RISE OF EROS

The emperor and the ministers of Cannaris had been carried away by the profits they could obtain from the shopping centers and had overlooked many things so in their eagerness to implement the project they quickly began construction.

Although they had a lot of property and land from the seizure they recently made from the spies of the Badily kingdom, that does not change the fact that they had made considerable investments to do renovations and construction.

Although they had not yet finished any of the shopping centers, they had already started construction work and a lot of money had been invested, so they could not turn back now.

However, when they contacted the merchants to propose the business of entering their stores into the shopping center, they realized the mistakes they had made.

Although this world is much more backward than Earth in many aspects, including entrepreneurship, that does not mean that the businessmen and women of this world are stupid.

When the emperor and the ministers approached the businessmen and women about these businesses, they immediately noticed the problem. Just as Andrew had said, merchants did not see the gain in joining these malls.

While it is true that by establishing all the high-quality products purchased by the nobles and wealthy in one place, they would generate an influx of powerful customers, that did not necessarily translate into a greater number of sales.

And the fact that they had to pay rent to sell the same thing was not profitable for them. In addition, they had to take into account that the shopping center was not their property, so they were at the mercy of what the owners of the place disposed of.

In short, all conditions were against them and that is why very few merchants agreed to the imperial family's proposal and even those who agreed were nobles close to the emperor who ran some businesses.

When the emperor and the ministers of Cannaris realized this, they immediately met to discuss the matter. It was obvious that they had to find something that would make the shopping center attractive and thus bring added value to merchants so that they would decide to jump on the bandwagon.

The problem was that they didn't have a product like that. The closest thing was Andrew's products and although they had managed to convince the few distributors of these products to join, the quantities of product they could offer were small and therefore did not serve as an anchor.

This left everyone gathered quite dissatisfied because they could not understand that a country as large and prosperous as the Cannaris empire could not have a special product that could be used for this business.

It's really not that there weren't any, but that those that existed already had their distribution and sales channel, which they would not give up just to generate money for the empire.

As in all worlds, businessmen and women only care about profits and it is not profitable for anyone to put a store in a shopping center because it will not generate more money, it is better to stay in their stores.

The kingdom of Dunnas is different in this aspect, as Andrew's products are innovative and little known. Andrew had not sold rejuvenating creams, shampoo, bath cream, tissue repair cream, clothing, or lingerie in this country, so all these products were the banner of the shopping center.

Although in the Cannaris empire, Andrew still sold these products, it was in established quantities, and he did not intend to increase it, no matter how much profits it generated.

The reason was simple. At first, Andrew did not have the production capacity, but now that he had it he would not provide it to the Cannaris empire due to all the injustices he suffered in that country.

Andrew was applying a trade barrier and while this always happens, on the other way around, it was no different in context. A trade barrier always appears when companies or the government of a country place obstacles or prevent the entry or development of a specific company.

This is what Andrew was doing, only instead of him being the one blocked, it was Andrew blocking the Cannaris empire from getting his products. While this could lead to the empire ending any relationship and causing him to go out of business, Andrew was convinced that they would not do so.

Andrew was convinced that the empire, despite everything, would prefer to try to mend relations with him before repressing him, but even if things were not as he thought, he would not suffer by withdrawing.
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While the Cannaris empire could make Andrew suffer by suppressing his business, not only in the empire but also in the kingdom of Tampilla, they would also suffer greatly.

First, they would completely lose Andrew's supply of products. If he was suppressed, Andrew would break his deal with Patricia and her friends regarding Kalifa's books, destroying a profitable company.

He would also terminate his agreement with their husbands over the supply of rejuvenating creams and other products. The massage house, the pleasure house, and all of Candice's businesses would be gone too.

Undoubtedly Andrew and his wives would lose a lot of money, but the empire would lose products that the nobles coveted, generating discontent. On the other hand, although the kingdom of Tampilla is an ally of Cannaris and they could ask to end Andrew's business there, they would also have to pay a price.

On the other hand, it has to be mentioned that they recently established relationships with the Amazons that were introduced by Andrew, and repressing Andrew could cause problems with them when they were just starting a friendship.

In short, the Cannaris empire had more things to lose than things to gain by repressing Andrew, so it was difficult for them to do it. Regardless of all this, Andrew had no idea what they thought of the Cannaris empire.

He was calmly in Dunnas enjoying life, while the emperor and the ministers of Cannaris racked their brains over a solution. Unexpectedly, the idea of ​​​​suppressing Andrew never appeared.

On the contrary, many proposed trying to mend relations with him and join the project, but the emperor did not agree. Not only him, but Minister Alcaly also did not agree.

As a merchant, she knew that, if they went to look for him, they would have to pay a great price for his collaboration, not to mention that they would lose their faces, and as nobles that was not acceptable.

Running out of ideas, Donald who had been silent throughout the meeting gave an idea that seemed controversial. His proposal was to make a line of products with the imperial seal.

When he said this, everyone looked at him strangely, and seeing that his colleagues didn't seem to understand, he began to explain, "The problem is that we don't have anything that attracts merchants and customers, right?", to which everyone nodded.

"Well, if we establish products with the imperial seal, it will attract customers and merchants," Donald continued and added since he saw that he had not explained clearly.

"In the country, the imperial family is synonymous with power and admiration. Now if we propose to the merchants that some of their best products, if sold in the shopping center, will have the imperial seal, implying that the imperial family favors these products…"

Donald didn't have to finish his sentence, because Minister Alcaly, being an experienced businesswoman, understood and finished the idea, "Then everyone will want to buy them to emulate the imperial family."

"That's right. They can be used as an anchor for entrepreneurs to enter the business and clients will buy them for prestige," Donald continued. Everyone in the office marveled at the idea because it was really a solution, but it had its cons.

"What happens if merchants make poor quality products?" Augustus asked, understanding the problem, and Donald, who seemed to have already identified that problem, gave a solution.

"Well, it will be a little more time-consuming and laborious, but we will have to have control over the quality on our part. We will spend a little, but it will not be as big as if the project failed."

Everyone remained silent and looked at the emperor waiting for him to make a decision and after a few minutes of thinking Augustus said, "Well, we have no choice, let's do it," and thus they began to define the details of the operation.

Meanwhile, Andrew and Victoria returned to Dunnas Palace where they were questioned about what was happening and they did not hide anything from them. They argued a little about it and after finishing, Victoria asked, "By the way, why didn't anyone tell me about Kalifa's novels?"

Everyone looked at her strangely and after a moment they all understood and laughing uncomfortably responded, "You didn't ask." Andrew couldn't help but laugh out loud at the response, but Victoria wasn't happy.

The girls apologized to Victoria for failing to tell her and scolded Andrew for laughing, but the situation didn't escalate and they then gave Victoria copies of Kalifa's books.