Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 277: Product Report

( Shane’s POV, The White Tiger Group Branch Office, StrongHaven City )

Shane shivered uncontrollably once the report on the effectiveness of Leo’s products came back.

Upon reading the report, he momentarily forgot how to breathe as he felt extremely dizzy and light headed and as if the world was spinning under his feet.

Thankfully the chair he was sitting on was very stable and did not crash like those of his employees, as without the chairs support, Shane had no doubt in his mind that he would have crashed too.

“So you applied the green healing liquid on someone with a light skin allergy, someone with a first degree burn and someone with a second degree blister and they all healed within 20 seconds?” Shane asked in surprise, as never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that he would be able to get his hands on such an incredible product.

“Yes sir, while we did not have enough sample to create a proper medicinal bath and to test it’s constitution improvement and relaxation capabilities, with the small vial we had, we ran three micro tests and the product has shown excellent results in all three” The White Tiger Executive replied, as Shane read the detailed report on the products performance.

“Sir Leo has listed the price of the liquid as 25 silver coins per liter. So that’s about 0.025 silver coins per ml.

Compared to a basic healing potion of the same strength which costs 0.1 silver coins per ml, this product is 75% cheaper.

This means that we can sell this product not just as a medicinal bath, but also as a healing potion for microabrasions and skin diseases.

It’s an absolute winner” The executive further clarified as Shane’s eyes brightened at the very thought of undercutting the price of a basic healing potion.

The basic healing potion was a commodity that was currently being sold at a uniform rate throughout the Empire, because all business houses knew that undercutting each other on this basic necessity would spell doom for everyone.

However, with this new and unique product, Shane could drive some of his competitor’s to bankruptcy by making his store the only one that sold a basic healing potion for under 0.5 silver coins. 50% below market rate.

“As for the green poison that also couples as a fertilizer, it’s been shown to have enough strength to kill small bugs up till the size of a grasshopper, but cannot kill larger insects like rats.

It indeed couples as a fertilizer and has the potential to increase the farming yield while also being easy to wash off before consumption.

It’s also a winning product which will pay off 10 times the price of its purchase by helping increase the yield.

If we play our cards right, we may be able to supply this product to farmers nation-wide” The executive reported, as Shane sucked in a breath of cold air listening to this report.

With these two products alone Shane could capture the Empire-Wide market and start to dominate in the merchant world, however, even apart from these two Leo had given him countless extremely useful products.

The wolf-slaying poison’s alternative, the purple poison was also just as effective as he claimed it to be, while the red poison, orange poison and the myriad other poisons he cooked were also useful although their sellers market was niche.

Overall, apart from a couple products, Shane found 15 of Leo’s products worth purchasing, with 3 amongst them being products that had industry changing potential.

“What about the background of Mount Faulkner Trading Company? What have you found out about it?” Shane asked, as while everything else seemed to be too good to be true, he wanted to leave no leaf unturned before making Leo his essential trading partner.

“Sir there is no background to be uncovered, because there is no official trading firm registered under the name ‘Mount Faulkner Trading Company’.

Up till now, Leo Skyshard hasn’t done a single penny worth of trade, nor paid a single bronze coin in income taxes.

His background is as clean as it gets… he’s not from the business world at all” The executive replied as Shane frowned when he heard these words.

“No– I refuse to believe that Leo Skyshard is not a merchant….” Shane said, as he shook his head from side to side and tried to make sense of the situation.

“Not only did he provide us with a list of products, but he also provided us with the estimated time for production, the cost, the reason behind why we should buy it and the potential area where it can be marketed.

He’s definitely someone from a business background as without having an upbringing in business one cannot understand what makes a product competitive in the market.

If there are two manufacturers selling the same product, one for a lesser price than the other, then it isn’t necessary that the one selling for cheaper is better even if the quality is same.

Managing the supply chain is a big part of business and having the foresight to see which product will be impacted by supply chain disruptions and which product won’t be impacted is something only veteran businessmen who have suffered major losses in life understand.

If his trading company has never done business before then it only means that he’s a second generation merchant who is trying to make it out into the world on his own.

But that man is not a newbie…..” Shane said, as he rated Leo too highly while Leo wasn’t actually worthy of that assessment.

The reason behind why Leo knew how to make a proper product pitch was because he worked on Earth as a repairman.

Not only did he have to quote his hourly rate, but also often quote the price of materials, the estimated time of completion and many other small details to receive a project which was why he used the same logic to make a product pitch in front of Shane.

However, Shane’s misunderstanding was a boon for Leo, as he no longer harbored any intentions of scamming him of a single penny and planned to treat him with utmost sincerity going forward.