Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 557

Chapter 554: Market Analyst and Qingcao Yunze’s Reply

Locke looked at the witch in front of him in confusion, and at the same time looked at the badge on her chest, confirming that she was indeed a staff member of the Alsace Shop Alliance System.

Seeing Locke’s puzzled look, the witch misunderstood and said, “I am Scarlett Witch. I graduated from the Analyst College of Quinjoel University in Yunze Wetlands. And unlike other wizards in Alsace, I served as a lecturer in the Space Magic School of Quinjoel’s School of Spells.”

“So, I’m not only a trading analyst, but I’ve also done a lot of logistics work, so I have a lot of experience. I’ve even personally managed more than 10 best-selling products. I’m a silver medal trader for the Alsace Group.”

Locke said, “You misunderstood. I’m not questioning your professionalism. It’s just that I come from a wizarding land outside and don’t know much about the specific conditions of the Yunze Wetland.”

“So I can only understand some of what you said.”

Scarlett Witch was stunned for a moment, then blushed slightly. “Sorry, I thought you doubted my abilities like those second-ring wizards did. The group is very picky about partners like you, but you, the partners, are also very picky about traders like us.”

“So-called traders simply help talented breeders like you sell your products better. There are multiple rankings within Alsace, with both vertical and average ranking structures. Products in the bottom 30% of sales volume will not have their contracts renewed by the store alliance.”

“You know, the two-year contract renewal…”

“For products with poor sales, the store alliance will remove them from the shelves and stop cooperating with them. But before that, all kinds of promotion will not be active.”

Locke nodded slightly.

Scarlett Witch crossed her arms and said, “So, traders and breeders like you work together and achieve mutual success. I’m a professional market analyst who graduated from the School of Prophecy with a major in Mass Prediction. I have extensive experience in market forecasting, so I can help you sell your products.”

“Of course, the premise is that your product quality is good enough and popular.”

“Market analysts from the prophetic school can only help your product accurately find its position in the market, but they can’t turn decay into magic.”

Locke looked at Scarlett Witch and said, “That sounds good. Can market behavior also be predicted using prophecy spells?”

“The prophecy spell requires huge side effects and the direction is vague.”

Scarlett Witch glanced at Locke in surprise. “Have you ever been exposed to prophecy magic? Most breeders don’t have your knowledge.”

“You’re right. Every prophecy has huge side effects. This is the great disadvantage of using prophecy magic, but we also have corresponding ‘side effects’ to compensate for the cost of using prophecy magic.”

“Or, we can use prophecy magic with caution and limit the scope of prophecy, never predicting directly, and use this method to reduce the price we need to pay.”

“In short, even if we talk about these things for months, we still can’t finish them. But we do have professional methods to make predictions as much as possible while minimizing the cost.”

Scarlett Witch said, “Despite this, the market is still a chaotic system for us. Quinn Joel’s three-ring wizard once published an article in ‘Yanyu Yunze’, which stated that the commercial market is a chaotic system. Even if a three-ring wizard desperately makes predictions, it is absolutely impossible to truly lock in the future.”

“Within a chaotic system, everything is possible. We analysts are like blind men groping in the dark. However, with our predictive abilities and professional operational capabilities, we can grasp market trends more easily than ordinary wizards.”

Locke took out the wish Ganoderma lucidum from the star ring.

Scarlett Witch raised her right hand and pointed at the wish-ganoderma lucidum in his hand. Suddenly, the wish-ganoderma lucidum flashed with magical light.

Then, the wishing Ganoderma bounced a magical picture.

In this picture, there are a large number of Alsace shops. Locke checked and found that there are 307 shops under the Alsace Plantation Shop Alliance in Golden Crown Mountain alone, not to mention the land of Sanze.

Locke slid his finger across the page and discovered a densely packed wizard shop.

Moreover, he also saw many rankings.

The rankings are divided into several levels: one ring, two rings, three rings and four rings, but you can only see the information in the one ring level rankings.

There are first-level rankings, total sales rankings, best-selling rankings in major categories, and various sales rankings.

Locke took a look and found that the top ten sales lists were basically single-level magical plants.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s easy to understand.

Tactical-grade magic plants are basically not for personal use, but are something that a certain wizard organization wants to use.

Therefore, the quantity purchased is naturally not as great as that of single-level magic plants.

Although the development difficulty of tactical-level magic plants is definitely higher than that of single-level magic plants.

Scarlett Witch pointed at the interface and said, “I have opened our personal account for you, Arthas. From now on, every sales of the magic plants you cooperate with Arthas will be available through the Water Hyacinth system.”

“Sales, reviews, and ranking information.”

“Don’t pay too much attention to the categories of magical plants on the sales charts, because the sales charts change all the time. Wizards may like to use this magical plant today, but they may like other magical plants tomorrow.”

Locke understood and nodded slightly: “Okay, I understand.”

Scarlett Witch said, “I came here this time to ask you when you can give me your Hydra seeds. After I get the seeds, I will need to find a breeder to grow them. In the meantime, I have many other things to consider.”

“It’s the end of July now, and on September 1st, Alsace will hold a special event. It’s a grand festival. I think if I can make a move during that time, I’ll definitely be able to take the lead.”

“I’ve seen your Hydra Magic Plant. Its ability to create a permanent defensive field is a real highlight. I’ve already identified the target customers, which are the major wizard academies. My lower-level traders will promote it to the major wizard academies on that day. So I want to get a batch of Hydra Magic Plants as soon as possible.”

“So I want to discuss this with you. What do you think? Let’s see how the first batch of sales goes and then decide on the follow-up plan.”

“Hopefully we can all make some money.”

Locke nodded and said, “No problem, I will provide you with the Hydra seeds as soon as possible.”

Locke looked at the rankings.

Sure enough, I saw that the total sales volume in the ranking list was constantly changing the product name. The first place turned out to be a special nutrient soil for orchids formulated by a breeder. The product name was followed by the name of the breeder and his school.

Locke took a quick look and found that this person came from a medium-sized wizard organization in Yunze Wetland, called “Seven-Color Nursery”.

He quickly realized that this ranking list was not a real ranking list, but an advertising space called a ranking list. The thing at the top of the list would not be the best thing, but the thing that everyone needs most.

Moreover, the product names on the rankings change frequently, which means that the rankings are likely to be advertising spaces for everyone, so it should be possible to purchase them with money.

However, if you just look at this ranking as dynamic information, it is still quite useful. You can see the various breeders and their academies in the Sanze area, as well as the magical plant varieties they have promoted.

It is very useful for expanding one’s knowledge.

Locke asked Scarlett Witch and got her confirmation.

Witch Scarlett said, “The logic of the Alsace Shop Alliance is different from your Zhenzhi Academy. The Shop Alliance in the Three Lakes is the most realistic!”

“We only make practical things.”

“These rankings can indeed be purchased with money. If a product stays on the list for too long, it will be artificially lowered because we need to constantly update our products.” Scarlett Witch said, “Alsace is a group that values continuous innovation and is full of competition.”

“Of course, for you and us, the most important thing is making money. If we have a lot of money, it should be easier for breeder Augustine to do scientific research.”

Locke raised a brow.

Indeed, doing scientific research is like diving into the ocean; there is no limit to how much money you can invest.

If you have a lot of money, you can undoubtedly increase your output quickly.

The three major factors that limit one’s scientific research progress are: one’s own ability limit; two, lack of people; three, funding.

Among these, as long as one of them is improved, scientific research can make rapid progress.

Locke asked curiously, “Then, Scarlett Witch, with your professional analytical skills, how many orders do you think my Hydra can sell and how much profit can it make during the September 1st event?”

Scarlett Witch said, “I don’t know. I don’t want to lie to you. When I was a trader and managing operations, I often tried to tell a wizard the results. But reality… always gave me a hard slap in the face, making me realize that only by trying can you know the result.”

“Before that, nothing I say will be of any use.”

“That’s just a frivolous promise. It will only make you think I’m a liar. In fact, people often say that fortune tellers are liars.”

“Because no one knows what will happen in the market tomorrow. I once ran a magical plant that I was very optimistic about, but its sales were not as good as I expected. In the end, the money spent on the promotion and the cultivation costs were actually higher than the profit.”

Scarlett Witch said, “I also had a magical plant that I thought had little hope, but who knew it would make me, the shop’s allies, and the breeder of that plant a small fortune.”

“So, as a silver trader, I wouldn’t dare to easily say that I can predict how much your magic plant will sell for.”

Scarlett Witch said to Locke, “Besides, your magic plant is a tactical-level magic plant, which is very difficult to operate. Fortunately, it is not a campaign-level magic plant, or even a strategic-level magic plant, which would make it even more difficult for me to sell it.”

Scarlett Witch said to Locke, “Battle-level and strategic-level magic plants are more difficult and costly to develop, but fewer people use them.”

“Moreover, this is a first-ring stage magical plant, which means that truly powerful wizard organizations absolutely do not need to purchase it, and weak wizard organizations do not have the funds to purchase it.”

“We’re in an awkward situation. If it weren’t for the Hydra’s special nature, this first-ring tactical-grade magical plant would be difficult to sell.”

Scarlett Witch said, “To be honest, given my personality, if I were in charge, I wouldn’t take the risk of doing this business with you. It’s too risky for me.”

“If I go wrong, my promotion will be temporarily halted.” Scarlett Witch said seriously, “But my boss, Arthas’s senior manager, Master Terrence, as a second-ring wizard and my leader, must have a longer-term perspective. He has other opinions.”

“Of course, the Hydra can stack permanent defense fields, which is also its advantage. So, I think we can give it a try.”

Locke nodded slightly. “I’ll try to give you a batch of Hydra Demon Plant seeds in a week.”

According to my current work progress, I should be able to complete the submission in just one week.

Scarlett Witch said, “Then it’s a pleasure working with you. You are my first breeder to run a tactical magic plant project. I hope we can have a mutually enjoyable collaborative experience.”

Locke smiled and didn’t respond.

After Scarlett Witch left, Locke had no choice but to do it himself.

Three hours later, he began cultivating the second generation of fast-growing Hydra plants. “We still don’t have enough manpower. Without my two students, I’d have to do the work myself.”

“By the way, since I’m the team leader now, I should be able to ask Witch Mason to borrow a few students. Wizard Newt should also be able to borrow some first-class wizard apprentices.”

Locke thought about it and realized that there was nothing he could do at the moment. After all, the Alsace Alliance was pressing him hard, so he could only be thick-skinned and borrow other people’s students to do his own thing.

In return, at most he could help Mason and the other three witches find a topic that could be funded by the second-class Academy of True Knowledge project fund.

A night passed, and at six o’clock the next day, Gregor and Williams arrived at the plantation on time. Locke asked them to collect the seeds of the second-generation fast-growing Hydra. At the same time, he exchanged a few words with them, gave them a night of study and answered their questions, and then left the plantation and went to the Dragon Blood Gathering.

He was going to the Dragon’s Blood Gathering to hire some wizard apprentices.

I don’t expect the top wizard apprentices on the market to help me with the project. This is almost impossible, because I have to teach the students again before letting them do the project.

However, he did have a lot of projects funded by the Institute of True Knowledge, and they had discovered the mechanism of action pathways of pineapple-type magic plants. He needed to hire some first-class wizard apprentices to help him write articles, and then invest in those second-tier projects.

At the same time, when Locke returned to his dormitory halfway this morning, he found that the thank-you letter from “Qingcao Yunze” for his two articles had been sent, and the issue of the journal in which his two articles were published was also attached.

At the same time, two magic boxes containing Shui Yutao were also sent over.

That’s a reward from the academy.

Every time an article is published in a first-tier journal, the college will reward itself with a water jade peach.

Locke opened the magic box and checked it, and immediately the refreshing fragrance of water jade peach wafted out.

Locke put the two water jade peaches into the Star Ring and placed them together with the water jade peach that Team Leader Celtic had given him before.

He did not eat the three water jade peaches immediately. It would be better to wait until he reached the later stage of his life and his mana growth slowed down before eating such good things.

I have indeed noticed recently that the growth rate of my mana has begun to slow down significantly.

Although compared to ordinary wizards, the growth rate is still relatively fast.

(End of this chapter)