There is an old saying that the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny.

Xu Yi originally felt that since he was familiar with the industrialization process of the original world, he could seize the resources one step ahead of time and buy ten or eight or even more magic crystal mines, then the price of magic crystals would inevitably rise sharply in the future, and he could sit back and relax just by relying on these magic crystal mines.

Who knew that he would soon be hit by the cruel reality.

This reality is ...... No money!

"Elder, the Chamber of Commerce's remaining liquidity is only three hundred and sixty-one gold coins, and according to my findings, if you want to buy the cheapest magic crystal mine in Bangta City, you need to invest at least three thousand gold coins. Sebas explained this cruel reality to Xu Yi expressionlessly, completely ignoring how ugly Xu Yi's face was.

"At least three thousand gold coins?" Xu Yi pondered with a calm face. "If that's the case, it will take at least a month to think about it?"

"Grow up, it's still impossible. Sebas shook his head. "Although it is true that if all the work of the chamber of commerce is carried out smoothly, it is true that it can have a net income of more than five thousand gold coins, but Lord Chang, as a qualified chamber of commerce, at least keep enough liquidity for yourself, otherwise if there is a situation, I am afraid that the chamber of commerce will face a serious crisis. In addition, with all due respect, Lord Grow, you have invested too much, and the funds used for research alone account for more than one-third of the chamber's income, which is not a healthy plan for the chamber of commerce's fund operation. ”

"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at Sebas and said with a smile, "Is this what you mean or does the viscount mean?"

This Sebas was actually someone recommended by Viscount Leslie.

According to Viscount Leslie, although according to the agreement with Xu Yi, he did not have the right to decide on the decision-making of the Chamber of Commerce, but he had the right to make suggestions and the right to know, so he sent a person into the Chamber of Commerce as his representative.

Heinze was very worried about this, and felt that this was a chess piece that Viscount Leslie had placed in the Chamber of Commerce, even if Viscount Leslie said it nicely now, he would definitely use this chess piece to influence the decision-making of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, and it was even possible to gradually control the Chamber of Commerce.

Xu Yi's reaction was completely different from Heinze's.

Since Viscount Leslie already owned thirty percent of the shares of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it was a reasonable request for him to send a representative into the Chamber of Commerce, and there was no reason to refuse at all.

What's more, they still need Viscount Leslie in a lot now, and if they refuse Viscount Leslie's reasonable request at the beginning, then the cooperation agreement reached before may be gone.

As for Heinze's concern about Viscount Leslie's Chase Castle and the Sebasas Control Zhì Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu also scoffed at this.

Viscount Leslie is also a Viscount of the Kingdom, a decent nobleman, in a small city like Bonta City, he is the top person except for the city lord, and even because of the family behind him, I am afraid that his status in Bonta City is not much worse than that of the city lord.

Relatively speaking, although their new flying chamber of commerce has made a lot of money with the big sale of magic fans, if they just count the strength of the chamber of commerce, they are not very powerful in Bangta City, and as for other aspects, they are naturally not strong.

A powerful nobleman like Viscount Leslie, if he really wants to attack the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then there is no need to be so troublesome, there are a hundred more direct and simple ways to swallow the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in one bite.

So Xu Yi gladly accepted Sebas, and even handed over all the financial management of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to him after knowing that Sebas had been the chief financial officer of a chamber of commerce before he knew it.

It only took two days to count all the financial details of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it was not at all as chaotic as when only Xu Yi and Heinze reconciled the accounts before.

Heinze was very worried that Sebas was actually in charge of the finances of the Chamber of Commerce, but Xu Yi was secretly happy in his heart, feeling that Viscount Leslie had done a great thing and sent him a rare talent.

Of course, there are times when Xu Yi will still be afraid of Viscount Leslie behind Sebas, so he will ask this question.

Hearing Xu Yi's question, Sebas bowed and saluted: "It is the personal opinion of his subordinates, and it has nothing to do with Lord Viscount." ”

Xu Yi nodded and said, "Anyway, it doesn't matter whose opinion it is." Sebas, do you think research funding is too much for a third of revenue? Actually, I think it's too little. Because the current income of the Chamber of Commerce is not high, so the so-called more than one-third, in fact, it only adds up to more than 1,000 gold coins, in fact, this research fund is very low in my opinion. As the Chamber of Commerce's income gradually increases, I will continue to invest more money in research, maybe more than you think. ”

Sebas pondered for a moment and frowned, "Elder, I don't quite understand why you made such a decision. Magic fans are selling very well and are promising, so you don't have to invest so much money in research. Although I agree that it is necessary to develop a new generation of magic fans in order to continue to occupy the market, there is no need to be in such a hurry......, right? I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the magic fan, right?"

Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that this last question was only the real question in Sebas's heart, and it should also be Viscount Leslie's question.

This question is really not easy for Xu Yi to answer, after all, in reality, most of his investment in research is spent on research that has nothing to do with magic fans.

For example, in Master Lanu's dwarven tribe, he invested 500 gold coins in one go a month, and at the same time, after the arrival of the agreed dwarven craftsmen, Xu Yi invested another 200 gold coins in them, and there is a gradual increase in the trend.

On top of that, his newly created Academy of Magic, even though Steele was currently only a decent researcher, had already invested more than a hundred gold coins into it.

This adds up to a huge amount of money of nearly a thousand gold coins, and on the surface, it really has nothing to do with the magic fan.

Moreover, none of these studies can be seen in a moment, even if Xu also wants to explain that these studies have a lot to do with the creation of the industrial system in the future, I am afraid that no one on this continent can understand it.

"Sebas, let me ask you a question, why do you think our Chamber of Commerce's magic fans are selling well?" Xu Yi thought for a while and asked rhetorically.

"Accurate positioning. Sebas had obviously studied this issue for a long time, and replied without hesitation: "Compared to the high cost of a large frost circle, a magic fan that costs only two gold coins is undoubtedly more acceptable to the vast majority of families who do not have the ability to arrange a large frost circle and need to deal with the hot summer, not to mention that the consumption of the magic fan is extremely low, and the money spent on this aspect will not even exceed ten silver coins per month after buying it back, which happens to be affordable for all families who buy a magic fan." Therefore, for these families, although the effect of the magic fan is not as good as that of the large frost circle, it can just meet their requirements, so after seeing the advent of the magic fan, these families did not hesitate to buy it, which caused the magic fan to sell well. ”

"That's a good point. Xu Yi nodded appreciatively. "Then let me ask you again, is it hard to build a magic fan?"

"It should be said that it is not difficult. Sebas shook his head. "In fact, not long after the magic fan came out, there were already imitations, but the quality of the imitations was not as good as those produced by this chamber of commerce, so it didn't cause much impact. Moreover, your response at that time, Sir, was extremely good, and the Chamber of Commerce was able to survive that crisis. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of admiration flashed in Sebas's eyes as he looked at Xu Yi.

Xu Yizai's concept of "brand" proposed in the imitation incident really made Sebas very impressed.

Before being sent here by Viscount Leslie, Sebas did some research on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and he was surprised to find that after that imitation incident, the sales of the magic fans of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually increased instead of falling, and many people wanted to buy magic fans, the first time they would actually ask if it was a new flying brand, if not, they simply did not buy it, so that directly led those small workshops that wanted to imitate magic fans to completely cut off this idea.

Although there are also some guys who want to print the logo of the new flying brand on the imitation magic fan, Xu Yi withdrew from the store system at this time, that is, the new flying brand magic fan is only sold in the store in Bangta City, and all the other places sold are fakes.

This almost completely cut off the way of imitations, so much so that now the inside and outside of Bangta City are completely monopolized by the new flying brand magic fans.

"Since it's not hard to build, it means it's hard to stop others from making magic fans. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of helplessness flashed across Xu Yi's face. There is no patent protection law in this world, and even if he invented the magic fan, there is no corresponding protection measure, and if other people want to imitate it, it will be effortless.

"Even though we don't have any problems here in Bonta City, outside of Bonta City, no one knows what the new flying card is, so we don't have an advantage elsewhere. You should already know that just over a hundred kilometers away in Saltan City, there is already a factory that also makes magic fans, and their sales in Saltan City are also good. ”