Chapter 10251
The other party was speechless.
If nothing else, at least judging from the current results, Lin Yi's ascendancy did not improve their living situation, but made it worse to some extent.
While several people were talking, there was a sudden commotion from the front of the team.
A middle-aged man who looked like a steward stood out with a big belly and said with his nostrils pointing to the sky: "Because our Chen family has limited inventory, from now on the price of life crystals will be doubled on the current basis, and the quantity will be doubled. Limited quantity, hurry up if you want to buy! ”
The whole place was in an uproar.
The price here was originally twice as expensive as it was originally, which is equivalent to three times the original price. Now it is doubled on this basis, which is a full six times the original price!
As soon as the old man heard this, he fainted on the spot.
For an ordinary person like him, the original price was already the limit that his family could afford. Now it has increased to six times, which is impossible for his family to afford with his financial resources!
The problem is, the life crystal is not a consumer product, but a necessity for survival.
Once he can't afford the life crystal, the tragedy of the family of nine is a lesson for his family!
Lin Yi quickly supported him and injected a soft energy to nurse him back to health.
The middle-aged manager looked at the old man and curled his lips: "If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Go home and wait to die, so as not to dirty the place here, you poor man."
" How can you talk like that?"
Everyone around them couldn't bear it anymore.
Six times the price is not only unaffordable for the old man and his family, but also for many of them. Even if they can barely survive this time by selling things, what about the future?
In the face of public outrage, the middle-aged manager was confident: "This is the private property of our Chen family. You can raise the price as much as you want. If you poor guys are not convinced, you don't have to buy it. Who can I’m not forcing you!
I put my ugly words here. In the future, the inventory of life crystals will only be There are fewer and fewer, so the price will continue to rise.
Today’s price seems high, but compared with the future, it is still the cheapest price. This is a bargain that we don’t have. Smart people come and take possession of it, whether they like it or not."
The words immediately choked everyone and left them with no temper.
At least on the surface, it sounds like they really don’t know how to refute it. After all, buying and selling is a matter of one willing to fight and the other willing to suffer. As long as it is not a forced purchase and sale, according to their thinking, there is really no reason to blame. Come.
Lin Yi shook his head watching this scene.
In the final analysis, it is because the sea area has been in chaos for a long time, and everyone's level of knowledge is limited. Anyone who comes to the secular world can immediately see through the loopholes in the other party's words.
Market transactions are indeed about your own will, but when it comes to survival necessities, it is not the scope of free transactions.
Especially in the current situation where a regional monopoly has clearly emerged, the buyer has no bargaining power at all. In the eyes of the seller, he is just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and will be squeezed out of the last drop of oil.
In this case, it is difficult for the buyer group alone to solve the problem. The only way is to rely on the intervention of a third-party powerful organization!
Seeing everyone's attitude of being angry and afraid to speak out, the middle-aged manager smiled and said indifferently: "Of course you don't have to buy it from my Chen's house, No, it's a government-run shop there, and the price is very affordable. It’s cheap, you can go there and buy it.
Haha, can you poor guys buy it?”
Everyone became more and more speechless.
At this time, the old man woke up faintly. Before he could speak, a middle-aged woman hurriedly ran from a distance: "Old man, your little girl is dying. The doctor in the village said that she has not replenished her life for too long. Jingshi, the child is too young and his body is too weak. He can’t bear it anymore. He can only hold on for one more day at most!”
"Little girl..."
The old man almost lost his breath when he heard this. He tremblingly struggled and said to the middle-aged steward: "Master Steward, please do a good job and sell some life crystals to my little one." Granddaughter, help me, old man, I beg you!"
Kneel down to the other party after saying this.
The middle-aged manager raised his lips and said, "Don't be so polite. This is what my family sells. How can there be any reason to turn away customers when they come? Since you are in a hurry to buy, how can I, the Chen family, not meet you to death?" "Save?"
Everyone looked at each other, which was a human comment.
However, before they could change their minds, the middle-aged manager said again: "But the rules can't be broken. There are so many people queuing up. We can't let you jump in line just because your family is in a hurry, right?
You want to be special? If the matter is special, then the price will be calculated separately!
It depends on your age! It’s not easy, so let’s double the price I just said, which is a reasonable price.”
“…”
The whole audience was in an uproar and looked at the old man. I can't help but sympathize with him. Meeting such an unscrupulous businessman is really a bad luck for eight lifetimes.
The old man gritted his teeth, but when he thought of his poor little granddaughter, even if he dug out his coffin book, he could only bite the bullet and buy an emergency copy!
But before he could speak, Lin Yi helped him stand up: "Uncle, don't worry, isn't that government-owned store open? I'll take you there to buy."
“Where can I buy it?”
The middle-aged manager opposite couldn’t help but sneered: “Where did you come from? ? I really think anyone can enter the gate of the government-run shop, haha, I don’t know how high the sky is!
Old man, let me tell you clearly, double the current price, you will not have this if you have passed this village. If you open the store, then it will be doubled again. Think about it yourself.”
The old man said in a hurry: "Buy, buy, buy! I'll buy it now!"
After saying that, he ignored Lin Yi's dissuasion and stumbled after him. Before leaving, he said to Lin Yi: "Young man, old man, I I know you are doing it for my own good, so I thank you, but my little granddaughter can’t afford to gamble..."
A sigh.
Everyone in the audience felt the same way. It was the elderly who received "special care" today, but it might be them tomorrow.
In a vulnerable position destined to have their bones and marrow sucked out, none of them can escape being squeezed dry. The difference is just one day earlier and one day later.
Lin Yi looked at the old man walking away, but did not stop him.
In the old man's position, this is no choice. After all, it is his little granddaughter's life. It is impossible to place hope on a stranger like himself, right?
But today’s trip is really coming.
Lin Yi turned around and left the team.
Soon, the middle-aged manager curled his lips in disdain when he saw the old man walking out of the shop holding a piece of life crystal that was only as big as a fist.
"All my belongings are enough to buy the worst life crystal, which is not enough for one person to smoke for seven days. This old poor man deserves to die in poverty as a whole!"
After cursing, he turned to ask the attendant next to him. : "That one just now What about the blind boy? Such a stupid young man who stirs up troubles will be a disaster sooner or later. Find someone to lock him up. If you can't squeeze out the money, just do it for him. "(End of Chapter)