Helping with Adventurer Party Management

Episode 246: The Power Relationship of Negotiations

Looking at the pile of replies from the workshop, I sighed.

"Do we still have to pay a direct visit to the workshop and talk"

But Sarah stops it.

"Yes, but it's not dangerous"

"Right."

Ordinary raids can be managed with a regiment of swordtooth soldiers, and we are not afraid of that yet.

The problem is I can't say that there are no cases of witchcraft being practiced by someone in the workshop I visited.

I think the sorcerer himself who made the case the other day has repelled, but I can't tell you enough that he's putting traps all over the place and that trap is still there and not waiting to be activated.

From my own experience, spiritual witchcraft is only natural in behavior and that's why it's hard to read as an escort, just because the person doesn't have any conscious symptoms.

I do not know to what extent the effects of the sorcery performed will continue, but I want to avoid unnecessary dangers, at least until the Cardinal's revelations are complete.

Besides, the problem isn't just the dangers of witchcraft.

Weak bargaining power is a more serious issue.

As it stands, you know the other party doesn't have a handout for selling luxury goods to the company (of which).

So, as a company (of which), I want to negotiate with individual workshops and let them compete to draw good terms.

When I was an interstate merchant, this hand worked because I was a merchant from an independent adventurer.

As a result, profits tripled.

However, the traditional workshop, which has been in business all over the city for a long time, has sealed this hand by uniting.

That's how we're trying to pull better terms out of this.

As a bargaining game, the company (of which) has no choice but to drink whatever the other party has offered.

Explaining it like this, Sarah stumbled on me.

"Conditions. Isn't that all right? Pioneer's shoes are profitable, aren't they?

"If the only thing they bring up is money, there's room for negotiation. Probably won't."

"You mean terms other than money? Is that true?

"If I'm the other party, I'm asking for a waiver to disclose the pioneer's shoe technology, to grant permission to manufacture similar products, and to audit some sales controls to be paid for the use of church stamps."

It is the iron rule when you are in a strong position in negotiations to claim technology, manufacturing rights, trademark rights, and everything you have.

Anyway, they don't have any other options.

An audit of the last condition may need a little explanation.

The pioneer's shoes must pay a portion of their sales to the church because they use the church mark.

And that funding is turned to rural support.

If you participate in this mechanism, the declaration of sales must be accurate and must be audited every certain period of time.

This is an inalienable part of developing a church stamp management mechanism.

However, with the power of the current negotiations, the terms and conditions could be unacceptable or the sales could be rendered jealous in the form of self-declarations.

"That's not the same as sending over the business of the company (of ours)!

"So I guess you're telling me to drop in the business. If I were your opponent, you'd think that if you were to crush the company's luxury merchandise business, you'd only have a chance now, before the Cardinal's revelations are complete. I want my blind enemies picked in my little buds."

"Whatever it takes, I can't believe I'm going that far."

"Can you say there isn't?

Looking at the strong mouth replies piled on my desk, I guess I remembered the other day's magician raid and the incident I've been targeted for.

Sarah mumbled.