Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1053: Things Have Gotten a Bit Out of Hand

Chapter 1053: Chapter 1053: Things Have Gotten a Bit Out of Hand

Actually, for Feng Jun, paying with food would be more cost-effective because... the price of grain in the Mobile Phone Plane is not cheap.

For example, one silver dollar is worth a thousand copper coins, and a pound of flour needs around forty copper coins, which means one silver dollar is worth twenty-five pounds of flour, and one tael of Gold can buy two thousand five hundred pounds of flour, which is one and a quarter tons.

One tael of Gold is fifty grams, and it can sell for around twelve thousand in the Earth Realm. If purchased in bulk, one could at least buy close to four tons of flour — after all, the goal is to eat enough, not necessarily to eat well.

That is the price when the weather in the Mobile Phone Plane is fair; once there’s a natural disaster or chaos from war, grain prices will skyrocket.

Honestly, it’s not that the grain in the Mobile Phone Plane is expensive, but that the grain in the Earth Plane is cheap, with the big industrial era ensuring the supply of fertilizers, and coupled with the active breeding of good varieties, the grain prices can be kept within a not-so-high range.

However, Feng Jun felt that he needed to do some calculations to see if this operation was feasible.

Let’s assume that one tael of Gold can buy one ton of flour, then twenty million taels of Gold would be twenty million tons of flour — that quantity is indeed enough for the entire population of Funiu Province to eat for a year.

Even if only half of the payment is made with grain and the other half with Gold, that’s still ten million tons of flour.

Feng Jun really is willing to pay with grain because it’s cheap enough, but the amount is too large for him to handle.

Huaxia has always maintained tight control over food security; setting aside the red line of arable land, even grain and oil operations require a permit.

Huang Fu Flawless, after hearing him silent for a while, said, "Hey hey, are you listening?"

"I am listening," Feng Jun sighed, "but the amount of grain you asked for is really too much, ah, grain worth a million taels of Gold... Do you think I have the support of an entire Plane behind me?"

In fact, Huang Fu Flawless knows this better than he does; one million taels of Gold could buy up all the grain in the markets of Donghua Country — and grain prices would at least increase tenfold!

But she also knows that grain is what the Chaos Plane lacks the most, and buying up large quantities of grain is quite difficult to operate in any Plane.

If she doesn’t pass this task to Feng Jun, even if she uses Tiantong’s methods, she wouldn’t be able to buy much grain, and Tiantong always deals with Natural Treasures and other rare items in the Mortal Realm; trading in grain would hurt their reputation.

So she could only compromise, "Then let’s reduce the amount of the trade... one hundred thousand taels of Gold, grain worth one hundred thousand taels of Gold, in total for two billion taels of graphene, how about that?"

One million tons of flour... Feng Jun felt this number was relatively more acceptable; at least he could attempt to operate on it.

If it’s not enough, he could buy some more from abroad.

Then he reacted — wait a second, how much graphene did you say I can buy?

Two billion taels... the calculation is correct, but that’s twenty thousand tons of graphene?

Feng Jun couldn’t help but be greatly startled; twenty thousand tons... even if he dumped it at a low price of fifty Yuan per gram, one ton would still be fifty million, meaning twenty thousand tons would be — one trillion?

Feng Jun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If I buy graphene worth twenty million taels of Gold, wouldn’t that be ten trillion Hua Currency?

He had always been tangled with the profit issue before, considering what kind of profit margin would be worthy of his "Plane Merchant" status, but he hadn’t actually thought about the value of the graphene he would buy back.

Because he hadn’t yet found out in Huaxia how to sell graphene and how much it would cost per gram in a large guaranteed supply.

In fact, he now doesn’t even plan to understand — at his status, even without obtaining samples, he at least needs to confirm that the other party can produce them before making inquiries.

Otherwise, a mishap would not only cause financial loss, which is trivial, but it would also be an embarrassment he couldn’t live down.

After thinking it over, he replied, "That’s too much, let’s just buy a hundred thousand taels of graphene with grain, deliver thirty percent of the graphene first, if the quality satisfies me, I’ll send out the grain."

Upon hearing this, Huang Fu Flawless disagreed, "Please, Elder Feng, we’re conducting interdimensional trade, you know? A hundred thousand taels of Gold in grain... do you think this scale is appropriate?"

"If it doesn’t work, forget about it," Feng Jun was somewhat fed up inside – with this one thousand tons of graphene, I can’t even guarantee it could be sold — high technology is problematic because nothing can be sold in large quantities, "Let’s just exchange for Spirit Stones instead."

It’s not that he doesn’t want to help the country, it’s just that... the chosen projects are not really suitable.

"Elder Feng, we can’t just mess around like this," Huang Fu Flawless was truly angry, "You said you want to exchange for Spirit Stones, I arrange for Spirit Stones, you said you want to buy graphene, I went to arrange for that, now you say... just forget it?"

"Well then, I’ll give you ten thousand bottles of perfume as an apology, is that okay?" Feng Jun couldn’t be bothered to take her seriously — actually, he couldn’t win the argument anyway, it was his own lack of rationale to begin with.

"I won’t bother to exchange the Spirit Stones for you, you give them to You Longzi yourself," said Huang Fu Flawless, pressing the hang-up button in anger.

After hanging up the phone, she turned her head to look, but found that the old ancestor’s figure was still there.

He looked at the phone, lost in thought, "How far can this thing transmit?"

"It can transmit thousands of miles, and eventually it will be capable of video calls," Huang Fu Flawless answered with a smile, "This is a phone made by Feng Jun. But to make long-distance calls, we need to lay fiber optic cables. This guy has a lot of quirky gadgets."

"You don’t need to plead for him; I’m not angry," Ancestor Huang Fu said indifferently. How could a Golden Core Master who has lived for hundreds of years not see through a little girl’s thoughts? "Speaking of which, should our family install one of these?"

"Of course, that would be great," Huang Fu Flawless answered with certainty, "Pine Cypress Peak is currently testing the installation... I sold the devices to the Yan Family, and only my people have received professional training."

Ancestor Huang Fu really didn’t know that his granddaughter had done so many big things. "The Yan Family actually bought this phone too?"

The power of the Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family was even greater than that of the Huang Fu Clan.

Huang Fu Flawless nodded with pride, just about to boast when she suddenly became alert, "Ancestor, it’s not that I’m not considering the clan, I really want to observe for a while and come up with a method before installing it for the family."

"Humph," Ancestor Huang Fu snorted lightly without saying much. After a few moments, he finally said, "This business can still be done... Start contacting them. Even if it costs ten thousand taels of Gold, just get it started."

"Why?" This time, Huang Fu Flawless was astonished, "This is a cross-dimensional trade. Ten thousand taels of Gold are not even enough to cover the fuel costs... let alone the costs."

Ancestor Huang Fu replied casually, "No need to do it specifically, just have someone bring the goods along. The key is to keep Feng Jun on the line; this point is very important."

Of course, Huang Fu Flawless also knew about bringing goods along; after all, not everyone’s Storage Bag is packed full when crossing dimensions. But if done this way, it would inevitably require asking for favors—And it would be her ancestor who would be asking.

That’s why she objected, "Ancestor, we should never do a losing business, regardless. Business is business..."

If Feng Junruo were here, he would probably have to remark that her way of thinking was becoming more and more like a businessperson from the Earth Realm.

However, Ancestor Huang Fu snorted coldly, "Who taught you this nonsense? Let me tell you, business is never just business."

Huang Fu Flawless had great respect for her clan’s Golden Core Master, "I ask Ancestor to enlighten me."

The ancestor’s figure had already started to blur, leaving behind a vague sentence, "Keeping Feng Jun on the line is secondary; the key is to hook the Chaos Plane. That’s why I said, remember to keep it a secret..."

Huang Fu Flawless sat there thinking for a moment, then understood. The output of the Chaos Plane was just some minerals, a non-renewable resource, while they needed food, which was an annual necessity. By obtaining graphene, she actually opened a new financial path for the other side.

Especially since the ancestor had mentioned that there were many such items on the Chaos Plane, meaning no fear of depletion, this was a long-term deal.

Given the nature of the business, the amount traded each time was secondary—let others bring goods along if needs be. The key was to ensure long-term cooperation. Ten thousand taels per year might not be much, but in ten years that’s a hundred thousand taels, and in a hundred years, a million taels.

As long as the Huang Fu Clan holds this trading route, they would definitely be able to gain friendship from the Chaos Plane. In such a scenario, if the Huang Fu Clan encountered any problems, the Chaos Plane could not just sit idly by.

Though the support comes from another dimension, it’s still better than none—and sometimes it could be crucial.

Having realized this, Huang Fu Flawless stood up, walked out the door, started an all-terrain vehicle, and headed straight for Feng Jun’s courtyard—this matter was best discussed in person, as the more secretive, the better.

Feng Jun was a bit upset after the call was cut off, thinking I’m about to spend four billion, then get two thousand tons of Gold just sitting around gathering dust, and I’m not even mad yet; why did you hang up on me?

But he wasn’t really angry, just like he said, his selling of refrigerators and air conditioners to You Longzi was intended to eliminate the friction with the Yinsha Sect—they had some disagreements before, and in the future, they would also know he provided Thunder Cultivation technology for electric generators.

So he thought it was necessary to maintain a certain relationship with the Yinsha Sect to prevent them from specifically targeting Mount Zhige.

Yes, he had Master Busheng the Big Boss behind him, along with many partners, but after all, one must be strong in oneself to earn respect from others. Relying solely on pretensions was not enough.

If he could stabilize the Yinsha Sect, then two thousand tons of Gold... let it gather dust if it must. Feng Jun could afford this kind of capital sink.

While he was pondering, Huang Fu Flawless entered the courtyard saying it’s fine with a hundred thousand taels; if it’s inconvenient for you, fifty thousand taels also works.

This piqued Feng Jun’s curiosity, "Eh, what happened that you’re being so agreeable?"

"Monopoly... I want to monopolize the trade," Huang Fu Flawless explained frankly, "You can only trade with me, not with others... this includes yourself, you can’t organize caravans for this trade either. This is the foundation of our cooperation."

(The author of "Consorts Saving The Nation: Hatred of the Purple Hairpin" has started a new book "Rebirth In The Turbulent Era" on Qi Dian. You can go and critique it, and hope it doesn’t end unfinished like "Fairy Bell". Lastly, as usual, asking for monthly votes.)