Watching the Wang sisters' anxious expressions, Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and began, "I will be responsible for formulating the perfume, and you two will handle the sales. The profits will be split equally between our sides."
"Impossible!" Wang Yu Yan blurted out.
Zhao Sheng, unhurried, said, "Nothing is impossible! I think you wouldn't want your family to know about the perfume either."
By then, he had firmly grasped the situation.
After all, the Wang sisters were too naive, and Zhao Sheng had easily figured out their thoughts.
"How did you guess that?"
Hearing Zhao Sheng expose their motives, Wang Yu Yan's face changed dramatically.
Zhao Sheng felt he should not continue to provoke her, in case it caused a backlash.
He explained, "If the Wang Family knew about this, I believe it wouldn't be you two standing here today . . ."
The Wang sisters then realized that they had indeed exposed such a significant flaw.
Regaining her composure, Wang Yu Yan seriously said, "Half of the profits is too much, twenty-eighty, I get eighty and you get twenty!"
Zhao Sheng shook his head, "No, half and half is my bottom line. After all, I provide the raw materials, labor, and formula, and the perfume-making process is complex and not easy to execute."
"Without us, the perfume simply wouldn't reach the hands of cultivators. Mr. Zhao, do you have a sales channel?"
After Wang Yu Yan countered, Wang Yuqi suddenly intervened, "If my grandfather finds out, not only will you not make any Spirit Stones, but you may also struggle to keep your life."
"Oh, that's a valid point. Well, I'll compromise, let's split it forty-sixty."
"It won't work..."
An hour later, after a warm and friendly conversation, both parties finally agreed to a thirty-seventy split. Additionally, Zhao Sheng generously offered to allow the Wang sisters to "buy on credit."
After the successful negotiation, Zhao Sheng had unconsciously drawn closer to the Wang sisters. This was his primary goal for the day.
Although plans had changed halfway through, it had unexpectedly worked out. With business interactions now in place, their relationship would only grow stronger, and everything would naturally fall into place.
After agreeing on the monthly production quantity of the perfume, Zhao Sheng glanced outside the pavilion and suddenly asked, "Are the people you brought reliable?"
Wang Yu Yan was taken aback at the question, then nodded firmly, "Wang Si was raised by my father from a young age. He absolutely will not betray us!"
"Is your esteemed father at home now?" Zhao Sheng probed.
Wang Yu Yan, although inexperienced, was quite smart and quickly understood the implication in Zhao Sheng's words, quickly responding, "He has gone out for business, and it will be at least half a year before he returns."
Hmm.
Zhao Sheng nodded after hearing this, temporarily easing his intention to kill Wang Si.
Meanwhile, outside the pavilion, Wang Si also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Because just a moment ago, a strong and fierce Sword Intent had suddenly erupted from Mr. Zhao and abruptly targeted him.
In that instant, his whole body was pained by the Sword Intent, and he suddenly got the illusion as though he was facing a powerful member of the Innate Sword Sect.
"What a terrifying young man!" Wang Si was filled with fear, unable to help thinking: "Could this person have already advanced to Innate?"
Wang Si could never imagine that Zhao Sheng indeed possessed a powerful Innate Sword Intent, yet hadn't developed Innate True Qi.
He had exhausted all his True Qi, yet could only perform a move equivalent to a full-strength strike of the Innate Sword Sect.
This move was Zhao Sheng's ultimate trump card, easily capable of killing any martial artist below Innate level.
After that day, the group of three was officially established.
Zhao Sheng used carrier pigeons to send a message to his family, briefly explaining the situation.
Soon, a secret workshop within Zhao Family's Castle was tightly sealed off, and a large number of trusted family members were dispatched inside to start mass production of perfume.
At the same time, Zhao Sheng, citing the Wang sisters' lack of experience and fear of exposing flaws, insisted on accompanying them.
Thus, the three of them, after disguising themselves, successively entered and exited various cultivation markets in Liang Kingdom, choosing specific shops to start selling perfume in bulk.
During this time, the trio faced several dangers, but all were resolved one by one by the experienced Zhao Sheng.
The reason they did not retail was because Zhao Sheng knew well that perfume making was not complex and could not be kept secret from those with intentions. Therefore, before the recipe was cracked, they aimed to maximize their profits.
The Wang sisters thought they could sustain this venture slowly and steadily, which was far too naive.
The benefits of the perfume were obvious, hence the trio's sales went very smoothly, and things quickly got on track.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, four months had passed.
During this period, the trio earned a fortune, far exceeding their most optimistic estimates.
However, Wang Yu Yan and Wang Yuqi were consistently downcast, looking gloomy all day long.
Because once again that guy had predicted correctly. A cultivator had already cracked the perfume formula.
Indeed,
Compared to alchemy, making perfume was really simple.
Zhao Sheng did not care about such minor gains.
It only took him two days to figure out the sisters' personalities.
The older sister was rational and intelligent, yet a money-grubber. The younger sister was impulsive and muddled, very vain, and fond of fine foods and luxurious clothes.
Four months of constant interaction significantly advanced his relationship with the Wang sisters. Wang Yuqi had fallen deeply in love with him and was utterly captivated by affection.
The reason for such quick progress was not only Zhao Sheng's meticulous planning but also related to two secrets of romance.
One was "Keeping busy with leisure," and the other was a saying: "If she is naive to the world, show her its splendor; if she is weary of the world, take her on a merry-go-round."
An attractive, dashing, extremely intelligent young man, humbly courting you all day, making you happy with a variety of delicious food and beautiful clothes.
How many women in the world could resist such temptation?
Wang Yuqi could not. Her sister, Wang Yu Yan, seemed more aware, but when she looked at Zhao Sheng, her eyes often sparkled unusually.
...
"Eight hundred three, eight hundred four, eight hundred..."
In a simple yet spacious room, Wang Yu Yan counted seriously, tallying up the total number of Spirit Stones they had earned during this period.
In front of her, a small mountain of Spirit Stones had accumulated on the table.
At that moment, Wang Yuqi, seated beside her in a pink tasseled long dress, suddenly complained with impatience, "Sister Yu Yan, stop counting. There are a total of eight hundred fifty-four Spirit Stones, you've counted them dozens of times already. Isn't that enough?"
"Eight hundred nine, eight hundred ten..."
Wang Yu Yan ignored her sister and continued counting calmly.
Wang Yuqi, feeling increasingly irritated, immediately raised her voice, "Brother Zhi Qin said that giving him two hundred forty Spirit Stones is enough, he doesn't want the rest."