Chapter 00257: Real Gold and Silver
# Real Gold and Silver
Chapter 257
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 257 Real Gold and Silver
Li Chengxi sometimes wondered if the people in their circle had something wrong with their heads.
Take Lei Lei, for instance.
She seemed normal usually, but when she got anxious, she would literally burst through the door.
Then there was Zen Master Miaoben next to him, who made no secret of his desire to eat meat, calling himself 'this old monk'.
Looking again at the potion buyers, one was a gothic lolita with large sunglasses, and the other looked like a circus magician, even leaning on a walking stick.
Honestly, were those really clothes you could wear out on the street?
He suddenly felt like his horizons had been broadened.
Qian Sen hung a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the outside of the private room, then enthusiastically made the introductions:
“This is Miss Hao Xinqing, the buyer of the items.”
Hao Xinqing (Good Mood)? But the expression on Miss Hao's face right now didn't seem very beautiful.
“Next to her is a French person from Italy, Miss Erica.”
That sentence contained a lot of information.
What the hell? Could it be that France launched a blitzkrieg on Italy?
“Miss Erica studies magic on the island of Sardinia in Italy. This time, she's participating as an appraiser.”
When selling something, you definitely need someone to inspect the goods.
If it was not a professional, an ordinary person wanting to check the goods could only pour it into their own mouth to see if it worked.
But one had to admit, these two were full of things to poke fun at.
Qian Sen then introduced Li Chengxi and Zen Master Miaoben, and the group sat around a large tea table.
“Mr. Li, please take out the items.”
“Aren't we negotiating the price first?”
When selling things on the Section Nine forums, you always negotiated the price first.
Erica, dressed in a full tuxedo, whispered a few words in Hao Xinqing's ear.
Judging by the pronunciation, it did indeed sound like French.
The latter nodded and looked at Li Chengxi:
“This is very important to me. I need to see the quality of the potions before setting a price.”
It was not an illusion.
It felt like Hao Xinqing was not in a very beautiful mood; her voice sounded stiff and cold.
But it did not matter.
As long as she paid, it was fine.
Li Chengxi took out three small bottles wrapped in bubble wrap from his bag and placed them on the table.
He gestured to Erica, indicating that she could inspect them as she pleased.
Section Nine tested potions using specialized equipment, while people in the circle inspected goods through observation, experience, and some magical means.
Li Chengxi watched as Erica picked up the potion bottles one by one and held them up to the sunlight.
The pale golden liquid appeared somewhat turbid because of the poor quality of the glass bottles, but this did not affect her judgment.
After looking at them, a layer of fine spiritual radiance lit up on her finger, as if she were using magic to confirm the potions' quality.
After the inspection, she placed the potions back in their original positions and whispered a few words in a low voice.
“Mr. Li, how many more of these potions do you have? I'll take them all.”
“Only these three bottles. I also have some Potions of Restoration, Neutralize Poison, and False Life.”
Audel had only come over twice in total, leaving a few bottles of potions each time.
Li Chengxi had already sold one Potion of Remove Disease, so this was all that was left.
As for the Dragon Dream Potion, it was better not to mention it now.
He felt like he would get beaten up...
Erica and Hao Xinqing discussed for a moment more, seemingly talking about the price.
Li Chengxi quietly said to Qian Sen beside him:
“What's the deal with that Erica?”
“I don't know the specific details either. I heard Hao Xinqing met her while studying abroad in Italy. It seems she has close ties with the local Supernatural Management Bureau.”
“Is it really okay to let in someone whose background is unknown?”
“I have no control over it. The Head Office handles the immigration checks for people in the circle. If they let her through, what can I say?”
It was like the customs saying a shipment was fine; Qian Sen, as a beat cop, truly had no authority over it.
“They're both official organizations, shouldn't they communicate with each other or something?”
“They are indeed official, but they're not part of the same work unit as us. You can't use the laws of the Celestial Empire to restrict Amerikana's nationwide gunfights, can you?”
“I guess that makes sense...”
At that moment, the other side finally came to a conclusion.
Hao Xinqing said:
“The quality of these potions is very good. I'm willing to purchase them at a high price.”
On the Section Nine forums, they could sell for 2 to 3 million.
The exact price within this range depended on market demand.
The first potion sold for two million three hundred thousand.
Li Chengxi felt that the buyer was in urgent need, and this was not through official channels.
Even with Qian Sen acting as a middleman, selling it cheap was definitely not an option.
He figured, given the rarity of the Potion of Remove Disease, selling three bottles at once, he could ask for a higher price.
Around seven or eight million should be possible.
Just as he was about to state his price, Hao Xinqing spoke again:
“Ten million for the three bottles, what do you think, Mr. Li? Consider it making a friend. If you have any more Potions of Remove Disease in the future, please give me priority in selling them”
What kind of family was this? Offering ten million just like that?
Li Chengxi looked at Qian Sen, who picked up his teacup and smiled, as if to say, 'See? I told you you'd be satisfied with the price.'
Clearing his throat, Li Chengxi calmed himself down.
After all, he had not seen the real gold and silver yet.
It was too early to get excited.
He said as calmly as he could:
“Mm, that's a very fair price.”
“Then it's settled. Will you accept cash or a bank transfer?”
“Uh... such a large amount in cash?”
“If you want cash, I will pay you in gold bars of an equivalent value.”
“......”
Did her family own a mine? Or did she just sell a four-sided courtyard in the capital? She was too much of a tycoon...
“No need for the trouble. A bank, a bank transfer is fine.”
My goodness, she actually planned to pay with literal real gold and silver.
The transaction went very smoothly.
In just a few words, Hao Xinqing took Li Chengxi to the bank for the transfer, then got into a Rolls-Royce and left like a gust of wind.
The bank transfer took some time.
Li Chengxi received the text message the next afternoon.
Looking at the string of zeros in his account, he felt like he was dreaming.
No wonder people often say, 'A horse doesn't get fat without night fodder, a man doesn't get rich without a windfall.' If he had to rely on doing small business to make money, he would not see this many zeros in his entire life.
But after getting the money, a new problem arose.
Li Chengxi sold the potions to help Viola prepare supplies for a counterattack.
This was different from him casually stuffing a box of cough syrup into the screen.
There was simply nowhere to put enough supplies for two thousand people.
Qian Sen said that Section Nine could help Li Chengxi find a warehouse, and he just needed to ask if he needed it.
But once the items arrived, how would he get them to Viola's side?
Buy a super-large TV, connect it to the computer, and then throw the boxes in one by one?
Asking for help with this was clearly not an option.
The workers would probably think Li Chengxi had water in his brain.
If he had to move it all by himself...
Even if he worked himself to death, he could not do it.
Asking Section Nine for help would not get him labeled a lunatic, but Li Chengxi's own situation would become dangerous.
Audel came from a game on his computer.
Qian Sen never knew about this, thinking that a teleportation portal had just coincidentally opened in front of the monitor.
If they found out that one could directly enter another world through the monitor, it felt like it would cause some kind of trouble.
Moreover, as the core figure, Li Chengxi himself definitely would not be able to get away.
He was a little afraid of being captured and sliced up for research.
Li Chengxi had even considered buying a forklift and driving it to deliver the supplies inside.
But when that time came, it would be impossible for Section Nine not to monitor and observe.
Qian Sen's proactive offer to help find a warehouse was probably because he also wanted to know how the supplies were transported across.
Having to get the supplies over there without exposing himself, just thinking about it gave him a real headache.
(End of this chapter)