Lord of Arcane

Chapter 392
Xia Duo has seen the contract of the Tower of Time, which is similar to the way of placing an order. The Tower of Time will issue the order in the current period, and the Chamber of Commerce will provide the goods in the next period.

If there is a loophole, it is probably because the Tower of Time does not have the so-called "priority".

In fact, it's not that those chambers of commerce are unwilling to sell to Savile and the Tower of Time, because doing so is a breach of contract, and they should be "out of stock"!

He asked Eberke for confirmation of his guess, and Eberke nodded, "Someone has covered the output of these chambers of commerce at a price higher than the market price, and the price is high, and you don't need to send it so far. Naturally, you will Choose to dispose of it nearby, after all, the chamber of commerce wants to make money."

Xia Duo remained silent. In fact, he was more inclined to the procurement method of fixed shares. Many suppliers might be able to suppress the price. Now this method of placing orders is too unstable.

And from the emergence of this procurement method, Xia Duo speculated that there might already be a transformation in the Mage Tower. Thinking of this, he asked Eberke, "Is the price of magic items, especially magic scrolls, constantly falling over the years?"

"Price drop?" Eberke didn't know Xia Duo's speculation, but not long ago he was the material director of the Tower of Time, and he was very sensitive to the price of magic items.

I didn't think it before, but when someone mentioned it specifically, he immediately reacted, "It's true, how did you know?"

it is as expected!
For a while, Xia Duo's thinking diverged again. It seems that Netheril is not only in a period of great territorial expansion, but also in a critical period of changes in production relations.

Reminiscent of the [Misser Energy Core] that has never been heard of, perhaps this era is the beginning of the counterattack of Netheril, the "Dragon Aotian".

So how would the elf react?

"think too much!"

Xia Duo shook his head, those things are not what he needs to consider now, so he should focus his eyes now.

Right now, the Tower of Time is like a factory that is about to stop production due to the loss of raw material supply, but at the same time, the Tower of Time also functions as a place of consumption.

Once those mages who are "workers" lose their income, even if they have some savings, how can they afford the various services provided by the Tower of Time in the long run!
A mage needs knowledge to improve himself, and the Tower of Time needs a mage to maintain a certain influence, and the two sides are interdependent.

In a way, interests are aligned.

Once the Tower of Time cannot provide job opportunities, or the job opportunities provided are not enough for mages to obtain knowledge stably, but become a unilateral output, then this relationship will no longer be stable.

Perhaps by then, the mages will have left.

There is no mage in the Tower of Time, how much influence can a single mage tower have!
Not to mention anything else, the Arcane Federation alone will reduce the Mithril share of the Tower of Time. At that time, the Tower of Time may not even be able to do basic maintenance.

So the most important thing now is to get the ingredients?

Xia Duo looked at Cecily, who was only a low-level mage's material supervisor, "Cecily, how many raw materials are there in the Tower of Time? How long can it last?"

"Because the restoration project of the Tower of Time, although it was slowed down later, what was consumed could not be restored, and it was supplemented later, but it was still insufficient, so-the current materials can only last for less than a month!"

"Can you go directly to Severton to purchase and sell? Bring more dimension bags!"

"Of course you can, but you have to do a good job. The rewards of going there are not worth the consumption of the maintenance of the teleportation circle!"

"Is this still broken?!"

Well, Xia Duo actually knew it, but he just wanted to complain, what kind of permanent magic circle still needs to be maintained!Shouldn't it be built once and used forever!

What "reality" likes to do most is often "unsatisfactory"!
Because the purchased raw materials cannot be completely converted into sellable magic items, the Tower of Time does not have sufficient funds, and it is impossible to make one purchase, and there is no need to go out for a whole year or even a few years.

If they were all sold in Severton through the teleportation circle, maybe in the end they would not even be able to earn back the maintenance fee for the teleportation circle.

Of course, another option is to use the arcanist Eberke to "transport human flesh". As a "human flesh transport aircraft"?
In fact, in the final analysis, the influence of the Tower of Time is not enough, otherwise, it would not be a problem to organize ordinary people's chambers of commerce to go to Severton to purchase.

But then again, if the influence is enough, there will be no such troubles.

Xia Duo sighed softly, "By the way, did Niya send any news? Also, did the chambers of commerce say who bought the raw materials this time?"

He had reason to suspect that Rodney led the way. Just after a Priest Cole left, the raw materials for the Tower of Time were cut off. How could it be such a coincidence? Niling is still far away, but you must know that there is still magical communication in this world!
"No. Niya didn't send back any news, and those chambers of commerce didn't mention the identity of the buyer."

Xia Duo was a little disappointed by Eberke's answer, but he didn't say anything.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt that it was necessary to do something, "Contact those chambers of commerce to see if they can renew the contract and replace it with a fixed-share contract. I think the leaders of these chambers of commerce in Savile Town will still be inclined to this point. , if they are intercepted at the source, how will their performance come about? I think they should be very anxious now!"

Xia Duo still has some understanding of the chambers of commerce in this world. Unlike the well-established company organizations on earth, the chambers of commerce here are somewhat similar to franchise stores.

The wealth of the branch president is largely linked to the performance of the branch. Of course, the contract of the Tower of Time is signed with the general meeting, but the orders and performance are still counted in the branch.

After all, the relevant handover is done by the branch.

Once these orders are lost, a sharp drop in income is inevitable, who would have trouble with their own money!
And the reason why these branch presidents can become local branch presidents must have something to do with the general meeting. If they can influence the general meeting through these branch presidents, perhaps this trouble will no longer be a problem.

Instead, it will become an opportunity for the transformation of the Tower of Time.

Eberke also agreed with Xia Duo's judgments, "Mayor Sain mentioned that the words of the heads of the chamber of commerce were a bit fierce. Now that I think about it, they probably didn't target Savile."

"Since you think so too, tell Derrick to have a good talk with them later. Even for the heads of those chambers of commerce, how can a temporary high-priced acquisition compare to a long-term and stable fixed income!"

"Well, it's just the funds from the Tower of Time—" When it came to the conversion contract, Eberke hesitated again.

But Xia Duo made a decision directly, "I think the Tower of Time now needs to change its thinking!"

(End of this chapter)