Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 48: Lingshouzhai, Uncle-Nephew Conflict
Hongyafang Market.

Early in the morning of that day, the crisp sound of firecrackers suddenly rang out from the southeast of the market town.

After hearing that sound, all the experienced monks in the market knew that a new store had opened.

Generally speaking, only when a new store opens in the market is it allowed to make such a commotion.

Otherwise, shops or individuals who cause such a big commotion in the market would have to pay a large fine or even go to jail.

When a new store opens, it stands to reason that in order to attract popularity, the prices of goods will be slightly cheaper in the first few days or month.

So, whether they wanted to watch the fun or to get a bargain, many idle monks in the market rushed to the newly opened shop.

Spirit beast vegetarian!
This is the name of the new store that opened today.

As the name suggests, the business of this store must be related to monsters.

At this time, outside the store, the newly appointed shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng was smiling and bowing to everyone, saying words of welcome.

"Welcome all Taoist friends to our store. I am Zhou Jiasheng, and I have been trusted by my family to serve as the store manager. Today we are opening a new store, and all goods are on sale at a 10% discount. Don't miss it, fellow Taoists!"

Zhou Jiasheng is sixty-two years old this year. He has gradually started to have white hair and fine wrinkles on his forehead. He no longer looks young.

He had a mustache and a constant smile on his face, looking like a shopkeeper.

The reason why Zhou Daoyi chose him to be the shopkeeper was because he did have relevant experience before and had a high level of identification skills for various common spiritual objects, so he would not easily make mistakes and receive fakes.

The reason for choosing Zhou Chun as a clerk was, firstly, because Zhou Chun had made great contributions recently and he deserved a reward.

Secondly, he knew that Zhou Chun liked reading and studying, and his theoretical knowledge had surpassed that of his peers. If he could learn from Zhou Jiasheng in the shop for a few years and turn theoretical knowledge into real learning, it would be of great use in the future.

At this time, many cultivators who came to watch the fun were tempted when they heard Zhou Jiasheng say that all goods would be discounted by 10% today.

Someone immediately walked into the store and asked loudly, "Shopkeeper Zhou, what treasures do you have in your store? Judging from the name of the store, do you sell spiritual pets and mounts?"

"Fellow Daoist, you are right. We do have spirit beast eggs for sale in our Spirit Beast House. We also release some tamed monster cubs for pre-order and sale every once in a while."

Zhou Jiasheng confirmed this while nodding with a smile.

Then he changed the subject and continued, "But our main selling items are elixirs that can improve the cultivation of spirit beasts, secret animal repellents, secret insect repellents, secret spirit beast rations, etc. We can also customize breakthrough methods for spirit pets that are stuck at bottlenecks, and we won't charge you if you don't succeed!"

After that, he raised his hand and continued, "Of course, our store will also purchase various monster eggs, monster cubs, various spiritual medicines and minerals at a fair price, and even purchase news about certain monsters!"

After hearing what he said, many monks present immediately realized that it would be difficult to take advantage of this opportunity today.

Not everyone can afford to keep a spiritual pet. Even among the cultivators from immortal cultivation families, only two out of ten can afford to keep a spiritual pet.

Since the Zhou family’s “Spirit Beast House” mainly sells spiritual pet supplies, what’s the point of them buying it?

But since they were already here, and thinking about the secret animal and insect repellents and other things for sale that could be used when going out, these monks walked into the store with the intention of broadening their horizons.

Inside the store, Zhou Chun, who was wearing a blue-gray gown, was greeting each monk who came into the store with a smile, and was also answering questions for some monks who had questions.

But in fact, at his suggestion, notes were posted next to the counters in various places in the store, clearly indicating the approximate effects and prices of the relevant goods.

Originally, the custom of opening a shop in this world is to serve dishes according to the menu, that is, the prices of all goods are only kept in mind by the shopkeeper and the waiter themselves. When a customer asks about it, they will sell it at a higher price instead of a lower price, and give the customer room for bargaining.

But Zhou Chun knew very well that doing so had its pros and cons, and that it would not be of much benefit to a newly opened store like "Lingshouzhai" that needed to establish its reputation and fame.

Therefore, before he actually opened the business, he successfully persuaded the clan leader Zhou Daoyi to choose to mark prices for all goods, sell the goods at the marked prices, and not allow bargaining.

This is actually like opening a supermarket in the world of immortal cultivation.

Zhou Chun didn't know whether there were other stores in the world that had done this.

But at least he had never seen Hongyafang Market.

In this way, even if the practice of "Spirit Beast Zhai" is not easy for the monks to accept at first, at least it will leave a deep impression on the monks who have been here and make them remember this shop.

This was the most practical reason Zhou Chun used to convince Zhou Daoyi at the time.

The supermarket model also has another advantage, which is that it reduces the number of customer inquiries and allows Zhou Chun, a clerk, to say less meaningless repetitive words.

After all, if the price is not clearly stated, many monks will try to ask for the price and bargain first, regardless of whether they can afford it or not.

At this time, many monks who entered the shop were indeed amazed by the peculiar selling method of "Ling Shou Zhai", and people kept expressing their opinions.

Some people think that not being able to bargain is too outrageous, while others think that as long as the price is really fair, it can save them a lot of trouble.

In short, there are many people looking but few buying.

After all, no one has spiritual coins that come from the wind. Unless they are something that can be used right away, most cultivators will not give them away easily.

On the contrary, what interested these monks the most was the purchase of monster eggs and monster information by the "Spirit Beast House". Many people were asking about the purchase price, and some were asking if they knew information about a certain monster and whether they could sell it to the "Spirit Beast House".

They even just want to earn spirit coins from "Spirit Beast House"!

Fortunately, Zhou Chun was prepared for this.

When asked by monks about monster eggs and monster cubs, he would give a rough reference price of a low-level or mid-level monster, and said that the specific price would depend on its quality.

For those who asked about the news of purchasing monsters, Zhou Chun directly pointed to a piece of white cardboard in the store, on which was written some information about monsters purchased by the Zhou family cultivators.

The first piece of news was the one released by Zhou Jiapeng about the acquisition of a female iron-feathered eagle.

That’s right, most of the information about the monsters acquired by the Zhou family was for the purpose of finding monsters for breeding.

The world of immortal cultivation is so vast, and the footprints of immortal cultivators are everywhere. It is of course many times more convenient to rely on the vast number of immortal cultivators to find out the whereabouts of certain monsters than to search for them alone.

And just by providing a piece of information, one can earn a considerable amount of spirit coins, which also made many monks who came to the store today have another deep impression of "Spirit Beast House".

After a busy day, the first day finally came to an end.

When it was late at night and most of the monks in the market had fallen asleep, Zhou Chun was still accompanying Zhou Jiasheng to count the store's operating income and expenditure for the day.

"Today, I sold three low-level monster fire sparrow eggs, one low-level monster swift eagle egg, three bottles of [Beast Spirit Pills], fifty-six packages of secret beast repellent medicine, thirty-two packages of secret insect repellent medicine, and seventy-eight packages of secret spirit beast rations... A total of 756 spirit coins were earned."

"In addition, today I purchased a hundred-year-old red candle fruit, a piece of lightning-struck spiritual wood, and two low-level monster red blood snake eggs... a total of four hundred and thirty-nine spiritual coins were spent."

Inside the store, Zhou Jiasheng and Zhou Chun both looked unhappy after taking stock of today's operating income and expenditure.

The first day of opening is when the customer flow is the highest, and it is normal for one day to have as much customer flow as a month.

The amount of spiritual coins earned was less than a thousand, which was really embarrassing.

There is nothing much to say about the expenditure, they are all reasonable expenses.

"My dear nephew Zhengchun, please tell me what you think of today's income."

Behind the counter, Zhou Jiasheng closed the account book and looked at Zhou Chun calmly.

Although there was no blame in his words, Zhou Chun knew that his insistence on clearly marking prices had indeed made this elder quite unhappy.

This is actually quite normal.

The longer a person works in a certain industry and the older he gets, the more likely he is to be limited in his thinking by his experience and become self-righteous.

In Zhou Jiasheng's eyes, no matter how much Zhou Chun contributed to the family or how smart he was, he was just a young man who was only over 25 years old and had no experience in running a store.

He would not have any objection to a younger generation following him and learning how to run a shop, and would even be happy to have more people to help.

However, as soon as this junior arrived, he intervened and changed the store's business model, causing him as the shopkeeper to lose his authority.

How could he not be angry.

If we say that Zhou Chun’s clear pricing makes today’s operating income look very good.

Even if Zhou Jiasheng felt uncomfortable, he would not have any opinion about it.

However, the first day's operating income failed to meet expectations and was even much lower than expected.

How could Zhou Jiasheng hold back his anger?

The calmer his expression was now, the more it showed that the anger in his heart was growing stronger and stronger, and he needed to suppress it forcefully and calm it down.

But since he asked, Zhou Chun still had to say what he had to say.

He immediately bowed to him and said solemnly, "Uncle Sixteen, please understand. I think that although today's income is a little lower than expected, it does not mean that we have failed!"

"I believe that you, Uncle Sixteen, have seen and heard today that even if the customers who came to our store did not buy or sell goods, they all had a heated discussion about our price-marking behavior. I believe that if you go out and walk around tomorrow, you will hear discussions about this matter."

"If word of mouth spreads like this, even cultivators who are not in the market today will hear about our Spirit Beast House's reputation when they arrive at the market, and will curiously come over to verify its authenticity."

"In this way, I believe that in the next month, our Lingshouzhai will be crowded with people, and we won't have to worry about the source of customers."

"As long as there are more customers, some of them will need the goods in our store, so it is normal for them to buy some goods along the way."

"So I think that just looking at one day's income doesn't mean much."

However, after he finished speaking these righteous words, what he saw was the sneer on Zhou Jiasheng's face that he could no longer conceal.

I am rushing to update the last chapter of Desert tomorrow if nothing unexpected happens!

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(End of this chapter)