Andrew and Axi were stunned for a mont, then their smiles remained unchanged as they invited Locke into the shop.
After all, they were good friends with Locke, so naturally they couldn't reject him directly like they had Robert.
Robert watched as Locke was welcod into the shop by the two managers, and imdiately felt sowhat indignant. He turned and left angrily, muttering under his breath, "Damn it, this is so unfair."
"Looking at their attitude, they're definitely friends, so the reason my potions can't sell is because I lack connections in this area."
Robert's eyes rolled as he made a completely wrong judgnt, "It seems that for my pharmaceutical laboratory to continue operating, I must make friends with so potion shop managers."
"I'm nowhere near desperation yet. If it really doesn't work, I can sign so loan contracts... or I'll find a job and use my salary to support my personal pharmaceutical laboratory. As long as I can make friends with so managers, I should be able to open the first sales channel."
The more Robert thought about it, the more excited he beca, "As long as my personal pharmaceutical laboratory can sell its first product, selling potions afterward will be much simpler."
"This is my most difficult ti now. Things will get better!"
...
Inside the Owl Cauldron shop, Axi and Andrew had the staff pour Locke a cup of fragrant Angulala tea and invited him into the VIP room.
Once in the VIP room, all the airs that Andrew and Axi put on in front of the staff completely disappeared.
Andrew shrugged and leaned against the wall, saying to Locke, "Locke, you've really given a difficult problem. Let say this upfront, even though you're my friend, I can't give you too many conveniences."
"If Lady Irina discovers that I let subpar potions into the Owl Cauldron shop, I'll lose my job."
Axi nodded in agreent.
Locke nodded, "I understand."
He had only co here to save trouble.
Judging from the experintal data of the mory Ointnt, even if he went to other large potion shops, he would eventually encounter interested potion shops but since he had this connection, why not use it?
"I understand." Locke unceremoniously took a sip of the Angulala tea, then placed the experintal data and production certificate for the mory Ointnt in front of Andrew and Axi.
Andrew and Axi each glanced at Locke, then sat down and began to read seriously.
The biggest benefit of having connections was being able to skip the ti and effort needed to convince others.
Indeed, only outstanding products could win orders but the prerequisite was that others had to seriously look at your product's experintal data.
Ten minutes later, Locke said to Andrew and Axi, whose expressions had gradually beco serious, "If your shop has no intention of ordering my mory Ointnt, I can go to another shop."
"It's no problem."
Andrew quickly waved his hand and looked up at Locke, "No, no, no, your mory Ointnt can't be compared to what that first-class wizard apprentice brought over earlier."
"Locke, you actually improved the formula of the Focus Ointnt."
Axi on the side also had an expression as if she'd seen a ghost.
Axi said in a low voice, "Focus Ointnt is an old formula with a long history. In the past hundred years, there have only been minor improvents in production processes. Precisely because the technology is mature, the academy distributes five bottles of Focus Ointnt to second-class wizard apprentices each month."
"As a benefit."
Andrew nodded, "That's right. Focus Ointnt is a very widely used potion, but if the experintal data for your mory Ointnt is all true, then even first-class wizard apprentices would have purchase demand."
Axi said, "How could it be fake? Locke even used this data to publish a B-level article. That requires confirmation of value through divination spells by general scholars."
"Besides, I've always thought Locke's character is much better than yours, Andrew."
Andrew's mind worked faster than Axi's, and he quickly thought of many things, "Potions that can improve mory are really not that common. This potion will have huge sales volu."
"Those studying transformation magic, shapeshifters, general scholars from the general school, speed artists from the enchantnt school, illusionists from the illusion school, defenders from the protection school... these wizard subspecializations that require extrely strong mory will all have demand for mory Ointnt."
Andrew's eyes beca heated. In his view, if he and Axi could stock this kind of potion, even if they were just a few months earlier than other potion shops, both he and Axi could receive enormous praise from Lady Irina.
If it weren't for industry convention that potion masters wouldn't form long-term fixed cooperative relationships with single shops like breeders did.
He would have wanted to establish an exclusive channel partnership with Locke.
Andrew looked up and smiled extrely enthusiastically at Locke, "Locke, is this your work?"
Locke nodded slightly.
Andrew and Axi nodded admiringly. Andrew sighed, "I heard that Witch Sophia was the most brilliant genius of the previous generation in our Lilith’s Cottage. Now it seems you've inherited that tradition."
"Locke, your talent in potion studies is at least much stronger than mine and Axi's."
"You only used three months."
"The third-class wizard apprentice you used for experints seems to have already beco a second-class wizard apprentice now. Well, his original aptitude was level 4. According to general patterns, he would have beco a second-class wizard apprentice in about three years."
"Now it's been two and a half years. It seems your mory Ointnt helped him greatly."
Locke slightly concealed the truth, "Three months was just the ti for experintal data conversion. The ti I spent improving the Focus Ointnt was much longer than that."
"I was just lucky to discover a direction that could be improved."
"As for that third-class wizard apprentice, I think his accelerated advancent to second-class wizard apprentice wasn't just due to the mory Ointnt, but also because I hired him as a test subject. He earned 100 magic stones monthly from and used those stones to purchase quite a few resources."
Andrew smiled and nodded slightly, "This is the first ti I've seen soone co to a potion shop to promote their potions, not only not exaggerating the effects, but even disparaging the value of their own experintal data report."
Andrew smiled, "Locke, our shop purchases Focus Ointnt at 12 magic stones per bottle and sells it to custors at 15 magic stones per bottle."
"That's a 3 magic stone profit margin per bottle."
"But mory Ointnt obviously has greater market demand and better effects, so we'll purchase your mory Ointnt at 15 magic stones per bottle. Is that acceptable?"
Locke nodded slightly.
This price matched his earlier expectations.
Andrew was impatient, "Then we can sign the contract. How many bottles of mory Ointnt can you provide us monthly?"
Locke thought for a mont, "About 375 bottles. It might be more, might be less."
Andrew felt sowhat regretful, "Can't you produce more?"
"Locke, potions are consumables. Market demand is much greater than for magical plants."
Locke smiled bitterly, "The main issue is that my production capacity is limited."
He really did need to recruit more second-class wizard apprentices, and if necessary, he could even recruit first-class wizard apprentice assistants in the future.
Build a large personal pharmaceutical laboratory!
Just like Anglon, Albert, Astrid, and Miranda.
However, before that, he needed to establish a foothold and understand the intricacies of the potion trade before he could do so.
Otherwise, he would beco like Robert earlier, blindly investing and ending up in serious financial trouble.
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