Although establishing a company doesn’t sound very complicated,
when Baiyu actually went about handling these things, he realized that doing everything personally would greatly consume his time.
The reason those powerful Martial Artists and Extraordinary individuals dislike engaging in commerce is precisely for this reason.
They inherently have forces behind them supplying resources and do not have to worry about these matters at all.
Baiyu is a lone wolf.
The reason social Martial Artists and Underground Transcendents have a hard time is because most of them started halfway, without a system of heritage or abundant resources.
They even need to desperately collect Spirit Techniques and resources to advance to the next level.
Currently, Baiyu could actually seek help from Yuwen Ba, the deans of the two Martial Arts Schools, or even the Third Prince, and quickly obtain a Bone Tempering Technique suitable for himself.
would undoubtedly tie himself to others’ chariots.
In other words, he would owe them favors, and getting too deeply involved would make it difficult to extricate himself.
This is not what Baiyu desires.
Over two consecutive days, Baiyu utilized his baron status to obtain a business license.
He also leased a sizable shop in Zenith City through Ning Fugui to serve as the sales outlet for his materials company.
"Baiyu, what you’re trying to do with this business is not very straightforward.
While there is no problem with sales,
my circle has a massive demand for all kinds of materials and herbs from the Spirit Realm. As long as you can produce them, the sales are absolutely guaranteed.
the Spirit Realm is fraught with dangers, and it is impossible for individuals working alone to maintain the operation of a shop."
Ning Fugui advised earnestly.
He did not believe Baiyu could establish such a chain of industry, as it involved too many issues.
"Since I brought it up, of course, I have a way. You only need to worry about the sales. As for profit-sharing..."
"Since you have this much confidence, I’ll help you out." Ning Fugui, looking at his daughter’s pleading expression beside him, couldn’t help but smile wryly and said, "I’ll just take one layer. In the future, when your sales go up and you no longer need my connections, it’ll be fine."
Baiyu’s heart stirred slightly.
This could be considered a very fair price.
As his shop was just starting, it would definitely require a lot of publicity and familiar faces to support it.
In this respect, Ning Fugui, being one of Zenith City’s top five merchants, has top-notch connections in the business world and a vast number of clients in his hands.
even if half the profits were taken, as long as he could be enlisted for help, there would certainly be no loss. The other party clearly believes Baiyu won’t succeed and doesn’t care for this bit of money.
Having settled the sales matters,
Baiyu called Qiong Jiu, explained the situation to her, and asked her to become the legal representative of his company.
His old classmate naturally didn’t say much.
With benefits to be had and only needing to lend a name, she agreed immediately.
"Ning Fugui can resolve sales issues, and Qiong Jiu can serve as a forceful guardian for my business. Even if it’s just a name, small gangs wouldn’t dare to covet. So my business, in the beginning, at least doesn’t need to worry about safety issues.
what needs to be solved next is production."
Currently, with the shop just starting, Baiyu didn’t plan to rush to get everything done at once; these things need to be approached slowly.
He posted related tasks at the Hunter Association.
They mainly involved acquiring various materials.
There was no deadline for the tasks; he would just buy whatever came in.
This part was handled by Erin in the Shelter, as prices were clearly marked, so there was no fear of mistakes.
"The most important thing now is to get the reputation out there, establish a good name, first hire bounty hunters to venture into the Spirit Realm and collect materials for me, then I can form my own team."
Baiyu had thought it through clearly.
In the early stages, he would definitely purchase directly, being no more than a middleman, buying materials from the Spirit Realm and selling them.
Though there would be high tax fees upon purchase, he could nonetheless earn a bit.
After things stabilize later on, he could train his own team.
It took a week in total.
Baiyu finally managed to get everything sorted.
Now, he only needed to send Erin to the Bounty Hunter Association daily to purchase materials, frequent the trading zone, and purchase materials from Martial Artists urgently in need of money.
After all, since he was just starting, there wasn’t a need to invest too much energy, just maintaining that facade would be enough.
He had already decided on the company’s name: Longteng Trade. He had always had above-average naming skills and was pleased about this for quite some time.
After becoming a hands-off owner,
Baiyu finally shifted his focus to studying.
The enhancement of his Extraordinary Abilities was not something to consider for now.
He hadn’t obtained the Magic Elixir Recipe for the Sequence Eight as a Prayer Technique Apprentice, so currently, his Extraordinary Abilities could only remain at the peak of Sequence Nine.
"Bone Tempering... Yao Ji, how many auctions are there next week?"
"There are a total of thirty-two, among which eight have Bone Tempering Techniques available. The times are respectively..."
Yao Ji listed the auction times over the week, and Baiyu thought auctions would be a good choice to acquire a suitable Bone Tempering Technique.
Baiyu attended all eight auctions, but none met his expectations.
Those Bone Tempering Techniques were all very basic methods, not compatible with his Ice Skin Jade Bone cultivation, and offered limited improvement.
Time was already running low.
The school term was about to start, and he had applied to Tian Nan Martial Arts School.
In two weeks, he would have to go to enroll, and he wasn’t sure about the situation in the Martial Arts School, but being well-prepared was not a bad thing.
"If I really can’t find it, I’ll have to check the Martial Arts School’s library. But the various resources and Spirit Techniques in the Martial Arts School are probably not given for free either."
With this thought, Baiyu attended the last few auctions that met the criteria.
Yet still returned empty-handed.
Finding a Bone Tempering Technique with special effects, which could significantly enhance recovery power, proved extremely difficult, even in the Shelter.
It’s worth mentioning.
Baiyu hadn’t left the city.
To exit the city and enter the wilderness area of the Spirit Realm from the Shelter, one must meet certain conditions.
Either undergo professional wilderness survival training of the Spirit Realm, available in training institutions within the Shelter, government-run, with not expensive tuition, though quite time-consuming.
Or reach the strength of a Tier Eight Martial Artist.
Or have someone with Tier Seven Martial Artist strength lead the team.
At least one of these conditions must be satisfied, otherwise leaving the city is not allowed.
After leaving the auction, Baiyu initially intended to try his luck at Victor’s Plaza, hoping to find a Bone Tempering Technique, but was stopped by a young man.
"Brother, I’ve seen you frequenting the auction house these days. Looking for Spirit Technique manuals? I have some top-quality goods here, all passed down in the family, buying them is like striking a fortune.
To be honest, I owe a little gambling debt recently, which is why I’m selling these!"
The man pulled out a few thin books from his chest, clearly Spirit Techniques, and only the first volumes.
Baiyu took a glance and was immediately drawn to one Spirit Technique.
"Extreme Demon Bone Tempering Technique."