Chapter 12: Fruitful Trip

"I really want to buy the pile of dragon fruits at the entrance."

Zhou Kun once again emphasized that he wanted to buy dragon fruit, but in George's opinion, Zhou Kun was purely out to make trouble.

"I don't have time to waste with you. I only sell valuable golden dragon fruits, not the pile of rubbish at the entrance of the manor!" George turned Zhou Kun down vehemently and waved at two servants to summon them, in a bid to chase Zhou Kun out of the store. 

"Wait, I'll buy some golden dragon fruit!" Seeing that no one took what he said seriously, Zhou Kun thought of another solution in a moment of panic. 

"Wait, do you really want to buy a golden dragon fruit?" George motioned to his subordinate to stop, wanting to see what Zhou Kun was up to. 

"How much are you selling the golden dragon fruit for?" 

"According to the price fixed by the church, one Dragon Crystal." George looked at Zhou Kun from head to toe. From his perspective and experience of being a butler for so many years, he felt that Zhou Kun, who was in front of him, was probably a poor boy who could not afford to purchase any golden dragon fruit with Dragon Crystals. 

"Sure, give me 10 of them," said Zhou Kun who was relieved to hear his words. Since he still had 100 Dragon Crystals anyway, purchasing 10 golden dragon fruits would not be a problem.

"You..." George was just about to call Zhou Kun out for blowing his trumpet when he saw Zhou Kun taking out a Dragon Crystal stored-value card from his arms. The butler immediately choked. 

"Do you really want to buy 10 of them?" George asked with some uncertainty. Most alchemists would only purchase one or two golden dragon fruits. After all, they were just fruits that were not easy to preserve. He may not even be able to sell 10 in a week either. Yet, the boy in front of him, who was dressed like a pauper, actually said that he wanted to buy 10.

"Yes, I want 10 of them, but I have a request. I also like the pile of dragon fruits at the entrance. If you can find someone to pack and deliver them to the address I'll give you, I'll purchase 10 golden dragon fruits."

George wondered if he had heard it incorrectly. Zhou Kun seemed to be buying the golden dragon fruits because of the pile of ordinary, unwanted ones at the entrance. 

Could it be that this kid has discovered a new method to extract the elements of life from an ordinary dragon fruit?

George quickly dispelled that idea as he thought, 'That's a problem that even the church can't solve. How can this kid do it?' 

There is only one explanation for that. This kid can't possibly be a fool, huh? 

With those doubts, George repeatedly checked the stored-value card that Zhou Kun took out, and after confirming that the Dragon Crystals had been transferred, he handed the 10 golden dragon fruits to Zhou Kun. 

As a result, Zhou Kun grabbed the golden dragon fruit nonchalantly, and asked anxiously, "When will someone be arranged to move that pile of dragon fruit for me?"

Anyway, it was just a task that was as simple as getting a few farmers to go to the warehouse. He managed to sell 10 golden dragon fruit and get rid of the trash at the entrance of the manor. George felt that he had profited, regardless of what it may be. 

Hence, his attitude was different from before, and he said humbly, "Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the dragon fruits to your preferred location now." 

"Okay, get someone to put the dragon fruit in a basket, tie it up with twine, and deliver it to the address that I give you." 

After all, George worked for a major family. He and his subordinates were rather quick to act, and they soon delivered the dragon fruits to the address that Zhou Kun had given. 

Zhou Kun looked at the 40 baskets of dragon fruit in front of him, wondering if his plan would work.

He was going to wait for the passage to open, after which he would carry one or two first and return a few baskets back. He would then tie the others to his body with twine and try to transport the items back by bouncing back to the cold storage warehouse as he did previously.

The passage opened according to schedule, and Zhou Kun looked at the pile of dragon fruit in front of him nervously. 

After a familiar tingling sensation, Zhou Kun felt a huge suction coming from the passage.

After a while, Zhou Kun felt like he had landed on the ground once more. He found that he had returned to the cold storage warehouse, and there were baskets of dragon fruit that were neatly arranged beside him.

His plan had succeeded. 

Zhou Kun also discovered that he was very close to the passage this time, and the previous excruciating pain and feeling of being torn apart was much lighter at this moment. He merely felt a little nauseous and dizzy, and he did not feel like he was comatose like before. 

After crossing the passage several times, Zhou Kun felt that he was getting a deeper understanding of it.

This time, Zhou Kun could be considered to have returned with plenty of gains. The forty-odd baskets of dragon fruit were his biggest gains. 

The next thing he had to consider was how he could turn that batch of dragon fruit into money. 

Hence, Zhou Kun took out his mobile phone and sent a message to the chat group with the other wholesalers, which had been silent for a long time.

"The new batch of imported dragon fruit is of high quality, and they're slightly expensive. If you are interested, please send me a private message."

A long time later, the owner of a fruit store contacted Zhou Kun.

"Little Zhou, how good is the batch of dragon fruit that you mentioned?" 

"Let's put it this way, although they are white-fleshed dragon fruit, they definitely taste better than the red-fleshed ones. They are the best dragon fruits I have eaten in so many years."

"Go ahead and blow your trumpet. How could you have gotten your hands on such excellent goods?" said Zhuo Xiong, who was right. It was basically impossible for second-tier wholesalers like Zhou Kun and others to get the kind of goods that Zhou Kun described. Even if they could, they wouldn't have any advantage in terms of price. 

It would still be possible for local fruits. However, for imported fruits like white-fleshed dragon fruit, it would still be difficult for them to get high-quality, A-grade ones. 

"Are you going to purchase them just after hearing my boastful words? Don't you have to come to the warehouse to take a look?" 

"I think we can skip that step. After all, I still believe that you're a good person, Little Zhou. To tell you the truth, a new fruit store has opened beside mine, and he has robbed me of a lot of business. It doesn't matter if the purchase price is higher as long as the quality is good."

"It doesn't matter to you that it's slightly more expensive? The purchase price is about 10 yuan. "

"Uh, I'd better come to the warehouse to check the goods first." Things said out of emotion were all empty talk. 

Zhuo Xiong was rather quick, and he showed up at the entrance of Zhou Kun's cold storage warehouse in no time. 

"You're such a braggart. I'm going to see how awesome this dragon fruit is." Zhuo Xiong and Zhou Kun shared a good relationship. They knew each other since Zhou Kun's parents started running the business.

"I'll let you take just one glance. The price will be raised to 11 yuan immediately," Zhou Kun retorted, not wishing to be outdone. 

"Screw you… cut the crap, I still need to rely on your dragon fruit for a turnaround." 

"Let's go, I'll take you straight to the cold storage." 

When they arrived at the cold storage, Zhuo Xiong frowned as he looked at the dragon fruits in the carton in front of him.

Although the dragon fruits in front of him were of good quality, they were not good enough to be considered high-quality fruits that were of Grade-A standard.

Zhuo Xiong was a little disappointed. After all, Zhou Kun had boasted so well in the chat group previously, and the price he had set was also ridiculously expensive. Zhuo Xiong really thought that Zhou Kun had obtained some rare and premium products.

"Why? Are you dissatisfied?" Zhou Kun saw all of Zhuo Xiong's expressions, and when he saw that the latter hesitated to speak, he decided not to tease him anymore. 

"This batch of dragon fruit is not what I was referring to. This batch is the remaining stock in the inventory that hasn't been cleared yet. The dragon fruits for you are over there," he said as he pointed to the row of wooden crates behind him.