Chapter 130 Ji Zhixian's Concerns
The fundamental reason why Gu Yunli placed emphasis on lower-grade magical instruments at this new product launch conference was because the production capacity of mid- and upper-grade instruments was limited.

At present, his Lingbao Refining Factory has begun to increase its production capacity. It is not a problem to produce a thousand founding edition flying swords every day, but it is not certain that it can even produce three hundred advanced edition flying swords.

As for the collector's edition, even a hundred swords are enough.

There is no way. Compared with his previous life, this world relies too much on talents.

The reason why he was able to bring down the price of the magic weapon was because there were enough independent cultivators and it was cheap enough!

Combined with assembly line operations, mass production is possible.

But this does not mean that he can use this to replicate the mass production of mid-to-high-quality magical tools.

This is also the fundamental reason why he tried to find a foundry.

However, most of the weapon-refining sects present were not interested in his proposal and simply laughed it off.

Again, the prices of common magic tools are so low, how much can they get in their hands?

However, a few sects still stayed and planned to inquire in detail.

As the saying goes, big trees grow taller than the sky, and small grass grows everywhere on the ground.

Not all weapon-refining sects are doing well.

Now that there is a way, how can I be picky? At least give it a try first.

Seeing this, Gu Yunli was already satisfied.

It is obviously impossible to recruit all the weapon refiners in the world to work for him. He takes the path of small profits but quick turnover, but essentially he is going for Taizhen Tianxiang, so it is enough for him to firmly control the low-end market.

If we can train enough high-level weapon refiners in the future, it won’t be too late to strive for high-end magical weapons.

……

After seeing off Emperor Qingxu, Gu Yunli led many potential partners to visit the Lingbao Refining Factory and explained the principle of assembly line operation. He also said frankly that if all sects also built refineries according to the Lingbao Refining Factory model, they would definitely make money even if the price of magic tools was very low.

"Is Gu Zhenzai going for the path of small profits but quick turnover?"

After everyone finished the tour, the Lord of Mo Family Castle asked loudly.

"Exactly."

"Since the profit is small, we must ensure that we sell more. Is Gu Zhenzai sure that the universal magic weapon will be popular all over the world?"

The Lord of Mohist Castle looked a little suspicious.

The consumption of magic weapons is not large, especially when the world has been peaceful for a long time and there are few large-scale conflicts.

"The sale of magical instruments is Gu's business. You just need to do the work according to the orders. If you think it's too risky to hastily expand your staff, you can first do a small amount of mid- to high-quality magical instruments and make a decision after a month."

Gu Yunli smiled, appearing quite confident.

The reason for confidence essentially comes from the questionnaire.

Before the new product launch, he conducted a large-scale questionnaire survey, which seemed to be a warm-up for the universal magic weapon, but in fact it was not the case.

This is a form of market research.

After excluding a large number of invalid questionnaires such as "non-practitioners", "quick fill-in to get points", "incorrect answers to repeated questions", "trap questions", etc., the remaining data is of great reference value.

He noticed that the proportion of monks who had two or fewer magical instruments was as high as 89%;

The number of monks without any magical tools was 56%;

Gu Yunli deduced through other questions and found that something was wrong with the questionnaire data. In fact, at least 70% of the cultivators did not have any magical weapons.

He suspected that many independent cultivators would be embarrassed to admit that they were penniless even when filling out a questionnaire.

Therefore, most people chose the option of "two or less".

To this end, he spied on many monks who filled out questionnaires to further prove his judgment. In short, even if the data after correction is biased, it can still prove that the market for magic tools is huge.

He made the magic weapon very simple in the early stage, also in preparation for subsequent product iterations.

After the product is released, he will do some product reviews, renovations, and secondary creations. He doesn’t believe that the product won’t sell well.

"In that case, Mo is willing to do the work for the General Chamber of Commerce."

After some hesitation, the Lord of the Mohist Castle decisively chose to cooperate. Not seeking to make money, but also to improve the level of his disciples would be a great help.

After some thought, over 80% of the remaining weapon-refining sects chose to cooperate, and only 20% could not understand the assembly line operation model and chose to say goodbye and leave.

After some statistics, Gu Yunli recruited a total of eighty-three OEM sects, with a total of more than eight hundred weapon refiners.

I don't dare to ask for too much in terms of production capacity, but at least the output of mid-to-high-quality magical instruments can be increased a little.

In order to ensure product quality, Gu Yunli required all OEM sects to undergo training at the Lingbao Equipment Refining Factory. Only after passing the training would they be allowed to return and build their own factories.

Everyone readily agreed to this request.

When everything was arranged, Gu Yunli was about to turn around and leave, but Ji Zhixian chased after him and said with a worried look on his face:

“Gu Zhenzai, if we let them go back and build a factory like this, what if they sell it privately?”

Of course, no matter how generous the remuneration offered by Gu Yunli was, it was still less than the retail price. In that case, why not make the difference himself?

If you sell some of it privately and keep your hands clean, who would know?
Gu Yunli smiled when he heard this: "The customer won't recognize it."

Ji Zhixian was surprised: "Why?"

Gu Yunli smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."

After speaking, he walked away.

Ji Zhixian blinked and quickly understood what Gu Yunli did.

……

In the following days, all the major cooperating weapon-refining sects sent disciples to learn about the Lingbao Weapon Refining Factory's assembly line experience.

Although most of these weapon-refining sects are small and micro, they also have an orderly inheritance and are very strict in selecting disciples. At least they are much better than the Lingbao weapon-refining factories that accept everyone.

Therefore, the learning process was very smooth!

In other words, rather than coming to learn, it is more like understanding the various data of common magical tools, such as size, pattern, symbols... and so on.

Gu Yunli repeatedly stressed that if the error exceeded a certain standard, the goods would be deemed as scrap and the General Chamber of Commerce would refuse to sign for them.

Therefore, the major weapon-refining sects naturally dare not be careless.

When the study was over and the major sects were preparing to go back to make magic tools, Gu Yunli announced a rule:
"All of you Daoists have attended the new product launch conference. You should know that the selection of materials for Universal Magical Instruments is extremely strict. In order to ensure the quality of the instruments, all OEM products are provided with raw materials by the Universal Chamber of Commerce. If there are any waste products, they must not be destroyed privately and must be handed over to the Universal Chamber of Commerce. If there is a difference, it will be compensated according to the retail price. I hope you can understand."

As the news came out, all the sects that outsourced the weapon refining looked at each other in bewilderment and discussed the matter privately.

They were keenly aware that the General Chamber of Commerce was preventing them from selling privately.

But they had no reason to object.

There is nothing wrong with refining waste magic tools, and the General Chamber of Commerce did not punish them for it. If they are against such a regulation, then it is obvious that there is something fishy going on.

Therefore, all the sects that did the outsourcing had no choice but to accept it, even if they were unwilling.

Looking at the major OEM sects taking the raw materials back, Ji Zhixian became more and more worried instead of less worried.

The regulation on controlling raw materials is good, but can it really prevent the private sales by the major OEM sects?

(End of this chapter)