Guild Boss's Ambition

As for the experimental subject? Now I can only use myself, right?

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25. The Next Stage (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

As a result, under the combined soft and hard attacks of the witch Bai Ye, my wonderful vacation was wasted in one fashion store after another. She had clearly signed a soul contract with me, but I was unknowingly at a disadvantage in the confrontation with her. This made me feel like I was being played around by this woman...

"I always feel like my age has been going backwards since I traveled through time. Is this just my illusion?"

"And I kept making excuses for Bai Ye. Am I suffering from Stockholm syndrome?"

That night, after taking a shower, I wrote in my diary while conducting my daily self-examination. At the same time, I carefully sorted out the various things that had happened recently. To be honest, although Bai Ye has clearly admitted what he did, I myself have no memory of that at all. Of course, I don’t want to recall the weird scene when I was dissected alive.

"Perhaps, I should give her more punishment?"

"Otherwise, her life might be a little too comfortable..."

"Damn it! I feel upset when I think of Bai Ye..."

giggle!

Suddenly, the door rang.

"It's almost twelve o'clock. Sister Meng'er and the others have been tired all day. They should go to bed early now, right?"

"Is it that shameless witch Bai Ye again?"

I glanced at the seven or eight bags of new clothes piled in the corner of the room that I hadn't had time to sort out, and I was suddenly filled with worries. But no matter who it was that knocked on the door in the middle of the night, I couldn't just leave it there and ignore it, for fear that someone else had something urgent to find me.

Crack!

"Sister Meng'er?"

Unexpectedly, Sister Menger appeared in front of my door with a pair of dark circles under her eyes.

She yawned loudly and explained her purpose in a weak voice: "I just finished writing the account book for this month, but because I am not in a good mood, I am a little doubtful about my calculations. Can you help me check the numbers?"

"Well, I'm free, please come in."

Seeing Sister Meng'er looking like she was about to fall asleep, I quickly invited her into the room, made her a cup of black tea to refresh herself, and then picked up the account book that she asked me to help proofread, and opened my system window at the same time.

The profit for May in the account book was 126 gold coins, 33 silver coins and 16 copper coins.

The system's profit for May was one hundred and forty-six gold coins, thirty-three silver coins, and sixteen copper coins.

There is an obvious contradiction between the two.

Compared to the calculation ability of a senior knight, my system produced on Earth is obviously more trustworthy. I lowered my head and recalculated the amounts in the account book from beginning to end. With the assistance of the system's computer, it only took fifteen minutes.

The result of the calculation made me burst out laughing: "Sister Meng'er, I see you are really exhausted. You probably forgot to include Xuanxun's compensation in the calculation, so there are twenty gold coins missing in the account. Please help correct it."

"Ahh, I actually underestimated twenty gold coins. Is there grass growing on my head?"

Sister Meng'er was complaining to herself, lying listlessly on the table, twisting her quill lazily as she corrected the errors in the account book. I found her dejected look interesting, because usually, the president was always busy with her work in the store with great energy, and it was rare for her to look so weak now.

But no matter how interesting it was, as a gentleman, I had to comfort the frustrated lady. Looking at the account book in her hand, I immediately remembered a good news, so I hurried to share it with the depressed Miss President.

"Well, Sister Meng'er, let me tell you something happy!"

"What--what--is--?" She was still questioning herself.

"It's about Ebi."

When she heard the name Hai Lao, she immediately cast a sharp gaze on me: "Xiao Lan, you were just dissected by a necromancer, and now you go to find that old pervert by yourself. Do you think your life is not exciting enough?"

"No, no, no, listen to me first...listen to me..."

I quickly explained, "The truth is, Hai Lao and I had an agreement earlier that as long as we successfully turn Stone House's performance from loss to profit, he will promise to seriously help us develop Stone House..."

Before I could finish my words, Sister Meng Er angrily attacked my innocent table: "That old guy has signed a contract to sell himself to our family for hundreds of years. How can he be qualified to promise anything? He should have worked hard for us!"

Hearing this, I had to pour cold water on Sister Meng'er: "Although he has signed an employment contract, it does not mean that he has to work hard for us. Moreover, what we want is not his hard work, but his wisdom and experience. President, don't think that a few cocktails can help you revive the Stone House. At most, it can only turn your place into a bar, not a real adventurer's guild."

Sister Meng'er just thought it was ridiculous: "The old guy's wisdom and experience? Yes, he has been in our Stone House for almost half of his life, but his ability is limited to the position of task appraiser. Now our Stone House has gained a lot of popularity, and the next step is to sort out the adventurer tasks..."

"However, if we want to improve the adventurer missions, I think Ebi Masaharu is the necessary element!"

Seeing Sister Meng'er look down on her own employees, I couldn't help but get angry: "In the entire Stone House, he is the one who is most familiar with this field. If he had participated in the preparation of Morning Star a while ago, I believe our profits this month would have increased significantly. Correct theory is undoubtedly the foundation of success, but practical experience is the key to maximizing profits!"

Sister Meng Er looked unacceptable: "Xiao Lan, you don't really think that Hai Lao is useful, do you?"

I nodded confidently without further explanation.

Sister Meng'er sighed and reluctantly agreed with me: "Since you have made up your mind, Xiaolan, there is no point in me objecting any further. However, Hai Lao is a scheming guy. You must be wary of him. It is best not to tell him too much about confidential matters, such as our cocktail recipes."

Hearing that, I immediately put aside my serious expression and smiled: "Yeah, no problem, I will only provide him with what he needs. I have already mastered the bartending business, so I don't need Mr. Hai's opinion for the time being. In short, I will go talk to Mr. Hai tomorrow to see what he thinks about the current situation of the stone house."

Sister Meng Er said worriedly: "I'll go with you tomorrow. It's not busy anyway."

Seeing Sister Meng'er treating Hai Lao as a wolf or a tiger, I couldn't help but find it a little funny, so I agreed immediately.

After finishing her talk about Hai Lao, Sister Meng'er stood up and went back to her room, but when she was halfway up, she suddenly remembered another thing.

She had a gloomy expression and said calmly, "When you went out with Bai Ye this morning, the thing we expected but didn't want to hear about finally happened. Our vodka supplier came to me this morning to lower the price, saying that several guilds had placed a large number of orders with them, so the supplier wanted to raise the price relatively."

“How much is the so-called some?”

"Not much, only 50%."

"Do you agree?" I asked with a frown.

"Of course I didn't agree. Anyway, I prepared a lot of stock early in the morning." She replied with a smile.

"Then, we can implement the next step of the plan." I relaxed my brows and smiled.

Mentioning the plan, Sister Meng'er immediately wiped away her tired expression: "It's terrible, Xiao Lan, you've made me want to see the disappointed expressions of those imitators more and more soon. They spent a lot of time and energy studying our formula, but in the end the results they got were not as good as those of other competitors who had done everything, and they even bought a lot of expensive materials for nothing..."

I blinked and asked with a smile, "So have you decided who to sell the Morning Star formula to?"

"That hasn't been decided yet." She hesitated.

Sensing her hesitation, I suddenly became more convinced of my idea: "Let's see. After all, we still need someone who knows the market. Even the best strategy needs to be coordinated with tactics. Hai Lao is a rare veteran. Even if his character is questionable, he understands both the terrain and the people's sentiments. He is more stable than you, a newcomer, when it comes to fighting."

"Hey, Xiao Lan, why do I always feel like you treat me like a tyrant..."

She slapped me with hurt look, and I stuck out my tongue to show that I didn't mean it.

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26. The Wisdom of the Elderly (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

On June 1st, the sky was clear and the air was fresh.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Sister Meng'er and I made an appointment to go to the third floor to find the task appraiser Hai Lao. Like usual, Hai Lao was still busy studying his photo album. As it was still early, there were not many customers, and we took advantage of this time to finish what we were going to discuss as soon as possible.

I snatched the photo album from the old man with a triumphant gesture, smiling ostentatiously: "Ebi, our sales this month are a hundred gold coins! According to our original agreement, should you show some appreciation today?"

However, he just calmly picked up the second photo album and said calmly: "You don't have much time, so you'd better get to the point. Otherwise, I'm afraid your Morning Star formula won't sell for a good price."

"..."

Sister Meng'er and I looked at each other, and we both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"How did you know our plan?" Sister Meng'er asked with a bad look on her face.

At this time, Hai Lao looked at us with a hint of surprise, and said meaningfully: "Oh? I didn't expect that you also wanted to sell the Morning Star formula, but your ideas should be different from mine. Perhaps you can share some information with me. What exactly is the reason that makes you willing to sell the rare Morning Star formula?"

"We have stockpiled a large amount of Morning Star materials." I replied puzzledly.

"I already knew this. You should have other options."

"This..." I looked at Sister Meng'er.

Sister Menger looked at Hai Lao deeply before she spoke: "In addition to Morning Star, we also have our own R&D team, and we have also come up with a brand new product. This is our backup."

"Brand-new product?" Ebi looked at me for confirmation.

“Yeah, that’s a new concoction like the Morning Star,” I explained.

Hai Lao shook his head and smiled contemptuously: "Since it is still a cocktail, it is not a brand new product. However, it is good to have this extended product. At least we can have more room for operation."

Having said this, Ebi put the photo album aside with a reluctant look on his face.

He cleared the table, put down a piece of white paper and a quill pen, and said calmly, "If Stone House wants to strive to be the best, we must face two major problems. The first is the huge debt owed for a long time, and the second is that the quality of various basic equipment does not meet market standards. In fact, the solutions to the above two problems point to the same direction..."

"We urgently need some start-up capital," I said.

Hai Lao nodded, looked at Sister Meng Er, and continued: "Selling the formula of Morning Star is one of the ways to raise funds, but before selling them, I want to hear how you plan to sell them?"

Rather than asking, it seems more like Ebi is testing his respondents.

I kept silent and just stared at Sister Meng'er, waiting for her answer with Hai Lao. After all, the stone house was still hers. It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. If one day I suddenly found a way to log out of this world, then Sister Meng'er would have to know how to face these important decisions alone. She is the irreplaceable guild president of this stone house!

However, Sister Meng'er shifted her gaze to me.

"Xiao Lan, what do I think we should do?"

Too bad, she seems to be becoming habitually dependent on me...

But is this Sister Meng'er's fault? No.

From her point of view, she just let the most suitable subordinates deal with the most suitable problems. As a manager, her approach is actually very appropriate. However, this is not the situation I want to see.

She must be able to stand on her own!

Under their gazes, I pretended to blink in bewilderment and stuck out my tongue to apologize: "I'm sorry, Sister Meng'er, I've been thinking about other things these days and didn't think so deeply for a while. But, didn't we prepare the initial outline of the plan at the beginning? I think as long as we move in that general direction, there shouldn't be any big problems."

I threw the question back to Sister Meng, and her expression froze immediately as she hadn't expected it.

"It doesn't matter. I already have some ideas myself."

To prevent me from feeling upset because she couldn't help, Sister Menger comforted me competently, then lowered her head and pondered with an expression that anyone could see was very distressed. At this time, I quickly glanced at Hai Lao -

Just as I expected, the old man smiled in an extremely obscene way!

He is obviously a sinister old man!

"Cough cough!"

After coughing twice, Sister Meng'er raised her head after thinking and analyzed: "First of all, the two adventurer guilds that obtained the Morning Star formula through unknown channels are [Silver Viper] and [Black Cloud World]. Since the Morning Star has been publicly sold in their stores, the formula we have is no longer unique, so..."

"therefore……"

Meng Er's thoughts suddenly started to go astray...

At this time, Hai Lao said thoughtfully: "Silver Viper and Black Cloud World? I remember that they are both dark guilds with very bad reputations. Over the past few decades, they have offended countless people."

Sister Meng'er raised her head as if a flash of inspiration had occurred to her, clenched her fist and smiled, "That's right. Over time, it's inevitable that there will be some resentment between guilds. I heard that the Silver Viper and the Golden Lion have been enemies for decades. We can just sell the Morning Star formula to the Golden Lion. I believe they will be very happy to buy our formula."

Hai Lao raised his eyebrows and added, "Miss, do you want to take advantage of the hatred between guilds? I remember that because of a transaction, Black Cloud World seems to have fallen out with Holy Light Heaven recently. I think those light believers will also join us in fighting the darkness."

Sister Meng Er put her hands on her hips and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's it! That's it!"

My sister Meng'er, if this is really the case, we will earn much less──

For the sake of the Stone House's financial future, I had to point out the problem at the right time: "Miss, in addition to the Golden Lion and Bright Heaven, perhaps we can sell the Morning Star formula to more guilds? And if we sell the formula today, how can we prevent other formula owners from reselling the wine recipe?"

Hai Lao nodded and agreed: "The ideal situation is to sell Morning Star's wine recipe to the most guilds at the highest price."

Looking at Sister Meng'er who looked confused, I had no choice but to further clarify the situation.

"In other words, we need a special marketing strategy to get other guilds to sell orders!"

"Marketing strategy?" Sister Meng'er still looked confused.

Hai Lao glanced at me with interest and guessed, "This term probably refers to a trading strategy. Now, when we sell the Morning Star formula, we will inevitably encounter two problems. The first is that other guilds don't have to spend money to buy it. They can all get the Morning Star formula in the future. The second is that the guilds that get the formula may resell it."

"Then won't our wine recipe be able to be sold?" Sister Meng'er was immediately shocked by Hai Lao's analysis.

At this time, Hai Lao smiled mysteriously and solved the dilemma himself: "You are wrong. Stone House is absolutely qualified to sell all the wine recipes. The Silver Viper used their cleverness to copy our recipes, but they overlooked one thing, that is, the honor of the people of the Bright Alliance. In this city, honor is more valuable than gold!"

I immediately understood what he meant, because his thoughts were exactly the same as mine, just with different words.

He thinks about the people's sense of honor, and I think about the company's brand image.

But we have different paths and the same goal. We still have to do the same thing. I added on behalf of Hai Lao: "We can use public opinion to portray the two guilds that plagiarized the wine recipe as bad guys like thieves, and at the same time, we can also highlight the guild that bought the recipe from us as an honest merchant. In addition to selling the wine recipe to them, we also praise their honor, and the honor will win them more customers."