"The Academy is now producing about two hundred potions a day. Half of it will be sold to outside merchants, and the other half will be stored in warehouses for use by students and teachers. Recently, many merchants from the Hori Kingdom have come to defect and distribute some of them, and now there are about two thousand bottles of potions left in the warehouse. ”

"The magic items that have been made so far have been kept in the academy for our internal use only. It's hard to count the variety of types, but the number of idle ones should be more than four figures. ”

"...... of various Warcraft materials and planting products"

In the dean's room, Wallis flipped through the small notebook in his hand page by page, and reported to Benjamin on the current production status of the college.

As the academy got more and more on the right track, they also began to pile up a variety of magic-related products with no low value. Whether it is the potion that the students have successfully refined, or the Warcraft materials they have obtained after going out to practice, a large part of them will be handed over to the academy.

It can't be counted as exploitation, after all, many students still owe their tuition fees, and they have sold many years of their labor to the college.

It took about ten minutes for the report to be finished. Closing the notebook, Wallis couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, rubbing his forehead, a little puzzled why Benjamin suddenly remembered to ask this.

"Wallis, do you think that with our current production capacity, it is possible to establish a sales network across the three countries?" After listening to the report, Benjamin nodded, and suddenly spoke, asking.

Wallis was a little surprised.

The idea...... It came too suddenly, didn't it?

"Dean, it's so easy to do business. He shook his head and said, "Even if we are quite rich in what we produce now, we will have a lot of difficulties in selling it to the outside world." We don't have a store, we don't have employees, we don't have a brand or a reputation...... It's not like we tell other mages that we have something to sell here, and others will flock to the academy to buy something. ”

"I know. Benjamin nodded, and added, "I mean, we'll ask someone else to sell it for us." ”

Wallis couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

...... What the hell was the Dean thinking?

"Mage Finch, Howl...... Aren't these all merchants who have an investment relationship with the college? We have already entrusted some sales rights to their agents, and the sales profits are split in half. He hesitated and asked, "You mean, we should recruit more of these agents?"

"It's different. Benjamin immediately vetoed the question, saying, "They are big merchants, even if the store has our products and sells their signs, and it has nothing to do with the Academy of Magic." ”

"Then ...... you are going to do?"

"You've seen a lot of merchants who have fled here from the Kingdom of Hori these days, right?" Benjamin smiled and said slowly, "I think we can maintain this model for a long time, and disperse some of the sales rights to these small merchants and let them help us sell things." ”

Wallis was puzzled: "What's the difference between this and handing over the right to sell to a big merchant?"

"Of course there's a difference. Benjamin replied at once, "The small amount of money given to us by the big merchants does nothing to the reputation of the college." As for the small merchants, each of them is scattered, and only by promoting it uniformly under the brand of the Academy of Magic can they have a wide influence. ”

"This ......"

Wallis began to understand a little bit of it.

How come the dean's head always has so many strange thoughts in his head?

"You're talking about the so-called 'academy merchant faction', right? Dean, don't take those petty vendors seriously, they're just borrowing the fame of the academy to make their things sell a little easier. He hurriedly persuaded.

"I know they're borrowing our name. Benjamin smiled and said, "But...... Haven't you noticed that when more and more people sell things in the name of the academy, the Academy of Magic has gradually begun to become a brand. ”

Wallis was slightly stunned.

This one...... Not unreasonable.

He did hear some outside news - the merchants from the Hori Kingdom were spreading the word everywhere, making many people think that the Academy of Magic was really going to enter the business world.

To be honest, he himself was quite tired of this phenomenon.

Those merchants who came to defect were of mixed quality, and they had usurped the name of the Academy of Magic here, and if the reputation they had built up so hard was ruined, wouldn't they have suffered a great loss?

However, what Benjamin just said was also irrefutable. This group of mixed Horry businessmen did slowly beat the brand of the academy.

– although not necessarily a brand with a good reputation.

"So...... What does the Dean mean to hire a large number of these small businesses and let them do things for us?" he asked, with Wallis at that.

"No, it shouldn't say hiring. We didn't have a subordinate relationship before, and they were still their own bosses. Benjamin smiled and said, "I prefer the word 'franchise'." ”

Wallis frowned.

Join......

It was a concept he had never been exposed to before, but Benjamin was used to it by throwing out strange new ideas.

He just didn't know if it was going to work.

"If, as you said, to establish a sales network across many countries, it will definitely require a large number of merchants to join this so-called 'academy business school'. Wallis asked, "How can we guarantee that these people won't ruin the reputation of the Academy?"

"It's not our guarantees, it's the merchants. Benjamin rubbed his hands and said, "They want to use our brand, and in addition to continuing to pay royalties, they also have to issue a certain amount of security deposit as collateral." If a merchant does something detrimental to the Academy, we will terminate the affiliation with him, confiscate the deposit, publicize the country and kick him out. ”

"Hmmm......"

Wallis touched his chin, although he was a little at a loss about this unheard of "joining", but he couldn't think of any new problems for a while.

Seem...... This thing does have a certain amount of viability. However, if this relationship is to be formalized, a delicate and flawless treaty is also essential.

Inevitably there was another headache.

"No problem, let's get started. Benjamin's eyes seemed to have two money symbols flickering, "It's definitely not enough for the merchants from the Hori Kingdom, Fredon and Ikor ...... There are countless small merchants in various places, and I believe that they must be very willing to cooperate with the Academy of Magic and join the academy business. ”

Wallis thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay. I'll get the word out as soon as I can. ”

And just like that, he turned and left, about to get busy with something new. Benjamin was also gearing up, as if there was a mountain of gold and silver, waiting for him not far ahead.