Nunnally could not help but be startled by Ferris who suddenly jumped up. On the other hand, Fangzheng and Nimf remained calm. The former had participated in countless similar business negotiations, while the latter simply didn't care about these little troubles. In her opinion, her master would surely be able to handle it.
"Mr. Ezio, we can't accept this. You should know that if we buy the blueprints of these two inventions, we'll have to organize people to conduct experiments and then manufacture them. It'll take a lot of time and money."
What Felix was talking about was a common problem both on Earth and in the Other World — the industrialization of technology. The steps of technology produced in a laboratory were completely different from those produced in a factory. Similarly, if the technology from the alchemy workshop wanted to be mass-produced, it was naturally impossible to rely on the alchemist alone to complete it. Although each force employed some idle Alchemists who didn't open a workshop, these people obviously couldn't be used for mass production work.
It was like how you couldn't ask a group of designers to produce cars in a factory.
A car production line was more like it.
"I already have a complete production process. I'll give it to you after we sign the agreement."
Felix had his own reasons, but it didn't mean that Fangzheng would listen to him. The processing of greenhouses and Slime fertilizers was simple. It wasn't hard to make a set of them by referring to the production process on Earth. Of course, due to the difference in the development of civilizations, Fangzheng had to rack his brains for a while.
"40% is still too high."
Felix heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the other party had a perfect "after-sales service". Many alchemists only cared about making things. Most of the time, they didn't even care about how to make the things faster. Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce often spent a lot of time and money on this aspect. Of course, if you were lucky enough to be able to mass-produce it, that would be great. If you spent a lot of effort and found that it couldn't be mass-produced or the cost was too high, then … Hehe.
"You know, if we sign the agreement, the Northern Chamber of Commerce will be attacked by many factions. We might even suffer some losses …"
"That's your business."
Nunnally, who had never participated in a business negotiation before, was a little soft-hearted when she saw Felix's pitiful look. However, Fangzheng, who had participated in countless business negotiations and had been through hundreds of battles, clearly wouldn't be swayed by crocodile tears. When it came to business negotiations, those with skills and creativity were the masters, and the masters were used to do whatever they wanted. I don't want forty percent. Even if I want you to take off your clothes and dance in front of everyone, you'll have to take it.
Besides, there was no such thing as a businessman who wasn't sly. If a businessman could be trusted 50% of his words, he would already be considered to be honest.
On the contrary, the other party didn't leave immediately even though he had made a request of 40%. This in itself was enough to show his attitude.
Felix talked with Fangzheng for a while, but there was no result. He had no choice but to leave. After Ferris disappeared like a rubber ball, Nunnally, who had been sitting beside Fangzheng, spoke uneasily.
"Mr. Ezio, don't you think you're going too far? I think Mr. Felix is a good person … .Isn't 40% a little too much? "
Although Nunnally was a pure alchemist who didn't know much about economics, she understood the meaning behind Fangzheng and Felix's conversation. Fangzheng's request was that his alchemy workshop get 40% of the Northern Chamber of Commerce's annual income from the sale of greenhouses and slime fertilizers.
That was not a small amount.
In the main world, the relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and the Alchemist Association was similar to the relationship between the branches and the trunk. The Alchemist Association was also like a platform organization like Treasure X. The Chamber of Commerce was naturally the owner of Treasure X who opened a shop on the platform. Of course, some of them belonged to individuals, while others belonged to corporations, depending on the scale of the business. For example, Nunnally's workshop was considered as a personal shop of Treasure X. On the other hand, the Northern Chamber of Commerce was a chain store of a large corporation.
Back when Ferris complained to Fangzheng, he had made a rough estimate. The forty percent added up would probably cost millions of gold coins.
Nunnally was dumbfounded when she heard the figure.
She couldn't imagine that she could get so much money just by casually processing the Slime's skin and body fluids and adding some essence wood supports. It was like a dream to her.
To be honest, if Fangzheng hadn't said that he would take the lead, Na Nali might have agreed to it. She felt that it wasn't safe to have so much money. She didn't want tens of millions — no, she didn't want millions. Just a few thousand gold coins would do. These Slime were worthless. How could they be exchanged for so many gold coins?!
So when Felix left, Nunnally looked at Fangzheng with complicated feelings. She also felt that Fangzheng was robbing her ….
"40% isn't much at all. He might be complaining about being poor, but that's the basic skill of a businessman. In fact, if he really thought it was too much, he would have just turned around and left. But he still sat down. Can you guess why? "
"Well …."
Faced with Fangzheng's question, Na Nali took quite a while to react.
"Because he can make money?"
"Of course, if he can't make money, he won't discuss it with me. Of course, we both know that I can't ask for 40%, and he can't give me 40%. But by making this request, I'm giving him room to bargain. At the same time, I'm telling him that my request won't be too low. For both of us, this isn't a matter of losing money. It's just a matter of how much we can make. "
As he spoke, Fangzheng looked at Nunnally with a smile.
"You may think that these things aren't worth much, but you should know what these things can bring to the farmers. They're all valuable, very valuable. You know, what we're selling isn't raw materials, but something that can really change the world …. How much do you think you'll sell it for if you make a divine artifact? "
"Of course it'll be valuable …."
Nunnally was just a naive girl. She wasn't really a fool. The Alchemy Warlocks had also created Divine Artifacts, which was why they were able to compete with the Mages. Moreover, the artifacts made by alchemists were priceless.
But … .was there a divine artifact made from Slime skin?
"Divine artifacts are meant to be used, not offered. You should know that not only can these things improve the lives of countless people, but they can also help those who can't afford to eat …. Even divine artifacts can't do that."
"I see. I understand now."
Under Fangzheng's guidance, Nunnally nodded obediently. Although she still didn't quite understand, she knew that she was gravely mistaken.
Looking at Nunnally's reaction, Fangzheng sighed in his heart. In order to keep his identity a secret, he did not sign any agreement with Nunnally. The signing of an agreement in the Origin World required star rune authentication, and once the authentication was done, he would definitely be exposed. Therefore, for now, the alchemy workshop still belonged to Nunnally. In other words, only she had the final right to sign the agreement.
Originally, Fangzheng thought that Nunnally would have a bright future if he trained her, but now it seemed that she was more like a professional researcher who was not good at external communication and negotiation. If Fangzheng wasn't around, and if Li Nali had researched the greenhouse by herself, Felix probably wouldn't have been able to scam her away with just 500 gold coins. He would've even made Li Nali work for him willingly.
Fangzheng wanted to find someone who specialized in negotiation. The girl named Kuria gave him a good impression. She was graceful and full of confidence, and her family background was also good. However, she was currently working in the Alchemist Association, and Fangzheng didn't know if he could poach her … But it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
Kuria's reaction was out of Fangzheng's expectation. After Fangzheng invited her, Kuria agreed readily. She also knew Lina's personality very well. After hearing from Fangzheng that her good friend had nearly been tricked into selling the greenhouse and the Slime fertilizer technology for a few thousand gold coins, Kulia broke out into a cold sweat and almost couldn't recover from it. As a staff member of the Alchemist Association, she knew the value of an alchemy invention better than anyone else. If Nunnally really sold these things for a few thousand gold coins, she might as well hand them over to the association for internal adjustment.
Due to this reason, Kuria chose to join without hesitation. Although she felt that Fangzheng wasn't a bad person, she was always worried that her good friend would be cheated away. Now that there was a chance to keep an eye on him, Kuria definitely wouldn't let it go.
Most importantly, she could work with Fangzheng. Just looking at handsome guys every day was enough to make up for Kuria's small loss.
During this time, Fangzheng also took Kuria to receive the representatives of various chambers of commerce who came to the workshop to discuss business. Ferris was smart, but the others weren't fools either. Fangzheng didn't have the intention to expand the production. At first glance, it was obvious that he was using these things to prove the effectiveness of the technology. Therefore, buying these two technologies was naturally very important to them.
The result was similar to what Fangzheng had expected. The more powerful first-tier chambers of commerce weren't interested in Fangzheng's proposal. They even tried to use their influence to pressure Fangzheng to lower the price. As for the second-tier chambers of commerce like Fangzheng, they wanted to put up a desperate fight. However, they were either worried that they couldn't resist the pressure from the first-tier "multinational chambers of commerce", or they felt that Fangzheng's requirements were too high, so they wanted to bargain further.
But in any case, there were naturally more and more people who desired these two alchemy technologies.
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