"I'll definitely aim high first. You tell me your bottom line, what price you're willing to sell at. If it's below that, I won't sell," Huan Yunhe said. "For the intermediary fee, you can decide. Usually, it's one or half a percent."
"My bottom line is 44 trillion. Please, do your best! If it sells for a high price, I'll definitely pay you a much higher intermediary fee than others." Jiang Ye replied.
"Alright, then wait for my news. This buyer is in a hurry, I estimate it won't take more than a few days." Huan Yunhe hung up.
For the next few days, Jiang Ye was in anxious anticipation.
He was so preoccupied that he barely ate or slept.
His body inexplicably started to overheat, and he had several nosebleeds.
Cen Yemeng, however, was quite happy.
Finally, on the fourth day, Huan Yunhe called.
"It's settled, 48 trillion. 45 trillion upfront, and the remaining 3 trillion will be paid over the next three years. I'll send you the schedule, and you can come to handle the paperwork."
Jiang Ye was so happy he almost smashed his phone.
8 trillion in a month!
Who said money doesn't fall from the sky?
Who said pies don't drop from heaven?
How many industries work day and night to earn 8 trillion!
How many workers get up early and go to bed late to gather 8 trillion!
Now, in just one month, by simply completing some procedures, this money was in his hands. It was practically passive income!
Jiang Ye quickly handed over his current work. What he could delegate to his subordinates, he did. What he couldn't, he had Cen Yemeng manage. Then, he left by spaceship.
Handling the paperwork took half a month.
Of course, it wasn't continuous processing; many procedures required waiting for two to three days.
This waiting wasn't due to bureaucratic inefficiency, but rather the sheer volume of people handling business. Just as Jiang Ye had predicted, the planet trading market was heating up, with transaction volumes and prices rising daily.
Moreover, Huan Yunhe accompanied him throughout the process. Many approval officials were very familiar with Huan Yunhe. With a word from him, they could even expedite the process or simplify certain procedures. Without Huan Yunhe, it might have taken a month or more.
Previously, Huan Yunhe had asked for an intermediary fee of 500 billion or 1 trillion. Jiang Ye directly gave him 3 trillion, meaning the entire 3 trillion that the other party's boss would pay over three years was directly transferred to Huan Yunhe.
After all, it was the first transaction, and he would need Huan Yunhe's help to operate other planets in the future. Giving a bit more was a gesture of goodwill.
Huan Yunhe was quite satisfied. He wasn't short of money, and earning double in just over two years was something he was happy about.
Jiang Ye's priority among his clients had also significantly increased. Although Jiang Ye's financial standing wasn't at the top among all his clients, he was generous with his money and his transactions were very straightforward.
During the half-month wait for the paperwork to be completed, Jiang Ye hadn't been idle.
He continued to survey the planet trading market.
With the 45 trillion he had just received, he searched diligently, like a predator, using his keen sense of smell to probe the market.
Soon, Jiang Ye had his sights set on three planets.
These three planets were all second-hand planets.
Quartz Star: Radius 6680 kilometers, with a complete atmosphere and a habitable climate. It was once the home of an alien race called "Flowing Iron Beasts" and possessed a certain level of technology. During the conquest, the Flowing Iron Beasts launched massive amounts of nuclear weapons at each other, leading to the destruction of their civilization. Quartz Star is currently a nuclear wasteland.
Cloud Rock Star: Radius 5970 kilometers, rich in mineral resources, a semi-habitable planet. Various alien fungi grew on the planet's surface, releasing toxic gases day and night. The atmosphere was highly saturated with these toxic gases, making it a biochemical wasteland.
Granite Star: Radius 6990 kilometers. For two centuries, it had been used as a garbage disposal planet, with various planets dumping massive amounts of heavily polluting waste, radioactive waste, and non-biodegradable garbage onto it. It is currently a garbage wasteland.
All three planets were so-called wasteland planets, uninhabitable due to severe pollution.
In the market, these three planets were somewhat akin to haunted houses, planets that people wouldn't even look at.
Dirty and messy, what good were they to buy?
If you went to view a house filled with excrement and urine, crawling with fungi, and overrun with rats, would you consider buying it? You'd be lucky if you didn't beat up the real estate agent.
Consequently, the prices of these three planets had been repeatedly reduced. After more than a decade of price drops, they had gone from their initial price of 40-50 trillion each to around 10 trillion each. It was a case of half price, then half again, and then halved once more.
The money Jiang Ye had was just enough to acquire all three planets.
Jiang Ye found Huan Yunhe and showed him these three planets.
After reviewing them, Huan Yunhe looked confused and perplexed. "Mr. Jiang, if I may be so bold, people like me wouldn't even look at such garbage planets. I've never handled them before. I sell only valuable, habitable planets."
"I understand, your supply chain is excellent," Jiang Ye smiled. "Good planets don't need you to specifically inspect them, so I've specifically asked you to look at these three."
"I can't understand your thinking," Huan Yunhe shook his head. "Are you buying three planets for the price of one? Planets aren't won by quantity. I still suggest you consider other planets. I have a few alternatives you can trust. The planet I sold you last time has appreciated in value, hasn't it?"
"I trust your supply, but I want to take a gamble on these three planets," Jiang Ye said. "I've carefully examined the conditions of these three planets and believe they have immense potential."
"What potential?" Huan Yunhe's smile held a hint of disdain. "Take Quartz Star, for example. After a nuclear war, it's a wasteland. The average surface radiation is lethal, and the oceans glow. How can such a planet be habitable?"
"The radiation data is from a hundred years ago," Jiang Ye said. "It hasn't been updated since."
Huan Yunhe froze.
"The radiation from nuclear war dissipates within a few years. I've reviewed the war data from that time. The Flowing Iron Beast civilization primarily used quasi-min-configuration hydrogen bombs, which were quite clean. Only a small number of atomic bombs were used. The radiation from these nuclear weapons should have long since dissipated." Jiang Ye analyzed, "The main radiation points on Quartz Star are some nuclear waste storage sites, damaged nuclear power plants, and radioactive battery factories."
Jiang Ye pulled up an image on his phone.
It was a global map of Quartz Star, densely marked with red dots.
"The radioactive elements in these locations have relatively long half-lives, so they still retain a certain amount of radiation," Jiang Ye said. "However, the radiation area is very small, only 1% of the land area. The remaining 99% is relatively clean and completely habitable."
"As long as these contaminated spots are cleaned up," Huan Yunhe nodded. "The price of Quartz Star will double."
"Yes, that's the idea," Jiang Ye smiled.
"Alright, I'll help you acquire Quartz Star," Huan Yunhe nodded. "What about the other two?"
"Cloud Rock Star is also simple," Jiang Ye retrieved another image from his phone.