Title: My First Trading Partner is An Awaken
_______________________
"Wow! This wine is great!" Mr. Alrik complimented. He tried it again and sniffed it and he became serious about tasting it.
The first time he did it is out of thirstiness as he finds that the OTZ Group who had a warehouse nearby had their warehouses magically gone overnight.
"It's truly tasty! This sure is the best wine I had tasted for a long time!" Mr. Alrik continued complimenting. "Is this from France?"
"No, it's brewed by me? How was the taste?" Henry asked. He acted and tried not to be obvious about his quiry.
"Brewed by you?! Is this really brewed by you?" Mr. Alrik was stunned. He was even more surprised with it compared to what happened to OTZ Group of Companies.
"Yes. Of course, the brewing method is a secret. So you said that it's one of the best wines you had tasted, wasn't it?" Henry brings him back to his first comment about the wine.
"Yeah, I tasted wine when I had the chance to travel in France. I bet your wine is tastier as compared to what I had two years ago and it's even more expensive!" Mr. Alrik exclaimed.
"I see. How expensive was it?" Henry asked, trying to act cool and relax. "I'm trying to get the opinion of people like you since I wanted to build a business on this wine."
"For real?!" Mr. Alrik seems to have this shining pair of eyes as if smelled some possible cooperation with the young man in front of him.
"Yes. So how was it?" Henry asked again.
"Before that, can I offer my assistance with regards to your business? I truly wanted your wine and I bet my other good friend would love it too even if the wine is expensive." Mr. Alrik suggested.
"I don't mind, Mr. Alrik. It's just a suggestion of my father and he also told me to try making a business out of it." Henry lied.
"Your father is wise, Mr. Ramirez. Well, this wine is far superior to what I had tasted two years ago. That time, I had ordered the Leroy Domaine wine series and the second cheapest wine was worth 5,700 USD!"
"It's in USD, Mr. Ramirez and the crazy thing about it is when I travel to Canada and try the same bottle of wine, the price is about 9,300 USD!"
Mr. Alrik discusses and explains with enthusiasm. Even his secretary who is just listening with them is surprised on how expensive it was.
"That's crazy! And you said that this wine is better than what you had tasted before," Henry was stunned by the dumbing price of a single wine.
With his contract with Tyler, a barrel for wine is worth 1 gold coin. If he trades it with PAL jewelry, it's only worth around 300,000 pesos.
However, based on the trading system. The barrel of wine that Tyler is talking about is 300 liters of wine. This means that he can yield let's say 190 liters of wine and with the price of around 6000 USD, a barrel of wine can yield him 1.14 million USD which is about 57 million pesos.
"Yeah, it seems too crazy." Henry agreed. "Tyler might be truly enraged if he knows about this."
Unbeknownst to him, in Tyler's world, there are far more superior wines as compared to the wine he tries to sell to Henry. Tyler even earned 15 silver coins for a barrel of it.
Well, Henry and Tyler ripped each other apart and had taken advantage of the products they had.
Henry had taken advantage of the salt unceasingly and this ordinary compound made him change their lives instantly.
However, the same is true with Tyler, with the salt he had from Henry, he even takes more benefits from it. So, it's a win-win solution for both.
Now that Henry had leverage of Oil talisman, Tyler also takes advantage of this dealing as he was truly short of gold and since Henry is open minded, the opportunity opens.
"What's the name of this wine, Henry?" Mr. Alrik asked. This question made Henry come to his senses.
"I am still thinking about it." Henry said which made Mr. Alrik laughs.
"Mr. Ramirez, why now we simply call it Henry's Wine Series since you made it." Mr. Alrik suggested.
"Right, that simplifies everything." Henry said. "Do you think it would reach such an expensive price?"
"Well, the taste is truly amazing and if we target high end classes, we could at least reach half of the price." Mr. Alrik said.
"That's a loss but it's better than nothing. What do you think of managing a wine company, Mr. Alrik?" Henry offers.
"You really mean that?" Mr. Alrik was surprised about it since he just made some punch comment but the young man seriously considered it.
"Well, if we can wholesale it for at least 150,000 pesos a bottle and have annual income of let's say 200 million pesos, I can give you the CEO position. But you need to work everything out." Henry said.
"You're one bold Young man, Henry. How much will be the starting capital for your winery?" Mr. Alrik asked.
"Is 15 million pesos enough for the structures, preparation and advertisement? I will be in charge of the wine. We just need bottling machines and hire some people." Henry said.
"That money is enough but if you have the product already and just need to be bottled and branded, I think it's enough but I still need to let some expert assess it as my opinion is just so,so." Mr. Alrik suggested.
Although he was excited about this new opportunity, he still had the heart to calm himself up and think critically, "Good thing I know some experts about wine!"
"That's even better! Then, how much share would you want for this endeavor?" Henry asked.
Mr. Alrik laughs with the openness of Henry, "You're generous enough to simply wave share about your winery. Since you want to entrust this thing to you and I believe that this wine will be great and be on the market with enough advertisement, 5 percent is enough for me Mr. Ramirez."
"Well, let's do 10 percent but I need to rent two more of your warehouses free of charge as long as we are partners with this winery." Henry said.
He wanted to use the warehouse to expand his salt supplies so that he could pay for it and collect it in one go. He had already collected the salt four times now and still had stock in his trade platform on standby. Whenever, Tyler needs it. He can just trade it with him.
"Deal!" Mr. Alrik is positive about this. He knew that the wine would have a market due to its superior taste alone and he had just an idea on how to promote it.
For someone who loves wine, he almost visited most of the luxurious restaurants and hotels to taste a bit of those expensive wines.
He wanted to order online but he knew that his personal fund was limited. Ordering from abroad is even more expensive as he just needed at least 10 pieces but he knew he would be killed by his wife if she found out.
"Deal if you could allow me 2 bottles of this wine every month!" Mr. Alrik reintegrates.
Henry nodded and agreed. With this verbal agreement, they still need to draft contract and Mr. Alrik is to process the establishment of the Henry's Winery.
Yet before they settled down, a call from Mayor Sales was received by Henry. This call was heard by Alrik himself and the secretary which made them glance at each other.
"Hello Mayor. What's up?" Henry asked informally.
"Henry, I had some good news about the gold coins and the silver coins you had given me. As you said, you wanted to know if this coin has historical value and these coins do!"
"I had called you about this and I suggest you try to register it for the upcoming auctions that will be held next week, Saturday." Mayor Sales said.
"Auction? Is it necessary?" Henry asked.
But when he glances at Mr. Alrik and his personal secretary, they immediately thumbs up which means that the auction is beneficial for him.
"Yes, it does. I believe if you do this, it will have greater value and you will yield more money for a single gold coin!" Mayor Sales explains.
"I see, so anything that has value can be auctioned?" Henry asked trying to raise his voice to be known by Mr. Alrik who seems to signal about something good.
"Yes. I believe if you try to auction your potion, you can have at least 100 million pesos!" Mayor Sales exclaimed. "But I know you treasure your privacy, Henry."
"Yeah, that was not an option. Where can I register my things by the way?" Henry asked politely.
"Well, you can get your coins in my office and one of my staff will assist you. We do the work here since half of the proceeds of the auction will be donated for the city." The mayor further explains.
"I see. I will be there in an hour, Mayor Sales." Henry said. The Mayor also said his goodbyes as he too is busy with some work. He just wanted to prioritize Henry Ramirez as he knew that he is not a simple young man.
He also has some trouble with the OTZ Group of Companies. So he needed to attend some meetings to address the issue since the company had also made some investment in the city.
The mayor also learned that the warehouse of the same company was ransacked in Valenzuela City. Since the two warehouses were done for, he knew that the cases are both connected. He just needed to figure that out.
Last time, he had some troubles about the 90 individuals who had their limbs fractured in Zone 9 where abandoned warehouses are situated.
The police chief reported to him that it was the members of Luis' gang and even Luis was found tied up in Zone 9 early in the morning.
The chief considered it as a gang war but when he learned that the gang leader is a friend with the son of Willy Morante, he knew that Henry was involved.
Yet he just stayed silent. No one knew how powerful Henry was and even if he told such a possibility, the police would not believe him. Who would believe that a man can directly immobilize 90 people?
He was even more convinced when all the gang members said the same thing, that they were attacked by a devil. Yet Luis, who is the gang leader, told the police that it was just a brawl between gangs.
However, even if he knew something about it. He keeps silent and tries to ask Henry about it personally.
"I never knew that you knew the Mayor personally. That's opportunity, Mr. Ramirez!" It was Mr. Alrik.
"You wanted to auction the wine too?" Henry asked. It's the only possible participation of his wine in the auction.
"No, Mr. Ramirez. Although this wine is high end. We can use it to introduce it to those attendees and give them samples as the auction goes on!" Mr. Alrik suggested.
"I understand what you wanted to say. Although we make a loss, it's like advertising our product directly to those wealthy individuals." Henry interpolate.
"Yeah, it's wise. Since it was next Friday. That would be 7 days and it was enough to establish the framework of the winery!" Mr. Alrik exclaimed in determination.
"With this, you wanted me to secure the sponsorship of the wine used in the venue and to secure the wine itself." Henry added.
"Exactly!" Mr. Alrik agreed.
"I will send you the 7 million first to establish the company. You are better at it and let me handle the sponsorship through the mayor." Henry said.
He had exited from Alrik's office and more towards his warehouse to collect the salt. He already paid the salt for almost 932,000 pesos and need to collect it.