Chapter 29: Product Upgrades
It should be said that Count Satsuma is not at all right.
As long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce becomes strong enough, so strong that everyone has to scruple about it, then Xu Yi doesn't need to worry about being swallowed by a big nobleman all the time.
But for the current "can't even rank in the small town of Bangta City", the road is undoubtedly long.
Of course, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the road has to be walked step by step, which is not in a hurry.
Fortunately, the current development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is very stable and high-speed, compared with last year, when it was just established, the strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has increased countless times.
The simplest and most intuitive comparison is to make a number jΓΉ comparison.
When the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was just established last year, it sold less than 1,000 magic fans in the first month, and the total sales were less than 2,000 gold coins.
And because Xu Yi was still looking for the major blacksmith shops in the city to cast the shell of the magic fan at that time, the cost was high, in fact, the final net profit was only about 500 gold coins.
Although this money was a huge amount of money for Xu Yi and Heinze at that time, but for the current Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that the materials consumed by the research institute for a month's magic experiment will not exceed this price.
According to the April financial statistics made by Sebas, there are many profit points of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Among them, in terms of household magic machinery, the sales of automatic magic rice cookers and magic table lamps have been very stable.
In addition to the explosive sales in the month just after its launch, 6,748 units of the automatic magic rice cooker were sold in April, with a net profit of nearly 13,000 gold coins. Eight thousand four hundred and twenty-one magic table lamps were sold, with a net profit of just over five thousand gold coins.
And as the fame of the new flying chamber of commerce gradually spread to other parts of the kingdom of Lampari. Even the city more than 400 kilometers away from Bangta City has merchants who come to order, and now the sales of these two magic machines have actually increased!
Besides. The sales of the Magic Bread Maker, released in April, were nothing short of staggering.
The product launch was in mid-April, and according to statistics. In the remaining half a month of April, more than 150,000 Magic Bread Machines were sold!
In addition to the fact that the function of the magic bread machine is more suitable for most of the bread staple eaters in the Lampari Kingdom, the more important point is obviously the explosive news effect brought about by the appearance of the elven race of Annis.
The price of each magic bread machine is four gold coins, and the cost is less than one gold coin, so the net profit from the sale of the magic bread machine alone has reached a terrifying 370,000 gold coins!
Although it is impossible to complete such a terrifying output in a short period of time because the current production capacity of the household magic machinery production workshop is simply possible, these net profits actually have to be divided and thinned, but such a terrifying profit still surprises Xu Yi himself.
That's it. In April, the net profit of the household magic machinery production workshop alone was close to 400,000 gold coins!
Compared with the household magic machinery production workshop, the magic machine tool workshop is actually more prone to explosive profit growth.
For example, taking the order signed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Department for 30,000 units of various agricultural magic machines as an example, the total amount of this order is as high as a terrifying 1.7 million gold coins.
Aside from the cost, the net profit obtained by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has exceeded one million gold coins.
And that's just one order.
In addition to the order signed with the Department of Agriculture, the largest order now undertaken by the Magic Machine Tool Workshop is the order signed with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce for 10,000 magic drilling rigs, with a total amount of 780,000 gold coins, and close to 500,000 gold coins in terms of profit.
The second is the signing of a series of magic machinery orders related to cement concrete, such as magic mixers and magic concrete vibrators signed with the Amritra Chamber of Commerce. The total price is as high as 630,000 gold coins, and the profit is because many magic machinery new flying companies have not been developed at all, so there is no way to calculate it clearly, but it is estimated that it will be at least more than 300,000 gold coins.
In addition to these two largest customers. There are also many small chambers of commerce that want to enter the magic machinery production industry to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to buy various magic machine tools, Xu also agreed, and in April, a total of 3,641 magic machine tools of all kinds were sold. From it, close to two hundred thousand profits were obtained.
Combined, the total profit generated by the Magic Machine Shop has even exceeded two million gold coins!
Of course. Due to the limited capacity of the Magic Machine Shop, the cycle time for these orders is very long. For example, the orders of the Agricultural Administration can be postponed until next summer at the longest, so in fact, if it is spread over each month, the net profit generated by the magic machine tool workshop is not as good as that of the household magic machinery production workshop.
For this reason, Camby often seems a little frustrated.
"President, you said that I work as hard as my brothers every day, why can't I make as much money as Hai Inze?"
Although the director of the household magic machinery production workshop has now become Ankato, Camby is still accustomed to using Heinze as the representative of the household magic machinery production workshop.
"There's no way around it, because the concept of a magic machine hasn't been accepted by everyone yet. Compared with these highly targeted professional magic machines produced by the magic machine tool workshop, it is obviously more acceptable and better to sell the household magic machinery designed for the public. Xu Yi comforted.
"Then according to what you say, those gadgets are more acceptable, and ordinary people need them, and when everyone on the Sainz continent knows about it and accepts it, won't our magic machine shop be even more incomparable?"
"Not really. Xu Yi patted Camby's shoulder and said affirmatively: "Household magic machinery and industrial magic machinery are two different aspects, and it is impossible to talk about who is stronger and who is weaker." Now it's just because the public is more receptive to household magic machines, so they sell better, but when other big chambers of commerce discover the power of magic machines, the prospects for industrial magic machines will be broader. You see, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce spent more than 700,000 gold coins just to order the magic drilling machine, if we wait for us to develop all the other large mine magic machines. I'm sure it's not surprising that they spend seven million gold coins. β
Camby looked at Xu Yi in surprise: "Seven million gold coins? You don't need to brag to comfort me, do you?"
Xu Yi glanced at him: "Am I interested in bragging about you as a dwarf?" Okay, believe me. It's definitely going to happen, but it's just a little bit short of it for the time being. β
After saying that, Xu Yi habitually shouted Yanis's name into the air, and then found that Yanis turned out from behind him, and was immediately startled.
"So you're not invisible. Yanis walked quietly, and Xu Yi was really frightened unexpectedly.
Yanis looked innocent: "Lord, didn't you tell me not to be invisible, but to show up and contact with everyone more." β
Xu Yi nodded: "Well, I said it." You're doing it right. It's just that I'm always used to you being incognito and following me, and suddenly appearing from behind me, which is a little unaccustomed. Hey, Annis, you don't make a sound when you act, I think it's nice to be an assassin. β
"Assassin, what's that?" Annis tilted her head and looked at Xu Yi curiously.
Camby, who was on the side, suddenly changed his face slightly, interrupted Xu Yi's explanation, and asked Xu Yi, "President, you just said that something was missing." What's missing?"
"Uh-huh...... The key to this poor thing is the material. Have you noticed that President Fasak has been coming to us more often lately?"
Camby nodded, "Well, because their magic machine has been having problems lately. I'm thinking of sending a brother over there to take care of maintenance and repairs. β
Xu Yi waved his hand and said, "This is not a good solution. Next time President Fasak comes, if I'm not there. You tell him that we can provide them with a batch of brand new magic machines. And these magic machines are newly designed and more functional. β
Camby frowned, "I'm afraid he won't agree." When we sold him these magic machines. However, he promised to guarantee free maintenance within three years, and then sold him a new batch of new ones, but I am afraid that he will not be willing to pay so many gold coins. β
"Who said I sold it to him? Of course, it's not all free. You just tell him to make up the difference between the old magic machine and the new magic machine. It's not much, and their Fasak Chamber of Commerce will have to exchange less than fifty magic machine tools in total, even if they make up ten gold coins for each one, it will only be less than five hundred gold coins, and he will definitely agree. β
Camby was stunned: "Then wouldn't we lose a lot?" If fifty new magic machine tools are sold, how can they sell more than three thousand gold coins, and now he only needs to give five hundred gold coins to exchange them all, which is too cheap for him." β
"Think long-term. Xu Yi said with a serious look. "If those old versions of the magic machine continue to be in the Fasak Chamber of Commerce and keep having problems, it will be a big blow to the credibility of our Chamber of Commerce's products, and everyone will feel that the things produced by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are not reliable. In the long run, our losses will be much greater than these thousands of gold coins. β
Camby was silent for a long time and nodded slowly: "That's right." Human beings just don't have a good reputation, and as a result, we have a bad reputation among other races...... Oh, President, I'm not talking about you. What I mean by this is that a chamber of commerce, like a person, is very important to pay attention to credibility. β
Xu Yiwai shook his head with a smile and continued: "So, don't pay attention to these temporary losses. I have made a preliminary plan, and I plan to carry out a planned and batch product recall of the products we have sold in the next period of time to help the other party to renew them. β
Camby frowned: "It's enough to recycle the magic machine tool that is already failing, if all the goods do this, then we will lose more than 100,000 gold coins this time." Sebas, he's not going to agree with you. β
"Don't worry, although Sebas is a miser, he is also a smart man and will understand my intentions. Xu Yi smiled and continued: "Back to the question you asked just now. Now what we lack is enough materials to use, so these magic machines we produce are not good enough to use, and they are not durable enough, so we are forced to carry out this product recycling and upgrading. If the materials we use can be better, and the magic machine tools are more durable, then these products will only be bad in the last ten or eight years, and no one will have a problem, right?"
"That's for sure. You see, a normal shovel can be used for three years, and everyone will praise the blacksmith who made this shovel for his skill. The magic machinery we produce is also made of iron, and if it can be used for ten or eight years before it breaks, it must not be praised by others. "Camby is definitely authentic.
"That's right, so the first thing we need to solve is the material process. And this point mainly depends on the results of the research of your dwarven brothers of the Norma tribe. Speaking of this, Xu Yi turned back to Yanis, who had been listening silently to the conversation between the two, and beckoned to her: "Let's go, Yanis, come with me on a business trip." β
"On a business trip?" Yanis and Camby both looked at Xu Yi with inexplicable expressions.
"It's just going out with me for work. Xu also explained. "Patriarch Sluby sent a letter the other day saying that they had made a new discovery in their steel research, and I wanted to see if there would be any breakthroughs. By the way, I'd like to visit Elder Elucia with your Nightsong clan and talk to her about something. I can't get in alone from your Night Song Clan, so I need you to lead the way. β
"Oh. Yanis understood, nodded, and followed behind Xu Yi.
Xu Yi explained to Camby about his work again, then picked up the bag he had prepared a long time ago, and walked outside the factory with Yanis.
As soon as they stepped out of the factory gate, a horse-drawn carriage came quickly from the direction of Bonta City and stopped not far in front of the two men.
The curtain was lifted, revealing the figure of the Bruneian butler.
After a quick glance at Yanis behind Xu Yi, the Brunei butler maintained his trademark expressionless gaze and said to Xu Yi: "President Xu, Lord Baron, please." (To be continued......)