A week later, an unusually large convoy crossed the border between the Principality of Norton and the Candela Empire.
After driving quickly for three hours on this only road in the southwest province of the Candela Empire that was finally completed and opened to traffic last month, the convoy arrived at Canberra, the capital of the southwest province and the seat of the governor-general of the southwest province. .
The convoy did not drive directly into Canberra, but stopped in an open space outside the city.
Although this is just a suburb outside the city wall, Canberra is a big city like the provincial capital after all, so it is still very lively, with a huge flow of people and various hawking sounds. It seems to be much more prosperous than many small cities.
Xu Yi stopped the magic car and got out of the cab. He found that the people around him only glanced at the team he was in, and then looked away. They did not show any curiosity, and they did not see anything new. That wonder of things.
"People in Canberra have seen magic locomotives many times, so it's no longer unusual for them." President Cruise on the side explained. "Actually, people here have seen not only magic motorcycles, but also many household magic machines many times. You don't have to expect them to be as curious as the first time they saw them."
"No, I didn't expect this. It's just a bit strange. Since the people in the Candela Empire have seen these household magic machines with their own eyes, why is the demand for these things still not high?" Xu Yi frowned and said .
"Who told you that their demand is not high?" President Cruise rolled his eyes at Xu Yi and pointed to the right front. "Look what's there."
Xu Yi looked in the direction he pointed and saw a rather large stall beside the avenue. There was a crowd around. It looks very lively.
"What's that for?"
Just when Xu Yi was wondering. A cheer suddenly erupted from the crowd surrounding there, and then a person surrounding him held something tightly in his hands, turned around and ran away, as if he was afraid that others would take away the thing in his arms.
Xu Yi took a closer look and was shocked to find that the treasure-like thing in his arms was clearly an old-fashioned magic fan.
"It's just an old magic fan. As for this..."
"Because it's second-hand and relatively cheap. It's not easy to get one." President Cruz shrugged. "With the weather so hot now, this thing is very popular. If ordinary people here can have a magic fan, it will be almost life-saving."
Xu Yi frowned, still confused.
"The latest model of the New Flying Magic Fan only costs three gold coins and fifty silver coins, so it's not that expensive. Why would they want to grab such an old-fashioned magic fan that is almost being eliminated?"
President Cruise glanced at Xu Yi, shook his head and sighed: "Xu Yi, I think you have been separated from the world of ordinary people for too long, and you have forgotten the most important issue. What do you think... Three gold coins and fifty Silver coins, for these ordinary people who can barely afford to eat, are very few? "
Xu Yi was speechless for a moment.
It’s not as if he has been separated from the world of ordinary people for too long, as President Cruz said. And it's entirely because there is no longer the concept of "ordinary people can't even afford a magic fan".
Whether it is the Principality of Standing or the Kingdom of Lampali. Ordinary people in these two countries, as long as they are not lazy, can easily find a job that earns at least ten gold coins a month.
For a family of several people, it would be stress-free to put aside the basic necessities of life and spend a few silver coins to buy a magic fan.
But this is only limited to the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Lampali, because the magic industry driven by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has developed best in these two countries, and now there are magic machinery related products everywhere in these two countries. Various factories have a huge demand for labor, which makes it easy for anyone to find a good job.
But apart from this, although the Kingdom of Luersun and the Principality of Drake are also vigorously developing magic industry-related industries, they are somewhat inferior.
In comparison, the Sark Kingdom was even further behind.
Because the relationship with the Lampali Kingdom and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was very tense before, there was no development in the magic industry in the Sark Kingdom at all.
But compared to the Candela Empire... that's much better.
Although the Candela Empire is one of the two major empires in Sainz Continent, and its overall national strength is second to none in Sainz Continent, when it comes to the living conditions of ordinary people... it is compared with the Lampali Kingdom seven or eight years ago. Not much better.
Obviously, most of these ordinary civilians living near Canberra, the capital of the southwestern province of the Candela Empire, are just worried about their livelihood. Of course, it is impossible to spend a few gold coins to buy a magic fan.
"So what's going on with these old-fashioned magic fans? Although they don't look like the magic fans from our Chamber of Commerce, why do they cost one or two gold coins for one?" Xu Yi asked again.
"You have to ask President Doyle and the others about this."
Xu Yi turned his head and looked at President Doyle who happened to be walking next to him.
President Doyle laughed dryly, scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "Well... After we came to the Candela Empire, we found that few people here have seen household magic machines, and they disliked the latest household magic machines. The machinery is too expensive, so I simply brought over the old household magic machinery that had been eliminated and sold it to them. Well, they are all very satisfied with it anyway, so I think there is no problem with this... "
Xu Yi understood immediately.
After working for a long time, after the Candela Empire and the Lampali Kingdom signed a mutual trade agreement, this group of businessmen from the Lampali Kingdom actually recollected the old household magic machines that had been eliminated in the Lampali Kingdom and pulled them to The Candela Empire came to sell it.
In Xu Yi's opinion, this was undoubtedly a very deceptive approach, but it happened to be in line with the current situation of the Candela Empire, which really left him speechless.
"Well, this can be considered an ordinary person who has benefited the Candela Empire." President Doyle continued to smile. "They can't afford the new ones anyway, and these old ones are much cheaper. For example, the magic fan that the person bought just now doesn't even cost a gold coin. Of course they welcome it."
"One gold coin per unit? What was the price when you purchased it in the Lampali Kingdom?" Xu Yi asked.
The expression on President Doyle's face became even more awkward. After hesitating for a while, he approached Xu Yi and whispered, "We learned what President Xu did before your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and collected them through the trade-in activity. In fact, The cost... one unit is about... well, less than twenty silver coins... "
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
One unit costs less than twenty silver coins? Because the newly signed mutual trade agreement between the Lampali Kingdom and the Candela Empire stipulates that the tariffs on magic mechanical products will be reduced the most, so even if they quote one gold coin for this old magic fan, the tariff they need to pay will be at most Only ten silver coins.
Including transportation costs, the overall cost of such a magic fan is no more than forty silver coins.
Now after they shipped it, they finally sold it for close to one gold coin, so they could at least get close to half a gold coin from it.
"No, no, no, President Xu, we only supply the merchants here and let them sell them, so the actual price sold from us is far less than one gold coin." Doyer would The chief quickly waved his hands and shouted injustice.
"Then what about the proceeds from selling a batch of new magic fans through the trade-in activity?" Xu Yi rolled his eyes at him.
"Hey, President Xu, didn't I learn this from you?" President Doyle said with a smile.
Xu Yi waved his hand: "Okay, I can't control these things. But I need to remind you that word-of-mouth is difficult to establish, but it is easy to break. Household magic machines have only entered the Candela Empire not long ago, so it is necessary to establish word-of-mouth and give them a It is a critical period for the people of the Candela Empire to leave a good impression. At this time, it is best not to fool people with such defective products. Otherwise, once a bad impression is left, it will take far more effort to reverse it. Just work as hard as you can imagine.”
President Doyle frowned, somewhat disapproving of Xu Yi's words.
However, he did not refute Xu Yi face to face, he just smiled and left.
"Hey, Xu Yi, don't waste your time. These small businessmen don't have such a long-term vision. They are obviously thinking about making a fortune, and they don't consider word of mouth, overall industry development, etc. Question. Only a freak like you would always keep things like this in mind." President Cruz sneered after President Doyle walked away.
Xu Yi snorted coldly: "I don't believe you haven't thought about these issues. Otherwise, your chamber of commerce's apartment outside Canberra wouldn't be so valued by you, right?"
President Cruz shrugged: "I'm not a small businessman with no knowledge or vision like them."
"Ha..." Xu Yi couldn't help laughing, thinking that President Cruise was getting thicker and thicker now.
But what he said is correct. Compared with presidents like President Doyer who came from small chambers of commerce, President Cruz has seen many big scenes over the years, and his vision has long been far beyond that of ordinary businessmen.
Moreover, he has always been influenced by Xu Yi and is accustomed to taking an extremely long-term view. Naturally, he will not harm the huge benefits that may be obtained in the future for such a small benefit.
"But when it comes to paying attention, I still pay more attention to the highway than this apartment." President Cruise turned to Xu Yi and asked seriously: "Do you think... How sure are you of persuading the Candela Empire to build this large-scale construction highway?"
Xu Yi blinked: "To convince Prince Frank and the Southern Province, at least 90%. But to convince the entire Candela Empire... no more than 30%."
President Cruise was startled: "Why?"
Xu Yi smiled bitterly: "There is no way, because the Candela Empire is too big..." (To be continued...)