Arcane Lord

"Look! People are coming!"

Niya's voice interrupted Sha Duo's ongoing memory retrieval training, but he was not annoyed at all. After all, this so-called memory retrieval training could start and end at any time.

Even the next time you retrace, you can start again from the place where you left off, giving you the feeling of resuming from a broken point.

Xia Duo opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the window next to him that was showing the real-time projection of the Tower of Time's teleportation room. It showed the scene of four people leaving the teleportation room.

Aibo, Derrick, and the two people from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, one was Sethos, whom Xia Duo had just met a dozen days ago, and the other was a middle-aged man with a mature face but gray hair.

Wearing a gorgeous and exquisite robe, his hands are empty and hidden in the sleeves. However, judging from the faint magic light coming from the cuffs, there are many magic accessories such as rings or bracelets on his hands.

When Xia Duo looked at the projection screen, the man even looked up at Xia Duo and gave a slight greeting.

Xia Duo was startled, but soon calmed down. Even he could not spy on the observer through the detection spell indirectly cast by the Tower of Time. He felt a bit guilty.

He knew that the other party only discovered the perception field created by the detection spell and knew that there was a detection spell. The other party might not even be able to determine whether there was a real person behind the detection spell. After all, it was normal for the mage tower to have surveillance.

"It seems that the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce is really sincere!" Xia Duo said with a smile.

The appraiser from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce did not enter the Tower of Time with a shield. I don't know if it was because he was spied on when he first got off the ship, so he simply gave up now.

"Maybe, but shouldn't sincerity depend more on their offer?"

Looking at Niya's serious face, Xia Duo couldn't help but laugh. He was just joking, and Niya took it seriously. However, whether he was sincere or not was exactly as Niya said. He still had to look at the quotation from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce. The higher the quotation, the more natural it would be. The more sincere it is.

"They must not know that based on the production cost of the Tower of Time, as long as their quotation is more than 300 gold coins per piece, it is actually considered sincere. The last time I met Sethos, he personally said that the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce The price quoted is at least 500 gold coins per piece, now let’s see if we can be more sincere!”

In other words, each of the Tower of Time's communication instruments has a profit margin of at least 200 gold coins, and this is just the advance payment from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce.

There will be a refund after the sale. As for the specific amount, Sha Duo discussed with Niya, Aibo and others and the price was 1,200 gold coins per piece.

This price is 300 lower than the price of Giles Tower in Severton, but the communication instrument of Giles Tower is not encrypted, which is equivalent to a second-level spell.

It looks similar, but currently the Arcane Law Federation is promoting [Magic Network Background Communication], and it is not difficult to obtain communication spells.

In comparison, saving 300 gold coins may be more intuitive and more impressive to buyers.

If we put aside the agency share to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, then the profit of every communication instrument sold by the Tower of Time is at least 900 gold coins.

In addition, the Tower of Time also has a 2-ring [Simplified Version of Magic Network Background Communication] learning scroll for sale. As a magic mechanic training material, the cost is actually just raw materials, which is probably less than 50 gold coins.

But the price is 100 gold coins, which is cheaper than a normal 2-ring scroll? These learning scrolls can be purchased with communication magic tools? This directly saves the trouble of obtaining spells through other channels.

Even if one learning scroll is too late to copy down all the details of the spell, two copies are definitely enough, and the price of two copies, including communication tools, is still 100 gold coins cheaper than the one in Giles Tower.

It's not that Xia Duo doesn't want to continue to be demoted? It's that he's worried about causing unnecessary trouble.

As for why the communication magic weapon should be encrypted? On the one hand, it is to hide the [Eternal Magic] technology and to facilitate the subsequent launch of upgraded versions.

On the other hand, Xia Duo consciously wanted to make the Tower of Time communication instrument different from other communication instruments.

This can increase profit sources and hide costs.

Xia Duo, who sells mobile phones on earth, has seen this kind of thing too many times. Just changing the casing is called a new nanotechnology? Just changing the camera arrangement is called a master bathroom heater design? Or it's all "redefining something" What".

They are really trying to steal money in different ways.

In this regard, Xia Duo still has a lot to learn? If we take those mobile phone manufacturers on earth as a reference, then Xia Duo is simply the only good person in the world!

Apart from artificially reducing the service life of some communication instruments? He didn't do any more tricks.

Of course, if you learn the essence of your friends in the future, you can still come up with new tricks. After all, leeks are growing at hand, and sickles are readily available, so there is no reason not to cut them.

Moreover, this can also strengthen competition and promote technological upgrading. How great!

…

Soon, the Tower of Time launched its first formal discussion, or negotiation, with the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce on the details of the agency contract for the new communication instrument.

The further step in the negotiation is of course to determine the intention and strength of both parties. When it comes to this agency negotiation, there is actually only one thing to do, and that is to inspect the communication artifact produced by the Tower of Time.

If the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce entrusts the Tower of Time to produce it, or if the Tower of Time sells the communication artifact directly to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, the inspection may be very strict.

But now, with this agency sales model, Mingshui Chamber of Commerce still has to press payment. Most of the risks lie with the Tower of Time, and the inspection is basically just a process.

Confirm that this is indeed a communication weapon, so as not to damage the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce's sign. As for whether to sell it for 1,000 gold coins or 10,000 gold coins, it is decided by the Tower of Time, and the Tower of Time will bear the consequences anyway.

The real highlight is negotiating the advance payment and agency fee.

…

Niya didn’t see any operations. The real-time projection on the window also transmitted the sounds in the guest room——

"Director Derrick, agency sales is a new business that Mingshui Chamber of Commerce has only expanded in recent years. The 10% agency fee is based on comprehensive consideration of many factors. It is not just for the Tower of Time family. In the future, if both of you and I If there were still opportunities for cooperation, it might be possible to lower the price, but now——"

Before Sethos finished speaking, he was interrupted by Derrick, "But now is the time when new communication tools are about to become popular, and our communication tools from the Tower of Time have strong competitiveness in all aspects. , If we can’t even sell our communication magic weapon, then there will be no sales of other communication magic tools at all.”

Before today, Derrick had been informed by Sha Duo of some inside information about communication instruments, and had been preparing for today's negotiations.

Therefore, even if he does not know the specific details of the communication instrument, it does not prevent him from using the known information to strive for the greatest benefit for the Tower of Time.

And Sethos is not easy to deal with. The Clearwater Chamber of Commerce is one of the few large chambers of commerce in Netheril that can cover most of Netheril's territory, and even the elves and dwarves.

This kind of confidence is naturally the reason why he dared to directly ask for 10% of the price. Taking into account the relationship between the Tower of Time and the princess, he gave a preferential price [Hongqi Novel www.hongqibook.com]. If he changed to another mage tower, It’s not a problem to ask for 10% more.