Chapter 24: Antecedents and Consequences

With money, you can do whatever you want.

A long time ago, Zhou Ming firmly believed that this was a truth.

Because no matter what the problem, as long as it can be solved with money, it is basically not a problem.

So no matter what copy he is in, no matter how strong or weak he is, he knows the importance of money.

will find a way to make a little more money.

Because in most cases, money is also a strength.

For example, in this duel with Martin, if Zhou Ming didn't get so many magic props, relying on his own strength, he would fight Martin hard, even if he had a way to defeat Martin through some skills, but there was still a certain risk.

When he got a large number of magic props and put them on his body, this risk was almost reduced to 0.

It's just that there are many people who are puzzled, the top-level staff, hundreds of magic scrolls, and magic potions in Zhou Ming's hand...... With a total value of nearly 10 million gold coins, is his net worth so high now?

Did he really buy all of them?

Of course not.

He had that much money on hand.

So how did he get so many things?

The method is similar to the method used to get the potion formula in the hands of Store Manager Hall before.

Zhou Ming "mortgaged" himself and bought these things by paying on credit first and later.

He didn't pay the money first, and within three years, he would repay the 8.51 million gold coins he owed on credit, with an annual interest of 5%, and a total of more than 9 million.

In other words, with Zhou Ming's credibility, those old guys are willing to sell things to him on credit, believing that he will return the money and will not run away?

Believe.

More than one believes.

It can be said that most of the old bones in the Magic Society have been brainwashed by him (the metaphor is not very appropriate, but the old guys do believe in him).

One, believing in his earning power.

Prepare 1,000 bottles of "perfect" quality [Tranquilizer] in five days, which is something that even a senior pharmacist can't do, and he did it.

And if a thousand bottles of tranquilizers are sold at the price of 1,000 gold coins per bottle, it is 1 million gold coins...... Most of this is profit.

In other words, 9 million gold coins, he only needs to prepare [Tranquilizing Elixir] for about 50 days, and he can earn it.

Second, believe in his theories.

I believe in his theory that "there is no consumer market without advanced consumption".

Take Squaff's "Buff Staff" shop, for example, which has been established for hundreds of years, and how many Buff Staffs are sold on average every year?

11 roots.

An average of 11 wands are sold per year, and most of them are wands that cost less than 100,000 gold coins, and the average annual sales do not exceed 500,000.

Those staffs that cost more than 300,000 or 500,000 gold coins are very normal to hang on that wall for thirty, fifty, or one hundred years, and there are basically few people in the Kingdom of Adud who can afford to buy them.

With sales of only 500,000 yuan a year, and hundreds of thousands of profits left after removing costs, Zhou Ming asked Golf: Can this money expand the store? Can you delve into more powerful staffs? Can you buy a large number of high-grade magic materials?

No.

Of course not.

These problems are not limited to Golf's wand shop.

Carloz's "Magic Bookstore".

Mr. Basimbu's "Magic Scroll Shop".

As well as Mr. Hall's "Gannis Apothecary", which has this problem to a greater or lesser extent.

It is mainly manifested in fewer customers, less turnover, and no more resources to invest in research in higher fields.

At the end of the day, it's just that there's not much money to be made.

The root cause is that the market of the Kingdom of Adud is too small.

But in Zhou Ming's eyes, a small market does not mean that there is no room for profit growth.

There are many ways to make the market bigger.

For example, installment payment, resale to rent, price reduction promotion, increase the number of customers...... Achieve the effect of artificially cultivating the market.

Zhou Ming's set, at the beginning, few old men listened to it, but they felt ridiculous.

Only Carloz, the manager of the "Page Magic Bookstore", listened to Zhou Ming's theory, and his heart moved, and according to some of his suggestions, he made some attempts.

Three services were launched.

They are "membership card book rental service", "installment book purchase service", and "book exchange service".

A book rental service is one in which the customer pays a deposit and then charges an hourly fee to read in the store, allowing a small amount of notes to be taken, and compensation is required if the customer damages the book.

Installment books refer to the magic books that the customer cannot afford to buy at one time, and can be paid in multiple installments, and only after the money is paid in full, can he buy the pre-ordered magic books.

If there is a certain value, you can exchange it in the bookstore, and exchange books for books, so that individuals and bookstore owners have added a book to enrich their respective collections.

All three services have some flaws to a greater or lesser extent, but after their launch, in just two months, the profit of Paige's Magic Bookstore has increased by as much as eighty percent.

With hundreds of regular customers, more than 30 new books have been added.

Mr. Carloz can be said to have tasted a big sweetness.

According to Zhou Ming's suggestion, other stores have also taken action, and according to Zhou Ming's suggestion, they have successively launched some promotional systems or means, such as limited-time specials, discount activities, etc., and the effect is quite obvious.

Naturally, in the eyes of these store managers and old men, Zhou Ming has become a genius with a "flexible mind" and "a lot of ideas".

In addition, before the duel with Martin, Zhou Ming also called several store managers and old men together and talked to them about the importance of "advertising".

To increase sales of magic items in your store, you have to advertise well.

For example, the buff staff, the staff inlaid with the magic core, although expensive, can release magic without consuming magic power, which is very useful when the magic power is exhausted, but the price is too high, resulting in the kingdom of Adud, this kind of staff is not cared for, and some people don't even know that the staff inlaid with the magic core has such a function.

If someone is holding this type of staff, it will definitely work well if it is used in a situation where there are many mages watching the mages (such as in the ring).

There are also magic scrolls, which are not expensive to use, but belong to the magic scrolls of disposable products, Zhou Ming feels that Mr. Basimbu, who opened the "Magic Scroll Shop", is really miserable, because the magic scrolls he worked hard to make, the total annual sales are less than 100 volumes, and the annual sales are less than 100,000.

In this regard, Zhou Ming took Mr. Basimbu's hand and said:

"Advertisement, Mr. Basimbu, the scrolls in your store must be well advertised! You must use an advertisement to make people who just want to buy a few magic scrolls to play with them understand the true value of magic scrolls!"

"The magic scroll is not for play, it is the best weapon that a rich mage can use to crush a talented mage!"

"It can erase the gap in strength, it can make the diligence of genius go to waste, it is necessary to save life in all kinds of dangerous situations. ”

"The weak only need to buy 10 tickets, and in front of the strong, he can regain his dignity. ”

"The importance of the magic scroll must be taken seriously by all!"

Zhou Ming's words, Mr. Ba Simbu was deeply moved, deeply agreed, took him as a confidant, and then gave him hundreds of magic scrolls on credit at a very favorable price.

He also insisted on not asking for interest.

Golf also gave him the best top-of-the-line staff in the store on credit, on the one hand, for advertising.

On the other hand, according to Quaff, "This staff has been hanging in the shop for hundreds of years, and it's my proudest work, and I don't want to wait until I'm dead and no one will use it." ”

After all, what is the purpose of making a product that has no chance of being used?

As a producer, you must want users to buy their products and give feedback on a good review.

In this way, in the ring, what appeared in front of Martin and hundreds of teachers and students was naturally a "super local tyrant version" Zhou Ming who blinded everyone's eyes.

After this duel in the ring, the advertising effect was also clearly achieved.

In just three days, the scrolls in Mr. Basimbu's magic scroll shop sold more than the sum of three years.

Business at the Buff Staff Shop has also improved significantly.

Obviously, the "masters" whose families have a little money and are not bad in strength do not want to follow in Martin's footsteps and be defeated by a lowly nouveau riche who smashed with money.

Another thing is that Zhou Ming agreed to Winnie's request for a duel with him.

It is also a sign of life and death.

Do your best, life or death.

As for the time of the duel, it was set for three months later...... Zhou Ming will be busier next, and he will not have time to duel until three months later.

That's right, Winnie plans to take action herself, Martin's waste, it's useless, to end this increasingly arrogant Leylin, she can only do it herself!

It's just that Leylin is scheming and luxuriously equipped, and she is not afraid to be the same as Martin, and she will not accidentally plant a fight in front of him?

Hehe sneered.

Compared with strength, Winnie broke through to the intermediate magician at the age of sixteen, and she is currently nineteen years old, which is quite close to the rank of high-level magician, I don't know how much stronger than Leylin.

Compared with financial resources, Gannis Pharmacy has been operating for more than 300 years, accumulating countless money and rich heritage.

She's afraid of throwing money at that kid?

How difficult would it be for her to get a piece of equipment that was more luxurious than what Leylin was equipped with?

To be honest, than throwing money, at least in the Kingdom of Aduides, she will not be afraid of anyone!

"Thunderlin, hurry up and die at my hands, this breath in my heart, don't want me to hold it there all the time!"

"This time, I will do my best to send you to hell!"

Winnie's eyes were full of cold murderous aura!

……

Zhou Ming was not surprised that Winnie wanted to kill herself.

Some people's personalities are like this, they are arrogant and intolerable, and if they are slightly wronged, they will go to extremes, and they can't do it without that breath.

In the face of such an opponent, Zhou Ming had no choice but to prepare for the challenge.

And soon after the duel in the ring, the Brno Medicinal Materials Chamber of Commerce, which was newly established for a month, successfully solved the supply problem of 23 flavors of medicinal materials for [Tranquilizer] with the help of various channels.

The school's pharmacy laboratory was also successfully established.

With enough herbs and a larger laboratory, Zhou Ming quickly resumed the preparation of the [Tranquilizing Elixir].

And he came up with a good way to make the preparation efficiency of the [Tranquilizing Elixir] increase fivefold on the basis of his personal maximum of 200 bottles per day.

Reach a maximum production capacity of 1,000 bottles per day.

How did he achieve this exaggerated improvement in formulation efficiency?