Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

Gan Yu has been a secretary for 3,700 years. It's no joke that the seven stars come and go but the secretary remains the same. What kind of situation hasn't she seen?

"Regarding the issues raised by you all, Lord Ningguang specifically instructed Secretary Baixiao to have me pass on a few words to you."

"Oh? What are you talking about?"

Upon hearing that it was Ningguang, the others perked up.

Perhaps it's about their compensation plan?

They still had a lot of faith in Ningguang's abilities.

Gan Yu took a deep breath.

"Lady Ningguang asked me to tell you all not to focus on the necessities of life like oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. If something happens in Liyue Harbor, no one will be able to save face."

Chapter 62 Creating Pretexts

The largest and most fundamental consumer goods in Liyue Harbor are daily necessities.

Rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea—in short, the most fundamental and basic aspects of life, such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation, are precisely the areas they control.

This is also the area where they plan to raise prices and reap the benefits later to make up for their losses.

After all, people can go without eating out, not listen to operas or storytelling, but can they also go without rice, oil, salt, and cooking with firewood?

Now, a "price increase limit order" has been issued, with particular emphasis on these daily necessities.

Is that not respectable?

Is this... a threat to them?

The atmosphere in Gan Yu's office instantly turned cold.

The people from the eight major families all looked rather unwell.

They suffered losses and came to demand an explanation, only to be threatened?!

"Ugh."

Gan Yu sighed.

She knew these businessmen would have that expression.

She has seen far too much in the past three thousand years.

"I'm not done yet."

Gan Yu spoke up before they could.

"Lady Ningguang said that the people of Liyue Harbor now have more money on hand and their spending power is also higher."

Many people will definitely start trying things they've never experienced before.

You can take this opportunity to get these people to develop new habits and spend more money in more places. It's better to make small profits but quick turnover than to focus solely on necessities.

At least it looks more refined.

Gan Yu conveyed Ning Guang's original words in their entirety.

"Sigh~"

The members of the eight major families gasped in shock. (Liyue Harbor temperature +1)

Ningguang's words were a warning to them, but what followed was a new path for them.

This is to give them the opportunity to explore new areas.

Let them empty other people's wallets from more directions.

Upon hearing this, they began to ponder the recent changes within Liyue Harbor.

The most significant change is the increase in consumer spending in Liyue Harbor, which has driven the commercial development of the entire port.

Many shops in Liyue Harbor are sold out, and restaurants are packed every day.

That scene of everything flourishing and bursting with life is still vivid in my mind.

Liyue Harbor has a culture of saving, but saving doesn't mean not spending.

Very few people save for the sake of saving; most people will use their savings to improve their living conditions once they have met certain expectations.

Take, for example, the current booming consumer market.

From this perspective, Ningguang's intention is to let them seize the market for these improved consumption needs and expand into this new market to make back the money they lost.

However, they were not satisfied with this.

All this fancy stuff is no match for directly controlling things like daily necessities!

"The people of Liyue have just started to see an increase in income, and their understanding of improving their lives is still very basic, and they lack the corresponding channels."

Many people's idea is to buy a couple more nice clothes, eat out a couple more times, have a couple more good meals, and if they have more money, buy some good tea.

In fact, there are still many areas to be developed. For example, Mr. Yun's opera performances have been sold out recently, with people unable to buy tickets with seats and even willing to stand to listen to the whole performance.

For example, some parents have begun to pay more attention to their children's education after their income increases.

For example, a small number of workers whose holidays have been increased are starting to plan trips and sightseeing, and the tourism industry is also yet to be developed.

The market for these areas in Liyue is almost entirely untapped; how much you can capture depends entirely on your abilities.

Based on her observations and understanding, Gan Yu began to explain to the protesting businessmen.

A whale falls and everything comes into being.

The eight major families have reduced their income and control over the necessities of life. As people's incomes have increased, their spending on necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea has decreased. In addition to saving, the income they have freed up has also begun to flow into other areas.

At this moment, Liyue Harbor can truly be described as a place where everything flourishes and life thrives.

However, this answer still did not satisfy them.

“Lord Gan Yu, we understand the reasoning, but we also need manpower to explore new markets. With the current high cost of manpower and the ‘price cap’ in place, no matter how many new markets we explore, we can’t make up for it.”

One of them pointed out one of the loopholes.

"You're overthinking it. The price increase limit is only for products that already exist, so there won't be any price increase for products that didn't exist before."

Moreover, the "price cap" mainly restricts commodity prices; for products like services that are difficult to quantify, we cannot impose significant restrictions.

Yup!

They were so busy discussing the attitude of the seven stars that they forgot about the limitations of the "price increase restriction order" itself.

They didn't come here simply to protest the "price increase limit order"; if that were the case, they would have plenty of ways to circumvent it.

For example, they've done this before: they take the same batch of rice, add a fancy package, and then use some cheap, misleading stuff to double the price.

In short, there are many ways.

They came to protest the attitude of Seven Stars behind the "price increase restriction order".

It's easy to circumvent the "price increase restriction order," but things will get complicated if you offend Qixing.

Now, Seven Stars' attitude has become clear.

Don't even think about raising prices on basic items; even if you come up with some clever excuse, it won't work—Seven Stars will be watching.

However, they can explore some areas of improved consumption.

For example, they might open a new theater to satisfy the desire of those peasants to listen to operas, and then do something to raise the prices on top of the original ones.

If a performance of traditional opera used to cost 5,000 moira, it will now cost 7,000.

The reason given was that the improved environment for listening to opera increased service expenses, although in reality it may have only meant that each person was given an extra cup of water.

For example, when opening up a new tourist route, they can find an excuse, such as the area being dangerous and requiring protection, or having a top-notch guide, to charge extra fees.

Moreover, they can secretly create a certain public opinion atmosphere and generate some expensive, unnecessary, but seemingly necessary expenses.

Once people's consumption habits are cultivated and their tastes become more discerning, it's possible that not only can we make up for the losses, but we can also draw on some of the savings of the people in Liyue Harbor.

Chapter 63: In the midst of fierce competition, there are no winners; here, the pain is real!

Gan Yu's words could almost be described as explicit.

The protesters stopped dwelling on the issue.

After exchanging a few polite words, they all left.

Leaving Yuehai Pavilion, these families had essentially reached a truce.

The fact that they were able to unite and come to Yuehai Pavilion to protest is itself a tacit understanding of reconciliation.

They can no longer invest without restraint.

The series of actions taken by the Seven Stars clearly indicated their intention to bring the situation to a halt.

Before parting ways, they shared their secrets with each other, revealing which company was planning to develop in which direction.

Subsequently, the companies that calmed down began to recalculate their return on investment.

This time, the new revenue calculation method has been incorporated.

When they got the data, they were surprised to find that all those fancy, gimmicky things they had looked down on actually brought in a lot of profit when all of them were added together.

Ultimately, after weighing the pros and cons of each party, the companies each formulated their own upper limit.

Regardless, this is their ceiling.

Otherwise, we would really lose money.

Huh?

They suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Our bidding process went on and on, with prices rising steadily. In the end, the rankings will be determined by the strength of the companies involved.

The rankings are no different from those previously derived from each company's own "best value-for-money solution".

Now, although everyone's investment has increased significantly, the rankings remain unchanged, and the share they can capture also remains the same.

If everyone invests, it's the same as if no one invests at all.