"The King and Granger Potion Shop, the fourth branch of Diagon Alley is officially opened. We are committed to the most sophisticated potions and the best prices."
"After a day's work, do you feel physically and mentally exhausted? Don't be nervous, my friend. Come and have a bottle of the refreshing potion produced by King and Granger's Potion Shop. We are now holding a buy five, get one free event. What are you waiting for?
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"I am a former Auror of the Ministry of Magic. During the Black and White Wizarding War, I was arrested by Death Eaters and subjected to inhumane treatment. This caused me to suffer from loneliness phobia and I could not sleep all day long. Since drinking King and Gran
With the sleeping water from Jay's Potion Shop, I can now eat well, sleep well, and even smile a lot more than before. The King and Granger's Potion Shop is really great."
Newspaper after newspaper was praising Wang and Granger's Potion Store. Wang Xu didn't ask everyone to come and sell things, he just wanted everyone to know where he was.
Spurred by the brainwashing magic voice, Wang Xu opened three potion shops in Diagon Alley. Including the flagship store, there were as many as five potion shops in Diagon Alley.
Don’t think about making money, you won’t make a penny, the more you open, the more you will lose.
Wang Xu doesn't care about this. The more he loses now, the harder he will shave in the future. After all, the wool comes from the sheep.
"Professor Slughorn, how are you doing with the anti-aging and life-extending ointment I asked you to develop?" When he came to the second-floor laboratory of the flagship store, Wang Xu found the person who had been hired by his high-tech company to develop anti-aging products.
Slughorn of health supplements.
Slughorn, leading a dozen assistants, were conducting experiments in the laboratory. After hearing the sound, he said without raising his head: "The real life-extending potion is a master-level potion that no one in the current magic world can develop.
It is a weakened version of anti-aging and life-extending ointment. It is not easy to make. After three months of trying, the anti-aging and life-extending ointment I have made can only delay aging on the surface. If taken for a long time, it can theoretically increase the number of people.
3 to 5 years life span.”
"That's enough. We don't need to make them immortal. This effect is enough to cause madness. From now on, the product will be put into production immediately. It will be marked in the effect column. It can effectively delay aging. Long-term use can add 5 to 10 years.
Lifespan." Wang Xu said and turned to look at Hermione: "Invite reporters from the Daily Prophet to come over. I want to buy tomorrow's front page. Remember, I want the sharpest reporters."
"Professor Wang, in theory, our products can only increase the life span by 3 to 5 years at most. Isn't it better to write 5 to 10 years?" Slughorn likes money, but he has a bottom line and does not approve of this.
Behavior.
Wang Xu looked at him in shock, held his shoulders, and said: "Professor, who can prove that people who take our potion do not increase their life span by 10 years? As long as he drinks our potion today, his life span will be increased by 5 years.
If he dies again, this is our success. We can definitely say that he should have died long ago, and it is entirely because of our magic medicine that he has lived for so many more years."
Slughorn was about to say something else, but Wang Xu interrupted him with a wave of his hand and continued to ask: "What's the cost price?"
"Anti-aging and life-extending ointment is a weakened version of the life-extending potion. We use the formula of the life-extending potion, and also use longevity grass, unicorn blood, and the evolution potion you provided as the main materials, which keeps the cost high. After
According to calculations, the cost of a bottle of anti-aging and life-extending ointment is about 4,500 galleons, which is not very affordable. The main reason is that the material cost is too expensive."
An ordinary employee of the Ministry of Magic can only earn 600 Galleons a month, while department heads can earn 800 Galleons. Only director-level executives can earn the same salary as Hogwarts professors, who can earn 1,000 Galleons.
Long or above.
A potion with a cost of 4,500 Galleons would have to sell for at least 10,000 Galleons. It would take a director-level executive with a dead salary to buy a bottle of life-extending ointment without eating or drinking for a year.
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Wang Xu's positioning of life-extending ointment is to use at least one bottle per month, and preferably one bottle per week.
In this way, even if the life-extending ointment comes out, I am afraid that the sales volume will not be too high. At least if there is no corruption, the Minister of Magic cannot afford it.
"It's too expensive. Our products have to be marketed to the public. Even if he is a beggar, we will squeeze the galleons out of his pocket. Let's do this, immortality grass, unicorn blood, phoenix nails, these high-quality
Eliminate all cost materials, use only the cheapest medicinal materials, be sure to keep the cost down to 300 Galleons, and then sell it at a price of 500 Galleons."
Wang Xu knew very well that what made the life-extending ointment extend life was not the longevity grass or the blood of the unicorn, but the crystal core evolution fluid he took out.
In this case, why not go for the retro style? Those things are of no use anyway.
"If we cut these materials, what should we write in the production ingredients? We must know that adding unicorn blood and longevity grass is one of our major selling points." Slughorn agreed with Wang Xu's statement, but had to put it forward.
The questions that follow.
Wang Xu frowned and thought for a while, then quickly thought of a countermeasure, and said: "Publicly purchase the blood of unicorns and longevity grass from the outside world, let everyone know that we are in the process of purchasing the refining-related products.
Materials for making life-extension ointment. Then hoard most of these two materials, make a small part into powder, and add one gram to each bottle of life-extension ointment. Yes, it is one gram, absolutely no more, and then add it to the product content
, marked with the ingredients of unicorn blood and immortality.”
This method was not thought up by Wang Xu, but a money-making plan first thought up by domestic health care product companies.
Those health care product companies are using ginseng, deer antler, Ganoderma lucidum, and snow lotus as added ingredients.
But the general public does not know that the addition is added. There is no doubt that the amount that can be added is only one or two grams. Then the added ginseng and Ganoderma ingredients are written openly in the most eye-catching position.
Of course, this behavior may seem unscrupulous, but it is actually very conscientious.
For example, a certain health product called Chinese Turtle Essence, whose main raw material is Chinese soft-shelled turtle, produced 3,800 tons of product, but not even a single turtle was used.
On average, only one gram is used for one ton of product. If you add Taishang Laojun's golden elixir to it, it will be useless if it is diluted like this.
Compared with those who sell health care products, Wang Xu, who adds one gram to a bottle, feels that he is already a conscientious businessman. Who dares to say that he is deceiving consumers.
"Boss, there is a man named Maggie downstairs looking for you again. He said he wants to discuss cooperation with you." Just as Wang Xu was talking about business, the clerk downstairs ran up.
Wang Xu raised his brows slightly, with a slight smile on his lips, and said to Hermione next to him: "Did you see that Maggie's Potion Store is finally unable to hold it anymore!"
"We already have four potion shops, do we still need to acquire his potion shop?" Hermione was so happy that she couldn't help but ask in a low voice when she heard that it was Maggie who was coming.
"Need!" Wang Xu took Hermione out and said without looking back when he was about to go down the stairs: "Under our pressure, Maggie can persist for four or five months, which shows that he is a capable person.
The courageous head of the potion shop. If I can make this man useful to me, it doesn’t matter if I buy his potion shop at a premium. It’s easy to get an army, but it’s hard to find a general!"
Walking downstairs, Wang Xu saw Maggie again after a few months absence.
Compared to the day when the potion shop opened, Maggie looks much older now, from a tall, fat middle-aged man in his forties to a tall, thin man with half-white hair.
It is easy to tell from his gray and white hair and weathered face that he has not been living a good life these past few months.
"We meet again, Mr. McGill!" Wang Xu took the initiative to greet him and held McGill's hand.
Maggie's clothes were ragged and her eyes were bloodshot. She shook Wang Xu's hand vigorously: "You win, Boss Wang!"
"No, capital won. If you have abundant funds, I can't force you to admit defeat." Wang Xu pointed to the door and smiled: "There is a new bar opened in Diagon Alley, how about we go have a drink?"
Maggie nodded slightly and followed Wang Xu out.
Arriving at the bar, Wang Xu asked for a private room, three glasses of rum, and some side dishes to go with the wine.
When asked what she wanted, Maggie ordered a roast goose, a roasted dragon's liver, and two pieces of cream cake.
Hermione was surprised by what Magil ordered, because as a competitor, she had investigated Magil before and knew that Magil was a person who paid great attention to the taste of life, such as roast goose and cream cake, which were high-calorie greasy foods.
, the old Mai Qi Er couldn’t eat it.
Facing Hermione's question, McGill took two sips and said slightly sadly: "Now eat..."
The reason why I didn't eat these greasy things before was because Maggie was rich and had the ability to pursue a taste of life.
After months of confrontation, Michael was penniless and heavily in debt. As of yesterday, he didn't even have the money to buy bread.
Ever since he was hungry last night, the thing he wanted to eat the most was roast goose, something he would never eat before, but now he is so greedy that his mouth is watering.
After biting off half of the cake in one bite and taking another bite from the roasted goose that was roasted to brown, Maggie wolfed down the food and asked: "If I can still hold on, what are you going to do?"
"I will have people go to your shop to buy the potion, and then I will sue you to the Wizengamot Wizarding Court on the pretext that the potion is not up to standard, and let the newspapers brag about it." Wang Xu took a sip of wine.
He replied in a calm tone.
Maggie raised her head slightly and asked in question: "You should know that my potions are all qualified, and the Wizengamot will prove my innocence."
"I know, I just want to make it difficult for you, because Gringotts will not give you another loan until you are proven innocent. By then, without the loan and credibility, I think you will have no choice but to go bankrupt, and in the end you will
If you win the lawsuit, the newspaper will publicly apologize to you, but that will be after you go bankrupt. And I will generously buy your store when you are heavily in debt and have nothing but your reputation."
At this point, Wang Xu raised his wine glass and clinked it with Maggie's glass: "Did you hear the sound of the gold coins roaring?"
Maggie raised her head slightly, drank all the wine in her glass, and slowly closed her eyes: "It's very clear..."