Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 125: Establishing an Upstream and Downstream Industrial Chain

Locke went to the location where the academy's higher-ups had approved his pharmaceutical laboratory.
Strangely, this time the academy, for some unknown reason, did not provide him with a new alchemy hut, but instead gave him a pharmaceutical laboratory and alchemy hut that had been mortgaged by a former first-class wizard apprentice.
This way, his pharmacy would not be near Witch Sophia's residence, but in a city on another mountain range far from the port city.
However, such a short distance was nothing as long as he rented an Engel Swift Snail mount from Chimera Market, and the rental fee wasn't expensive either.
For one month, he only needed to pay 5 magic stones to get a long-term exclusive Engel Swift Snail.
"The academy seems to want me to have more contact with people other than Witch Sophia." Locke sat on the snail's back, thinking, "However, this arrangement has caused me some inconvenience."
The snail beneath him was rapidly climbing the mountain rocks, its soft tissue leaving a trail of transparent mucus on the peak's rock walls. When sunlight shone on this transparent mucus, in just thirty seconds, the mucus would automatically begin to dissipate.
About twelve minutes later, Locke crossed from near Witch Sophia's residence, spanning a city and a mountain range, to reach the location of his pharmacy.
Near this pharmacy, seven or eight similar pharmacies had also opened.
It was quite normal for similar shops to like clustering together, as this made it easier to attract partners who were looking to cooperate with pharmacies.
Since Locke was still an unknown newcomer in potionology, his arrival did not attract anyone's attention.
Locke found his pharmacy, where the second-class wizard apprentice Terry Calvin, whom he had hired, had already arrived.
She was supervising the shop renovation team from Chimera Market as they transformed Locke's personal pharmaceutical laboratory.
At the same time, the three third-class wizard apprentices who Locke was substitute teaching for Witch Sophia were also inside this personal pharmaceutical laboratory.
Two female wizard seeds and Leo Sis all bowed to Locke simultaneously. "Senior Augustine, hello, we are helping you renovate your personal laboratory here according to Senior Terry's instructions."
Locke glanced over them and nodded slightly.
Since he had been teaching them for some time, these three now held him in great respect, almost treating him as half their wizard mentor.
Terry stepped forward and handed the materials to Locke. "Boss, this personal pharmaceutical laboratory has almost nothing left behind, so all equipment needs to be reinstalled."
"We're essentially starting the renovation from scratch."
"But don't worry, I have experience in this area."
Terry looked at Locke with admiration.
Even though Locke currently didn't even have a single set of equipment, the academy's higher-ups had actually approved this pharmacy.
This wasn't something just anyone could achieve.
Having worked at Anglon's personal pharmaceutical laboratory, Terry naturally had insight in this area.
She knew that if the academy didn't value Locke highly, it would be impossible for them to readily approve Locke's personal pharmaceutical laboratory audit under such circumstances.
Locke was not surprised about having to renovate from scratch.
Since the former owner owed a lot of money and could only mortgage the pharmacy in the end, all equipment inside this pharmacy that could be dismantled and sold had probably already been removed.
Locke asked, "Terry, how many magic stones will the renovation cost in total?"
Terry Calvin quickly took out two sets of materials and handed them to Locke, respectfully saying, "Boss, if we go with the more expensive plan, the renovation cost will reach 4000 magic stones. This is the renovation standard benchmarked against standard personal pharmacies."
"The renovation projects include various equipment for obtaining raw materials, potion brewing equipment, and equipment that should be in a pharmacy."
Seeing Locke frown slightly, Terry quickly said, "The other renovation plan is more economical. We only need to first install one set of potion brewing equipment, one set of raw material extraction equipment, and then install one batch production potion equipment line. We only need to spend 1500 magic stones to complete it. And the major expense here is that batch production potion assembly line."
"One batch production potion assembly line requires at least one potion master's assistant, one second-class wizard apprentice, and three third-class wizard apprentices to operate. We can just meet this headcount."
Terry, holding the materials in her hands, said to Locke, "Boss, I previously handled external procurement for Senior Anglon's pharmacy, so I know which shop has the best quality and most cost-effective batch production potion assembly line equipment, so please rest assured."
Locke nodded and returned all the materials to Terry. "Then let's go with the 1500 magic stone plan first."
He shouldn't invest too many resources in this personal pharmaceutical laboratory in the early stages.
Too many first-class wizard apprentices had gone bankrupt because they invested too many resources early on and couldn't earn them back later.
Although he had the golden finger Synthesis Cube, for safety's sake, it was better to first buy the most basic equipment.
He hadn't made any reputation in potionology yet. It would be better to wait until he had some confidence later, then like with the botanical garden, directly open up a hundred acres of magical fields at once and rent expensive air control devices and Radiation Cauldrons.
This personal pharmaceutical laboratory currently only needed the technology to mass-produce Advanced Growth Gel, Advanced Nutrient Soil, and Advanced Nutrient Solution, as well as the ability to produce Memory Ointment, conduct human experiments, and produce Minor Viridian Potion.
After this pharmacy could brew large quantities of Advanced Growth Gel and other necessities needed by breeders, it could save him a lot of investment in the botanical garden.
Moreover, Locke had already thought through what his fourth magical plant would be. Unlike the previous three, the fourth was specifically prepared for potion masters.
Or rather, it was prepared for his own personal pharmaceutical laboratory.
The core materials of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion were Jade Lichen and bear bile.
Jade Lichen was a magical plant that was entirely emerald green and naturally had various detoxification effects.
So his fourth magical plant to develop would be Jade Lichen. Through Jade Lichen, he would strengthen the effects of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion, then through synthesizing Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion, enhance the potion's effects once more.
That is, conducting one synthesis each in the botanical garden and pharmacy stages, equivalent to synthesizing the final result twice.
This way, he could have his botanical garden sell Jade Lichen externally, while Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion had a very wide range of uses and belonged to a category of basic potions.
Many potion masters would buy the synthetic magical plants he developed.
And he could also cooperate with shops again to sell the enhanced Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion to the market, earning money twice.
And improve the final quality of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion twice.
This had another benefit: after Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion was enhanced twice by him, its curse-dispelling ability would be further strengthened. The people who would have the biggest headaches then would probably be those from Blood Curse Court.
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Locke's face. The Blood Curse Court people had continuously provoked him twice before, which had already made him quite displeased.
As a white wizard, to take revenge on people, he didn't necessarily need to kill them personally. Sometimes, killing didn't need to be so direct; killing could be bloodless.
As a talented breeder who would soon become a talented potion master, he had plenty of ways to make Blood Curse Court and Hussein pay the price they deserved.
For now, let them jump around for a while.
Similarly, doing this could also make the academy's higher-ups value him even more.
He had already experienced the benefits of being valued by the academy's higher-ups.
The speed of going through the same approval process without attention versus with attention was completely different!