage" alone, it's not unreasonable for this tea to sell for tens of millions.

"Everyone outside is badmouthing me, and my heart is ice-cold." Su Ninglong pretended to lightly wipe the corner of her eye with a tissue. "After suffering such a big blow, I need some star coins to soothe my emotional wounds, right? Don't you think so?"

She then changed the subject, adopting a magnanimous attitude, "In the end, it's because I'm too soft-hearted and too kind. Even though they've scolded me like that, I still don't hold a grudge and am willing to sell them such good tea."

Ge Wei, listening from the side, twitched his lips slightly, inwardly cursing: Your "forgiving" attitude is clearly a prelude to ruthlessly extorting money from someone.

He couldn't help but remind this capricious boss, "Aren't you afraid of not being able to sell them? Don't forget, you just blocked a large number of potential buyer accounts a few days ago."

"Tea isn't a necessity, so feel free to buy it or not." Su Ninglong waved her hand dismissively, her tone relaxed. "Besides, can't I support you all? Don't worry, my income is very stable, and I can easily support you all."

Ge Wei chimed in, "If your goods sell well, they (referring to the workshop employees) will get bonuses."

"Oh right." Su Ninglong seemed to have just remembered, immediately straightened her back, put her hands behind her back, and looked smug, as if to say, "I'm such a great boss." "That's right, that's right, I'm such a considerate boss. Alright, apart from the price, the rest is up to you."

Suninglong has always been only responsible for finalizing the price; as for the specific time of sale and how it will be sold, those are details that Ge Wei needs to worry about.

Ge Wei looked at the priceless tea inventory in the warehouse, pondered for a moment, and cautiously put only one percent of the total inventory on the shelves, and set a strict purchase limit of one portion (one tael) per person.

A strange sense of pleasure welled up inside Ge Wei.

He suddenly understood why his boss always enjoyed seeing that "hateful yet helpless" expression on other people's faces.

Those who genuinely want to buy are itching to do so because of the purchase restrictions, while scalpers who want to hoard and resell are even more anxious.

Of course, all of this is just speculation. Su Ninglong may never have intended to sell; she was simply unhappy and wanted to act impulsively.

If this batch of goods sells successfully, the bonus will be secured.

Even if no action is taken, the workers will not lose their wages.

Without further hesitation, Ge Wei clicked "Go Online," then minimized the interface and tossed it aside. Who cares? Whether it sells or not, that's another matter. Right now, the boss's mood is clearly more important.

He put the products online for sale and then left them to their own devices. He figured if they didn't sell, he'd deal with it later; the boss's mood was the most important thing.

As a result, just half an hour later, the listing page already showed "sold out".

Meanwhile, the online flame war on StarNet became even more intense, just as Su Ninglong had anticipated.

Because an explosive piece of news spread rapidly among the Gemini tea merchants.

All the well-known black market merchants in the Gemini Galaxy, as well as those notorious scalpers, have had all their public accounts, big and small, blacklisted by the "Manor" official.

Yes, all of them, not one was missed.

In order to accurately identify these accounts hiding in the shadows, Su Ninglong used special channels and spent a large sum of Star Coins.

Although she knew perfectly well that this couldn't completely prevent the estate's products from flowing into the black market and being resold, she had to make it clear to these people that offending her would be punished.

It's not just a matter of a single merchant being turned away; it's that she has completely blacklisted most of the players in the entire black market circle.

Her bottom line is very clear: you can try to buy it through legitimate channels and then resell it (although she's not happy about it). This is a gray area, and she can't control that much.

However, no one is allowed to instigate, entice, or collude with anyone inside the manor to steal products. This red line must not be crossed by anyone.

Almost as soon as the news of the tea being sold out spread, Lei's father urgently dialed Lei Qingya's number.

"Qingya, tell me honestly, what's your boss Su Ninglong up to this time?" President Lei said incredulously, yet with a tone of admiration, "That tea, she actually listened to my advice and sold it at a price that's a thousand times higher?"

Lei Qingya quickly calculated the shocking price of "two million star coins per tael" in her mind. Even though she was used to seeing all kinds of things, she couldn't help but feel a little admiration for her boss's "profiteering" business acumen.

As the boss's right-hand woman, the more expensive the tea was sold, the more she naturally received.

Lei Qingya immediately switched to her staunch supporter of her boss mode: "Hey Dad! You're not short of money, what's wrong with spending a little more? Just consider it supporting your daughter's work. Remember, buy an extra one for Mom. Also, while you're still healthy, hurry up and consider having a few more children. Look at that brat of yours, he's already running off to the Star Alliance and trying to steal my job. Can't you try harder and have another one to inherit your business empire?"

"???" Caught off guard by this combination of "urging to have a baby + stepping on the younger brother," Mr. Lei truly felt the "real damage" from his rebellious daughter. He was so angry that he almost cut off the communication on the spot. "You...you unfilial daughter! You haven't heard what I'm going to say next."

Now it was Lei Qingya's turn to be puzzled.

Mr. Lei took a deep breath. "Ahem, this year's tea... was there a reduction in production? I was too slow and didn't manage to get any."

It's worth noting that besides his passion for making money, Mr. Lei's greatest hobby in life is tea appreciation.

His obsession with Qingling Tea was so great that he could even temporarily set aside his fatherly authority and lower his posture in front of his daughter.

"Daughter, do you understand what your father means? Since I'm your biological father, how about... giving me some special treatment?" His tone was just like that of an old tea drinker trying to get in through connections.

Lei Qingya's gaze involuntarily drifted towards Su Ninglong, who was not far away.

Seeing their boss humming a tune, he enthusiastically picked through the best-quality tea leaves from the pile he had just selected, carefully packing them into specially made sealed bags.

It's for myself to drink, so of course I can't deprive myself of even a little bit.

Lei Qingya withdrew his gaze and sighed into the communicator: "Dad, it's not that I don't want to help you. But think about it, if I open a special channel for you, and other uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​come asking for it, should I give it to them?"

"No way!" Mr. Lei answered decisively, then changed the subject and played his trump card, "But I'm your father, your biological father! If you don't even get this much special treatment... then you'd better give me some of your share. If you don't? Hmph, don't even think about getting a single penny from your mother again!"

Tsk! Lei Qingya thought to himself, "Wow!"

Her father has been tricked by her so many times that he's become shrewd and has learned to "fight fire with fire."

Lei Qingya: "..." She was speechless for a moment.

She certainly doesn't need her father's financial support now, but she absolutely cannot let this "cheating" old man slip through her fingers.

If he doesn't spend his money on his own family, who else will benefit?
"Alright, alright, I'll send you two ounces."

"Send one pound, no questions asked."

"I only got one pound myself... beep beep beep..." All she got in response was a busy signal. Clearly, Mr. Lei on the other end of the line had decisively cut off the communication, his attitude firm and uncompromising.

Everyone's gaze swept over strangely. Lei Qingya looked up, awkwardly raising the corners of his mouth, his heart aching as if it were bleeding.

One jin, that's a whole jin, which is twenty million Star Coins.

This is the secret stash of money she must have painstakingly tricked her father into giving up.

But wait, why can't I get one? Are there so many people buying them?
A sense of doubt suddenly arose in Lei Qingya's mind.

She strode over to Ge Wei, who was checking data: "Uncle Ge, our Qingling Tea is already available for sale online?"

“Yes, it was just put up for a short time.” Ge Wei lowered his eyebrows, his pen tapping the table unconsciously. “I just don’t know if the price is too outrageous, or if it will sell.”

“That’s right, it’s just been released, but we don’t know if it will sell well.” Ge Wei lowered his eyebrows, revealing his worry.

"Selling? More than selling!" Lei Qingya's gloomy mood was instantly brightened by this news, his steps became lighter, and he even hummed an off-key tune.

She walked straight to Su Ninglong, who was focused on packing tea leaves for herself, put on her sweetest smile, and softened her voice by eight octaves: "My dear little Su Su~ can I ask you something? Can you spare me another pound of tea leaves?"

"what's wrong?"

Lei Qingya immediately complained, "Don't even mention it! My old man just robbed me; he insisted on a pound of it, or he'd cut off my supplies! And what about Teacher Doug? He'll definitely have to send some too, right? You don't know, I sent him some last time, and he and his colleagues were overjoyed. They sent me over ten pieces of super rare parasite raw materials. Those things are currently the rarest and highest quality among the materials we collect; they can almost all be used as the main material for life forms."

She emphasized the preciousness and practicality of the "parasite" material, attempting to evoke the boss's appreciation for talent.