Chapter 40: Competing Interests

"Huh, I really didn't expect it to be developed by you. After being silent for a long time, Warren closed the information in his hand, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and sighed: "The research in this area has also been carried out in our Mage Country, and we have studied it for fifteen years and invested countless funds, but in the end we didn't get much gain, but I didn't expect that you have completed this research without leaking any news here, heh, it's really full of jealousy." ”

"Actually, we were surprised. Antuin smiled noncommittally and said softly, "Hogg and I actually knew for a long time that Miss Vivien was working on improvements and new research and development for these spellcasting potions, but we really didn't expect to get results so quickly, to be honest, when I heard the news yesterday, it really scared me." ”

"I was also frightened, without any warning. Hogg, the owner of the Alchemy Tower, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "When she suddenly burst into my office yesterday afternoon, slapped this information and all the boxes directly on my desk, and asked to join the Supreme Council of this issue, I didn't react at all to what was going on, and it wasn't until I read a page of information that I understood the importance of this development report." Fortunately, the council was originally planned to be convened today, and the councillors and substitute councillors had already gathered in the tower, so they had time to hand over the materials and finished products to them for preliminary review, otherwise, it would be even more troublesome to summon those people on an impromptu basis. However, it was worth the trouble to witness this epoch-making breakthrough in the public eye. ”

"Hehe, we poured all the strength of the whole country back then, and the five lords took the lead in organizing all the R&D departments under them to jointly develop, and it took fifteen years, but it was wasted, and not even a single potion could be developed. Warren still had a kind and kind smile on his face: "As a result, today you sue me, just a little girl in her twenties, who has developed three potions in a row after a few years of casual research, so it's a joke for us, the lords of the mage country." ”

"The study of magic is not a war, and whoever has more people has a greater chance of winning. Antuin's expression was stern, but his words always felt a little ironic: "Without a good R&D atmosphere, if you can't fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm and let everyone be restricted like a craftsman, then no matter how many people gather, you may not be able to achieve results." However, on the other hand, as long as the shackles of each researcher's thinking can be liberated, even if no one cooperates, even if there is only one person's strength, unexpected breakthroughs can be made. ”

"Tsk, do you have any opinion on the way our Mage Country is studied?" Warren Son was still smiling, but his eyes were sharp: "I remember, in the past thousand years, our Mage Country has achieved no less than your Mage Guild, but this time you have taken the lead in it." ”

"What do you think I mean?" Antuin said calmly: "You have indeed achieved a lot of achievements in the past thousand years, but how many achievements are like this?

"Da Da Da", Pannis's fingers tapped lightly on the table, squinting his eyes and smiling, "We're really sorry that Vivien is just a little girl in her twenties, hehe, but did you have any comments on her age and seniority just now?"

"What do you think?" Warrenson immediately responded in an Antoine manner: "What I say is literal, how you want to interpret it, that's your freedom, I have no interest in interfering." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, you seem to be a little off topic. Vivien frowned, coughed lightly, and said, "Researcher's time is precious, and I would rather stay in the real room than waste such precious time here, I think everyone thinks so." So, let's end this long discussion and make a quick decision. ”

"There is no need to discuss, or rather, the discussion is over by the time we finish reading the material. The kind smile on Warrenson's face faded, and he said sternly: " This achievement is indeed very important for mages who have not reached the strength of demigods, so I can promise that in the name of the official name of the country of mages, the three spell-casting potions will be quickly promoted in the Bute Plateau, and help you open up all the potion sales channels, so that the finished potions of your Mage Guild can be sold to every city without tax, but I also have a request, I ask that all sales to the Bute Plateau be carried out through the Mage Council of the Bute Plateau, and the price is 30% lower than the market price. ”

"What a joke. Hogg of the Alchemy Tower, as the leader of a faction, would not back down at all because of Warrenson's strength, stroked his beard and sneered: "Thirty percent lower than the market price, you know what it means? Hmph, that means your profit is higher than ours, do you think I will agree? If you really insist on asking for a thirty percent discount, that is, to force us to increase the price of the potion, you can easily get income, but put our alchemy society on the opposite side of all mages, do you think we will be stupid enough to agree to you?" ”

"That's your own business. Warren Son was equally uncompromising: "It is far more effective for the two forces to jointly promote and recognize this achievement than for your Mage Guild to do it unilaterally, and you have to admit this fact, so you would rather give up your interests than hastily pull me back from the meeting in Neville City to discuss it." In that case, what's the problem with letting you give up some of your interests?"

"The problem is that there are too many. Hogg slapped the table and protested, "If the potions are sold to you at your price, and you sell the goods back to the whole continent, then we are working for you in vain, and we will do this because we have a problem in our brains." ”

"It looks like it's going to be a long time before we can end this discussion. Vivien looked at the timer, and suddenly interrupted the argument between the two sides and stood up: "In that case, then I will leave first, I have other things to do tonight, and I don't want to delay because of such a boring question." ”

"Wait a minute, Miss Vivien. Hogg said eagerly: "The specific details of the production of potions and the way in which profits are distributed still need to be discussed with you. ”

"That......" Vivien's mouth showed a sly smile on the corner of her mouth, and she shook her head, "Let's talk to my agent tomorrow, I'm not in charge of negotiations." ”

"Agent?" Hogg frowned and said hesitantly, "Nelly's adventure party...... Miss Catherine?"

"Yes. Vivien smiled and nodded, "It would be a pleasant negotiation." ”

"Oh my gosh. Hogg let out a desperate groan. (To be continued.) )