Chapter 34: Collection of Black Market Scams (Collector's Edition)

Chen Shu, bored and idle, waited for school to end. He had already mastered all the knowledge from high school.

Ding ding ding!

The school bell rang, and Chen Shu swiftly walked out of the classroom and arrived at the entrance of the regular class.

"Zhou Xiaopang!"

"Big Brother Pi!" Zhou Xiaoming ran over excitedly, "I saw the miserable state of Zheng Yi. Big Brother Pi, your efficiency is remarkable."

"Of course," Chen Shu rubbed his hands together, "I'll come to your house tonight. I want to discuss some business."

He had unlocked the formula for the Size Alteration Potion again. If he wanted to refine it, he needed the raw materials. Unlike the Strength Enhancement Potion, the production of the Size Alteration Potion was limited to only two to four bottles. If he went to the 666 Liquid Medicine Company for production, the profit he could obtain would be minimal, not to mention the excessive attention it would attract. A high school student proficient in refining two types of potions was already astonishing.

"Tonight?" Zhou Xiaoming's expression turned surprised, "Isn't it a bit too early to meet my parents?"

"Huh?" Chen Shu's mouth twitched, "Are you looking for trouble? Speak properly to me."

"No... Big Brother Pi, what I meant is that I haven't told my parents yet," Zhou Xiaoming smiled awkwardly, "And we have evening self-study tonight."

Chen Shu directly grabbed Zhou Xiaoming and walked towards the school gate. "It's fine. I'll have Zhang Dali tutor you tomorrow."

Zhou Xiaoming: "..."

Having Zhang Dali as my tutor? Can't you stop kidding around? I don't want to be the bottom of the class!

The two of them went to Zhou Xiaoming's family shop, and the outcome was even easier than Chen Shu had imagined. Although he didn't have a pharmacist certificate, under the influence of money, Zhou Xiaoming's parents agreed to reserve the specified materials for him in the dimensional space, but the price would be 10%-20% higher than the market price.

Both parties quickly reached an agreement. As long as Chen Shu could provide the money, Zhou Xiaoming's family shop was willing to sell him the medicinal materials. Unfortunately, Zhou Xiaoming's family shop didn't deal in potions, so they wouldn't purchase his potions.

The next day, instead of going to school as usual, Chen Shu went directly to the 666 Liquid Medicine Company. He had already fully mastered the knowledge of beast taming in high school, so there was no need to review the textbook knowledge. As a beast tamer, it was reasonable for him to engage in extracurricular learning, right?

He quietly arrived at the potion department of the liquid medicine company, and everyone else seemed to ignore him. The company didn't publicize his presence, as Chen Shu didn't have a pharmacist certificate. If he was exposed, he could likely be fired.

"Chen Shi, why did you come today?" Assistant Xiao Mao asked in surprise.

"Well, I found some time to come over. Did Zhang Dali keep the Big Power Flowers?" Chen Shu replied.

"We currently have fourteen of them. Should I retrieve all of them?" Xiao Mao asked.

"Yes, please retrieve all of them," Chen Shu nodded.

Although the company claimed to have three Big Power Flowers available every day, if Chen Shu didn't show up, they wouldn't reserve all of them for him. Otherwise, there would be a shortage of Big Power Potions. The potions from the 666 Liquid Medicine Company were mainly sold to various shops and were always in high demand.

A day passed, and Chen Shu had used up all fourteen Big Power Flowers. Six of them were used to produce Low-Grade Big Power Potions, resulting in a total of seventy-eight bottles. According to the contract, for one Big Power Flower, he needed to provide the company with five bottles of Big Power Potion. With fourteen flowers, it amounted to seventy bottles. The remaining eight flowers were used to produce Middle-Grade Big Power Potions, which Chen Shu stored in his system space.

Assistant Xiao Mao was no longer surprised by Chen Shu's frantic pace of potion production. He stored the seventy bottles of Big Power Potions in the inventory.

In the evening, Chen Shu left the company and headed straight to the black market. He needed to sell the potions and then buy medicinal materials from Zhou Xiaoming's family shop to refine new Size Alteration Potions.

Currently, his system space contained fifty-two bottles of Middle-Grade Big Power Potions. Fourteen bottles were given to the Golden Slime, which now had acquired resistance to the potion and couldn't consume Middle-Grade Big Power Potions anymore.

Chen Shu arrived at the streets of the black market, found an available spot, and began displaying his potions.

"Come and have a look! Freshly brewed Middle-Grade Big Power Potions!" Chen Shu set up a stall in the black market and began shouting loudly.

"Genuine products guaranteed! Ten times refund for fakes!"

Although his voice was loud, only a few people came over, and those who passed by cast disdainful glances at him.

Damn it! I'm a top-notch student, and they're treating me like a scammer?

"Young man, your scamming skills are too amateurish," the neighboring stall owner spoke up.

"These are genuine Big Power Potions," Chen Shu's mouth twitched as he explained helplessly.

"Who would believe your ten times refund policy? Will you just give eleven bottles to someone?" the person continued.

Chen Shu turned his head and looked at the person, suddenly remembering something. "Aren't you the guy selling mud?"

The first time Chen Shu and Zhang Dali came to the black market, Zhang Dali spent ten yuan to buy a clump of mud.

"What do you mean by mud! That's the Earth Dragon King's core!" the stall owner explained seriously. "Do you want to learn some tricks from me?"

"Tricks? What tricks?" Chen Shu asked.

"Of course, I'm talking about the techniques for setting up stalls in the black market. I guarantee you'll earn 3,000 a day!"

As soon as the words fell, the stall owner took out an old book with the words 'Black Market Scam Techniques Compilation (Collector's Edition)' written on it!

"Oh..." Chen Shu's mouth twitched slightly.

Can they be more outrageous?

They even wrote a book, and it's a damn collector's edition??

"Forget it, my potions are genuine, unlike you bunch of scammers."

"Not bad, not bad," the stall owner nodded. "Although your scamming skills are lousy, your acting is good."

Chen Shu was speechless.

Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "May I ask how I should address you, boss?"

"Just call me Lao Wang, everyone does."

"Okay, Lao Wang," Chen Shu nodded and then lowered his voice, "Can you help me find some people to pretend to buy things and attract customers?"

"I'm Lao Wang, not Lao Wangba..." The stall owner was speechless.

"Alright, Lao Wangba," Chen Shu nodded. "Can you do me a favor and find some people to pretend to buy things and gather some attention?"

Lao Wang shook his head, no longer concerned about the address used by the other person.

"Will that work?" he asked, rubbing his hands. "Calling people is not a problem, but do you know that everything requires funds?"

"One hundred yuan per person," Chen Shu confidently replied. "You just need to bring people, and after it's done, I'll give you a thousand."

"Do you have that much money?" Lao Wang looked skeptical.

"This is a five hundred yuan deposit. After it's done, I'll pay you another five hundred!" Chen Shu directly took out five hundred yuan. "Make sure to find more people."

Lao Wang's face brightened, happily pocketing the five hundred yuan.

Ten minutes later, as expected, Lao Wang brought a group of people to Chen Shu's stall. Most of them were stall owners and ordinary people, selling fake goods naturally.

Although only Beastmasters of Level 5 or above were allowed in the black market, it wasn't difficult for ordinary people to sneak in.

"Xiao Chen, these people are the elites of the black market! How about that?" Lao Wang spoke up.

Chen Shu observed the group of people in front of him and nodded.

The crowd immediately surrounded his stall, layer upon layer. There was no need for Chen Shu to train them; these experienced individuals knew exactly what to do.

"Middle-Grade Big Power Potions, I want one bottle!"

"Give me one! I came all the way from the city center!"

"Boss, I want five bottles, pack them nicely for me!"

Their acting was perfect, worthy of being called film stars. It was impossible to find any flaws. They were indeed seasoned veterans of the black market.

The only problem was, can you guys just take out your wallets?

"Damn it, even if you're just pretending, this is too fake," Chen Shu sighed, rubbing his forehead and feeling a headache coming on.

The issue wasn't that the people weren't paying, but rather their pockets were much cleaner than their faces.

Who would come to act as buyers when they have money?