Xia Duo has seen the Tower of Time's contract, which is similar to the way of placing an order. The Tower of Time will issue the order in the current period, and the Chamber of Commerce will provide the goods in the next period.
If there is a loophole, it probably means that the Tower of Time has no so-called "priority".
In fact, it’s not that those chambers of commerce are unwilling to sell to the Saville Territory and the Tower of Time, because doing so would be a breach of contract and they should be “out of stock”!
He asked Ai Burke to confirm his guess, and Ai Burke nodded, "Someone has purchased all the output of these chambers of commerce at a price higher than the market price. The price is high, and there is no need to send it so far. You will naturally do it."
Choose to deal with it nearby, after all, the Chamber of Commerce is here to make money."
Xia Duo remained silent. He actually preferred the fixed-share purchasing method. Multiple suppliers might be able to suppress the price. The current method of placing orders is too unstable.
From the emergence of this purchasing method, Xia Duo speculated that the Mage Tower might have been undergoing changes. Thinking of this, he asked Ai Burke, "Have the prices of magic items, especially magic scrolls, continued to fall over the years?"
"Price drop?" Ai Bok didn't know what Shado's guess was, but not long ago he was the material manager of the Tower of Time and was very sensitive to the prices of magic items.
He didn't realize it before, but when someone specifically mentioned it, he immediately reacted, "That's true. How did you know?"
it is as expected!
For a time, Xia Duo's thoughts began to spread again. It seemed that Netheril was not only experiencing a period of great territorial expansion, but was also in a critical period of transformation of production relations.
Thinking of the [Mither Energy Core] that has never been heard of, perhaps this era is the beginning of the counterattack of Netheril, the "Long Aotian".
So how will the elf react?
"think too much!"
Xia Duo shook his head. Those things were not what he needed to consider now, so he still focused on the present.
The current Tower of Time is like a factory that is about to cease production due to loss of raw material supply, but at the same time, the Tower of Time also functions as a place of consumption.
Once those "worker" mages lose their income, even if they have some savings, how can they afford the various services provided by the Tower of Time in the long run!
The mage needs knowledge to improve himself, and the Tower of Time needs the mage to maintain a certain degree of influence. The two sides are interdependent.
To a certain extent, interests are aligned.
Once the Tower of Time cannot provide job opportunities, or the job opportunities provided are not enough for mages to obtain knowledge stably, and it becomes a one-sided output, then this relationship will no longer be stable.
Perhaps by then, the mages will have left.
Without the mage in the Tower of Time, how much influence can a mage tower alone have?
Not to mention anything else, the Arcane Law Federation alone will reduce the Mithril share of the Tower of Time. By then, the Tower of Time may not even be able to perform basic maintenance.
So the most important thing now is to get raw materials?
Shado looked at Cecily, who was just the materials manager for a low-level mage, "Cecilia, how many raw materials does the Tower of Time still have in stock? How long can it last?"
"Because the Tower of Time's repair project has since been slowed down, but what was consumed cannot be restored. Later, it was replenished, but it is still insufficient, so - the current materials can only last less than a month!"
"Can you go directly to Sevington to purchase and sell? Bring more dimensional bags!"
"Of course you can, but you have to be prepared that the rewards from going there will not be worth the cost of maintaining the teleportation circle!"
"It's still a loss?!"
Well, Xia Duo actually knew that, but he just wanted to complain that this permanent magic circle still needs maintenance! Shouldn't it be built once and used permanently?
What "reality" likes to do most is often "unsatisfactory"!
Because the purchased raw materials cannot be completely converted into magic items that can be sold, the Tower of Time does not have sufficient funds, and it is not yet brave enough to make one purchase for a whole year or even several years.
If they are really sold through the teleportation circle to Sevington, they may not even be able to earn back the teleportation circle maintenance fee in the end.
Of course, another option is to have the arcanist Aibo "transport human flesh". This is obviously unrealistic. It may be feasible once or twice, but it happens again and again. Who has such a big face to let an arcanist
As a "human flesh transport plane"?
In fact, in the final analysis, the influence of the Tower of Time is not enough. Otherwise, even organizing the Ordinary Chamber of Commerce to go to Severton for purchasing would not be a problem.
But then again, if the influence is enough, there will be no such troubles.
Xia Duo sighed softly, "By the way, did Niya send back any news? Also, did the merchants say who bought the raw materials this time?"
He had reason to doubt the Rodney Territory. Priest Cole had just left, and the raw materials for the Tower of Time behind him had been intercepted. How could it be such a coincidence? As for Priest Cole's ship, it had only been away for three days, and it was far from Rhodes.
The nirvana is still far away, but you must know that there is still magic communication in this world!
"No. Niya did not send back any news, and the chambers of commerce did not mention the identity of the purchaser."
Aibo's answer made Xia Duo a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything.
After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt that it was necessary to do something, "Contact those chambers of commerce to see if they can rewrite the contract and replace it with a fixed-share contract. I think the leaders of these chambers of commerce in Savile Town will still be inclined to this.
, if it is intercepted at the source, how will their performance be achieved? I think they must be very anxious now!"
Xia Duo still knows something about the chambers of commerce in this world. Unlike the complete corporate organizations on earth, the chambers of commerce here are somewhat similar to franchise stores.
The wealth of the branch president is largely linked to the performance of the branch. The Tower of Time contract is of course signed with the general association, but orders and performance are still counted among the branches.
After all, the relevant handovers are handled by the branch.
Once these orders are lost, a sharp drop in income is inevitable. Who will have trouble with their own money?
The reason why these branch presidents can become branch presidents in one place must be related to the general association. If they can influence the general association through these branch presidents, maybe this trouble will no longer be a trouble.
On the contrary, it will become an opportunity for the transformation of the Tower of Time.
Aibo agreed with these judgments of Shado, "Mayor Thain mentioned that the leaders of the chamber of commerce were a bit fierce in their words. Now that I think about it, they probably weren't directed at Savile."
"Since you think so, let's inform Derrick and have a good talk with them later. Even for those chambers of commerce, how can a temporary high-price acquisition be compared to a long-term stable fixed income!"
"Well, it's just the funds from the Tower of Time -" When it came to converting the contract, Aibo hesitated again.
But Xia Duo made a direct decision, "I think the current Tower of Time needs to change its thinking!"