Chapter 65 Negotiation
Flowery month, 16th.

Phil’s Potion Shop.

The store, which is large enough to accommodate more than a dozen people without feeling crowded, is bustling with people coming and going.

Apparently, the magic potion market was extremely prosperous during this period and had entered the “peak sales season”.

All this is thanks to the changes outside the city.

Most people regarded the changes outside the city as opportunities, and many outsiders even came here specifically to “pan for gold.”

After all, under normal circumstances, if you want to hunt underground creatures, you have to go deep into the dangerous primeval forest.

At the edge of the forest close to human cities, there are rare earth creatures.

But now, in the forest outside Hogan City, underground creatures are common.

This kind of hunting activity, which provides a way out and is much safer, is almost like picking up money for many mages who rely on hunting underground creatures as their main source of income.

The increase in hunting activities also led to an unusually prosperous potion market in Hogan City.

There were three or four shop assistants in the store, busy greeting customers.

Gao De waited for a while, and when one of the shop assistants was free, he immediately took the opportunity to go over.

“I want to see Mr. Oliver. Please inform him for me,” said Godard.

The clerk was slightly startled when he heard this, but when he saw that it was Gao De, he immediately reacted and the smile on his face became attentive.

“Please wait.”

He immediately climbed up the stairs to the second floor, and after a while, he hurried downstairs.

“Mr. Oliver is waiting for you upstairs, please follow me.” He greeted warmly and led Gode to the second floor.

The upstairs is not as spacious as the downstairs and has only a few rooms.

The clerk led Gold to the innermost door and said, “This is Mr. Oliver’s VIP room for guests. I’ve brought you here. Please go in by yourself.”

After saying this, the clerk left on his own accord.

Gao De knocked on the door with a normal expression.

“Come in.” Oliver’s steady voice came out.

When Goder opened the door, he saw Oliver sitting behind the large nanmu table that decorated the luxurious VIP room.

He lowered his head and wrote something on paper with a quill.

After entering the door, Godard did not say anything and waited patiently for Oliver to finish what he was doing.

Is there really something urgent that cannot be stopped even for entertaining guests?
Obviously not.

It’s just to create psychological pressure on him.

If he loses his temper and speaks first, he will subconsciously feel guilty for interrupting others, and in the subsequent conversation, he will be at a disadvantage before it even starts.

Gao De looked at the VIP room with interest.

It can be seen that the decorative materials in the room are extremely precious, even the green plants used as decorations are extremely precious golden thread vines.

But what shocked Gao De the most was the huge diamond-shaped magic crystal weighing more than five kilograms placed on the large nanmu table.

Magic crystal is one of the most precious mineral resources in the world.

The magic crystal contains amazing energy, and almost all magical facilities cannot do without the power supply of magic crystals.

Such a neat and huge piece of natural magic crystal would probably cost hundreds of gold coins, but it was placed on the table as a decoration.

In other words, a decoration worth one hundred thousand yuan was placed in front of Gaode.

What a luxury.

What a stingy person.

Hundreds of gold coins worth of magic crystals were placed on the table as decoration to show identity.

However, they only offered a low price of two hundred gold coins to the Seda Medicinal Garden, which had been in business for more than ten years.

Knowing that Gode had entered the room, Oliver, who had been writing with his head down, took two or three minutes before putting down the pen and looking up at Gode.

“What’s the matter with you coming to see me today? Have you figured it out?”

Goder nodded. “I’ve thought about it carefully. It’s true that joining Phil’s Potion Shop is a rare opportunity. It’s hard to come by again if you miss it. I think even if Master Seda comes back and knows about this decision, he won’t object.”

“So, I agree to your proposal and am willing to transfer the Seda Medicine Garden to you.” “It’s a wise decision.” Oliver praised, seeming very satisfied with Gode’s understanding.

“But.” Here, Gao De continued.

“But what?” Oliver frowned and looked at Goder with a creepy look, which gave people a sense of oppression.

“It costs more money!” Gao De gritted his teeth and said “with difficulty”.

“Two hundred gold coins is really too low. Master Seda paid more than this price to buy this herb garden. If he knows that I sold the herb garden at this price after he comes back, he will definitely punish me.”

“Really?” Oliver narrowed his eyes and looked at Godet, then laughed, revealing a sense of seeing through things but not saying them out loud.

“If you really say so, it seems to be a bit low. If you are blamed by Master Seda because of this, I will feel bad.”

As he spoke, Oliver stood up from behind the large nanmu table, grabbed the paper he had just written, and handed it to Gode.

“Sign this contract,” he said, his face wrinkled like dry bark, “and I’ll give you another hundred gold coins.”

Gao De’s heart moved, and he took the contract calmly, his eyes sweeping over the contract.

The content is very simple.

The goal is to have Gode join Phil’s Potion Shop and prepare potions for it.

Phil’s Potion Shop will provide resources to train him to a certain extent.

In addition, in the contract, he offered Gode a base salary of 10 gold coins per month, as well as half of the profit from the sale of each set of magic potions he prepared as commission.

Assuming he prepares a set of primary spider venom potion every day and sells them all, Gaode can earn more than 12.5 gold in a month.

Although it is not as much as the monthly income from the medicine garden, it is better in that the income is guaranteed regardless of drought or flood, and there is no need to worry about sales or manage the medicinal materials by oneself.

Of course, this is an assessment based on Goder’s current level of potions.

As his potion skills improve, the gap between this “salary” and the income he can generate from running his own medicine garden will become larger and larger.

If Phil’s Potion Shop could adjust the treatment in a timely manner according to Gaode’s level of alchemy, it would be a more reasonable treaty.

The problem is, obviously not.

Because the term on the contract clearly reads “20 years”!
If within 20 years, Goder no longer wishes to produce medicine for Phil’s Pharmacy, he can terminate the contract early.

However, for every year in advance the contract is terminated, a penalty of 100 Sean gold coins will need to be paid to Phil’s Potion Shop.

If you terminate the contract ten years in advance, the compensation will be 1000 Sean gold coins.

Gao De frowned and expressed his dissatisfaction directly, “Isn’t the contract period too long? And the termination fee is too high.”

“Haha.” Oliver smiled wryly, “Twenty years is not a long time. In twenty years, you will be in your thirties, in the prime of your life. Why worry that twenty years is too long?”

“Besides, this contract won’t be final. If your pharmaceutical skills improve quickly, I will increase your salary appropriately and re-sign the contract with you.”

Don’t take a single word of a merchant’s assurance seriously unless there is a signed written contract.

Gao De actually did so, he sneered in his heart and didn’t believe it at all.

Oliver continued to talk: “As for the termination fee, once you become our potion master, we will put a lot of effort and cost into training you.”

“If we don’t raise the termination fee a bit, once you’ve improved your skills and become more independent, you can easily pay the termination fee and go work in another potion shop. Wouldn’t that make us the scapegoats and make things easier for others?”

“Let’s not talk about the termination fee. Once this contract is signed, you will receive 300 gold.” Oliver said meaningfully, and vaguely pointed to Gode.

After hearing this, Gao De fell into silence for a long time, with a conflicted expression on his face, as if he was thinking.

When Oliver saw this scene, a hint of complacency flashed in his eyes.

He is also an old businessman and has bargained countless times.

It’s obvious that once the other party shows this expression, it basically means the deal is done.

As expected, after a moment, Gao De suddenly raised his head and asked, “Why do the other apprentices in the medicine garden only have my contract? Where are theirs?”

“We at Phil’s Potion Shop won’t sign a contract with everyone. Only for someone as capable as you will we specially draft a contract.” Oliver said calmly.

“Don’t worry. Since I paid a high price to acquire the Seda Medicine Garden, I will naturally continue to employ people from the garden.”

It was like the last straw that broke the camel’s back. After hearing Oliver’s assurance, God seemed to have made up his mind, “Okay.”

“However, I cannot produce the land deed and house deed for the time being.”

(End of this chapter)