Chapter 21 Building Another Bangta City
Early the next morning, Xu Yi took Yanice and Princess Caroline, and joined Anduin, who dared to come, and a group of people accompanied by the Duchy of Drake to go to Rainfall Valley together.
In the morning, Xu Yi took them to a general tour of the various factories of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Rainfall Valley. Unsurprisingly, they won the unanimous praise of Caroline County and Anduin.
After lunch, Princess Carluline and Anduin expressed that they wanted to look around by themselves. Xu Yi naturally did not object. They called two people to accompany them. They found Kennard and drove a car. Small meeting.
"Mr. President, this is the financial statement of our chamber of commerce last month, you can take a look." Kennard handed over a document.
Xu Yi took over and took a closer look for a while, and found that compared with the first few months of this year, the profit of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce last month decreased slightly.
This is obviously affected by the relocation from Bangta City.
However, the impact is not too big, and even if it has dropped, the monthly profit is still more than half a million gold coins.
"Very good, at this rate, the monthly profit may exceed one million gold coins within three years." Xu Yi nodded approvingly: "If we can meet this standard, our chamber of commerce can truly grow into a large chamber of commerce. "
"Lord President, you are too modest." Kennard laughed: "Even the most powerful Falcao Chamber of Commerce in our Lampari Kingdom's monthly profit is just over one million gold coins. .Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has only been established for two years, and the monthly profit can exceed 500,000 gold coins. It is already a miracle. Every time my father sends me a letter, he will praise you a lot. The most talented businessman in the history of Ensi Continent."
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Strictly speaking, this achievement is not because of my commercial ability, but entirely depends on technical ability. Our chamber of commerce has been able to maintain rapid profit growth now because our chamber of commerce has always been leading in technology. We must increase investment to ensure this leading edge.”
"Well, I understand." Kennard nodded. "So I have increased the budget of the Magic Machine Tool R&D Workshop and Magic Research Institute by 40%, reaching 500,000 gold coins and 400,000 gold coins respectively."
"Not enough." Xu Yi shook his head. "According to my idea. In fact, at least half of the net profit of the Chamber of Commerce should be invested in technology research and development. Only in this way can we fully guarantee our technological leadership."
Kennard was a little embarrassed and said: "I'm afraid this will not work. President, first of all, we don't have that many R&D personnel at all. Even if you give them more gold coins, it is difficult for them to spend all of them on technology R&D. And we are also It is impossible to really spend half of the profits on research and development, because although we make a lot of money, there are also many places to spend money.”
"Well. I understand, so I came to you this time to plan our next investment plan." Xu Yi got up and went to the map hanging on the wall of Kennard's office, pointing to the map to explain himself to Kennard idea. "First of all, we have to ensure the stability and development in Luoyu Valley, because this is our core base."
"Of course." Kennard nodded in agreement. "At present, we invest a minimum of 100,000 gold coins in Luoyu Valley every month for maintenance and development. In addition, every factory in Luoyu Valley is profitable, so I don't think there is much pressure in this regard."
"Let me see..." Xu Yi looked down at last month's financial statement again.
According to the statistics. The two steel mills accounted for nearly half of the total profit of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce last month, which totaled more than 480,000 gold coins, providing a total of about 250,000 gold coins.
The two major departments of magic machine tools and household magic machinery are due to the stabilization of the market and the impact of the relocation last month. Shipments have declined, resulting in a small decrease in profit, providing only a profit of 170,000 gold coins.
As for the remaining total profit of about 60,000 gold coins, it is provided by the tire processing factory and the bicycle factory respectively.
These two factories are also currently the fastest growing in profits, especially for bicycle factories, which have seen explosive growth in profits for several months in a row.
The bicycle, a new type of transportation, was immediately welcomed by everyone in Bangta City and the surrounding cities.
Because for ordinary people, private horse carriages are too expensive to support, and horse carriages are subject to various restrictions, which are inconvenient.
Therefore, the bicycle is not much slower than the horse-drawn carriage, but it is more convenient and flexible means of transportation. It has naturally become the most popular choice for the vast majority of people.
Not to mention those ordinary people who need bicycles instead of walking, even wealthy nobles or businessmen from families, they will buy one or even several bicycles for themselves and ride them out for a ride in their spare time.
Because of the appearance of bicycles, the business of Philson's car dealership has been affected to a certain extent, and President Pomperi also complained to Xu Yi several times.
"Okay, the investment in Falling Rain Valley must not be reduced, so aside from the investment of 100,000 gold coins, the next one that needs to be invested the most should be the Black Rice Wasteland?" Xu Yi looked at the financial statement in his hand and asked again road.
"Yes. The Black Rice Wasteland is still in the early stage of investment, so at present we only see the investment, but do not see the output return, which is equivalent to investing about 150,000 gold coins into it every month out of thin air." Kennard Said: "But now the initial investment is coming to an end. I believe that it will not be long before the mines on the black rice wasteland and the non-ferrous metal smelting factory will give rich returns to the chamber of commerce."
Xu Yi laughed: "Very good, Kennard, you are really the right person to be the CEO. If it was Heinze, he would look at this huge investment every month but see no return. It would definitely be very worrying.”
Kennard smiled slightly: "Vice President Cheng is serious, and there are many things that I can't compare to."
"It's just that you can talk." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "It's a pity, although the rewards on the black rice wasteland are huge, but they can't be turned into real gold coins. Because whether it is mine production or finished products smelted by non-ferrous metal smelting plants, our chambers of commerce have their own internal It is digested, but it cannot be taken out and sold.”
Kennard hesitated for a moment and asked Xu Yi: "Master President, since you have always emphasized that resources must be in your own hands, why do you keep buying iron ore from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce? According to my statistics some time ago, Our chamber of commerce consumes up to 280,000 tons of iron ore every month, and the cost of this alone exceeds 2.5 million gold coins, which is a high burden for us. And our chamber of commerce Obviously, you have already mastered an iron ore, why not mine it yourself to reduce the cost?"
"It's very simple, because the iron ore is cheap now, and the iron ore in our hands is limited, so if we don't buy it from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce while it's cheap, do we still wait for the price of iron ore to rise to the sky in the future? Do you want to buy it again when you get up?" Xu Yi replied with a smile. "As for iron ore, it will always be mined in the future, but that will only happen after the price of iron ore rises. According to my estimation, it will take at least five years."
"Lord President, are you so sure?" Kennard asked suspiciously.
"Of course. I firmly believe that the magical machinery will quickly spread in the Kingdom of Lampari and the entire Sainz Continent. At that time, the iron ore most needed for the production of magical machinery will definitely become a resource that everyone is rushing for, and the price will not increase. That's weird." Xu Yi affirmed.
Kennard has been under Xu Yi for more than half a year. Of course, he knows that Xu Yi is not the kind of person who is open-minded. Since Xu Yi is so sure, there must be a reason for him.
"Since this is the case, then we should take advantage of the fact that we have a few more iron ore mines, or simply say the more the better." Kennard pondered: "But most of the iron mines in our Lampari Kingdom are Being controlled by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, it is very difficult to grab it from them."
"So, our target is other places." Xu Yi clicked on the Black Rice Wasteland on the map, then the Principality of Standing, and finally fell on the Principality of Drake. "Since such rich non-ferrous metal ore veins can be found in the Black Rice Wasteland, I am sure that there should be rich iron ore, so we must further increase investment in the Black Rice Wasteland. As for the Duchy of Standing, these three iron ore The mine will be left alone for now, because I need to wait for a response from someone. Now what I want to discuss with you is the issue of the Duchy of Drak.”
"Lord President, listen to you, the two guests from the Duchy of Drak have reached some agreements with you today?" Kennard asked.
"Almost. But it will take a lot of effort to really get the resources we need from the Duchy of Drake." Xu Yi nodded. "His Royal Highness Princess Caroline has made a very good proposal, which I think is very feasible. Look, this is Sever City, where the Earl of Summer is now the city owner. Our initial goal now should be to obtain the Earl of Summer. With the support of the people, the magic industry was vigorously developed in the city of Sewell, and the city of Sewell was built into another city of Bonta."
Kennard glanced at the location of Sewell City on the map and frowned slightly.
"Lord President, the location of Sewell City...I'm afraid it's not very good. Although it is relatively close to the Duchy of Drake, it is closer to the Kingdom of Sark. If the Kingdom of Sark has any thoughts on this place, I am afraid There will be danger."
"It's simple, we just need to find a way to make the Kingdom of Sark have no idea about it." Xu Yi smiled.