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Chapter 976: Chapter 69: The Golden Core’s Stunning Marketing Tactics

"Limited Edition, another blind box Golden Core."

Phoenix Yi immediately grasped some business psychology, "In fact, everyone has a collecting habit, and they’re just exploiting that."

In gamers’ words.

A lot of popular elementary school snacks on Earth, like crispy noodles, come with a card, and then they start selling like hotcakes.

Students keep the cards for collection purposes, and some rich students even buy rare cards at high prices for completion...

This is the psychology at work now.

After I finish eating it, I’m still holding onto a useful Golden Core. It can forge weapons, be collected, be speculated upon... just like a limited-edition collectible, it appreciates in value.

Everyone senses they’re getting a bargain, so naturally, they’ll come.

But what shocked them wasn’t just this.

At this moment.

In the shop, the shopkeeper, Immortal Jiucai Rong, boldly walked out of the store, shouting, "Everyone, calm down!"

"To thank you for your enthusiasm, today we are launching a new series!"

"This series is called Seven Dragon Pearls!"

With that, he clapped his hands, and Chongshan Fang, the staff behind him, came out pushing a glass box filled with Golden Cores, each marked with a number.

Dong dong dong!

Hundreds of Golden Cores rolled madly within the glass box.

"Each day, we randomly select seven Golden Cores, each with a distinct number. Those holding tickets with the matching numbers can come to claim their prizes!"

"Our Seven Dragon Pearls event will be entirely transparent for everyone to supervise; there will be no behind-the-scenes tricks!"

With that, Chongshan Fang began spinning the transparent drum, with countless radiant Golden Cores swirling inside until the first Golden Core fell out.

On it, the number [31] was elegantly inscribed.

Soon.

The second,

The third...

The numbers of the Seven Dragon Pearls quickly revealed the seven winning numbers for today.

The crowd below buzzed with noise.

"Another event, now I have to buy it."

"I feel like they might lose money, the production cost for these type of Immortal Pills must be high."

"I wonder which force Xi Rong comes from to offer such benefits."

"Yes, this Seven Dragon Pearls thing is intriguing."

"Has anyone noticed Chongshan Fang? She used to be just a Loose Cultivator selling breakfast in the marketplace and now she’s taken off. I heard the shopkeeper handled the Golden Cores, while Chongshan Fang was responsible for selling a type of culinary ingredient, forming a small sales community."

...

People aren’t fools.

In a shop, two people separately dealing with Golden Cores and culinary materials are earning a fortune; there must be a connection behind this.

In everyone’s eyes, Chongshan Fang seemed to have hit the jackpot.

Surely linked to the Xi Rong force selling the Golden Cores!

Of course, most people didn’t think that much and focused on the event.

Some even rummaged through the Golden Cores they purchased in the past few days, shouting, "I have a [19], anyone else have others? Let’s claim the prize together."

"I have a [04], anyone with others?"

A group of people clamored, ready to gather the cards for redemption.

This scene left Xin Xichen, who was secretly observing, momentarily silent.

Is this really selling elixirs?

This looks like I’ve come across a lottery shop.

These Golden Cores...

Are they really for consumption?

But what left him even more stunned was the revolutionary business maneuver, fit to be written in the Golden Core sales textbook.

"Hahaha, everyone, don’t rush; this is the first grand gift to reward our Golden Core-buying families!"

Immortal Jiucai Rong said:

"Dear families, don’t worry, if you’re looking to gather all seven Golden Core numbers for redemption, we will provide you with a venue!"

"Everyone, please look at the adjacent store."

The crowd then turned to a newly opened store next door, "Inside, we provide an official venue for Golden Core trading!"

"Golden Cores traded elsewhere won’t be recognized, nor will prizes be given!"

"Furthermore, our store offers more than just a venue for Golden Core exchanges."

"For example, Golden Core Ping Pong, an entertainment and competitive activity! Our Golden Cores are quite bouncy!"

"You can engage in ping pong competitions, using your skills to win the opponent’s Golden Cores!"

With that, the sociable Jiucai Rong, along with the slightly embarrassed Chongshan Fang, set up a ping pong table and demonstrated the game.

"This ping pong game tests personal skill! Win your Golden Cores!"

He said, folding up the table, "Our new store’s first floor is the Ping Pong Hall."

"And the second floor is the Pool Hall, another competitive game testing your micro-control and mental calculation. If you consider yourself a genius, give it a try!"

"But in this competitive activity, the number of Golden Cores won or lost is relatively large."

Saying this, he took out a pool table, placed the Golden Cores, grabbed a cue, and along with Chongshan Fang, began an exhilarating exhibition match—Golden Core Pool.

"And the third floor is our Pachinko Hall, entirely filled with Pachinko games! You could also call it pachinko."

He pulled out a pachinko machine, which jingled merrily inside, emitting colorful lights, with Golden Cores spinning around.

"We have provided numerous pachinko machines, allowing you to make a fortune, earning Golden Cores!"

"Every Golden Core provided by the pinball machines has real medicinal effects; once you earn the pinballs, you can take them home and consume them directly!"

He was introducing various styles of pinball machines, giving special attention to the last one, the centerpiece of the shop: Swamp.

This is a super-large pinball machine named [Swamp], as big as half a room.

As guests play over and over, there’s a prize pool inside that gradually accumulates a large number of small steel balls—Golden Cores—shining brightly in the pool.

Anyone can imagine how profitable it would be if they were to win the accumulated prize pool all at once!

This super pinball machine has an inscription on both sides.

[A Golden Core for pinball]

[My destiny is mine, not Heaven’s]

It evokes a sense of ambition and inspiration, grasping a Golden Core, making destiny one’s own.

"Indeed, this has Xi Rong’s style." Xin Xichen’s gaze suddenly turned heavy:

"This pinball machine named Swamp, if continuously accumulated, can have thousands of Golden Cores appear in the prize pool."

"The enormous Golden Core prize pool provides a visually stunning effect for humans."

"If someone could clear out the prize pool all at once, such a quantity of Pill Medicine would be enough for a person to reach the level of Celestial Immortal, changing their fate!"

"But, this gigantic Swamp pinball machine also resembles a voracious invisible beast, inevitably leading countless people to bankruptcy."

In an instant, he felt the terror of this large pinball machine.

First Layer, the Ping-pong Hall.

Second Layer, the Billiards Hall.

Third Layer, the Pinball Hall.

This is clearly a casino with Golden Cores as chips.

But in the marketplace, facilities like this can be opened, although the share to be collected is relatively high!

Before his eyes.

Linked together, forming a giant predatory industry chain...

As long as you come here for a bargain to buy Golden Cores, you’re bound to go next door to try playing a game of ping-pong or billiards.

Initially, there’s nothing much to it.

Inviting a few friends to play is also a form of entertainment.

Winning a few Golden Cores, losing a few Golden Cores, there’s nothing wrong with that.

But once you’ve visited the first and second layers, you’re bound to visit the third layer, and that’s where trouble is likely to start.

Those colorfully captivating machines easily excite people’s impulses.

Not to mention.

Just in front, the daily drawing of the Seven Dragon Pearls numbers, spinning the draw, probably attracts a lot of people to check the winning numbers daily and come to buy Golden Core numbered balls.

Can be used for both consuming and serving as a resource?

Who wouldn’t?

"They must sell like crazy! Truly worthy of Xi Rong." Xin Xichen revealed an admiring gaze, these business tactics are outstanding pieces of commercial art, truly something to be written into business textbooks.

And Jiucai Rong?

Xin Xichen revealed a contemplative look, "Let’s go, let’s buy Golden Cores and see what the situation is."

"Can the Golden Cores be replicated?" Phoenix Yi asked.

Xin Xichen sighed softly, "They can be replicated; their Golden Core system is Celestial Destiny Night Emperor’s system, similar to ours, both originating from the same source, so replication difficulty is not high."

"But I don’t intend to counterfeit Golden Cores for redemption, getting lucky once or twice and the game cannot continue, Xi Rong will undoubtedly be cautious."

"On the contrary, replicating those gourmet materials is the normal business route."

Next, the group queued to purchase Golden Cores.

Fortunately, today’s event had enough stock, and by the afternoon, they had managed to buy a batch of Golden Cores.

Though what disgusted them was: there was a purchase limit, with each person allowed to buy a maximum of three.

Xin Xichen wasn’t foolish, having learned about their system from Night Emperor, these Golden Cores... the production difficulty is much simpler than Alchemy!

It’s akin to mass-producible metal furniture like stainless-steel basins... low cost, high output; as for life energy, it comes from the Celestial Destiny World’s Taoist Temple.

Then, holding mixed emotions, Xin Xichen went next door to the Golden Core Hall to play a round in the Ping-pong Hall.

Xin Xichen passionately battled against Nine-headed Dragon Emperor, soon facing a swift defeat.

Then Cursed began to play ball with Nine-headed Dragon Emperor, and again lost, with Nine-headed Dragon Emperor sweeping everyone.

Unhappy, the group went to the second floor and started playing billiards.

Billiards is a Magical Artifact.

Secretly filled with intrigue, with whirlwinds and gravity fields to increase table difficulty.

If unskilled, the ball you hit may directly fly out of the table in an S shape.

However, in the round-robin competition, it was Xin Xichen who turned out to be the strongest this time, overpowering Nine-headed Dragon Emperor and others.

Xin Xichen showed a look of awe, fully convinced, "In the business realm, Xi Rong indeed is professional, they even have deeper meaning."

"What deeper meaning?" Cursed smiled.

Xin Xichen explained his viewpoint.

The Ping-pong Hall is the arena for [Body].

A single ball, using a paddle to clash, tests the reaction and physical quality of both parties.

Whose strength is greater, whose reaction is faster.

Billiards is the arena for [Soul].

Tests the computational power of the soul, deduction capability, belonging to the contest of computational power between both parties.

Pinball Machine is the arena for [Destiny].

If you are lucky enough, you can alter your winning percentage to a certain extent.

Xin Xichen couldn’t help but sigh, "Three-layered halls, corresponding to the three sources within a person: body, soul, destiny... They Xi Rong, still have a perfect obsession!"