#425 - The Bodhisattva's Heart Lan Wenhao
Lan Wenhao's attention to this matter was naturally because the Lan family had discovered a business opportunity in it.
Currently, throughout the entire Great Ming Dynasty and even the surrounding dynasties, the Lan family was the largest and best producer of Qin Buyi's portraits.
As the saying goes, 'the water tower closest to the water gets the moonlight first'.
Qin Buyi's close relationship with the Lan family as the Supreme Elder of the Lan family was well-known to the outside world.
In addition, the Qin Buyi portraits produced by the Lan family were extremely exquisite, and every action in the portraits was extremely lifelike, as if they were copied from a real person.
It far surpassed other peers selling Qin Buyi's portraits by several streets, which could be described as a dimensionality reduction strike.
The reason why it could be so lifelike and exquisite was because Lan Wenhao, who often spent time with Qin Buyi, personally painted them.
Lan Wenhao, with his perfect Great Ascension Realm cultivation, recalled Qin Buyi's every move in his mind, as if he was painting directly from the person himself, creating such exquisite portraits.
As for the portraits produced by the Lan family later, they could directly copy and replicate them based on the ones painted by Lan Wenhao.
During this period, the Lan family's status in the Great Ming Dynasty had surpassed the Wang and Jiang families, becoming the true uncrowned king.
Basically, no one opposed this situation.
Opposition was useless. The Lan family had Qin Buyi, a Dragon Gate Realm expert, behind them, and everyone had to bow their heads when they saw him.
With the Lan family's influence and the Lan family's Patriarch Lan Wenhao personally carrying out a dimensionality reduction strike, the brand influence immediately emerged.
The portraits sold by the Lan family were cheap and of good quality, and many mortals lined up to buy them.
Don't underestimate the fact that the main force buying Qin Buyi's portraits were these mortals, but their purchasing power was very amazing.
Even though the Lan family's net profit from the portraits was not high, they still had a stable income of hundreds of millions of spirit stones every day.
Moreover, this value still had some room for growth, and the part of the space that could rise depended on the Lan family's productivity.
In the past few days, it could be said that the Lan family's painters, from top to bottom, had basically made their brushes smoke... but the demand still exceeded the supply.
Looking at the income of the past few days, Lan Wenhao showed a smile on his face and said, "The Lan family has now become the largest producer of Qin Brother's portraits, and the next step is to consider how to monopolize them."
At this time, Lan Tianhe came in from outside with a stack of forms and said to Lan Wenhao, "Third Brother, take a look at these orders for Qin Brother's portraits, they are already scheduled for half a year later..."
"These mortals are really too fanatical. In order to obtain Qin Brother's exquisite portraits, they are using all kinds of methods."
"Such as buying at higher prices, asking people for help, finding channels, etc. The portraits of Qin Brother on the black market outside have been炒 to five or six times the normal price."
"The most stable and profitable business in the black market recently is about Qin Brother's portraits. Everyone knows that as long as they can find a channel to hoard a batch of Qin Brother's portraits, they can definitely make a lot of money."
Speaking of this, Lan Tianhe approached Lan Wenhao and said, "Third Brother, recently, many black market bosses in the Great Ming Imperial Capital want to cooperate with our Lan family, what do you think?"
Lan Wenhao pondered for a moment and said, "There is no need to pay attention to them."
Lan Tianhe said, "If we don't pay attention to them, I'm afraid they will cause trouble."
Lan Wenhao's eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent and said, "Hmph, cause trouble? Do you really think my Lan family is made of mud? Now your and my cultivation have reached the Great Ascension Realm, and behind us is Qin Brother."
"These petty thieves are not worthy of discussing any cooperation with my Lan family."
Lan Tianhe thought for a moment and said, "Third Brother, what you said is also true. My mentality has not changed for a while..."
Lan Tianhe's cultivation in the Small Thousand World improved too quickly last time, and he has not yet felt the status of a Great Ascension Realm expert in the Great Ming Dynasty.
Not only Lan Tianhe, but in fact the entire Lan family is the same. Even now, there are still many Lan family disciples living cautiously in the past way of thinking.
This may be the legendary meaning of getting rich overnight, but the temperament has not kept up.
Lan Tianhe continued, "Third Brother, why doesn't my Lan family open a channel in the black market ourselves?"
"In this way, the source of goods will be supplied by my Lan family, and the price will be determined by my Lan family."
"Combined with the source of goods sold by the Lan family on the surface, the two are one bright and one dark, which will definitely expand another source of income for my Lan family."
Lan Wenhao did not speak, and after thinking for a few breaths, he said, "Seventh Brother, what you said makes sense."
"Let's do this according to what you said, but the price in my Lan family's black market channel should not be too high, twice is enough."
"Most of the people who buy Qin Brother's portraits are mortals without any cultivation. The normal portrait price of my Lan family is already half a month's rations for a family of three."
"If the price set in the black market channel is too high, I can't bear it!"
Lan Tianhe looked at Lan Wenhao and said, "Third Brother, you really have the heart of a Bodhisattva."
"Okay, let's do this according to what you said. The price in my Lan family's black market channel will be set at twice."
Then, Lan Tianhe said with a smirk, "Hehe~ Even if it is twice the price, the income is very considerable."
"More importantly, after my Lan family enters the black market channel, this twice the price is enough to completely collapse other peers."
"My Lan family can be said to be a red-eyed operation in terms of price."
"Third Brother, I will go down to prepare for this matter first."
After speaking, Lan Tianhe was about to go to prepare for this matter excitedly.
Lan Wenhao said as soon as Lan Tianhe took a step, "Seventh Brother, if anyone dares to cause trouble in the black market and trip my Lan family, kill them."
Lan Tianhe didn't even look back and said, "Don't worry, Third Brother."
"My Lan family has such prestige in the Great Ming Dynasty, unless they are mentally handicapped, otherwise who would trip us up."
After Lan Tianhe left, Lan Wenhao stood in place and said, "I don't know how Qin Brother's energy recovery is going."
"This time, the Lan family made a fortune by borrowing Qin Brother's portrait. It is necessary to let Qin Brother know."
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On the fourth day, the eastern sky was tinged with a wave of fish belly white, and Qin Buyi woke up in his residence.
"This sleep was so comfortable~" Qin Buyi stood up and stretched, feeling satisfied.
After these few days of deep rest, Qin Buyi's previous consumption of mental energy and other things had completely recovered.
Qin Buyi looked at the sound transmission jade talisman that had been flashing in his arms.
Reaching into his arms, taking out the sound transmission jade talisman, Qin Buyi's divine sense probed into it.
There was a lot of information accumulated in this sound transmission jade talisman, sent by Ying Gan, Ying Zhi, and also by Lan Wenhao and others.
The words were generally similar, just asking how Qin Buyi's rest was going, and so on.
Qin Buyi replied to each person's words one by one.
Finally, he focused his divine sense on the information sent by Lan Wenhao. In addition to caring about Qin Buyi, Lan Wenhao also specifically said:
"Brother Qin, if you wake up, please tell me as soon as possible, I have something to discuss!"
