After things at Nakin Town were almost busy, Claire returned to Nafu City. At the same time, he asked Regan to pay attention to the changes in the statue market in Nafu City in the past few days, and report any situation to him at any time.
Nakin Town The statue industry over there has almost taken shape. The blacksmiths have turned to making statues and handed over the work of making metal ingots to their apprentices. Originally, the process of making metal ingots was not very complicated. A skilled blacksmith can make hundreds of pieces a day. And now it is obvious that making statues makes money faster. Even fools know how to choose.
Claire's share to the blacksmiths is based on profit, while the share among the blacksmiths is based on contribution. For example, how many statues have been built this month, and what is the ratio of the total statues, or if a new type of statue is created, such as the previous colorful metal version of the mermaid statue, that blacksmith will get more profit from this statue than other blacksmiths.
These will be calculated by specialized professionals to ensure a distribution system of more reward for more work and distribution according to work.
This also encourages innovation and competition among blacksmiths. If this system continues, Nakin Town's statue industry will not have major problems in the short to medium term.
A few days after Claire returned to Nafu City, a store called Najin Statue Shop was established in the east district of Nafu City. This was opened by Claire under the instruction of Nick.
Well, that's right, it was opened in the name of Nakin Town, and rent and taxes must be paid to Nafu City.
It's not that Claire is greedy for this little money, it's mainly to allow Nakin Town to develop independently from Nafu City. It's impossible to develop if it has been relying on Nafu City.
The statues produced by Nakin Town are not only sold in this way, but also sold at wholesale prices to some vendors, the same vendors with stalls that Claire met at Mermaid Park.
The main reason for building a store is to quickly spread the reputation of the statues made by Najin. It is like the stores opened by some internationally renowned brands seen in the airport. Sometimes the goods sold are just enough to cover the store rent. Don't they know how expensive the store rent in the airport is? Their main purpose is not to sell goods, but to advertise.
Compared to buying billboards at the airport, the cost of opening a store is much smaller.
Moreover, Claire also gave Nakin Town a lot of preferential policies and a good geographical location. Coupled with the quality of Nakin Town's statues, he might be able to make a small profit.
In addition, after having a store that specializes in selling statues of Nakin Town, after getting famous, some fans who like these statues can quickly find a place that specializes in selling statues produced by Nakin Town, so people will not go all the way to Nakin Town to buy them.
After the batch of Nakin Town statues came out, within a few days, these Nakin Town statues reappeared on the streets of Nafu City, and the price was the same as the previous ones. The statues were almost the same, and the market for these foreign statues like Augon City was quickly suppressed. After the quality was not as good as the statues of Nakin Town, within a few days, the first wave of price cuts came.
The market is so cruel, the fittest survive, and those who cannot compete will be eliminated.
These three cities quickly responded and began to adjust their business strategies. For example, the strategy adopted by the city of Haiya was to reduce quality and then also lower prices, relying on volume. Augon City itself has many mines and is not bad at blacksmithing. Portland City itself is a well-developed city in all aspects. The strategy adopted is to improve the quality of the statues and seize the market with the statues of Nakin Town.
But they may have forgotten one thing, that is, Nafu City is always the territory of Claire. Although Claire will not restrict and suppress them without a bottom line, it does not mean that Claire will not help the towns below it.
Ever since, after the other party adjusted its strategy, Claire sent someone to spread a slogan in Nafu City.
"Produced by Najin, it must be a high-quality product!"
Although some people didn't know what was going on, they couldn't stand the catchy slogan, and Claire was secretly fueling the fire. Soon, both the residents of Nafu City and the tourists who came here reached a consensus that the quality of the statues produced by Nakin Town was better than that of statues in other places.
Tourists who came to Nafu City accidentally heard this sentence. Driven by curiosity and inquired carefully, they discovered that there is actually such a shop specializing in making statues in Nafu City, and what they sell are all souvenirs about the legendary stories of this city.
Under the deliberate promotion of Claire, although the quality of the statues produced in those two cities is almost the same as that of the statues produced by Nakin Town, only those produced by Nakin Town are truly famous.
Moreover, those two cities are still quite far away from Nafu City. They are not as close as Nakin Town to Nafu City. The transportation cost once again highlights Nakin Town's advantage. Those vendors don't care about anything. He will choose whichever one can bring him the greatest economic benefits.
Ever since, the market share of Nakin Town's statues in Nafu City has continued to rise. Although the remaining three companies have shrunk their share, they have also adjusted their business strategies in a timely manner and have not gone against those statues of Nakin Town. They have found a business method that suits them, and they can still survive in Nafu City.
"The young master in front! Wait a moment, let me introduce to you our Nafu City special product."
Claire stopped when he heard the familiar voice and turned around. Sure enough, it was the small vendor who sold it to him before.
After Aubrey saw Claire turn his head, the stall in his hand almost knocked over because he was so frightened that he lost control. After finally regaining his balance, Aubrey swallowed nervously while looking at Claire, and said tremblingly, "Master Viscount..."
Claire raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Do you recognize me?"
Aubrey recalled what he had said to Claire. He wiped the sweat from his palms in embarrassment and laughed a few times, "Hahahaha."
Claire was too embarrassed to tease the other person anymore, so he looked at the other person's push stall and asked, "Are there any new products? I want to see it."
"Ah, this!" Aubrey trembled and quickly took out his own products from the stall, "There are some, Lord Viscount!"
"These are the statues that I transferred to Nakin Town. The quality is much better than the previous set. I don't know if you have ever heard of the saying "If it is made by Najin, it must be a high-quality product"! This is the statue produced by Nakin Town. I am not exaggerating. The quality is so good!"
Aubrey kept taking out various statues and introducing them. "Look at this, Cupid's bow and arrows can shoot out. How wonderful. And the mermaid jumping out of the water is exactly the same as the mermaid statue at the gate of our city!"
Claire looked at the other person with a smile and kept introducing. This feeling was a little strange. All the inner operations behind this matter were planned by himself, but now he saw others talking about the most superficial changes in front of him. It feels like someone else praising their own child without knowing their identity. It gives them an inexplicable pleasure.
After the other party finished speaking, Claire asked, "What about the previous statues from other places? Why aren't they sold?"
Aubrey blurted out without hesitation. "Those statues are not as good as those of Nakin Town, so of course I chose to sell the statues of Nakin Town!"
Claire showed a smile and nodded, "Very good."
When Aubrey still didn't know what Claire's words meant, Claire picked up another statue of a mermaid and popped out a Gold Coins from between his fingers. After Gold Coins spun in the air for more than ten times, it happened to fall into Aubrey's piggy bank.
"I bought this statue, so I don't need to change the money!"
Aubrey happily picked up the piggy bank and shook it. Listening to the collision of business inside Gold Coins, he smiled excitedly and shouted in the direction of Claire as he walked away, "Thank you, Lord Viscount!"