Chapter 39 Active promotion
Night fell, but chairman Rank’s manor was once again brightly lit.
There was no need to mention it, chairman Rank was currently hosting a banquet.
This banquet was held was being held in the name of Banta City’s Business Union’s president, so the guests were all representatives from the large companies of the Business Union.
But the banquet today was different from its normal noisy scene, today the banquet was much more sombre. The chairman of the various companies didn’t seem as spirited as usual, rather they all revealed worried looks that were hard to hide.
The chairman of the companies discussed in a low voice before giving a sigh and shaking their heads.
If someone had listened in on their conversations, they would have heard them mention the words “Magic Fan” quite a few times.
These days, based on the Magic Fan technology that Xu Yi had shared last year, almost all of the companies in the Banta City Business Union had invested in producing Magic Fans. In Banta City and the surrounding cities, there were several different brands of Magic Fans that appeared.
But the first batch of their brand’s Magic Fan had been on sale for half a month and all the sales of their companies’ Magic Fans were very pitiful, it could even be described as horrible.
If this kind of situation continued, their companies would suffer a large loss this time.
As for the investment in producing the Magic Fans, they would have thrown it away.
This was a large amount to these large companies, so if they didn’t receive anything back at all, of course it would greatly affect them.
So at this Business Union banquet, all the representatives of the large companies had worried faces.
“This really is a rare scene.” The only one who had a good mood at the banquet was the Amrit Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Moon Cruise.
Seeing the depressed looks of the other people, he even felt a bit of schadenfreude.
“I already said it, not everyone can play with the magic machines, so why did you all charge at it? You didn’t listen to my advice, now aren’t you all suffering losses?”
The Armani Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Samuel Vincent on the side slightly knit his brows as he said, “I say chairman Cruise, even if your Amrit Chamber of Commerce didn’t suffer a loss here, do you need to say all this? Then again, are you really willing to give up a promising business like these magic machines?”
“If I said I’m completely willing, that would be a lie.” Chairman Cruise thought about it before saying, “But so what if I’m not willing? I don’t think our Amrit Chamber of Commerce has the same strong technological base in magic machines like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and we don’t have a genius like Xu Yi, so we should just honestly focus on developing in the construction business. I feel that our prospects in this business is getting better and if we do well, our Amrit Chamber of Commerce will become a real large company eventually.”
Chairman Vincent looked at chairman Cruise with a strange look, “Could it be that you reached an agreement with Xu Yi in secret? That’s why you’re not interested in producing Magic Fans this time?”
Chairman Cruise shook his head, “No, I don’t have any agreements with him. Rather it’s the exact opposite of what you guessed. Chairman Xu not only doesn’t have any ideas of not letting the Amrit Chamber of Commerce join the Magic Fan market, rather he asked if I was willing to join. Only I’m not a fool and won’t be fooled by him.”
Chairman Vincent’s expression was a bit ugly. The Armani Chamber of Commerce under him had also invested in producing Magic Fans, so he was one of the “fools” scolded by chairman Cruise.
Chairman Cruise didn’t even care about chairman Vincent’s expression. He pointed at everyone else at the banquet and said, “Look, there are at least thirty chairmans from the large companies of Banta City. If each company under them makes Magic Fans, that’s an average of one production line under each other them, which is a total of around thirty. As for how much money each production line costs…...I think chairman Vincent is more clear on this than me.”
Chairman Vincent nodded, “A production line came at a starting cost of eight thousand gold coins from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, this can’t be considered expensive.”
“If it’s just one production line, of course it’s not expensive. But what about thirty of them? That is over two hundred thousand gold coins!” Chairman Cruise slightly raised his voice, “Think about it, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce has earned over two hundred thousand gold coins from selling these production lines. In terms of pure profit, I think it’s definitely over a hundred and fifty thousand, don’t you think so?”
Chairman Vincent kept nodding with a bitter smile, “Of course I believe that. The Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s things have high profit margins, but there’s no other way since these things can only be made by their company alone.”
“So that means they earned one hundred and fifty thousand on selling these production lines and if something goes wrong with these magic machines, you have to go to their Frestech Chamber of Commerce to get it fixed which also costs money. Calculating it all, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce can earn over two hundred thousand gold coins from this. How much can you earn from each Magic Fan? It should be less than one gold coin? Two hundred thousand gold coins, you have to sell a total of two hundred thousand Magic Fans to earn that much. You think this many Magic Fans can be sold in Banta City?” Chairman Cruise asked.
“It’s impossible in Banta City, but you can also sell them in different places.” Chairman Vincent wasn’t convinced by chairman Cruise, so he argued back, “Even if the people of Banta City only recognize the Frestech Brand, it isn’t like this in the other parts of the Lampuri Kingdom. As long as we sell our Magic Fans in further places, I believe we’ll be able to sell to many people. Think about it, when the Magic Fan appeared last year, Banta City’s people went crazy. The people of the other cities haven’t seen a Magic Fan before, so when we bring the Magic Fan over, they will definitely go crazy!” ｂｅ𝚍ｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.𝚌𝚘ｍ
“Is that so?” Chairman Cruise revealed a faint smile. He gave a sigh in his heart as he thought that Xu Yi really did predict their reactions without a single mistake.
Perhaps chairman Vincent was right. As long as the companies of the Business Union worked together, using their various channels to transport the Magic Fans to the different parts of the Lampuri Kingdom, it would definitely sell well.
But if it was like this, it would actually help Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
When Xu Yi normally chatted with chairman Cruise, his biggest hope was to let the magic machines quickly spread all over the Lampuri Kingdom, even beginning to spread on the Sines Continent. He wanted everyone to recognize and accept it, having everyone recognize these new magic machines.
Like this, the magic machine market would begin to grow and this cake would be truly big.
But the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had been established for too short and were just too weak, so they couldn’t do this now. They always hoped that the other large companies would help them advertise the magic machines.
Now for the Banta City Business Union’s companies to sell their inventoried Magic Fans, they had to push their Magic Fans to various parts of the Lampuri Kingdom. This was equal to them helping Xu Yi complete the thing that he hoped to see the most.
Thinking of this, chairman Cruise couldn’t help feeling surprised.
Last year when Xu Yi’s Frestech Chamber of Commerce had just joined, he had shared the Magic Fan production technology with the Business Union. Back then, everyone had laughed at him for being a fool.
But looking at it now, if Xu Yi had already expected this situation back then and had made this decision, then that youth who seemed harmless with a gentle and friendly smile on his face was more terrifying than everyone had imagined!
Chairman Vincent didn’t notice the changes with chairman Cruise’s expression. After a pause, he suddenly lowered his voice to ask, “Chairman Cruise, I’ve heard that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce has cooperations with your Amrit Chamber of Commerce, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce…..and that’s right, there’s also the Sarank Chamber of Commerce. They’re helping your companies research useful magic machines?”
“That’s right, what about it? Is your Armani Chamber of Commerce also interested?” Chairman Cruise asked back.
“Un, I’ve heard that your companies’ magic machines are easy to use and has greatly increased your production efficiency. So I was thinking that if we had the Frestech Chamber of Commerce research a magic machine that we can use, perhaps it would also increase our company’s production efficiency?”
“Your Armani Chamber of Commerce deals in cloths, mainly making clothes. For work that requires pure hand power, can the magic machines be used?” Chairman Cruise thought about it while stroking his chin.
“Isn’t harvesting wheat a pure manpower job? The Frestech Chamber of Commerce has developed those agricultural magic machines, I feel like it should be no problem.” Chairman Vincent said.
“Un, there is a possibility since the Frestech Chamber of Commerce can always make novel things. But what are you asking me for? You should be talking to Xu Yi about this matter.” Chairman Cruise couldn’t help asking.
“I’m just chatting to you about it first, anyway chairman Xu isn’t here yet……”
Chairman Vincent suddenly closed his mouth and looked at the main entrance.
Chairman Cruise followed his gaze and saw a man and a woman entering the entrance together.
The man was naturally Xu Yi they had just mentioned.
As for Xu Yi’s female companion, it wasn’t Akali who Xu Yi had brought to the first Business Union Banquet. Rather is was the more beautiful and eye catching Still that many people called the “Banta City Goddess”.
The banquet hall that was quite noisy instantly became silent when Xu Yi and Still entered, as everyone’s gaze fell onto Xu Yi, even neglecting Still beside him. Chairman Cruise couldn’t help sighing in his heart.
It had only been a year since Xu Yi’s first time attending the banquet. The current Xu Yi already made everyone unable to stop themselves from focusing on him.
Just based on this, it was enough to prove that whether it was Xu Yi or the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they had become pivotal existences in Banta City!
Chapter 40 I am talking about standards
The banquet for the Business Union this time was mainly to discuss the large amounts of Magic Fans they had in stock. On the surface it didn’t seem related to Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but everyone was clear that to solve this problem, Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s attitude was very important.
So when Xu Yi and Still appeared at the banquet, although the chairmen of the other companies didn’t feel good, they all showed warm expressions towards Xu Yi.
However when the Business Union banquet officially begun, none of that enthusiasm was left.
A chairman from a small company came first.
“Chairman Xu, you said that you have shared all the technology for the Magic Fans, but why is it that the quality of our Magic Fans can’t compare to your Frestech Brand Magic Fan? Could it be that you’ve hidden something important?”
Xu Yi looked at him, “Chairman Mitta? I can guarantee that all the production technology related to the Magic Fans have been shared. As for the difference in quality, I can only say that your company’s production isn’t good enough, so that is unrelated to me.”
Chairman Mitta flew into a rage, “Nonsense! Don’t forget, all the magic machines used in the Magic Fan production line was bought from your Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Even all our workers were taught by your staff, so if there is a difference in quality, then it can only mean that you didn’t share all the technology, what does it have to do with us?”
“Oh? Is that so?” Xu Yi smiled as he asked, “Chairman Mitta, the Magic Fan your company produces is called the Mergen Brand Magic Fan, right?”
“That’s right, it’s the Mergen Brand. What about it?”
“Alright. If it is the Mergen Brand Magic Fan, I’ve seen it before. If I didn’t remember incorrectly, this Magic Fan’s blade is a bit bigger compared to our Frestech Brand Magic Fan.”
Chairman Mitta held up his head and said with a proud look, “That’s right, it’s bigger than your Frestech Brand Magic Fan! So the wind our Mergen Brand Magic Fan blows out is several times more than your Frestech Brand and it is more refreshing. How about it? Chairman Xu, are you regretting the fact that you didn’t make the same modifications as us?”
“Regret?” Xu Yi shook his head with a smile, “No, how could I feel regret? Rather, I feel that your modification is quite stupid.”
The people in the hall were all stunned, they never thought that Xu Yi would use an impolite description like “stupid”.
Chairman Mitta was stunned for a second before his face sunk, “Chairman Xu, you can’t speak nonsense. How is this modification stupid?”
“You really want to hear it?” Seeing chairman Mitta slowly nod his head, Xu Yi continued, “Alright, then I’ll give a general description. Although in theory, at the same rotational speed, a bigger fan does give more wind. But chairman Mitta, have you ever considered what kind of price you’re paying to keep spinning this larger fan blade at the same speed?”
“What price? Isn’t it the same?” Chairman Mitta said in a surprised voice.
“It seems like you don’t know at all.” Xu Yi shook his head, “Alright, let me tell you. According to the tests that I’ve run with the Mergen Brand Magic Fan, because the blades are 13% longer and 7% wider than our Frestech Brand Magic Fan, it takes around 40% more kinetic energy for it to move compared to our Frestech Brand Magic Fan.”
“This is only theoretical data, but in a real situation, by casually increasing the rotation speed, the fan blade will receive more friction from the air. So as the fan blades spin faster and faster, the Mergen Brand Magic Fan will consume more and more energy. Chairman Mitta, let me ask you, with a low grade Magic Crystal, how long can the Mergen Brand Magic Fan last under the highest speed?”
Hearing this question, chairman Mitta’s expression became a bit ugly. After hesitating a bit, he struggled to say, “Around…...It can last around ten hours?”
The other chairman in the hall all had strange expressions.
This was because everyone knew that the Frestech Brand Magic Fan had a clear sentence written in their advertising. A single piece of low grade Magic Crystal was enough to run the Frestech Brand Magic Fan at the highest speed for three full days!
And before everyone began making their own Magic Fan, they had run some tests on the Frestech Brand Magic Fan, confirming that these advertisements weren’t exaggerated at all.
Compared to the Mergen Brand Magic Fan that could only last around ten hours, the Frestech Brand Magic Fan threw them far behind just based on this.
Seeing everyone’s strange expressions, chairman Mitta couldn’t help saying in an unwilling to submit voice, “But our Mergen Brand Magic Fan gives a stronger breeze and feels more refreshing!”
“Stronger wind doesn’t always mean it’s more refreshing.” Xu Yi kept arguing with a faint smile, “Chairman Mitta, we are producing these Magic Fans to be used by humans, so the wind doesn’t need to be that big. Your Mergen Brand Magic Fan at the highest speed indeed blows out quite a large gust, but it is just too big. It’s so big that it makes it hard for people to breathe. Do you think that this kind of effect is good for a Magic Fan?”
Chairman Mitta was silent for a bit before suddenly saying with a cold laugh, “Chairman Xu, I think you’re just jealous that our Mergen Brand Magic Fan can blow out such a strong wind, right? Your Frestech Chamber of Commerce can’t do this and our company can, you must be worried that our company’s Magic Fan technology is surpassing your company, right?”
As soon as his voice fell, everyone in the room looked at chairman Mitta like they were looking at an idiot.
Did this fellow forget? The reason why their companies could make a new thing like the Magic Fan was all because Xu Yi had shared the key technology with them.
Now he dared to say that his company had surpassed the Frestech Chamber of Commerce!
Was this confidence? Or was it stupidity?
Xu Yi couldn’t help smiling, “Alright, chairman Mitta, I admit that your Mergen Brand Magic Fan has surpassed our Frestech Brand Magic Fan in terms of wind power. But I must give you some advice that household Magic Fans have their own standard, it doesn’t mean it’s better since the wind power is stronger. Our Frestech Chamber of Commerce didn’t do this not because we couldn’t, rather we didn’t want to.”
Chairman Mitta gave a cold snort, clearly not believing him.
Xu Yi naturally was too lazy to care about what he was thinking as he continued, “Other than that, I need to remind you that other than your Mergen Brand Magic Fan having increased consumption, but because you freely expanded the size of the fan blade without making a proper change to the product, it will make the structure more unstable and create hidden dangers. If it is used for a long time, perhaps some incidents will occur. I think…...chairman Mitta isn’t willing to see the same thing appear like last year in Saltan City, right?”
Chairman Mitta’s expression changed, “Chairman Xu, are you cursing our company?”
“No, this is a kind reminder. I hope that you will seriously inspect every Mergen Brand Magic Fan and try your best to stop this kind of incident from occurring.” Xu Yi said with a serious expression, “Other than this, I want to remind everyone that although wants to make their own improvements to the Magic Fan, the design that I have shared with everyone is already quite perfect. I’ve already given you some strict standards and if everyone doesn’t follow the standards, it will be too late to regret it if something happens.”
The Falcao Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Fuller Morgan who had been listening the entire time suddenly gave a cold snort, “Chairman Xu, based on what are you requesting us to follow your standards? Could it be that we can’t research it ourselves?”
“Based on what?” Xu Yi looked over everyone before arrogantly saying with a cold laugh, “Because you don’t understand! So, I’m saying it is the standard!”
The room fell into silence.
Everyone looked at each other, seeing that while they didn’t seem willing, most of them were also helpless.
Although Xu Yi’s words were a bit overbearing, after everyone thought about it, they had to admit that they were true.
That’s right, towards this novel thing like magic machines, the only one who truly understood was Xu Yi. He indeed had the qualifications to say that the others didn’t understand.
As for the standard he gave…...There were many companies who had the same thought as chairman Mitta when they were making their Magic Fans, making some changes to give it some novelty and increase their sales.
But facts proved that these changes didn’t bring any good effects. In the end, most of the companies had no choice but to follow the standards that Xu Yi gave to make their Magic Fans.”
“Chairman Xu, let me say a few things.” The hall had been silent for a while before president Rank suddenly gave a soft cough, attracting everyone’s attention to him, “Chairman Mitta isn’t accusing you, it’s just that everyone here is a bit doubtful. Although you have shared the Magic Fan technology to the Business Union and have given standards, you haven’t told us why we need to follow those standards. If we don’t know the consequences of what happens if we don’t do this, naturally it’s easy for problems to occur. So we asked you here today just to have you explain the doubt in everyone’s hearts.”
Hearing president Rank’s question, everyone’s eyes fell onto Xu Yi again.
This was indeed the question everyone cared about the most. If they could learn the meaning behind the material and design standards that Xu Yi set, understanding why it had to be done, without a doubt it would be a great help to their research on the Magic Fans.
With everyone’s expectant gaze, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and took out a thin book from his chest to throw onto the table.
“The questions you want answers to are all in this book.”
Everyone looked at the book and saw the large letters written on it, ?One Hundred Thousand Whys on Magic Machines?.