Chapter 140: As Expected

It's like you think the room is too dark and want to open a window; others would definitely forbid it. But if you want to tear down the roof, they'd be fine with you opening a window.

That shouldn't count as CPU, right?

Cheng Shuili blinked her eyes and placed her hands on the keyboard to edit text.

The regional channel kept clamoring for Cheng Shuili to give a definitive answer; Cheng Shuili didn't hold back and posted the news directly.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: Commissioned manufacturing of Primary Condensed Water Device, see attachment for function. Required materials: Plastic x4, Rubber x2, Iron block x2. Commission fee: 50 Game Coin.

"Great! The boss is still doing commissions! Wait, this commission fee?"

"??? I'm really tired of questioning today. Stop surprising me, okay?"

"Wu Ya sister! You must have typed it wrong, right?"

"Wu Ya brother~ Actually you accidentally typed a zero, right?"

"Are you crazy? 50 Game Coin?! Since the system started paying wages, I've only earned 100 Game Coin total, and you want half of it?"

"Is Wuya Dalao throwing a tantrum? Previously the commission fee was only 5 Game Coin; even if it increased, it wouldn't jump tenfold, right? Wuya Dalao may not be a good person, but he's not terrible; several times we've seen he's absolutely a person with sound values, so he's probably angry and deliberately posted this to scare us."

Cheng Shuili: "......"

The praise made her a bit embarrassed.

"Upper floor, stop going crazy; Wuya Dalao is clearly serious. But to be honest, 50 Game Coin isn't expensive, right?"

Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up instantly: "!"

Not expensive?

Really not expensive?

"Everyone stay calm. Today the water supplies cost five times more, tomorrow they'll be about six times. There's no channel to exchange supplies for Game Coin now, so Game Coin is still scarce. But this Primary Purified Water Device can produce 1 liter of water per day and can be used continuously, understand? Continuous use! That's equivalent to getting two bottles of water daily! The cost‑performance ratio speaks for itself, right?"

"But 50 coins equal my five‑day savings!"

"Then keep buying pricey water, let's see who dies of thirst first."

"As a veteran customer who bought five times, I'll say it fairly: Wuya Dalao's previous 5‑coin fee was definitely charitable! I flipped the devices and made a lot of supplies, feeling I've already recouped the commission fee."

"??? Flipping dogs makes me die!"

"Wait, so... 50 coins is actually a fair price?"

Fair price?

Cheng Shuili was about to fall silent; she really didn't expect things to develop like this.

Will she still lower the price?

In private chats, she has indeed received quite a few orders.

Sigh.

What a sweet trouble.

"To put it bluntly, it's just that it's too pricey, so don't buy; anyway there are still four days of extreme heat."

"I bought it! Boss, take the order! This damned weather, without the device we can't survive."

"Me too... my wallet hurts but it's more cost‑effective than buying water."

"You all are fostering the profiteer's swagger! Everyone, let's boycott!"

"Then find me a cheaper one, will you?"

"Exactly, when it was 5 coins, why didn't I see you thank the boss?"

"Damn! You all missed the point! The crux is Wuya Dalao previously charged only 5 Game Coin for commissions; why does it jump to 50 Game Coin for me now? Do you get this psychological gap? I'm just uncomfortable with that!"

"Finally someone gets it; watching these people argue really drives me crazy. Support!"

"Me too, it feels awful; it was clearly 5 Game Coin before, suddenly a tenfold jump, that's really a lot."

"I just checked my supplies; I think I can endure and get through. I won't process this item after all. It's really too pricey. I'm not saying Wuya Dalao is bad; he was indeed doing charity before, but I truly can't spare the 50 Game Coin—maybe I'm just not destined for the Primary Condensed Water Device."

"Sigh, only now do I realize Wu Ya is truly a good person, speaking for Guanghui, processing for everyone; he must know this disaster is extreme heat, so he deliberately helped process air conditioners on the last day of extreme cold."

"Wow, if the upstairs hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have realized; if not for the boss's air conditioner, our region would have lost countless lives in this extreme heat."

"I sincerely thank Wuya Dalao; without his air conditioner I truly couldn't survive."

"I'm from Region 1000; everyone in our region knows that for that Instance, if Wu Ya hadn't semi‑charitably shared the Instance clues, our sub‑region would never have taken first place. Being in the same region as Wu Ya makes him my spouse."

"Do those who curse Wu Ya feel pain on their faces? What's wrong with earning a few Game Coin from bread? Most people don't live off this; they buy it just to change things up. It's a consensual thing, yet they still complain!"

"Exactly! When the boss charged only 5 Game Coin for commissions, no one praised him; now he makes 9 Game Coin and gets scolded like this—a bunch of heartless, despicable creatures."

The regional channel chat heated up.

The one being discussed remained somewhat silent.

Can we say it?

Back then it was only 5 Game Coin because most people only had 5 Game Coin on hand.

It became a habit later, impossible to change. Now the living are all affluent, and she just follows suit by raising the price.

Calling her a good person would be inaccurate, right?

"I didn't dare say it before. When Wu Ya was criticized over the bread, I spoke up for him, and he directly gave me the bread; he's truly a very good person."

That was expired bread, though.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

There was an inexplicable sense of powerlessness.

"Tsk, you bunch are truly neurotic; isn't he doing all this just to earn Game Coin? Plainly, it's for his own livelihood! When you spin it, you make him seem like a great philanthropist—absurd!"

It's normal! It's becoming normal!

"Upper floor mouth‑propagandist, talking about what's good or not, really speechless. If it were true charity, they'd process for free!"

"Being so demanding, you must've been a beggar in a past life."

"Stop defending them; they don't care whether you live or die, okay? Many can't even spare 50 Game Coin. He'll just watch you die with open eyes, not caring about you at all."

Cheng Shuili smiled, and at just the right moment announced the price‑drop news.

Money can be earned a little less, though that doesn't necessarily mean earning less; thin profit leads to higher sales. In any case, this morale must be fought for!

Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji: The processing fee has been changed to 25 Game Coin; I will refund those who have already sent the transaction.

"25 Game Coin? That's directly half price!"

"Wu Ya! Wu Ya! Wu Ya! Woo, I'm so moved I don't know what to say; Wu Ya really is... a great! good! person!"

"Those two up there shouting! Does your face hurt? Speak!"

"I knew it, Wu Ya is a very good person! Just a bit hard‑hearted, a bit vulgar when scolding, a bit petty..."

"You'd better be praising our Wuya Dalao."