"Sir chairman, you don't have any money on you?"
When they entered the Falling Rain Forest, Agnes who had been silently leading the way suddenly stopped. She turned around to look at Xu Yi and searched her body for a bit before taking out a handful of gold coins for Xu Yi.
"Here, I only have this much on me right now, you can use it first."
Xu Yi looked at the gold coins in Agnes' slender hands in a daze before looking up at Agnes' serious expression. He asked in a confused voice, "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you just say to chief Siluka that you don't have any money?
I don't have any use for these gold coins right now, so I'll just give them to you first. "Agnes replied with a natural expression.
Xu Yi finally understood her meaning. He pushed her hand back not knowing whether to laugh or cry and said, "Agnes, when I said I don't have any money, it's not that I don't have any money, but rather that our New Flyer doesn't have any money. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Ah?
The company doesn't have any money? "
Agnes' eyes opened wide in shock. Then she looked down at the several dozen gold coins in her hands and shook her head, "I'm afraid this bit of money isn't enough.
How about when you see the elder later, you can ask the elder to borrow a bit first?
Didn't the elder just take the wages you gave the clansmen last time? It seems to be several thousand gold coins. "
Seeing the innocent face of Agnes, Xu Yi couldn't help finding it a bit funny.
"Agnes, it seems like you still don't understand my meaning.
When I said the company doesn't have any money, it means we don't have any liquid funds right now.
The meaning is that if the company needs money right now, we won't be able to take out any cash.
And if the company really needs money, several thousand gold coins is far from enough. "
"Then what do we do?
If we really need money and can't take it out, wouldn't our company meet a large problem? "Agnes was a bit worried.
"Sir chairman, have you thought of a way?"
"Relax, it's not as serious as you think. It's just a short period of time problem. Then again, as long as we wait a bit, the company will naturally earn enough money." Xu Yi waved his hand and comforted her.
"Oh, that's good."
Agnes' expression calmed down. After thinking about it, she asked in a doubtful voice, "But sir chairman, why is the company suddenly out of money?
I remember that our New Flyer has been earning quite a bit of money in the past few months.
Last time I heard manager Sebas say that the company's company's earned over a hundred thousand gold coins just last month. "
"That's because you didn't notice how much money he said we spent, right?" Xu Yi said with a smile.
. Our company's because we've been in the past few months, we've't because we've's''s't ''s''s' ''s
Not mentioning anything else, just the Falling Rain Valley cost over three hundred thousand gold coins, the Falling Rain Road cost over a hundred thousand, and the road between Banta City and Karma City cost another one hundred thousand.
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. "Agnes stuck out her tongue," So there's still twenty thousand gold coins, I thought that we wouldn't even have a single gold coin. "
Xu Yi couldn't help rolling his eyes. Agnes had been by his side for several months now, why did she still seem like she didn't care about worldly matters?
Could it be that the elves were like the legends? Because their lifespans were too long, it was hard for them to change?
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help looking at the dark Falling Rain Forest in front of him. He thought that if the elves were like this, then elder Elucía's wish for the elves to coexist with humans would be hard to realize.
"This is also my worry." Elder Elucía gave a slight nod.
"So I want Agnes to stay by your side the entire time.
This is because human merchants have the most ideas and the most flexible minds among you humans.
If Agnes can stay by your side and learn the flexibility of humans from you, I believe that the other elves will be able to do the same. "
"The problem is ….. I feel that Agnes hasn't changed that much compared to the first time I met her, rather I feel that she's even more naive." Xu Yi said with a frown.
"No, it's the opposite.
Compared to when she lived in the tribe, Agnes has already changed quite a bit. "
Elder Elucía shook her head with a faint smile, "The Agnes before was a very simple child, she only considered things very simply.
But now, according to what you just said, she has already learned not to show herself when you say you don't have money. Rather she waited until you entered the Falling Rain Forest before expressing her thoughts to you.
It can be said that she has already learned the important thing for you humans to know. "
Xu Yi was speechless. This was a skill that almost all humans were born with, so why did it become something worthy of praise for Agnes?
"Because you are humans and we are elves." Elder Elucía gave a very simple and honest answer to Xu Yi's question.
Xu Yi shook his head, still unable to understand the thoughts of the elves.
"Alright, let's put Agnes' change aside for now and talk about proper business." Xu Yi took out the plastic casing of the new generation Magic Fan from his backpack and handed it over.
Elder Elucía looked it over before doubtfully looking at Xu Yi, "Is there a problem with this plastic casing?"
"There isn't a problem if you look at it alone.
But ….. "Xu Yi leaned forward and pointed at a beautiful flower design on the top right corner of the casing," If you compare this to the other Magic Fan casings, there will be a problem. "
Elder Elucía looked at the beautifully carved flower and was still very doubtful.
"I don't see a problem with this.
This flower is very beautifully carved. "
"This flower itself is a problem." Xu Yi said with a serious look.
"Elder Elucía, when we asked your Nightsong tribe to help our company make the plastic casings for the Magic Fans, I gave you several blueprints for the casings, right?"
"Un." Elder Elucía stood up to look through a box and took out several blueprints.
"It's still here."
"Then elder, please take a look. Is there a flower design on the casings?" Xu Yi asked.
Elder Elucía looked at the blueprints and shook her head, "It's not on the blueprints."
"So that means when making the casings for the Magic Fan, the elves responsible for making it didn't follow the blueprints?" Xu Yi kept asking.
"It seems like it."
Elder Elucía nodded, but she still had a doubtful look, "But Chairman Xu, I still don't understand what the problem is with this.
There is an extra beautiful design on the casings for the Magic Fan, could it be that it doesn't make the casings look better? "
"There isn't a problem if you say it like this.
But honourable elder, this Magic Fan is not a single one, rather it is a very normal Magic Fan that our company makes in large quantities. Doing this will create a very large problem. "Xu Yi said with a serious look.
Seeing the serious look on Xu Yi's face, elder Elucía thought about it before sitting down again. She said to Xu Yi with a serious look, "Chairman Xu, I don't understand what you mean. Please explain it in detail."
"Alright."
Xu Yi wasn't polite as he picked up the casings for the Magic Fan and said, "Elder, if one of the Magic Fans has this design and the other doesn't, then the two Magic Fans have the same price, if you want to buy a Magic Fan, which one would you buy?"
"It's clearly the one with the design because this one looks better." Elder Elucía replied.
"Alright.
This means that at the same price, the Magic Fan without the design might not be able to be sold, right? "
"Not certain, perhaps you humans will like the one without the design even more."
"Un, this possibility can't be ruled out.
But elder Elucía, don't you have to admit that the price of these two Magic Fans should be different?
Because of the difference in the pattern, their value will be different. "
"Yes."
"Then here's the problem. This Magic Fan's casings belong to the same batch as the other Magic Fan casings without the design. If these casings were installed on the Magic Fan, it would be difficult to set the price for this batch of Magic Fans.
This is because the people who buy the Magic Fans won't accept a product with a different value at the same price. "Xu Yi raised the plastic casings in his hand.
"So when our company produces the Magic Fans, these casings are treated as defective products and aren't included in the production process."
"Defective products?" Elder Elucía looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"Chairman Xu, in the hands of our elves, how could there be defective products?
You must have made a mistake somewhere! "
Xu Yi slightly knit his brows before saying with a serious look, "Honourable elder, whether you're willing to admit it or not, these are the rules of our company.
Components that don't meet the standards are considered defective products! "
Seeing Xu Yi's serious expression, elder Elucía was silent for a bit before giving a slight nod, "Alright, since this is something made according to the requirements of your company, then it should be made according to your standards. You're right."
Xu Yi looked at elder Elucía and after confirming that she didn't have any strange emotions, he continued, "Actually this casings is only one of the casings that I picked out and it isn't that serious. What's more serious is that its entire appearance has changed, so it can't be assembled with the other Magic Fans at all.
After the final inspection, of the twenty thousand Magic Fan casings that you finished, there were over 30% defective products.
So your excellency elder, I specially came this time to ask, this ….. just what is going on? "