Chapter 835 Chaos Selling Method of Chaos Drink
After thinking for a while, Roland remembered that the United Chamber of Commerce was a cooperative supply and marketing organization formed under his leadership, and its main members were wealthy merchants from several large islands in the fjords.
Although a basic consensus was reached in the negotiations last fall, the Chaos Drink produced by Evelyn was far from reaching a volume that could be sold in batches at that time. Therefore, each chamber of commerce only brought back a few bottles of samples and did not officially sell them. They should have come here for this.
Because of the Winter Offensive and Desert Operations plans, as well as the preparations for the unification of the kingdom in the entire western region, he forgot about the United Chamber of Commerce for a while. Now that the other party took the initiative to find him, it saved him a lot of effort.
"Lead them to the living room, I'll be there soon," Roland ordered. After Barov promised to leave, he turned to Nightingale again, "Go and tell Tilly and Wendy to come to the castle too. After all, this is the first business cooperation between the Witch Union and Sleeping Island."
Walking into the living room, several businessmen immediately stood up and bowed to him.
Except for the old acquaintance Margaret, Gamor and Marlan from the Crescent Bay Chamber of Commerce, Roland recalled the names of the others, namely Nibelon from the Shallow Water City Chamber of Commerce and Etier from the Sunset Island Chamber of Commerce. .
As soon as he sat down, Nibelung couldn't wait to say, "Your Majesty, the sample brought back last time caused a great sensation among the merchants on the island, but everyone who has tasted it praised its novel taste. I dare Bet, as long as it starts selling, Chaos Drink will become the most successful product in the history of the fjords!"
"And it's not just as simple as the drink," Etier echoed, "for example, the bottle of fiery red spicy juice, although it doesn't taste very thirst-quenching, it's extra delicious when poured on steamed fish or grilled meat; at the same time It can also be used to drive away the cold and refresh yourself, and the effect is even more effective than your liquor—at least the latter is easy to get dizzy if you drink too much, and you can't enjoy it while sailing, while the former has no such problem at all!"
"Indeed," Margaery nodded with a smile, "not only those merchants, but even many explorers have noticed the Chaos Drink. After all, a drink that can drive away the cold and keep warm without any side effects might be able to save them in a shipwreck One life."
"Therefore, I suggest dividing different chaotic drinks into different prices," Aitier continued, "Products like this with special effects can be sold at a higher price with a little publicity—not to mention that they are still Drink one bottle and one less."
This is obviously used as an energy drink. Roland glanced at him approvingly. Sure enough, businessmen who can make a fortune in the fjords have a good marketing vision. After a few samples, they realized that this is actually a multifarious drink. , The general category of commodities with obvious differences. For such products, separate pricing for features is the best way to squeeze their value.
"Since the response is so good, then we can proceed to the next step of sales according to the previously signed contract," Roland stroked his palm. "Whether it's the order amount or the sales ratio by division, you should have no objections. But you need to pay in advance for picking up the goods." 30% of the payment, you should have enough gold dragons, right?"
Since the main terms of the joint chamber of commerce were negotiated years ago, there are not many details to go into. His purpose of inviting Tilly here was mainly to witness this result, to show that he did not manipulate the amount of the share. After all, the other party not only agreed to stay in Neverwinter, but also promised to move the witches from Sleeping Island to the West in batches, so he had to show his sincerity.
According to Xie Yue's "win-win bet", whether it is the advance payment or the final sales amount, 30% will belong to the incentive fund, which will be shared by the city hall, the Witch Union, and Maleficent.
"Of course, Your Majesty," Nibelung grinned, "I didn't even pack a single box of goods on my ship this time. Except for the craftsmen and sailors, the rest were all golden coins."
"Then let's check the goods now," Roland said with a smile.
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The beverage factory specially built for Evelyn is located opposite the alcohol factory, but it is more like a well-guarded warehouse than a factory building.
It occupies a small area, the first floor is only more than 100 square meters. It is a brick-concrete structure with no windows on all sides. The only entrance and exit is a thick iron gate. There are recruits from the First Army outside the gate to guard it. It looks like a secondary military location.
Roland led the merchants through the courtyard gate, walked into the bungalow, and walked down the stairs to the basement. Everyone's vision widened instantly. I saw that the underground area was about three or four times larger than the above ground, and rows of wooden frames were neatly arranged, like a manor wine cellar. In order to avoid irreversible losses caused by fire, neither naked flames nor electrical wires are allowed here, but the patio lighting is used to provide lighting, so it still looks a little dark.
Each row of wooden racks is full of two layers of round wooden barrels horizontally. Of course, not every barrel is filled with Chaos Drink. Evelyn can only change one barrel per day, and so far it's only over a hundred barrels—in addition, those that Roland swallowed alone and those distributed to members of the Witch Union every month have to be subtracted.
Roland tapped on the body of the barrel, and there was a dull sound from inside, "Twenty barrels of Chaos Drink can be provided here a month. On average, it is five barrels for each chamber of commerce. No matter how long it takes for you to sell them out, as long as the output does not happen If it changes, it’s the same number, so it’s the same once every three months or every six months. You can take away a total of 100 barrels of beverages on this trip, and they are all on the first row of wooden shelves. If there is no problem with the inspection If not, I will send someone to transport it to the dock area."
"Aren't you going to let us taste it?" Gamol asked in surprise.
"This is not wine. The more it is brewed, the more mellow it becomes." Roland shrugged. "Some chaotic drinks can be stored for a long time, but not all of them are like this. Therefore, after brewing, the first thing to do is to sterilize and seal."
"Destroy...sterilize?"
"They will spoil like food. The hotter the weather, the faster the spoilage. Sterilization can inhibit this process. You don't need to know how to do it. Just know that once the barrel is opened, the beverage inside cannot be kept at its optimum level all the time. It tastes good." He spread his hands and said, "You can choose to sell it as soon as possible, or store it again—as long as you store it in a cool and dark place, it will be fine within a month or two."
"But... just like what Ai Tiye said, each batch of Chaos Drinks is different, and there will always be some that sell better than others, so how do we choose?" Jia Moore hesitated, " Can you order someone to divide each barrel into four equal parts and then seal it? Then people don’t have to worry about which barrel to choose.”
In that case, the tasks of Soraya and Lily would be multiplied several times. Roland thought to himself, for this kind of thing that takes up industrial production resources and has no obvious benefits for him, naturally it should be as simple as possible. "Sterile storage is not an easy task, and after being divided into four parts, the small and complicated stock in the hands of each chamber of commerce is also not good for sales. As for the taste..." He paused, "Just Graycastle The demand for alcoholic beverages in the northern and western regions is completely different, and the unpopular taste here may be very popular in another city, this should be very clear to you who often dump goods."
"Uh, this..." Jia Moore was speechless for a while.
It is impossible to let you taste it first, otherwise it would be troublesome enough to distribute and coordinate the supply of goods, not to mention that the contract is priced in barrels, and there is no mandatory purchase quantity. Isn't Neverwinter losing money? Roland curled his lips secretly. After all, for Evelyn, the magic power paid for each barrel is the same.
"In short, the taste is not the key point, but the way of sales - it is what you should do to fully develop each flavor and make it find suitable buyers." Roland patted the wine barrel, "Come on, pick out Your favorite Chaos drink."