Chapter 458: Chapter 458: The Price is Too Low
“Xia Liu, there’s no need to force it; we’re all very happy that you could come,” Liu Buyi said with a gentle smile in his eyes.
“Uh, uh… that’s right, Xia Liu, you don’t need to force yourself. The medicinal wine is just one of Tianluo Pharmaceutical’s products. Even if its sales performance is poor, we’ll keep collaborating,” another added.
<>Seeing his own father say this, Liu Liguang quickly followed suit.
“Brother Xia Liu, you’ve made a promise, you know – to keep it in high demand!” Liu Lanxin was serious, unlike Liu Buyi and Liu Liguang, because Xia Liu had made the promise himself.
“Lan Xin, is that how you should be talking to your Brother Xia Liu?” Liu Buyi chided.
“Grandpa, but he said it himself…” Liu Lanxin pouted, a bit at a loss.
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“You think you’re right? If someone invites you over and offers you food, do you actually eat it?” Liu Buyi continued his lesson.
“Hahaha! Elder, don’t be like that to Lan Xin. I will fulfill my promises, no doubt about it,” Xia Liu laughed. He could be polite sometimes, but in situations like this, he was no jester. He had said he would create high demand, and so he would.
“See, Grandpa? Brother Xia Liu is really capable,” Liu Lanxin said proudly, straightening her back.
“Of course, Xia Liu is capable; we know that without you telling us,” Liu Liguang said with a chuckle.
Despite that, he still had some doubts about Xia Liu’s promise, considering the drastic price increase of the medicinal wine.
The thought of achieving sales like before was too intimidating to even contemplate.
“Elder, what’s the current selling price of the medicinal wine?” Xia Liu asked.
“Since this batch of packaging went live, the selling price has risen to 35,000 yuan per bottle,” Liu Buyi responded.
“35,000 yuan a bottle? That’s…”
Xia Liu frowned slightly; that was way too timid. To make a fortune, they had to go big.
“Do you also think this price is too high?” Liu Lanxin asked with a particular tone in her voice, as if to say, it’s all because of you that the selling price has shot up to 35,000 a bottle.
Although Liu Liguang and Liu Buyi felt the same way, they would never voice it.
The medicinal wine was supplied by Xia Liu; if they couldn’t sell it, they could store it and sell it slowly.
But the biggest profit-maker, Xia Liu, would be the one with a headache.
“It’s not too high, it’s too low,” Xia Liu shook his head, somewhat helplessly.
“Pfft!” Liu Lanxin almost sprayed Xia Liu in the face; 35,000 and it’s still low!
Liu Liguang and Liu Buyi were also dumbfounded; 35,000 was already an astronomical figure, yet Xia Liu claimed it was too low.
How vast was his ambition?
“Xia Liu, what do you think would be an appropriate selling price?” Liu Liguang asked weakly.
“At the very least, this number.” As he spoke, Xia Liu raised his hand and waved it.
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“Fifty thousand?”
Facing Liu Lanxin’s astonished expression, Xia Liu nodded.
The medicinal wine was targeted at the wealthy, so a price tag of fifty thousand wasn’t unreasonable.
“My word! Can you be any more impressive?” Liu Lanxin was astounded. Xia Liu dared to name such a price.
Did he really think people would buy it?
“This price hike is too drastic; I bet we won’t sell a single bottle when the time comes,” Liu Liguang also shook his head. He had initially thought that Xia Liu would offer a reasonable suggestion or price, but now it seemed that Xia Liu wasn’t too keen on dealing with medicinal wine anymore.
Fifty thousand yuan could perhaps be a regular worker’s annual salary.
If that was truly the price, the only people who could afford the medicinal wine would likely just be the rich.
“Xia Liu, I want to know your exact intentions.” Just as Liu Liguang and Liu Lanxin were about to speak, Liu Buyi asked leisurely.
“The sales issue has arisen because we’re not bold enough, and we lack good promotional channels,” Xia Liu said earnestly.
“Are you saying that being decisive means changing the medicated wine contract and only starting to sell after hitting 50,000 units upon release? The company spent millions on advertising, isn’t that a good promotion?”
Liu Lanxin disagreed with Xia Liu’s argument, thinking everything he said was nonsense.
“Lan Xin, don’t get worked up, Xia Liu must have his reasons for saying this.” Both Liu Liguang and Liu Buyi could sense that Xia Liu had more up his sleeve, an even bigger trump card!
“As for promotional channels, I can get in touch with them right now, and they all happen to be fans of the medicated wine.”
“Then get in touch with them quickly. If it doesn’t work out, don’t bother coming back here, just stay at my place,” Liu Lanxin said coldly, arms folded.
“Yo, Lan Xin, are you confessing to Xia Liu?”
“Grandpa! Look at Dad…”
“Liguang is right, Lan Xin, you’ve graduated, and you’re not getting any younger. If Xia Liu is willing to have you, we have no objections,” Liu Buyi said with a kind smile.
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Liu Lanxin, unable to face them any longer, made an excuse and quickly left the office.
Watching Liu Buyi and Liu Liguang glance at him from the corner of their eyes, Xia Liu touched his phone, pretending he heard nothing.
“Benefactor! You’re not joking! We can really be the agents for Tianluo Pharmaceutical’s medicated wine!” Upon receiving Xia Liu’s call, Huang Yilong nearly jumped off the sofa.
“Yeah, I’m not joking with you. Don’t blame me for not notifying you earlier, I need you to come to Binlai City as soon as possible to discuss the partnership.”
“Oh yeah! Wait for me, Benefactor! I’ll be there in at most five hours!” Huang Yilong said excitedly.
With the Osmanthus Wine partnership, he had tasted huge profits, making ten thousand yuan from just one bottle of wine.
He had already made several hundred million!
The money he had once donated to Xia Liu had been thoroughly earned back through Xia Liu’s help, and there were plenty of profits to boot.
Xia Liu didn’t just save his life – he also gave him the opportunity to make money, providing him, just as Xia Liu had said, with an opportunity for fortune!
“Don’t get too excited. Bring Yang Tian with you when you come. It might be too much for you to handle alone,” Xia Liu advised.
“Don’t worry, Benefactor. That guy and I are sworn brothers now. If I have a bite to eat, he definitely won’t go without,” Huang Yilong mused on his current relationship with Yang Tian, feeling quite emotional.
“Alright, if you’ve got a plane, fly over here. And make it quick, if you’re late and the medicated wine is all gone, don’t blame me.”
After finishing his piece, Xia Liu hung up before Huang Yilong could respond.
When it came to promoting, leaving things in the hands of Huang Yilong and Yang Tian would definitely not go amiss.
With their experience from Osmanthus Wine, now that he intended to stockpile his own, letting them handle the medicated wine wasn’t a bad idea, since it was all his own product anyway.
Plus, medicated wine was even easier to produce, so why not take advantage of it?
However, in terms of staying power, Osmanthus Wine was definitely much stronger than medicated wine.
He wasn’t talking about endurance in the bedroom but rather sales longevity.
“Have you got it sorted?” Liu Lanxin returned after washing her face, then listened to Xia Liu making the phone call.
But after listening for a while, she felt that Xia Liu didn’t sound like he was asking for help; it was as if he was bestowing a favor instead.
Not just Liu Lanxin, both Liu Buyi and Liu Liguang felt the same.
None of them could understand what Xia Liu was up to…