The New Flyer's open recruitment this time was the third time in three months since the start of Year 3802 of the Continental Calendar.
In the first two open recruitment, the New Flyer's guards had recruited a total of 2739 people, which could be considered a strong addition.
However, after the third recruitment, only 398 people had been recruited.
Compared to the first two recruitment, the number of people recruited in the third recruitment was undoubtedly much lower.
There were many reasons for this result, but in the eyes of many people, the most important reason was that the third recruitment had an additional test compared to the first two. That was an intelligence test.
Just this intelligence test alone had eliminated nearly half of the applicants, causing the number of successful guards to greatly decrease.
Countless people were very puzzled by this test, and the results of this test were equally puzzled.
The intelligence test was indeed a very strange thing, but it was only a simple intelligence test, yet it caused the number of successful guards to drop to such an exaggerated degree. It was somewhat unreasonable.
"Actually, the reason is very simple. The reason why we only recruited so few people is because most of the qualified guards were already recruited in the first two recruitment attempts."
Xu Yi waved the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's guard recruitment report in his hand. His expression wasn't as serious as the guard captain Hart's.
"But Sir President, very few people have come to apply for the past few recruitment attempts.
The total number of people who applied for the third recruitment attempt is less than five thousand. Our New Flyer's guards aren't that unattractive, right? "Hart was puzzled.
"But humans only make up a small portion of the applicants. There are less than a thousand of them in total. This is too strange."
"You have to understand one thing. It's not that our Chamber of Commerce's guards aren't attractive enough, but that our requirements are too high." Xu Yi shook his head.
"Tell me the truth, how many people do you think can meet your requirements?"
"Un ….. That really isn't much." Hart gave a bitter laugh as he looked at Xu Yi with a strange gaze.
"But Sir President, it's all because your requirements are too high. Otherwise, I feel that with our conditions, we would have no problem recruiting ten times more people."
"And then?
What's the use of recruiting a bunch of people who can't do anything? "Xu Yi asked back.
"To tell you the truth, I'm also very dissatisfied with the guards you've recruited.
If it weren't for the fact that I'm in a hurry to use them, I would have eliminated another batch of them. "
The bitter smile on Hart's face deepened.
"Sir President, let alone you, even I can't wait to throw a lot of people out.
In the beginning, I didn't understand why you had to add an intelligence test, but now I completely understand.
These days, we've been training these new guards to learn how to operate the military magic machines. They're so tired that they're about to die. "
"Ha, now do you understand why I've been asking you to spend more time on training in the guards?
Let me tell you, there will be more and more kinds of military magic machines developed by the company and they will be more and more complicated to operate. If you don't take this time to learn, you might not be able to use the good things given to you in the future. "Although Xu Yi had a smile, his voice was very serious.
Hart nodded slowly and hummed in agreement.
"I understand.
Sir President, I'm Sir President ''s's, Sir..
So … I want to make a request of you … "
"What?
You want me to send a few researchers to the guards? "Xu Yi looked at him and asked.
Hart was stunned, "Sir President, how did you know?
Did anyone mention it to you? "
"No.
It's just that according to my deduction, you should be making this request.
Alright, I don't need you to say it, I already had this idea.
Taking advantage of the expansion of the guards, I'll transfer a few researchers who are interested in the practical application of the military magic machines to your guards. They'll help you understand and operate the military magic machines better. "Xu Yi waved his hand.
"Great!" Hart was immediately overjoyed.
"Sir President, I didn't think you would place so much importance on our guards. This is really …"
Xu Yi couldn't help but snort.
"What are you talking about? Why wouldn't I place importance on the guards?
To tell you the truth, the guards will be the most important department of our company for a long time. You're the person in charge of the guards, so you should be prepared. "
Hart stood up abruptly and saluted.
"Sir President can rest assured. The guards have already made their preparations and are willing to give their all to the company!"
Xu Yi looked at Hart with a funny expression.
"Hey, Hart, when did you learn to do this?"
Hart laughed, "I saw it in « Legend of the Setting Sun Empire » before. I thought it was pretty good, so I used it."
Xu Yi couldn't help laughing. He had worked with Hart for so many years, but only today did he know that this fellow had a humorous side.
The so called « Legend of the Setting Sun Empire » was the new movie released by the New Moon Chamber of Commerce. It told the story of the Setting Sun Empire's rise to glory and its decline. Because of the grand scene and the twists and turns of the story, it was very popular once it was broadcast.
He never thought that Hart would also watch this and even learn this pose from it. It really was surprising.
But if Hart knew that the pose and words he learned were written by Xu Yi himself, how would he feel?
Hart discussed the matter of the company's guards with Xu Yi for a while before leaving.
Xu Yi picked up the recruitment report he left behind with a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
Although the New Flyer's public recruitment of guards was too little, the main reason was that the New Flyer's standards were too high. However, there was another reason that couldn't be ignored, and that was the problem of the source of soldiers.
In the end, the New Flyer was just a company. The so-called company's guards were just ordinary company employees in the eyes of everyone.
Although Xu Yi had been working hard to develop a sense of belonging and identity in the company's guards through Hart and the others, and had also achieved great results, a company was only a company and not a country.
If a country wanted to recruit soldiers, they could even use force and force all the people in the country to join the army.
However, a company could only use their own conditions to attract people to join.
Although the New Flyer's conditions were enough to move the hearts of everyone and all races, the company's limitations meant that the New Flyer's sources of soldiers were very limited.
If it wasn't for the New Flyer's good relationship with the other races on the continent and the fact that they could obtain a large number of reinforcements from other races, the New Flyer's guards might have had to be recruited from the Principality of Constantine and a few scattered soldiers from other countries.
It was easy to imagine the quality of the soldiers that were recruited like that.
The New Flyer's requirements were also very high, so the passing rate was naturally very low.
This would make the New Flyer's requirements for the company's guards even higher, and it would further limit the source of soldiers.
Therefore, even though the New Flyer's reputation was great and the benefits offered by the New Flyer's guards were good enough, there weren't as many people who came to apply for the New Flyer's guards as one would imagine.
For example, in the third public recruitment, less than a thousand out of the five thousand applicants were humans, and the rest were all from other races.
First, most humans weren't willing to leave their homes and come to the Principality of Constantine to join the New Flyer's guards. Second, many of the human warriors who came to apply were veteran mercenaries in the human world. They could be called ruffians, and they were far from meeting Xu Yi's requirements. Therefore, they were always eliminated, and not many people were willing to come.
Of course, it wasn't as if the problem of soldiers couldn't be solved.
For example, the New Flyer now had branches and factories in most of the countries on the Sines, and they had established strategic partnerships with many countries.
If Xu Yi was willing, he could directly set up military bases in these countries and recruit local guards to expand the size and range of the New Flyer's guards.
However, this would definitely change the nature of the New Flyer in the eyes of other countries.
If the New Flyer could be considered an ordinary chamber of commerce in the past, and most countries could cooperate with them normally, then once the New Flyer started to set up military bases everywhere, it would become a real threat to other countries.
Compared to the past, this was a completely different matter.
This was where Xu Yi was hesitating.
The New Flyer's development in the Sines had reached a bottleneck. If they wanted to break through, they would need the support of powerful military force. Only then could they continue to develop in the hands of other countries.
If they expanded their military force, it would mean that their relationship with other countries would become tense, and in a certain sense, it would limit their development space.
Moreover, the investment needed to expand their military force could be considered a bottomless pit.
The New Flyer was currently in a critical period of development, and there were too many places where they needed money. It wasn't impossible to increase the investment in the guards, but too much investment would cause too much pressure, and it wasn't advisable.
As for the specific allocation and implementation, only Xu Yi, the president, could make the decision. No one else could share his burden.
That was why Xu Yi was hesitating, which was rare.
Because he was very clear that his decision would not only affect the fate of nearly 300,000 people in the New Flyer, but also the fate of the entire Sines.