Forty Millenniums of Cultivation (170-215)

Chapter 207: The Best Partner

Translator: Ash Editor: Millman97

Li Yao wasn't perturbed in the least by the breakdown in negotiations with the Zephyr Guild.

In the case of commercial negotiations, when both parties didn't come to an agreement, it was quite normal.

However, Gao Guanyu's words woke him.

The utility patents were only valid for three years.

After three years, the Demon Beast Detector's design would no longer be protected by patent laws, giving anyone an open invitation to craft similar magical equipment.

If he wanted to commercialize, then the sooner the better.

However, meticulously crafting and polishing a Demon Beast Detector with his own hands in a few days' time was one thing while using a production line to mass produce the detector another.

Not to mention the fact that he simply didn't have a 'Mystic Laser Micro-Engraving Machine'-like equipment for mass production. He also needed to consider advertising and marketing, distribution channels, after-sales services, starting capital, so on and so forth which would be required after the production.

None of these problems could be solved by him alone.

Having wracked his brain and still without a solution, Li Yao could only seek advice from Yuan Manqiu.

Yuan Manqiu was someone who had been in the refining community for a couple of decades and was a Big Sis in name and in fact. She had applied for hundreds of patents and thereby had long been adept at commercializing a patent. The first sentence that just came out of her mouth was enough to amaze Li Yao.

"First, you can set up your own sect.

"Don't look at me like that, is founding a sect so amazing? Nowadays, the federation, in order to inspire the young to be creative, is very supportive of young cultivators starting their own businesses.

"Nowadays, establishing your own sect in university is a trend.

"Many of your seniors in the institute have partnered up with each other and have created their own sects. The institute also wholeheartedly supports it.

"Moreover, you are not only an undergraduate but also a Class 1 Federation Disabled Soldier. If you were to establish your own clan, you will get a preferential treatment in regards to tax, bank loans, and other similar stuff.

"After founding your own clan, you can mass-produce Demon Beast Detectors. Of course, you will need a large investment during the early stages for which you can take a loan from the bank or go to some youth entrepreneurship expo to find someone to invest in you.

"Nowadays, many large sects are very happy to discover small sects with good potential at youth entrepreneurship expos and invest in them.

"In my opinion, the Demon Beast Detector does have very good potential. A small sect with it as the core product would be very popular in the youth entrepreneurship expo.

"If you're lucky, maybe a big sect would ready to spend a huge sum to directly buy your small sect.

"That way, not only can you get a lot of money, you can also directly become an elder like figure in a large sect. You could reach the dazzling heights in a single bound!"

Yuan Manqiu's advice made Li Yao's heart beat like crazy.

Establishing one's own sect?

It sounded quite amazing.

However, having thought of it carefully, he still gave up on this notion.

Setting up a clan wasn't as simple as it sounded. Whether it was going to the bank to apply for a loan or finding some investors in a youth entrepreneurship expo, very tedious things would need to be dealt with.