The portly boss finally accepted the profit-sharing plan Zhao Yuan proposed.
He said with a wry smile, "Sigh… I've really broken my own rules this time. In the nearly twenty years I, Hao Li, have been cultivating, I've never met a customer as difficult as you, nor have I ever taken such a small cut. Even when I cooked ingredients for other Fellow Daoists, I still took a seventy percent cut as payment!"
Zhao Yuan ignored his dramatic sighing and just asked, "Have you met other cultivators before?"
Hao Li nodded. "Of course!"
Zhao Yuan's curiosity was instantly piqued. "Have you met many cultivators?" he asked.
"Not many, just three or five," Hao Li replied. "Cultivation isn't something just anyone can get into. First, you have to know a Cultivation Method; second, you need a massive amount of capital to support yourself before you can even begin. With these two high barriers to entry, it's inevitable that the number of cultivators will be small."
