"President, do you have no money?" As soon as they entered the Forest of Falling Rain, Yanis, who had been leading the way silently, suddenly stopped, looked back at Xu Yi, rummaged around for a while, and took out A handful of gold coins came and was handed to Xu Yi. "Here, I only have so much on me now, you can use it first."
Xu Yi glanced at the gold coins held in Yanis's slender hands in astonishment, then looked up at Yanis' serious expression and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you just tell Chief Shilui that you have no money? There's no use holding these gold coins now anyway, so I'll give them to you first." Yanis replied matter-of-factly.
Xu Yi finally understood what she meant, and pushed her hand back dumbfounded, saying: "Yanis, when I say I have no money, it's not that I personally have no money, but that our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has no money. Yes, do you understand what I mean?"
"Ah? The Chamber of Commerce is out of money?" Yanis opened her eyes wide in surprise, then looked down at the dozens of gold coins in her hand, and shook her head: "Then I'm afraid this little money is not enough. I'll see you later. When you become an elder, why don't you ask the elder to borrow some money? Didn't the elder just accept the salary you gave to the clansmen last time? It seems to be several thousand gold coins."
Looking at the innocent Yanis, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel a little amused.
"Yanice, it seems you still don't understand what I mean. The Chamber of Commerce I'm talking about has no money, but it just has no liquidity for the time being. What I mean is that if the Chamber of Commerce is in urgent need of money, it won't be able to come up with cash. And if the Chamber of Commerce really If you need money urgently for something, a few thousand gold coins won’t be enough.”
"What should we do? What if we really need the money but we can't get it. Won't our Chamber of Commerce encounter great difficulties?" Yanis was a little anxious. "President, haven't you thought of any solution?"
"Don't worry. It's not as serious as you think. It's just a short-term capital turnover problem. Besides, after a while, the Chamber of Commerce will naturally make enough money." Xu Yi waved his hand to comfort him.
"Oh, that's good." Yanis' expression calmed down, and after thinking for a while, she asked doubtfully: "But Mr. President, why did the Chamber of Commerce suddenly run out of money? I remember that in the past few months, we The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has always been very profitable. Last time I heard Director Sebas said that the Chamber of Commerce made hundreds of thousands of gold coins just last month."
"That's because you didn't notice how much money he said we spent?" Xu Yi said with a smile. "Let me tell you, our Chamber of Commerce has indeed made a lot of money in the past few months, but it has spent even more. Not to mention anything else, more than 300,000 gold coins have been invested in Luoyu Valley alone, plus the construction of Luoyu Valley The road cost more than 100,000 yuan, and then another 100,000 yuan was invested in building the road between Bangta City and Kalma City. In addition to some miscellaneous investments, as well as the monthly fixed expenses of the Chamber of Commerce, it is now on the books of the Chamber of Commerce. I’m afraid I don’t even have 20,000 gold coins, so I really have no money.”
Yanis stuck out her tongue: "It turns out there are still 20,000 gold coins. I thought there wasn't even one gold coin."
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes. He thought to himself that Yanis had been with him for several months, but why did she still look so unfazed by the world
Could it be that the elves are really like the legends. Is it extremely difficult to make changes because you live so long
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but look up at the still dark Forest of Falling Rain in front of him, thinking that if the elves were really like this, then Elder Elusia's hope that the elves and humans could live together could only I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve.
"This is also my worry." Elder Elushia nodded slightly. "That's why I want Yanis to stay with you all the time. Because human businessmen are the people with the most changeable ideas and the most flexible brains among you humans. If Yanis can get along with you normally by your side, she will be able to If you learn the flexibility of humans, I believe other elves can do the same."
"The problem is... I don't think Yanis has changed much now compared to when I first met her. On the contrary, I think she is a little more naive than before." Xu Yi frowned.
"No, on the contrary. Compared with when she lived in the tribe, Yanis has actually changed a lot." Elder Elusia smiled and shook her head: "The former Yanis was a very simple child. Everything will only be considered very briefly. But now, according to what you just described, she has learned not to show up immediately after hearing you say you have no money, but to wait until she enters the Forest of Falling Rain. Only then did she express her thoughts to you. It can be said that she has learned how to distinguish between occasions, which is very important for you humans. "
Xu Yi was speechless for a moment, thinking that this is a skill that almost all humans are born with. How come it turns into a performance that seems to be worthy of praise in Agnes
"Because you are humans, and we are elves." Elder Elusia gave Xu Yi's question a very simple but practical answer.
Xu Yi shook his head, still unable to understand the thoughts of the elves.
"Okay, let's put aside the changes in Yanis and let's get down to business." Xu Yi took out the plastic casing of a new generation magic fan from his backpack and handed it over.
Elder Elusia took it and looked through it, then glanced at Xu Yi doubtfully: "Is there anything wrong with this plastic casing?"
"Looking at it alone, there is no problem. But..." Xu Yi leaned forward, pointed at a delicate flower pattern in the upper right corner of the casing and said, "Comparing this place with other fan casings is very problematic."
Elder Elusia looked at the exquisitely carved flower, still very confused.
"I don't see anything wrong with that. The flower is beautifully carved."
"The flower itself is the problem." Xu Yi said seriously. "Elder Elusia, when I asked your Night Song Tribe to help our Chamber of Commerce make the plastic casings of this batch of magic fans, I gave you several drawings of the outer shells, right?"
"Yes." Elder Elusia stood up, rummaged through a box and took out a few drawings. "Still here."
"Elder, please take a look. Is there such a flower pattern on the shell on the drawing?" Xu Yi asked.
Elder Elushia compared it with the drawings and shook his head: "It's not on the drawings."
"So, when making this magic fan casing, the elf in charge did not follow the drawings?" Xu Yi asked.
"It seems so." Elder Elusia nodded, still looking puzzled: "But President Xu, I still don't understand what's wrong with this. Is it possible that there is such a beautiful pattern on the shell of this magic fan? Doesn’t it make the entire magic fan housing more beautiful?”
"It is indeed okay to say so. But dear elder, this magic fan does not exist alone, but is a very common magic fan among the magic fans mass-produced by our chamber of commerce. Doing so will cause big problems." Xu He also said with a serious face.
Seeing the serious expression on Xu Yi's face, Elder Elusia thought for a while, sat down again, and said to Xu Yi seriously: "President Xu, I don't understand what you mean, please explain in detail."
"Okay." Xu Yi was not polite, picked up the magic fan shell and said: "Elder, if one of the magic fans has this pattern on the shell, but the other one does not, then the price of the two magic fans Same, so if you want to buy a magic fan, which one will you buy? ”
"Obviously the one with the pattern, because this one looks better." Elder Elusia replied.
"Okay. In other words, at the same price, this magic fan without the pattern may not be sold, right?"
"Not necessarily. Maybe some of you humans prefer no patterns."
"Well, this possibility cannot be ruled out. But Elder Elusia, do you have to admit that the prices of these two magic fans should actually be different? Because with this difference in patterns, their values are different. ”
"Yes."
"Then the question comes. The casing of this magic fan belongs to the same batch of products as other magic fan casings without patterns. If these casings are installed on the magic fan, then the pricing of this batch of magic fans will be This creates difficulties. Because people who buy fans will not accept products of different values at the same price." Xu Yiyang held up the plastic casing in his hand. "So when our chamber of commerce actually produces magic fans, such casings are treated as defective products and are not included in the production process."
"Defective product?" Elder Elusia looked at Xu Yi in surprise. "President Xu, how could there be defective products in the hands of our elves with such exquisite skills? You must have made a mistake somewhere!"
Xu Yi frowned slightly and said seriously: "Dear Elder, whether you want to admit it or not, this is the rule of our Chamber of Commerce. Parts that do not meet the standards are defective products!"
Seeing Xu Yi's solemn expression, Elder Elusia was silent for a moment and nodded gently: "Okay, since this is something made in accordance with the requirements of your chamber of commerce, it should be made according to your standards. You are Yes."
Xu Yi glanced at Elder Elusia to confirm that she didn't have too many strange emotions, and then continued: "Actually, this shell is just one of the ones I picked out that is not serious. What's more serious is even the entire appearance. They have all changed and cannot be assembled together with other parts of the magic fan. After the final review, more than 30% of the 20,000 magic fan plastic casings you completed this time were defective. So, Mr. Elder, I know. I came here specifically to ask, what is going on here?" (To be continued...)