Chapter 67: Expansion

The true core profit of Tianfu Shop.

Now basically comes from the output of Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi and the elixirs refined by Ye Qingxuan himself.

Although the number of Third-Order Spirit-Washing Pills refined by Ye Qingxuan is not large, it wins in high success rate and large profit.

Although the transaction flow brought by other channels looks large, the actual profit is not much, and it is time-consuming and laborious to deal with, which is also the reason why Ye Qingxuan was not willing to spend too much effort to expand Tianfu Shop before.

However, if Zhu Dafu is willing to take the initiative to do these things and help Tianfu Shop expand, Ye Qingxuan does not mind investing this spirit stone.

Hearing the conditions given by Ye Qingxuan, and seeing that Ye Qingxuan's intention was also very great, Zhu Dafu rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and bargained:

"I want 20% of the benefits brought by the channels I build, and I want to be the person in charge of Tianfu Shop on the surface."

Ye Qingxuan didn't care about 20% of the shares of the channels. Anyway, it was just channels, and he didn't need to pay much price. If Zhu Dafu occupied a little more, he would be more motivated to work.

As for Zhu Dafu's last requirement, it was exactly what he wanted. He could give Zhu Dafu fame and glory, because Ye Qingxuan didn't care about these, as long as the actual benefits belonged to him.

However, although he wanted to live in seclusion behind the scenes, it did not mean that he was willing to let Tianfu Shop completely out of his control.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan said in a deep voice:

"I can agree to your conditions, but you must agree to a few of my requirements."

"What requirements?"

Seeing Ye Qingxuan agree, Zhu Dafu suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked.

Not caring about Zhu Dafu's reaction, Ye Qingxuan directly put forward his own requirements:

"First point, your commission for the channels cannot be lower than the market price."

Before, in order to supplement low-order products, Tianfu Shop only charged a 25% commission to those alchemists, talisman-makers, artifact refiners, and formation masters who cooperated with Tianfu Shop.

But in the marketplace, because the Profound Yi Tianzong will charge 20% of the shop's transaction volume, the normal commission for shop cooperation is 30%.

Before, Tianfu Shop did not expand, so it did not affect the marketplace, and it was irrelevant to sign a few people with a 25% commission.

But, if Tianfu Shop expands in the future, and still digs the corners of other shops with low-price commissions, this is undoubtedly being an enemy of all shops in the marketplace, which is not what Ye Qingxuan wants.

That is why Ye Qingxuan set this rule just in case.

"This is no problem, I agree!"

Regarding this requirement of Ye Qingxuan, Zhu Dafu agreed decisively.

Zhu Dafu is not stupid either. He knows the consequences of breaking the hidden rules and offending everyone, so he is also very supportive of this point.

Seeing Zhu Dafu agree to this point, Ye Qingxuan nodded and continued:

"Secondly, you must make a Dao oath to abide by the following three points:

First point, as long as you work in Tianfu Shop for one day, you must obey my orders for matters related to Tianfu Shop; second point, you cannot reveal my existence and any information; third point, you cannot deliberately do things that damage my interests."

The first point can be said to be a great constraint on Zhu Dafu.

But Zhu Dafu gritted his teeth, his eyes looking like a gambler, and finally nodded fiercely:

"I, agree."

After reaching an agreement with Zhu Dafu.

Ye Qingxuan let the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, withdraw and handed over Tianfu Shop to Zhu Dafu for management.

From then on, the person in charge of Tianfu Shop on the surface became Zhu Dafu. With the lessons of previous failures, after Zhu Dafu took over Tianfu Shop, he did not act rashly.

He first recruited two shop assistants in the Profound Yi Tianzong, and after looking after Tianfu Shop, he began to walk around the Profound Yi Tianzong to visit major low-order alchemists, talisman-makers, artifact refiners, and formation masters.

Although most alchemists, talisman-makers, artifact refiners, and formation masters had already reached agreements with other shops, there were always fish that slipped through the net.

After some running around and busyness, Zhu Dafu did dig up quite a few alchemists, talisman-makers, artifact refiners, and formation masters below the Fourth Order.

Subsequently, he went to various Blessed Lands to visit those people in the former Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance.

Under Zhu Dafu's earnest persuasion, most people finally agreed to put the output of their Blessed Lands for sale in Tianfu Shop.

This included quite a few Dongxuan Fudi cultivators who studied the Four Arts of Cultivation, allowing Zhu Dafu to solve quite a few First-Order sources of goods at once.

By the time all these preparations were made, it was already half a year later.

Finally, after Ye Qingxuan's consent, Zhu Dafu used the funds of Tianfu Shop, and after paying an additional deposit of 1 million mid-grade spirit stones, upgraded Tianfu Shop to a medium-sized shop.

After upgrading to a medium-sized shop, Tianfu Shop not only expanded its floor area, but the shop also changed from the original flat floor to a two-story attic.

For this reason, Zhu Dafu expanded the number of employees to 8 again.

Ye Qingxuan only paid silent attention to these things and controlled some details, letting Zhu Dafu display the rest.

His only requirement for the channels was the quality of the products.

The reason why Tianfu Shop developed was because the quality of the elixirs refined by Ye Qingxuan was a cut above others, which slowly brought popularity.

Therefore, in order not to affect the shop's reputation, quality control is crucial.

And in order to keep the previous popularity from being affected by the shop's expansion.

After the shop expanded, Ye Qingxuan left a "Xuan" mark on all products produced by Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi.

These products with the "Xuan" mark had a special counter in the expanded Tianfu Shop, and the price also increased slightly.

This was an attempt to distinguish Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi products from channel products, and also for Ye Qingxuan to build his own exclusive brand.

And in this way, as long as Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi products maintain quality advantages, build a reputation, and have fixed customers.

Then whether Zhu Dafu can make the business on the channel side work or not will not have much impact on Ye Qingxuan.

It is better if Zhu Dafu succeeds, and it is no harm if he does not.

After all, Ye Qingxuan's main investment is the signboard of Tianfu Shop, the deposit for expanding Tianfu Shop, and the labor costs after expansion.

Once the profit of the channel business is damaged, the impact on Ye Qingxuan is not large, which is also the main reason why Ye Qingxuan easily agreed to Zhu Dafu before.

After no longer needing to manage the shop, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, could spend more time on the Four Arts of Cultivation, only needing to take turns to go to Tianfu Shop to deliver goods every day.

Although their talent in this area was not outstanding, under Ye Qingxuan's teaching and sufficient resource cultivation, both of them successfully made breakthroughs at the end of the year.

Ye Zhaoheng became a First-Order alchemist, and Ye Zhaoyu became a First-Order artifact refiner.

As for the Dao of Talismans and the Dao of Formations, although the two had made progress, there were no major breakthroughs for the time being.

Time passed, and in Zhu Dafu's busyness, this year passed quickly.

And Ye Qingxuan, still undisturbed by external things, moved forward step by step according to his own rhythm.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====