All along, Yun You has been ambitious.
Every time she saw giant corporations rise from the ground, monopolizing the goods in Nest City like giants, even individual Apprentice Death Gods had to bow down to them, she thought if she could also own such a giant enterprise, it would greatly aid her future revenge.
And now, the opportunity has come.
Tiger Head Heavy Industries, though not very large, is at least a semi-monopolistic company that owns all the minerals in G District.
It certainly holds hope for further development.
Besides, Yun You found herself in dire need of money.
She just took a moment to check the Death God website, and those advanced weapons, prosthetic bodies, armor, and genetic potions are all incredibly expensive, costing billions at a time.
Even an Apprentice Death God, trying to earn money purely through tasks, might take decades to afford one or two advanced weapons.
And that would be buying on an installment loan...
Money is extremely important for Death Gods.
Old Jin was right, to develop better in this world, having enough money and owning an enterprise of one's own is essential.
Tiger Head Heavy Industries might become the cornerstone of a commercial empire, and that's why she asked about the enterprise development issues.
"The company's financial situation is very healthy, with plenty of cash flow on the books, overall, it's developing positively."
Aurora glanced at the brief report and summarized the features of Tiger Head Heavy Industries.
"But it has a problem, which is that its products are too low-end, dealing with the raw materials business which has the lowest profit margin."
"Honestly, there's really nothing technical about it; it purely monopolized the mines in G District by force of Yang Lie's previous status, then mined using the most basic technology and sold these minerals in bulk."
"Tiger Head Heavy Industries indeed monopolizes, but it only monopolizes local raw materials and not the market. This means once you offend an upper-class company, they can completely choose not to buy from you... and we don't have any means to counter that."
"Don't be fooled by how Yang Lie used to show off to the workers, but the essence of this company is merely to supply those giant companies as a 'worker.'"
Upon hearing this, Yun You slightly frowned, also somewhat agreeing in her heart.
Just as expected of Aurora, immediately hitting the root of the problem.
Yun You doesn't understand economics, but she knows that in this era, technology is the basis of monopoly.
The higher the technical content of a product, the more it can lower costs, the more monopolistic it is.
For this reason, today's Overlord of Nest City is the most technologically advanced [Biotechnology] and not some other grain and oil company.
Nowadays, trying to compete with large enterprises in terms of sales, to see who can reduce costs better, is definitely futile.
Therefore, if Tiger Head Heavy Industries wants to advance, it must focus on technology, creating unique products that only it can manufacture.
"Tiger Head Heavy Industries has a wealth of raw material advantages, perhaps we can start from here."
Aurora touched her chin and tentatively said: "Utilizing various rare minerals and fairly decent smelting technology, maybe we can create some monopolistic technological products. In this way, we can both reduce costs and not be constrained by suppliers, it's a win-win."
"Sounds simple..."
Yun You sighed lightly, shaking her head: "But creating tech products isn't so easy."
"What we're talking about now is all empty talk, we don't even have a research department, where can we get monopolistic tech products?"
Upon hearing this, Aurora was also silent.
She is resourceful, but she can't conjure products out of thin air.
This matter seems to require a long-term plan...
"Indeed..."
But at this moment, Frost Moon, who hadn't said much, suddenly raised his head, as if he had thought of something.
"Boss lady, monopolistic tech product, we have it now!"
He pointed to Yun You's ear, excitedly said: "Remember the [Information Reconnaissance Chip] you showed me? You even said you wanted me to study it for a few minutes, as a reward for this operation..."
"Uh..."
Yun You was slightly stunned, then immediately reacted, taking off the chip disguised as an earpiece from her right ear.
"What you said... seems to make some sense!"
Looking at the chip in her palm, her gaze gradually turned fervent.
The Information Reconnaissance Chip was a treasure Yun You got from another Apprentice Death God—Yuanbao, for 75,000 Silver Cannon.
This thing's worth is not low, and it almost counts as a unique variety, only Yuanbao can craft it.
"Information Reconnaissance Chip..."
Hearing this term, Aurora probably understood the nature of the chip and immediately asked: "What is its cost again?"
"I don't know, but I spent less than 80,000 when I bought it."
Yun You rubbed her hands, softly answered: "I think the cost might be even lower."
"Wow...!"
Upon hearing this price, Frost Moon couldn't help taking a deep breath.
"Only 80,000? Damn... I thought it would be at least over 200,000!"
"This price is too low! Coupled with its unique reconnaissance capability, it can definitely seize the market immediately, achieving a monopoly effect!"
Seeing Frost Moon so excited, Aurora also became interested, picked up the chip, and tried it slightly.
And once tried, she immediately got attracted by the chip's powerful functions.
Automatic reconnaissance, intelligence analysis, database search... even the facial expressions and demeanor of the characters, the chip can parse a lot of information!
"It sure is a fine thing..."
Aurora stroked the chip, thought for a moment, and resolutely said: "If this thing is put on the market, the retail price can at least be marked at over 250,000, even possibly 300,000 Yabi when in short supply!"
"300,000?!"
Hearing this price, Yun You was also shocked.
She never calculated the cost of Yuanbao making this chip, but considering the young girl should also want to make money, the cost price should not exceed 50,000 at most.
A thing costing 50,000, thrown onto the market, can sell for 300,000, that jumps 6 times over! Completely considered as exorbitant profit.
But upon reflection, this price is quite reasonable.
Whether it is Apprentice Death Gods or mercenary soldiers, they all have a tremendous demand for intelligence.
The essence of a Death God's battle is intelligence warfare, and trying to probe enemy intelligence generally requires huge costs, with the potential risk of losing one's life.
In such a situation, if there's an item that can easily obtain intelligence without too much risk, no matter how high the price is, someone will be willing to pay.
The Information Reconnaissance Chip is such an item.
With this in mind, Yun You's heart started pounding, unable to remain calm.
Thinking about it, Yuanbao, that girl, likely due to being a homebody introvert, probably doesn't realize the commotion this chip could cause in the market.
If Yun You can also get her to make chips, wouldn't the money just keep rolling in?
"I'll contact that craftsman right now."
Casually dropping this sentence, Yun You opened her phone and found Yuanbao's profile picture in her contacts.
[Wu Ming: Yuanbao! Bao! Are you there?]
[I have a way to make a lot of money, interested?]
However, what responded to Yun You was a cold, automatic system reply.
[The user you called is turned off; please try again later]
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