"The college can now produce about two hundred bottles of potions every day. Half of them will be sold to outside merchants, and the other half will be stored in the warehouse for use by students and teachers. Recently, many merchants have come to Horli Kingdom to seek refuge. , some were distributed, and now there are about two thousand bottles of magic potion left in the warehouse."
"The magic props produced so far are all kept in the academy and are only for our internal use. The types are too complex to be counted, but the number of idle ones should exceed four figures."
"As for various Warcraft materials and planting products..."
In the dean's office, Wallis flipped through the small book in his hand page by page, reporting to Benjamin the current production status of the college.
As the academy gets more and more on track, they also begin to accumulate a variety of magic-related products of considerable value. Whether it is the potion that the students successfully refined or the World of Warcraft materials they obtained after going out to practice, a large part of it will be handed over to the academy.
They cannot be considered exploitative. After all, many students still owe their tuition fees. They have sold many years of their labor to the college.
It took about ten minutes of reporting before all these miscellaneous things were finally finished. After closing the book, Wallis couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and rubbed his forehead, a little confused as to why Benjamin suddenly thought of asking this.
"Wallis, do you think that with our current production capacity, it is possible to establish a sales network across the three countries?" After listening to the report, Benjamin nodded and suddenly asked.
Wallis was a little surprised.
This idea... came too suddenly, right
"Dean, how can it be so easy to do business?" He shook his head and said, "Even if we are quite rich in the things we produce now, we will encounter many difficulties in selling to other countries. We have no stores, no employees, no Brand and reputation... If we tell other mages that we have something for sale here, others will flock to the academy to buy something."
"I know." Benjamin nodded and added, "What I mean is that we ask others to help us sell it."
Wallis couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
… What on earth is the dean thinking
"Master Finch, Hal... aren't these merchants who have investment relationships with the college? We have handed over some sales rights to them as agents, and the sales profits will be divided in half." He hesitated and asked, "What do you mean, Should we recruit more agency clients like this?”
"This is different." Benjamin immediately vetoed the question and said, "They are big merchants. Even if they display our products in the store, they still sell their signatures. They have nothing to do with the Magic Academy."
"Then you plan to..."
"You have seen a lot of businessmen who have fled here from the Kingdom of Horli these days, right?" Benjamin smiled and said slowly, "I think we can maintain this model for a long time and spread some of the sales rights to In the hands of these small merchants, let them help us sell things.”
Wallis was puzzled: "What's the difference between this and handing over sales rights to big merchants?"
"Of course there is a difference." Benjamin immediately replied, "The big merchants give us less money, and it does not help the reputation of the academy. As for the small merchants, each of them is scattered, and they only use the brand of Magic Academy Only through unified publicity can we have broad influence.”
"this… "
Wallis began to understand.
Why does the dean always have so many strange thoughts in his mind
"Are you talking about the so-called 'college business faction'? Dean, don't take the words of those small vendors seriously. They are just using the reputation of the academy to make their products easier to sell." He quickly advised.
"I know they are borrowing our names." Benjamin smiled and said, "But... how can others borrow the name of the college? Haven't you noticed? When more and more people borrow When we sell things under the name of the academy, the Magic Academy has gradually begun to become a brand."
Wallis was slightly startled.
This... is not unreasonable.
He did hear some outside news - those businessmen from the Kingdom of Hori publicized it everywhere, making many people think that the Magic Academy was really going to enter the business world.
To be honest, he himself was quite fed up with this phenomenon.
The quality of the businessmen who came here to seek refuge varied greatly, and they also stole the name of the Magic Academy. If the reputation they had finally established was ruined, wouldn't they suffer heavy losses
However, what Benjamin just said was beyond his ability to refute. This mixed group of Horli businessmen have indeed slowly spread the brand of the college.
—Although it is not necessarily a brand with a good reputation.
"So... what the dean means is to hire a large number of small merchants like this and let them do things for us?" Thinking about this, Wallis asked.
"No, we shouldn't say employment. We had no affiliation before, and they are still their own bosses." Benjamin smiled slightly and said, "I prefer the word 'franchise'."
Wallis frowned.
Join?…
This is a concept that he has never been exposed to before, but Benjamin always comes up with some weird new ideas, and he has long been used to it.
He just didn't know if this thing would work.
"If, as you say, we establish a sales network across many countries, we will definitely need a large number of merchants to join this so-called 'academic business faction'." Wallis asked, "How can we ensure that these people will not corrupt The reputation of the college?”
"We don't need to guarantee it, but the merchants will guarantee it." Benjamin rubbed his hands. "If they want to use our brand, in addition to continuing to pay royalties, they must also issue a certain deposit as collateral. If any merchant does something harmful, Regarding the academy, we will terminate the franchise relationship with him, confiscate the deposit, make it public to all countries, and then kick him out."
"Um… "
Wallis touched his chin. Although he was a little confused about this unheard-of "joining", he couldn't think of any new questions for a while.
It seems...this thing does have certain feasibility. However, if this relationship is really to be formalized, a precise and loophole-free treaty is essential.
Another headache was inevitable.
"No problem, let's get started." Benjamin's eyes seemed to have two money symbols flashing, "The merchants from Horli Kingdom alone are definitely not enough, Freden, Ikol... small businessmen from all over the world are definitely not enough." There are countless merchants, and I believe they will all be willing to cooperate with the Magic Academy and join the academy’s merchant faction.”
Wallis thought for a moment and nodded.
"Okay. I'll get the word out as soon as possible."
Just like that, he turned around and left, about to get busy with new things. Benjamin was also gearing up, as if there was a mountain of gold and silver waiting for him not far ahead.