Chapter 13 Bring out your sincerity
Everyone stared at Xu Yi and Still on the stage, with no one making a sound. It was like they were afraid of missing a single word of Xu Yi’s response.
Xu Yi was a bit surprised. He never thought the first question would be about him and Still and it wouldn’t be related to the Magic Rice Cooker at all.
“This…..Although this concerns me and Still’s privacy, since you’ve asked in front of all these people and I’ve agreed to answer all questions, then I’ll answer you.” Xu Yi reached out his left hand and tightly held Still’s right hand before lifting it up and loudly saying, “Yes, I’m very blessed and very lucky to announce to everyone that Still and I are currently dating!”
The crowd fell into an even stronger deathly silence and after a while, the crowd exploded.
“God! It’s actually true!”
“My goddess is actually dating someone else, I…..I don’t believe it!”
“No! This can’t be true! There definitely must be something wrong with my eyes! My ears must have heard wrong! Young miss Still is as noble and elegant as a goddess, how could she date anyone? This must be a lie!”
“Ai, I definitely can’t accept it if it was anyone else, but if it is chairman Xu, I can barely accept it.”
“That’s right, in Banta City and perhaps the entire Lampuri Kingdom, is there any young man more outstanding that chairman Xu? To be the chairman of a large company at such a young age and I’ve heard that he is a powerful magician. Other than not being a noble, he is simply perfect.”
“Che, what is so good about being a noble? Isn’t it good that chairman Xu is a commoner? This means that not all beautiful girls want to get married to nobles. Young miss Stil, I support you marrying chairman Xu!”
“That’s right, I also support you! Marrying chairman Xu is better than marrying the useless young master of some noble family!”
“That’s right, I support young miss Still’s choice! Support chairman Xu!”
…...
Hearing that there were actually people supporting them, with some cries of supporting Still marrying him mixed in, Xu Yi couldn’t help feeling a bit awkward. He looked over at Still and saw that she had a smile that was filled with confidence and pride.
Sensing Xu Yi’s gaze, Still looked at him with a proud look in her eyes.
“How about it? Xu Yi, my eyes are pretty good, right? Look, everyone is supporting us.”
Xu Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Excuse me, this is because I’m good enough. If it was anyone else, do you believe that they wouldn’t be ripped to shreds by an angry crowd?”
The smile on Still’s face became even brighter.
“Although I am very happy that you are outstanding enough that so many people acknowledge you, I like you not because of this. It is because…...I like you for who you are.”
Xu Yi smiled and tightly gripped Still’s hand. He turned to the crowd under the stage and shouted, “Thank you for everyone’s blessings and support for me and Still. But I ask everyone to remember that this is our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s product announcement, so I hope that everyone will ask questions related to our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s new product.”
The reporter that came from the ?Saltan Morning News? that didn’t have time to speak looked at each other. After nodding, a reporter that was quite old raised his hand and asked, “Then chairman Xu, I have a question. Recently in the past month, whether it is Banta City, Saltan City, Karma City, or even other cities in the kingdom, there have been many companies that have invented magic machines. What views do you have on that?”
“This reporter is quite professional.” Xu Yi praised in his heart. He said with a faint smile, “I have some understanding of the situation you mentioned. As for my views, I’m very happy and can even be said to be very pleased.”
The crowd under the stage was shocked. The reporter continued asking with a frown, “Chairman Xu, this probably isn’t what you really feel. With more competitors for your Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it will affect the sales of your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products. Why are you happy and pleased about this?”
“The reason why I’m happy and pleased is that because other than our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there are other companies starting to research and produce magic machines. This means that everyone has started putting importance on the magic machines. Once everyone puts importance ion magic machines, this industry will quickly develop and the products of our Frestech Chamber of Commerce will be accepted by everyone, meaning that our company will make even more money. As a chairman, why wouldn’t I be happy about this?” Xu Yi replied with a smile.
“But aren’t you worried that his will affect your sales?” The reporter asked. “After all, there are only that many people and as long as one person buys one magic machine from a company, that will be one less customer for your Frestech Chamber of Commerce.”
“No, no, no, I think your understanding of customers and the market is too shallow.” Xu Yi shook his head without any politeness and said, “Actually, from what I can see, the people who will buy magic machines will increase by several times, also making the magic machine market several times bigger. If the market is compared to a cake, then what I want to do is make the cake bigger and bigger, so people and companies can receive bigger and bigger pieces of this cake. What I don’t want to do is have people fighting over small pieces of a cake and having everyone starve to death. And I believe that this magic machine cake is very big, not only being able to feed our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but also letting the other companies have their fill as well. So for other companies who are beginning to make magic machines, I extend a warm welcome to them.”
“Chairman Xu, I’ve heard that your Frestech Chamber of Commerce has sold production magic machines for the Magic Fan and the Magic Rice Cooker to companies in our Karma City, is this true?” The ?Karma Times?’ vice editor in chief Rhine seized this chance to ask this in a loud voice.
Xu Yi looked at him and found he had some impression of this person. He seemed to have come to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s factory opening in Karma City.
“Yes. Specifically speaking, there are three Karma City companies who have bought production lines. And just half a month ago, those three companies have already begun using their production lines. I think that when you return to Karma City, perhaps you’ll be able to see Magic Fans and Magic Rice Cookers other than our Frestech Brand.” Xu Yi said.
“But chairman Xu, you should have given them the technology for this Automatic Magic Rice Cooker, right?” Rhine pointed at the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker releasing waves of steam and asked this.
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “I’m welcoming other companies into this business and can even give them basic support, but that does not mean that I will give them all of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s technology. This Automatic Magic Rice Cooker is our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s newly developed product and represents our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s advantage. If the other companies want to catch up to our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, alright, please take out your sincerity!”
Seeing the aggressive looking Xu Yi, the people under the stage couldn’t say a thing.
Rhine couldn’t help giving a bitter laugh.
Xu Yi was telling the truth.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had worked hard to gain these results. The other people and companies didn’t have a right to ask them to hand these over for free.
To enter this profession and catch up to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, other than bowing to them and gaining their support, they could only rely on themselves.
Of course, there are practices that weren’t considered fair…...
Rhine thought about it and wanted to ask something else, but a “ding” sound rang out.
Looking over in surprise, he saw that the red light on the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker had suddenly vanished. The switch that Xu Yi had pressed down had also bounced back to its original position.
“Everyone, the rice is done.”
Xu Yi laughed and opened the lid to the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker. The fragrance of rice filled the air and the stomachs of some people who forgot to eat breakfast grumbled.
Everyone looked at the white and tender rice in the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker and couldn’t help sighing.
This Automatic Magic Rice Cooker, it really was automatic!
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In a normal small building in Saltan City, Cimirot was staring at the newly published ?Saltan Morning News? in his hands. His eyes were filled with unwillingness and hatred.
“Damn that Xu Yi, he’s clearly being petty and he puts it so nicely! Lies!” Cimirot looked at the large title in the ?Saltan Morning News? and couldn’t take it anymore. He ripped it to pieces and turned to look at the silent Rem sitting at another table holding a copy of the ?Saltan Morning News? as he said, “Hey, Rem, we have to just watch this fellow being this arrogant?”
Compared to back at Camilla’s Magic Tower, the current Rem was much thinner and his face had lost much of its glow. He had visibly become much darker.
Hearing Cimirot’s question, Rem said with a bitter smile, “What can we do? We spent all that effort to break the secret of the Frestech Brand Magic Rice Cooker and thought we could rely on that to compete with him. Who would have thought that with a casual move from him, he would take something out that far surpassed us. How can we compare to him?”
“You want to admit defeat like this?” Cimirot angrily said, “Who was it that he would show results and suppress that fellow Xu Yi, winning back Wella’s affections? If you give up like this, could it be that you’re planning to give up on Wella?”
Hearing the name “Wella”, a pained look flashed on Rem’s face. He said with a sigh, “Don’t mention her again. Since she picked to go to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and I didn’t go with her, I felt that she was getting further and further away from me. Now…..I don’t think there is any hope between us.”
“What? You’re planning to give up since Xu Yi took your woman? Are you still a man?!” Cimirot asked in a sharp voice.
Rem’s breathing became heavy and taking a few deep breaths, he suddenly looked at Cimirot and roared out, “Then what do you want me to do? She is already that damn Xu Yi’s employee and she even happily talks to me about the trivial matters about working for that damn Frestech Chamber of Commerce! Her entire heart belongs to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, how do you want me to beat them and take her back?”
Seeing Rem’s irritated expression, Cimirot’s expression changed and he suddenly laughed. He reached out to hold Rem’s shoulder and said in a low and mysterious voice, “Actually it isn’t like there isn’t anything you can’t do, it just depends on if you’re willing or not……”
Chapter 14 Outsourcinerg
After the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s product announcement was over, the household magic machine workshop became busy again.
The household magic machine workshop was finished last month. There had been five hundred workers originally and adding in the two hundred newly recruited people, a total of seven hundred people began working full force, working overtime to make the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker.
Because there were too many people who had personally witnessed the power and quality of the automatic Magic Rice Cooker, the popularity of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products had surged.
One turned to ten and ten turned into a hundred. Almost everyone in Banta City knew about the power of the new generation Automatic Magic Rice Cooker. Even in Banta City where rice wasn’t that popular, there were over five thousand orders.
And through the slightly exaggerated reports of the ?Saltan Morning News? and the ?Karma Times?, other cities also became familiar with the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker. After the announcement was over, there were quite a few merchants from other cities who ran to Xu Yi asking for orders.
In just three days, the orders for Automatic Magic Rice Cookers in other cities had already surpassed twenty thousand units.
What made Xu Yi the happiest was that this new generation Automatic Magic Rice Cooker even reached Cramer City that was over a hundred and fifty kilometers from Banta City.
It has to be known that Cramer City was less than a hundred kilometers from Anvilmar City. If the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products could reach Cramer City, with another step, it wouldn’t be strange for it to reach Anvilmar City.
Of course, there were already quite a few Frestech Chamber of Commerce products in Anvilmar City right now.
Victor’s group of three young masters during the short three months of winter, they had sold over three hundred Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioners.
They could gain around ten gold coins from each Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioner, so they had earned over three thousand gold coins from this.
Even if they split it between the three of them, each of them took one thousand gold coins.
This large amount was something they could never imagine before.
The three of them who had experienced this sweetness didn’t keep acting like playboys in Anvilmar City like before. Rather they seriously contacted the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, continuing to sell the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic machines in Anvilmar City.
With Xu Yi’s suggestion, they took the large pot of gold they earned to create a Frestech Brand special franchise store in Anvilmar City, specially selling the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic machines.
Because winter was over, the franchise store wasn’t selling any Variable Speed Magic Air Conditioners, rather they were selling Magic Lamps and Magic Rice Cookers.
Before Xu Yi announced the new generation Automatic Magic Rice Cooker, Xu Yi had contacted them.
Victor immediately made a decision, buying a thousand Automatic Magic Rice Cookers from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
If including this order, the amount of Automatic Magic Rice Cookers ordered were close to thirty thousand units.
Although the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker used the new Silver Leaf Alloy and using Xu Yi’s metal temperature control function Xu Yi brought from earth, it only raised the cost slightly. It brought it up from the cost of less than a gold coin for the first generation Magic Rice Cooker to over a gold coin.
And the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker relied on its outstanding design to be even more popular than the first generation Magic Rice Cooker. The fixed price went up from three gold coins to three and a half gold coins, so the profit from each unit was actually raised.
Selling close to thirty thousand units like this, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce earned a large profit of over fifty thousand gold coins.
Moreover, now that the new workshop was functional, there were three production lines for the new Automatic Magic Rice Cooker and their production capacity had doubled.
It would only take less than two months to complete this order of close to thirty thousand Automatic Magic Rice Cooker.
Moreover, now that the factory outside Karma City was functioning, although not all the workers had been recruited yet, so they didn’t have full production capacity, it still took some of the pressure from the Banta City factory.
But to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, their biggest project was finishing the agricultural department’s large order. So the dwarves of the magic machine workshop worked even more overtime than the workers in the household magic machine workshop.
Xu Yi was very helpless about this. Before the labour certification was passed by the Lampuri Kingdom Royal Parliament, it wasn’t suitable for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to recruit more dwarves, so their capacity was stuck here for now.
When Xu Yi was racking his brain for a way to increase the magic machine workshop’s capacity, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce welcomed a special merchant.
“This…...That…...Chairman Xu, hello. I…..I am called…..Freeman. I am your company’s, un…..first one supported by the farmer support plan…...the one from that plan……”
Xu Yi looked at this simple looking middle aged man who kept stuttering because of how nervous he was. After carefully thinking about it, he pointed at him and said, “I remember now, you are the Big Stomach King from last time!”
Freeman laughed, becoming less nervous because Xu Yi mentioned the Big Stomach King. He said with a nod, “Yes, it’s me. When I came to the city last year, I was in time for your Big Stomach King competition and took the championship. then…..Then I participated in the farmer support plan.”
“Un, I remember that you were the one who paid not long after the fall harvest and the first farmer to repay everything.” Xu Yi nodded before continuing, “It seems like you really could suffer last fall harvest. You relied on just a single small Magic Harvester to earn that much money.”
Hearing Xu Yi mention the small Magic Harvester, Freeman happily revealed a smile, “Chairman Xu, I have to thank your Frestech Chamber of Commerce for this. If it wasn’t for your plan, how could I have afforded to buy something like the Magic Harvester. Mentioning this thing, you and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce are my benefactors. My family no longer has to worry about food and clothes because of you.”
Xu Yi laughed and waved his hand, “Supporting you is one matter and you working hard is another matter. Of the people participating in the plan last time, there were several people who didn’t work hard and couldn’t repay their debts, so their agricultural magic machines were taken back by us.”
“Humph! Those lazy fellows, not grabbing the chance they were given, they deserved it!” Freeman fiercely said.
Xu Yi laughed and didn’t say much on this topic. He asked, “Alright, Freeman, let’s talk about you again. For you to specially come find me, why is that? Could it be that you have some other ideas towards our farmer support plan?”
“No, it’s not the support plan. It’s…..” Freeman didn’t come alone, there were several other peasants from Ireland Village that came with him. When speaking of this, he looked at his companions and they gave him looks of support, so Freeman nodded and turned back to Xu Yi to say, “That…..Chairman Xu, I came this time to discuss something with you. Look, when I used the Magic Harvester to help harvest our village’s crops, the machine had broken several times. At the beginning I could only take it to the service center to get it fixed, but after going several times, I learned how to do it myself. The more I fixed it, I realized that the Magic Harvester were just pieces of iron put together. Do you think I’m right?”
Xu Yi found this funny, as he said with a nod, “Although there are some differences, it is close enough if you say it like this.”
“Un, just like this. There was one time when a board in the Magic Harvester broke and someone at your service center said that it would require money to replace. I wasn’t willing to spend the money, so I had the blacksmith in the village make one for me based on the appearance from before. Although it wasn’t as good as before after changing it, it could still be used. Then……”
After listening to this, Xu Yi couldn’t help lifting his hand to cut him off.
“Get to main point. Freeman, what do you want to say? Just be direct if you have any requests or ideas. You are considered an old friend to our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there isn’t anything you can’t say.”
“Oh, oh, right, look at my mouth, I forget once I start talking. Chairman Xu, you are a busy person, you can’t waste time like this. Un, it’s like this, chairman Xu, I was thinking…..Since your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s Magic Harvester are made of these parts, could you give us a part of this to do?”
“Wait, wait! What did you say?” Xu Yi’s eyes opened wide in shock and his face filled with disbelief, “You mean to say that…..You want to outsource the parts production for the Magic Harvesters?”
“Outsource? Oh, it seems to be like this. Anyway, I’ve heard the people of your service center say that the parts are also made by your company and that it takes quite a bit of manpower…...They said that it was something that you frequently worry about, so I thought that making these parts doesn’t seem that hard, so if you give it to us to do, perhaps it can save you quite a bit of effort.” After saying this, Freeman carefully looked at Xu Yi with an expectant gaze, “Chairman Xu, do you think…..this is alright?”
It was like Xu Yi’s first time seeing Freeman as he looked over him several times. After seeing how scared Freeman was, he laughed before looking over the people following Freeman and asking, “Was this an idea you thought of together?”
Freeman pointed at a simple looking farmer with a dark face just like him and said, “This idea mainly came from Kovac. They said that I know you and have talked to you before, so they wanted me to discuss this with you.”
Seeing their earnest and expectant looks, there was a very happy smile that filled his face as he patted Freeman’s shoulder while shouting, “Of course! Of course you can!”