Chapter 1291 - Lincoln Business Alliance (1/2)
Damn it. How come Sir Mafa knew the Roosevelt Business Alliance? Reynolds never let anyone from the Roosevelt Business Alliance show up. How did he know?
Why was he so casual even though he knew the Roosevelt Business Alliance was behind it? Was he doing this on purpose?
He was definitely doing this on purpose. He purposefully remained silent and let the customers return the Universal Cores without doing anything. But why?
How could the Gilded Rose benefit from all this?
Over these days, the sales of the Gilded Rose’s Universal Core had plummeted by almost 60 percent. Adding the Universal Cores that were refunded, the Gilded Rose probably only had 10 percent of the profit left. Why was he not worried at all?
If the Universal Cores’ reputation was ruined…
Why was he so confident?
A lot of thoughts flashed quickly in Dick’s head. He saw that Lin Yun didn’t seem to be pretending to be cool at all, but was actually not worried.
The negotiation plan that Dick had prepared was no longer useful. He couldn’t help but ask, “Sir Mafa, are you not worried in the slightest?”
Lin Yun was rather puzzled.
“Why should I feel worried? Since those people refused to use the Universal Core, they won’t have a chance to.
“I believe everybody with brains is aware of the truth. They know the quality of the Universal Core very well too. If anyone thinks that the Universal Core cannot be sold, let’s just wait.
“I’m fine with it. I can always stop selling the Universal Cores to the public, and only provide them for my partners. The productivity is low anyway, and selling to the public gives us great pressure. This is even better.”
Dick hesitated and looked as awful as if he were having constipation. His main negotiation plan and the backup plan both became useless…
Everyone who had used the Universal Core knew how great it was, and how they could benefit from it. They would never give up.
It did make sense. The Gilded Rose’s production of the Universal Core seemed low and unstable. It didn’t take advance orders. Even if it didn’t sell the Universal Cores to the public, a lot of people would still want it.
The cores were always in demand, and could always be sold…
Damn it. This guy was so confident. How could they talk about negotiation? He didn’t care about the Roosevelt Business Alliance’s slander aimed at the Universal Core at all. He could just stop selling it…
If he stopped selling the Universal Cores to the public, the Gilded Rose’s partners would be thrilled as they would have a greater supply and more profits. The Gilded Rose’s revenue wouldn’t be affected at all.
Dick thought for half a minute, but he couldn’t come up with a solution to take advantage of the Gilded Rose. However, it was impossible for him to give up the Universal Core…
“Sir Mafa, in fact, I’m here as a representative of the Lincoln Business Alliance to negotiate with the Gilded Rose about possible cooperation in the Sten Kingdom regarding the Universal Core.”
After much deliberation, Dick decided to treat this negotiation as a common one.
Delight flashed in Lin Yun’s eyes. It was very important who needed whom in such negotiations. If Dick thought that the Gilded Rose was desperately in need of the Lincoln Business Alliance, then he would definitely propose harsh terms and conditions.
However, if the Gilded Rose didn’t need the Lincoln Business Alliance at all, and considering the uniqueness of the Universal Core, it would be the Lincoln Business Alliance that was in need of the Gilded Rose. That was the prerequisite of the negotiation so that the Gilded Rose could make terms and conditions.
Lin Yun meant what he said because the Universal Core always had buyers. He could always just sell them to his partners, which was actually better for the Gilded Rose. He had chosen to sell the Universal Core in public because he wanted to make the Gilded Rose famous and help it establish a network in the Odin Kingdom.
However, that method seemed too hasty, and caused many problems. He might as well seize the opportunity to remove unqualified partners.
As those ideas flashed in his head, Lin Yun put on an expression of regret.
“Mr. Dick, I’m terribly sorry about the cooperation regarding Universal Cores. The Gilded Rose doesn’t have a huge stock. We don’t have a lot of raw materials. It’s troublesome to exploit and refine them. The faulty rate is very high. The raw materials will be wasted if anything goes wrong in the production process.
“Therefore, productivity cannot be improved. We worked for a long time to ensure our supply. Although many Universal Cores were returned recently, they were all bought by our partners.
“The Sky City, for one, has purchased another 10,000, and promised to buy all the Universal Cores that are returned. Unfortunately, we have to meet the demand of our other partners. So, we owe the Sky City 10,000. They’re closest to the Gilded Rose anyway. Their need is our priority…
“I’m terribly sorry, Mr. Dick, but the Gilded Rose doesn’t have so many Universal Cores for sale in the Sten Kingdom.
“Maybe in a couple of years, when the Gilded Rose upgrades its technology and improves its productivity, it will consider selling the Universal Cores to the Sten Kingdom.
“Of course, by then, I’ll definitely consider your Lincoln Business Alliance as our partner.”
Dick couldn’t have looked more awful. All the measures he prepared were useless. He changed his plan again and again, yet he still got the unexpected result.
Lin Yun had given the perfect excuse. What more could he say? Nobody could blame Lin Yun for supplying his partners first and foremost. They could only compliment the Gilded Rose for its trustworthiness. It likely wouldn’t kick away its partners for greater returns…
Dick didn’t expect to be declined, and certainly not with the excuse of low productivity. His head was almost exploding. He didn’t know how to continue the negotiation after hearing the perfect excuse.
Also, everybody knew that the Gilded Rose’s productivity of the Universal Cores was very low, and they were always in demand.
Nobody thought the Gilded Rose could manufacture the Universal Cores. Their price for bulk purchases was 50,000 purple gold apiece. The retail price was even 80,000 purple gold.
They could all imagine how profitable the cores were. They were so profitable and so in demand, so the Gilded Rose would certainly sell all that it had to make as much money as possible.
“Sir Dick, I’m terribly sorry that your trip was in vain. As an apology, I can offer you 20 Universal Cores, as long as you pay for them according to our price for the Gilded Rose’s partners. 50,000 purple gold apiece.
“I hope that you won’t think that it’s too few, Sir Dick, as they’re all I can offer for now…”
Dick managed a smile. Naturally, the Lincoln Business Alliance had bought Universal Cores, but for much higher prices. They were unable to purchase any of the Universal Cores that the Gilded Rose sold.
They didn’t pay much attention to the new product at first. When they did, the rumor about the Universal Core spread out, and many people returned the Universal Cores to the Gilded Rose. Naturally, there were other buyers who hoped to buy the returned cores.
At this moment, the Gilded Rose was not selling Universal Cores openly anymore. It was hard to buy any of them. Buying 20 cores at the same time was definitely the largest deal on the market for now.