Sitting in the first carriage was River, the deputy to President Lanke of the Salanke Chamber of Commerce. He had met Xu Yi at several business federation meetings. Seeing his sudden appearance, he quickly stopped the carriage.
"President Xu, why do you have so much time for a walk in the city today?" River is about forty years old, with a slightly chubby face. His smile looks a bit like President Morgan of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, but he is older than Morgan. The president seems much more approachable.
"No, I just discussed something with the city lord, and I just happened to go out for a walk." Xu Yi then replied, looking at the carriage lane behind: "It seems that you have gained a lot this time, those magic fans All sold out?”
River smiled and said: "Thanks to President Xu's suggestion, all the magic fans in our inventory have been sold out. To be honest, people in other parts of the kingdom still have a huge demand for magic fans."
Xu Yi nodded slightly, thinking that this was an obvious thing.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was just established last year, and once the magic fan was sold, it sparked a craze in Bangta City and several surrounding cities, which is enough to prove the impact this novel magic machine has had on the people of Sainz Continent.
It makes no sense that people in Bangta City and several surrounding cities need it, but people in other places in the Lampali Kingdom don't need it.
But River was right. The reason why the Saranc Chamber of Commerce sold the magic fans produced under its own name to other places in the kingdom was indeed Xu Yi's suggestion.
At that joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi proved to the presidents of other chambers of commerce in the federation that there was a huge gap between other chambers of commerce and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the production of magic machinery. I want to compete head-on with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for the market. That's almost impossible.
So Xu Yi proposed. Because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not yet have sufficient sales channels, other chambers of commerce might as well rely on their own mature sales channels to sell the produced magic fans to other places in the kingdom, and they will surely have no worries about sales.
Although other chambers of commerce did not make a clear statement on Xu Yi's proposal at the time, Xu Yi later learned that many chambers of commerce had indeed done so, and according to the news, the results were very good.
There are even several chambers of commerce after seeing the strong demand for magic fans in other parts of the kingdom. They even gave up the idea of withdrawing from the magic machinery market and started to vigorously produce magic fans again.
Two of the chambers of commerce even ordered two more production lines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, shipped them to two other cities far away from Bangta City, and built new magic fan factories. It is said that the sales volume is now very impressive.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi asked River: "Since the sales are good, when you come back this time, are you going to propose to Chairman Lanke to increase investment and continue to vigorously produce magic fans?"
River looked around and approached Xu Yi. He whispered: "President Xu, does your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really not plan to sell your Xinfei brand magic fans to other places this year?"
"Of course." Xu Yi nodded affirmatively. "Didn't I already express my attitude at the last joint meeting? The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently does not have the strength to roll out all its products to all places in the kingdom. So at least this year, our Xinfei brand magic fans will only be available in Sales in Bangta City and the three surrounding cities. Of course, starting next year, we will also try to open up new sales channels, because basically the people who should buy in these cities around Bangta City have already done so. The market is completely saturated.”
River stared at Xu Yi for a while, and seeing his sincere expression, he nodded lightly: "Okay, I understand. President Xu, I think there should be opportunities for cooperation between our Salank Chamber of Commerce and your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”
Seeing that River wanted to leave, Xu Yi quickly stopped him and asked him, "I want to ask you one more question. Where is the farthest you have gone this time?"
River glanced at Xu Yi in surprise: "We didn't go far. The farthest place is Sevland City."
"Sevland City?" Xu Yi thought for a moment. "Then it's only about four hundred kilometers away from Bangta City."
"Four hundred kilometers is already very far." River shook his head with some emotion. "Because we were afraid that the goods would be damaged, it took us a full week just to go there. If the magic fans hadn't sold out so fast, it would have been impossible to get back today."
Xu Yi's eyes fell on the carriage wheel and saw that the iron sheet covering the wooden wheel had been worn away, which showed that their trip was indeed quite difficult.
Seeing Xu Yi looking at the wheel, Vice President River suddenly sighed: "President Xu, when your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce insisted on building a road from Bangta City to Luoyu Valley, I thought you must be crazy. I have too much money and no place to spend it. But now after going out, I found that what you said is called... What do you want? "
"If you want to get rich, build roads first," Xu Yidao said.
"Yes, if you want to get rich, build roads first. This sentence is so true! If all the roads in our Lampali Kingdom were highways, not only would we not have to worry about damage to goods due to bumpy roads, carriages could also run It's faster. If I keep running on the road, it might only take less than three days to complete the 400 kilometers. This way I can save a week, which is enough for me to make one more trip."
Xu Yi smiled and said: "Of course. Transportation is the fundamental issue that promotes commercial development, so it is correct to build roads first if you want to get rich. Your return direction should pass through Saltan City, and you should see the Philippines Isn’t it the road that the Ersun Car and Horse Company is building to connect Saltan City and Bangta City?”
River nodded: "Yes, I saw it. I thought that the road was also built by your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It was only after I entered the city that I found out that it was built by Feilson Car and Horse Racing Company."
"Yes, actually building roads is the most helpful thing for us businessmen. When you go back and see President Lanke later, remind him for me that if he hasn't made up his mind yet, he might not have the chance soon. ”
River looked at Xu Yi inexplicably, but knowingly didn't ask any more questions and nodded in agreement.
Xu Yi got out of the way. River saw Xu Yi and had nothing else to say. Then he said hello to Xu Yi. Drive the carriage away again.
Watching the carriage disappear at another street corner, Xu Yi stopped staring at the wheels of the carriage. After thinking for a moment, he did not go home, but walked in the opposite direction.
Ten minutes later, Xu Yi appeared at the headquarters of Filson Horse Racing in the city.
As expected, at this time, President Pompeii of Filson Cars and Horses was spending a rare leisure time of the day in his own exclusive room in the headquarters as usual.
I heard that Xu Yi was visiting. He quickly invited people in.
"President Xu, I am really surprised that you are here." President Pompeii laughed loudly, while he welcomed Xu Yi to sit down on a special soft chair made of woven fragrant grass, and poured wine for him. A cup of Liuying flower dew that is completely green and costs as much as thirty-eight gold coins per liter.
Xu Yi glanced around the room, and finally looked at the cup of firefly dew in his hand. He couldn't help but smile and said, "I have long heard that President Pompeii lives an extremely luxurious life. I saw it with my own eyes today." I found that both other people’s descriptions and my imagination are still far apart.”
President Pompeii laughed, waved his hand and said: "President Xu. If ordinary people say this, forget it. You are the president of the most profitable chamber of commerce in Bangta City, and if you still say this, It’s a slap in the face. You can live a life ten times more luxurious if you want.”
Xu Yi smiled slightly and did not intend to discuss the choice of luxury or not with him. After taking a sip of the refreshing Liuying flower dew, he asked President Pompeii about the construction of the road by Philson's Car and Horse Company. .
"Overall, it went very smoothly. Although there were some minor problems in the middle, it was nothing." Speaking of the common topics between the two, or the two chambers of commerce, President Pompeii's tone was extremely relaxed. "According to President Cruz's estimate, that road will probably be completed in more than three months, just in time before the winter gets cold. What about yours?"
"It's almost the same." Xu Yi replied. "The roads built by our two chambers of commerce this time are much wider than the Luoyu Highway, so it should take a longer time. Besides, President Cruz has been complaining to me that the manpower is insufficient, which makes their chamber of commerce continue to There’s no way to start working at full capacity.”
President Pompeii sighed helplessly: "Don't say he complained, I complained too. Now there are many people from other cities coming to our Bangta City. People are coming and going, and we, Feilson Carriage and Horses, have to receive them." The number of customers has more than doubled than before. I am also worried about the shortage of staff. "
"The more guests you receive, it proves that your business is doing well. Isn't this something you should be happy about?" Xu Yi said with a smile.
"I am happy, but I am really worried when I am worried. You said... should we suggest to the Lord of the City that he apply to His Majesty the King to move some people from other cities?"
Xu Yi shook his head to express his objection: "Even His Majesty the King cannot issue orders at will to force the ordinary people of the Kingdom to relocate. What's more, there are many people in the noble territories in the Kingdom, and His Majesty the King does not have this power. If you want to solve the problem of manpower If there is a problem, the best way is to publicize it more. As long as everyone in the entire kingdom knows that we need a lot of manpower here in Bangta City, and the wages given are not low, then I think it will happen naturally without being forced by others. There were a lot of people running towards our city of Bonta.”
President Pompeii thought for a while and couldn't help but nodded: "Well, this should be better. Everyone hopes to make more money. Knowing how many opportunities there are to make money in Bangta City, there will definitely be many people coming. "Yes." Then he grimaced. "But as more people come, we have to receive more guests. Where can I find so many useful people in this short period of time?"
"This is your own problem." Xu Yi shrugged, paused, and then said: "But President Pompeii, have you ever thought about improving this problem yourself?"
President Pompeii glanced at Xu Yi and asked doubtfully: "How can I improve myself?"
"For example... it currently takes two days for your carriage to run from Bangta City to Anvilmar City, but what do you think would happen if this time could be shortened to one day?" (To be continued.) )