The battle of capital is direct and obvious. When the first wizard who cultivated herbal medicine learned that his friend had sold cordyceps, the simplest magical herb, at twice the price of the past, he naturally thought that his cordyceps
Lingcao can also be sold in so much quantity.
With the promotion of caring people, news always spreads quickly, and major benefits have come to the herbal cultivation industry.
A pot of Cordyceps cost 1 galleons, but it has risen to 2.5 galleons in a short period of time. Even so, more sellers are still waiting and watching.
Herbs are the raw materials for refining potions. As the price of raw materials increases, the price of finished products will naturally increase as well.
To refine a bottle of refreshing potion, you need to use two pots of cordyceps as the main material, as well as many miscellaneous medicinal materials. The finished potion sells for 10 galleons a bottle, and the previous cost price was around 4 galleons.
Now, the main material Cordyceps costs 5 Galleons for two pots. Add in the auxiliary medicines and the labor cost of the potion master, and the cost price is as high as 9 Galleons. If it is still sold for 10 Galleons
, even the rent of the shop cannot be earned back.
It is true that the store is owned by oneself and does not need to pay funds, but labor costs must be included in it.
Moreover, even if the store is rented out, it will generate an income of 80,000 galleons a year, and the boss does not need to be in the store all the time, so the loss is huge.
"Mr. Guderian, I have been working as a potion master in your potion shop for twenty years now. Although I am only a senior potion master and can only refine ordinary potions, I still think that I am very important to the potion shop.
Those who have contributed. I know this request is too much, but I still want to say, is it time for you to give me a salary increase?"
In Diagon Alley, in Guderian's potion shop, Potion Master Bilt found Guderian who was settling accounts.
Guderian was calculating his income. After hearing this, he said without raising his head: "Billt, you should know that the current increase in medicinal materials is too exaggerated. We have not refined any magic medicine at all this month. You should not ask for more."
"Sir, I am not a potion master who signed a share-sharing agreement with you, but a clerk who gets a fixed salary. Now my colleagues are increasing their wages. If you don't increase their wages, it's hard for me to imagine whether I can continue to work.
After all, it’s not my fault that I don’t have any business. I only take the share I should take.” After Bildt said this, two apprentices walked out of the store and both looked at Guderian.
One senior potion master, four apprentice potion masters, and four salesmen, this is the standard configuration of a potion shop.
The price war launched by Wang Xu stems from the rising prices of medicinal materials, but its power goes far beyond that.
When the price of medicinal materials increases, medicinal plant cultivators will have more money and will also increase the wages of their employees.
The side impact is financial inflation. It seems that everything is suddenly increasing in price. Even Gringotts had to adjust interest rates. Prices are simply changing day by day.
Now, except for the boss Guderian, the employees in the store are discussing when their wages will be increased.
You must know that a month ago, you could buy something for 1 gold galleone, but now you need 2 gold galleons to buy it, and some types of goods have gone up even higher.
When prices rise and wages remain unchanged, our pockets shrink. Families that used to be able to live well on wages now have to live on a tight diet, just like the Soviet Union before the disintegration.
"The store has no profit at all this month. It has been losing money, losing money, losing money! In this case, you still ask me to give you a salary increase. What can I give you?" Guderian was a little angry and refused this without hesitation.
Unreasonable demands.
Three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are everywhere. There are only three or five potion masters in the British wizarding world, but there are more than eighty senior potions masters.
Guderian firmly believed that he could not raise his salary or wait until the situation improved before raising it.
But he had no idea that when they were discussing the salary issue last night, a friend of Bildt had already told him that if Guderian did not raise his salary, he could work at the King and Granger Potion Store.
"I have worked here for twenty years, and I have evolved from a young boy to a father of two children. I have feelings for the potion store. However, if things get to the point where I can no longer live, I will just do it for my life.
If I can make changes, this is my resignation letter, Mr. Guderian." Bildt took out a letter from his left pocket and handed it to Guderian.
Guderian held the envelope and couldn't believe it was true. He asked, "You want to resign?"
"If you promise to give me a salary increase, I will take out the letter in my right pocket. It is a new contract. The King and Granger Potion Shop sent me a letter of intent for the contract. I have not signed it yet. But I am sorry.
, Emotion is emotion, survival is production, and I still have two children to raise." Bill nodded, turned around and returned to the potion making room, carrying his luggage and leaving without looking back.
Guderian remained silent until the four apprentices and four clerks also packed up and left. He couldn't help but ask: "What are you going to do?"
"Sorry, Mr. Guderian, Wang and Granger's Potion Store also sent us an invitation. We have to change our jobs to another potion store." The four apprentices, together with the four clerks, all left with their luggage.
Guderian watched them go away blankly, and when he could no longer see anyone, he slammed the account book to the ground.
"Maqil's Potion Store chose to raise wages for workers, but the clerks and potionists there rejected our invitation. As for Guderian's Potion Store, their potionists and clerks have been poached by us, and today
At four o'clock in the afternoon, a sign was hung on the door of the store that it was under renovation, which meant that they would not be open for a short time."
Lying on the big bed on the second floor of King and Granger's Potion Shop, Hermione and Wang Xu were naked and facing each other, talking about what happened today.
Wang Xu didn't speak, just leaned on the bed and smoked a cigar, listening to Hermione's whispers.
After Hermione finished speaking, she looked up at his expression and asked: "It's been a month, one store is still open normally, and one store is closed and waiting for an opportunity, what are you going to do next?"
"Closing the door and waiting for the opportunity, but the opportunity is fleeting, and what is lost will never come back. Now, Guderian is scared, like a reindeer frightened by a hunter. He has no ability to compete with us anymore. Maggie
The potion shop is quite interesting. He has been operating normally this month and even started a price war with us, losing at least 200,000 gold galleons. Haha, I want to see how many 200,000 he can lose.
I bet he won't last three months."
Wang Xu puffed out smoke. Many people think that in business, if you encounter losses, you can close down and reopen after a period of time.
In fact, no one would do this. The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and the shadow left by a failure is difficult to get rid of.
Wang Xu can be sure that even if prices return to normal now, Guderian will not open a potion shop again. This principle is equivalent to the principle that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.
Everyone says that where you fall, you have to get up.
Is this really the case? The answer is no. Usually we leave the place where we fell and fear this place for the rest of our lives.
Every time you pass by here, you will think of the scene of falling, and the fear will make you afraid.
"I have chosen the locations for the other two potion shops and they will open in two days. Once four potion shops appear in Diagon Alley at the same time, it will send a signal to the outside world that it is not profitable to open a potion shop.
We can make money, because the market has become saturated. As long as we can survive in Magiel's Potions Store, our business will be unique in Diagon Alley. And with this bloody lesson, anyone who wants to get involved in the potions industry
, you have to think about whether you can withstand the bite of a giant crocodile."
Wang Xu held Hermione in his arms, licked her earlobes, and said with a smile: "At this point, the good bubble will be burst by us. We will integrate the resources of the three stores and dominate the potion market. Then
At that time, I will prepare a large-scale potion laboratory for you with ten senior potions masters and twenty apprentices. Our goal will not only be limited to the UK, but also to Europe and the world, open more stores, and will
I’ll leave the store to you to manage.”
"Managing a store is no fun at all." Hermione pouted. If she had a choice, she would prefer to work at the Ministry of Magic after graduation to get a taste of power.
In fact, Hermione did the same thing. In the original plot, she joined the Ministry of Magic right after graduation and served as the Minister of Magic.
Wang Xu had been with Hermione for two months and was well aware of Hermione's little thoughts. He whispered: "Don't underestimate the power of capital. Once the gold coins start to jingle, everything in the world will stop suddenly."
When you control the economy and your words and deeds can influence countless people, it will be very easy for you to succeed. Even if you want to be the Minister of Magic, a large number of people will vote for you."
"Really?" Hermione didn't believe it. She had no idea that in later generations, there would be a man named Trump who became president through this method.
Although it is said that Trump's success is not just economic, but also a series of accidents and coincidences.
But Wang Xu believed that it would not be difficult for Hermione, who was born in the Order of the Phoenix and had great luck, to become the Minister of Magic, especially with his support.