Chapter 337: How Many “Positive” Marks Were Left?

Chapter 337: How Many “Positive” Marks Were Left?

Since Tianwang already cooked up so many things, they had no doubt that Tianwang really had the skills to pull some trick that could mess with them!

“Tsk tsk, seriously… I waited for so many days, and actually no one took the bait.” In the Underground Base, Zheng Yichen leisurely watched some movements in the Magic Weapon Forum. As for the issue in Kaja City, Deya had left that place. As for the other person in charge, influenced by the impact of the Body Purification Potion Zheng Yichen made last time, that person now negotiated very carefully, far from as casual as Deya.

After all, the gap in abilities was right there, and with the gains from last time, even if Zheng Yichen didn’t bring out anything new this time for months, it wouldn’t matter. Research like this often took years without results—that was normal. Although Zheng Yichen could produce substantial results in just a few months—he was even recently researching the “Awakening Potion.” Once this research succeeded, the impact would be far greater than the Body Purification Potion.

The Body Purification Potion needed time to show its full effect, but the Awakening Potion, once it succeeded… one time was enough. Unfortunately, there were just too many conflicts, leaving Zheng Yichen still racking his brains over it.

And even if he did develop it, Zheng Yichen didn’t plan to release it immediately. Others took years for a single achievement—but he, in a few months, even less than a few months, one or two months, had results? Wasn’t that just asking for trouble? Especially with his current partner—what if this spoiled the Sanctuary Church’s appetite, making them come to him every few months? Was he asking for trouble or asking for trouble?

All in all, besides the potion matter, what he still paid most attention to was the thing that could bring him the most profit right now—the Bicycle. Hmm, this thing was just a start. Zheng Yichen didn’t expect this to bring him any extra Mana gains; making it was more for sentimental reasons. Since he already messed around with cars, he might as well complete the whole set!

But it had been a few days since this thing came out, and there wasn’t any scrambling in the market for imitation products fighting for profit. He didn’t know if this world’s copyright sense was too strong or if it was just too short a time. Anyway, since no one jumped in to stir things up, Zheng Yichen stopped waiting. After all, it was just a temporary whim that made him wait a few days. Such petty mischief wouldn’t bring substantial gains anyway. After that, he directly @ Qin and contacted her.

After that, those merchant groups still hesitating were annoyed to find that, in just a few days, the originally quiet Purple Vine Guild had come up with some new tricks. They redeveloped some of their usually unused spaces, turning them into parking spots!

Bicycles were small, but the Sports Cars were big; they took up a lot of space when parked. Right now, those Traffic Rules Law Enforcement Teams were vigorously looking for vehicles violating traffic rules, and the state was directly focused on this area. Even Nobles didn’t want to get into such trouble for no reason. In the future, if the state relaxed on this, it would be fine—but now?

Forget it.

So parking spots were very important, and now the Purple Vine Guild made use of some hard-to-develop empty spaces as parking lots, which naturally became very popular! Parking in their lots not only didn’t break the law but also had dedicated watchmen—higher safety, very low cost, and you could even get a card from the Purple Vine Guild; you didn’t need to pay each time you parked—just use the card to record it.

When Zheng Yichen first published the Traffic Rules, he didn’t mention this point, and the Traffic Rules actually left many loopholes related to it. But no one realized. Now, with the Purple Vine Guild taking the lead, those people immediately woke up—oh, you could do this too? Too bad the Purple Vine Guild again seized the initiative… leaving them so conflicted. If they had realized a little earlier, wouldn’t they have gotten the bigger share?

Unlike now: the Purple Vine Guild took the lead, and even after many car owners got cards, they realized this approach. It was too late now. Those Noble heirs or upstarts were willing to spend money, but they weren’t fools. They already spent money once; why spend a second time? That was the benefit of seizing the initiative.

Conflicted as they were, now that they knew this approach, of course they all wanted to follow suit. Leftovers? As long as they could make money, they didn’t mind. And this was just losing the first move, not exactly leftovers… still acceptable.

Not long after the parking lot craze emerged, another move by Tianwang left them a bit dumbfounded—especially the merchant groups mainly in the vehicle business. Although it didn’t make them nearly curse, they still felt very frustrated. Why hadn’t they thought of such a simple, understandable move?

Why could Tianwang think of it? As expected of the founding father of cars—so many ideas?

This guy actually launched a bundle sale method: with a slightly higher price on cars sold, you could get a folding Bicycle as a gift… as the name suggested, a Bicycle that took up very little space when folded. Anyway, materials in this world were amazing. With Zheng Yichen’s Magical Modification, the designed folding Bicycle was not small at all, and the tires weren’t air tires but rubber tires—this further affected the folding process; even the tires could be folded.

According to Zheng Yichen’s design for the most compact folded state, the best folded form of the folding Bicycle was like a slightly larger suitcase. Exaggerated? Not at all, really. Of course, this kind of Bicycle that could fold into suitcase form had a higher production cost, using a lot of Enchanted Materials. When choosing the bundled vehicle, there were several packages. This suitcase-type Bicycle belonged to the top-tier bundled version. The ordinary ones only had the frame partially folded, far less convenient to carry than the suitcase version, but still easy to store.

Vehicle owners who bought cars earlier didn’t need to feel discontented—they could just pay some extra difference to get the related Bicycle. Ordinary owners might consider among several packages, but for those upstarts or those who bought high-end vehicles, which would choose a lesser one? Of course they wanted the top-tier! Bicycles and such—they had plenty of time to use them, right?

For example, after parking the car in a lot, if the place you wanted to go was still three or four hundred meters away, and you didn’t feel like walking, just grab the suitcase from the trunk, press the mechanism button on it, and the suitcase clicked and unfolded, assembling into a special folding Bicycle that looked even cooler than the ordinary ones sold in stores—how great was that?

And this Bicycle also used some Enchanted Materials, so it was enchanted with some lightness Magic, making the overall weight very light. In folded state, even an ordinary person could lift it without effort. In some situations, this thing could even be flaunted as a kind of car key. Because it was bundled sales, the style of the folding Bicycle Zheng Yichen normally sold was different from the bundled version.

The bundled version was more advanced.

Overall: you spent money and got something to show off with. As for in Noble circles, if someone couldn’t recognize the differences in these styles and mocked lightly, the mocker would become the laughingstock—just like recognizing brands. And this development was something Zheng Yichen “established”!

The car key thing was a special Magic Artifact—you could choose a Ring or other accessory as the outer form; the core inside remained the same. Of course, it also came with a few normal keys. Very comprehensive.

Such new moves left those who had earlier had eyes on the Bicycle utterly stunned. Damn it, with this series of moves, even if they wanted to throw money at it, there was nowhere to throw! Ordinary people’s money relied on accumulation through quantity, but rich people’s money—once earned, it was definitely a big order. Alright, in their view, Tianwang’s series of moves completely cooled many things. They weren’t without ideas to bring Bicycles into the high-end market.

But this move cut off too many opportunities for them. You made high-end ones? So what? For rich people, the Bicycle was still an accessory. No matter how cool it was, could it be as cool as a flashy Sports Car? As exciting as a thrilling Magic Cycle?

No, right? Since not, wasn’t it better to just stay as an accessory? Zheng Yichen’s move was too successful—successfully placing the Bicycle in the high-end market as an accessory. Others’ plans? Definitely cooled after this.

Suddenly hitting them with two moves they hadn’t thought of—bundle sales and folding Bicycles… in any case, now those merchant groups all sighed worriedly. It was really hard to snatch a piece of the cake from Tianwang’s side. Who knew which faction this guy was from, to manage this extent? As for Tianwang being one person? Not many thought so.

How could one person have such huge production capacity? There were also suspicions about whether Tianwang was related to the Purple Vine Guild. But judging from many traces, the relationship between them wasn’t much. Although the Purple Vine Guild and Tianwang almost teamed up with this combination punch, indeed catching other merchant groups off guard and leaving them bruised and confused, there wasn’t much connection between the two…

One still focused on the Online Store, the other more focused on real-world operations. The combination punch was beautifully executed, successfully cutting off others’ various first-mover opportunities.

“Hmm~ Let me calculate, how many ‘positive’ marks did I leave on this world?” Sitting in the elevator, Zheng Yichen muttered, holding a small notebook. Counting the influences from the very beginning to now, even if not by full characters but stroke by stroke, it could still leave more than one “positive” mark. Thinking about it was really satisfying. But for now, that was it. All possible moves related to vehicles had been made for the time being. As for future designs, they would have to wait and come slowly, like the gear-shifting bike…