"Fiona, how do we procure land?"
"A land… Boss Alf, is the land for future expansion?"
"Yes, we will need a bigger place, won't we?"
At most, the space offered by the existing building could only provide a production capacity to serve up to six new branches for the current and new products. To dominate the market, these numbers were not nearly enough, Herbs & Lotions must open branches in every major city and the production center must be able to cope with fierce increment in demands. Hence, rather than later, it was better to set up a larger factory sooner.
"The lord of this city holds all the land rights in the territory. Buying and selling land, no matter how small or trivial, all the processes must go through him… I can try making an appointment. Unfortunately, since Herbs & Lotions is fairly new and there's no urgency for him to meet us, it may take a considerable amount of time until we are summoned"