Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 167 The First Potion Order

Anglu and Aisie paused for a moment, then quickly changed their smiles and invited Locke to enter the shop first.

After all, they were good friends with Locke, so they couldn't just ask him to leave like they had refused Robert.

Robert watched as Locke was welcomed into the shop by the two shopkeepers, and he felt indignant. He turned and left angrily, muttering under his breath, "Damn it, this is so unfair."

"Judging from their appearance, they must be friends, so the reason my potions aren't selling is because I lack the connections in this area."

Robert's eyes darted around, and he made a completely wrong judgment. "It seems that if I want my potion-making lab to stay open, I'll have to make friends with a few owners of potion shops."

“I’m not desperate at all. If all else fails, I can sign a few loan agreements first… or I can find a job and use the salary to support my personal pharmaceutical shop. As long as I can make a few shop manager friends, I should be able to open up the first sales channel.”

Robert grew increasingly excited. "Once my personal pharmacy can sell its first product, selling other medicines will be much easier."

"This is the most difficult time for me right now, but things will get better!"

……

Inside the Owl Cauldron shop, Aisie and Anglu had the shop assistant pour Locke a cup of fragrant Anglu tea and then invited Locke into the VIP room.

Upon entering the VIP room, all the airs that Anglu and Aisha had put on in front of the staff vanished.

Anglu shrugged, leaned against the wall, and said to Locke, "Locke, you've given me a tough problem. Let me make this clear beforehand: even if you're my friend, I can't give you too many favors."

“If Lady Irina finds out that I let substandard potions into the Owl Cauldron shop, I’ll lose my job.”

Aisie nodded in agreement.

Locke nodded. "Understood."

He only came here to save himself the trouble.

Based on the experimental data of the memory ointment, even if you go to other large potion shops, you will eventually encounter a potion shop that interests you.

But since this relationship exists, why not use it?

“I understand.” Locke took a sip of Anglura tea without ceremony, then placed the experimental data and production certificate of the memory ointment in front of Anglu and Aishi.

Anglu and Aisi each glanced at Locke, then sat down and began to read seriously.

The biggest advantage of having connections is that you can skip those things and make others believe in your time and effort.

Indeed, only outstanding products can win orders.

But the premise is that others also need to carefully look at the experimental data of your product.

Ten minutes later, Locke looked at Anglu and Aisie, whose expressions were gradually becoming serious, and said, "If your store doesn't intend to order my memory ointment, I can go to another store."

"it does not matter."

Anglu quickly waved his hand, raised his head, and said to Locke, "No, no, no, your memory ointment is not comparable to what that first-class wizard apprentice brought over."

"Locke, you actually improved the formula of the Concentration Ointment."

Aisie, standing to the side, also looked like she'd seen a ghost.

Aisha said in a low voice, "The Concentration Ointment is an old formula with a long history. In the last hundred years, there have only been some minor improvements in the production process. It is precisely because the technology is mature that the academy distributes five tubes of Concentration Ointment to second-class wizard apprentices every month."

"As a benefit."

Anglu nodded and said, "That's right. Concentration Ointment is a widely used potion, but if the experimental data on your Memory Ointment are true, then even first-class wizard apprentices would have a need to buy it."

Aisi said, "How could it be fake? Locke even published a B-level article using this data. Its value had to be confirmed by the prophetic spells of those general scholars."

“Besides, I’ve always thought Locke’s character is much better than yours, Anglu.” Anglu’s mind worked faster than Aishi’s; he quickly came up with many ideas. “There aren’t many potions that can improve memory, so this one will have huge sales.”

"Those shapeshifters who study Transfiguration magic, generalists of the generalist school, quick-draw artists of the enchanting school, illusionists of the illusionist school, and defensive wizards of the protection school... these wizards in the magical subfields that require super memory will also need memory ointment."

Anglu's eyes lit up. In his mind, if he and Aisie could get their hands on this potion, even if it was just a few months earlier than other potion shops, they would receive a huge reward from Lady Irina.

If it weren't for industry practice, potion makers wouldn't form long-term, fixed partnerships with individual shops like breeders do.

He even wanted to establish a single-channel partnership with Locke.

Anglu looked up at Locke and smiled enthusiastically, "Locke, is this your work?"

Locke nodded slightly.

Anglu and Aisie nodded in admiration. Anglu exclaimed, "I heard that the witch Sophia was the most brilliant genius of our Lilith Hut in the previous generation. Now it seems that you two are of the same lineage."

"Locke, your talent in potions is far superior to mine and Aisie's."

"You only took three months."

"The third-class wizard apprentice you used for the experiment seems to be a second-class wizard apprentice now. Hmm, his original aptitude was level 4, and according to the general pattern, he should become a second-class wizard apprentice in about three years."

"It's been two and a half years now. It seems your memory ointment has helped him a lot."

Locke tried to conceal his intentions slightly, saying, "Three months is just the time for converting experimental data. The time I spent improving the Concentration Ointment was much longer than that."

"I was just lucky to have discovered a direction that could be improved."

"As for that third-class wizard apprentice, I think the reason he was able to accelerate his time to become a second-class wizard apprentice is not only because of the memory ointment, but also because I hired him as a test subject. He earned 100 magic stones from me every month and used those magic stones to buy a lot of resources."

Anglu smiled and nodded slightly. "This is the first time I've seen someone promote their potions at a potion shop without exaggerating their effects, and even downplay the value of their experimental data reports."

Anglu laughed and said, "Locke, our shop usually buys Concentration Ointment for 12 magic stones per tube, but if we sell it to customers, it's 15 magic stones per tube."

"That's equivalent to earning a profit of 3 magic stones per item."

"But the market demand for memory ointment is obviously much greater, and its efficacy is better, so we'll buy your memory ointment for 15 magic stones per tube, is that alright?"

Locke nodded slightly.

This price was in line with his previous expectations.

Anglu couldn't wait. "Then we can sign the contract. But how many tubes of memory ointment can you provide us per month?"

Locke thought for a moment. "About 375. It could be more, it could be less."

Anglu felt a little disappointed. "Couldn't we have produced more?"

"Locke, potions are consumables, and the market demand is much greater than that for magical plants."

Locke gave a wry smile. "The main problem is that my productivity as an individual is limited."

I do need to recruit more second-class wizard apprentices, and if necessary, I can even recruit first-class wizard apprentice assistants in the future.

Establish a large personal pharmaceutical lab!
Just like Anglon, Albert, Estelle, and Miranda.

However, before doing so, I need to establish a firm foothold and figure out the ins and outs of the potion trade before I can do this.

Otherwise, they will end up like Robert, who blindly invested and ended up in serious financial problems.

(End of this chapter)