Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1603 Authoritative Essence Money-making Business
"My lord, there is news from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce that Seide's consultant is going to visit the Tower of Time to discuss the new communication artifact."

"Well, I see."

Xia Duo responded casually, and was about to leave. As for Seid's coming to the Tower of Time, he was completely expected. Even if Jenna came over in person, he wouldn't be too surprised.

But how could Cecily miss such a good opportunity, she quickly stopped Xia Duo, and said seriously: "My lord, you have already taken half of the reserve materials from the supplies department in the past few days, and now you have opened a new communication magic weapon The production line, coupled with the upcoming major maintenance, may not wait for the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce to replenish materials for the next quarter, and the materials department will go bankrupt!"

"Niya knows about this matter. You can ask her about the specific situation. Don't worry about resource issues. I will go to Severton in a few days, so I won't delay the next big maintenance."

After talking about it, Xia Duo left. In fact, the materials he took from the supplies department have not yet started to be used. On the one hand, the physical properties of the main body of the floating city on the blue crystal plane are completely stable.

After Xia Duo left, Cecily's face changed. She glanced at the workshop where the production line of the new communication magic weapon was located, and left silently.

……

the next day.

Said, chief consultant of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, appeared on the teleportation circle on the public floor of the Tower of Time. When he walked out of the teleportation room, Xia Duo was already waiting outside.

"Lord Xia Duo, I should be visiting you, how can I let you come to welcome me!"

"Consultant Saide, my old friend, with our friendship, do we still need to pay attention to these hypocritical politeness?" Xia Duo pretended to be angry.

In fact, with his current status, there is really no need to greet Seid in person, even if the other party is a senior arcanist, but the problem is that the Tower of Time does not currently have anyone who matches the other party's strength to receive the other party.

If he didn't stare at him personally, he might have seen many secrets from Seide!

As an ally, Xia Duo must not set too many restrictions on Seid in the Tower of Time. The other party is a guest, not a prisoner. Being with him in person can ensure that the other party's "eyes" will not see anything that should not be seen.

Of course, Seide may not have the heart to peep, but Xia Duo has to guard against it.

In Xia Duo's view, "handing over at a low level" like now is not a problem at all. In his hometown, even the supreme leader will have a close side to the people.

Not to mention, being close to the people will not damage his authority in the slightest.

Because Xia Duo is very clear about where his authority comes from, not just strength, but also a whole principle of order.

If there is only power, others will only be afraid and want to destroy it, but if it has the principle of order at the same time, then it will have authority within the same camp.

As long as he is not a person who can easily be influenced by others to influence his reason and decision-making, even if he stands naked in front of Seid now, it will not damage his authority at all.

At most, it is a matter of personal morality, but with the blessing of authority, this issue may develop into a new fashion!
The essence of power is that I can decide you, but you cannot decide me; and majesty, in essence, is the confidence of others that power can be realized.

Seeing through this point, Xia Duo can naturally do as he pleases, and the so-called "doing what one wants without transgressing the rules" is probably like this.

……

The reception room.

Xia Duo and Sai De sat down as the guests of honor, and after a brief reminiscence, the formal talk soon began.

"Lord Xia Duo, our president is very much looking forward to the new cooperation between the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce and the Tower of Time. Before coming here, she specifically explained that I must work hard to facilitate this cooperation."

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too."

Xia Duo didn't really think that Jenna had something to expect so he could ask for a price at will. The cooperation is for both parties. If one side only wants to win twice, it will soon drive away the allies.

"The last time I met President Jenna, she mentioned that the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce is developing the Akola market. I don't know how it is going."

If this question is asked by someone other than Xia Duo, even if the other party is a grand arcanist, Seid will not answer it easily, but the person who asked this question was Xia Duo, and Seid blurted out without hesitation:

"Thanks to Lord Xia Duo's introduction, the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce has far surpassed other chambers of commerce in the first step of trust. At present, the chamber of commerce has reached cooperation agreements with many chambers of commerce in Akola."

After finishing speaking, Seid seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said: "If the cooperation agreement with the Tower of Time on the new communication magic weapon is reached this time, we can sell the new communication magic weapon to the kingdom of elves."

"Oh?"

When it came to the new communication tool, Xia Duo immediately became interested and asked Said: "Is there a market for human magic items in the elf kingdom?"

"Of course there is, too much!"

In the face of Xia Duo, Seid did not hide, "The social class of the elves is severely divided. Their native magic items cannot be afforded by ordinary elves. But human magic items, even with a heavy premium, are still expensive in their consumption. Otherwise, Netheril would have been hollowed out long ago if there had been no income during the years of association with the Elf kingdoms."

In the trade between Netheril and the kingdom of elves, ordinary resources are still exchanged for technology and high-level resources. It cannot be said whether it is a profit or a loss.

As for other personal consumer goods, the elves undoubtedly occupied the highest end. Whether it was handicrafts, magic items, or even alcoholic beverages, they could severely cut countless knives on Netheril.

These are things that ordinary Nether merchants can see and feel, but where they can't see, the chamber of commerce with background has already made a lot of money.

Magic item export is one of them.

After listening to Said's explanation, Xia Duo was thoughtful. He did understand the elf society better than Said, but he didn't know much about the business communication between the elf society and humans.

After all, he went to the projection plane, and the timeline was far earlier than the main plane. There was no human power in the Northland, so what about business exchanges?

The only arcane empire, if there is no war, might be a good trade partner, but unfortunately, from the very beginning, both sides fought to the death.

On the main plane, Savile led the deal with the elves in the city of Conifera in the east. There is only one olive oil, and nothing else.

The secrets of the Chamber of Commerce's management are rarely mentioned in general books and materials, let alone the secrets of making a lot of money in the Elven Kingdom.

In fact, if Said hadn't mentioned it, Xia Duo would have always thought that there was no market for human magic items with elves!
His original plan was to negotiate with the elves to expand the fanlock after building the communication fanlock, but now, he may be able to sell the communication magic weapon ahead of schedule.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo asked again: "It shouldn't be easy to sell human magic items directly, right?"

"of course."

Now that the export of magic items has been mentioned, Seid naturally doesn't mind saying a few more words:

"Even ordinary elves may not be able to accept human aesthetics, let alone many human magic items are not aesthetic at all, as long as they can be used.

"Therefore, the appearance needs to be modified according to the local cultural atmosphere. It can be said that those elf craftsmen are the core competitiveness of this business."

(End of this chapter)