"A thousand units?" Heinze suddenly lost his voice and looked at Reeves in surprise. He didn't expect this guy to say such a large amount in one breath.
Reeves smiled softly: "What? No?"
"Of course..." Heinze was about to agree, but suddenly remembered that he had no decision-making power on this matter. He quickly turned his eyes to Xu Yi and winked at Xu Yi, hoping that he would agree quickly.
joke! A thousand magic fans, if sold for two gold coins, would be sold for two thousand gold coins!
According to the 10% dividend, he can get two hundred gold coins from this batch of business alone!
However, Heinze then thought about it. If Reeves ordered directly from Xu Yi, it would have nothing to do with him at all, and of course he wouldn't get any dividends.
Thinking of this, Heinze couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.
Seeing Heinze's reaction, Reeves instantly understood that the person with the decision-making power here should be Xu Yi, an inconspicuous young man with black hair, so he turned his attention to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi was thinking about something else. He frowned slightly. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head under Heinze's expectant eyes.
"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't accept this order."
Both Reeves and Heinze were stunned. Reeves frowned and asked: "Why? Are you afraid that I can't pay? If that's the case, I can place a deposit now." After that, he took it out of his arms. He took out a piece of pale gold paper and handed it over. "This is the golden ticket of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce. It can be used throughout the entire Sainz continent. The face value is one thousand gold coins. You can check it."
"Chimera Chamber of Commerce's golden ticket!" Heinze couldn't help but exclaimed.
The Chimera Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in Sainz Continent. It is said that it is supported by the royal family of the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires in Sainz Continent. It is extremely powerful, so the golden tickets they issue can be fully used in Sainz Continent. Universal.
This middle-aged man was able to casually take out a Chimera Chamber of Commerce gold ticket worth one thousand gold coins, which shows that his net worth must be extremely rich, far beyond that of Heinze, a mere grocery store owner.
"That's not the reason." Xu Yi remained indifferent. "The main reason why I can't accept this order is on my side. Because I can't guarantee that I can complete the production of one thousand magic fans in a short time. Even if I can barely complete it, I can't guarantee the quality."
"Quality?" Reeves glanced at Xu Yi in surprise, as if he had discovered something interesting, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Then Mr. Xu Yi, if I raise the price to something like two gold coins and ten silver coins for a magic fan, what do you think?"
Heinze's heart skipped a beat.
A magic fan only costs ten silver coins. Although it sounds inconspicuous, if multiplied by a thousand, it is a full hundred gold coins!
What's more, according to general business rules, for such a large order like Reeves, the seller would usually lower the price. Now Reeves actually takes the initiative to increase the price, which shows his sincerity.
However, Xu Yi still shook his head with certainty: "Sorry, this has nothing to do with price. The quality of mechanical products is very important. If it cannot be guaranteed, it may cause disaster. This is something I don't want to see."
"Disaster?" Reeves frowned, as if he didn't quite understand Xu Yi's statement.
Xu Yi smiled and had no intention of explaining.
Accidents caused by quality problems are not uncommon on Earth, and he does not want similar problems to occur on Sainz Continent.
Maybe he can't avoid all problems, but he will try his best.
This is also a basic principle for a mechanical engineer.
Seeing Xu Yi's resolute attitude, Reeves sighed, took back the golden ticket, and then took out another slightly harder piece of paper of a different color, but also very special at first glance, and handed it to Xu Yi.
"Mr. Xu Yi, it's nice to meet you. This is my name note. Please accept it."
Xu Yi took the name note, glanced at it, and found that it only contained a name and a simple address, and no other information was revealed.
This address turned out to be a place in Anvimar, the capital of the Lampali Kingdom, but Xu Yi didn't know where it was specifically.
Although he has lived in Lampali for more than three years, he has never been to Anvilmar even once.
"If you change your mind at any time, you can come to me at this address at any time, or if you have something else as novel as a magic fan in the future, I hope you can think of me as soon as possible. I believe that we will definitely be in the future There will be opportunities for collaboration.”
Although this Reeves was shrewd, which Xu Yi didn't particularly like, his words and deeds were quite decent and not annoying at all, so Xu Yi nodded to express his understanding.
After Reeves left, Heinze asked for the name note from Xu Yi, glanced at it, and immediately shouted in surprise: "It's actually Sloane Street! Oh my god! He must be a great person!"
"Oh?" Xu Yi looked at Heinze curiously.
"You don't know?" Heinze seemed very surprised that Xu Yi didn't know about Sloane Street. "Sloane Street is where the great nobles of Anvilmar City live. If Reeves can let you contact him there, then he must be one of the great figures living there too!"
Xu Yi smiled and didn't care. Regardless of whether Reeves was a big shot or not, it had nothing to do with him now.
This is not what he needs to care about at this stage. Although the sale of the first batch of magic fans brought a net profit of more than 400 gold coins, which can be regarded as a fortune, this is only the first step. If he wants to obtain There is still a lot that needs to be done to maintain sustained income.
The reason why he didn't agree to Reeves' order just now was because he couldn't guarantee the production of magic fans.
Now the entire production process of the magic fan is completed by him contacting the blacksmith shop and working with his colleagues. In fact, it is a very irregular production system, and production may be affected at any time due to problems on one side.
The biggest problem is the ten colleagues responsible for drawing the magic circle, which is the core part of the magic fan.
This week of working with Xu Yi has given these ten colleagues a taste of the sweetness. Xu Yi is sure that as long as they continue to pay them, they will be happy to continue to assist him in drawing the magic circle. However, this cooperative relationship is very unstable. It may be disconnected at any time due to various unexpected reasons.
But when Xu Yi took out the employment contract and asked them to sign it, these ten colleagues refused without exception.
Although they didn't say it explicitly, Xu Yi knew very well that the reason why they refused was entirely due to their reserve and self-esteem as magicians.
There is no problem in assisting Xu Yi in drawing the magic circle. It can be regarded as extra money in their spare time.
But if they sign a contract, they will become Xu Yi's hired servants, which is very difficult to accept for magicians like them who are generally arrogant.
Although the magic fan contains the word magic and is related to magic, in the Sainz continent, which does not pay much attention to the application of magic, this thing is probably not much different from ordinary craftsmen's products, so naturally it will not be looked at by magicians. Gotta catch your eye.
In addition, Xu Yi was not too reassured about the blacksmith shop.
Although Xu Yi had drawn very detailed drawings when customizing the magic fan casing and marked every part of each component in great detail, there were still quite a few parts of the final casing that were not actually Meet Xu Yi's requirements.
If it weren't for the fact that the process requirements for fans were not too strict, I'm afraid Xu Yi would have sent back all these unqualified defective products and asked them to redo them.
Of course Xu Yi also knew very well that this was because he was too demanding.
As a senior mechanical engineer on Earth, Xu Yi has become accustomed to the high-demand components produced by precision machinery on Earth that will never differ by even one millimeter. However, this is Sainz Continent, a country with almost zero mechanical industrial base. In the world, if you want them to be able to match the level of mechanical manufacturing on earth now, it is of course a fool's errand.
"Alas, there is a long way to go." Thinking of the problems that need to be faced, Xu Yi couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
The next day, Xu Yi came to the Magic Tower to work as usual.
Now Xu Yi's status in the research room is completely different from before. Although his magic power has not improved significantly, at least ten colleagues have worked with him and received a lot of compensation from him. His attitude towards him was naturally far more enthusiastic than before.
As soon as he entered the research room, many people greeted him.
Xu Yi responded to them with a smile. As soon as he came to his seat and sat down, Wella suddenly rushed out from the side and slapped a magic circle drawing in front of Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, I have thoroughly studied your magic circle!"
Xu Yiyi raised his head in surprise and found that the expression on Wella's face was very proud. Then he looked down at the magic array drawing on the table and found that the magic array on the drawing was the core of the magic fan - the whirlwind array.
However, on this drawing, Wella made very detailed marks, annotating almost every node.
As Wei Na said, judging from this drawing, she has indeed studied this magic circle thoroughly, and every annotation is very detailed, perfect, and easy to understand.
Even a person who has just come into contact with magic, I believe that after seeing this drawing, he will be familiar with the whirlwind array modified by Xu Yi.
Xu Yi scanned it once and felt that his eyes were blank. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Wella: "Hey, Wella, you are so awesome!"
Wella snorted softly, feeling indescribably proud.
"It's just a low-level magic circle. It's not difficult at all to study it clearly."
Xu Yi chuckled, not caring about the obvious loopholes in Wella's words. He picked up the blueprint, raised it, and asked, "Can you sell this blueprint to me?"
Wei Na was stunned: "Why did you buy this? Didn't you make this magic circle yourself?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "I'm just honored that someone can make such detailed annotations on this magic circle, so I want to keep this drawing. How about it? Sell it to me? You give me a price."
Wella glanced at Xu Yi in surprise, and then waved her hand: "You know the goods. Forget it, I'm not as money-crazy as you. A broken fan costs two gold coins. This blueprint is worthless, so I'll give it to you. alright."
Xu Yi laughed: "Thank you very much."
After saying that, he folded the drawing and put it into his arms without any ceremony.
He really wanted to thank Wella for having this blueprint, which helped him solve a big problem.
If he wanted to teach others how to draw this magic circle in the future, he would not need detailed step-by-step instructions. Instead, he would only need to let them look at this drawing and they would be able to understand most of it, which would really save him a lot of effort.
Just as he was about to immerse himself in his work, the door to the research room was suddenly pushed open, and Steele walked in quickly. His eyes moved around the research room, and finally locked on Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, come with me, grandpa wants to see you."