Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 275: A genius plan

Leo smiled satisfyingly as he began explaining his plan to Shane.

Although he wasn’t sure yet on how it was going to work out. He did have a plan in mind that would help him fulfill his production needs.

“While you’re right that I don’t have a production line set up yet. My friend ‘TheBoss’ has promised to allocate land to me at extremely cheap prices and set up production units in his Barony as long as I provide employment to the poor and unemployed people of his region.

Not only is his Barony apparently suffering from a lack of employment opportunities, but it’s also suffering from severe food shortages, so my friend was hoping that by bringing industry to his Barony, it would help alleviate some of those troubles.

While transportation of goods to a remote Barony will indeed cost more in logistics, but I think I can make up for it in terms of cheap land costs and labor, keeping the price of my product as competitive as if it were produced near a big city” Leo said as he presented his well researched plan to Shane.

‘This guy is the real deal…. He’s a cut-throat businessman, he has even managed to convince that dumb Baron ‘TheBoss’ to a deal that’s profitable for both of them.

Using an impoverished Barony for cheap labor….. that’s simply genius!!’ Shane thought, as he mistook Leo for a business genius despite that not being the case at all.

Initially when Shane met ‘TheBoss’ at the Royal Gala, he was taken aback by his stupidity.

As good of a fighter as ‘TheBoss’ was, he was equally dumb when it came to business and politics as he had accepted the role of administering one of the worst Baronies in the entire Empire that was almost impossible to turn around.

Since it was not well connected with roads, did not have fertile land for farming and no major industries, the population of the Barony was sparse and the tax revenue was near 0.

Taking up the role of administering such a Barony was akin to committing career suicide as it was extremely difficult to turn such a place into a prosperous township, as the starting point given was below zero.

However, if teaming up with a major industrialist like Leo, who could bring major employment opportunities and commerce to the Barony, there was actual hope in turning things around and Shane did not believe that ‘TheBoss’ could come up with the idea of something so genius.

This meant that Leo Skyshard was not only a genius merchant, but also a wise administrator who had very close ties with a powerful warrior like ‘TheBoss’.

‘Connections…. Innovation…. Cunning …. This guy has everything!’ Shane thought as he took a small piece of cloth and dabbed it across his forehead to absorb the sweat.

“Well, Mr. Leo, how many more products do you have to show us?” Shane Inquired, as Leo emptied out his inventory and brought out a wide array of poisons and other products, looking at which two more of Shane’s executives fainted.

*CRASH*

*THUD*

“Huh?” Leo murmured in confusion as he did not understand why the White Tiger Executives were fainting one after another.

However, what Leo did not understand was the value of his own products.

With neither him nor Ben belonging to the world of commerce, the duo did not fully understand the economic potential of the products passed down to Ben from his father or the secret recipes of the Night Guild.

While Leo thought that his products were just like any other in the market and that Shane must receive pitches like this daily from a wide array of merchants, the reality of the situation was that Shane never received a pitch like this in his entire career.

If whatever Leo claimed turned out to be true, then Shane knew that the White Tiger Group was going to evolve into becoming an Economic Powerhouse unlike any other which was exactly why he could not let this chance slip away.

“Hahaha, Mr Leo I hope you don’t mind labeling these bottles and listing out their uses for us.

With so many products it will be hard to remember which one is supposed to do what” Shane said, as listening to this statement Leo felt slightly embarrassed.

To him it felt like he was showing too much and taking up too much of their time, which is why he apologized and quickly began labeling and listing down the uses of his products instead of giving an individual pitch.

While he did that, Shane secretly gulped a mouthful of water and slapped his cheeks to keep his composure as at this point he could not stop his hands and feet from trembling with excitement.

“Here, the full list of products and what they do-” Leo said, handing over a piece of paper to Shane who took it with an amiable smile.

“Please give us a couple days time to verify the use of these products….

Let’s schedule a meeting at the same time here in two days if that’s okay with you?” Shane asked politely as Leo nodded his head in understanding.

“Sure, that sounds great Mr.Shane. I’m leaving town in 3 days, so a meeting two days from now sounds perfect” Leo said, as he extended his hand for Shane to shake, who took it with both his palms and shook it warmly.

“Hahaha, Mr.Leo, I’m looking forward to working with you-” Shane said, as his attitude took a complete 180° now compared to when Leo first entered the room.

When Leo had first entered, Shane was only being polite to him to exploit him later, however, by the time Leo left, he was polite to Leo because he could not afford to offend him.

The reason behind why he did not lock the deal right now was because the uses of some of Leo’s products sounded too good to be true, which was why he wanted to verify the authenticity of his claims before making him any big offers.

However, if it turned out that whatever Leo claimed was true, then Shane was ready to bend over backwards to make a deal with him anyhow.