Chapter 3248 — Back to School
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Exactly. In that case, we can throw in a simple guide to condensing second-grade pill fire. As long as those alchemists who can already condense first-grade pill fire raise their fire level just a little, they will be able to use a second-grade automatic cauldron!" Han Jingyi nodded.
"Then we..." Wei Zhao was about to say that they should proceed with research and manufacturing along those lines, but before he could finish, the phone rang. It was Kang Xiaofeng. Wei Zhao gestured for Han Jingyi to wait, then picked up. "Xiaobo, what is it?"
"Boss, Xiaotao Hong brought me an important piece of news—Xuandan Sect is preparing to mass-produce first-grade automatic cauldrons," Kang Xiaofeng said. "Right now, Xuandan Sect's production costs for first-grade automatic cauldrons are not low, while Dr. Guan's first-grade automatic cauldrons can be marked down at any time. Kang Jingming is afraid that we will beat them on the next round of cauldron upgrades, so he plans to defeat us with a price war. He is laying the groundwork early, preparing to mass-produce first-grade automatic cauldrons in order to drive down costs!"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. He had not expected that brat Kang Jingming to have a bit of cunning after all. But that cunning was not being put to proper use. Wei Zhao was essentially already preparing to abandon the first-grade automatic cauldron market—after all, the market would soon approach saturation, and even if new cultivator alchemist disciples bought them, there would certainly not be many. Mass-producing and cutting prices the way Kang Jingming intended would indeed stimulate sales somewhat; with prices lower, some sects might buy a few to stockpile against future need.
But to sell them all off at once was virtually impossible; there would have to be a long process of absorption.
"Xiaobo, here is what I want you to do. Have Xiaotao Hong put out word that we do indeed intend to discount and promote our first-grade automatic cauldrons." Wei Zhao thought for a moment, then said.
Last time, Kang Jingming had used Liu Tianli as a hostage to play him for a fool, and Wei Zhao had been thoroughly displeased. But because of Han Jingyi, Wei Zhao had no choice but to help Liu Tianli, and could only swallow the loss in silence. Now, however, Kang Jingming had delivered himself to his door—so Wei Zhao would make him swallow a loss in silence as well!
Xuandan Sect had made no small amount of money on first-grade automatic cauldrons—no less than Wei Zhao, in fact. After all, Kang Jingming's cauldrons kept pace with updates very quickly, and cauldrons that offered knockoff prices with genuine service naturally sold extremely well, splitting the market in half.
But however much money he had made, Wei Zhao would make him lose every last bit of it!
"Understood." Kang Xiaofeng did not ask why; he simply nodded and prepared to carry out Wei Zhao's plan. After all, the first-grade automatic cauldrons were not sold through the pharmaceutical company's channels, so there was no need for Kang Xiaofeng to ask too many questions.
After hanging up on Kang Xiaofeng, Wei Zhao turned to Han Jingyi and said, "For the second-grade automatic cauldron, do not develop overly intelligent functions for now. Make it like the earliest version of the first-grade automatic cauldron—a second-grade alchemist must be able to skillfully manipulate the pill fire temperature. Shelve the automatic-control version for the time being."
"Ah? All right." Han Jingyi was briefly startled, then nodded, and immediately understood Wei Zhao's meaning. "Brother Wei Zhao does not want the second-grade automatic cauldron to cut into the sales of the first-grade one, is that right?"