It’s just that 20 million is not a small amount after all. If the Tower of Glory is demolished, maybe 20 million can be collected, but Cliff obviously can’t do that, so it can only be divided into installments.
"Lord Xia Duo, 20 million is not a small amount for me, and you also ask for settlement in mithril. This cannot be raised in a short time. I wonder if you can give me some discount?"
Although Cliff had already agreed and accepted the price of 20 million, no one's money fell from the sky, so he did not give up trying to counter-offer.
However, the price is not something that Shado alone can decide. After Cliff settles the payment, he still needs to provide a certain amount to pay Iolum.
Even if it is not needed, Shado does not want the Mithra device to be sold too cheaply. Just think about how much it would cost to produce unlimited arcane crystals!
As for a Mythra device, the biggest cost is not actually the material cost, but the labor force. According to the construction requirements, if you want to participate in the construction of Mythra's main body, you must be at least a senior arcanist.
Based on a lineup of one great arcanist and two or three senior arcanists, a Mythra device (main body) would take at least a month, and would require overtime work to complete.
What can't be done if you have the time? Do you have to do this?
Naturally, a very high premium is required, otherwise how could there be a superior arcanist to come into the factory and screw the screws for you? This level of premium is almost comparable to the so-called "master's handiwork" or "capitalists personally enter the factory" in Xia Duo's hometown.
If it doesn’t turn the whole thing upside down, the people who buy it will feel uncomfortable.
As for the material cost, there may be some discrepancies in Cliff's own estimate. When there is already a Mythra that provides arcane crystals, there is only the mithril material required for the suspension base (the main body uses Davy strings, and production requires consumption. Ao can solve it).
Generally speaking, the standard configuration is three suspended bases, one for current use and one for backup. The material is standard mithril. The cost of one suspended base is about 70,000, and three is 210,000.
But after all, it is used to maintain Mythra worth tens of millions. How about standard Mithril? Frequent maintenance itself will have an impact on the main body of Mythra, even if it is not the main body that is being maintained, but the suspended base responsible for maintaining it. also the same.
Therefore, what Xia Duo provides is the specifications used on his own floating city, which can avoid the trouble of frequent maintenance. Of course, the corresponding price will be slightly higher several times, and these are all extra charges.
If you don't want to, you can only give him a standard floating base, and the 20 million is still indispensable.
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However, when faced with customers’ counteroffers, it’s a waste to talk about cost. Who doesn’t know that the cost is lower than the list price? The key is to convince customers of the value of the pricing itself.
Here, Xia Duo naturally mentioned the previous topic: "For such a sacred gift that is unique in the main plane and even all known planes, it is too vulgar to talk about money."
"But it's just an independent arcane fire device!" Cliff retorted, but his voice was a little weak.
"It's true that it is an independent arcane fire device, but it is also the absolute foundation of the future Glory Temple!" You can't suffer a loss or be fooled if you buy it for 20 million. If you buy it, you will have absolute love for the Lord of Glory!
Of course, Xia Duo still couldn't say it with shame after all, but he did point out the fact that whether it was a gift to the Lord of Glory or a strategic facility for his own use, the starting point of everything was Mythra, and It is very likely that this is the second creation in Netheril besides Shado. A mere 20 million is nothing!
What Xia Duo could think of, Cliff could also think of. After a little hesitation, he finally agreed to Xia Duo's offer, "Then according to what Lord Xia Duo said, it will be 20 million!"
With a base of 20 million, Cliff almost didn't even think about purchasing the high-end version of the suspended base behind him. He needed to pay an additional 1 million gold coins to Xia Duo. Of course, this also came with a huge premium, but 20 million was not enough. After all, do you still care about this?
"A total of 21 million gold coins. According to the latest Mithril price announced by the Arcane Federation, you need to pay a total of 30,000 pounds of standard Mithril."
Xia Duo skillfully reported the settlement price of mithril, and Cliff had no objection to this. The price of mithril has fluctuated greatly in the past six months.
There are many influencing factors, such as the update of the Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms, the development of Mithril volume technology, the impact of war, the hoarding of merchants, etc.
But overall, the price of mithril is still rising continuously, and Shado has made a small profit from the order contract he signed with Lord Leisen.
A considerable part of the internal infrastructure of the floating city is paid for by these futures earnings. Now that the standard Mithril is set at 30,000 pounds, Xia Duo does not mention interest or anything. The increase in the value of Mithril is considered interest.
And with the disclosure of Mythra, it is conservatively estimated that at least ten new floating cities will be built, which will generate a large amount of demand for mithril and drive the price of mithril to continue to rise strongly.
After all, the most widely used energy-conducting material now is mithril, and there are many alternative products, such as gold. Gold is also an excellent energy-conducting material and is more stable than mithril.
However, the energy-conducting effect of gold is based on quantity, similar to the concept of "the larger the volume, the smaller the resistance" on earth. To achieve the same effect as standard mithril, the amount of gold required is at least dozens of times that of mithril. .
Generally speaking, the price of gold is about one-tenth of that of mithril. If it costs dozens of times, it would be better to use mithril!
Therefore, generally speaking, gold is mostly used in large permanent magic circles. For example, the suspended base provided by Chateau for Mythra uses a large amount of gold. It is only because gold is easier to obtain, so it is ignored. .
In addition to common energy-conducting materials such as gold, there are also some niche ones, which generally have various disadvantages and have not become popular. For example, energy-conducting crystals are no less expensive to maintain than David strings, and the effect is not as good.
The more ideal and promising one is the Davie string, which is comparable to an energy superconductor. The energy-conducting effect of mithril refined to a purity of 9 or more "9" may not be comparable to the basic Davy string.
Based on current technology, the cost of mithril with a purity of 9 or higher is far beyond the maintenance cost of any David string material.
Therefore, although mithril still has many inconveniences, it is still the most widely used energy-guiding material with great potential.
And in the foreseeable future, with the development of magical civilization, the demand for mithril will be almost endless. Unless the David's String can be perfected or a method of preparing mithril cheaply can be found, the price of mithril will continue to rise.
As for perfecting David's string, or preparing mithril at a low cost, Xia Duo has ideas, but having an idea does not mean that it can be realized. At least now it is difficult for him to give a specific timetable.
(End of chapter)
