The next day at noon, Ash and his friends visited the perfume shop again. As Erika had mentioned, by noon, the effects of that perfume should have been discovered.
When Ash arrived at the perfume shop, Erika greeted him with a delighted expression, "Ash, you're here!"
"Yeah, how are the effects of that perfume?"
"You absolutely won't believe how incredible the perfume you made is," Erika said mysteriously, lowering her voice when talking about the perfume.
"Umm… Is it really that impressive?" Ash paused for a moment and then asked, pretending not to know.
"More than impressive, I've never seen a single-use item with such powerful auxiliary functions. The perfume you made can put Pokemon into a semi-trance state, while simultaneously maximizing the development of every cell in the Pokemon's body, giving a massive boost during training!"
"According to tests, one bottle of perfume can put a Pokemon into a trance ten times, each lasting up to an hour. It doesn't boost the mental aspect much, but the benefit is that it won't cause mental fatigue during training, just physical wear, which makes recovery much quicker."
"And lastly, the training enhancement effect — for our perfume shop, a ten percent increase in training effect is already the top tier, but the one you made… has a twenty-five percent increase!!"
Even though Erika tried to keep her voice low, it still came out somewhat sharp as she reached the conclusion.
When this result was first achieved, Erika couldn't believe it at all. How could there be such a miraculous effect that increases training efficiency by twenty-five percent, even if it's just physical and not mental, it's still quite extraordinary.
For Fighting Type Pokemon that rely on physical attacks, this is practically an epic enhancement!
Moreover, the materials for the perfume aren't particularly valuable; it's the formula that's precious. If they could produce this perfume in their shop and sell it in bulk, their shop's reputation would definitely reach new heights!
It might even spread to other regions!
For Erika, this is more important than making money. Compared to the usual wishes of Gym Leaders, like wanting to make their Pokemon stronger or revitalize the gym, Erika's wish doesn't involve the gym at all.
What she wants is to develop her perfume shop into something bigger, not just to become the number one perfume shop in Celadon City, but to become a world-renowned chain perfume store!
As it stands, if she had this perfume to help, she could definitely get closer to her dream by a major step!
"Ash, I'm willing to sell your perfume with a 9/1 profit-sharing ratio, I just hope you trust me and give us the formula, we promise not to leak it," Erika said, patting her chest with conviction.
A 9/1 split… this deal exceeded Ash's expectations again. 9/1, and he doesn't even have to cover material costs, labor costs, or promotion fees, which means, from a perfume that earns thirty thousand, he'd get twenty-seven thousand directly!
If he earns like this, he could probably achieve financial freedom within a year, and wouldn't have to worry even if he had to support a hundred or two hundred Pokemon!
But Ash shook his head and said, "No need, Erika, let's go with the 8/2 split we initially talked about; eighty percent is already a lot for me, and a bottle of perfume should earn over thirty thousand anyway, right?"
At the end, Ash's voice also lowered. It's better that others don't know about the profits from perfume; though it shows that the perfume indeed is worth the price, knowing the profit margin might still cause some discontent.
"Over thirty thousand?" Erika tilted her head in confusion, then with a devilish smile said softly, "No, we've decided to make this our flagship product, the price… sixty-eight thousand eight hundred eighty-eight."
Ash and his friends: ???
Over sixty thousand? You'd make money faster than robbing a bank!
Yesterday when Ash made the perfume, they had checked the prices of the materials afterward, and the total cost definitely wouldn't exceed four hundred bucks.
And you're turning around to sell it for over sixty thousand? It's even a consumable!
If you calculate that a bottle can only be used for ten hours, a single Pokemon would use it up in two days at most, and if you have six Pokemon… gosh, you'd burn through two hundred thousand in a day!
"Is anyone really going to buy it at this price?" Misty swallowed, unable to face the numbers she calculated in her head.
Even though she's a Gym Leader, she couldn't possibly afford such a cost to train Pokemon.
"Ha, there are plenty of rich people in the world, you don't have to worry about sales. We're not only the largest perfume shop in Celadon City, but we also have branches in other cities in Kanto. If we can sell this perfume in our stores, we might even expand to other regions. Ash, all you have to do is sit back and collect money."
"Deal!" Ash said decisively after a moment of hesitation. Even if perfume sales aren't great, selling ten bottles a day would also mean over fifty thousand a day in income!
Finally, those days of poverty are behind him!
This money not only allows him to care for as many Pokemon as he wants without worry, but it also takes care of Misty and Brock's Pokemon as well.
Afterwards, Ash and Erika discussed some details, and Erika even drafted a contract for the two parties to sign, in duplicate, completely formal.