I Carry a Game World With Me

Chapter 275: Chapter 254: Dream-Returning Wine Cracked?

The offers from Louis and the others gave Baguda a lot more confidence.

In the end, they decided on an ex-factory price of 20,000 Xuanfeng Coins for the once-diluted, low-grade Dream-Returning Wine and 50,000 Xuanfeng Coins for the normal-grade Dream-Returning Wine, which was produced every three days.

These ex-factory prices were equivalent to 2,000 and 5,000 Dragon Country Yuan.

As for the retail price, it would be 3,000-4,000 and 6,000-7,000 Yuan, respectively.

Of course, this was just the rough price range that Yang Ming, Louis, and the others had discussed.

The exact retail price would naturally depend on the situation.

In the Dragon Country, this price for a bottle of the same volume was slightly higher than Blue Label in a bar, but not outrageous.

Therefore, since the price wasn’t too outrageous, Ah Pao was confident the wine would sell like crazy. Once the nightclub crowd got a taste of it, they would find it absolutely irresistible.

Some might say this price point abandoned the average person.

Unfortunately, in a bar, people who order expensive foreign liquor will order expensive foreign liquor. Those who only order alcopops and beer will only stick to those. It was a given. You couldn’t expect someone who orders alcopops and beer to suddenly start ordering premium liquor.

That’s why, most of the time, the attractive girls in the bar knew exactly which tables to approach.

Baguda could only lament his own lack of worldliness at such prices before gladly accepting them.

’At this price, just as the Governor said, even after increasing the procurement price for the base liquor, giving the distillery employees a raise, and raising the purchase price for raw materials, the cost is still negligible.’

’It’s all profit.’

And since the distillery was official Xuanfeng Alliance property, when the Xuanfeng Alliance made money, it would have funds to develop. This was definitely a virtuous cycle.

He was thrilled. He finally understood what the Governor meant by passing the costs on to others.

Afterward, the agency contracts were signed one by one.

Yang Ming and his partners secured the exclusive agency for the Dragon Country.

Louis secured the exclusive agency for the Beautiful Country.

Other liquor merchants and wealthy individuals also received regional exclusive agencies or partial distribution rights based on their companies’ strength.

Of course, the exclusive agency wasn’t without its limits. Under special circumstances, the Xuanfeng Alliance reserved the right to add or replace agents, with the final right of interpretation belonging to the Xuanfeng Alliance.

This served as a special shackle.

’Sell the wine for me with all your heart, and I’ll let you keep the agency. But if you get any funny ideas, then I’m afraid I can’t help you.’

Ultimately, for the first order, these agents signed contracts with the Xuanfeng Alliance for 3 million bottles of low-grade Dream-Returning Wine and 900,000 bottles of high-grade Dream-Returning Wine.

Once the contracts were signed, they had to pay a 40% deposit upfront.

The total came to 42 billion Xuanfeng Coins, or 4.2 billion Dragon Country Yuan.

Furthermore, the goods would only be shipped after the payment was received.

This amount of money might not be much for a large nation like the Dragon Country, but for the Xuanfeng Alliance, it was an enormous sum.

Most importantly, the orders were limited not for lack of demand, but because even though the Xuanfeng Alliance had acquired and consolidated the distilleries, their workforce was limited, production capacity couldn’t keep up, and it took time to transport the raw materials to the Wind Capital.

Therefore, Baguda didn’t dare to accept any more orders and had to limit the quantity.

However, once this order was completed, subsequent orders would be even more explosive, because Dream-Returning Wine would have become all the rage by then.

Yang Ming, Ah Pao, and Master Kai were all beaming with excitement, clutching their contracts without a care for anyone else.

They had received the largest share of this batch of orders: 500,000 of the 3 million bottles of low-grade Dream-Returning Wine, and 200,000 of the 900,000 bottles of high-grade Dream-Returning Wine, far exceeding everyone else.

The three of them also paid a deposit of 800 million Dragon Country Yuan.

Of course, Master Kai fronted all the money, which showed how deep his pockets were.

Compared to Yang Ming and Ah Pao, Master Kai was taking a loss on this deal, but he was happy to do so. After all, the mere fact that Yang Ming and his group had secured the exclusive agency was worth the capital he had fronted.

That’s how business worked. You either contribute money, connections, or resources. There was no set formula. As long as you could make a massive profit in the long run, that was all that mattered.

Otherwise, how could any deal ever get done?

"On what grounds?" Louis demanded, his face etched with displeasure. He turned to Baguda. "Mr. Baguda, I don’t believe the Weston Company’s order should be smaller than the one for the Dragon Country group. As you know, Weston Company is the largest liquor distribution company."

’His order was actually smaller than those three from the Dragon Country. Since when was the liquor business based on who drank more? Shouldn’t it be based on sales volume?’

This infuriated him.

But he knew how potent this wine was, so he didn’t dare show his displeasure to Baguda and could only inquire.

Baguda gave Louis a surprised look and said, "Mr. Louis, I do apologize. But the Dragon Country has a population of 1.4 billion, so naturally, we have to allocate a larger order to them."

Of course, this was just an excuse he made up.

The real reason their order was larger was because the Governor had personally decided it.

Otherwise, the Weston Company’s distribution channels were indeed the strongest.

Unfortunately, the Governor’s word was law. There was nothing to be done.

"Everyone, now that the contracts are signed, the Xuanfeng Alliance will begin production as soon as possible. Once your deposits arrive, we will ship out the first batch." Not wanting to get entangled, Baguda spoke quickly and then hurried away with the contracts.

He had more important things to attend to.

Everything the Governor had mentioned before was contingent on the Dream-Returning Wine deal being finalized at the previously set prices.

Now, not only was the deal done, but the prices for both grades of wine had far exceeded the original figures.

Therefore, all the plans the Governor had laid out could now be put into motion. His mind was now completely focused on this matter.

He had always wanted to do good for the people and let them benefit.

He just never had the ability before. Now that the Governor had set things up so perfectly, if he still couldn’t do a good job, he might as well die to atone for his failure.

Moreover, his faith in the Governor’s methods grew stronger. He was certain the Governor would make the Xuanfeng Alliance better and better in the future.

Thinking of this, Baguda felt that the greatest service he had ever done for the people was having that brain fart and sending troops to attack Dalat Town, which had brought His Excellency the Governor to them.

If he hadn’t done such a foolish thing back then, His Excellency the Governor would never have been drawn here, and today’s situation would never have come to pass.

’So, how can you say I don’t deserve some credit for this?’

Baguda’s abrupt departure left Louis furious. Anyone could see that this Dream-Returning Wine was a guaranteed money-maker. A larger order meant a larger profit.

The crucial point was that the other party’s attitude was a clear sign of disrespect.

"Looking down on the Weston Company?" Louis snorted coldly and walked out of the banquet hall.

Baguda’s attitude had thoroughly displeased him.

He then took out his phone and made a call. "Contact Professor Daler. I want him to reverse-engineer a type of wine. As long as he can crack the formula, I’ll pay any price."

Louis hung up the phone, the sneer on his face deepening.

’For now, I’ll just get the wine from the Xuanfeng Alliance. But once Dream-Returning Wine is reverse-engineered, I’ll create my own brand and drive the Xuanfeng Alliance’s wine out of the market.’

’They will regret this then.’

「The next day」

Louis left with several bottles of Dream-Returning Wine.

The other agents did the same. The orders had been placed, and as soon as the wine was produced, it would be shipped to everyone.

They could now return home and prepare for sales.

As soon as Louis returned to the Beautiful Country, his secretary was already waiting for him. The moment she saw him, she said, "Boss, I’ve already contacted Professor Daler for you. But as you know, getting him to reverse-engineer a wine is very expensive. Some wines can even take a long time to crack, maybe a year, maybe two. It could cost tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions."

Louis, however, said, "At least Professor Daler has integrity. As long as he agrees to it, he’ll definitely get results."

’Besides, if we can reverse-engineer Dream-Returning Wine, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs, it will be worth it.’

Before long, Louis arrived at a laboratory and met Professor Daler.

The professor was highly renowned. He was expensive, but for good reason.

"Mr. Louis, let me see your wine!" Professor Daler didn’t waste any time and got straight to the point.

’Plenty of people like Louis come knocking on my door.’

’It’s always the same old story.’

Louis nodded and handed the wine he had brought to Professor Daler.

After taking the wine, Professor Daler led Louis inside and began analyzing its components in front of a machine.

He had his own system; he only needed to test the wine to figure everything out.

To his surprise, the test data for the wine Louis brought was extremely simple. He easily identified all the ingredients.

「Three days passed in the blink of an eye.」

Professor Daler handed a file to Louis and said, "Louis, the wine you brought wasn’t difficult at all. I’ve already identified all the materials it contains."

"So quickly?" Louis was astonished.

Professor Daler smiled. "This kind of thing comes down to luck. If the materials are easy to detect, it’s fast. Otherwise, it’s slow. It just so happens that this wine doesn’t contain any special ingredients, so the analysis was quick."

"Also, I ran the tests several times. There are really only these few ingredients. I didn’t detect anything new."

"Furthermore, this wine is made by soaking materials in a pre-existing liquor, so the final product can be made quickly."

"Excellent." Louis immediately nodded and took the file.

Professor Daler’s reputation and ability were both top-notch; no one in the entire Beautiful Country was better than him.

His word was authoritative.

Professor Daler said, "This analysis wasn’t difficult, Louis. 500,000 USD will be fine."

"Of course, Professor." Louis couldn’t care less about such a small amount of money.

He was, however, finding it hard to believe.

’I can’t believe the Xuanfeng Alliance’s Dream-Returning Wine was so easy to reverse-engineer.’

’It’s a good thing they underestimated me, which led me to find Professor Daler.’

Louis quickly returned to his company with the file. As soon as he reached his office, his secretary said, "Mr. Louis, the Xuanfeng Alliance called. They need us to wire the deposit."

Hearing this, Louis sneered. "Deposit? I’m about to have my own Dream-Returning Wine, and they still want a deposit? Tell them that Weston no longer needs their wine. I’m breaking the contract. If they have a problem with it, they can sue me!"

"Yes, sir." The secretary stared at Louis in astonishment but still went out to do as she was told.

Louis then eagerly summoned someone else and ordered, "Help me steep a batch of wine. I want a finished product as soon as possible."

Clearly, he had complete faith in Professor Daler.

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