Chapter 240

Gross profit is only gross profit.

Because various costs have not yet been deducted from it.

Raw materials?

This is actually not much; a single portion of raw materials for Jade Dew Pills only costs five spirit stones.

Even with the impact of the war, it rose to six, which is just a drizzle.

Adding the loss from his selling Jade Dew Pills and Soul-Returning Pills at a loss... the total cost is only forty thousand spirit stones.

In terms of rent, the Mount Danxia Hall costs five thousand spirit stones a year.

It won't rise for the time being; he and the Ice Fortress are still in their honeymoon period, and he can continue to get this preferential price.

The main expenditure is labor!

Working at full capacity to refine elixirs for a year, it can be said that the cultivators in the Alchemy Hall and Medicine Hall are almost exhausted.

Under these circumstances, besides the basic salary, Luo Chen certainly has to give out a large amount of rewards.

Just these two halls consumed sixty thousand spirit stones in a year.

The Battle Hall is responsible for protection and transportation, so there is no need to give rewards; maintaining the basic salary is enough.

That is also about sixty thousand spirit stones a year.

The Jin Tang is responsible for sales, which is the most important link besides refining!

Besides the basic salary, Luo Chen did not give rewards but gave commissions.

For every bottle of elixir sold, whether it is Jade Dew Pills or just roughly processed Spirit-Nurturing Liquid, he promised a commission of two spirit stones.

Given that the number of female cultivators in the Jin Tang is small and their cultivation base is not high.

After giving such high treatment, the cost expenditure was only twenty thousand spirit stones.

"Calculating it this way, the cost for ordinary cultivators is around one hundred and forty thousand, plus material and rent costs, it's only one hundred and eighty thousand."

"The high-level cultivators are the ones who consume a lot."

For the high-level members of the Luo Tian Society, the salary Luo Chen gives is far beyond that of ordinary lower-level members.

Not to mention the existence of people like President Sima President Sima Hui Niang and Murong Murong Qinglian.

Even old members like Zhou Zhou Yuanli and Liu Liu Qiang only get three or four hundred spirit stones a month.

Even so, all the ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators combined cost sixty thousand a year!

One must know that this group of people is actually the smallest category.

In addition, there are Wang Yuan and Duan Feng, who enjoy a treatment of three thousand spirit stones a month.

One person a year, at least thirty thousand spirit stones!

"Calculating all these, the annual expenditure is at least three hundred thousand spirit stones!"

After calculating this account!

Even though Luo Chen was mentally prepared, he was still shocked.

No wonder Wang Yang was so stingy back then, almost never giving fixed salaries to his subordinates.

No wonder Mi Mi Shuhua was unwilling for the Poshan Gang to have a second Foundation Establishment cultivator; one year would consume at least thirty or forty thousand spirit stones.

How could an ordinary Foundation Establishment force support such a huge cost expenditure!

It is only he, Luo Chen, who has this ability and this spirit!

If Wang Yang were alive and saw Luo Chen being so generous, he would only scold him for being brainless.

However, Luo Chen sees it more clearly than anyone else.

These expenditures are extremely necessary.

The rewards those people get are what they deserve.

Without their contribution, where would such a large income come from?

Not to mention anything else, Duan Feng takes thirty thousand a year; is that a lot?

Not at all!

First, he is a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Second, the annual output revenue of the Weapon Hall also has ** ten thousand spirit stones.

Those four hundred thousand are not just the revenue of the Alchemy Hall.

Finally, after Duan Feng brings out the people in the Weapon Hall, they can produce and sell their own products, which is also a stable source of wealth.

As for Wang Yuan, taking thirty thousand a year; is that a lot?

It seems he has no output, right!

However, along the way of the Luo Tian Society, Wang Yuan has always provided combat protection.

In the battle of the Fu family, he broke through the indestructible fortress.

In the battle of Mount Xiaohuan Mountain, he resisted the pressure of Duan Duan Qiankun head-on.

In the battle of Mount Gaoling Plain, he defeated Huo Hu across realms.

When moving into Mount Danxia Peak, he even killed Cao Wanchun, establishing prestige for the Luo Tian Society.

It can be said that him taking thirty thousand spirit stones a year is still too little.

If it were Chu Kui from Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, one shot would start at one hundred thousand!

Not to mention the various pointers Wang Yuan has given Luo Chen along the way.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Chen offered Wang Yuan a high-priced treatment as a Foundation Establishment guest long ago.

As for the others?

While they work hard, Luo Chen has also suffered the hardships of low-level cultivators, so how could he not give generous rewards?

Moreover!

"In a year, I have a surplus of one hundred thousand spirit stones!"

One hundred thousand!

Net income, pure profit, belonging to Luo Chen alone!

Which Foundation Establishment loose cultivator can earn so many spirit stones?

Even great cultivators like Chu Kui have to open their mouths like lions to earn blood money, and they still have to see if there is an opportunity.

I'm afraid even sect Foundation Establishment cultivators can't do this.

This is enough to buy a low-tier magic treasure in a year... no, it can even buy two or three!

This is the value that an alchemist, an alchemist who owns his own force, can create!

Even to say, this is not even when Luo Chen is refining elixirs at full power.

If it were Full-Power Luo?

Not going to make Jade Dew Pills, not refining Soul-Returning Pills, slightly reducing cultivation time, the value he could create would be even greater.

It's just that Luo Chen won't put the cart before the horse.

Even!

He also wants to save more time to cultivate after the Luo Tian Society gets on the right track.

What is called getting on the right track?

Hundreds of spirit fields can all generate revenue!

The Weapon Hall can produce and sell its own products!

In terms of the Alchemy Hall, Qu Qu Lingjun and Mi Li grow up and can take charge on their own.

Even the Battle Hall, recently President Sima President Sima Hui Niang and President Sima Sima Xian are also planning to find some side jobs for them.

Not to mention anything else.

Those spirit field plantings always need manpower, right!

The Battle Hall has dozens of powerful late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who have nothing to do; learning two spirit planting techniques to farm is also good!

Farming in leisure time, rolling up sleeves to fight in wartime, this is the healthy operation mode of the Battle Hall!

Cultivating every day?

What can a group of Qi Refining cultivators cultivate? I'm afraid they will cultivate too much and break their brains.

It can be said that Luo Chen's plan for the future is very clear and has goals.

By that time, the revenue of the Luo Tian Society will not just rely on the current Alchemy Hall and the Weapon Hall that picks up bargains.

Thinking a bit too far.

Retracting his thoughts.

Luo Chen began to calculate how to make the best use of this huge amount of spirit stones.

Invest in himself!

One hundred thousand, low-tier magic treasures can almost be bought at will.

Even adding a little, he can try to get his hands on mid-tier magic treasures.

But he will never do that!

He already has two magic treasures.

And they have both offense and defense.

No matter how many magic treasures there are, no matter how high the grade is, with his Foundation Establishment realm, he can't use them.

Improving cultivation is the most important thing.

"Perhaps, I can consider changing to a cave dwelling."

Luo Chen recalled the second-tier high-grade cave dwellings of Tantai Jin and Ling Ling Yuzhi.

That is an existence where the spiritual energy concentration is doubled compared to low-grade cave dwellings.

If he could cultivate in such an environment, his cultivation speed would definitely be greatly improved!

It's just that there have been no vacant second-tier high-grade cave dwellings, which leaves him with money but nowhere to spend it.

"Purchase other resources useful for cultivation?"

Luo Chen felt slightly settled in his heart, planning to take time to visit the major shops in the city more often.

There must be many good things he doesn't know about.

Such as the existence of Taibai Wine!

He can also visit the Wanbao Tower more often.

I heard that a new flying boat was launched recently, which can travel on land within the immortal city; it seems to be a simplified version of his Langqi flying boat.

As soon as it hit the market, it was sought after by cultivators.

With the R&D capability of the Wanbao Tower, there must be auxiliary magic tools for Foundation Establishment cultivators to cultivate on sale.

"Thump!"

A slight sound rang out.

Luo Chen woke up from his deep thought and looked over.

It was Xu Xiaoliu who had stood for too long, and due to his nature, he bumped into the wall behind him.

"President, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay!"

Luo Chen smiled; he knew it was because he had been thinking for too long.

Looking at the two, Luo Chen praised:

"Recently, you have done very well!"

Xu Xiaoliu scratched the back of his head and smiled, "It's still the idea you came up with, President. Once that flyer came out, even though our Mount Danxia Hall is so remote, guests still took the initiative to come to the door."

"Why didn't we think of it before."

Luo Chen pursed his lips and smiled.

It's just a flyer, it's nothing.

It's just that cultivators couldn't let go of their pride to do it.

Xu Xiaoliu is not bad either; after he proposed the flyer, he drew inferences from one instance and proposed engraving a route map on the back of the flyer.

In this way, even those who don't have a need for elixirs for the time being will collect this kind of flyer.

"Gu Caiyi, you have done very well too!"

Facing Luo Chen's appreciative gaze, Gu Gu Caiyi puffed out her towering chest.

She smiled, "These are all things you taught me in the early years; Gu Caiyi dare not take the credit."

Luo Chen shook his head, "I'm not just talking about those female cultivators."

"This huge shop, from nothing to something, is basically all handled by you. I have seen all the hard work in it."

Gu Gu Caiyi opened her mouth to say something humble.

But when the words reached her lips, she felt a bit choked up.

Just as Luo Chen said, she has really worked extremely hard this past year.

Back in the Dahe Market, although she had experience managing shops.

But at that time, the place was small, there were few people, and most of the people coming and going had lower cultivation bases than her.

Even if she encountered high-level cultivators, there was Zeng Wen helping on the side.

Now Zeng Wen is gone.

It's her turn to shoulder the burden of the Jin Tang alone.

She has to face all kinds of people, and a slight mistake is not something she can afford.

It really fulfilled Luo Chen's words; the hard work in it is not something to be told to outsiders!

I don't know how many times she woke up in the middle of the night, worrying about how to make the business the best tomorrow.

Fortunately!

All this effort is worth it.

He has seen it all.

It's not hypocritical words, but sincere praise!

"Everything Gu Caiyi does is what she should do." She has finally been tempered, able to control her emotions and say words that are not impolite.

Luo Chen showed a warm smile.

"There is nothing that should or shouldn't be done; if you do well, you should naturally be rewarded."

"I recently researched a little something that is very beneficial to female cultivators; after closing the shop later, you can try it."

Gu Gu Caiyi blinked her big eyes, showing an expectant look.

To be able to let Luo Chen say that it is very beneficial to female cultivators.

I imagine it is really very effective.

"Mount Danxia Hall, with you watching, I am very relieved. As for Biyou Valley, for the cultivation of maids, Gu Caiyi, you can go over to guide them when you are free..."

As he spoke, Luo Chen's voice gradually weakened.

His gaze slanted toward the outside.

As if, piercing through the doors and windows of the wooden building, he saw a figure standing still outside the street for a long time.

"A distinguished guest has arrived!"

(End of chapter)