Xu Yi brought Kennard to his first job. It wasn't the Academy of Magic's Magic Array research, the magic machine workshop research, or the production of the factory, but rather he brought him to a large piece of farmland on the outskirts.
This was the fall harvest season, so Banta City wasn't an exception. They were busy with the fall harvest like last year.
But it was different from the fall harvest of last year where everyone worked in the fields. Because the New Flyer's agricultural magic machines were popular in Banta City this year and because of the farmer support plan, many normal farmers had some agricultural magic machines. So all the fall harvest in Banta City was done by the agricultural magic machines. Not only did it save quite a bit of manpower, it didn't delay any projects in or out of the city and it was much more efficient compared to last year.
Xu Yi brought Kennard to the territory of a baron to the north of the city. When the two of them arrived, there were already several dozen small Magic Harvesters that were quickly harvesting a piece of farmland.
In the blink of an eye, one would discover that a large piece of wheat had disappeared from the farmland, and bags of wheat had appeared beside the farmland.
"Hey, Baron Nazr, it seems like we should be able to finish harvesting today, right?" Xu Yi called out to a middle aged man who was around forty years old standing by the side of the field.
Baron Nazr turned to see Xu Yi and his smile became even brighter as he said with a nod, "That's right, it seems like there's no problem with finishing the harvest today. This is all thanks to the help of chairman Xu's agricultural magic machines.
Otherwise, even if I invited several hundred people, I wouldn't be able to finish it all in a single day. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and accepted Baron Nazr's praise without any politeness. He looked at the Magic Harvesters that were busy in the fields and asked, "Are there any problems with these machines?"
"There has been no problem." Baron Nazr shook his head.
Baron Nazr shook his head, "Then again, even if there is a small problem, with chairman Cantona and his subordinates here, they can take care of it themselves."
After pausing, Baron Nazr asked in a strange voice, "Chairman Xu, why did you suddenly come here?
And these two are … … "
Seeing Baron Nazr's eyes fall onto Kennard and Sophia who were looking at the fields, Xu Yi introduced them, "These two are Baron Hannas' friends, they came here from Anvilmar City to play this time.
I came this time to discuss something with chairman Cantona. "
"Is it related to him bringing people to another city to help with the fall harvest?"
"Un, he has many agricultural magic machines this time going to a city far away, so there are many things he needs to pay attention to, so I have to remind him.
Baron Nazr couldn't help but say, "You can just send someone to inform him about these things. Why do you have to come here personally?"
"There are many things to pay attention to, so it's hard to explain if I send someone over." Xu Yi shook his head.
"Then there's no need for you to come here. You just need to inform him and have him come find you.
You are the New Flyer's chairman, you don't need to take care of this small matter yourself. "Baron Nazr didn't seem to agree with Xu Yi's methods.
Xu Yi gave a shrug and said with a faint smile, "Customers are gods. Since chairman Cantona has bought our New Flyer's products, our company has to provide services for them. There is no exception to this, even if I am the chairman."
"Alright, Chairman Xu, my family has bought many products from your company, so I'm also your customer, which means I'm a god?
Like this, can I call you to my house to provide services at any time? "Baron Nazr said with a smile.
Xu Yi of course knew that Baron Nazr was joking, so he replied with a faint smile, "It's a pity, Baron Nazr. Our company's after-sales service is divided into grades, so there are very few things that need me as the chairman to personally come out. I think you won't have that chance."
Baron Nazr laughed before pointing at a piece of farmland to the right, "Alright, go find chairman Cantona.
He's right there. "
Xu Yi nodded before turning to ask Kennard, "Do you want to see how I talk to chairman Cantona?"
Kennard shook his head, "The matter you're talking about should involve some secrets of your company, so I won't follow you."
"There aren't any secrets, but it's fine if you don't follow. The fields are dirty, so the two of us don't mind, but it's not convenient for young miss Sophia to go down." Xu Yi nodded before heading in the direction Baron Nazr had pointed at.
After Xu Yi left, there was only Baron Nazr, Kennard, and Sophia left by the fields.
Baron Nazr curiously looked over the two of them.
Xu Yi said that these two were Baron Hannas' friends, but Baron Hannas wasn't here. Why did the two of them come with Xu Yi?
Feeling Baron Nazr's gaze, Kennard looked away from the Magic Harvesters in the field. He nodded at Baron Nazr with a faint smile and gave a simple self-introduction. Then he pointed at Xu Yi who was talking to a farmer in the distance and asked, "Your excellency Baron, does chairman Xu often personally take care of these things?"
Baron Nazr shook his head, "You heard what he said just now, there aren't many things that he needs to personally take care of right now.
New Flyer has many things to do right now and if he personally takes care of everything, it wouldn't be enough even if he was split into ten. "
Kennard nodded before asking, "Then can you tell me, what does chairman Cantona do?
Why does he need chairman Xu to personally take care of some things this time? "
Baron Nazr looked at Kennard with a strange gaze, not understanding why he was interested in these things. But after thinking about it, he still replied.
"Cantona ….. Actually he was a normal farmer from a village outside the city. After New Flyer released the farmer support plan last year, he participated in it and earned a bit of money. Then he gathered a group of farmers who also participated in the plan and had some agricultural magic machines to form a company, specializing in helping other people harvest their crops."
"Then this Cantona really has a mind for business." Kennard praised.
"Hei, this fellow's mind is indeed very flexible, he isn't like those normal farmers."
Baron Nazr nodded, "As for why chairman Xu personally came to take care of him ….. It's probably like chairman Xu just said, there are too many things to pay attention to, so it wouldn't be clear if someone else came.
Then again, Cantona's idea of going to other cities to harvest crops was a suggestion from chairman Xu, so of course chairman Xu would pay more attention to this matter. "
"It was chairman Xu who suggested that they bring these agricultural magic machines to other cities to help with the harvest?" Kennard was a bit surprised.
"I thought that chairman Cantona thought of this himself, so I admired him for having such a good idea."
Baron Nazr laughed, "I already said that Cantona was just a normal farmer before, it's already good that he could think of uniting a group of farmers to form a company, how could he think that far?
Before he wanted to do these things in our Banta City, Karma City, and Saltan City, but then chairman Xu reminded him that he could receive more business if he went to further cities, so he made this decision.
In terms of foresight, how could he compare to chairman Xu? "
Kennard couldn't help asking, "Your Excellency Baron, you seem to admire chairman Xu very much?"
"Of course," Baron Nazr said matter-of-factly.
Baron Nazr said with a natural look, "chairman Xu has only established New Flyer for a bit over a year, but he has already developed New Flyer into such a powerful company, just this alone is very powerful.
Moreover, because of him, our Banta City has undergone such a large change in a single year, so many people's lives have become better because of him.
I'm not clear if you ask me, but if you ask the farmers outside Banta City, I guarantee that they will admire chairman Xu even more than me.
For example, if you ask Cantona, do you believe that he will praise chairman Xu to the heavens in front of you? "
Kennard gave a slight nod. He looked at Xu Yi who was still talking to Cantona in the distance and narrowed his eyes, falling into deep thought.
Even Sophia on the side couldn't help taking a few more looks at Xu Yi. After looking for a bit, she gave a snort and turned her head, looking in another direction.
After around twenty minutes, Xu Yi came back.
After greeting Baron Nazr, he left with Kennard and Sophia, taking a horse carriage to Sandton Manor.
When Xu Yi's butt had just touched the stool, several chairmen of small companies in the Sandton industrial district came to him. They wanted to discuss with Xu Yi how they wanted to expand their production and how they were prepared to buy several production magic machines from New Flyer.
This naturally wasn't a difficult matter. Xu Yi had asked them about last month's production and sales, so after knowing that they had a large amount of orders, he agreed.
But when these chairmen mentioned that they wanted to produce more parts and wanted New Flyer to provide them with the corresponding production magic machines, as well as instructing them on how to produce them, Xu Yi rejected them.
"There is a saying in my hometown, it's called biting off more than you can chew.
In my opinion, although the quality of your parts isn't bad and have reached the standard, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
For example, chairman Beda's bearing discs. Although they can be used, the size of each hole on the discs isn't the same.
Last time we tested them, the largest error was three millimeters. "Xu Yi said in a serious voice.
Chairman Beda who was called out by Xu Yi scratched his head and said in an embarrassed voice, "I'll have the workers pay attention when I go back."
Xu Yi nodded, "Pay attention to raising the level of the components you make, this is more important than you making more components.
You should know very well that the better the quality of the parts, the more orders you will get. Even the price will be raised accordingly.
Chairman Beda, if your bearing discs can have an error of less than a millimeter, then when our Frestech Chamber of Commerce purchases them, we can add an extra silver coin to the original price. "
Chairman Beda's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Xu Yi looked at him, smiled, and didn't answer.
Chairman Beda immediately slapped his own mouth and said, "Bah, when has Chairman Xu ever gone back on his words? I'm just talking nonsense.
Okay, Chairman Xu, since you agreed, then I'll work hard when I go back. I must keep the error within one millimeter and satisfy you! "
Xu Yi nodded with a smile, "I'll wait for your good news."
Seeing that Xu Yi agreed to chairman Beda's condition, the other chairmen of the small Chambers of Commerce didn't want to be left behind. They all made the same request to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi naturally didn't refuse them.
As long as these small Chambers of Commerce could improve the quality of their parts, he wouldn't be stingy with the price increase.
More importantly, he hoped to create a competitive atmosphere among these small Chambers of Commerce. This way, they would be urged to do their best to improve their craftsmanship.
For the industrial system, the craftsmanship of the parts processing industry was as important as the craftsmanship of the materials.
Especially at this stage where high-precision CNC machines hadn't appeared yet.