Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1234 Cooperation and win-win OEM profits
"Lord Harlan, I just thought of a new plan that is beneficial to both parties in Sevington. Of course, this plan will not affect our current transaction. As for whether to cooperate, it is up to Lord Harlan to decide on his own." .”

"What's the plan? Lord Shadow, please say—" Charles Harlan's face remained unchanged, pretending to be calm.

His family knew his own affairs, and he wished for the cooperation with Lord Xia Duo in his heart, but he would not show it on the surface.

"Ha ha!"

Xia Duo smiled slightly, and took out a communication artifact produced by the Tower of Time from the portable space. It was a palm-sized, slightly misty transparent crystal ball with a faintly glowing Tower of Time emblem in it.

He held the crystal ball and asked Harlan: "Lord Harlan, have you seen this?"

"Of course I've seen it, I have one myself! I think there are probably very few people in Severton who don't know about the Tower of Time communication magic weapon! Is this the cooperation Lord Xiaduo wants to talk about?"

That said, but Charles Harlan is very clear that the communication artifact of the Tower of Time has been sold by the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, and he has never heard of any conflicts between the two parties. How could such a stable cooperative relationship be possible because of him? change?

"Lord Haran, don't worry. The cooperation I'm talking about is not a communication magic weapon, but it is also related to a communication magic weapon. I use this communication magic weapon as an example just to illustrate the production capacity of the Tower of Time!"

"Production capacity?"

Lord Harlan thought about it carefully, as if he had thought of something, all the fog dissipated, he tried his best to control his excitement, and asked calmly:

"Lord Xia Duo wants to cooperate with me in the business of demon-slaying arrows like the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce cooperates with the communication magic weapon? No! Is it a demon-slaying amulet?"

Perhaps he didn't even notice that there was already a hint of vibrato in his words at the moment.

Xia Duo noticed this, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He didn't think about coercing or defrauding the other party, just talking about cooperation. If the other party disagreed with his request, then it would be useless for the other party to cry and cry.

If the other party agrees, or even eagerly agrees, Xia Duo will not ask for extravagant prices. After all, the basis of cooperation is win-win, not unilateral exploitation.

Thinking in another way, if he encounters a situation where the price is too high, even if he is forced by the situation, he agrees at the time, and when the situation reverses in the future, he will retaliate.

Or even if there is no retaliation, the cooperation itself will be dragged down in various ways, and it is important not to maximize the benefits of the other party.

The ancestors often said that "peace is the most important thing". Putting aside those unfathomable philosophical speculations, what they actually said was "win-win cooperation".

Spellcasters are selfish, but more rational, and know how to reduce risks and how to maximize benefits. For those who don't know how to avoid risks, even if they gain power for a while, time will make them fall.

Xia Duo has never been easy to pursue the goal of maximizing benefits. He has his own goals. The so-called benefits are often a tool for him to achieve his goals.

Now that the Tower of Time has transferred to the new system, the apprentice's three-year contract period has only passed one-third, but there are already signs of continuous promotion.

For nothing else, even if it is to accommodate the official mages who are about to be promoted, Xia Duo must work hard to recruit those new mages into the normal operation of the system, so that they will not be left outside or dissociated from the surface of the system.

It is inevitable to meet Lord Harlan. After all, he wanted to buy his manor and revealed the information about the customization of high-quality magic items. However, Lord Harlan took out the design drawings of the Demon-Slaying Arrow and the Demon-Slaying Amulet. It was purely by accident. .

Xia Duo didn't know about it beforehand, and he didn't predict it beforehand, but when the opportunity came, if he didn't seize it, would he still expect others to force it into his hands?
……

"Lord Harlan, you guessed right, what I want to talk to you about is the cooperation with the Demon Slayer Talisman!"

Xia Duo first responded to Lord Harlan's speculation, and then said: "I don't know much about the Harlan Territory, but you can also let me guess, I think it should be difficult for the Harlan Territory to produce enough in a short period of time. Demon-slaying amulet!"

A high-ranking mage must participate in the production of a genuine demon-slaying talisman. If there is no division of labor and cooperation, and the high-ranking mage is responsible for all the processes, then as long as there is a slight mistake in the middle, the previous work will have to be overturned and restarted.

If you want to produce enough demon-slaying amulets in a short period of time, you need enough high-level mages to fight for probability and time!

But with Lord Harlan's strength, Xia Duo doubted how many high-level mages Harlan Lord could have now, and if he wanted to find outsiders, how many could he find?What is the price?

For Xia Duo's guess, Charles Harlan trembled slightly, but he still pretended to be calm, but this situation can be easily investigated, and it is meaningless for him to conceal it here.

Then he thought of the cooperation that Lord Xiaduo said, hesitated for a moment, and then said truthfully: "Indeed, Harlan alone cannot complete all the production plans within the time limit."

In this regard, Xia Duo just nodded silently, knowing it in his heart, so he said, "If this is the case, what does Lord Harlan think about the Tower of Time's contracting part of the production?"

"Consignment?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Charles Harlan's eyes. At first, he thought that Lord Xiaduo would ask to share the previous batch of orders he got, but he didn't expect that it was just an OEM.

If there is no order, there is no pricing power, and the income must be discounted first, and if it is an OEM, the material premium will not be earned. Why is this?

For this point, Xia Duo didn't explain too much. Could it be that he said that using this method can intercept and scrap Mithril?Or should he say that the foundry fee of the Tower of Time is far cheaper than the labor fee understood by the other party?
But for the Tower of Time, there is currently not much spare energy to purchase the materials of the Demon Slayer Talisman. Instead of vacating the capital flow to earn a little profit without substantial improvement, it is better to concentrate on OEM!
For the general mage tower, the OEM may not be as profitable as owning the order, but for the tower of time, it is actually no less profitable than directly dividing the order.

This is actually similar to the mobile phone industry on earth. The difference between manufacturers who build their own factories and mobile phone OEMs is that the former may not necessarily make more money than the latter.

In particular, the latter's technology is constantly updated and iterated, which will only continue to expand the profit margin. Even if the situation is right one day, it is not impossible to make a mobile phone by yourself and take up all the profits.

"Lord Harlan, don't doubt it. What I'm talking about is foundry. At present, all the resources of the Tower of Time are useful, and there is no new purchase plan in a short time. For large orders such as demon-slaying amulets, it is still possible for someone to Prepare the mage tower to pick it up!"

(End of this chapter)