Chapter 330 Establishing the Augustus Brand (4000)
Locke entered the most exclusive VIP reception room. Lady Irina, who was dressed in gold and red with a delicate shoulder strap hanging on her shoulders, was already waiting inside. When Locke walked in, Lady Irina, who was wearing a dress-like wizard robe, stood up to greet her.
Lock closed the door, and Mrs. Irina's serious face changed, and her speech became much more colloquial. "Locke, when I heard that you became an official wizard, I was shocked. I didn't expect that the little wizard apprentice who liked to hang out in my two shops, Lijin Secret Whisper and Owl Crucible, is now a wizard in the first stage of gasification."
“Time flies so fast.” Mrs. Irina glanced at Locke with a smile in her eyes. "Perhaps this kind of thing cannot be blamed on time, but on Locke, your promotion speed is too fast."
"This rapid change makes me feel that time passes very quickly."
Mrs. Irina's eyes paused slightly on the four honorary invention certification badges hanging on Locke's chest. These are the badges that best reflect the achievements of an official wizard in the southeast corner, and Locke can obtain four at such a young age, announcing to the world that his magical research achievements are fruitful.
Mrs. Irina's eyes flashed with admiration.
Locke said: "I would also like to thank my senior sister's shop for helping me a lot during my apprenticeship. Without my senior sister's two shops, my products would not have been sold so smoothly."
Mrs. Irina is a wizard in the liquefaction stage, and her magic power is far greater than Locke.
In the southeast corner region, it is not easy to break through from a first-level wizard in the gasification stage to a first-level wizard in the liquefaction stage.
Mrs. Irina smiled enthusiastically: "No way. The products you developed have helped my store a lot and gained me a lot of reputation."
"I wanted to find a special opportunity to thank you before. You."
"Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, you would already be a first-level wizard." Mrs. Irina said: "I'd like to invite you, Locke, to have a meal in the witch kitchen later."
Locke would of course give her this honor. "Thank you, senpai."
Mrs. Irina smiled with satisfaction and said: "Teacher Harlan Vera has told me your thoughts in advance, Locke, are you going to a bigger wizarding land? I'm so envious." Only this kind of talent can be enjoyed." Mrs. Irina's expression flashed with yearning, but when she thought about her foundation here, her life might not be better if she went outside, and it might actually be worse. She had already chosen the path of a stable life.
Hence, Mrs. Irina came back to her senses and said to Locke: "I think your idea is particularly good. You don't have the energy to deal with the products of the southeast corner, but I have a complete industry in the Chimera Market."
Mrs. Irina stood up, poured two cups of wizard-scented tea, and handed one of them to Locke. She likes to soak the wizard-scented tea in boiling water so that the aroma is strong and the tea tastes quite bitter, so the cup is still hot.
"But I still want to give some reasonable suggestions." Mrs. Irina was considering her tone. Locke was neither his student nor a wizard apprentice. Naturally, she couldn't appear domineering. As a senior sister, when she gave equal advice to her junior students, she couldn't speak too fast, her tone couldn't be too hasty, and her voice couldn't be too loud.
That would make it appear that she still views Locke with the same old eyes, which could easily cause a rift in the relationship between the two.
Especially now, Mrs. Irina really wants to cooperate with Locke, whether it is the mass production of a small number of apprentice-level magic plants, or cooperation in the direction of emerald iris lichen, and bear spirit emerald gall potion.
Even though Locke has published articles, registered patents, and published principles, the specific process and mass production methods are still in Locke's hands.
Others want to reverse-decrypt the article. Even the top research group at Verdantia University will need at least one or two years, or even three or four years.
This period of time is enough for them to make a big fortune, and even form a relatively stable and healthy industry in the future.
Hence, Mrs. Irina paid more attention to this meeting, which was led by Mentor Harlan Vera. This was not only a convenience for Locke, but also a benefit to her.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Irina was even a little grateful to Teacher Harlan Vera. She still missed her in her heart and recommended herself to Locke.
Irina slowed down her tone and said in a very sincere tone: "I think your idea of cooperating with me or others to open a joint-stock store does not maximize your interests, Locke."
"It takes a lot of time."
"It is not suitable for you now, who want to be able to easily obtain subsequent profits while also pursuing a teaching position wholeheartedly."
Mrs. Irina said: "I have a better option that I can recommend to you. I don't know, junior, are you interested in knowing about it?"
Locke sat on a leather chair made of magical creatures and took a sip of wizard-scented tea. "Senior, please tell me."
After confirming that Locke was indeed interested, Mrs. Irina smiled slightly and said, "I think Locke, you can license several of your potions and magic plants to me through brand confirmation, so that you don't have to bear the related costs at all. I will bear this part of the cost."
"I will pay you a fixed brand fee of 60,000 magic stones + 10% of net profit every month."
"What do you think?"
"I heard that our fellow sect, Christine, the green witch of Four Seasons Garden, has registered the name of the Augustus Magic Plant series for you, so I think several of your potions can also be incorporated into this Augustus Magic Plant series."
Lady Irina said: "I have shops in the three major markets of the White Wizard in the southeast corner - the [Chimera Market] in Lilith's cabin, the [Holy Tree Market] shared by Verdantia University, Four Seasons Garden and Secret Fire Academy, and the [Northern Market] at Niflheim University in the north."
"I have 47 shops in the Chimera Market, 12 stores in the Holy Tree Market, and 27 shops in the Northern Market."
Mrs. Irina smiled and said: "Plus, Teacher Harlan Vera is here to help you. As for the operation project, I believe that we will soon be able to expand our business and sell the apprentice-level rare magic plants, emerald iris lichen, bear spirit gall potion, memory ointment, Eye of Perseus, as well as the ominous Mandela vine and palm fire lotus to the entire southeast corner region."
Mrs. Irina said: "What's amazing is that if these magic plants and potions you developed can be popularized, it can enhance the strength of my apprentice-level wizards in the southeast corner. So, I am full of confidence in this."
"I am even planning to set up a special counter for your Augustus series products in every store."
"I may not be good at magic, but I happen to have some talent in the business field." Mrs. Irina smiled and said: "Locke, what do you think?"
Otherwise, she would have to cut herself off from Harlan Vera's relationship network, and she herself could open stores everywhere. Her strength as a liquefied wizard should not be enough, and her connections were not good either. She was also relying on Harlan Vera's relationship network to be able to open stores everywhere.
Hence, no matter what, Mrs. Irina cannot cheat herself in this regard.
"Give me a fixed amount of 60,000 magic stones every month, plus 10% of the net profit, and I will be the boss and don't have to do anything." ” Locke calculated the gains and losses in his heart. "This is indeed the best. It saves me a lot of trouble and does not require me to continue to pay costs in the future.
And the money earned is much more than the current thirty-six thousand per month. 』
“Even if I give 20,000 magic stones to Teacher Harlan Vera’s students every month, or even more, the magic stones I can obtain after leaving the Southeast Angle Region will be at least 40,000 to 50,000, which is far more than what I earn now. 』
Even, if the business gets bigger in the future, I can still get 10% of the net profit from it. And I am not responsible for these operating costs. So relatively speaking, it is quite reasonable. 』
The reason why this happened is because Mrs. Irina has complete and mature distribution channels and can easily sell her products to more wizards.
In addition, the mass production of some products such as rare magic plants and Xiongling Cudan potion is really popular.
That’s why, after cooperating with Mrs. Irina, he was able to create so much additional value at once, enough for both of them to gain huge benefits.
Locke weighed it carefully in his mind. Although he could also propose a more profitable treaty for himself, he decided not to give it up after thinking about it.
After all, none of us are in the southeast corner. Even if we make a lot of requests, and Mrs. Irina agrees to sign them, if none of us are here, how can we check the specific accounts and know the specific information.
There are natural barriers between various wizarding places, making it inconvenient to come and go, and the distances are very long. If I didn’t have the help of the network of Mrs. Irina and Teacher Harlan Vera, I would never be able to get a penny from this even after I left.
At most, it is just to gain some fame.
Hence, the current situation is already the optimal situation.
Locke asked Mrs. Irina for a contract, then recorded the contract on the gray fog slate, and then sent the gray fog slate to Harlan Vera. About ten minutes later, Harlan Vera sent a message to Mrs. Irina and Locke at the same time.
The letter sent to Locke is acceptable, but the details must be modified.
What was given to Madam Irina was the income of Harlan's students, and the contract was modified to be paid by Madam Irina, that is, Madam Irina used 10% of her own income to pay, while Locke fully enjoyed the 60,000 magic stones per month and 10% of the annual income.
Mrs. Irina smiled bitterly. "Locke, the teacher really loves you."
She calculated in her mind her future profit margin. Even so, her future profit margin and the other conveniences it brought were still very large.
Locke's own distribution capabilities are limited, so his product only earns about 360,000 magic stones per month in the Chimera Market. If it is developed by her, in the Chimera Market alone, it may reach 100,000 magic stones in the future.
Even more.
Because wars will become more and more intense in the future, the value of all war-related industries will increase several times, and the demand for magic plants and medicines will also increase out of thin air in the future.
So, she definitely made a profit.
Even though, the operating costs are basically her responsibility.
She will carry out future promotion and deployment by herself.
But the developer of these products was Locke, so she had to work for Locke in a sense.
Mrs. Irina smiled bitterly and asked the store employees to draft a new contract immediately, and then invited Locke to dine in the witch's kitchen. "Locke, I really envy you wizards who can continue to develop such disruptive products."
hh "You developers are still the most popular these days. We, the people, are just working for free for you."
hhh Locke smiled. "Senior, you are joking."
"In the future, Teacher Harlan Vera and I will only take part of the proceeds, and most of the proceeds will fall into your pocket in the future."
The two talked and laughed, walked to the witch's kitchen, rented a private room to dine, and Mrs. Irina spent at least three hundred magic stones, ordering a lot of the most luxurious dishes in the witch's kitchen, and treated Locke to a meal.
� � � Mrs. Irina said: "But my money has to be used to pay the shop rent, employee income, various inspections of the larger bazaar, and the cost of some equipment purchased to cope with those inspections."
"As a result, this month, the Holy Master of Verdantia University...the crazy people began to suspect that some of the products sold in my store were made from undead creatures controlled by forbidden undead magic. They wanted to fine me for this."
"My store has so many sources of purchase, where can I go? Li can handle it, have some people used necromancy magic to participate in the production? Do you think the requirements of those holy masters are very perverted? I have been very upset recently."
Mrs. Irina and Locke are both first-level wizards, so Mrs. Irina has no airs in front of them, but has become very sentimental.
It is completely different from the rather powerful Mrs. Irina that Locke has seen before.
Locke was talking, laughing, and spending time with her. After all, he was his biggest collaborator in the southeast corner in the future, so he still wanted to deepen his relationship with her a little bit.
The two of them were still on the gray fog stone slab, adding [two-way contact] to each other.
伊琳娜夫人对洛克，说：「对了，你去了别的巫师地，还能用尼格沃德占星系统与我联系。」
洛克疑惑地看向伊琳娜夫人。 "Didn't you say that this system can only be used in the southeast corner?" Mrs. Irina took a bite of the unicorn milk cake, and then muttered, "What? I didn't expect you to be so honest, Locke. This doesn't match up with your famous reputation."
“You can’t use the gray mist slate outside the southeast corner. If you crack it, you can use it.”