OFR – Chapter 3 Popular Post

After posting the pictures, Mu Bai briefly freshened up and went out to have breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, Mu Bai went to several nearby flower and plant exhibition halls. Since he now had to rely on the Magical Farm to make money, he needed to understand the current prices of flowers and plants.

By the time the morning was over, Mu Bai had gained some understanding.

Currently, flowers and plants are divided into four grades: ordinary, superior, premium, and rare.

Of course, there are even more precious grades above rare, but those belong to legendary grades, hardly ever seen in the market.

Even though the cacti cultivated by the Magical Farm were of premium quality, due to the common nature of cacti, the price of even premium cacti wouldn’t be very high.

After gaining some knowledge about flowers and plants, Mu Bai returned to the rented basement.

The basement was still pitch black.

This cramped space, this was what a real cramped space was like.

In a big city like Nanjing, where every inch of land was precious, there were many people like Mu Bai living in the lowest stratum.

Feeling around, Mu Bai turned on the small lamp that was charging and found that the cactus under the lamp was still beautiful. He thought that even if it was only considered for ornamental value, such a beautiful cactus should still be worth a lot of money.

“Let’s see the prices given by the friends in the forum first, hopefully not less than two thousand yuan,” Mu Bai thought to himself.

He took out his phone from his pocket, turned on the data, and logged into the Nanjing forum for bonsai plant trading discussions.

At this moment, Mu Bai found that he had received many private messages, but before he could read them, he first looked at his own post.

After opening the post, he found that in just a few hours, there were over two hundred replies to the post.

“Brother, this is a premium cactus.”

“It’s very beautiful. Big brother, where did you get this cactus?”

“My goodness, is this photoshopped? How could it be so beautiful? Cacti are just ordinary potted plants, generally not valuable. Even those selling for over a hundred are considered good cacti. As for yours, its ornamental value is too high, it can be considered premium. I estimate it should be worth at least two thousand yuan.”

Forum Chief: “Two thousand yuan? More than that. Such a beautiful cactus is considered premium. If the little brother wants to sell, chat with me privately, I’ve sent you my WeChat ID in the private message.”

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Most of the comments praised the cactus, which made Mu Bai very happy, especially the reply from the forum chief, which made him feel that this cactus could be sold for a higher price.

Because the forum chief was a big shot in the field of bonsai plants in Nanjing, with considerable prestige.

After scanning through more than two hundred replies one by one, Mu Bai finally looked at his private messages on the forum.

There was one message from the forum chief, and then there were more than a dozen private messages.

Most of the private messages were asking Mu Bai about the price of this cactus and left contact information.

Although many people in the forum doubted the authenticity of the cactus and thought it was photoshopped, this made Mu Bai feel even more confident that the cactus was definitely valuable.

Because since these forum friends who were often engaged in bonsai plants found the ornamental value of the cactus unbelievable, when they actually saw it, they would definitely be willing to pay a high price.

“It seems that the price is higher than I estimated,” Mu Bai thought happily.

As for the private messages, Mu Bai only replied to a few, especially the reply from the forum chief, whose tone was very sincere, making it seem like he really needed this cactus.

Forum Chief: Hey there, buddy! I’m really interested in your cactus. I’d love to buy it at a reasonable price that you suggest. Plus, I have my own flower and plant exhibition hall, right next to the Southwest University in NJ City, called “Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall.” If you’re interested, you can directly come to my hall and contact me. Here’s my WeChat ID: X8. If you’re willing to sell, be sure to get in touch with me.

Mo Bai didn’t expect that the Forum Chief turned out to be the owner of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, which was located near Mo Bai’s basement.

He knew that the owner of Elegance Exhibition Hall was wealthy, worth over a hundred million, and would surely offer a satisfactory price.

Moreover, the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall had a good reputation, and rumor had it that the owner was a nice person.

So, after some thought, Mo Bai decided to sell the cactus to the owner of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall.

Mo Bai opened WeChat and searched for the owner’s WeChat ID.

“Huh? ‘Guarding an Empty City Alone,’ this ID sounds so melancholic. And I didn’t expect the owner to be a woman,” Mo Bai muttered in surprise when he found out that the owner of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, worth over a hundred million, was a woman.

But he didn’t have any other thoughts. He was just amazed that a woman was managing such a large flower and plant exhibition hall.

Mo Bai added the owner as a friend on WeChat, with the note “Post Bar Cactus.”

Perhaps because it was noon, everyone was either having lunch or resting, and the owner of the exhibition hall wasn’t working either.

Soon, the friend request was accepted.

Guarding an Empty City Alone: Hello, are you the owner of the cactus posted on the Post Bar?

Little Mo: The cactus isn’t mine, it belongs to a friend. My friend asked me to help sell it, and I posted the information on the Post Bar.

Mo Bai didn’t disclose all the details because he understood that he was currently weak, and maintaining mystery was his only way of self-protection.

After all, with the Virtual Tycoon System, which was beyond conventional understanding, relying on the Magical Farm to make money, Mo Bai naturally didn’t dare to reveal all his secrets.

In the top-floor office of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall.

A beautiful woman in her late twenties sat on a leather chair, her long black hair cascading down the chair.

The midday sun shone on her face, even more beautiful than that of an internet celebrity, making her look even more stunning as she typed on her phone.

She was the owner of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, whose real name was Han Mengyun, the person Mo Bai was currently contacting.

This Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall wasn’t actually hers; it belonged to her parents. However, two years ago, a sudden car accident left both her parents hospitalized, and they still hadn’t woken up.

Even the doctors concluded that her parents might become vegetative.

To earn enough money for her parents’ subsequent medical expenses, Han Mengyun took over the management of the flower and plant exhibition hall two years ago.

Fortunately, her parents had made a lot of money with their amiable nature, and with the support of their friends, although the foot traffic in the exhibition hall had decreased significantly, it could still be sustained.

However, there were a total of eight large flower and plant exhibition halls in Nanjing City, and there was only one month left until the annual flower and plant exhibition and auction.

The exhibits and auction items from last year’s flower and plant exhibition were all precious items collected and prepared by her parents in advance. But this year, Han Mengyun hadn’t collected any decent premium flower and plant bonsais yet.

If the Elegance Exhibition Hall couldn’t produce a few decent exhibits at the exhibition, it would surely be severely affected by the other exhibition halls.

For the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, which was already struggling, this would be fatal. By then, the limited popularity would undoubtedly flow to other exhibition halls.

So, not only did Han Mengyun have her assistants and secretaries help find premium flower and plant bonsais, but she, as the owner, also personally engaged in the search, often browsing through popular flower and plant bonsai forums online to find bonsais that she could invest in.

However, in the past few days, although Han Mengyun had collected several decent flower and plant bonsais, they were only decent and couldn’t be considered premium.

But this morning, while casually browsing the NJ City Flower and Plant Bonsai Trading Discussion Post Bar, Han Mengyun stumbled upon a cactus.

Although cacti were just common plants, the cactus posted on the Post Bar was unbelievably beautiful.

It was definitely a premium item.

However, because cacti were so common, even if it was a premium cactus, it probably wouldn’t shine at the exhibition a month later. However, as an exhibit, it would be enough.

At this moment, Han Mengyun looked at the messages on WeChat on her phone, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.

“He’s not the owner of the cactus? I wanted to ask him if he had any other premium flower and plant bonsais, but it seems unlikely now.”

Han Mengyun knew that in the flower and plant bonsai industry, those who could cultivate precious plants into even more precious items were masters, but those who could turn common plants into premium ones were the top masters in this circle.

Such top masters, even in the entire NJ City, were few and far between.

Originally, Han Mengyun’s father was considered one, but now whether her father could wake up was uncertain. So Han Mengyun wanted to get in touch with Mo Bai, who was behind this person called Little Mo, to befriend the top master behind him.

Such a top master, if befriended by the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, would definitely revitalize its former reputation.

So even though it wasn’t the actual person, Han Mengyun replied politely: “Sure, you set the place, I’ll come to you to discuss the price of the cactus. Or do you want to come to my exhibition hall?”

Little Mo: I’ll come to your exhibition hall.

Guarding an Empty City Alone: Do you know the way? I can drive over to pick you up.

Little Mo: No need, I know the way.

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Mo Bai looked at the message from the owner of the Elegance Flower and Plant Exhibition Hall, saying she would drive over to pick him up, which made him feel pleasantly surprised.

He had been in Nanjing City for some years now, but he had always been working at massage parlors. Even when he encountered white-collar women for massage, he had to serve them carefully. As for the wealthy people like the owner of the flower and plant exhibition hall, he had never even seen them, let alone having them say they would come to pick him up personally.

This made Mo Bai sigh involuntarily, life is like a drama, and things are unpredictable.