Chapter 758: High Profit, Differentiation

"Look! People are here!"

Niya's voice interrupted the Memory Retrospection training Xia Duo was currently undergoing, though he was not the least bit annoyed; after all, this so-called Memory Retrospection training could be started at any time and ended at any time.

It could even be resumed from where it was previously interrupted during the next session, giving it the feeling of a breakpoint resume.

Xia Duo opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the window beside him, which was displaying a real-time Projection of the Tower of Time's Teleportation Room; it showed a scene of four people leaving the Teleportation Room.

Aiboke, Dailike, and two people from the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce—one was Saituosi, whom Xia Duo had just met a dozen days ago, and the other was a middle-aged man with a mature appearance but graying hair.

He was wearing an exquisite, ornate Mage Robe, his hands empty and hidden within his sleeves, but judging by the Magic Aura faintly emanating from his cuffs, the number of magic accessories like rings or bracelets on his person was not small.

As Xia Duo looked at the projected image, that person even looked up toward Xia Duo and gave a slight nod.

Xia Duo felt a jolt in his heart, but he quickly calmed down; even he could not use the Scrying Spell indirectly cast through the Tower of Time to peer back at the observer. His feeling was somewhat a case of a guilty conscience.

He knew the other party had merely discovered the Perception Field created by the Scrying Spell and knew that a Scrying Spell existed; the other party might not even be able to determine if there was a real person behind the Scrying Spell, as the existence of surveillance within a Mage Tower was a perfectly normal thing.

"It looks like the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce is actually quite sincere!" Xia Duo said with a smile.

This appraiser from the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce had not brought a shield into the Tower of Time, and he did not know if it was because they had been peered at when they first disembarked, so they had simply given up now.

"Perhaps, but shouldn't sincerity be judged more by their offer?"

Looking at Niya's serious face, Xia Duo could not help but chuckle. He was just joking, but Niya had taken it seriously. However, whether there was sincerity or not was indeed as Niya said; it still depended on the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce's offer. The higher the offer, the more sincere they naturally were.

"They must not know that, given the production cost of the Tower of Time, as long as their offer is above 300 Gold Coins per unit, it is actually already considered sincere. When I met Saituosi last time, he personally said that the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce's offers were at least 500 Gold Coins per unit. Now it just depends on whether there can be more sincerity!"

In other words, every Communication Magic Tool from the Tower of Time had a profit margin of at least 200 Gold Coins, and this was only the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce's advance payment.

There would be further payments after the sale; as for the specific amount, the selling price Xia Duo, Niya, Aiboke, and the others had discussed was 1200 Gold Coins per unit.

This price was 300 lower than the selling price of the Giles Tower in Seventon, but the Giles Tower's Communication Magic Tool was not encrypted, which was equivalent to including a 2nd Circle Spell as a bonus.

It looked similar, but currently, the Arcane Union was vigorously promoting 【Magic Net Background Communication】, so obtaining the communication spell was not difficult.

By comparison, saving 300 Gold Coins was perhaps more intuitive and could better move the buyers.

If one set aside the agency commission for the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, the profit for the Tower of Time on every Communication Magic Tool sold was at least 900 Gold Coins or more.

Additionally, the Tower of Time also had Learning Scrolls for the 2nd Circle 【Simplified Weave Background Communication】 for sale; as training materials for Magic Technicians, the cost only needed to account for raw materials, which was about less than 50 Gold Coins.

But the selling price was 100 Gold Coins, cheaper than a normal 2nd Circle Scroll. These Learning Scrolls could be purchased together with the Communication Magic Tool, which directly saved the trouble of obtaining the spell through other channels.

Even if one Learning Scroll was not enough to transcribe all the spell details, two would definitely be enough, and the price of two, when added to the Communication Magic Tool, was still 100 Gold Coins cheaper than the Giles Tower's.

It was not that Xia Duo did not want to continue lowering the price, but he was worried about attracting unnecessary trouble.

As for why the Communication Magic Tool needed to be encrypted, on one hand, it was to hide the 【Permanent Magic】 technology, while also making it convenient to launch upgraded versions later.

On the other hand, Xia Duo consciously wanted to make the Tower of Time's Communication Magic Tool form a differentiation from other Communication Magic Tools.

This could not only increase the source of profit but also hide costs.

Xia Duo had seen too many people selling mobile phones on Earth do this kind of thing; they would just change the shell and call it a new nano-process, or just change the camera arrangement and call it a master-level "bath-tub" design, or it was just various "redefining this or that."

It was truly changing tricks to grab money.

In this regard, Xia Duo still had a lot to learn. If he used those mobile phone competitors on Earth as a reference, then Xia Duo was simply a rare and peerless philanthropist in heaven and on earth!

Except for artificially reducing the service life of the Communication Magic Tool slightly, he did not engage in any other tricks.

Of course, if he learned the essence of the competitors in the future, he could still play some new tricks; after all, the leeks were growing right at hand, and the sickle was ready-made, so how could there be any reason not to harvest them?

And this could also strengthen competition and promote technological upgrades—how great!

Soon, the Tower of Time began its first formal discussion, or rather, negotiation, with the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce regarding the details of the agency contract for the new Communication Magic Tool.

The further step of the negotiation was naturally to confirm the intentions and strength of both sides. Specifically for this agency negotiation, there was actually only one thing to do, and that was to inspect the Communication Magic Tools produced by the Tower of Time.

If the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce had commissioned the Tower of Time to produce them, or if the Tower of Time had sold the Communication Magic Tools directly to the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, the inspection might have been very strict.

But now, in this agency sales model, the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce was also withholding payment, so the risk was mostly on the Tower of Time's side, and the inspection was basically just going through the motions.

It was to confirm that these were indeed Communication Magic Tools, so as not to ruin the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce's reputation. As for whether they sold for 1000 Gold Coins or 10,000 Gold Coins, it was all decided by the Tower of Time; in any case, the consequences would also be borne by the Tower of Time.

The real main event was still in the negotiation of the advance payment and the agency fee.

Without seeing Niya perform any operations, the real-time Projection on the window also transmitted the sound inside the Reception Room—

"Supervisor Dailike, agency sales is a new business that the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce has only expanded in recent years. Charging a 10% agency fee is a comprehensive consideration of many factors; it is not aimed solely at the Tower of Time. If there are opportunities for cooperation between you and me in the future, perhaps it will be possible to lower it, but for now—"

Saituosi's words were interrupted by Dailike before he could finish, "But for now, it is the time when the new Communication Magic Tool is about to become popular, and our Tower of Time's Communication Magic Tool possesses strong competitive ability in all aspects. If even our Communication Magic Tools cannot be sold, then other Communication Magic Tools will have no sales volume at all."

Before today, Dailike had been told some inside information about the Communication Magic Tool by Xia Duo and had been preparing for today's negotiation.

Therefore, even though he did not know the specific details of the Communication Magic Tool, it did not hinder him from using the known information to strive for the greatest benefit for the Tower of Time.

And Saituosi was not easy to deal with. The Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce was one of the few large chambers of commerce in Netheril that could cover trade routes across most of the Nether Territory, and even the Elf and Dwarf kingdoms.

This kind of confidence was naturally the reason he dared to ask for 10% directly. This was even after taking into account the relationship between the Tower of Time and the Princess, which was why he gave a preferential price; if it had been any other Mage Tower, asking for an extra 10% would not have been a problem at all.