I Can Program My Body?-Chapter 478: Creating Demand

Calming down their excitement, they turned toward Julius.

Since the potion could be mass-produced, did it mean they could buy as many as they wanted?

"Lord Julius, how much does the Soul Relieving Potion cost? Could we buy it? If so, is there a quantity limit?"

"I’m glad you asked. Normally, each potion is worth 100 million sol. However, as members of the Star Alliance, you have a 70% discount, only 30 million sol!"

"Only 30 million sol?!"

If before, they wouldn’t have been able to come up with so much money.

However, after their success in the uncharted zone and the reward from Azeala, they had billions in their accounts.

According to their current soul transformation rate, they would need at least 40 Soul Relieving Potions, which only cost 1.2 billion!

This meant not only they but everyone in the Star Alliance could buy the potion!

"What about the limit on quota? How many can we buy?" they asked again.

"For the top leaders of the Star Alliance, you can buy at most 50 Soul Relieving Potions, which is limited to ten a month. As for regular members, they can only buy one potion every three months." Julius announced.

Though he wanted to be more generous, the production capacity of the industrial potion-making machine was only 30-35 billion bottles a year, which was about 3 billion a month.

With close to 2.3 billion members of the Alliance, if everyone bought one, there would be only about 700 million bottles left.

Using this as leverage to attract investment was like using a twig to trap a colossal beast.

Thus, to have more investment opportunities, he could only limit most of the regular members.

With this, he could have an extra two billion potions to distribute to his investors.

Meanwhile, hearing his announcement, everyone couldn’t help but cheer.

Being able to buy 10 potions every month was more than enough for their needs!

As for those regular members, they didn’t pay much attention.

Just being able to take one potion was a privilege enough.

If not for being a member of the Star Alliance, they might not even get one.

"Any more questions?"

"No more." They said, waiting for Julius’s following order.

Nash had already announced that Julius’s words were his words.

Knowing Julius gave them the potion for a reason, they knew something was up.

"Since that’s the case, then it’s time to do work."

"Just tell us what to do, Lord Julius."

"No need to be nervous. I just need you to spread the effect of the potion. To your friends, relatives, acquaintances, I want everyone to know we have this heaven-defying potion!"

"Spread the effect of the potion?"

"Are you planning to sell them outside, Lord Julius?"

"Naturally. However, only our close allies can buy one."

"This—"

At this moment, they understood Julius’s intention.

Spreading that they were able to continuously produce this rare potion, yet not being able to buy one, would probably be the most uncomfortable feeling in the world.

What’s more, seeing their neighbors buy them, witnessing their talents rise at lightning speed, they might even faint from anger.

"Truly insidious!" they murmured in their hearts.

Once Julius’s plan succeeded, the initial lackluster investors might crash the gates of the Star Alliance.

"Alright, go do your work. We don’t have much time."

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Soon, as members of the Star Alliance used the Soul Relieving Potion, the news began to spread.

From one person to another, seeing the Star Alliance seemed to have endless supplies of the potion, many began to scramble, hoping to buy a few.

Unfortunately, meeting the unscrupulous Julius, everyone was denied.

From allied sectors to allied forces, at the moment, only direct members of the Star Alliance could buy them!

"Julius, just tell us what it would take for you to sell those potions!" A representative from the Pairra Family, one of the forces that invested in the Star Alliance, asked.

Other allied forces also looked at Julius with impatience.

Because this bastard withheld the potion, the talents they nurtured were already complaining.

Having fought the members of the Star Alliance before, they initially had the upper hand.

Yet just a few months later, they were already beaten back without any fighting chance.

Feeling they were cheating, they couldn’t help but want the same treatment.

Unfortunately, Julius was like a stone. No matter how they bribed or increased the price, he wouldn’t budge.

Unable to hold it any longer, everyone went to the temporary base of the Star Alliance, pressuring him.

"Calm down, everyone. The reason we hadn’t sold it before was because there was a lack of supplies."

"What about now? Do you have enough?!"

"Yes, yes, of course. Otherwise, I wouldn’t accept your ’kind’ invitation."

"Hmph! Then sell us a few million bottles as a start!"

"A few million bottles? Impossible!"

There were thousands of representatives from various forces before him.

They weren’t only from various forces that invested in the Star Alliance but also the sectors and organizations behind the current members of the Star Alliance.

Meanwhile, he was only left with over a billion Soul Relieving Potions after the members bought out a batch.

"Then how many can you give?"

"I can only give each of you 100,000 bottles at most."

"Only 100,000?!"

Assuming that each talent required 50 bottles of potion to reach a 1,000% soul transformation rate, 100,000 bottles of Soul Relieving Potion could only nurture 2,000 people at most!

With millions of talents that were about to join the cosmic competition and the next batch, 100,000 potions were simply not enough.

"This is all I can give. Furthermore, from next month onward, the quota will be based on each force’s contribution to the Star Alliance."

"Contribution? What do you mean?"

"Of course, it’s the investment you gave to us."

"Investment? Fine."

It’s not like the investment they gave was free, but a gamble with high returns!

Since the Star Alliance was able to produce such a potion, their chances were beyond doubt.

"It’s good that you understand." Julius smiled.

"Enough nonsense. Come, give us the potion. Here is 10 trillion sol."

"Huh? When did I say the payment was with money?" Julius asked with a smirk on his lips.

"You!"