wizards start with occlumency

Chapter 97 Research
Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

If you slap your head, get hot, and do things without a plan, unless you are lucky, you will fail in all likelihood.

Link made up his mind and began to draft a research plan.

Generally speaking, there are 9 commonly used methods for research, field observation, interviews, questionnaires, meetings, seeking expert forecasts, sampling, typical, statistics, and literature.

The point-based investigation this afternoon belongs to on-the-spot observation, and direct, vivid, authentic and reliable first-hand information can be obtained.

However, what is observed is often the surface phenomenon or external connection of things, with a certain degree of chance, and is greatly affected by the subjective factors of the investigators, so it is not suitable for large-sample surveys.

Link must combine several other investigation methods to obtain a highly credible investigation result and form a thorough and complete investigation report.

After much thought, Link decided to divide the research objects into two categories, one named market-circulating fragrances, and the other named each store's specialty fragrances.

For fragrances in market circulation, we can start with literature survey and statistical survey to obtain a phased result, and then consider how to refine it;

Regarding the specialty fragrances of each store, especially the specialty fragrances of Lucia Family Pharmacy, Link plans to hire some people to conduct on-site observations and typical surveys.

Where do you hire the investigators?
Of course it’s the XC area!
The points are divided like this, but for specific operations, they can be carried out together.

After thinking carefully, Link took action.

He first searched out all the relevant information that could be found in the East District Library.

Although there are few records about East End pharmaceuticals, especially fragrances, it is not impossible to find nothing.

At least Link knew which management agency he could go to to retrieve the import and export records of goods.

After writing down the useful information one by one, seeing that the sky was approaching evening, Link finished searching for information and went back to the pharmacy to pick up Jasmine from get off work.

Take the rail transit train on the way back to the college.

Jasmine hesitated several times before speaking: "Link, this afternoon, while you were not in the store, Wizard Ella said some bad things about you."

"What bad word?"

Link knew that Jasmine didn't like the short and long personality of the Taoist behind her, so there must be a reason for bringing up the topic like this, so he took up the conversation.

"She said, she said..."

Jasmine considered her words and hesitated, "She said that you are an extremely cold-blooded person at heart. You just saw Antoine Hilton die in the ring last night, and then you killed Rivers Francis with your own hands. Today, you will follow You act like a fine person, as if nothing can touch your heart."

Link was silent.

Wizard Ella’s evaluation is very accurate and hits the nail on the head.

Even though he was already trying to integrate into the wizarding world, Link still felt a strong sense of detachment.

It's like playing a virtual game with a strong sense of substitution, the No. 1 perspective, all the senses are real, and everything seems to be no different from the real world.

However, there is always a voice reminding players that you are not from this world!

Therefore, for Enrique Bonaris, Harold Andrews, and Rivers Francis who died in his own hands, and for Antoine Hilton who died in front of his eyes, Link felt deep in his heart. There are some waves on the moral level, but other things don't matter at all.

As if those were not human lives.

The performance is extremely cold-blooded.

Link thought for a while, then smiled, and said with relief, "The mouth grows on the human body, let her say whatever she likes."

"But……"

Jasmine raised her voice, a little anxious, "But Wizard Salia, Wizard Tina, and even Wizard Serin have all heard it, and it will affect your impression in their hearts."

Link smiled and said: "I don't live for the impression in other people's minds, so don't worry about it."

In order to divert Jasmine's attention, Link chose to change the topic: "By the way, I went out to investigate this afternoon. Your idea last night is really a little bit possible to realize."

"is it?"

Jasmine knew that Link was changing the subject, but she tried her best to cooperate.

She knew that Link didn't want her to dwell on this, so she continued and asked, "Then what can I do?"

Jasmine could do a lot in this matter.

Collect literature, organize data, find research materials and research directions, carry out research and development, and so on.

Jasmine is already a relatively qualified assistant, and she still has the potential to be independent.

After returning to the academy and filling their stomachs in the cafeteria, Link and Jasmine went straight to the library.

Whether it is books in the library or materials in the high-level archives, as long as they are related to fragrance, they will be collected.

Go through it roughly, keep the useful ones, and discard the useless ones.

The next day.

Link and Jasmine went to work as usual.

The only difference from the previous two weeks is that Link specially recorded the category, effect, price and other information of the women's fragrances on sale in the store.

This action was seen by Wizard Serin.

She knew how talented Link was in botany and pharmacy, and she immediately understood that Link had another inspiration and direction for research and development.

Without hesitation, Wizard Seren immediately called Link over and asked directly: "Are you interested in women's fragrance?"

"Yes."

Link replied calmly: "My previous research and development of Hemerocallis essential oil was met with setbacks. I considered switching to fragrance production and got a little understanding of it. Yesterday afternoon, I was wandering around the East and South Districts and noticed that several large pharmacies were selling women's fragrances. It was very busy, and I came up with the idea of ​​making one or several fragrances."

"Fragrance is mainly about calming, calming and soothing, and women do use it a lot in their daily lives."

Wizard Celine nodded in praise, "The market in this area is indeed worth developing, and there are indeed fewer women's fragrance styles in our store."

After a pause, Wizard Serin asked: "How are you going to carry out the project? Do you want to develop it alone, or continue to develop it together?"

The reason why Wizard Seren asked this was not because he coveted the benefits that the lady's fragrance might bring, but because he needed to provide different funding according to Link's choice.

The Paro wizard sent promising talents to her to work part-time. Is it really just a part-time job?

This is called training!

How can an ordinary wizard apprentice have the opportunity to practice pharmacy and alchemical pharmacy one or two years in advance?
Link replied decisively: "I plan to develop it on my own first. If I encounter unsolvable obstacles along the way, I will ask Wizard Seren for help."

"fair enough."

Wizard Serin strongly agrees with this approach.

The last "cooperative development" model of Hemerocallis essential oil was a special case.

At that time, the Paro wizard made two preparations.

If Antoine Hilton can't handle the challenge from Rivers Francis, then send Link Grande off.

That's why Link Grande was given a chance to obtain a large amount of magic stones in a short period of time.

This time, let’s get R&D back on track.

Link couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This was a well-prepared trial.

If you want to count the women's fragrances on sale in the store, any time period will do.

Why choose it in the morning when the other staff are not there and Wizard Serene can notice?

Just to attract the attention of Wizard Serin.

The conversation that took place after attracting attention may seem simple, but it actually has a lot of connotations.

Link confirmed one piece of information from Wizard Serin's reply, that is, Wizard Paro will not do anything like the night before yesterday, which requires Link to do in the near future.

The two promises to do things within one's ability given by accepting the right to use the laboratory for half a year have been written off.

Wizard Paro means what he says!

Why this temptation?
After all, whether Link admits it or not, the insane Rivers Francis has already planted a thorn in his heart.

The name of the thorn is "distrust", or "doubt".

At that time, Rivers Francis, who had already lost half of his sanity and acted more on instinct, knew that he had no chance of revenge against Wizard Paro.
This big man behind the scenes controlled the "New Blood Mutual Aid Society", held a fishing rod, and used bait to catch many idiots like him and Antoine Hilton.

Like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw, he placed all his hopes on Link Grande, who seemed to be extremely talented in every aspect.

In order to bury the thorn deeper, Rivers Francis did not hesitate to sacrifice his dying life.

Empty talk and white teeth, how can there be bloody death, it is impressive!

No matter what, he is dead.

What if this thorn plays a role in the distant future?

Then make a fortune!

After feeling relieved, Link began to advance the research progress in an orderly manner.

After finishing the preprocessing of plants and herbs in the morning, and after lunch, Link asked Wizard Serin to write a letter of introduction for the secondment of data, and then headed to the central city.

Among the many administrative organizations in Riversouth City, there is one organization that is very inconspicuous, but very important.

That is the Goods Import and Export Administration.

There is no classification of goods entering and leaving River South City via the "Airport" and "Truck" stations. All the bills for entering and leaving the city must be collected to the Import and Export Administration Bureau and archived for further investigation.

Even the black market in the West District is like this, except for the real black goods who will be killed if they leak the information.

Without the letter of introduction from Wizard Celine, if Link dared to come to his door to ask for the relevant data on the import and export of women's fragrances in recent years, he would definitely end up being controlled by a smart law enforcement puppet.

With this letter of introduction, Link successfully obtained the data he wanted.

After that, without bothering to analyze the data, Link entered the Western District through the Southern District.

Without going deep into the West District, Link wandered around the outside of the West District a few times, ready to try his luck and find some easy-to-control gangsters to do things for him.

Link's luck has always been good, and he actually caught the five street gangsters from last time.

"come over."

Link waved to the gangsters who wanted to turn around when they saw him.

The fear of being awakened made the gangsters dare not go against Link's intentions, even though this place is on the periphery of the West District, not as chaotic as the interior of the West District.

"Brother...brother, is...is something wrong?"

The gangster hunched his back, his neck half retracted, his voice trembling, and he asked timidly.

Link took one look and knew what the gangsters were afraid of.

He pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, smiled politely, and said in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, I'll find something good for you."

As the words fell, the gangsters became even more frightened.

Brother, you said you didn't mean any harm last time, but you scared us and asked us to help you kill someone.

Now if there is a good thing, wouldn't it mean to kill it?

We are just useless street gangsters, please let me go.

The gangster leader has a lot of inner activities, but his reply is very sincere: "Brother, if you have anything to do, just ask me."

"This is a deposit, and there will be another one after the matter is completed."

Without further ado, Link took out a bag containing ten standard first-level magic stones, stuffed it into the hands of the gangster leader, and said seriously: "I want to know the types of special women's fragrances sold in all pharmacies in the Eastern District, Quantity, effect, selling price, and their approximate monthly sales. Give you three days, can you do it?"

After a pause, Link emphasized: "Remember, this is a special women's fragrance made by each pharmacy!"

The gangsters, especially the gangster leader, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

As long as it's not murder.

They were worried about the last incident for a while.

Although during this period of time, their life was quite comfortable.

Not only did he get ten magic stones from Link, he also pulled a lot of trophies from the corpses and sold a lot of magic stones.

This time it’s just about gathering information, my specialty, no problem at all.

The gangster leader squeezed the bag containing the magic stones and asked: "Brother, we have compiled the data, how should we hand it over to you?"

"East District, Celine Wizard Pharmacy."

It's not two weeks ago now, Link was not afraid to expose some of his information, and said frankly, "You guys organize and transcribe the data, just come here and find me."

"Then let's go back and prepare now?"

The gangster leader asked tentatively.

"Go."

Link waved his hand and watched the gangsters turn back into the West District. He also returned to the East District.

Now that there is a new project and Wizard Seren has also given new support, it is very reasonable to borrow the space of the pharmacy.

Return to the pharmacy and enter the operation room.

Link took out his portable computer and carefully analyzed the data "copied" from the Import and Export Administration Bureau.

Especially the purchase data of women's fragrance in Lucia Family Pharmacy.

It can be seen from the data that the market-oriented fragrances mainly operated by major pharmacies in the four urban areas have a common feature, that is, they are more practical.

However, Link did not jump to conclusions, nor did he rush to set the direction of fragrance development.

He turned to read the fragrance-related information and literature downloaded from the high-end literature library.

In the evening, Jasmine got off work and went back to the academy together.

After a simple dinner, the two went into the laboratory to make preparations for formal research and development.

Then, two days passed peacefully.

The gangsters obviously took Link's instructions to heart, and sent the collected data to the wizard Selin's Pharmacy before noon on the third day.

Link readily paid another ten standard first-level magic stones.

As a person, you must keep your word. If you say you will get another share when things are done, you will get another share.

The gangsters left happily.

After reading the data, Link had an unexpected surprise and a sense of urgency.

Lucia Family Pharmacy is preparing to hold a new pharmacy product launch conference in the near future, including a new fragrance series.

The opportunity for sniping is available, and so are the targets for sniping.

The question is whether Link and Jasmine can develop a high-quality fragrance product in time that can compete with the new fragrance products of Lucia's family pharmacy.

The question is more about whether it can be won.

Link thought about it, and felt that there was still a need for differentiated competition.

Perhaps, without being too practical, under the condition that the effect is not weaker than other fragrances, highlight the fragrance and focus on charm?

When making money from women, you have to consider fame and beauty.

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