Chapter 1125: The Haggling, Doomed Severton
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"I don't know what you call this guest?"
"Call me Darik!"
"Alright, Lord Derick, may I ask what kind of business does the one behind you want to do with the Harran Chamber of Commerce?"
"Harranside Manor!"
Since Silas got straight to the point, Xia Duo didn't make any detours, and directly explained his intention, "Lord Xia Duo wants to buy real estate in Severton, and sent me to deal with it with all the powers, not long ago, I happened to learn that Harranside Manor was for sale, and I felt that it met the requirements of Lord Xia Duo, and this time I came to discuss the purchase of a house." β
"Since Your Excellency Derrick knows that Harranside Manor is for sale, then you should know that the price given by the Chamber of Commerce is 350,000 gold coins, is it possible that you came here this time to sign a contract and deliver?"
"No, no!" Xia Duo said repeatedly.
His current identity is the head of the Saville Lord's business, so he naturally doesn't mind going down to bargain with the other party in person, and even because he hasn't carried out this activity for a long time since he crossed over, he is still quite excited:
"Although the Harranside estate itself meets the requirements of the Lord of Chado, the price is not good, and I do not think that the purchase of such a property at a premium can be approved by the Lord of Chado, after all, it is not the only property in Severton that meets the requirements."
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"I think 200,000 gold coins is an ideal price!" Xia Duo calmly said a number.
"No, no, Lord Darik! Even in the trading area, it is impossible to buy a manor the size of Harlanside for 200,000 yuan, let alone on the edge of the old town! β
Hearing the figure of 200,000, Jalaso shook his head again and again, even if there was a need to sell it as soon as possible, he was very dissatisfied with such a low price.
"Lord Darek, Harranside Estate is ideally located and is a very high-quality asset, both for personal use and investment.
"In this way, if you buy sincerely, then for the sake of Lord Chado's face, I can reduce the price to 320,000; If it's lower, then you can only look elsewhere, I don't think even a Grand Arcanist can do forced trade in Severington! β
It is indeed impossible for the Grand Arcanist to engage in forced trading, and that is because the other party is completely willing, even at a very undesirable price.
Xia Duo carefully recalled the background of the Harlan Lord, it seemed that there was no special background, and the lord was an ordinary archmage who only knew how to exploit the lords, what confidence would he dare to ignore a future Grand Arcanist?
Of course, it's not that Xia Duo wants to overwhelm people with power, it's just that he is curious, if he really wants to overwhelm people with power, then he will come over with his true identity.
He didn't believe how much more bargaining courage Jalaso had in front of the senior arcanist himself!
But now in this situation, the scene seems to be frozen, Jalaso insists on 320,000, but Xia Duo still feels that the premium of 320,000 is too high.
His ideal price was $250,000, which was about the median of a manor in the New Town of Severynton, a trading district.
The highest, such as the vicinity of the Grand Temple, have higher prices than in the Old Town.
Low, such as the newly built trade area in the south, where residential areas are also planned, a manor can be won for almost 100,000 yuan, but most of the infrastructure there is still under construction and is very imperfect.
It is said that it is a manor, but it is actually a piece of land, and it costs more than ten to buy a piece of land, which is too troublesome, and Xia Duo did not consider pure land at the beginning.
In fact, after Evans's screening, the only thing that Xia Duo can know so far is that Harlanside is the most suitable, after all, Seuventon has existed for hundreds of years, and most properties have their own owners.
The ones circulating in the market are either too high-end or too locational, and the range of choices is relatively small.
In fact, if you are optimistic about the development of Severton, purely as an investment, the purchase of Harlanside Manor for 350,000 is not a loss, and even the longer you keep it, the more you will earn.
But Xia Duo knows very well that it is not far from the birth of the Mithic energy core, and it is not impossible that it has even been born.
Once the Misser Energy Core is made public and the floating city appears in large numbers, the status of Severynton as the capital will be greatly reduced, and it will be self-evident how its property prices will move.
Perhaps by then, the Seven Towers will build a new celestial Severton as a new capital for all parties, and as for the earth, it may be completely reduced to ordinary territory.
Therefore, Xia Duo is still quite restrained in the money spent in the current city of Severington, although 250,000 is not his real bottom line, but it should not be too high.
Moreover, he was prepared to sell the fixed assets in the city of Severton during the period after the appearance of the Mithic energy core and before the appearance of the floating city, so as not to suffer huge losses.
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Thinking like this, Xia Duo proposed a new trading plan again: "President Jalaso, I wonder if the Harran Chamber of Commerce accepts payment with magic items?" β
This was a plan he had thought of before he came, but he wasn't sure if the Harran Chamber of Commerce was willing to accept such a payment method, and it also involved the pricing of magic items, which was more troublesome and not as convenient as cash payment.
But now Jalaso has bitten 320,000 gold coins to death, and he is only willing to pay 250,000, although it may be lower in grinding, but it is still a lot higher than the ideal price.
If he can pay with magic items, for Xia Duo, he can even accept some premiums, after all, there are also a lot of premiums for magic items, and he can get them back on this.
In my hometown, many people use products to pay off debts, which is actually this principle.
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"Pay with magic items?"
At first, when he heard such a plan, Jalaso was still stunned, but then he thought that the new communication magic weapon of the Tower of Time was not small in Severton, and the Tower of Time was not the mage tower organization where the Lord of Xia Duo belonged?
He speculated that Darek's offer to pay for magical items might have been the true intention of the Lord of Chardo from the beginning.
After thinking about it, Jalaso did not refuse, but at the same time pointed out: "If you pay with magic items, you can only pay 60% of the market price, and the magic items used to offset the price must be approved by us in advance, not any kind of magic items." β
Xia Duo didn't think it was too much for the restrictions put forward by Jalaso, it was a recognized fact that the premium of magic items was high, even if it was calculated at 60% of the market price, the maker still made money, but it earned less.
"The Great Age of Genes"
For example, the total cost of the communication magic device of the Tower of Time, including materials, facilities, and personnel, is only about 200 gold coins, but if you sell it to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, it will cost 1,000 gold coins.
Such a net profit margin, even in the place where the commodity economy is extremely prosperous on the earth, and various methods of cutting leeks are endless, is extremely impressive.