191: Four 2s with two kings

Originally, they thought Wang Chao was supporting Xinghai from behind the scenes.

But now, Wang Chao is practically gone, and the Luol Star System has changed hands, yet Xinghai is still able to maintain such a massive supply channel.

In interstellar trade, mineral resources are the only permanent hard currency.

Under the current business environment in the Luol Star System, whoever can control stable, low-cost resource channels effectively controls the market initiative.

"President Bai, even if you do control low-cost supply channels, I really don't understand—what is your goal in offering such significant concessions?"

"I think the Xinghai Chamber of Commerce wants to kick us all out."

"Exactly, this is clearly just monopolizing everything."

Bai Qianqian scanned the room and said indifferently, "As long as Xinghai's market share can increase by another 20 percentage points, we will provide raw materials or finished products at cost price unconditionally."

"That's impossible. Xinghai already accounts for 30%. If you increase by another 20%, wouldn't that mean you'd monopolize half the market share?"

Bai Qianqian's tone was firm: "What if I told you that as long as you can hold out for a century, you will receive tenfold returns?"

Once these words were spoken, the whole room went silent.

All the previous buildup was actually just to wait for this one sentence.

Katie leaned forward slightly and asked urgently, "Where did this information come from?"

Bai Qianqian replied: "If you can cooperate with us to maintain price stability, in a century, your market share will increase tenfold, or even a hundredfold."

Luo Xing, the person in charge of the Luol Chamber of Commerce who hadn't spoken until now, took the microphone and said, "What guarantee does the Xinghai Chamber of Commerce have?"

Bai Qianqian said: "You can choose not to believe it, and we will solve the problem using commercial means. I believe it won't be long before you voluntarily give up all your market share."

"My proposal right now is just to give everyone here a graceful way out. You have no room for choice."

"Either choose to believe, or withdraw from the Luol Star System."

Luo Xing was silent for a moment, then finally made a decision.

"If you can provide a stable supply channel, I am willing to give up a portion of my market share and fully cooperate in maintaining price stability."

Katie raised an eyebrow slightly and followed up, "I agree as well."

The chamber of commerce representatives present looked at each other. The three largest chambers of commerce combined had a market share of nearly 80%. Since they had all chosen to stand together, whether the others joined or agreed no longer mattered.

Because if they didn't choose to join, they would simply be kicked out.

Someone raised their hand.

"I agree."

"I approve."

"Fine by me."

...

Within ten days after this meeting, the Xinghai Galaxy System began to fully acquire the prime commercial districts, shops, large-scale enterprises in various industries, and large manufacturing factories that the major chambers of commerce in the Luol Star System had given up at market price.

When all the chamber of commerce groups attending the meeting successively received the low-priced minerals, raw materials, and finished products of far higher quality than the market standard provided by Xinghai, the business circle of the Luol Star System finally stabilized completely.

Prices began to stabilize across the board at a unified level. Although prices had risen compared to before the new governor took office, overall, they were within a range that all citizens could accept.

Ten days later.

Xinghai Biology once again unleashed a big move that drove the Luol Star System, and even the entire Milky Way Galaxy, crazy.

For the press conference that day, Xinghai spent a fortune to invite the most authoritative interstellar media from the three major empires to participate in the reporting.

Primary gene enhancement potion, levels 1-10.

Intermediate gene enhancement potion, levels 1-10.

Advanced gene enhancement potion, levels 1-20.

The primary version of the gene enhancement potion is different from any potion on the market; it has no side effects, has mild medicinal properties, and can comprehensively improve the physique of ordinary people who have not yet come into contact with cultivation, making them suitable for cultivation and more compatible with the Star Power cultivation system.

Level 1 potion price: 100,000 star coins/glory coins, with an increase of 100,000 star coins/glory coins for each level up.

The intermediate version of the gene enhancement potion is suitable for Planetary Level cultivators. Its effect is to further improve cultivation aptitude and increase cultivation speed.

Level 1 potion price: 1,000,000 star coins/glory coins, with an increase of 1,000,000 star coins/glory coins for each level up.

The advanced version of the gene enhancement potion is suitable for Stellar Level cultivators, with effects comparable to the Planetary Level gene potion.

Level 1-20 potion price: Only accepts high-quality assets local to the Luol Star System. There is no unified pricing standard. Limited sales, first come, first served.

This plan had already been laid out a year in advance.

At the press conference, 10 ordinary people who had been tested with the primary version of the potion appeared. Once the growth data was disclosed, it immediately caused shock among all the interstellar media present.

The 10 ordinary people, who had absolutely no cultivation talent, took the full ten stages of the primary gene enhancement potion. In just one year, their life index reached 10,000 points.

This efficacy completely crushed all auxiliary gene potions on the market capable of improving cultivation aptitude.

There were also 10 Planetary Level individuals; all their data was transparent and verifiable, including growth data and on-site assessments—nothing was missing.

These 10 people were all Planetary Level 1 before using the gene potion. After using the full set of intermediate gene potions, one year later, they had all advanced to Planetary Level 2.

This cultivation speed was terrifying.

Although it couldn't compare to cultivators who already had extremely excellent innate talent, it was already in the upper-middle tier.

The true value of this potion lies in the fact that it is suitable for cultivators who already have excellent cultivation talent, allowing them to elevate their original cultivation talent to the next level.

As for the introduction of the advanced version of the gene enhancement potion, it was only based on theoretical data projections.

Although there were no actual test subjects, Xinghai released 200 doses of the level 1 advanced gene enhancement potion at once, with every interstellar media representative present receiving one.

This move, in a sense, was already a display of having confidence.

Feel free to take it back and test it; true gold fears no fire.

On the afternoon the press conference ended.

Outside the 100,000 sales points of Xinghai Biology scattered across the Luol Star System, every single one was blocked solid, with lines winding for dozens of kilometers and people crowding everywhere.

In the queues were citizens at the very bottom of the social hierarchy, most of whom had pooled the entire family's resources to barely scrape together enough money to buy a full set of gene potions.

And this potion was their only hope for achieving class mobility.

There were also representatives sent from relatively backward villages, bringing money scraped together by the entire village, in order to allow the village to produce a cultivator capable of protecting it.

Besides this, there were naturally middle-class families hoping their children would succeed, whose children originally had no cultivation aptitude, but now had this opportunity right in front of them.

The majority were naturally the local cultivators of the Luol Star System.

Among them, there were those who had not yet reached the Planetary Level.

There were also cultivators who were at the Planetary Level but had been stuck at one stage for years without any progress due to limited cultivation aptitude.

"Old Wang, look at this line; it's at least several dozen li long. Can we still manage to snag one?"