I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 427 - 427 426. Suggested Retail Price_1

Chapter 427: 426. Suggested Retail Price_1 Chapter 427: 426. Suggested Retail Price_1 Thinking of this, Lu Ban immediately set out to contact people about leasing or purchasing land.

Originally, Lu Ban was wondering where to get such land, but then it struck him that Jiangcheng Industries was a real estate company. They surely had a lot of undeveloped plots, and even if they didn’t have available land at the moment, they would definitely have the necessary resources and information.

He made a call to Li Zijian.

At that time, Li Zijian was still helping Song Yunyan deal with official business.

Seeing the call from Lu Ban, Li Zijian’s heart skipped a beat.

What ingenious idea did this guy have now?

In the past, whenever Lu Ban looked for Li Zijian, it was always for some bizarre matters, but they all ended up successful. Now, he was the Grand Slam Director, indisputably the top box-office draw in the country. Following the release of “Peaceful Days in Spring,” the national crime rate even dropped by a percentage point. It was only a matter of time before someone started presenting him with honorary banners.

Now, whatever Lu Ban was planning to do, it was surely going to be a big deal.

“Hello, Director Lu, what’s up?”

“Brother Li, it’s like this, I want to acquire a plot of land.”

“Ah???”

Li Zijian thought there must be a problem with his phone, as if some of the sounds were being filtered out during the call, leaving him with just these few words.

Lu Ban wants to acquire a plot of land?

Was he planning to build his own movie theater?

Li Zijian was just relieved that the other party hadn’t mentioned anything about manufacturing cars or developing some sort of metaverse.

No, wait—he wants a plot of land, is it for building a car factory?

“What do you want the land for?”

“I want to build a theme town for a large-scale immersive live action game. Think of it like those open-concept themed escape rooms, Brother Li.”

“Similar to a film studio?”

Although Li Zijian didn’t quite understand what immersive or live action games were, he had been to film studios. Those places had buildings from various eras to facilitate filming, and when not in use for shoots, they were opened to tourists to explore. They also had haunted houses and the like, which could be considered cultural and creative tourism projects. Being in real estate, he certainly needed to know about these things.

Had Lu Ban, already successful in filmmaking, decided to expand his business?

Those internationally renowned directors sometimes got involved in all sorts of things, like diving in submarines into the Mariana Trench for an adventure, or even undergoing surgery to change from brothers to sisters. Planning theme parks was already considered quite serious compared to those exploits.

Li Zijian thought about it more carefully, and it seemed that Lu Ban’s actions might have been premeditated.

His very first short videos—Li Zijian meant those uploaded to the old video website—seemed to have no logical connection to each other and were all over the place. But later, Lu Ban revealed that all these were parts of the Silent Universe.

Now, with the great success of several of Lu Ban’s works, the universes he conceived were also starting to take shape.

On the internet, aside from the information provided on the official website of the Silence initiative, enthusiastic viewers also researched and discovered links between these works.

For example, someone discovered that the little girl named Red Leaf who was saved in “Peaceful Days in Spring” was actually the main character from an earlier web movie by Lu Ban.

The young man saved by the protagonist of Night Country corresponded to the female protagonist in the short Wasteland film, advertised as a Halloween promotional clip.

And Stone, the accountant who rented a car in “The Lunatic’s Whisper,” first appeared in Lu Ban’s third video, back when he was just a small-time content creator known for his exploration and special effects.

It seemed like he really did want to create a Lu Ban universe.

“Exactly, Brother Li. Does the company have any kind of deserted towns that we’ve acquired?”

Lu Ban asked.

“I have to check for undeveloped land. Tell me your requirements, and I’ll have someone look it up for you in a bit.”

Jiangcheng Industries’ properties were not limited to Jiangcheng, with numerous buildings and lands, and Li Zijian truly couldn’t remember them all by himself.

Lu Ban briefly stated his requirements, then hung up the phone.

Taking advantage of the time Li Zijian was gathering information, Lu Ban found a suitable location and opened the Silent Store.

His points had now exceeded five hundred thousand, unlocking a higher-level store.

Upon opening the system panel of the Silent Department Store, the first thing he noticed was a new option.

[Sell].

“Indeed, you can sell things.”

Lu Ban felt it was as expected because as the products further down the list became pricier, relying solely on missions wasn’t enough to accumulate enough points; one would spend them faster than they could save.

But how to set the price?

Could he just pick up a rock, write some seemingly profound riddles on it, post it for sale at 100 points, and whoever bought it would just have to suck it up as a loss?

Lu Ban thought that it couldn’t be that simple. Currently, the items in the Silent Store, not to mention the side effects, at least were all genuine items of superpower ability; there weren’t any fraudulent ones.

He chose to sell, and then he put a pen up for sale.

[You must choose an item with pollution]

That was the prompt from the System.

“…I see, so I can’t sell it if it doesn’t have pollution.”

Lu Ban had initially thought that these common items could at least be sold at a low price, so he could try putting up things like 35mm sniper grenades, 107 rockets, and then swap them out temporarily when he got to the Foreign Domain.

It seems even profit-making through inter-world trading won’t work; the rules of the Silent Lands are indeed very strict.

After some thought, Lu Ban took out a piece of paper and wrote on it with “Testament.”

[Super Duper Awesome Weapon]

Picking up the paper, which looked ordinary with its written text, it seemed to have transformed into some exceptionally powerful weapon, as it even looked somewhat shiny.

Lu Ban handed it over.

[You must choose an item with pollution]

Again, it was the same prompt.

“It seems I can’t take shortcuts?”

Temporary pollution, superpower ability, it looks like none of these can catch the eye of the Silent Lands.

After some thought, Lu Ban put up one of his Twisted Masks of Pain.

[Twisted Mask of Pain]

[Metamorphosis]

[The remains of someone from a Foreign Domain who died of pollution, a perfect mask]

[The air of Misty City contains deadly toxins; people from the Misty City have evolved bodies suited for survival amidst the long-term corrosion]

[When this grey fog melds with pollution from the Foreign Domain, it gives rise to an even stronger force]

[Wear it, and you will become a Misty City person]

[“Be careful not to cough out any part of your innards; you know what I’m talking about!”]

[Suggested selling price: 1,777,177 Silence Points]

Well, now.

Lu Ban couldn’t help but exclaim.

So a [Metamorphosis] quality item was worth so much!!?

He saw that the suggested selling price was a range, and Lu Ban could adjust it about twenty percent up or down around this price, but no matter the amount, it was an expensive item worth over a million Silence Points!

The points he had worked so hard to earn from all those missions were surpassed by a single item, and by a substantial margin at that.

It was like the money one had saved from a lifetime of diligent work was less than what someone else could avoid paying in taxes in a year, more mind-numbing than encountering those strange creatures.

Upon further reflection, this mask had been obtained only after killing a Bandaged Person and under unforeseen circumstances, so it had not come easily.

But without a doubt, as Lu Ban had seen in many similar movies and novels, money earned from hard work could never compare to money gained from killing and arson.

With this thought, Lu Ban couldn’t help but wish to encounter more visitors from the Foreign Domain like the Bandaged People, Four-eyed Kid, and Little Fish Man; they were walking treasure troves of Silence Points.

He chose not to sell the mask, but instead started looking at what was next in the store.