Chapter 20 Price War
President Horton, who calmed down, quickly began to think. He first had to study the new billiards rules. He took out paper and pen and started the simulation carefully.
"One person plays a lottery ball and another person plays a lottery ball. In this way, the confrontation of the game will greatly increase. Because both sides have to play different suits, as players, they not only need to score goals by themselves, but also need to prevent the opponent from scoring goals."
"As for whether the player plays a lottery ball or a lottery ball, it depends on the suit of the first goal. In this way, the position of the ball after the kickoff is very important. The person who scores the first goal may not have a good ball position, so under the rule of this sixteen-color ball, it is not necessarily useful to score a goal first, and seizing a good ball position becomes more important."
"It's amazing. It's just a kind of flower ball added, but it has brought about a qualitative change in the way of playing billiards. I really underestimated the young master of the down-and-out noble family before, but I didn't expect that he was a little clever!"
President Horton sighed and put down the paper and pen. The servant next to him observed his words and expressions and found that President Horton had calmed down, so he asked, "President, do we also want to make some flower balls?"
"Of course, I have said before that I will do whatever he does, and we sell the same thing, but we have a broader sales channel, and the advantages are always on our side." President Holden said.
The servant nodded: "Okay President, I'll arrange it right away, but there is something I must remind you that if we make flower balls, it may take a week from dyeing, drying to shipment. In other words, we will not be able to sell these 'sixteen-colored balls' in the next week."
"Let that down-and-out nobleman be happy for a week first. Even if he is given a week, how much can he sell! The market will still belong to us in a week!" President Horton said confidently.
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In the history of billiards, the history of American snooker balls was relatively short. After all, before World War II, Europe was the center of the world, and the colonies of Britain and France were spread all over the world, so British snooker and French French billiards were the mainstream of the world at that time.
However, after the end of World War II, American culture gradually spread around the world, and American snatch balls became the most popular and popular form of billiards in the world, especially among ordinary people, with a broad foundation. Compared with snooker and French billiards, American snatch balls are the real "civilian billiards".
The history of billiards on earth has verified the success of American bag-to-pocket balls, so Phil is not worried about the promotion of American bag-to-pocket balls in this magical world. Phil firmly believes that ordinary people in the magical world will soon like the gameplay of American bag-to-pocket balls.
The previous four-point billiards have already let people know what billiards are. Now when Phil launched the American baggage ball, the children did not have many questions, and they instantly accepted the American baggage ball gameplay.
American snatch balls have also improved significantly in terms of competitiveness. People's love for sports mainly comes from the competitiveness of sports. The improvement in competitiveness also attracts more people to be addicted to billiards and cannot extricate themselves.
It is easy to get started, the threshold for participation is low, and the competitiveness is strong, which instantly causes countless people to fall at the pool table.
On the earth, there are TV sets, cinemas, game consoles, and various ball games, and there are rich entertainment activities, but there are still countless young people gathering at the billiard table regardless of the cold and heat, enjoying the joy brought by billiards. In this magical world where entertainment life is extremely scarce, the charm of billiards is really unstoppable.
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A few days later, the Holden Chamber of Commerce also made flower balls, and then the Holden Chamber of Commerce's powerful sales channels began to show its power. They acted at the same time in their strongholds across the country and began to sell billiards to bars.
At a certain bar, the salesperson of the Holden Chamber of Commerce was selling billiards and pool tables to the bar owner. However, the originally enthusiastic bar owner turned cold after hearing the offer from the Holden Chamber of Commerce.
"I am very willing to buy billiards from the Holden Chamber of Commerce, but your prices are really high." The bar owner said very directly.
"The price can be negotiated. If you purchase five pool tables at one time, you can get a 10% discount." The salesperson said immediately.
"Is it just 10% off?" The bar owner shook his head, obviously not satisfied with the price.
The salesperson gritted his teeth and looked helpless, and continued, "Let's do it like this, 80% off, this is really the lowest price, and it can't be reduced any more."
"Is that right?" The bar owner smiled, and 80% off he could not impress him.
"If this is your lowest price, then I can only say sorry, your billiards are too expensive." The bar owner said as he looked like he was sending off the guest.
Elsewhere, salesmen at the Holden Chamber of Commerce have encountered the same situation, and almost every bar owner is thinking it is expensive.
The headquarters of the Holden Chamber of Commerce, far away in the capital royal city, also quickly learned this information.
President Horton looked at the situation summarized from all over the country and asked, "Has the reason been found? Why can't our billiards be sold?"
"I have investigated. This time our billiards sales are not good. The main reason is that the bar owners think it is expensive. To be precise, the products in Luoye Town are cheaper than ours." The servant said.
"How much cheaper?" President Holden asked.
"Their offer is third percent higher than ours, and there is room for further price reduction." The servant replied.
President Horton sneered: "This is a price war with me! A mere depressed nobleman who dares to compete with me for capital is really ignorant. Listen, from tomorrow, we will also reduce the price. We will sell as much as the Luoye Town sells!"
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In the town of Luoye, Peter handed Phil a stack of signed orders.
Phil did not check it carefully, but directly put the order into his arms, then handed a bag of money to Peter, and continued: "Peter, thank you so much for your hard work this time. This is your share last time."
"It's not hard to say. There's my share of it. I'm also making money for myself." Peter opened his wallet and counted the money while saying, "To be honest, the sales this time are much better than expected. As far as I know, the Holden Chamber of Commerce has also launched a flower ball. He copied you again. I thought it would still be snatched away most of the market by the Holden Chamber of Commerce like last time, but I didn't expect that their billiards were not selling well."
"I also heard a little bit. I heard from other bar owners in towns that the price of the Holden Chamber is too high. I think the reason why we sell well is because our billiards are good and cheap!" Phil said with a smile.
"Yes, it's good, it's cheap." Peter agreed casually.
But Phil took out a piece of parchment and handed it to Peter: "This is a new quotation."
Peter took the parchment and looked at the numbers on it, and a surprised expression appeared on his face: "Has the price been reduced again?"
"Yes, I found out that the Holden Chamber of Commerce is also lowering prices. In order to maintain the market, we can only lower prices, otherwise our billiards will not be sold." Phil answered.
"Phil, I have to remind you that the Holden Chamber of Commerce is very capital. If you fight a price war with them, you will suffer the final loss. After all, you don't have that much capital." Peter looked concerned.
Phil still looked calm: "It doesn't matter, it's small profit but quick turnover. Don't worry, the 30% you give you will not be short of a copper plate."
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Chapter completed!