Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1232 - 1127: A Different Strategy (2)

After Xiao Zihan finished speaking, Lin Yi actually raised this question.

And it’s true—right now the price has already been set at this level, and a batch of goods has already been shipped out to those Merchants. So if we suddenly lower the price at this point, those Merchants will be the first ones to kick up a fuss.

After all, no one’s an idiot. They’ve just taken a batch of goods, and then the seller cuts the price—how are they supposed to survive like that?

Of course, Xiao Zihan clearly already had a countermeasure prepared.

After hearing Lin Yi’s question, Xiao Zihan chuckled and went on:

"Actually, I’ve already taken this into account, and I’ve already started implementing it according to my plan.

It’s not impossible to avoid this kind of situation. And what’s more important is that I’ve divided this batch of goods into different tiers—top, middle, bottom—split them into nine grades.

Meaning, from the lowest tier of ordinary sulfur soap, all the way up to the highest-grade carved, exquisitely crafted soap.

Every style is different. The most ordinary kind is extremely plain—plain to the point it’s just like a lump of stone. But that top-end one, if you put it on display, it’s so refined it simply couldn’t be more refined.

Heh, no point talking too much. Here, I specially brought some for you. Take a look."

As he said this, Xiao Zihan directly reached into his sleeve and fished out a few bars of soap.

Then he put them right in front of Lin Yi, and when Lin Yi’s gaze fell on them, he couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.

Sure enough, just as Xiao Zihan had said—although the few bars of soap laid out in front of him were all soap, their appearance couldn’t be more different.

The most basic one was just a smooth, bare lump, and it even had lots of grayish-black specks in it, looking extremely low-end.

The one in the middle was much better—a neat square block that was much more pleasing to the eye, and there weren’t so many gray-black bits inside. At a glance you could tell it was far better than the previous one.

Of course, in the end Lin Yi’s gaze skipped past those and landed directly on the last two exquisitely carved little wooden boxes.

Just looking at the craftsmanship of these small boxes, it was truly refined to the point of perfection; the hollowed-out decorations on top made them look very high-class.

Not to mention anything else—just the price of the box alone wouldn’t be less than one tael of silver.

Seeing this, Lin Yi instantly understood what Xiao Zihan meant—this was basically using modern-era packaging tactics.

As long as the packaging is on point, even if the soap inside is only the same quality as that first kind, the price will definitely multiply several times over.

Heh, don’t worry that no one will buy such soap. You have to know that in this society, just like in the modern era, the rich are really rich.

So they want to enjoy privilege. Even if they know the material of the two products is the same, they will definitely choose the more expensive one, because it’s a symbol of status and identity.

And when he picked up that little wooden box and opened it, he immediately saw inside a bar of soap carved like a vivid lotus blossom.

Looking at this pink soap, Lin Yi couldn’t help feeling a tremor inside.

He had to admit, the craftsmanship here really was superb.

That’s right, this piece was not produced in batches from some mold.

Just a glance was enough to tell it was purely hand-carved.

And right away, several phrases popped into Lin Yi’s mind:

"The master’s touch, personally carved."

In the later era, purely handmade items were much more expensive than machine-made ones, even if the hand-carved work wasn’t as perfect as mechanized production.

But that was exactly the point—and it fit perfectly with the current situation. As long as they hyped up this carver, raised his status sky-high—

Then, whenever he personally carved something, the value of the item would multiply several times.

Seeing this, Lin Yi threw his earlier worries straight out of his mind.

Just like Xiao Zihan said, now that the products are divided into different tiers, the deposits those people paid can be directly used to exchange for whichever tier they want.

And as long as you lay these things out on the counters, separated into several levels, then clearly no one will object to the previous pricing anymore.

"Heh heh. Do you know what my real goal is?"

Seeing that Lin Yi had already grasped her meaning, Xiao Zihan gave a little laugh, then directly sat down in Lin Yi’s lap and asked him.

And indeed, Lin Yi’s mind was sharp and his tactics were impressive, but the one thing he lacked was business sense.

Even though, in the later era, his Zaoke Group had already become one of the most powerful enterprises in the world.

He had to admit, when it came to business operations, he really didn’t have any particularly brilliant methods.

The reason Zaoke Group in the later era could rise so quickly was simply because the things he produced were far too ahead of their time.

That kind of dimensionality-reduction strike almost didn’t need advertising at all; it was enough to secure them a better market.

Precisely because of that, he’d never really thought much about commercial strategies.

Now, hearing Xiao Zihan’s question, he furrowed his brows slightly and, for the moment, actually couldn’t figure out what her ultimate goal was.

Seeing his look, Xiao Zihan naturally knew he hadn’t quite worked it out, so she stopped keeping him in suspense and directly explained:

"Actually, my goal is very simple: I want to turn Capital City into the commercial center of Dayou.

In fact, not just Dayou—I want it to become the commercial center of the entire world.

Not only for these soaps—everything we produce in the future, we’ll split into several levels. The lowest-tier products should be affordable for all common folk.

And the top-end products, everyone will treasure, everyone will yearn for and be unable to obtain.

Of course, let’s set aside for now the things the rich will be desperate for. Let’s just talk about the products ordinary people can afford.

For those, we won’t jack up the price—just keep it a little higher than the factory price and move them in bulk, so that our place becomes a true wholesale city.

Only like this can we attract Merchants from all under heaven to gather here in Capital City to purchase goods.

And by then, the Merchants won’t make a trip just to pick up goods.

They want to earn profit twice over. For example, when they come from Yan Country to Capital City to pick up goods, they won’t come with empty wagons. They’ll definitely have their entire caravan bring goods from over there to sell over here.

By that time, it won’t be hard to imagine what Capital City will look like.

At that point, the commercial system here will probably be pulled up to a very high level.

And as time goes on, this will become the number one metropolis.

By then, we’ll have commerce, we’ll have population, we’ll have GDP—will our takeoff still be far away?"

As Xiao Zihan explained, Lin Yi’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Just as she said, if Capital City were packed with Merchants everywhere, it wouldn’t take long before it became the richest, most prosperous city in all the land.

In truth, if you want development, the only way is to set people in motion, set goods in motion, and set silver in motion.

And Xiao Zihan’s approach was completely different from the protagonists in the transmigration novels he’d read before.

According to those protagonists’ methods, once they researched some new product, they would definitely sell it—and sell it at an extremely high price.

But that has very little significance for the country. Or you could say, it only benefits the protagonist himself.

However, if they follow Xiao Zihan’s method, their own profits might not look particularly stunning, but for the development of the entire country, the significance is unquestionable.

[To be continued...]

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