Of course, life can't always be smooth sailing, and it can't always be setbacks.

Although he encountered a bottleneck in the development of the engine, the bicycle that was a by-product of the development of the engine gave him a big surprise with an amazing sales volume that far exceeded Xu Yi's expectations.

After seven days of advertising and promotion in the daily newspaper Bonta, when Kennard hosted another product launch of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and announced the official start of bicycle sales, it was only the first day that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce received orders for a full 50,000 bicycles.

And a week later, that number was 100,000.

Xu Yi originally thought that things like bicycles were really incompatible with a Western fantasy world like Sainz Continent, which has magic and elves and dwarves, so even if it was launched, it should not be very popular, but he didn't expect that this real sales would be so terrifying.

You know, because the cost of bicycles is not low, so the price of bicycles is not low.

This time, the new flying chamber of commerce for the first time for its own name of the product model differentiation, the first batch of bicycles are divided into two categories: men's bicycles and women's bicycles, men's bicycles are priced at eight gold coins, and women's bicycles are priced at six gold coins.

This price can be very expensive even for the residents of Bonta City, whose income has increased a lot, because buying a bicycle is likely to cost them half a month's salary.

Not to mention that residents in other cities earn far less than Bangta City each month.

However, when the bike was actually released, both the residents of Bangta City and the residents of several surrounding cities flocked to the bike, and even rushed to buy it.

The first batch of 10,000 bicycles prepared in advance by the new flying chamber was originally intended to be sold out within a week. But it was sold out in one morning.

Then look at the large number of orders that will come in next. Ankato, who was specially transferred by Xu Yi to be mainly responsible for the production of this bicycle factory, didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The new flying chamber of commerce did not expect the sales of this bicycle to be so terrifying. Therefore, the bicycle factory has only prepared one production line, and there are less than 200 workers trained.

The plant's production capacity is currently only about 5,000 vehicles per month.

If you want to fulfill the order for the remaining 90,000 bicycles, it will not be possible even for a year.

Faced with this situation, Ankato, Sebas, and Heinze, who had made a special trip back for the meeting, strongly urged Xu Yijian to immediately add two additional production lines and continue to recruit workers to meet the demand.

However, this mention was opposed by Kennard.

"Look, this is the sales distribution chart I made. Kennard hung a large map on the boardboard of the conference room, pointed to the dense red dots he had drawn on the map, and said, "One red dot on this one represents a thousand taels." If you look closely, it is not difficult to see a problem. That is, the orders we receive now are mainly concentrated in Bonta City and the surrounding cities, and further afield, only Anvimar City is more concentrated, and the rest of the kingdom is very scattered. ”

The other people in the conference room took a closer look at the map of the Lampari Kingdom and found that the city of Bonta was almost completely covered by an extremely dense number of red dots, and although there were many red dots on the surrounding cities of Karma and Saltan, they were obviously much sparser than the city of Bonta.

In addition to these three cities, the farther away from Bonta City. There are fewer red dots, and only on the city of Anvimar are the red dots a little more dense. However, it is only roughly the same as Kalmar City and Saltan City, and it is still far less than Bonta City.

Further afield on the map, there are even one or two red dots that occasionally appear, meaning that only one or two thousand units are sold.

"Looking at this sales distribution chart, I think everyone should be very clear. Although the sales of this bicycle exploded in the first week, we should also note that it has been ten days since the first week, and the sales have not exceeded 120,000. It can be seen that the current market for bicycles is actually far less exaggerated than everyone thinks. Kennard said in a deep voice. "According to my estimates, after the initial explosion period, it is very likely that the sales volume will not exceed 5,000 units per month in the future. Therefore, if you rush to increase the production line, it is actually a complete waste. ”

Ankato frowned: "It won't be so few, right? This thing is so popular in Bonta City and several surrounding cities, even the people of Anvimar City like it so much, I think other places in the kingdom will definitely be very popular as well." It shouldn't be less than 5,000. ”

"It's just, it's not that bad. Heinze also said. "Kennard, Xu Yi has always praised you in front of me for your accurate judgment and long-term vision, but this time you may have seen it wrong. This bike sells so well in the front, how can it not be so miserable in the back. ”

Sebas didn't speak, just looked at Xu Yi, obviously wanting to hear his opinion.

Xu Yi didn't say anything, shook his head with a smile, continued to look at Kennard, and made it clear that he wanted everyone to continue to listen to what Kennard had to say.

Kennard was not polite, cleared his throat, and continued: "Ankato, Vice President Heinze, I can understand your thoughts, but the bicycle is not like any kind of magic machinery that our Chamber of Commerce has produced before. Because the function of bicycles is very significant, it can obviously improve people's travel speed, so as long as they can't afford to keep horses and can't own private carriages, they generally have a great demand for bicycles. ”

"Well, then, sales will only get higher and higher in the future, so why do you say that it will become so small?" asked Ankato in confusion.

Kennard smiled slightly and replied, "When it comes to buying and selling items, there are actually two factors. When a person decides whether to buy something, one is based on his consumption demand, that is, whether he wants to buy this thing. The second is to look at his spending power, that is, whether he can afford it. For bicycles, most people have this consumer demand. But...... For the current Lampari Kingdom, in fact, the vast majority of people do not have this spending power. ”

"Spending power?" Ankato and Heinze looked at each other. Somewhat inexplicable. "A men's bicycle is eight gold coins. Women's bikes are only six gold coins. How can you not afford it?"

"I understand. Before Kennard could answer, Sebas nodded and said, "Yes, there are indeed many people who can't afford it." Ankato, Vice President, you have forgotten that you are now in contact with people with relatively high incomes in Bangta City and Kalmar City all day long, in fact, in our Lampari Kingdom, most of the ordinary people are very poor. In fact, there is no city like our Bangta City, where an ordinary person may earn more than ten gold coins per month. So from this sales distribution chart given by the general manager. We will find out that Bonta City sells the most, even more than Anvimar City. Moreover, Kalmar City and Saltan City are also similar to Anvimar City, because most of the people in Kalmar City and Saltan City now work in our major chambers of commerce in Bangta City, and their monthly income is higher than before, and they can afford to buy bicycles. ”

Ankato and Heinze looked at each other, and after a while, they couldn't help but nod in unison.

They figured it out, and Sebas was right.

In fact, to put it bluntly, most parts of the country in the Lampari Kingdom are very poor, and even people in many places do not even have enough to eat. How could there be money to buy such a bicycle that would cost several gold coins?

Even Bang Ta City looked the same way a few years ago, and think about it if you put the bike three years ago. Even Heinze, a small owner who runs a grocery store, earns less than 100 gold coins a year, how can he be willing to buy a bicycle?

After thinking about this clearly, the two felt a little incredible.

Doesn't this picture of the sales distribution mean that the people of Bonta City are even much richer than Anvimar City?

How is this possible!Anvimar is the capital of the Lampari Kingdom!

"There is no doubt about it, it is the truth. Seeing the shocked looks on the faces of the two, Xu Yi smiled. "There may not be as many big nobles and merchants in Bonta City as there are in Anwemar City, but if you talk about the income of ordinary people, it is indeed more than Anwemar City. In addition, there is a very important factor, that is, the people of Bangta City have a high degree of recognition of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, as long as it is the product of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the people of Bangta City are now almost 100% trusting, as long as they know the function of the bicycle, they will buy it at the first time. As for people in other cities, they have to wait and see. ”

"Well, the Elder is right. Kennard said. "If we advertise it well enough, I believe that the sales of the bicycle will still increase. However, it should not be up to the process that requires us to add two more production lines, so I think it is better to postpone this mentions. ”

Ankato and Heinze looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"I agree. Sebas also said.

Kennard and several people looked at Xu Yi together, and Xu Yi smiled lightly: "This kind of business decision, listen to the general manager's decision, I don't interfere." ”

Heinze glanced at Xu Yi a little strangely, but didn't say anything.

After the meeting ended, Heinze immediately found Xu Yi alone, frowned and asked worriedly, "Xu Yi, do you really plan to hand over the Chamber of Commerce to Kennard for management?"

"Why not?" Xu Yi asked with a smile. "Kennard's abilities are now clear to you, do you think he can't do it?"

"I'm not doubting his abilities, it's just that he's ...... He's from Emma's family after all. Heinze sighed. "Sooner or later, he will return to the Emma family, and if he is allowed to take control of our Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that he will ...... in the future I'm afraid it will be bad for the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"You're thinking too much. Xu Yi patted Heinze on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down. "First of all, Kennard's character is something I trust a lot. After working with him for so long, I know that he is a very idealistic person, and in our Chamber of Commerce, he can just realize his ideals, so he has made it clear to me many times that he will continue to work in our Chamber of Commerce in the future, and he is not willing to return to the Emma family. ”

"I'm afraid that's not something he can decide. Heinze pouted.

"What if he eventually returns to Emma's family?" Xu Yi still looked relaxed. "He is only the general manager and does not own any equity in our chamber of commerce, so he can only be responsible for operation and management, and cannot interfere in other aspects. Besides, it is difficult for a general manager with such outstanding ability to find someone to replace him. And even if you find someone to replace him, how can you be sure that the person who will replace him won't leave?"

Heinze thought about it and found that this was indeed a very incomprehensible matter.

The current Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is no longer the small Chamber of Commerce it used to be, with the expansion of its scale, there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with, and I want Xu Yi to take charge of everything like before, even if it is not enough to cut him in half.

And Heinze also knew very well that his own abilities were limited, and he couldn't help Xu Yi in this regard.

After thinking about it for a long time, Heinze could only sigh and said helplessly: "Okay, for the time being, it can only be like this." However, we should try to find as many suitable people as possible to help you in the future, lest the Chamber of Commerce fall into chaos if Kennard suddenly leaves. ”

Xu Yi suddenly smiled with relief: "You finally understand, Heinze." The Chamber of Commerce cannot solve a problem by me, and only by getting more and more people involved in management is the right solution. I'll show you something......"

Heinze took a copy of the plan-like text handed over by Xu Yi, looked at it closely, and found a large row of words on the title of the article.

"The new flying chamber of commerce restructuring plan. (To be continued......)