Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

While the businessmen were waiting for the so-called soup.
A piece of news came out.
"Lu Xiaobu Certification Logo Auctioned for 1 Billion Deposit"
"Sky-high Price for Educational Books Auction"
"Billion-dollar for One Mark"
"Unprecedented Certification Logo Auction"
"Behind the Sky-high Deal, Is There Still a Review Standard"
"Money or Morality"
...
The headlines looked impressive, but overall it was just one thing.
That is, the Lu Xiaobu Certification logo was auctioned for a whopping 1 billion!
Remember the Lu Xiaobu Certification?
It was initially set up by Lu Xiaobu on a shopping website, and later this certification gradually got canceled.
But cancellation didn’t mean its effectiveness diminished; on the contrary, it grew bigger and more precious!
After all, scarcity makes things valuable!
Moreover, Liang Lan developed this certification offline, turning it into a popularly recognized folk certification!
As long as there’s this certification, it represents a guarantee of quality and workmanship!
Sometimes, this certification is even more effective than some official ones, highly recognized by the public!
And since it’s a folk certification, some rules aren’t too rigid!
So, Liang Lan made it into an auction type, with the deposit getting higher each time!
Of course, the quality aspect definitely must be assured!
Lu Group’s audit has always been very strict, everyone knows this!
And this time, it was auctioned for an astronomical price of 1 billion!
The reason is simple, the other party is into education, and who currently holds the highest prestige in the education sector?!
Of course, it’s Lu Xiaobu!
So, this Lu Xiaobu Certification is simply unparalleled in educational transactions!
The key point is, this deposit is for a one-year term!
In other words, although Lu Group has an annual expense of 4 billion, they have already recovered 1 billion!
However.
This is not the end.
The education sector, or more precisely the supplementary education sector, was in an uproar!
"Damn! Which company is it?! So crazy?!"
"Yeah! A billion a year?! Damn! Are they mad?! A billion?! How much must they raise the price of supplementary materials to recover the cost?!"
"This is a big deal!"
"What happened?!"
"That 1 billion isn’t for buying certification! It’s buying our heads!"
"What?! What do you mean?!"
"Are you stupid?! Look at them spending a billion foolishly! But in fact, they are not counting on raising prices to make money, but on sales! Sales!"
"What sales, our supplementary market is already divided, where do they get sales?!"
"Can’t you think?! Imagine! At the same price, with Lu Xiaobu Certification on supplementary materials versus our materials, which will they buy?!"
"Damn! I get it! This company is trying to snatch the market from us?!"
"Damn! So ruthless! This move is too cruel!"
"What do we do?!"
"I don’t know! Think of something yourself!"
"..."
This group of supplementary education people panicked, their eyes flickering, each plotting something.
They didn’t say it, but everyone knows the only way now is to buy the certification!
To buy the certification before anyone else!
It’s not for making money, but for survival!
So, the Lu Xiaobu Certification sold like crazy!
"Young Master, we’ve sold 4 billion already, we’ve broken even!" Liang Lan said with a charming smile.
"Really? How many haven’t bought it yet?" Lu Xiaobu said leisurely.
"Three more, these seven are the major players in the supplementary education sector, they will definitely buy." Liang Lan smiled.
"Ok! Let’s wait for good news!" Lu Xiaobu leaned back, lying on Su Luoxue’s lap pillow, and said leisurely.
"The boss’s strategy is truly brilliant!" Su Luoxue said with a gentle laugh as she massaged Lu Xiaobu’s head gently.
"Just a small trick." Lu Xiaobu yawned and said.
"It’s not just a small trick, it’s the Young Master’s divine foresight!"
Liang Lan covered her mouth and laughed softly: "First, let Xue Lin buy a supplementary company and then spend a billion to buy our certification! This forces the big players in the supplementary education sector to buy for self-preservation. In this way, our annual expenses are easily covered, with surplus too!"
"That’s not all! Once more than four supplementary companies buy our certification, it’s actually no different from not buying! After all, they were the best-selling companies in the supplementary sector anyway, just embellishing success!" Su Luoxue added with a smile.
"And if they don’t buy, it’s simple!" Xue Lin also smiled charmingly: "Then we’ll just do the supplementary materials ourselves! Monopolizing the market, we can still make huge profits!"
"What kind of clever trick is this? This is outright robbery! Hahahaha!" the little Chili jumped on the couch, hands on hips, and laughed heartily.
"Exactly! It’s robbery!" Lu Xiaobu said with a carefree air: "Whether they pay or not, they must pay!"
This is a General’s move on the chessboard!
If they buy, Lu Xiaobu easily makes money!
But if they all buy, they go back to the same level line, equivalent to not buying, with no effect!
But if they all don’t buy, then Lu Xiaobu will do the supplementary materials himself, still making big profits!
Maybe someone will ask, what if only one or two companies buy?!
That’s unrealistic, because not buying equals courting death!
Waste money or completely lose the market, how to choose?!
You all understand!
So, the little Chili said it’s robbery, blatant robbery!
It really is robbery!
Another week passed.
The latest edition of educational aids came out!
Yes, the seven largest companies all embraced the Lu Xiaobu Certification logo!
The prices didn’t increase, all remained the same as before, after all, if they did raise prices, Lu Group would revoke the Lu Xiaobu Certification and demand a penalty!
So!
Seeing this scene, the seven big shots in the educational aid field swore!
"Damn! You bought it too?!"
"Fucking hell! Did you all buy?!"
"Damn it?! Not one less! Damn! What’s the point now?!"
"Yeah! Isn’t this just giving money to Lu Xiaobu for nothing?!"
"Damn it! We’ve been played by Lu Xiaobu!"
"Wait! There’s one more thing, why are we the only seven with certification on the market?! Technically, wasn’t there another who bought first?!"
"Yeah! It’s because of that company’s purchase we decided to act!"
"Quickly, investigate! Investigate thoroughly!"
Very soon, the news came out!
Yes, Xue Lin no longer concealed the news, after all, Lu Xiaobu said: After robbing someone, at least let them know who the robber is! Otherwise, that’s just too much!
So, these big shots in the supplementary education sector found out!
They found out it was all orchestrated by Lu Xiaobu, all along Lu Xiaobu implementing the robbery on them!
Their expressions were priceless!