"This grandfather clock is made by your factory?" Semyon Ivanovich approached the three-foot-tall pine shell, "It's very good, although there are no ornate decorations, but it looks practical." ”

"Guess what the factory price of this clock is." Isabel's smile was mysterious.

The director of the management committee quickly calculated that the price of similar table clocks in the world is at least 500 gold talers, of course, this also includes the gems and gold and silver ornaments inlaid on the clock shell, excluding these exterior decorations, the cost of the clock alone is also 300 gold talers.

"I suppose it won't be less than two hundred and fifty gold talers?" Semyon Ivanovich gave a bold estimate.

"One hundred and eighty quintals." Roland's valuation was even more daring, because he could see that there was a big difference between this table clock and similar products on the market, and the vast majority of its parts were cut in batches with machine tools, and industrial mass production would inevitably reduce costs.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's guess is closer to the real answer, but the error is not small." Isabel proudly announced, "The factory price of this clock is only 100 gold talers." ”

"So cheap!" Semyon Ivanovich was incredulous, "There are really no problems with the quality?" ”

"The average quality is even better than handmade clocks!" Isabel Zhengse guaranteed, "Our watch assembly line is under the guidance of Mr. Matway, in accordance with the strictest standards to set up, all 272 parts have been industrialized, if you take out a handmade watch and compare it with our products, because the watchmaker's craftsmanship is high or low, the result may be better or worse, but to compare hundreds of clocks, it must be our unified parts, unified assembly of industrial clocks and clocks The quality is more stable, even if there is a failure, We also have uniform parts to replace, making repairs faster and easier. ”

"That's really...... Incredibly cheap! Semyon Ivanovich exclaimed sincerely, "Madam Lange, if you sell a watch at such a price, won't even a working family be able to afford it, and will this make the watch factory lose money?" ”

Isabel made another unladylike pose, crossed her arms over her chest, and whistled leisurely.

"Mr. Semyon Ivanovich, is it a loss-making operation for the watch factory to sell table clocks at ultra-low prices? Of course not! His Royal Highness Roland invited me to come to Krasbourg in order to open up the market for the watch industry, so as to make the 'Xaar Clock' a hen that can lay golden eggs, and become the signature product of our Far Eastern industrial industry to sell abroad. As she spoke, she winked at Roland, intentionally or unintentionally.

Roland laughed at the factory director's teasing, "Don't go around in circles, Isabelle, just tell us how much you can earn by selling a table clock." ”

"Excluding raw materials, labor and other miscellaneous expenses, I earn about 30 gold thalers for every watch sold, including taxes." Isabel gives a set of estimates.

"Excluding taxes, you also have a 20% net profit, although it is not as good as handmade watches, but as a factory, it is already very profitable, after all, your output is much larger than that of handmade watches." Semyon Ivanovich sighed.

"Production is the biggest competitiveness of the watch factory, but also the secret of our ability to reduce production costs as much as possible, now the factory can produce 200 table clocks per day, with the optimization of the production process, the increase in the number of employees, the output will be significantly increased, it is now June, according to the production plan we have formulated, by the end of the year should produce no less than 40,000 table clocks, 400,000 gold thalers in taxes, in addition to double the net profit for the construction of the branch factory in the coming year, to expand the operation." Isabel replied confidently.

"Paying taxes of 400,000 gold for half a year...... O my God! It turns out that the most profitable factory in the industrial zone is here, and it seems that His Royal Highness the Prince really brought back a 'hen that lays golden eggs' from the town of Sayre. Semyon Ivanovich was amazed.

Isabel was not optimistic, staring at Roland and said: "Although the price of the table clocks we produce is already very cheap compared to similar products, the income level of the common people in the Far East is still very low, how many families are willing to pay 100 gold tales to buy clocks?" There will be no more than 100,000 households at full capacity, which shows that the market prospects for watches are limited, and because they are a durable product, families who have already bought watches may not have the need to buy new watches for at least five years, and I am now worried that too many watches will be produced and not sold. ”

"You don't have to worry about the sales problem, I'll solve it." Roland sent a reassuring pill to the factory director, "Indeed, as you said, our Far East population base is too small, there are fewer middle-class families, and the domestic watch consumption market is very narrow, so we focus on exporting, and sell this kind of industrial clocks for the middle class and the citizen working class to rich countries such as Hailan, Fizhen, Canaan, including the empire, we have established a perfect export channel by selling soap and mercury mirrors, and Anthony Fogel and colleagues in the import and export trade industry have done excellent work in this field." If we look at the watch market from an international perspective, it is like a huge gold mine that has yet to be discovered, and Isabel, a pioneer in the industrial production of watches, has seized the best opportunity to expand production capacity as much as possible while maintaining product quality. ”

"Haha! Gringo's money is not earned in vain! Excited, Isabel casually remarks what Roland had said when he gave a speech to watchmakers in the town of Cell.

Roland smiled, his gaze bright and deep. In fact, his vision is not limited to the countries of Vares, and he also plans to carry the clock onto the Astral Merchant Ship through a trading company based in the "Silver Sky", and Otto will help sell it to all planes of the multiverse. On the whole, the ability to mass-produce clocks in an industrialized manner can be described as a symbol of a high-level civilization, and there are hundreds of millions of countries in all planes of the multiverse, and I am afraid that no more than half of the countries can reach this level, which means an infinite and vast market.

However, there is still an insurmountable obstacle to opening up the "Far Eastern Star Boundary" as an interdimensional trade route, that is, it is difficult to exchange logistics between Krasbourg and the Silver Sky. If you rely entirely on spells such as "otherworldly teleportation" to transport materials, the flow of goods will be too narrow to meet the needs of large trade exchanges. Fortunately, Otto is also aware of this problem, and in order to find a way to transport the magic crystals refined from the silver sky smelting to Krasburg, he is actively seeking a strategy that can carry out cross-dimensional logistics exchange, and from his recent letter, it seems that initial progress has been made.