Chapter 3630
Chapter 3630: Hong Chamber of Commerce
Translator: 549690339
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Of course, there were still a few items that caught Lin Yi’s eye after walking through the entire outer and Middle Street. However, the prices of these items weren’t low, and they often cost tens or even hundreds of spiritual jades. To Lin Yi, these items were of some use, but they weren’t particularly important. They were in the range of whether he wanted to buy them or not. If Lin Yi had thousands of spiritual jades on hand, he might buy them, but for now, he’d better wait and see.
Lin Yi was about to head back after walking through the outer and middle streets, but he stopped in his tracks.
It was the entrance to the inner street, a place where only the top-ranked disciples of the three pavilions were allowed to enter. The last time he came, it was quiet and mysterious, but today it was bustling with people. What surprised Lin Yi was that many of them were only foundation level practitioners, and the guards didn’t stop them like last time!
What was going on? Lin Yi was stunned for a moment before he finally found a special sign above the entrance of the inner street. It said,”inner street open Day!” There was also a line of small words at the bottom,”experts above the early stage of the foundation building realm can enter.”
After all, he’d been exposed to all sorts of business tactics back in the common world, and it didn’t take long for him to figure it out.
As the most mysterious and high-end street in the market, the reason for the limited entry threshold was mainly to highlight the distinguished status and attract the most elite inner disciples of the three pavilions. After all, these people had a large number of spirit Jade in their hands and were the main group of high-end consumers. After the entry threshold of the inner street was set, other people could not enter but they could. This in itself was a symbol of distinguished status and satisfied the sense of superiority of these people. Naturally, they were more willing to spend money in the inner streets.
In fact, the items that could be placed in the inner street were needless to say, much more high-end than those in the outer and middle streets. The prices were naturally much more expensive. It was impossible for people who had not reached the corresponding level to buy them. Therefore, instead of wasting time with the low-level cultivators in the outer and middle streets, it was better to concentrate on the inner street to make a threshold effect and serve the most elite inner disciples of the three pavilions.
Therefore, from a business point of view, the inner street was equivalent to a Super VIP in the market, and its existence was very reasonable and effective. However, all business methods had their own drawbacks, and the existence of the inner street was naturally no exception.
At the same time that the threshold effect was created to attract the elite disciples of the three pavilions, the disadvantage of the inner street was also extremely prominent. It naturally had very few customers. There were only so many elite disciples in the three great pavilions. This meant that the market in the inner street was naturally limited. This was obviously not a good thing for a business organization that was striving to develop.
After all, although 99% of the low-level cultivators in the outer and middle streets could not afford the things in the inner streets, there were always some exceptional potential customers, such as those second generation cultivators who were not strong but had a large number of spiritual jades in their hands like the elite disciples of the three pavilions. Thus, the inner Street’s open Day came into being.
The market’s most mysterious inner street was open to ordinary cultivators who didn’t meet the requirements on one day every month. This way, it could attract more potential customers, and at the same time, it wouldn’t arouse the disgust of the elite disciples of the three pavilions. In fact, the inner Street’s open Day every month would make more low-level cultivators realize the privileges they had, and they would be even more envious of them. Therefore, the existence of the inner Street’s open Day did not make the elite disciples of the three pavilions feel that their value was lowered. On the contrary, it satisfied their sense of superiority even more, killing two birds with one stone.
This was a rare opportunity to see the inner streets, and Lin Yi wouldn’t let it go just like that. He didn’t have much to do anyway, and maybe he’d find some treasure he liked there. He could even buy the heart-devouring exquisite grass, the last ingredient he needed for the Golden pill, right there. It wasn’t impossible.
He released the aura of an early Foundation Stage practitioner, and the inner street Guard let him through after one look.
Lin Yi followed the crowd into the inner street and looked around. He realized that the inner street was very different from the outer and middle streets. The layout of the streets and the structures of the shops were very obvious.
In simple terms, the shops on the outer Street were not fixed. They were just street stalls. Although the middle Street was better, its nature was not much different from the farmers ‘market in the secular world. However, the inner street was very particular. There were nearly 20 shops at a glance, each with their own loft shops. The layout was elegant and Grand. One could tell at a glance that it was a high-end place.
Normally, the flow of customers in the inner street wasn’t that great. Every shop would be lucky if three or four people entered at the same time. However, today was the opening day of the inner street. At this rate, even 30 or 40 people wouldn’t be able to stop them!
Fortunately, the storefronts of these shops were large enough, so even if there were so many people coming in, it would not appear too crowded. Moreover, there were trained disciples in charge of receiving them, so although the scene looked hot, it was still considered orderly, and there was no chaos.
Lin Yi followed the flow of people and looked at each shop with interest. As expected, the prices of the items on the inner street were far higher than those on the outer and middle streets!
Items that cost a few dozen spirit Jade outside were already considered expensive, and items that cost over a hundred were even rarer. But in the inner streets, any item was worth a few dozen spirit Jade. Lin Yi followed the crowd and looked around, and he didn’t see anything below fifty spirit Jade. On the contrary, items that cost over a hundred or even a few hundred spirit Jade were everywhere.
As expected, he only realized how poor he was after entering the inner street! Lin Yi didn’t think that he had a lot of spirit Jade, but it wasn’t a small amount either. After looking around, he felt the same as last time when he had a small piece of spirit Jade on the outer and middle streets. He was short of money.
Lin Yi was planning on buying something, but he decided to just walk around and see what was going on. After all, even if he were to throw all of the fifty or so pieces of spiritual Jade he had at this place, he wouldn’t be able to buy anything decent.
“Eh? Hong Chamber of Commerce?” Lin Yi looked at a shop not far away and paused. Compared to the other shops on the inner street, this Hong Chamber of Commerce was obviously better in terms of both the layout and the popularity. It was also located in the middle of the open space, with a prominent signboard and a presence of being the leader of the inner street.