Ye Yuan offered no opinion, merely giving Mu Qiang a look that told him to continue.
"First, I think you should consolidate the resources in your hands.
Everything that comes from you can be turned into luxury goods and marketed at the high end.
There's no need to chase volume.
As long as we handle it properly, a single jade carving could bring in several times its previous income.
Then there's Aftertaste Wine. That's the biggest source of trouble for you.
I heard that it was also because of Aftertaste Wine that you ended up at odds with the Xiao family.
I know you're not afraid of trouble, but who likes having trouble constantly come looking for them?
That said, your wine really is incredibly effective.
So anyone who's tried it will genuinely find a way to get more.
Some people follow the rules, but some people don't, right?
We can't just beat people like that to death with one stick, can we?
Even with the two old masters Zhao and Xu backing you.
Once there are too many of them, it'll still become a problem."
Mu Qiang was helping Ye Yuan analyze the situation.
The response he got was just one sentence:
"Get to the point!"
"Uh... all right.
My idea is to turn that stuff into a luxury good, but we can't leave everyone else without hope.
As long as we give them some hope, I believe the vast majority of people—
whether for the sake of their own reputations,
or out of respect for the two old masters Xu and Zhao—won't come looking for trouble with you again.
My idea is the same as what I mentioned earlier. We put out twenty bottles of that special Aftertaste each year.
Hold two auctions, with ten bottles available at