After preparing the wool and the Bundles, Fu Mo sat on the couch and continued browsing scenes of the future within the Light Orb while waiting for Tingyun to wake up and contact him.
Time passed quickly.
Fu Mo had only watched a few glimpses of the future when the phone beside him began buzzing.
It was a message from Tingyun.
[Tingyun: Mr.
Fu Mo, should I come to you, or will you come to the warehouse?]
Fu Mo glanced back at the guest room he had remodeled beyond recognition.
To make room for the String Duplicator, he had piled all the furniture into a corner.
It was hardly a pretty sight, so he picked up his phone and replied.
[Fu Mo: I’ll come to you.]
Following the same route as yesterday, Fu Mo arrived outside the guild’s warehouse.
Before he could even approach, he spotted Tingyun hurrying toward him from a distance, her folding fan clutched in one hand.
“Welcome, Mr.
Fu Mo!”
Even though Tingyun was panting, the smile on her face never wavered.
“Right this way.”
Tingyun led Fu Mo into the warehouse they had visited yesterday and seated him in its reception room.
She then personally brewed him a cup of tea and placed it before him.
“Little Qingque didn’t come with you?”
Fu Mo took a sip of tea, set the cup down, and shook his head.
“I didn’t ask her to come.
It’s only a business transaction, so I can handle it alone.”
Tingyun gave a small hum, then walked around and sat across from Fu Mo.
The moment she sat down, she eagerly got to the point.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, regarding the Furnaces in your possession, I’m not yet certain whether the market will accept them.
For now, I can only purchase a small batch to test the market.
Would that be acceptable?”
Fu Mo nodded.
That was perfectly reasonable.
If he were in Tingyun’s position, he wouldn’t purchase too much of a brand-new product he had never encountered before either.
Seeing Fu Mo agree, Tingyun quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Truthfully, before they began talking, she had been worried that Fu Mo might refuse.
She hadn’t expected him to be so reasonable!
“As for the price…
I’m offering 150,000 Credit Points per Furnace.
Once we receive feedback from the market, we can renegotiate the price.
How does that sound?”
“No problem.”
Fu Mo agreed just as readily as before.
The smile on Tingyun’s face grew even brighter, and she immediately reached for the contract.
This time, however, Fu Mo suddenly raised a hand to stop her and took a Bundle out of his Inventory.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, what is that?”
Tingyun looked in confusion at the small cloth pouch that had appeared in Fu Mo’s hand.
It looked extremely ordinary, seemingly made from plain leather with the opening sewn shut using thread.
“This is another little invention of mine.
I intend to sell it alongside the Furnaces.”
With that, Fu Mo handed the Bundle to Tingyun.
She accepted it in confusion.
She had been thinking about how to phrase her response tactfully, but the moment the Bundle entered her hand, a small holographic window appeared above it.
The display showed that the Bundle contained 64 pieces of wool.
Although Tingyun didn’t quite understand what was happening, she had a strange feeling that she could retrieve the contents of the Bundle at any time.
Acting on the thought, she gave it a try.
The next second, a large block of wool suddenly appeared in her hand.
At the same time, the amount of wool inside the Bundle decreased by one.
“Th-This is a spatial storage device?!”
Tingyun stared at the Bundle in astonishment, then looked up at Fu Mo twice, her eyes full of disbelief.
Finally, she lowered her head and carefully turned the Bundle over and over, trying to uncover its secrets.
Unfortunately, no matter how closely she examined it, she couldn’t find any sign of advanced technology.
No matter how she looked at it, the Bundle was nothing more than ordinary leather stitched together with ordinary thread.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, how did you do this?
Is it some kind of technology I’ve never heard of, or the power of a Path?”
If she hadn’t experienced it herself, she never would have believed that such a tiny leather pouch could be a spatial storage device!
“That involves one of my secrets, Miss Tingyun.”
Fu Mo smiled and leisurely took another sip of tea before slowly introducing the Bundle to her.
“This is called a Bundle.
You’ve already experienced its effect for yourself, Miss Tingyun.
It can store anything, but it has a limit.
It can only hold 64 items.
Even if you put only 64 toothpicks inside, it won’t be able to store anything else.”
After listening to his explanation, Tingyun repeatedly examined the Bundle between her fingers.
“This can already be considered a Curio, can’t it?
Mr.
Fu Mo, are you truly going to sell this Curio instead of keeping it for yourself?”
Tingyun felt that something like this would be incredibly convenient in daily life.
It was especially small, meaning even a single suitcase could conservatively hold hundreds of them.
Coupled with their storage capabilities, one suitcase could probably empty an entire house.
How could Mr.
Fu Mo bear to sell such a convenient Curio?
Was he short on money? New chapters come out on g.com first.
Tingyun was about to say that if he needed money, she could increase her offer for the Furnaces, but Fu Mo spoke first.
“I have no use for keeping them.
I can mass-produce these.”
“Mass…
produce?”
Tingyun’s mouth unconsciously formed an O.
Mr.
Fu Mo could actually mass-produce such a convenient Curio?
Tingyun couldn’t help swallowing before tentatively asking, “Then how many are you planning to sell this time, Mr.
Fu Mo?”
“I didn’t make many, only 64.
How many do you need?”
The materials required for a Bundle were simple.
If he wanted to, making tens of thousands in a single afternoon wouldn’t be a problem.
Tingyun hurriedly waved her hands and interrupted him.
“That’s enough, that’s enough!
If too many Curios like this enter the market at once, their value will fall instead.”
Tingyun stroked her smooth chin, her eyes fixed on the Bundle in her hand.
After pondering for a long while, she finally made a tentative offer.
“Mr.
Fu Mo, I’ll pay one million Credit Points per Bundle.
What do you think?”
Fu Mo’s eyes lit up.
Although he had no idea how much purchasing power one million Credit Points held in this world, judging by the number alone, he could accept it as long as it wasn’t like Zimbabwean currency.
“Sure, but I have one more thing I want to sell with them—the wool inside these Bundles.”
Hearing that, Tingyun glanced at the wool she had taken out of the Bundle and tested its texture.
It felt quite good.
Under normal circumstances, she would have considered it a source of premium wool.
However, after seeing the Bundle and the Furnace, the wool seemed far too ordinary, leaving her somewhat uninterested.
Still, since Fu Mo was the seller, she naturally couldn’t disregard it.
“I’ll purchase it for ten percent above the market price.
How does that sound?”
“Deal.”
“Then shall we sign the contract?”
“Wait.
I have an awkward request.
Could we sign the contract more than three hundred meters up in the sky?”
Tingyun: ?
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T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
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Shilling time!