Commotion in Treasure Yellow Heaven
A few days after Fang Yuan’s latest cut, Xie Bao Shu, Rong Xin, and Wang Ming Yue lower their prices only a little, matching his rather than undercutting it, and Fang Yuan judges their deeply trusted reputation will draw buyers back at equal prices. The same day they match him, Fang Yuan cuts his price again, unworried that their trust advantage can outweigh a further discount. The Gu Immortals of treasure yellow heaven fix on this huge price war as news of the fresh cut spreads rapidly. Fang Yuan’s business booms while the other three sellers get none. Buyers who normally favor Xie Bao Shu or Rong Xin admit the newcomer’s boldness in cutting again is hard to ignore. Rong Xin laughs coldly that this person really wants to challenge them to a price war, Wang Ming Yue says she wants to see how strong the newcomer is, and Xie Bao Shu proposes they lower their prices too. ch. 1454
Rong Xin, Wang Ming Yue, and Xie Bao Shu decide to cut their own price to match Fang Yuan again, and the moment they do he immediately reacts by dropping his price once more, astonishing onlookers with his speed. Sellers normally space their price cuts apart to gauge the market, since cutting too far too fast collapses everyone’s profits together. Buyers hold back once all four prices match, and buy again only when Fang Yuan undercuts the other three. Rong Xin, holding the least stock of the four, feels a little pressure and sets others refining year Gu at full speed to rebuild his stock. He weighs a cut deep enough that his rivals dare not follow, but fears it would expose his shortage and push him out of the market early. He hesitates. Xie Bao Shu and Wang Ming Yue lower their price again without him, a third drop matching Fang Yuan’s level. ch. 1454
Fang Yuan then cuts his price by far more than before. Treasure yellow heaven falls into huge commotion. Xie Bao Shu, feeling Fang Yuan’s overpowering attitude, calls this cut a heavy blow next to the earlier light ones, but still lowers his own price to avoid being pushed out of the fight. Wang Ming Yue follows him to match again, and Rong Xin, holding to a last hope that the mysterious seller is as short of stock as he is, follows last of the three. Fang Yuan immediately cuts his price once more, larger again, and the three sellers are shocked at an escalation that would cost them great losses if they matched it. Xie Bao Shu, his casual front finally breaking, calls this opponent a tough one, and Wang Ming Yue, recognizing Fang Yuan is going all out, feels a chill she has not known in a long while. ch. 1454
