Chapter 1121: Chapter 832: Shameless (First Update)

“Weird? Old man? Where are you? Come out, I’m here to buy something.”

“A big client has arrived.”

…

Su Mo shouted impatiently.

“What are you yelling about?”

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a voice as cold as the dead spoke from behind Su Mo.

Su Mo shivered involuntarily. He turned his head and was met with the old man’s withered, ancient face. His expression froze, and it took him a few seconds to react. He was here to buy something, the customer is God, what was he afraid of!

“I’m here to buy something, you’ve been absent for ages, are you still doing business or not?”

“Oh? You’re quite confident, looks like you’re paying full price this time.”

The old man replied hoarsely.

Su Mo’s expression stiffened at the old man’s words, and he immediately replied in a cowardly manner, “No, no… you must have misunderstood, I just didn’t want you to miss out on such a big customer as me.”

“Missing out might not be such a bad thing.”

The old man replied without a trace of emotion.

“Listen to you! You haven’t had any customers all this time, don’t you need me to help out your business?”

Su Mo’s expression grew more awkward, but by now his face had become quite thick-skinned, so he didn’t mind.

“The problem is, you’ve never paid full price for anything.”

“Well, isn’t that because your stuff is too expensive? Let’s not talk about that, I want to buy that Star Destroyer Phantom Flower!”

Despite his complaints, Su Mo still had to make the purchase.

“500 billion Star Coins.”

The old man moved behind the counter, replying coldly.

Su Mo replied with a grin, “Let’s discuss a bit, maybe a discount?”

“Do you think this is a vegetable market?”

The old man raised his head, his murky and cold eyes staring at Su Mo.

“Cough, cough, I didn’t mean it that way, but kind of. How about this, I offer 300 billion Star Coins! How does that sound?”

Su Mo was initially thinking of offering 200 billion Star Coins, but he was afraid the old man would beat him, so he gave a higher price.

“Turn right at the exit.”

The old man replied coldly.

Su Mo’s smile grew more rigid, though, of course, he wasn’t really going to leave.

“Don’t be like that, 300 billion Star Coins is a great deal.”

“Do you think a Star Destroyer is cabbage? Cutting the price in half?”

The old man retorted coldly.

“You can’t blame me, your weapons are ridiculously expensive, you know the Star Destroyers outside sell for just 100 billion Star Coins, you’re asking five times that…”

Su Mo couldn’t help but complain, but seeing the old man continue to stare at him, his voice grew weaker and weaker until it disappeared.

In truth, if the old man’s weapons weren’t so handy, he would suspect that the old man was in cahoots with the Fake Owner Swallower trying to trick him.

“If the ones outside are cheaper, go buy them elsewhere, I won’t stop you!”

The old man replied hoarsely.

“I’m just saying, is this how you do business? Pushing business away when it comes to your door? 300 billion doesn’t work, how about I add a bit more?”

Su Mo said with a sheepish grin.

The old man slightly raised his head, cast a murky glance at Su Mo, and continued to ignore him.

In that moment, the deep voice of the Fake Owner Swallower echoed in Su Mo’s mind.

“The higher the level of the weapon, the less room there is for bargaining. With weapons of this level, even a 1% discount is terrifying.”

After hearing the Fake Owner Swallower’s words, Su Mo’s face twitched slightly as he responded in his mind.

“You could have said that earlier, this isn’t just embarrassing, it’s a huge embarrassment.”

“I asked you earlier what you were planning to do, you didn’t say it clearly, and why do you need a Star Destroyer?”

The Fake Owner Swallower replied deeply.

“Although we’ve made a lot of money, we can’t just sit and eat it all up, no matter how much money we have we’ll spend it all eventually. So I want to manage a trade route, but operating a route is very dangerous, relying on a Level 5 Starship Shadow won’t cut it. I thought it over and I need a Star Destroyer for stability.”

Su Mo explained to the Fake Owner Swallower.

Besides that, there was another reason he hadn’t mentioned, in this era, might makes right, and weapons never go out of style.

He’d considered buying a V-gen Mecha, but after careful consideration, Su Mo decided to go back and use the Alien Corpse, mix it with Eternal Metal, and gather some materials to have someone make a real V-gen Mecha. Otherwise, buying directly was too expensive and the performance wasn’t good enough.

“Your idea is fine, but reality is harsh, he’s not going to give you a discount.”

The Fake Owner Swallower poured a cold bucket of water on Su Mo.

Su Mo took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset, and with a sheepish grin said to the old man, “You haven’t had any business for a while, might as well sell to me. I won’t ask for a discount, just a tiny little request.”

“Speak.”

The old man replied coldly.

Su Mo went all in and said directly to the old man, “How about this, I’ll pay 300 billion Star Coins, and the remaining 200 billion, let me pay on credit?”

After hearing this, the old man’s murky eyes sized up Su Mo.

For a moment, Su Mo felt a bit hairy, then he squeezed out an awkward smile and said, “Just a little credit, my credit rating is actually very good, if it doesn’t work I can give you a little interest.”

The old man didn’t reply to Su Mo, instead, he turned to the side table, pulled out a long-aged bottle of wine, unscrewed the cap, poured himself a glass of red wine, and took a sip.

Seeing the old man not speaking, Su Mo was puzzled, are you going to do it or not, just say something.

Nonetheless, even though he was complaining inside, Su Mo didn’t dare to actually voice his complaints, because the old man was the boss here.

After a long while, the old man rasped out, “Even if I gave it to you on credit, it’s useless, you probably couldn’t even leave the port of Star Ring City.”

“Why wouldn’t I be able to get out?”

Su Mo was a bit confused.

“Do you have the Star Ring City-issued Star Destroyer license?”

The old man asked out of nowhere.

“Huh? What’s that?”

“It’s the qualification certificate that determines whether you can own a Star Destroyer. Without it, you can’t buy a Star Destroyer, let alone take it out. This level of weapon is no longer a toy and is naturally under control.”

The old man, unexpectedly patient, explained calmly.

“No way, is there such a complicated operation?”

“All cutting-edge weapons have this requirement, haven’t you read the Star Ring City’s public regulations?”

The old man asked hoarsely.

“Uh, I heard you need Contribution Value to buy high-end weapons, but what does Star Ring City have to do with it if you’re willing to sell to me? How about you take the ship out, I’ll take over outside, and the Star Destroyer never docks at Star Ring City, just roams outside, doesn’t that settle it?”

Su Mo was almost spitting blood, he hadn’t expected such a convoluted situation.

“Do you think that’s possible? If I did that, would I still be in business? It’s not the only ship I have docked at Star Ring City’s port?”

The old man replied coldly.