Chapter 101 - Metal Currency (2nd Update)
"So far, the employees are basically satisfied."
Puran said to Luo Yin.
"Very good!"
Luo Yin nodded.
To be honest, in a world where bosses treat employees as consumables, Luo Yin feels that he is building houses and restaurants for employees, which is really a bit too advanced.
But there is no way, Luo Yin is soft-hearted, he is not a qualified capitalist.
"By the way, don't forget to add an hour to their working hours, our welfare package is so good, and we save them so much time, they have to have fun."
Luo Yin said suddenly.
"I understand, I have done a survey before, and the employees are very understanding, and no one objected, and they all said that they would work hard to repay us!"
"That's good."
The matter was discussed at the board meeting and unanimously approved. Even many people think that an extra hour of work is a bit too little, and it can be added to two more hours.
For this proposal, Luo Yin vetoed it on the spot.
It's cruel for employees to add three hours of work at once, and they complain in private, even if they don't say anything in public.
This is not conducive to building a positive image of the company, and Luo Yin certainly will not agree.
Overtime must be overtime, but it must be done slowly, and employees must take the initiative to work overtime, without the slightest complaint - this involves the issue of overtime pay.
In the future, when the efficiency of the factory is better, Luo Yin will launch an unprecedented paid overtime system: the more you do, the more money you get!
I believe that this will fully mobilize the enthusiasm of employees, they are not only willing to work overtime, but also to the company to be grateful to Dade, and the company only needs to pay a little fee, how cost-effective!
After making sure that there was nothing wrong with the Jumian Textile Factory, Luo Yin returned to his own sugar factory.
Some guests came to the sugar factory today, all from outside Qiongbi City. They didn't belong to Qiongbi City Management before, but now they are from Qiongbi City.
Naturally, these people came to buy sucrose.
Since the incandescent sugar industry withdrew from Qiongbi City, Qiongbi City and the surrounding towns have lost a stable supply of cane sugar.
After the Tulip Sugar Industry announced the production of cane sugar, these people had no choice but to come here to buy it.
During the conversation with these merchants, Luo Yin also learned about some situations outside the city.
To put it simply, outside the city, it is generally based on villages and towns, and everyone has their own way.
There is not much communication between the villages and towns, and it is only a little better than that between the villages and towns.
And the reason for all this is because the kingdom is responsible only to the kingdom in order to restrict the rights of some nobles - whether it is a village or a city, and there is no subordinate relationship between them.
The aristocracy could only manage their own one-third of an acre of land, and could not expand outward.
This result is naturally mixed.
The advantage is that the nobility really can't expand, they are limited to a certain range, and the royal family doesn't have to worry about their status being threatened.
But the disadvantage is that the economy is developing slowly, and some goods can't be sold, because people are living a good life and are not willing to communicate with you.
Now, after the reform, these places outside the city will also become a huge business opportunity.
These businessmen came today for two purposes, one was to talk to Tulip Sugar about the agency of Tulip Cane Sugar.
The price of cane sugar is not too high, and those "country people" are not all poor, and the rich are no worse than city people. There are also many benefits in this.
For them to want this sucrose agent, Luo Yin naturally will not refuse.
After all, the tulip sugar industry is only a manufacturer, and if you want to promote your own sugar, you still need these channels and retailers.
But their second purpose surprised Luo Yin a little.
"May I ask Mr. Luo Yin, do you accept metal currency here?"
Someone asked politely.
"What do you mean?"
Luo Yin frowned.
"That's right, there wasn't much communication between outside the city and inside the city before, including business. Therefore, the people in the city basically use the union currency, while the people outside the city still use the more traditional metal currency......"
The man paused, then continued.
"There are actually a lot of rich people outside the city, but their money is basically metal currency, and if you want to buy cane sugar and other items in the city, you have to exchange it for joint coins. But these rich people are very stingy, they don't want to waste time going to the bank to exchange, and they are not willing to pay the two percent handling fee, plus there are substitutes outside, so many items do not sell well outside......
When Luo Yin heard this, he suddenly asked:
"What about sucrose? Didn't the people on the outside buy cane sugar from the incandescent sugar industry before? Could it be that the incandescent sugar industry collects metal currency? ”
The merchants looked at each other, smiled wryly and shook their heads.
"No, the incandescent sugar industry doesn't accept metal money. What you may not know is that although the incandescent sugar industry claims to occupy all the sugar markets inside and outside the city, they are actually not selling well outside the city. When we worked together before, we only bought goods once in about three months, and the amount of each purchase was not large. The sales of cane sugar outside the city are much worse than those inside the city......"
Luo Yin was a little surprised, but also a little abrupt, no wonder the incandescent sugar industry left so decisively, and did not consider the outside of the city at all - if the city can't compete for the tulip sugar industry, even if the sales volume outside the city is the first, there is no profit. It's not worth their time to waste.
But he had some doubts.
"Don't people outside the city eat sugar?"
Faced with this problem, some businessmen said helplessly:
"There are many wild bees and professional beekeepers outside the city, and they mainly use honey. The price of honey is also cheaper than sucrose, so they are more accustomed to consuming honey. Only a small percentage of people consume sucrose......"
Luo Yin was a little surprised, these people outside the city were eating quite healthy. And honey is much more expensive than sugar in the Case Empire.
"In other words, if I collect metal currency, the sales of cane sugar outside should increase. If I didn't charge metal money, it would be about the same as the incandescent sugar industry in the past. ”
Luo Yin said slowly.
"That's what it means."
The merchants nodded.
Luo Yin tapped lightly on the table, lost in thought.
He wondered why the incandescent sugar industry didn't charge metal currency.
Metal currency to exchange for union currency, you need to pay a 2% handling fee, and it is also very troublesome, after all, metal currency is inconvenient to carry, and it will waste a lot of time to go to the bank to exchange.
Of course, even if this two percent is lost and these manpower and material resources are wasted, there is still a profit.
But the incandescent sugar industry still does not accept metal currency.
Luo Yin empathized and thought that it might be because they felt that even if they used metal currency, they were not sure that they could increase sales.
It is even possible that the incandescent sugar industry has tried to collect metal currency, but found that the earnings did not meet expectations.
Because people outside the city are accustomed to eating honey, sucrose does not have an absolute advantage over honey, especially the price of sucrose is still expensive.
So instead of wasting so much manpower and material resources in order to earn these three melons and two dates, it is better to concentrate on the market in the city......
Luo Yin raised his head, looked at everyone and said:
"I think about it. I'll get back to you. ”
"Okay, then thank you Mr. Luo Yin first."
The businessmen felt that Luo Yin had rejected it euphemistically, and they were immediately a little disappointed. The tulip industry may not be able to look at the money, but they do.
If the tulip sugar industry does not accept metal currency, then if they want to make more money, they can only exchange it themselves, not to mention the trouble, and the waste of manpower and material resources is also a cost.