Chapter 57: Xue Lingling’s Breakdown And Excitement
“Then in this case, how should Copyright be calculated?” Wu Xian followed up.
“Naturally, each is calculated separately,” Xue Lingling replied without hesitation, “Copyright is calculated based on respective systems and frameworks.”
Wu Xian understood.
In short, the Buddhist Ghost Kings and the Underworld’s Ten Great Yin Marshals Ghost Kings belong to two different systems, so Copyrights are independent of each other.
“Then between these two similar images, who counts as the original?” Wu Xian continued to inquire.
Xue Lingling smiled and said: “That depends on whose Divine Diagram goes further, and ultimately, under the same Law path, who is more powerful.”
“Got it, whoever is more awesome is the orthodox one.”
“You can understand it that way,” Xue Lingling smiled charmingly, “You just condensed your Divine Diagram, why ask about such long-term things?”
“Uh,” Wu Xian had a flash of inspiration, “When there are too many whimsical ideas, it’s easy for some to end up similar to each other.”
“…”
Xue Lingling’s expression stiffened, her heart taking ten thousand points of real damage.
Normal Scroll Painters exhaust their minds to come up with a set of Scroll Painting Concepts, but Wu Xian has so many ideas that they’re starting to overlap each other.
“Disciple, how exactly is your little brain wired?” Xue Lingling asked seriously.
“Maybe I was born with relatively broad thinking.”
Wu Xian grinned innocently, harmless as a lamb.
“Alright then,” Xue Lingling sighed self-mockingly, “Any other questions?”
“Not for now,” Wu Xian said: “I’ll come ask for Master’s guidance when I encounter issues later.”
“That’s it?” Xue Lingling looked puzzled, “This is too worry-free, isn’t it?”
Sometimes, a disciple being too excellent isn’t necessarily a good thing; it leaves the Master with zero sense of achievement.
Wu Xian grinned innocently, “Right, how should I price these Scroll Paintings later?”
“That’s simple, base it on your costs,” Xue Lingling explained: “Original Rubbing Scroll Paintings are usually priced at 5 times the average production cost, Instances at two times or more.
Right now, our Scroll Paintings haven’t been accepted and recognized by the public, and there’s no popularity yet, so we can keep profits low, go with a low-price strategy, so more people will buy.
Once fame rises and we get market recognition, then consider premium pricing.”
Wu Xian nodded in understanding, “Thank you for your guidance, Master.”
With that, he respectfully took his leave.
He took a cab all the way back to the North Street District Small Villa.
The Old Master wasn’t home, the house was empty, and it really felt a bit unaccustomed.
He quickly estimated the production costs for Black and White Impermanence, Wasp Marshal, Chicken King, and Guardian Tiger.
Among them, the Copper Scroll costs for Black and White Impermanence and Wasp Marshal were around three hundred thousand, Silver Scroll around five hundred thousand.
Chicken King and Guardian Tiger’s Copper Scroll costs were just over two hundred thousand, Silver Scroll unknown for now, would know after upgrading to Silver Scroll later.
From this, it could be calculated:
Normal market prices for Black and White Impermanence and Wasp Marshal: Copper Scroll Rubbing four hundred fifty thousand, Copper Scroll Instance six hundred thousand.
Chicken King and Guardian Tiger: Copper Scroll Rubbing three hundred thousand, Copper Scroll Instance four hundred thousand.
“So low?”
No, no, Copper Scroll Instance Scroll Paintings on the market often cost several hundred thousand, high-quality ones even over a million.
Previously, Chicken King and Guardian Tiger were sold to those two little crybabies at two million per scroll, a high price.
Of course, that price had some markup; on one hand, those two little crybabies had seen the power of Chicken King and Guardian Tiger and were willing to pay high; on the other, they also had a bit of sucker component.
Therefore, the reasonable price for Chicken King and Guardian Tiger should be around one million.
After some thought, the issue was with the costs.
“Why do other Scroll Painters have such high production costs?”
Perhaps because of differences in drawing success rates and materials, other Scroll Painters’ production costs seemed much higher than his.
In other words, in future market competition with other Scroll Painters, he would have greater room to lower prices.
When quality and performance are similar, lower price definitely has the advantage.
For now, no one on the market recognizes his Scroll Paintings, only Club Members are interested.
He logged into the Ghost King Club Official Website and checked Xue Lingling and Zhou Qi’s debut pricing.
After some thought, he finally priced Chicken King and Guardian Tiger at: Copper Scroll Rubbing four hundred thousand, Instance seven hundred ninety thousand.
Black and White Impermanence and Wasp Marshal at: Copper Scroll Rubbing five hundred ninety thousand, Instance eight hundred ninety thousand.
“Will this be too much?”
Wu Xian couldn’t help feeling ashamed of his own involution behavior.
But making money isn’t shameful.
Xue Lingling and Zhou Qi are both Noble Family Disciples, they surely won’t stoop to his level as a poor kid, right?
Sure enough, shortly after the debut pricing was released, he received two orders.
One was Xue Qingyang’s 【Black and White Impermanence】 Instance order, the other Zhou Qi’s 【Chicken King】 Instance order.
Immediately after, he received Zhou Qi’s WeChat message: “Pricing so cheap? Can you cover costs?”
“Not bad~, thin profit high volume to earn some hard-earned money, first build up sales volume and reputation.”
“…”
Zhou Qi sent a string of dots.
Soon after, he quietly adjusted the Netherworld Centipede pricing to the same level as Black and White Impermanence; though not losing money, the profit dropped a lot, feeling uncomfortable.
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Ghost King Club, in the President’s Palace.
After planning the club’s development, the fully motivated Xue Lingling stretched lazily.
At this time, she still didn’t know about Wu Xian’s released debut pricing; humming a tune, she returned to the bed, sat cross-legged, routinely cultivated Spiritual Power while her consciousness sank into the Sea of Consciousness Divine Diagram, sensing the wonders of the Law Void.
“?!”
Sensing the anomaly of the 【Ghost King Divine Diagram】 in the Law Void, Xue Lingling reacted like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
In the Divine Diagram, behind the Soul Devouring Ghost King’s phantom, a faint Law Network extended out, straight into the depths of the Law Void, destination unknown.
“Damn it—!” Xue Lingling exploded in rage, fur standing on end, “Which old geezer is so shameless, coveting a junior’s stuff?”
Originally, the Divine Diagram’s condensation degree had clearly decreased a bit.
Subconsciously, she thought some big shot was forcibly stealing her Law Comprehension results.
At this moment, aggrieved tears welled up in her eyes.
Leaving home at fifteen, going alone to the Undead Dojo, she from a small place’s declining family endured endless cold looks and mockery, but she never got discouraged, studied diligently, never dared slack off.
Determined to prove herself, to carve out her own world!
This was also the main reason she decided to return home to create the club.
But at this moment, her mentality really couldn’t hold up.
“Wuwuwu, too bullying…”
Those second-generation ancestors at the dojo looking down on her was one thing, now old guys were coveting her Divine Diagram results too; did they all think she was easy to bully?
This made her feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
Just as she was collapsing in despair, she suddenly noticed something.
Yes, the Divine Diagram’s condensation degree had indeed weakened a bit, but that Law Network didn’t seem to intend to continue “drawing.”
“Not stealing?”
Xue Lingling was both shocked and delighted.
Then she discovered in surprise that the Law Network seemed to have added several more profound Law Networks to the Soul Devouring Ghost King, making the Soul Devouring Ghost King’s Law Framework more perfect and powerful.
Simply put, the Experience Bar shrank a bit, but in exchange for a higher upper limit.
Upon closer look, the 【Ghost King Divine Diagram】 position in the Law Void seemed to have been pulled up quite a bit.
In an instant, the grievance in her heart vanished like smoke, and Xue Lingling cried tears of joy.
Her gaze fixed in the direction the Law Network extended, her heart unable to calm down for a long time.
“Could it be some senior with ties to my Xue Family?”
She had heard before that the dojo second-generation ancestors’ Divine Diagrams development got support from the older generation.
Unexpectedly, little her one day would also receive such treatment.
It must be that her efforts gained that senior’s recognition, which made her even more determined in her heart.
