The Emperor of the Human Race, a Versatile Mage

Chapter 53: Lowering prices to reduce costs, the leader of the Southern Army

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"Boss, the Southern Military Ministry wants us to lower the processing costs and lower the purchase price of energy storage magic equipment. Do you think we should lower it or not?"

"Reducing, of course it can be reduced. It's rare for someone to be so sincere. They reduced the price of materials by 20%, so we will give them a [-]% discount on the ex-factory price. As for the supply volume..."

Jiang Zhao looked at the document in his hand and pondered slightly.

The Southern Military Department hopes to purchase 100 magic bottles and 20 reusable bottles every month.

They didn't ask for the crystal bottle, it was too expensive.

It was quite a big order. The monthly transaction volume would be as high as 40 billion if the price was not reduced. After Jiang Zhao gave them a discount, it would still be 30 billion.

But they will use raw materials to convert a large part of the amount, and the actual cost should not be much.

Win-win.

"There is no problem with this supply. I agree. You go talk to them. I don't want to show up."

Anyway, Jiang Zhao fully included the essential expenses in the cost.

However, starting a company is different from the previous retail investors. You have to pay taxes.

Mages who work hard in the wild will not have this problem if they hand things over to formal institutions. After all, they often barter and cannot check. During the auction, they will only be charged a commission by the auction house, and they do not need to pay extra. Pay taxes.

But the auction house has to pay taxes. Now that Jiang Zhao has opened a magic tool shop and the procedures are complete, he has to pay taxes.

But a reusable bottle sells for [-] million, and more than two-thirds of it is profit. He can also make a lot of money after paying taxes.

Even if the price is lowered now, it doesn't matter if you make less money. Small profits but quick turnover.

He usually doesn't ship in large quantities because he is afraid of being bagged.

Now, the Southern Military Headquarters took the initiative to find them, so of course they can sell more to them.

"Okay boss, but in this case, the purchasing department needs to recruit at least two more people. They have complained several times that the workload is too heavy and there is a shortage of manpower. The workload of purchasing and appraising materials is indeed a bit heavy."

Wang Wei took the opportunity to mention this matter.

"Then I'll give them a 10% salary increase. I've made sure to recruit people, so you can make arrangements."

Jiang Zhao only raised the wages of the purchasing staff in the store because they were really working hard.

It's not like what's sold in a store, it's basically vases.

The store is out of stock most of the time. They just come to check in and sit and chat every day. As long as it's not the sales day every month, they can basically take time off if they want.

"Yes, boss."

……

Qingtian hunting place.

A middle-aged black-haired man with an unkempt beard and a somewhat worn-out look walked in.

It was still school time and Lingling was not there. Song Qiming was alone, holding a newspaper in his hand and a cup of tea beside him.

"Old priest, how are you living in retirement?"

Song Qiming raised his eyes, saw the person clearly and said in surprise: "Rare visitor, why are you here?"

"I'm here for a meeting. Let's talk about a business. Let's talk about a business worth tens of billions a year."

The middle-aged man was not polite and sat next to him, picked up the tea set and poured himself tea slowly.

"Why are you talking to me about such a big arms purchase? I'm just a retired old man."

"But there are some problems with the background of that store. The people below did a background check, but no results came out after repeated checks. Do you know why there were no results?" said the middle-aged man.

"why?"

"Because it was found on the head of a retired high priest." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Song Qiming: Huh?
Are you talking about me?
Apart from Qingtian Hunting House, I didn't open any stores. I had already cashed out and left the real estate business... No, there was also a magic equipment shop, under the protection of his name.He finally figured out the purpose of the other party's visit, "You said it's the Mountain Hidden Flame Magic Tools Shop?"

The other party didn't dare to look up Song Qiming's name. Even though he was a retired person, he was once a Forbidden Curse Mage. Although the Forbidden Curse Mage was bound by various rules and could not affect the social order at will, he did not represent ordinary people. You can offend, and the Forbidden Curse Society is not a vegetarian. It is a serious crime to randomly investigate the Forbidden Curse Master.

Therefore, the subordinates could only interrupt the investigation, report the situation to the superiors, and see what the superiors would decide.

Hua Zhanhong, the Southern Guard Chief, could only pay a visit to his senior, the retired priest Song Qiming.

Hua Zhanhong took a sip of tea and said, "Yes, they do a good job in energy storage magic equipment. Our Southern Military Headquarters intends to purchase large quantities. Originally, I didn't care about this matter, but when I saw your name, I had to make a trip myself. , with your guarantee, I don’t see any problem with this matter.”

"How can I be the guarantor? I won't vouch for this matter. You'd better talk to others." Song Qiming quickly refused.

It's not up to him to decide how much production capacity Shanyinzhiyan has. What guarantee can he make? If it can't be produced by then, will he be an old man to drive screws?

The screws in other magic tool shops are not easy to drive.

"You should talk to others about this matter yourself. I am just entrusted by others to help take care of it."

"Is that so? It seems that I have found the wrong person."

Hua Zhanhong did not expect that the relationship between the old priest and this magic tool shop was not as close as he imagined.

He saw that the owner of the magic tool shop was named Leng Feng, and thought he was a relative of the old priest, so he stopped by to take a look.

"It's not like I found the wrong person..." Song Qiming thought.

The biggest problem with Shanyinzhiyan Magic Tools Shop is that Jiang Zhao’s identity when registering the company is fake. The kid is not an adult at all. He helped find the method and the person who helped register the company.

Jiang Zhao has never shown up and runs the store through the hired store manager. Even if someone from the Southern Military Department goes there, he probably doesn't want to expose himself.

"I can at most help you make the connection. As for whether it can work out, you have to negotiate it yourself. I don't know what their production capacity is."

For such high-quality magic tools, the monthly output is likely to be only a small amount. If there are too many, how can there be so many forging masters to make them for you?

Isn’t it good for blacksmith masters to make more advanced magic tools?Why do you need to mass-produce things for a high-level mage like you every day?

Hua Zhanhong suddenly took out a Wei Fang special communicator and glanced at the message just sent on it.

"Old priest, Shanyin Flame has agreed and promised to provide our Southern Military Department with 100 magic bottles and 10 reusable bottles every month at a [-]% discount. It seems that their production capacity is not bad." Hua Zhanhong also said Show some smiles.

Now there is no need for Song Qiming to play the role of matchmaker.

And being able to handle this matter is also a good opportunity for them to enhance their strength. If they can equip their high-level mages with a large number of such magic tools, they will have more insurance for future missions.

"Agreed? Just agree. Let's enhance our national defense strength."

Money is not something that can be completely transformed into strength. The military department is given a [-]% discount on the magical equipment of Mountain Hidden Flame, which is indeed cheap and practical.

"By the way, old priest, what is the origin of the Mountain Hidden Flame?" Hua Zhanhong couldn't help but be curious.

"I don't know much about them, but they are very well-informed and have helped the trial a lot. I recently invested with them and made a little profit."

Song Qiming never thought that Shanyin Zhiyan was a person, but thought that there was an organization behind them.

Being able to explore the information of the Black Vatican, being able to make waves in the business world, and having a master of magic tools, this organization is certainly not simple.

"I also heard that you made a lot of money."

Hua Zhanhong naturally heard about Song Qiming's recent huge profit from the real estate market through his own channels, and became interested.

Although he is a forbidden spell mage, he is also very short of money. Such a large military department needs thousands of military mages who need resources, and he is also someone who can use a penny in half.

"Old priest, don't forget us next time you have any profitable business. Our investment company in the Southern Military Department is also always looking for projects."

"It's easy to say, I will contact you next time they have a new project."

"Then I'll leave first. I'm here specifically for a meeting."

"Come over for tea when you have time."

(End of this chapter)