"Look, look! Don't miss out if you're passing by!"
"Fresh and delicious lemonade and lemon tea! Furina herself has tasted it! Everyone who drinks it raves about it!" Alex shouted loudly.
"Not ten thousand Mora, not a thousand Mora, not a hundred Mora!"
"Yes! You heard correctly! Grand opening sale! As long as you have one Primogem…" Alex pointed to the billboard beside him.
"As long as you have one Primogem! You can exchange it for a super-sized cup of lemon drink at the Primogem Drink Shop! What are you waiting for? Come and exchange now!" Alex became even more enthusiastic.
Passersby stopped in their tracks, then curiously surrounded Alex's small shop.
Fortunately, Fontaine's technology was advanced enough to have recording and repeating machines. Alex had considered this when he was purchasing supplies.
So, Alex placed the repeating machine on the stall, and the machine began to operate, continuously repeating what Alex had just said in a low voice.
Then, Alex shouted even louder than the repeating machine, "All eyes on me!"
As he spoke, Alex summoned the mini Furina and placed him on the circular platform of the stall cart.
He made a cup in front of everyone, and finally, the mini Furina sprayed water.
"Hydro element purified water that even Chief Justice Neuvillette has drunk! Officially certified, and he raved about it!"
Saying this, Alex grabbed the prepared lemonade and gulped it down.
"Ah! It's really delicious, everyone!" Alex gave a thumbs up!
"What are you waiting for? Exclusive fragrant lemon fruit, the only one in Teyvat! New fruit beverage! Come and experience it with a Primogem!!!"
Finally, Clorinde and Chevreuse, at Alex's subtle signal, nodded in agreement, giving positive answers to the surrounding crowd.
Even a dozen members of the Special Patrol who had tried the lemonade once were telling others that the drink was truly delicious!
"I want to drink it, Big Brother, can I really exchange this Shitou for a cup?" Unexpectedly, the first person to speak up wanting to buy was a child under ten, holding a genuine pink-blue four-pointed star Primogem in his hand.
"Of course, deal done." In less than ten seconds, Alex had made a super-sized cup of lemonade.
"This is a normal-sugar lemonade, little friend. If you think it's too sweet, tell me. Big Brother will give you a free replacement!" Alex happily narrowed his eyes, handed him the lemonade, and collected the Primogem.
"Mmm." The little boy held the super-sized lemonade with both hands, opened his mouth, and started to sip.
"How is it?" Alex couldn't help but ask.
The little boy paused, then with stars in his eyes, he shouted, "Delicious!!!"
Haha, let me state beforehand, he didn't hire any shills! This was a genuine passerby.
After that, things started to go smoothly. Alex had Clorinde and Chevreuse guarding him on either side. There were also plenty of official police officers around.
No one dared to cause trouble. Only a few people among the crowd happened to have Primogems, and they all exchanged them for a super-sized cup of lemonade from Alex.
Alex felt that he had made too many preparations, many of which were unnecessary.
For example, he was already selling them for one Primogem per cup.
There was no need to differentiate between medium, large, and super-sized cups, right?
Also, as for lemon tea, Alex felt there was no need to make it, as it only increased his costs.
He felt that just selling lemonade for Primogems was enough!
Just as Alex was thinking this, another rather pretty Damselette squeezed through the crowd. She placed a Primogem on Alex's stall and said, "Hello, do you have a smaller cup? I just finished eating, and I can't drink that much. A small cup for me to taste would be fine. Also, please put a little less sugar, one lump is enough."
"Okay, no problem." Alex said, taking out a medium cup and starting to make it. Well, it seems medium and large cups were still necessary after all.
Seeing several people enjoying their lemonade, and every single one of them raving about how delicious it was.
Among those who had no Primogems, one person started to get anxious, his eyes glowing red with envy: "Boss, I want a cup too. Why can't I buy it with Mora! I don't have this kind of Shitou. Tens of thousands of Mora are fine, just let us taste it!"
The others around quickly agreed: "Yes, yes! Why aren't you making money? Why do you have to exchange it for this Shitou?"
Alex imitated Katheryne's tone from a distance beside him and said, "I apologize, the new lemon product has just been developed! The yield is extremely scarce and precious, and currently, it only supports exchanges for Primogems!"
"Ah?" Everyone around expressed their regret.
Alex smiled: "Go collect Primogems. I will be here anytime these next few days. Welcome to exchange and taste."
After that, no one exchanged Primogems. Everyone quickly dispersed, trying to figure out how to collect them.
Wealthy people even started thinking about buying Primogems from others with Mora.
No one ignored the drink shop just because they couldn't buy it with Mora.
After all, even though this shop couldn't be bought with Mora, you could get a free cup just by picking up the common Shitou.
Who wouldn't do such a good thing???
"Wow, everyone suddenly left. I can rest for a bit." Alex conjured a small stool and sat down beside it.
Alex looked around. In less than half an hour, he had collected 12 Primogems, which meant 12 people had bought, and 12 cups had been sold.
His costs were only buying maple syrup, which cost him Mora, and ice cubes were super cheap. In fact, because Alex bought 100,000 edible small ice cubes at once.
The merchant even gave him a large ice maker, worth 100,000 Mora, made in Fontaine, for free.
It was good, though at first he was foolish and didn't consider that he could just sell the ice-making machine directly.
He spent 150,000 Mora on those ice cubes. Oh well, he wasn't short on that much Mora now, he'd just consider it extra money spent on the ice maker.
Now he was a rich man, and rich men shouldn't fuss over such small amounts of money.
Unfortunately, he wasn't an ice element, so he couldn't generate ice cubes directly.
However, he could pour water into the ice maker and transform it. That worked.
Coincidentally, he was a Hydro element, so now future ice cubes would also be cost-free.
The joy of earning Primogems~~~
Alex hummed a song happily in his heart.
At this moment, Clorinde came to the stall beside Alex, found a stool, and sat down: "Rest up while you can! You're about to get busy."
"Hmm?" Alex was confused, thinking there wouldn't be that many people. He'd be happy with a hundred customers a day…
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