After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 628

Chapter 628: Deals with the Golds
Next to deal with was the Golds, who seemed to be enjoying their snacks while watching a few deals form in front of them. They allowed them to watch such a sensitive topic because one, the aborigines wouldn’t feel comfortable kicking them out, and second, it would save Althea a lot of time in the discussions.

She missed her children very much.

Anyway, although the Golds had been here a while, Althea had been so busy with the war, her various experiments, and training that she just couldn’t find the time to mind them at all.

She looked at the group of beautiful blondes, looking at the information available in the Lord Panel at the same time.

Jonathan was already pretty strong for a town citizen at level 35. According to rumors, he was already in his late 40s though he looked to be a decade younger.

The Golds’ level, on the other hand, was amazing. Obi—who was only in his 30s—was already level 43. Olga was at level 39, which was amazing for a woman, even if she was a city-dweller. And then there was Otto, who was already at level 50.

She couldn’t help but look at Oslo and his level. His siblings were so far ahead of him in terms of levels; It was no wonder people said he slacked off a lot…

The Golds didn’t notice Althea’s judgy stare and continued on with the topic. “My brother advised me on the things you lack,” Otto said. “I’m sure he told you that our family had in-house magic tool makers.”

Immediately, the Alteran’s backs—and even the other guests—perked up at the mention of magic tools. The Golds smirked, fairly confident in their offers.

Of course, the values were not the same, but they should be able to buy a lot of local materials with a few magic tools.

Althea leaned forward a bit, extremely interested. “Tell us more about the tools you can trade us with,” she said, and Otto gladly entertained her.

“We can give you our tools for a much lower price than the market cost. We have an in-house toolmaker you see, and his specialties are aether letters and aether boards.”

Aether boards were like aether letters, but were much larger, and had a larger network, but they had a one-way use. There would be one or two ‘main’ boards where the contents would be written, and all the other boards in a large area would present it.

The use of this was limited due to the system’s announcement function, but it could be used for areas outside the territory and, because it was only one-way, the tool could handle arrays that could make it work for far longer distances.

For instance, they could not only place them outside the gates for people to read before entering, but they could even put them in the camping area dozens of kilometers away. It was understandably not a very popular tool, but Alterans would find a place for it somewhere.

And, of course, a larger supply of aether letters would be most welcome.

“Do you perhaps have more access to other types of tools? We are willing to pay, of course.”

The aborigines had mentioned that magic tool makers were limited to tools with similar functionality, so she wasn’t surprised the in-house toolmaker could only make the two tools. However, she would like it if they had a bit more variety.

“We indeed have various channels for other tools,” Otto said with a confident smile. “We can exchange these things for you for the exclusive rights to distribute in our city and the surrounding territories,” he said and naturally the Alterans agreed.

“Will we be dealing with you, Miss Althea?”

To their surprise, she shook her head. “Not me, per se. The territory is about to open a Contribution Store selling special items. If you want, you can propose a deal at the Village Center to become a steady source of magic tools for the territory.

“Give a fair price to Altera and you have the exclusivity you want for my Gaea products’.”

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The group finalized the deal, with Ansel tilting the advantages more to their side with a couple of words (this was something difficult to Althea who always preferred things straight to the point).

For instance, increasing the prices, manipulating the terms, the interests, et cetera. This was Ansel’s specialty and Althea was glad to give the helm to him.

By the time the discussion ended, the Golds’ eyes on Ansel had an elevated light of respect. They had indeed been acquaintances before thanks to Oslo, but seeing this side of him made them think more of him.

To summarize, Altera first and foremost increased the purchase limits for all the parties involved. Of course, she was only speaking for her own products and shops, though she told them other companies would likely follow her model.

As for the selling costs, Ansel made it so they didn’t even need to lower them at all. The aborigines gladly paid for the market price! For non-locals, this was a huge expense, but apparently not much for these nobles and the market they were planning on selling the goods to.

The different parties also chose a field to focus on, as it was much more efficient and profitable to do so. Plus, there would be minimal conflicts among parties.

Jonathan basically took the distributorship of nearly all items for Ferrol and surrounding villages, with his two companions piggy-backing on his deal.

Jonathan had a share in both Kory and Ping’s business—food and hospitality, respectively. While Kory took the sauces and food products, Ping took items like pillows, duvets, uniforms, and the like.

Even Cassandra and Veronica, who weren’t initially planning on making big deals, managed to get the distribution rights for beauty items in their respective towns. They had seen how Olga and Althea worked and they thought, why couldn’t they?

For the Golds’ side, it was Otto who took the dealership for most items except for the fabric and beauty products. Olga took monopoly on the beauty products to distribute to her and her sister-in-law’s shop back in the city. She had also taken the fabric business, inspired by the various clothing stores she saw here.

Obi wasn’t good with business but he did buy a lot of the novelty weapons. While they were only Class D weapons, they were really useful and superior weapons for those around level 20.

Anyway, it was an overall productive deal, and should be able to bring Altera to another level of prestige and wealth!

Altera would only become more powerful and more beautiful from here on out, and the aborigines could already foresee it.

It was here that the women—Olga and Cassandra—looked at Althea with shining eyes, “Is there a way to purchase a luxury house without having to transfer residency?”

Althea mused for a bit before answering. As it was, only permanent residents had the right to own their properties. Temporary Residents could lease, while visitors would require a rather stringent list of requirements in order to rent a commercial or residential unit.

However, her business partners naturally had some perks.

“Well, you can lease it,” she said, mentally deciding to add this option as soon as the aborigines left her house. “The minimum lease is 1 year, however.

“It will not be cheap either as the territory typically only allowed for residents to have such benefits.”

“That’s fine,” Olga said, “I will definitely lease one!”

Although they wouldn’t buy the residency, they knew they’d be here often. They should live as comfortably as they can! Somehow, it felt like they needed to claim a part of it while they could.

Cassandra nodded in agreement. “Me too!” she said, with a little blush on her face. “I will buy a villa. There’s one I love in the luxury area.”

Oslo couldn’t help but tease her, “New love nest?”

“Shut up!!” She yelled, face red from embarrassment, making Veronica and Olga to giggle at them.

“Me as well,” Otto added, before looking at her, “We can rent a shop, is this alright?”

Althea nodded. “As the territory’s business partners you should be allowed to lease a store for a favorable price,” she said, turning to Ferrol. “That is the same with you.”

She then looked at Otto, with a bit more seriousness. “We would need to delineate which tools would only be available in that store, however,” she told him. “There will be tools available exclusively in the Contribution Store.”

Otto’s eyes lit a bit, understanding why she chose to do so. “I understand.”

There were plenty of tools in this world, some of which no one would want on their enemies. While others could find alternative channels, they wouldn’t want it to be too easy—especially when it could be used against Altera.

There were also tools she needed to request for, but that discussion was best left to the Golds alone.

This was also a good thing for the Golds, especially now when they didn’t have their own physical stores yet. At least for a while, the Contribution Store would be their only channel to sell in.

In any case, even with all the worry they needed to iron out, Althea and Ansel couldn’t help but give subtle looks at each other, their eyes sparkling at the possibilities.

Magic Tools!