Chapter 1736: Chapter 1738: A Different World Now (Second Update)
Feng Jun had someone take Huang Fu Wuxia aside to rest, and then brought in the Golden Core from the Black Yan Plane.
Jiao Peng didn’t have any major problems, just some external injuries, mainly anorexia.
If a Golden Core Demon Beast suffers from anorexia, it’s not a big deal; it can absorb spiritual energy and the essence of the sun and moon. In the short term, there’s no problem, but in the long term... without blood food, it would be an issue. However, the current problem is that it’s also injured.
Before Feng Jun started the deduction, the Big Boss’s thoughts emerged, "No need to look, the main reason is this Jiao Peng has come of age, and the Black Yan Plane is a bit small for it to soar. Coming to Kunhao, it’s even smaller, and it’s feeling low."
Ever since merging with the soul split, the Big Boss has become quite bold and even dares to show up in front of Xia Nichang, and Xia Taishang really showed no reaction.
However, Feng Jun doesn’t have such abilities; his soul, despite being extraordinary, is still too far in realm, so he frowned and muttered softly, "Will it recover automatically if it returns to Black Yan?"
"That’s hard to say, who knows the heart of a beast?" the Big Boss responded, "However, it’s certain that if you take it to Tianqin, it can essentially heal without medicine."
The Initial Golden Core Stage opposite him heard his muttering, furrowed his brows, "I just came all the way from Black Yan!"
He was feeling a bit uneasy; he had finally heard about a deduction expert in Kunhao and came specifically, but this person actually wants me to go back... What kind of phony deduction expert is this?
Yet Feng Jun spoke without showing any emotion, "If you can take it to Tianqin, there’s a high likelihood it will heal without medicine."
Ha, Tianqin? The Initial Golden Core Stage laughed coldly in his heart. If it were convenient to go to Tianqin, wouldn’t I find a stronger deduction expert?
Still, thinking this in his heart, he showed no expression on his face, "I came here hoping for a deduction to provide a treatment recipe in case similar issues arise in the future."
Feng Jun had already deduced the recipe, wanting nothing more than to save the other party some cost, and it was also meant to address the root of the problem. Since the other party wasn’t appreciative, he simply picked up paper and pen, swiftly wrote some things, then spoke seriously, "Five thousand Spirit Stones."
The practice of quoting a price before giving the recipe was his usual practice; if the other party didn’t accept the quote, he wouldn’t give the recipe—there was nothing wrong with this, after all, he’d already deduced it. If the other party found it expensive and didn’t pay, he would have deduced it for nothing.
Even the Initial Golden Core Stage knew the customs of White Pebble Beach, but he felt that Feng Jun was just brushing him off, consequently developing a hatred even for this custom. Silently fuming in his heart, he took out five thousand Spirit Stones and pushed them to Feng Jun, spitting out two cold words, "Thank you!"
"You’re welcome," Feng Jun replied casually, handing over the paper and collecting the Spirit Stones, "Just a fair trade."
The Golden Core took the paper and glanced at it, being cautious enough to find nothing unclear, then got up and left without looking back.
Qu Jianlei spoke in a deep voice, "That person seems to have resentment... should we?"
A flash of fierceness appeared in his eyes, and he made a gesture of slicing his neck—what’s the deal with the Black Yan Plane? If it threatens Feng Jun, it deserves death.
A while ago, that Nascent Soul who kidnapped Feng Jun... he would have considered ambushing even a True Immortal if he hadn’t been unable to find concrete leads.
Feng Jun wasn’t concerned about this, hearing this he glanced at Qu Jianlei, smiled, and shook his head, "Let him be."
He was pondering how to settle accounts with Huang Fu Wuxia.
But after thinking it over, he felt that the matter with Fossilized Insect Corpses really wasn’t a big deal.
These fossil energy sources originally came from this plane, and the reserves weren’t small. Isn’t it normal for the locals to use some? Can’t let the fishermen have no fish to eat, plus it helps reduce Earth’s carbon emissions.
As long as the crude oil from the Earth Realm isn’t brought here, there’s no suspicion of betrayal.
All said and done, Fossilized Insect Corpses are just mortal goods, capable of being traded for nothing more than silver and gold, but Feng Jun now has nearly ten thousand tons of gold at his disposal. He used to think gold was quite heavy, but even now he’s starting to feel... it’s taking up storage space.
Even large-scale crude oil purchases might use temporary settlements, but how many Spirit Stones would that be worth? It’s truly unnecessary to fuss over it.
Importantly, it’s the diesel generators that can’t continue being produced by the Thunder Origin Manufacturing, as these products are unlike the Boiler Camel Motorcycles, which can secure massive orders from the Earth Realm, strongly supporting Huaxia’s manufacturing industry.
Indeed, his current focus isn’t on how much money he can make; he’s already the richest person globally, earning more would just be more of the same, but he still has the sentiment of "when poor, attend to one’s own virtue; when successful, aid the world."
In any case, the Thunder Origin’s rights for this matter can be waived, but it must be declared that this is not to be repeated.
In his mind, he was planning this out when Huang Fu Wuxia had already walked over, gracefully sitting down in front of him, "Mountain Master Feng, we’ve found a Fossilized Insect Corpses mine as well, with quality not much different from yours, but we still wish to prioritize buying from you."
Feng Jun laughed at this, "Goodness, after imitating generators you now want to take action in energy, intending to compete with me comprehensively?"
His statement was a joke, without even mentioning other things. Just from the supply of communications equipment, he could launch a fatal attack on the Huang Fu family’s business—even without cutting supply, cultivating another force capable of installing and debugging communications equipment would be enough to devastate the Huang Fu family.
But Huang Fu Flawless instantly tensed up, "That’s not the case, we plan to invite you to take a stake in the mine for joint development... After all, we are not very familiar with these things and still need to rely on you."
"Inviting me to take a stake?" Feng Jun was a bit surprised, am I now eligible for a hero’s stake?
Absolutely must not get arrogant! He secretly warned himself, then smiled and asked, "Oh, so how much of a stake do I get and what do I need to contribute?"
"We’ve already bought that land, thirty thousand miles in circumference," Huang Fu Flawless replied, "so we have to hold the majority shares, forty-sixty, you four and us six. The price you can decide; just make a minor contribution as it will mainly be technical consultation shares."
Hmm? You do have a bit of a development mindset, technical consultation shares? Feng Jun showed some interest, "Then why not develop the resources on your side first? Are you planning to exhaust mine first?"
It’s not wrong for him to think so; indeed, in the Earth Realm, this kind of practice exists. Even if you have resources yourself, you first use someone else’s. When someone else’s is almost depleted, then it’s not too late to use your own.
"Am I that kind of person?" Huang Fu Flawless gave him a sidelong glance, "Who doesn’t know that it’s cheaper to mine your own?"
"Besides, you have another mine besides this one; how many years would it take to deplete them? And honestly... I prefer boiler camel motorcycles, the fuel doesn’t cost anything. If it weren’t for some people complaining about the noise it makes, would I be in a rush to buy a generator?"
She had a point. Talking about resource reserves and such is never absolute. Development is about the present, this is called winning at the starting line. Isn’t the cost of Mai Nation’s shale oil higher than in the Persian Gulf? But subsidies are still given for extraction!
Huaxia sells its rare earth at rock-bottom prices, which is why Mai Nation sealed its own mine—the extraction cost is too high. When Huaxia raises the price, they start considering unsealing.
However, unsealing requires a series of operations such as mining, ore selection, and refining equipment, and restarting the necessary facilities, even the electricity might need to be reconnected.
The renewal of a mining area from abandonment to rebirth is not a matter of a day or two, and the money invested is not insignificant.
So later, Huaxia’s plan was... we raise the price first, when you want to unseal, we lower the price. You stop unsealing, we raise it again, back and forth a few times, even if later we do not lower the price again... you have to reconsider whether you want to invest money in unsealing it?
It’s just the kind of tricks played by those rogues. Such a nice little white rabbit, forced into becoming a scheming rabbit.
That’s really tangential, bottom line, Feng Jun’s extraction has already formed a scale, the Huang Fu family thinks that extraction not only offends Feng Jun but also serves little purpose, so why bother extracting it?
To be honest, without the generators that Feng Jun sold to them, the Huang Fu family couldn’t handle the production capacity of crude oil, and for that tiny bit of capacity, isn’t it foolish to offend such a person as Feng Jun?
The decision of the Huang Fu family was very pragmatic—if there’s a mine and others haven’t found it? Buy it!
Extract or not after buying? First, discuss with Mountain Master Feng, this thing definitely can’t be swallowed alone, must discuss with Feng Jun.
Living in this field without Feng Jun’s approval, how is it possible?
As for what Feng Jun thinks, that they want to exhaust his mine first, then use their own and even consider raising the price... To be honest, the Huang Fu family never thought of operating this way.
Even if he clarified it now, Huang Fu Flawless thought it was a joke—for her, there are high-end spirit stone generators, low-end boiler camel motorcycles, and the market for boiler camel motorcycles is huge... their fuel doesn’t cost anything.
In a non-industrial society, production efficiency is low, many people have nothing to do most of the time, and this is a place with vast land and sparse population, what’s the big deal about chopping some wood?
As for diesel generators? They’re stuck in the middle, it’s really hard to see any development prospects, is it worth so much effort?
After Feng Jun understood her meaning, he also shook his head with a smile and said, "Fossilized insect corpses are the foundation of modern industry."
Huang Fu Flawless blinked her eyes and curiously asked, "Modern industry, what is that?"
To be honest, she said this just as a casual inquiry because her primary purpose for coming here was to gain Feng Jun’s forgiveness—publicly counterfeiting someone else’s product in the Kunhao Plane is a huge provocation to the host family.
In many cases, this signifies a life-or-death war.
This matter should originally be solved by Tiantong, but Tiantong didn’t dare to risk offending Feng Jun, the Huang Fu family felt that we have a decent relationship and reluctantly took on the task—if they didn’t take it, others would suspect their relationship with White Pebble Beach.
But after taking it, there must be subsequent explanations, otherwise, it would be too disrespectful to Feng Jun.
Huang Fu Flawless came with such a mindset, even prepared to offer herself in order to seek forgiveness from the other party.
But now she really is curious: What is modern industry?
