Chapter 607: Chapter 607

"Is that the two-meter-tall giant? Isn’t he from the Grain and Oil Bureau?"

"Ah, it’s that young girl, isn’t it? She doesn’t look like anything special."

"Pah, if she weren’t special, would even Old Wang lack the clearance? If you ask me, we’d better be polite to her later."

"She might be some big shot here to buy up everything."

Jing Shu’s hearing was quite sharp. What she overheard was both amusing and a little embarrassing. It was also the first time she truly realized how protected her identity was—even a director couldn’t access her information... So, what about today’s clubhouse? Could she still get in?

Director Wang first dismissed the people queuing at the window, then jogged over with a smile. "Miss Jing, you might have to wait a bit longer here because of the higher-ups’ orders. In your case, we need to call our general manager over. Don’t worry; he has very high clearance."

Jing Shu squinted slightly. Actually, with her information being so well-protected, perhaps it was better not to let others know about it. If someone later recalled that she ran a Red Worm Factory, it could be troublesome.

"So, will the general manager be here soon?"

Director Wang gave an awkward smile. "He’s currently handling matters elsewhere but should arrive in about twenty minutes."

Jing Shu quietly exhaled. "Isn’t there any other way?" she asked.

Director Wang thought for a moment. "There is a compromise. If you happen to have goods worth ten million Virtual Coins with you, it wouldn’t be so complicated..."

Even Fatty Wang himself felt it was a bit much after saying it. Who would bring such valuable goods directly to a trade clubhouse? Usually, people made appointments and negotiated ahead of time, then proceeded with appraisal and trading.

Even big bosses who wanted to spend could simply provide proof of assets to purchase on credit and pay later, similar to a credit system.

So, carrying items worth several million Virtual Coins was very rare. This wasn’t like the pre-apocalypse days, where a single piece of jewelry or a car could be worth that much. In the apocalypse, only genuinely useful goods held any real value.

The value of goods in the apocalypse was vastly different from before.

"How about we just wait? Twenty minutes isn’t long... It’ll be a good chance for our general manager to meet such a young and promising individual..."

Yet Jing Shu asked, "Are you sure you can’t access any of my identification information?"

Director Wang sadly nodded. "It’s become very strict after the reforms. Not only is your identification information inaccessible, but even your contact number and communication records are unavailable."

Jing Shu then smiled, relieved. "Then what’s the problem? An appraisal of goods worth ten million? Director Wang, why don’t you conduct an on-site appraisal?"

Director Wang gasped, not comprehending for a moment. Wait, it couldn’t be what he was thinking, could it? Had she really brought ten million Virtual Coins’ worth of goods? It didn’t seem likely—just two large trunks carried by that big fellow!

Jing Shu had Tan Ke put down one of the trunks. It opened with a CLACK. Jing Shu said:

"I just looked at the prices of goods in the main hall, so I have a rough idea of your pricing here. Among them, food with a longer shelf life, convenient storage, and high energy and nutritional content is valued more highly."

Fatty Wang nodded. In the resource-scarce apocalypse, many food items had indeed become luxuries.

"Also, I found the listed prices for a few items in demand at the procurement center. Fortunately, I have them all right here." As Jing Shu spoke, she unzipped one side of the trunk and pulled back a black covering cloth, revealing tightly packed, pale yellow crystals.

It was honey that had crystallized!

Fatty Wang hurried over and crouched down, his eyes wide with disbelief. "This... this is..."

"That’s right, you’re not mistaken. This is freshly harvested pure honey. Each jar is one kilogram, and there are ten jars in total. Additionally, there’s one kilogram of Royal Jelly here. Theoretically, it will never expire if kept refrigerated."

Jing Shu took out the jars of honey. Seeing Director Wang looking somewhat stunned, she couldn’t help but explain,

"This isn’t the honey from outside that’s diluted with water or syrup... Real, pure honey never expires."

Director Wang said excitedly, "I know! Only genuine, pure honey is ! Is this a post-apocalypse product?"

"Then it’s even more valuable! According to current prices, salt can still be produced normally, but things like sugar are very difficult to produce, especially something like honey. However, the quality of your honey still needs to be appraised and tested to determine its grade."

It wasn’t that items could be counterfeited; rather, the rarer the item, the more finely its grades were differentiated. The price differences between these grades were also enormous. Follow current novels on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖•𝗇𝗲𝘁

Jing Shu nodded. Director Wang rubbed his hands together and called over three more people. These individuals were even more professional and brought a complete set of tools.

Seeing all the commotion at Window #3, the people outside grew curious. What was happening at Window #3? Why had they even brought in Appraisers?

"Only high-grade and special-grade items receive such treatment."

"It seems the person inside is truly no ordinary individual."

I initially wanted to avoid attracting more attention, so how did this end up drawing an even larger crowd?

Meanwhile, a small amount of the honey and Royal Jelly was taken for sampling. The three Appraisers then used various methods to evaluate it: taste testing and chemical analysis. Fatty Wang was fortunate enough to taste a tiny bit and nearly fainted from bliss.

This flavor... The sweetness melted on his tongue and warmed his heart. It was like returning to that one night when he was an eighteen-year-old youth—a gushing release, his soul out of body...

Once the assessment was complete, the Appraisers all nodded at Director Wang. Fatty Wang then announced, "The quality of both the honey and the Royal Jelly is special-grade. Currently, special-grade pure honey is priced at 20,000 Virtual Coins per hundred grams, and Royal Jelly is 100,000 Virtual Coins per hundred grams. Of course, if you were to consign these items for sale at the exchange to the highest bidder, the price could potentially double."

Jing Shu nodded; his assessment seemed fair.

"So, the value of these goods is at least three to five million Virtual Coins." Director Wang shook his head, still amazed. Just a few days ago, someone else had come to sell honey. It was ordinary honey mixed with sugar, yet it still fetched an astonishing price of tens of thousands of Virtual Coins.

It was clear that in the apocalypse, such pure, natural, high-quality, and rare goods would only become increasingly valuable.

Director Wang coughed. He felt he had to be accommodating. Since she had a special identity, and upper management only required proof of assets exceeding ten million Virtual Coins—plus, she had brought such valuable goods—it was about time to submit an application. He could arrange for these goods to be held as collateral in a discreet transaction and grant her entry.

Just as Director Wang was thinking of a way to gracefully resolve the situation, worried that Jing Shu might feel awkward if she didn’t have more goods, he was about to say, "Well, this..." when suddenly, a loud ZIIIP echoed.

Jing Shu had unzipped another compartment at the bottom of the trunk, revealing another neatly arranged row of items.

Director Wang was dumbfounded.

Jing Shu, however, remained unfazed. After all, she intended to sell all these items anyway.