Chapter 181 A Meeting With Baronets
Two months later, Keith sat on one end of the table in his office, which was supposed to be used for meetings.
There were five chairs on both his sides while there were two opposite to him, totaling at 12 chairs. All of them were occupied by baronets who had received his letter 4 to 6 weeks ago.
All of them lived at different distances from Auberg district and Keith knew that they'd need time to travel. Due to this, he set up a time for when he expected better attendance.
He didn't expect a 100% attendance, but it had happened nonetheless so he was pretty happy with the current outcome.
"As I mentioned in the letter, we'll be discussing about the distribution of liquor. I have a new kind and I plan to call it Vodka. The plan is to sell different variants of it with three concentration levels. One will be extremely diluted and will have the same effect as a beer, but it'll be flavored with lime and mint.
Second one will have a concentration that'll be double of the first one and this one will have no flavoring. As for the third and last kind, it'll have the same concentration of a whiskey. It'll taste different, but it'll have the same outcome when it comes to the buzz.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
One of the guys on the left raised his hand, "You said that there will be a fixed price and that you will only sell one version to us. What did you mean by that?"
"The one version that I'll be selling to you, will be the third one which has the highest concentration. I'll tell you the steps to manufacture the first and second kind so that you can do it on your own. This way, it'll be easier to transport the goods since the initial quantity will be low.
You guys will then dilute it and based on what you want to make, even adding flavors will be counted. This way, we'll be able to make better use of our money instead of spending too much on transportation.
I'll sell you the equipment that's needed for the base price, which means that I'll give them to you at the same price of the material costs. All you have to do is follow the instructions perfectly when you make the products and to price them according to the rules."
Another person, who was younger than most people in the room leaned forward slightly as he spoke.
"Yes, you did talk about the fixed pricing, so what is the exact numbers? And before we decide on whether we want to join hands with you, we'll need a sample so that we can judge if it's worth the efforts or not."
Keith nodded calmly as he passed a sheet of paper to the guy on his left, "Read the contents and pass it to the others. The pricing will be very simple. The first type, which is the flavored one will be priced at half a brak per bottle. Which means that they'll be sold in pairs. This is technically the pricier version of all three based on the alcohol content to money ratio.
When it comes to the second one which has a ten percent alcohol content, it'll be priced at one brak per bottle but with a special offer. If they buy five bottles, they'll get one bottle for free. This is for the bars and pubs in your locality since even they'll have to make money through the business.
As for the last one which has a 50% alcohol content, you'll be selling each one for ten braks each. You'll make the containers look fancy and tell people that it's a premium product. I'll invest 50% of the money that's needed to set up a glass bottle manufacturing facility.
Now, coming to the topic of bottles themselves; set up a recycling facility in your locality and pay people for giving you guys used glass bottles. This way, you won't have to import too much sand or glass from other territories and in the long run, you'll be able to make more profit.
As for how you sell the first and second types, is dependent on you. You can sell them in both glass bottle versions or wooden barrels but I feel like it'll be the bars and pubs that'll buy the barrels instead of common folks.
You'll also set up a separate stall that only sells my products and this will be directed towards common folks. You'll only sell alcohol in glass bottles to them and this will also be the place where the extremely poor will come to sell empty or broken bottles to you.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
As for the price at which you buy the bottles, I suggest keeping it low but not too low that people wouldn't find it worth their time. Your next journey awaits at empire
And when it comes to samples, I knew that you guys will ask for it so I did prepare a small batch just for this scenario." he said and a second later a small glass bottle appeared in front of him.
He grabbed it and looked at the door, "Caleb, bring in the glasses please."
As if everything was planned, Caleb immediately pushed the door open and walked in with a bunch of drinking glasses. He placed one each in front of the baronets and left as soon as he was done with his work.
Keith then got up from his chair and began to pour the drink into everyone's glasses. The amount poured wasn't much, but it was more than enough for them to taste a sample.
Everyone took a sip and they were pleasantly surprised with the refreshing taste that hit their tongues. The cool, minty flavor chilled their throats as it counteracted the burn of the vodka.
Compared to the various drinks they had in the past, they could all tell that the one in their hands was a unique one.
What do you think?
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