Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1225 Severton, Doomed to Decline in Bargaining
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"This guest, I don't know what your name is?"

"Call me Derrick!"

"Okay, Your Excellency Derrick, what kind of business does the person behind you want to do with the Harlan Chamber of Commerce?"

"Harlanside Manor!"

Since Silas got straight to the point, Xiaduo didn't make any detours, and directly explained his intentions, "Lord Xiaduo wants to buy real estate in Sevington, and I have full authority to deal with it. Not long ago, I happened to know that Harlanside Manor is in I think it meets the requirements of Lord Xia Duo, so I came here this time to discuss the purchase of a house."

"Since Your Excellency Derrick knows that the Harlanside Manor is for sale, you should know that the price given by the chamber of commerce is 35 gold coins. Did you come here this time just to sign a contract and deliver it?"

"No, no!" Xia Duo said repeatedly.

His current identity is the chief commercial officer of Savile Land, so he naturally doesn't mind going down the field to bargain with the other party, even because he hasn't carried out this activity for a long time since time travel, he is quite excited:

"Although Harlanside Manor itself meets Lord Chateau's requirements, the price is not good. I don't think buying such a property at a premium will be recognized by Lord Chateau. After all, it is not the only one in Severton that meets the requirements. real estate."

"Then you mean—"

"I think 20 gold coins is an ideal price!" Xia Duo said a figure calmly.

"No, no, Your Excellency Derrick! Even in the trade area, it is impossible to buy a manor the size of Harlanside with 20 yuan, let alone on the edge of the old city!"

Hearing the figure of 20, Jarlaxle shook his head again and again. Even though he wanted to sell it as soon as possible, he was still very dissatisfied with such a low price.

"Your Excellency Derrick, Harlanside Manor has a superior geographical location, whether it is for self-use or investment, it is a very high-quality asset.

"In this way, if you buy it sincerely, then for Lord Xiaduo's sake, I can lower the price to 32; if it is lower, I can only ask you to look elsewhere. Master, it is impossible to carry out forced trading in Sevington!"

It is indeed impossible for a grand arcanist to force a sale, that is because the other party is completely willing, even at a very unsatisfactory price.

Xia Duo carefully recalled the background of the Harlan Territory. It seems that there is no special background. The lord is an ordinary archmage who only knows how to exploit the subjects. How can he dare to ignore a future grand arcanist?
Of course, it wasn't that Xia Duo wanted to overwhelm others, he was simply curious. If he really wanted to overwhelm others, then he would come here with his real identity.

He couldn't believe how much courage Jarlaxle had to bargain in front of the senior arcanist himself!
However, in this situation, the scene seemed to be frozen. Jarlaxle insisted on 32 yuan, but Xia Duo still felt that the premium of 32 yuan was too high.

His ideal price is 25, which is almost the median price of estates in the new town of Severton in the trading area.

The highest price, such as near the Great Temple, is higher than that of the old city.

Low ones, such as the newly built trade zone in the south, where residential areas are also planned, and a manor can be won for about [-] yuan, but most of the infrastructure there is still under construction and is far from perfect.

It is said that it is a manor, but it is actually a piece of land. It is too much trouble to buy a piece of land for more than ten people. Xia Duo never considered pure land at the beginning.

In fact, after Evans' screening, Harlanside is the most suitable for Xia Duo so far. After all, Severnton has existed for hundreds of years, and most of the properties have their own owners.

Those circulating on the market are either too high-end or too local, and the range of choices is relatively small.

In fact, if you are optimistic about the development of Sevington, purely as an investment, it is not a loss to buy Harlanside Manor for 35 yuan, and even the longer you keep it, the more profitable it will be.

But Xia Duo is very clear that the birth of the Miser energy core is not far away, and it is not impossible that it has already been born.

Once the Mithr energy nuclear is made public and a large number of floating cities appear, Sevington's status as the capital will be greatly reduced, and it is self-evident how its real estate prices will trend.

Maybe at that time, the Seven Towers will build a new heavenly Severnton as the new capital for all parties to use. As for the ground, it may be completely reduced to an ordinary territory.

Therefore, Xia Duo is quite restrained in spending money in the current city of Severnton. Although 25 is not his real bottom line, it should not be too high.

Moreover, he planned to sell the fixed assets in Severton City during the period between the appearance of Mithr Energy Core and the appearance of Floating Void City, so as to avoid huge losses.

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Thinking in this way, Xia Duo proposed a new trading plan again: "President Jarlaxle, I wonder if the Harlan Chamber of Commerce accepts payment with magic items?"

This was a plan he had thought up before he came, but he was not sure whether the Harlan Chamber of Commerce would accept such a payment method, and it also involved the pricing of magic items, which was more troublesome and not as convenient as cash payment.

But now Jarlaxle has killed 32 gold coins, but he is only willing to pay 25. Although it may be lower after grinding, it is still much higher than the ideal price.

If he can pay with magic items, for Xia Duo, he can even accept some premiums. After all, magic items also have a lot of premiums, and he can get them back on them.

In his hometown, many Lao Lai used products to repay debts. This is actually the principle.

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"Pay with magic items?"

When he first heard about such a plan, Jarlaxle was still a bit stunned, but then he realized that the Tower of Time's new communication magic weapon is quite famous in Severton, and the Tower of Time is where the Lord Shaduo is located. The mage tower organization?

He speculated that Derrick's proposal to pay with magic items might have been the true intention of the Shadow lord from the very beginning.

After thinking for a while, Jarlaxle did not refuse, but at the same time pointed out: "If you pay with magic items, you can only offset [-]% of the market price, and the magic items used for offset must be approved by us in advance. , not any kind of magic item."

Shaduo didn't think Jarlaxle's restrictive conditions were too much. It was a recognized fact that the premiums for magic items were high. Even if the market price was calculated at [-]%, the creators still made money, but they made less money.

For example, the total cost of the communication instrument of the Tower of Time, including materials, facilities, and personnel, is only about 200 gold coins, but if it is sold to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, it will cost 1000 gold coins.

Such a net interest rate is extremely impressive even in a place on the earth where the commodity economy is extremely prosperous and various methods of cutting leeks emerge in endlessly.

(End of this chapter)