Although there wasn't anyone who came to ask Xu Yi if he was qualified to attend in front of him, there were still quite a few people who came to ask him.
Not long after Xu Yi appeared at the banquet, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's chairman Munn Cruz came forward with a glass of wine in his hand.
"Chairman Xu, normally when we invite you to banquets, you always say that you're too busy to come. Why did you immediately appear when the Lord City Lord invited you today?"
Since he reached an exclusive contract with Xu Yi for the cement and experimented with the cement several times, confirming that this thing had amazing properties, far surpassing the materials the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce used before. Whenever chairman Cruz saw Xu Yi, he would greet him with a smile like this. He no longer looked at Xu Yi with suspicion and disdain like when New Flyer had just joined the Business Union.
Xu Yi raised his glass with a smile and clinked glasses with him, "Chairman Cruz, you're wrongly accusing me.
You have to know that I've even rejected the Lord City Lord's invitation before, it's not just against you.
There's no other way, there are too many things to do in the company. Not just before, I've been so busy during this time that I can't even sleep to work.
To be able to come to this banquet today, it took me a lot of effort. "
"It's good that you're busy with work.
Your New Flyer's things have always been this popular, so of course you as the chairman will be busy. "
Chairman Cruz laughed. He suddenly came closer to Xu Yi and deliberately lowered his voice to ask, "Chairman Xu, tell me the truth, how many of the Magic Lamps have you sold?"
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and reached out his hand.
"Five thousand?
No, it can't be that little. Then ….. fifty thousand? "Seeing Xu Yi nod, chairman Cruz took a cold breath as his face filled with shock.
"It hasn't even been half a month, right?
It actually sold this much?
Chairman Xu, you ….. Did your Frestech Chamber of Commerce cast a charm spell on all the people of Banta City?
Did you make everyone buy your things? "
Xu Yi couldn't help smiling. Although he didn't use Charm Magic, with the various products New Flyer released before, the advertisements of New Flyer, and the reports in the « Banta Times », the people of Banta City had a high recognition of the brand of New Flyer and Xinfei. No matter what new product New Flyer released, it would attract all kinds of attention..
This time, because of the addition of the two genius designers Agnes and Vivian, the appearance of the Magic Lamp was enough to attract most people's attention. Adding in the influence of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it had such a terrifying sales volume.
"Chairman Cruz, if I had such powerful magic, why would I open a company? I would just charm people and make them obediently take out the gold coins in their pockets, wouldn't that be enough?" Xu Yi teased.
"Being able to sell this well is naturally because our company's products are good enough.
For example, cement, could it be that you don't like it? "
Hearing Xu Yi mention cement, chairman Cruz nervously looked around. He looked at Xu Yi and said in a low voice, "Chairman Xu, I'll have to ask you to keep this thing a secret for now."
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile.
In the business world, being able to seize the initiative was very important in many situations.
Now that the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce had obtained the exclusive right to buy cement from New Flyer, it meant that they were one step ahead of the other companies in using this new building material. It also meant that the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce would be able to develop further in the future.
Chairman Cruz of course didn't want Xu Yi to reveal this secret. He didn't want it to affect his plans with the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
Seeing that Xu Yi didn't say anything, chairman Cruz gave a hollow laugh and said, "Chairman Xu, let's go back to the previous question.
Why do you have time to come to this banquet today?
I'm really curious. "
Xu Yi looked at him, "What?
Do you also think that I don't have the qualifications to come to this auction? "
"How could that be?"
Chairman Cruz shook his head. After pausing for a bit, he used a very tactful tone to say, "Isn't your company only selling magic machines?
Why are you interested in iron ores? "
"Your Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce specializes in construction, so why are you here?" Xu Yi asked back.
"Hei, the amount of iron used in construction isn't small.
Not to mention the thing you mentioned before … … "Chairman Cruz lowered his voice again.
"That reinforced concrete also uses a lot of iron.
If you can have an iron ore, it would be much better than buying it from someone else.
I think that Chairman Xu should be very clear that that fellow Fuller Morgan has always been very black hearted. "
Xu Yi spread his hands, "Then do you think that our New Flyer's magic machines have a high demand for iron ores?"
Chairman Cruz silently looked at Xu Yi for a bit before slightly knitting his brows, "That means that Chairman Xu, you really are interested in those two iron ores?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I come?"
Xu Yi naturally replied. Then he pointed at the various people in the banquet hall that were filled with people of all kinds.
"This time the royal family is auctioning iron ores with great difficulty. Look, it isn't just our Banta City's companies, even the large companies of the other cities are here.
I think that if his majesty allows it, the companies of the other countries will also participate.
In the end, iron ores have many uses and to have the chance to own two, who would be willing to let it go? "
Chairman Cruise turned his head and looked at the people in the banquet hall who were chatting in twos and threes. He nodded and said, "Indeed, this is a rare opportunity. No one wants to miss it."
After saying this, he turned to Xu Yi and hesitantly asked, "But Chairman Xu, according to the information I've heard from the Lord City Lord, the smaller iron ore ore has a starting price of five hundred thousand gold coins ….."
The meaning behind these words was of course doubting Xu Yi's economic power.
Xu Yi revealed a smile. After thinking that chairman Cruz had been talking for a while, he finally couldn't help asking this question. He said in a relaxed voice, "Un, I've also heard about this.
It should be said that the starting price is very low, but I can see that there are many people here, so the final price will be much higher. "
Chairman Cruz looked at Xu Yi as he served the dishes. Seeing that he didn't even knit his brows after hearing the shocking amount of five hundred thousand gold coins, he couldn't help feeling doubtful.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce was in Banta City, right in front of everyone's eyes. What things they sold and how much income they earned, everyone could see it.
According to the estimates of the people from the union last time, even if the New Flyer made a profit from each product, they should have earned less than two hundred thousand gold coins in less than half a year. Why did Xu Yi feel that he could participate in the auction of these two iron ores?
Where did the New Flyer get this much money?
Of course, it was impossible for him to obtain an answer from Xu Yi, so he could only chat with Xu Yi for a bit before leaving.
As soon as he turned around, President Cruise's gaze swept across the banquet hall, and he was suddenly startled.
This banquet hall that was over five hundred square meters and the highest point was over four meters off the ground. Looking around, chairman Cruz could see countless products from the New Flyer.
On the left and right walls, from left to right, there were over twenty Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioners that the New Flyer released before.
Although the New Flyer advertised that a single Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioner could support the temperature of thirty square meters, this banquet hall was used by the Lord City Lord to entertain guests, so of course he wouldn't be stingy. So he ordered twenty units from the New Flyer at once.
Because it was already winter, the outside was already covered in ice at night. So in this banquet hall, there were twenty Magic Air Conditioners that were all turned on, making the temperature of the hall like it was late spring.
On the wall under the Magic Air Conditioners, there was also a long row of brackets. On these brackets, New Flyer's newest Magic Lamps were turned on, releasing a dazzling light that lit up this large hall like it was daytime.
When they held banquets in this hall before, other than having countless candles on the walls, they had to light candles on each table to light up the entire hall.
But now with these Magic Lamps hanging on the walls and the Magic Chandelier that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had specially designed for this place, the entire hall was filled with light and didn't feel dark at all.
Seeing these Magic Air Conditioners and Magic Lamps, chairman Cruz couldn't help having a guess that he didn't dare believe.
Perhaps ….. everyone had underestimated the New Flyer.
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Xu Yi didn't know that chairman Cruz had all these thoughts in his mind and he didn't know that because he saw all these products from the New Flyer, he had made a serious miscalculation about the New Flyer.
But if he knew that chairman Cruz was thinking about two hundred thousand gold coins, he would definitely be shocked.
This was because according to the financial report that Sebas had made half a month ago, in close to half a year, not counting the income from the Magic Lamps, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had sold a total of two hundred thousand gold coins.
But for the New Flyer's true profit, it was not something that outsiders could calculate.
The reason was very simple, any product from the New Flyer had a large profit!
Moreover, it was a very terrifying profit!
The one with the lowest profit margin was the first product, the Magic Fan.
This was because when he was developing the Magic Fan, Xu Yi didn't have enough experience in developing magic machines, so he couldn't lower the cost of the Magic Fan.
Moreover, Xu Yi didn't hire enough dwarven craftsmen back then, so he couldn't develop enough magic production machines to mass produce them. So most of the Magic Fan shells were made by the blacksmiths in Banta City, which increased the cost even more.
But even like this, the profit margin of the first generation Magic Fan was still over 50%.
As for the second generation Variable Speed Magic Fan, because the production process was more mature and it was mass produced by the magic production machines, while the cost was greatly reduced, the price didn't change from the first generation Magic Fan. So the profit margin was over 70%.
As for the agricultural magic machines, the Magic Air Conditioners, the Magic Rice Cookers, and now the Magic Lamps, no matter which one it was, their profit margin wouldn't be less than 70%.
This meant that in less than half a year, the New Flyer's total revenue was two hundred thousand gold coins. That meant that the total profit was a shocking one hundred and forty thousand gold coins!
Of course, the New Flyer had invested quite a bit during this time.
The main expenditure was on research and development.
When it came to researching new products, new technology, and new theories, Xu Yi had always spared no effort in investing in them.
In this half a year, just in this aspect, Xu Yi had invested over twenty thousand gold coins.
Adding in the thirty thousand gold coins that the company had spent including the wages of the workers, the New Flyer still had eighty seven thousand four hundred and sixty three gold coins on their books.
For Xu Yi and the New Flyer who had started from nothing, this was without a doubt a large amount of money.
But this money was clearly far from being enough to auction off two iron mines.
After Xu Yi finished calculating in his heart, he looked up and met the confused gaze of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's chairman Fuller Morgan.