OFR – Chapter 121 Thoughts.

The next morning, at nine o’clock, after finishing his breakfast outside, Mu Bai returned home.

Today was the day for the big pre-New Year sales at the online store.

Since it was already the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year was fast approaching, major e-commerce platforms like Taobao and Tmall had begun their year-end sales campaigns.

Mu Bai also participated in this event, offering some flower and plant seedlings.

However, there were only a few large promotional slots available for online stores during the year-end event.

For the flower and plant industry, as well as the aquatic animal industry, there was only one such slot, and it was entirely given to the “Zhenpin Tian” store.

This move by Taobao caused a stir among many business owners in the flower and aquatic industries.

After all, “Zhenpin Tian” was a newly established store with a short operating history, low sales volume, and exorbitantly high prices for their items.

Many were puzzled about why this store was granted the only recommended spot, and more confusingly, they had been given a recommendation in both the flower and aquatic industries.

This caused some dissatisfaction, but despite their complaints, they were powerless to change things.

They filed complaints with customer service, but after receiving no clear response, the matter was dropped.

However, many store owners started to pay attention to “Zhenpin Tian” and wanted to see what kind of abilities or methods this store had to secure those coveted slots.

They were curious as to why customers would prefer to buy flowers or dragon fish worth hundreds of thousands, or even millions, rather than purchasing their more affordable plants.

As time passed, and while many store owners were waiting to see, it was soon around 11 a.m.

At that time, Mu Bai, who had just returned from the mysterious space, finalized the list of plants and animals for the upcoming sale.

He planned to offer two near-precious red dragon fish, over a hundred seedlings, and 210,000 grams of first-grade saffron, 70,000 grams of top-quality saffron, and 6,500 grams of premium saffron.

The seedlings, being inexpensive, were to be sold as a “welfare” product using a one-yuan flash sale.

As for the saffron, it would be sold in 10-gram packages.

Although saffron wasn’t considered a top-tier precious medicinal material, it was still a high-quality herb.

The first-grade saffron was priced between 70 and 100 yuan per gram.

Top-quality saffron was even more expensive, with prices ranging from 700 to 1,000 yuan per gram.

Premium saffron was extremely rare, with prices sometimes exceeding 30,000-40,000 yuan per gram.

Selling in 10-gram portions made it affordable for many customers.

Thanks to the one-click feature of the mysterious space, he could easily split the saffron weight with network currency, making it very convenient.

After some brief consideration, Mu Bai finalized his plans.

He then began uploading the images of saffron, near-precious red dragon fish, and plant seedlings to the store and carefully listed the prices and details of the products.

As soon as the store updated the listings, many customers who had been following the store immediately refreshed the question section.

[Question]: “Shopkeeper, this is amazing, a real giveaway! I can’t believe the precious seedlings are available for one yuan!”

[Question]: “Haha, shopkeeper is so kind, kisses!”

[Question]: “Has the high-and-mighty shopkeeper changed their attitude?”

[Question]: “Wow, so much saffron! Shopkeeper, you’re the best! I love how generous you are!”

Answer: “Cough, it seems like he’s just a supplier, does supplying a lot count as being generous?”

Answer: “Haha, for a shopkeeper who’s always so stingy, this counts. I’ve never been able to grab anything from previous sales, but now I can finally get the saffron!”

[Question]: “What about the saffron qualifications from last time?”

Answer: “Saffron qualifications are for purchasing premium saffron, not first-grade saffron.”

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At this moment, the question section of the store was once again filled with activity, showing how much attention the store was getting.

Mu Bai glanced at the activity for a moment before closing Taobao.

What had been bothering him was that the agarwood tree and wild ginseng seeds he ordered a few days ago still hadn’t arrived.

After all, this was the third day already.

The delivery speed was making him quite unhappy.

Just as he was about to check the South China Goods Forum for the tracking number again, his phone rang.

He answered the call, and the voice of the courier came through.

“Hello, Mr. Mu, I apologize for the delay. One of your packages is insured for 5 million yuan, and the other is insured for 80 million yuan, so the courier didn’t choose collective air freight, but rather sent it by special delivery. I’m sorry for the delay. Could you please come to the Shui Mo Lin Ju community to pick up your packages, using the tracking number from the South China Goods Forum?”

Mu Bai, hearing the courier’s sincere tone, decided not to mention the slow delivery speed. As he walked, he said, “Alright, I’ll be there soon.”