Chapter 543 What’s going on?
The leaders of Black Teeth Commerce and several other trade unions also congratulated Qing Ru. What they truly thought did not matter, as they appeared quite generous on the surface.
"Director!" Director Ximang spoke in a low voice.
"How much do you think our Youhai Commerce’s annual profits will increase after this Alchemy Ceremony?" Ximang’s eyes sparkled with anticipation, unable to contain his excitement. Jing Yan’s performance had exceeded his expectations by far.
He was a director at the trade union and owned shares in Youhai Commerce; higher profits for the trade union meant more for him personally.
"It’s too early to tell. We still need to see if Alchemist Jing Yan can make it onto the Rookie Pill King List this session. However, even without considering the Rookie Pill King List, our trade union’s annual profits will increase by at least thirty percent," Qing Ru also spoke in a low voice.
"That much?" Ximang was startled.
A thirty percent increase was not a small number. It was well known that even though Youhai Commerce was the smallest of the Pill Country’s Five Great Commerce, its annual profits were still remarkably high. A thirty percent increase on that base was quite astonishing.
"Does that mean our Youhai Commerce could completely surpass Black Teeth Commerce?" Ximang muttered dumbfoundedly.
"No big problem!" Excitement shone in Qing Ru’s eyes too.
Once Jing Yan made it onto the Rookie Pill King List, it would dramatically boost the business expansion of Youhai Commerce. It might even increase the turnover and profit margins by more than fifty percent.
At the Fourth Tier Square, one hundred and one Alchemists who had advanced to the third round were waiting for the alchemy competition to begin.
The reason there were one hundred and one Alchemists was that the scores of the one hundredth and the one hundred and first Alchemists were the same, so both of them had advanced.