Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 165: The First Potion Order

Andrew and Axi were stunned for a moment, 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 welcomed into the shop by the two managers, and immediately felt somewhat 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 judgment, "It seems that for my pharmaceutical laboratory to continue operating, I must make friends with some potion shop managers."
"I'm nowhere near desperation yet. If it really doesn't work, I can sign some 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 some managers, I should be able to open the first sales channel."
The more Robert thought about it, the more excited he became, "As long as my personal pharmaceutical laboratory can sell its first product, selling potions afterward will be much simpler."
"This is my most difficult time now. Things will get better!"
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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 me a difficult problem. Let me 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 agreement.
Locke nodded, "I understand."
He had only come here to save trouble.
Judging from the experimental data of the Memory Ointment, 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 experimental data and production certificate for the Memory Ointment 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 time 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 experimental data.
Ten minutes later, Locke said to Andrew and Axi, whose expressions had gradually become serious, "If your shop has no intention of ordering my Memory Ointment, I can go to another shop."
"It's no problem."
Andrew quickly waved his hand and looked up at Locke, "No, no, no, your Memory Ointment can't be compared to what that first-class wizard apprentice brought over earlier."
"Locke, you actually improved the formula of the Focus Ointment."
Axi on the side also had an expression as if she'd seen a ghost.
Axi said in a low voice, "Focus Ointment is an old formula with a long history. In the past hundred years, there have only been minor improvements in production processes. Precisely because the technology is mature, the academy distributes five bottles of Focus Ointment to second-class wizard apprentices each month."
"As a benefit."
Andrew nodded, "That's right. Focus Ointment is a very widely used potion, but if the experimental data for your Memory Ointment 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 memory are really not that common. This potion will have huge sales volume."
"Those studying transformation magic, shapeshifters, general scholars from the general school, speed artists from the enchantment school, illusionists from the illusion school, defenders from the protection school... these wizard subspecializations that require extremely strong memory will all have demand for Memory Ointment."
Andrew's eyes became 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 extremely 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 experiments seems to have already become a second-class wizard apprentice now. Well, his original aptitude was level 4. According to general patterns, he would have become a second-class wizard apprentice in about three years."
"Now it's been two and a half years. It seems your Memory Ointment helped him greatly."
Locke slightly concealed the truth, "Three months was just the time for experimental data conversion. The time I spent improving the Focus Ointment 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 advancement to second-class wizard apprentice wasn't just due to the Memory Ointment, but also because I hired him as a test subject. He earned 100 magic stones monthly from me and used those stones to purchase quite a few resources."
Andrew smiled and nodded slightly, "This is the first time I've seen someone come to a potion shop to promote their potions, not only not exaggerating the effects, but even disparaging the value of their own experimental data ."
Andrew smiled, "Locke, our shop purchases Focus Ointment at 12 magic stones per bottle and sells it to customers at 15 magic stones per bottle."
"That's a 3 magic stone profit margin per bottle."
"But Memory Ointment obviously has greater market demand and better effects, so we'll purchase your Memory Ointment 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 Memory Ointment can you provide us monthly?"
Locke thought for a moment, "About 375 bottles. It might be more, might be less."
Andrew felt somewhat 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 become like Robert earlier, blindly investing and ending up in serious financial trouble.