Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 112 - 87: The Skyrocketing Popularity of Winged Slimes

Chapter 112: Chapter 87: The Skyrocketing Popularity of Winged Slimes
"Uh... well... in short, it’s not easy to answer." Li Cunxu mumbled.
Yang Meixin was not satisfied with this answer and snorted coldly.
"Are Winged Slimes really that popular?" Li Cunxu asked in confusion.
"Super popular, okay? Recently it’s become a trendy pet, scalpers are selling them for ten thousand each."
"What?!"
Li Cunxu was shocked; I sell them for twenty, including a ten yuan delivery fee. Scalpers sell them for ten thousand, which is five hundred times what I charge.
"So expensive, surely no one would buy them, right?"
"Yes, they do, and many of them," Yang Meixin said. "If people didn’t know that Winged Slimes were originally priced at twenty and didn’t want to be suckers, scalpers could sell them for even higher."
Buying a twenty-yuan Winged Slime for ten thousand, isn’t that being a sucker?
Li Cunxu couldn’t understand their logic.
"Why are Winged Slimes so popular?"
Yang Meixin counted on her fingers, listing the benefits of Winged Slimes.
"Winged Slimes are cute and have a pair of small white wings, like little angels.
They are very obedient; a few feeds with Spiritual Food will have them obediently understanding some simple commands.
They can fly like a bird, fulfilling the demand for Flying Pet Beasts.
They have no fur, so no need to worry about cleaning up shed fur.
They feel good to touch, their bodies are soft and squishy, and squeezing them is stress-relieving.
They don’t need to eat often; if you forget to feed them, you don’t have to worry about them starving.
They’re cool, and when it’s hot, their blow-skill can act as a fan."
Hearing this, Li Cunxu realized that Winged Slimes do have many advantages; they seem like perfect pets.
Yang Meixin said, "Didn’t you know your Winged Slimes sell really well? As soon as the slots come out at 00:01, they’re all snapped up before even half a minute has passed."
Li Cunxu shook his head; he found the sales notifications annoying and had turned them off long ago.
Also, he didn’t pay much attention, being busy with other matters, so he hadn’t been looking at the sales notifications.
"So, when exactly are you going to raise the price and increase the quantity limit? I want to buy them, and selling just fifty a day is really too few."
Previously, the number of Winged Slimes sold each day was a hundred, but after stopping the breeding potions, it was cut in half to only fifty.
"But didn’t I give you five for free? You still want to buy more?"
"Anyway, my courtyard is quite large, so buying a few more wouldn’t matter, and I want to give some to my good sisters as well."
"How much should I raise the price?"
"Raise it to ten thousand, it’s better for you to earn the money than the scalpers."
Selling a Winged Slime that costs almost nothing to produce for ten thousand did bother Li Cunxu’s conscience a bit.
Li Cunxu clutched his chest, "As I thought, my conscience is not suited for doing business as a profiteer."
After some thought, Li Cunxu decided to raise the Winged Slime price to two hundred and increase the daily sales quantity to two hundred.
Two hundred minus the ten-yuan delivery fee, then multiplied by two hundred equals earning thirty-eight thousand in a day.
As for the cost of breeding potions and sterilization potions, Garbage Slime clearing garbage daily earned him lots of environmental organization points, which he exchanged for Slime breeding potions, bringing the cost almost to zero.
The sterilization potion was the kind Li Cunxu bought for five hundred per bottle and, once diluted, it could be used to sterilize a thousand Winged Slimes.
After hearing Li Cunxu set the price, Yang Meixin thought the pricing was too low, as if he was underestimating someone.
"It’s too low. It’s one thing when you didn’t know, but now that you know scalpers sell them for ten thousand, you still sell them for two hundred? You’re terrible at doing business."
Li Cunxu said, "Because of the quantity limitation, it’s a little bit like hunger marketing. Winged Slimes are in short supply, which is why this high-price situation occurs. Once more Winged Slimes are on sale, the price will return to a normal range."
The price set at two hundred was firstly because Li Cunxu’s conscience couldn’t handle it, and secondly, he couldn’t stomach such a large profit.
This is a world where strength speaks, and no matter how much money you make, without strength to protect it, it’s all fleeting wealth.
Moreover, Li Cunxu had just looted resources from a Blood God Sect point, so he was currently quite wealthy; he didn’t lack money but needed time to develop quietly.
Li Cunxu asked, "Do you want to raise Winged Slimes?"
Yang Meixin said, "What do you mean?"
"I want to find someone to partner with to open a Winged Slime breeding facility."
"Why ask me? We’re not that familiar."
"After fighting with you twice, I felt from your pet battles that you are someone trustworthy."
Li Cunxu said seriously.
Hearing this, a faint blush crept over Yang Meixin’s cheeks, and she waved her hand.
"You’re exaggerating."
Actually, during battle, Li Cunxu sensed that Yang Meixin was a very pure person.
She couldn’t hit the high-flying Dark Crow, and after thinking for a while, she only then remembered she could attack the Beast Master directly. Can such a person not be pure?
Yang Meixin hesitated a bit and said, "I’d like to join you in setting up a Winged Slime breeding facility too, but I’m busy training my pet beasts and have no time to manage a breeding facility."
Li Cunxu said, "For the breeding facility, you can have your family assign someone to manage it on your behalf."
"Is that possible?"
"It’s possible. As a core family member, having someone manage a breeding facility isn’t something your family would refuse. Besides, just think, once you open a Winged Slime breeding facility, you can have as many Winged Slimes as you want in the future. You can have them form a flying bed for you, and by then, you can lie on it, and they’ll fly you around. Riding a flying bed is really enjoyable."
"Flying bed, come here."
Li Cunxu snapped his fingers, and a group of Winged Slimes flew over. Among them, a Winged Slime with a peer fusion talent activated its fusion, forming an oversized Winged Slime.
"Wow! Cool!"
Yang Meixin hugged the oversized Winged Slime, buried her head into it, and took a deep breath, like a cat lover in withdrawal.
Li Cunxu demonstrated the oversized Winged Slime’s utility, sitting cross-legged atop its head as it carried him in low-altitude flight.
Yang Meixin murmured, "I want to play too, I want to play too."
Li Cunxu gave her the seat, and after experiencing it for a while, Yang Meixin took a picture of herself with the oversized Winged Slime mid-air and posted it on social media.
[A day flying with the oversized Winged Slime, absolutely awesome!]
Before long, she received envious comments from her friends.
"So big, so cute, I want one too."
"Want it, want to ride it, envy envy envy!"
"Meixin, where did you buy such a big Winged Slime? I want to buy one too."
"I’ll pay five hundred thousand, no, five million for your oversized Winged Slime."
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After taking a ride, Yang Meixin immediately agreed to partner with Li Cunxu to open the Winged Slime breeding facility, afraid that if she hesitated any longer, Li Cunxu would change his mind.
The land, construction, and management of the breeding facility were to be handled by Yang Meixin, while Li Cunxu was only responsible for supplying the Winged Slimes.
The money from selling Winged Slimes would be split equally.
Why would Li Cunxu find someone to open a breeding facility and then give away half of the proceeds from selling Winged Slimes?
Because Li Cunxu wanted to use a big name to his advantage.
Initially, Li Cunxu thought selling at two hundred wouldn’t attract envy, but he realized he had underestimated things. He sold at a low price, but scalpers sold at a high price; this meant there were still those who envied the profits from Winged Slimes and might have bad intentions.
Although he had hidden the seller’s address, a determined person could still trace it through the shipping details.