Chapter 2657: Chamber of Commerce Progress, Free Strategy

Soon, Xia Duo met Aoruipusi in the shop, who had arrived in Evereska some time ago to develop the market. After both sides sat down, Xia Duo was the first to voice his doubts:

"How was this shop rented? I remember that magic supplies store was doing quite well when I came here last time, right?"

"It was doing well before, but that was in the past."

Aoruipusi said with a smile: "Not long ago, because the Amanda Magic Supplies Store was involved in a Demon Descendant incident, the shop was reclaimed by the Evereska authorities and entered the auction and leasing process. I happened to arrive then and heard about it, so I participated in the auction with a 'try and see' attitude. I didn't expect that I would actually win the bid."

"Such a coincidence? Were there no other factors?"

"It should just be a coincidence. At that time, I had just arrived and hadn't yet put out the name of the Void Chamber of Commerce, and others didn't know my identity. However, the possibility of it being arranged by the Evereska authorities cannot be ruled out."

"Is that so—"

Xia Duo pondered for a moment and also felt it should be a coincidence. If it were an arrangement by the Evereska authorities, they should have given him some hint or something after Aoruipusi took over No. 18 Meilong Market.

Could it be that the Elves are so noble and selfless, truly "brushing off their clothes after the deed is done, hiding their names and fame deep away"?

Moreover, he did not hide his identity this time. If the Evereska authorities still have nothing to say next, then it is purely a coincidence, not some deliberate arrangement.

"Then—"

Xia Duo only knew that the Elves didn't have Void Warehouses, but he really hadn't investigated how they were started in the first place. However, regarding this question, he also had a rough guess in his heart.

"Let's stop talking about the shop auction for now. Whether it is a coincidence will eventually come to light in the future. Let's just treat it as a coincidence for now. Tell me about the situation of the Chamber of Commerce!"

After thinking seriously for a moment, Xia Duo proposed a new plan for Aoruipusi to consider: "Since the low price is not attractive enough to those large chambers of commerce, then announce to the outside world that the first chamber of commerce to sign with the Time Tower Chamber of Commerce will receive a ten-year free usage period, the second one will get five years, and the third one three years. Do you think there will be any chambers of commerce willing to sign?"

Aoruipusi had already considered this question, but he also put forward an opposing view: "The deposit is not the problem. The key is that if all responsibility is shouldered by the Chamber of Commerce, the risk is too great. There might be some chambers of commerce that come specifically to commit insurance fraud."

Compared to the strategic significance achieved by becoming the cooperative Void Warehouse provider for numerous Elf chambers of commerce, that bit of maintenance cost is almost negligible!

Speaking of the end, Aoruipusi mentioned the low-price strategy again. This was something Xia Duo had set early on, but when Xia Duo first approached him, he had raised objections to it.

"Besides, we have already announced the low price. If we raise the price now, what will others think? Don't mention raising the price again in the future. The biggest difficulty for the Chamber of Commerce now is not the price, but the issue of trust from others."

Aoruipusi thought for a moment and then began to introduce: "At present, the official staff of the Chamber of Commerce are still those I brought with me when I came. Void Warehouses are not normal commodities; not all Elves have the ability to consume them."

"Have you considered signing a contract and then stipulating a deposit in the contract? If there is a problem with the stored items, we will compensate them," Xia Duo asked again.

The service contract for a Void Warehouse is signed once every ten years, for ten years at a time. Following Xia Duo's approach, it is equivalent to directly finding a chamber of commerce to use it for free for ten years.

"There are almost no Elf chambers of commerce that directly operate Void Warehouses. The earliest Void Warehouses were all for the self-use of high-ranking families, and later they were gradually opened to vassal families or vassal chambers of commerce. Those families and chambers of commerce had already reached mutual trust before the Void Warehouse, or they had no choice."

You must know that the Void Warehouse is essentially in Xia Duo's hands. To put it bluntly, this is like holding a large number of hostages; there are really too many places to ask for money later!

Aoruipusi really didn't know what to say this time. He stared at Xia Duo in great confusion and finally asked the question in his heart: "Lord Territory Lord, what exactly are you aiming for by doing this?"

Xia Duo did not reveal his idea of spreading the Cloud Pattern Announcement throughout the Elf territory, but used the most common business jargon from his hometown: "I'm not aiming for anything else, I just hope to provide the Elves with cheaper and better-experienced Void Warehouse services."

"Then how were the Void Warehouses on the Elf side done at the beginning?"

If the other party had bad intentions, the actual maintenance costs incurred during these ten years could completely bankrupt a normal Void Warehouse chamber of commerce. He really didn't understand what Xia Duo was aiming for.

A low-price strategy is not necessarily a good thing in the Elf World, especially for a special service like a Void Warehouse. If it weren't for his sufficient foundation of trust in Xia Duo, he would also suspect that Xia Duo might be doing this to swallow the inventory of small chambers of commerce.

"Of course I have mentioned it, but this cannot completely dispel their concerns. Now many small chambers of commerce are watching, hoping that larger-scale chambers of commerce will try it first. If it is confirmed that there are no problems, they will follow up."

However, Xia Duo didn't care much about this kind of worry. As long as someone starts using it, that is his goal. Even if he weren't worried about being boycotted by the authorities of various Elf nations, he would even be willing to provide Void Warehouses to the Elves completely for free.

"Yes."

"Later, some large chambers of commerce with good reputations also began to lease Void Warehouses to small and medium-sized chambers of commerce. It is based on the existing large chambers of commerce with good reputations that the Void Warehouse business exists."

"Most of the dozen or so Evereska chambers of commerce I have contacted are interested in introducing Void Warehouses, and they have all tried our Time Tower's Void Warehouse, but they are still hesitant. Just small-scale trials cannot prove anything. Void Warehouses usually involve large-scale storage, and almost no chamber of commerce dares to take such a big risk."

"If we do Void Warehouses from the very beginning, it is indeed very difficult to get started. At present, our only advantage is that the price is cheap enough, but this also brings a problem, which is the trust issue."

Even Xia Duo himself didn't quite believe this, let alone Aoruipusi, but since Xia Duo said so, Aoruipusi had to treat this sentence as the truth to promote it.

"Then are there any chambers of commerce that have agreed now?" Xia Duo asked again.

"The free strategy may indeed attract the first batch of users, but the Lord Territory Lord must also be prepared for losses. In addition, it must be considered that other chambers of commerce will continue to wait and see to get more free possibilities."

"Have you mentioned a plan for gradual cooperation and expanding the storage scale little by little?"

Communication software on Earth plays like this. In Xia Duo's place, the Void Warehouse can also be used to promote the Time Tower's Communication Mythallar in the future.

Now, Aoruipusi mentioned this again, but Xia Duo still insisted on his own view: "Raising the price is impossible. The current price is the only advantage of our Chamber of Commerce. If the price is the same as or even higher than other people's Void Warehouses, then why should we compete with others!"

"Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce is not blindly promoting it now, but is trying to contact some chambers of commerce in Evereska. If we can persuade individual chambers of commerce to use it first, it might have a good effect."