Section 12 Popularity

"It's still your lordship, you've thought it through. Seeing that Harry was not angry at the loss of his two bottles of lotion, Gargamel immediately relieved himself and talked to Harry about the price: "My lord, although those noble 'women' are rich masters, they are also divided into grades, so the price they can accept is not the same. If it is set high, some ordinary aristocrats may not be able to afford it. If it is lowered, I am afraid that it will damage the interests. Please have an idea!"

"Well, I thought about it later, so I decided to make a grade for this lotion as well. If you have money, you can use high-end products, and if you don't have much money, you can use the so-called ordinary version. Harry said.

"Regular and premium?" Gargamel was a little confused.

"The so-called ordinary version: in terms of grade, it is one level lower than the high-end product. For example, there is less flavor additive, the packaging is rougher, and the process is simpler. But the functions are not much different from those of high-end products. It is mainly to meet the needs of the public, so the price is much cheaper than high-end products, and most nobles can afford it. Harry explained.

"And now that there's a cheap regular version, who's going to buy an expensive high-end product?" Gargamel asked, puzzled.

"Aristocrats are all good-looking! as long as someone chooses high-end products, people in his level circle will inevitably follow suit, how can they not be worse than the other party, right?" Harry said with a smile: "Those ordinary nobles will also buy high-end products once in a while if conditions permit, to show their grade. Aristocrats are not commoners, and the most important thing to consider when buying things is not the 'sex' price ratio, but the grade and quality. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Gargamel was also a 'shrewd' man, and quickly understood what Harry meant.

After setting a strategy, the two began to study the formulation of specific prices. Although Britney can accept the price of 1,000 gold coins a bottle, there is no need to pinch those 'women' to death, Harry still understands the reason for being too much. So, in the end, Harry set the high-end shampoo and bath series at 1500 gold coins, and the set included two bottles of shampoo and shower gel. The regular version is a set of 800 gold coins. Of course, it is also allowed to be sold separately, but the price is 800 gold coins per bottle and 500 gold coins per bottle. As for Gargamel's commission, it was set at 5% for the time being, and Harry told him that if sales went up in the future, the commission would increase.

The 5% commission is already very satisfying for Gargamel, although he belongs to the original inhabitants of Prontera, has two properties, and has a 'door' for rent in addition to his own residence, and can earn a few thousand gold coins a month, but as Promdra's economic level continues to rise, this gold is really nothing. Now, as long as he casually sells the already very popular shampoo and bath series on *, he can earn at least a few thousand gold coins every month. Moreover, there are countless aristocratic merchants in Prontera, and if this product opens up the market, it is not impossible to get tens of thousands of commissions a month.

And Harry has more important things to do on his side, and that is to get rid of 'Mendeleev'. Whether it is the raw materials of the product or the glass or plastic bottles used for packaging, this technology is in the hands of 'Mendeleev', although Harry has mastered the production method of the product, without the raw materials he can only hope for money. So, Harry decided to bring Mendeleev into his group as well. Fortunately, he has a good relationship with the 'door' Teleev, and if he changes to someone else, I'm afraid that he will be blasted out by the 'door' Teleev before he speaks.

After much talk from the boss and a 30% stake, Mendeleev finally agreed to become Harry's full-time master of production. Harry made two points** that 'Mendeleev' could not refuse.

First of all, it was the gold coin income, in any case, Mendeleev's financial situation has not been good, although there is a union subsidy of several thousand gold coins a month, but in Prontera it is really not enough to make ends meet, and many times he has no money to buy some valuable materials. Although Mendeleev despised the use of alchemical results for profit, Harry's clever justification, the purpose of selling alchemical products became a noble act to promote alchemy in exchange for research funds.

Second, Harry is willing to transfer the invention of shampoo and shower lotion to 'Door' Deleev, which means that the shampoo and shower gel are both his 'Door' Deleev alchemy masterpieces, once this product becomes popular, 'Door' Deleev's reputation will naturally be in full swing, and then he will no longer be an alchemy master specializing in 'Door' research 'waste'. Because Mendeleev's reputation has always been very poor, although his popularity is high, he has never received an apprentice, and seeing that he is old and has no one to entrust his mantle, he is also anxious. In fact, he also understood that what he had invented was only the most primitive material, and without Harry, those things would still be 'waste' that no one could look at, and it was really a big advantage for him to get the right to invent. And what he has to do is just to 'draw' two days a month to produce some materials, and he won't 'spend' too much of his own 'fine' effort.

As for the production of shampoo and shower lotion, Harry decided to hire a special 'door' processing staff, with 'door' Deleev to provide the raw materials, the production process of the final product is not too complicated, and Harry does not need to do it all the time. However, Harry still needs to take on this task for the time being, because it involves the formulation technology of shampoo and bath products, and he can't just 'expose' it to others. Once the reputation of the 'Gate' Teleev improves, there will be a lot of apprentices who are willing to join his 'Gate', and when the time comes, the 'Gate' Dyleev can accept a few apprentices to specialize in the 'Gate' to do this. There were still a few months left before the Imperial Capital's agreement, enough for Harry to 'get things right'.

As for the sale of the product, after learning about Prontera's outrageous store rent and high taxes, Harry decided to abandon his plans to open a store. Gargamel still sells goods in the form of sales promotion and development downline, which can save the boss a lot of 'door' and tax expenses. The mainland does not have as perfect trade regulations as the earth, and all the items that are 'traded' privately are all personal acts, not formal trade, so naturally there is no need to 'pay' taxes.

There was another reason for Harry's decision: because the cost of making shampoo and bath products was almost negligible, the foaming agent and the activating agent were extracted directly from some kind of soil by 'Mendeleev' using the art of creation. Whether it is Gargamel's 5% commission or Mendeleev's 30% stake, it is calculated according to the proportion of the selling price. In other words, if you want to 'pay' rent and taxes, it will naturally be borne by him Harry, and he is naturally unwilling to do such an injustice. And the 'door' Deleev and Gargamel obviously don't care what is profit, what is cost, what is sales.

Everything is ready, and nothing is owed. Harry made one hundred and ten sets of high-end bath products and more than three hundred sets of ordinary bath products for several days in a row, and promised Gargamel ten sets of high-end and thirty sets of ordinary PR limits. In other words, Gargamel can take these 40 sets of products as a gift or a trial, as a publicity cost to open the market. The remaining hundreds of sets are sold to make money.

Although there are a lot of products on hand, it is not in a hurry to launch them all, after all, the bath series is a new market, and the products belong to the more mysterious alchemy achievements, so it is always necessary to hang the appetite of consumers. Since this shampoo and bath series is under the name of 'Door' Deleev, it is inevitable to make a lot of articles around this. First of all, the 'door' Terev's financial constraints are a well-known thing, and secondly, his alchemy level and lack of personal feelings are also notoriously known, and his name must be (to be continued, if you want to know what is going on, please log in to ., mobile phone users log in to ap., more chapters, please log on to 16k literature network to read!) those nobles will never doubt it. Harry instructed Gargamel: "Tell them that Master 'Men' Deleev won't have a lot of time to 'time' to make a shampoo and bath series, so the products are limited, and 'want' to buy them as soon as possible!"

Britney and the others soon found Gargamel again in a hurry, and inquired about the results of the shampoo and shower lotion, and when they heard that this thing was actually the work of Master 'Men' Deleev, everyone suddenly sighed: 'Men' Deleev has finally invented something useful. After asking about the price, Britney did not hesitate to buy a set of high-end products, and the rest of the noble 'ladies' took one set each after trying the regular version. Britney saw that the regular version was also working well, so she bought 2 more sets at the moment, saying that she wanted to give them to her two younger sisters. For the first time, Gargamel sold 5 regular and high-end sets for 5,500 gold. He can take 275 gold coins, but it makes him a little 'excited'.

But what surprised Gargamel even more was still to come, Britney was not a trouble-free master, since her skin gradually became delicate, she showed it everywhere, Suni soon learned about it, and this Britney's opponent learned that it was Gargamel's 'get' baby after investigation, and immediately led a group of sisters to find him angrily to 'settle accounts'. The final result, of course, was that after everyone enjoyed a free meal, they all took out their pockets, and the Suni sisters had a lot of money, and they let Gargamel get more than 8,000 gold coins.

Of course, this is not the end, and news soon came from Path's side, and the city lord was full of praise for the bathing series, and Path became a smash hit around the city lord because of this. Now the city lord does not forget to bring her no matter what occasion he attends, which makes the second lady and the fourth lady resentful. However, Path had only taken a small half bottle, and the two of them used it together, and it was quickly consumed, so she found Gargamel again.

According to Harry's instructions, Gargamel was also happy this time, taking two sets of high-end products and a set of regular ones for the city lord, well, yes! Path also knew that Gargamel's generosity would definitely not be all about his face, and learned that Gargamel was just asking Gargamel to mention himself in front of the city lord and help him promote the product, so he agreed immediately.

Soon, the wives of political officials in Prontera also informed them that there was such a miraculous alchemy product, and they inquired about the channels for buying it. Those who knew Gargamel went directly to the 'door', and those who didn't know each other asked for a relationship to buy, and the merchants of Prondera also heard the news that if their wife was lucky enough to have such a relationship with Gargamel, they got a convenient purchase channel, and some merchants even did not hesitate to ask their wives to hook up with Gargamel so that they could catch this line.

Don't think that those businessmen want to sell it, this thing is already rare and precious, and it is a consumable, and of course they will not do stupid things if they are 'shrewd'! It's just that there was a popular saying in the political circles back then: "If you give money this year, you won't take bribes, but you will only receive shampoo!" As a gift-giver, those businessmen naturally have to figure out what they want to do.

In this way, Gargamel suddenly became a figure of Prontera who was half the sky, and Harry had already ordered not to reveal his name, so this boiling bath series was born, and everyone only knew 'Gate' Deleev and Gargamel, but did not know Harry himself. And the 'Gate' Deleev is known to be difficult to deal with, so Gargamel became their only breakthrough.

After selling 30 high-end units and 150 regular editions, Gargamel suddenly announced that it was out of stock. This was Harry's idea, and it was important to let people know that this bath series wasn't something that could be bought with money. For ten days, Gargamel held on to his goods and refused to sell them again. Those who didn't buy the bath series, especially the 'female', jumped straight to their feet in a hurry. These days, if you still rely on perfume to attract people, you can OUT! Seeing those friends or opponents swaying in front of them with a fragrance, their hearts are only crazy, not to mention watching other people's skin become whiter day by day, and their faces are becoming more tender day by day.

Ten days later, Gargamel finally opened again, and it is said that this time Master Teleev "spent" a lot of "fine" effort to produce a large number of bathing series, and the noble "women" who had missed it before refused to "waste" the opportunity, and the "door" threshold of Gargamel's house was almost trampled on. Some people who have already bought it see that this product is often out of stock, and they are also thinking about buying more and saving it in case of emergency. The regular version is the first to sell out, and even if it is only a high-end product, many people do not hesitate to buy it. Soon, the first batch of goods offered by Harry was all sold, and the time was only twenty days, including the ten days that were out of sale.

In addition to the 2,000 gold coins that were Gargamel's commission, and the 12,000 gold coins for Master 'Gate' Deleev, Harry earned 26,000 gold coins in one go. Moreover, the popularity of the bathing series on the market is rising, and the 'door' Deleev can be regarded as a big 'show' face, and everyone thinks for the first time that this alchemy master is still somewhat useful.

A mere 400 bath series couldn't satisfy the huge market of Prontera, but Harry was quite calm and didn't plan to continue for the time being. Because at this time, the time for the imperial capital to fight is getting closer and closer, and he must start preparing for the 'aftermath'.

Soon, there was a news from Prontera that the 'Gate' Deleev was going to accept apprentices! Not to mention that the 'Gate' Deleev himself was a level 9 magician, under the influence of this bathing series, many young people came to sign up, and many of them were good seedlings with good qualifications.

Soon, Mendeleev picked a few young men with good character and qualifications, and before he could impart his knowledge of magical alchemy, Harry handed over the task of processing the bath series to the primary apprentices. On this continent, the relationship between magicians and apprentices is very close, so once they become masters and apprentices, they basically don't have to worry about revealing their secrets, and those apprentices also gladly accepted this task, because Harry will pay them a certain salary, and at the same time, they can also learn about this popular alchemy 'divine product' for the first time.