Chapter 736: Two Modes, Covering Costs
In terms of understanding the overall situation of Nesser, Xia Duo is definitely not as good as a big chamber of commerce like the Seven Towers or the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, but since he can smell a little sign, then the production line on the side of the Tower of Time can also be fully operational.
Of course, it is also necessary to maintain close contact with the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, so as to pay attention to market dynamics and adjust production at any time.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo also had some bottom in his heart, although he believed that various magical items, including communication magic weapons, would definitely be popular in the future, but who dared to guarantee that he would not fall a second before dawn!
Seeing the actions of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce and the Seven Towers, he believed that he was standing on the general trend, not the so-called "few people who have mastered the truth"!
"Steward Setos, I don't know what kind of acquisition method your Mingshui Chamber of Commerce has for the communication tools and learning scrolls related to the [Magic Network Background Communication]?"
Hearing Lord Xia Duo inquire about the acquisition of communication tools and learning scrolls, Setoston's eyes lit up, and he knew that his performance was coming, so he hurriedly introduced:
"Lord Xia Duo, the Chamber of Commerce mentioned two ways to trade, one is to send an order by our Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, and the Tower of Time can complete the order, this is the simplest way to clear the money and goods, but the price can only accept the quotation of our Mingshui Chamber of Commerce;
"The other is a little troublesome, the price can be determined by the Tower of Time, but there is a risk in the sale of magic items, we will only pay part of the payment, and we will only pay another payment after the goods are sold, if they can't be sold, the goods will be returned to the Tower of Time intact."
Of course, the specific details of the transaction will not be so simple, but after all, Xia Duo came from such a developed business environment as the earth, and he has also absorbed and comprehended a lot of business-related knowledge and skills.
The two ways mentioned by Setos are actually similar to commissioned production and agency on the earth.
In the first way, the risk is all in the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, but the other party is not a philanthropist, so it is conceivable that their offer will definitely be relatively low.
As for the second way, it is actually the agency model that Xia Duo originally considered, which can maximize the benefits, but at the same time, the risk will be higher, and it is mainly borne by the Tower of Time, and the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce is a pure profit.
In the past, the output of the Tower of Time was mainly sold through the first method, which was also the most common way of selling Nesserel, and the money and goods were sold in two ways.
Originally, Xia Duo was also going to recommend the agency model to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, anyway, it was the Tower of Time that mainly took the risk, but I didn't expect the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce to have prepared in advance.
The agency model requires the strong party to have a fairly high degree of integrity, after all, from the perspective of the essence of business profit, pressing the payment is almost what any strong party needs to do.
If it weren't for the good reputation of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, Xia Duo wouldn't have thought of any agency model at all.
Of course, for some little-known small chambers of commerce, the tower of time may have the upper hand, and the party that presses the payment will change from an agent to a tower of time, but the small chamber of commerce does not necessarily have the confidence to give up all their net worth.
After all, although Nessera is dominated by order, it does not rule out the existence of some people who want to make trouble.
How much strength there is and how much business you do is the most basic code of businessmen in this world. People who don't measure themselves often don't end well.
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Since the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce has already thought of the agency model, Xia Duo doesn't need to explain it too much, and at the same time, he has already decided in his heart to let the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce act as the agent of the Tower of Time's communication magic weapon, and even the new mass-produced magic items in the future.
However, he still wanted to hear the quotation of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce for commissioned production, so he asked: "The first transaction method, how much is the quotation of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce?" ”
"This depends on the specific appraisal results, the Chamber of Commerce has sent an appraiser to Savile to receive it, if everything goes well, it should be there in more than ten days."
"More than ten days?"
Chadordo thought that a group of ships from Severton would arrive in Savile in more than ten days, and there would be more than 1,000 of his new lords on board!
Of course, these fleets weren't there to transport his lords to him, but to pick up the elves.
In addition, from Setos's words, Xia Duo probably guessed that even if it was commissioned production, it was not the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce that issued a standard plan and the Tower of Time to produce, but the Tower of Time to produce, and the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce accepted it.
A glimpse of the whole leopard, even the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce is using this method, it is conceivable that the concept of standardized mass production is not popular.
Even if some of the Tower of Time has begun to implement the production mode of division of labor and cooperation, it is definitely not as thorough as the Tower of Time, and in terms of efficiency and cost, it is still not as good as the Tower of Time.
Not to mention, the Tower of Time also has the "Eternal Magic Technology", a weapon to control the cost of raw materials, and the real price is a weapon to kill the red eye.
However, in Xia Duo's view, the current business environment of Nessera is unlikely to have the kind of price war he imagined.
"Steward Setos, is the second transaction method also an appraiser come over to determine the proportion of the advance payment?"
"That's not necessary, Lord Xia Duo, no matter what the Tower of Time prices for communication magic tools and learning scrolls, the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce will only give an advance payment of 500 gold coins for a single communication magic weapon and 50 gold coins for a single study scroll."
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Pressed too much, Shado was sold a telecommunications device in Seventon, with the bartender in the form of a crystal ball offering 1,500 gold and the smaller, more portable talisman form at 3,000.
According to what Setos said, the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce will press at least two-thirds of the payment, which is also too exaggerated.
In fact, Xia Duo speculated on the cost of producing communication magic weapons in the Gilles Tower, and the price of communication magic weapons in the form of crystal balls was 1,500 gold coins, so the cost was only about half, that is, about 6 or 700 gold coins.
The 500 gold coins for a single piece is estimated to be less than the cost of the Gilles Tower.
Xia Duo was dissatisfied and a little proud at the same time, after all, it was imagination that limited them, and the cost of the Tower of Time communication artifact including labor might be less than 300.
Even if you sell it for 500, you can make money, it's just a matter of making more and making less.
At this moment, Xia Duo wanted to say directly, you Mingshui Chamber of Commerce simply don't go to other places to buy it, I have 500 all-inclusive.
But if you really say that, then it's really brain-dead.
Now it seems that the agency model is still okay, at least from Xia Duo's point of view, the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce did not push the advance payment below the cost like the strong agents on the planet.
However, I don't know if the price of 500 per piece can be negotiated, if it can be increased a little more, then the cash flow of the Tower of Time will be more guaranteed.
As for the learning scroll for 50 per copy, Xia Duo is very satisfied, a 2-ring magic scroll may be sold for hundreds of gold coins, the learning scroll is just unencrypted, and the price is higher, but the cost is the same.
It's just that on Xia Duo's side, there is a magic scroll printing machine, which can print a large number of quasi-magic scrolls, and the rest is only the labor cost of the spellcaster.
Now the junior magic mechanics of the Tower of Time need to practice the 2 rings [simplified version of the magic web background communication], use the quasi-magic scroll to practice for them, and forget about the scrap during the practice, do they still want to charge for the finished product?
In this way, the cost of learning the scroll is only the material cost, which does not need to be as much as 50 gold coins.
The only thing to consider is that long-term stable output cannot be done in this way.