Chapter 211: [Wizard?] (2-in-1)
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When Angulo came back, Chen Daolin was already a little restless.
The Master Peng Peng in the room was really a strange thing, he was there, except for panting, it was like a sculpture, Chen Daolin tried to say hello to him several times, but as soon as he came into contact with those dead fish eyes, he flinched a little.
This guy put on a look like no one should enter, Chen Daolin is such a big living person in front of him, but he just seems to be invisible, and he has never glanced at Chen Daolin from the corner of his eye.
Staying in a room with such a person, but having nothing to say, Chen Daolin was really a little depressed.
Fortunately, Anguluo came back, and Chen Daolin was relieved, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious: How did Anguluo get along with this Peng Peng Master on weekdays?
"Sorry to keep you waiting. β
Angulo smiled with great enthusiasm, walked up to Chen Daolin, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Master Darling, please bear with me." β
"Mr. Pompey, you are busy, I understand. β
Angulo pretended to be displeased: "Here you go again, Master Darling, how many times have I said it, but don't call me any sir, it would be too distant to call me so." Am I, Angulo, not worthy to be your friend?"
"Uh......" Chen Daolin was stunned.
"We hit it off at first sight, if you don't mind, don't call me that in the future, I'm a few years older than you, if you want, call me Angulo, or call me Brother Mountain." As for me, I won't call you any more squirming and squirming, I'll call you Brother Darling. What do you think?"
Chen Daolin smiled secretly in his heartβin fact, he had already guessed the reason for Angulo's sudden change of attitude.
After Pinto learned that he was an alchemist, he threw his color at Angulo and called him out to whisper...... In addition, he already knew that the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce was in dire need of alchemists.
At this moment, where could he not think of Angulo's thoughts?
But...... It's a good thing to make friends with such an empire's top tycoons.
If it's in reality. Chen Daolin is a small grassroots. When encountering a rich man of this level, there is only one who looks up from afar. At most, I silently YY in my heart: local tyrant, let's be friends.
Moreover, it seems that the local tyrant in front of him is still begging to befriend him.
"It's not that I don't want to, but I feel a little high. Chen Daolin pursed his lips and smiled, his smile was very reserved: "I'm just a young little mage. You're already a big figure in the Empire. β
"You're being too presumptuous. Angulo shook his head repeatedly, and his tone was very sincere: "You are the person who has invented three new magic potion recipes, and you are destined to go down in history in the future, and your name must be on the magic pharmacopoeia." You are a future ** teacher, it is said that I have climbed you high. β
Both of them politely said a few words, in fact, one was affectionate and the other was intentional, ** hit it off.
Not more than a moment. I actually called my brother and brother really enthusiastically.
Chen Daolin really doesn't look like the standard magician of this world, he is lazy and arrogant, and his words and deeds are full of worldly flavor. It's not like those magicians in this world who don't know the world.
Since both of them have the intention to make friends with each other, the following things are simpler.
Angulo pulled Chen Daolin to sit down, this fat man really deserves to be a person who can make his family business so big, and he doesn't twist and fabricate, so he just gets straight to the point.
"Brother Darling, I won't hide it from you, since we have made friends, then I might as well make it clear, because making friends is important to be honest, if I, the elder brother, go around in circles with you, but it seems that I am insincere. β
"Well, Brother Mountain, don't hesitate to tell me anything you want. Chen Daolin smiled.
"Uh...... I think when Pinto took you on a tour today, I should have told you a little bit about my current situation. Anguluo said: "Although my business is doing quite well now, after all, there is a bottleneck, but I can't get over it." The business of the Potions Workshop can no longer be broken through, and what I lack is an alchemist! You are a magician, you should know how rare an alchemist is, although I have been trying to spend a lot of money to find it for many years, I still ......"
Speaking of this, Angulo shook his head, sighed, but looked at Chen Daolin with expectant eyes: "Pinto told me, I just know that you actually have a unique knowledge of alchemy, hey, don't you see this is not given to me by God? I think it was the blessing of the goddess of light, so I brought you to me!" It's ridiculous that I still talk to you about the business of formulas today, selling finished medicines, so that I can make a few dollars, I might as well be honest with you, I am looking for you to buy the formula, in fact, it is you who value you, you have a magic invention at a young age, and your future achievements must be limitless, I just want to establish a cooperative relationship with you first, and what magic inventions you have in the future, I am also close to the water...... Hehe, I'm an elder brother, I've made everything clear, and I hope you don't be surprised. β
Chen Daolin's face was as usual, and he shook his head and said: "Your words are too polite, I naturally understand, how can you meet the blame? It's just that I am a little ashamed to think so highly of me. β
"Okay, then I'll make it clear. Angulo took a deep breath: "Originally, I didn't know, but now that I know, brother, you are good at alchemy, then you also know the current situation of my Potions Workshop, and I need someone like you to help me." I also know that it is impossible for you to leave the Academy of Magic in order to make money, and I don't dare to be so greedy, I just want to, brother, you can help me when you are free, my business lacks an alchemist, if you are willing to help me...... I'm going to drop a word here today, and the conditions are up to you! In the future, as long as I have a mountain, I will have a share of you, Brother Darling!"
Chen Daolin naturally wouldn't be dazzled by the other party's words in a few words, he smiled: "Brother Dashan, I don't dare to take this word of yours." I'm not the greedy kind either. β
After a pause, he said slowly: "Speaking of which." Since you have spoken to me, I will not be able to refute your face, so let's do it, my affairs in the Academy of Magic really can't be wasted. Your thing here. Now that you've spoken, I can't help but help. Of course. What conditions you said are open to me, this is too strict. There is a saying in my hometown, called: Brothers, settle accounts. On personal relationships. Of course, friends can not distinguish each other. But in business, it is better to be clearer, so as not to have disagreements in the future, but hurt feelings. β
Anguluo looked at Chen Daolin, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
He immediately understood that this young magician was by no means the kind of person who would be dizzy when he was praised by a few words from himself, in fact, although Chen Daolin's words were polite. But the meaning is very clear: don't play with me, as long as you have it, I will have a share, this is too general. Since you want me to help you, then you can make the conditions clearer. Whatever conditions should be offered, don't fool me with those nonsense.
Angulo thought for a moment, then glanced at the two contracts on the table.
The fat man suddenly stretched out his hand, took the contract of the magic potion formula authorization in his hand, and tore it off in a few clicks.
Chen Daolin didn't show the slightest surprise at Dashan's actions, and still looked at him with a smile.
The contract was voided. Dashan said: "I mean to think so, Brother Darling, my business in the Potions Workshop is in charge of you, magic potions, refining tools, and magic raw materials, and Pinto will deal with those mundane things to deal with." But in our own workshop, you have the final say, and Pinto will be your deputy! From now on, you will have 30 percent of the shares! You will share 20 percent of the profits of the business every year. From now on, the relationship between you and me will be one of partners, not of employment. β
This price is not low!
But Chen Daolin listened, just smiled slightly, and he just looked at Angulo quietly.
Angulo became more and more worried when he looked at him, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, what do you think, don't look at me like this, just say it." β
"Hmm. Chen Daolin thought for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, I will say it." Let's talk about it first, you can consider the conditions I said, it doesn't matter if it works or not, it will never hurt our personal friendship. β
"Good!" Angulo slapped the table.
"Well, that's what I mean. Chen Daolin thought for a while, and he looked into Dashan's eyes: "Brother, I've been looking at your Potions Workshop for so long today - I'll say a little polite, although your Potions Workshop is not small now, if you let me come and see it...... I'm not afraid to offend you, to be honest, I really don't like it. β
"............" Angulo was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he forcibly held back, and just swallowed and foamed.
"Maybe it's not just your Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, but also the Tulip Workshop and the Liszt family, and your business in magic potions and magic instruments is too limited. Like this Potions Shop of yours...... I'll be honest, in my opinion, it's really not doing well. Don't stare at you, I'll ask you a few questions. β
Chen Daolin smiled and said, "First, can you sue me, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce's Potions Workshop compared to the things of the other two?"
When Anguluo heard this, he didn't have to think about it, and immediately said: "The quality of my family's things is naturally nothing to say, we can supply magic potions to the Magic Guild and the Magic Academy and the Church of Light, and the things will naturally not be bad." β
"It's not enough. Chen Daolin shook his head: "Your things are not bad, are the things of the other two families bad?"
"Hmm...... I have the most ownership of the formula of the magic potion in my hand, so now, when it comes to making magic potions, our family's goods are the most complete, and there are some magic potions that only my family makes, and the other two do not. β
"Hmm...... That's a plus. Chen Daolin thought for a while: "The variety is complete. But this advantage is not too obvious, you have a complete variety of magic potions, but other companies also have their strengths, at least you don't have magic equipment. β
"Also, the magic potion business, I'm the biggest, so in terms of price, I'm a little lower than the other two......"
When Chen Daolin heard this, he shook his head more and more, and frowned: "Speaking of which, your Potions Workshop's business is still only staying at the strategy of 'cheap and good', which is of course important and fundamental. But if you want to beat your opponents in the competition, I am afraid it is not enough. Of course, what you do is cheap and good, but are the other two expensive and expensive? I'm afraid it may not be possible. β
Angulo grabbed his hair and smiled wryly, "My brother Darling. Don't whet me anymore. If you have anything to say, you can say it quickly. β
"Okay. Chen Daolin smiled. Then he first raised a finger: "I have a little opinion of my own, first, if you want to be invincible in business, the first trick is: no one has me." In short, we must first base ourselves on our own products. β
No one has me, no one has me......
Angulo savored these two sentences, and his eyes couldn't help but light up a little.
"In my opinion, our Potions Workshop is nowhere near that right now, although you have a lot of magic potions. But this advantage is too small. And, in my opinion, most of the products are actually the same as the other two. Whether it is the quality or price of the goods, there is no essential difference, and it cannot form a real advantage. β
Angulo didn't speak.
"The second thing is to clarify your target market. Chen Daolin smiled: "The second question I want to ask you is, man, have you ever thought about who the main customer groups are targeted at your Potions Workshop?"
"This ...... Magic potions and magic equipment are naturally sold to magicians. Angulo smiled: "Of course, there are some other groups, such as mercenary organizations and adventure teams, who will also purchase a large number of magic potions for backup, as well as the army, which also purchases some of them for military use all year round." As for magic equipment, I can't do it right now, but if you're willing to help me, it's a different story. But...... Even if they do, they are sold to the magician community, mercenary guilds, armies, and the like. As for ordinary people, who would buy magic tools? β
Chen Daolin smiled.
Then he shook his head and said, "At this point, I want to say, Brother Angulo, you can't do business and run a tulip workshop, it's really not a loss at all." β
He then smiled and said, "Although I haven't been to the tulip workshop yet, I have seen a lot of things produced in the tulip workshop, such as a kind of clothes that they have specially made to sell to those noble ladies of the aristocratic family." The materials used in the clothes are nothing more than some conventional good materials and fabrics, and the cutting design is also very good, but the most important thing is that they can think of using some magic materials and blessings on this clothes, such as the lowest-level water magic blessing, so that the clothes can automatically absorb the water element in the air, so that the person who wears this clothes will be surrounded by a cloud of water vapor around the body at all times.
This kind of clothing, worn in summer, is exceptionally cool, and women are all beauty-loving, and maintaining some moist moisture around the body is also good for the skin and can avoid dry skin.
As far as I know, the Tulip family's workshop earns a lot of gold every year in this magic clothing business. β
Angulo thought about it and said with a wry smile: "Not bad...... Tulip family's workshop, the strongest is this one, they can apply magic to daily life, their family's things, not only people in the field of magic, but also among ordinary people are extremely popular. The magic equipment made by their family, especially the swords used by the nobles, is made as if it were the paladins in the church, although it is flashy and does not have much practical combat value, but it makes those noble children ...... Now in almost the entire imperial capital, it would be a shame for a noble child to go out and not be able to wear a 'paladin sword' produced by the Tulip family's workshop. β
"That's how clever they are! That's what I said, no one has me, no one has me, no one has me, no one has me, no one has me! The Tulip family did it on the first day. And their second point is also very good, they have successfully expanded the field of magic equipment business to ordinary people in the non-magic group.
You should know that there are only three or four thousand magicians in the Roland Empire, and even if you add those magic apprentices, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and this is a small market? But the total population of the Roland Empire is already tens of millions! Tell me, is the market of 20,000 or 30,000 people, or the market of tens of millions of people?
"I ......" Angulo smiled bitterly, "I don't want to expand my business, but I don't have an alchemist by my side......"
"Do you have to be an alchemist?" Chen Daolin shook his head: "I don't think it's the alchemist's problem, but the operation of your Potions Workshop, which has always been too old-fashioned. For example, the kind of magic clothes of the Tulip family, does it have to be made by an alchemist? Ordinary magicians are not too difficult to bless a water-based spell on their clothes. This kind of thing doesn't require too advanced alchemy. But you have not done it...... That's your own problem. You're still very conservative in targeting the traditional magical community, and that's the biggest problem. β
"That ......"
"Tulip Workshops can sell magical equipment to nobles who don't know anything about magic...... But how many people are there in the aristocratic class?" Chen Daolin said with a smile: "Suppose, we can have a way to sell magical equipment to those thousands of ordinary people...... Of course, not to mention those poor groups, but in the imperial capital, there are tens of thousands of families with rich and middle-income families. So how many are there in the whole empire?"
"Ordinary people?real ordinary people?" Angulo wondered, "What are these ordinary people buying magic equipment for?And, what magic equipment can we make that is suitable for their use?those magic clothes, and magic paladin's sword...... Ordinary people can't afford it. β
"What kind of product to come up with, that's something I'm going to think about, and if I come to be your alchemist, then I'll naturally solve these problems. When Chen Daolin said this, his confident look suddenly made Anguluo's eyes light up.
"The third question. Chen Daolin raised his third finger: "This is also a weakness of your current business...... Brand!"
"Brand?" Angulo was stunned: "Do you mean, the signboard? The signboard of my Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is already very loud, the entire empire, who doesn't give a thumbs up when it comes to my Pompeii Chamber of Commerce?"
"Branding isn't just about your chamber of commerce. Chen Daolin smiled: "There are too many subdivisions here. Branding is not only about the chamber itself, but also about the product. The brand is the image of the product, the most representative, unforgettable, as soon as you mention it, you will immediately think: Oh, this is it!"
"Tulip House brand awareness is the best, they have a lot of exclusive products, they are very popular, such as those magic clothes, when you mention this, everyone will immediately think of Tulip Workshop ready-to-wear. But your potions shop...... Have you ever had your own special brand, which is irreplaceable by others?"
Chen Daolin looked at Angulo with a smile.
Angulo shook his head.
"First of all, have a loud, or special name. Chen Daolin said: "Your potions business is called 'Potions Workshop', this name is too prosaic. Although the meaning is accurate, it feels unremarkable. Just like a seller of baked cakes, is there a 'baked cake shop' on the signboard at the door? Is there a sign of a 'tavern' at the door? Your potions shop is just like that, and it doesn't even have a novel name that people can remember, and when people see this name, they will give people the impression that they are popular, ordinary, and have no characteristics.
The name of the tulip family is very distinctive, leaving aside the legend of the tulip family itself, just the name 'tulip' itself will make people have a high-end atmosphere and high-grade feeling. β
The more Anguluo listened, the more curious he became, and he couldn't help but change his posture and scratch his hair: "Okay, brother, you've said so much, I think you must have a full set of thoughts in your heart, don't let me worry anymore, please tell me your idea." β
Chen Daolin sighed, he knew that his appetite was almost over, and the time had come to close the net.
So he put away his smile and said with a solemn face: "Since you asked me to say it, I will say it! β
"Okay!!"
Angulo agreed without hesitation.
Immediately, Chen Daolin said his own conditions...... (to be continued)