As it approached the end of the year, the weather became colder.
But for the people of Banta City, this winter was much better than last year.
Because of the increase in income, the Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioner that was out of reach for most families last year was now within reach.
Although the New Flyer's new generation Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioner had a new function, which was to put in a small amount of Magic Crystals to provide warmth, the price didn't change. It was still the same as last year, at thirty gold coins per unit.
So when winter came, many families took out their months of savings and gritted their teeth to buy one or even several Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioners from the New Flyer.
When these Variable Temperature Magic Air Conditioners were installed in their homes, they enjoyed the warm air coming from the air conditioners and felt that the house wasn't as cold as it was in the winter of the past. The pain everyone felt when they bought the air conditioners had disappeared without a trace.
After work each day, they could feel the warm air when they came home, which was a large comfort to everyone.
If he took a shower after dinner and enjoyed the comfort of the hot water provided by the Frestech Brand Magic Water Heater, he would be able to expel the exhaustion of the day and he would be able to sleep more deeply at night.
At this time last year, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's magic machines were novel things in the eyes of most people in Banta City. Now that a year had passed, the people of Banta City were already used to these magic machines appearing in their lives, they couldn't even leave these magic machines.
If you still used firewood to heat water, cook, and bake bread at home, it meant that your family was outdated. There was no need to mention it, you wouldn't be able to raise your head in front of your friends.
When the young people of Banta City got married before, the man would prepare some daily necessities to ensure that they could quickly live a normal life after getting married.
But now if a young man didn't prepare a few magic machines at home when he got married, the girls might not be willing to marry him.
Of course, there were differences in magic machines.
Compared to the Magic Kettle, the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker, and the Magic Lamp, the Magic Air Conditioner and the Magic Water Heater were more popular.
Even the Magic Refrigerator that couldn't be used in winter was also good.
Being able to buy a Magic Refrigerator in the middle of winter, at least it meant that he was prepared to spend the summer with his wife, right?
Similarly, apart from the differences between magic machines, there were also differences between magic machines of the same type.
For example, if it was the same Magic Bread Maker, if you bought the Xinfei Brand Magic Bread Maker, it meant you were very sincere.
If it was another brand of Magic Bread Maker, it could only be said that you were stingy.
Although the Xinfei Brand Magic Bread Maker was a bit more expensive, it wasn't that much more expensive than the other brands. Moreover, the Xinfei Brand Magic Bread Maker's quality was better and it looked more beautiful, so why not spend a bit more money to buy the Xinfei Brand?
So there were more and more girls who requested this. Not only in Banta City, even the people of the surrounding cities gradually reached a consensus.
If you want a better life, you must have a magic machine at home.
If you want a good magic machine, you had to buy the Xinfei Brand.
"So this year, our New Flyer has obtained great success. Not only have the people of Banta City and the surrounding cities approved of our Xinfei Brand magic machines, even the people of other parts of the kingdom have gradually accepted the existence of magic machines and are beginning to recognize our New Flyer." Xu Yi said this in a loud voice before raising the wine cup in his hand.
"Come, let's toast to this year's hard work and success!"
"Cheers!"
Countless hands were raised high, and countless wine glasses were clinked together. Then, countless mouths were opened and the wine was downed in one gulp.
This was the New Flyer's end of year summary meeting.
According to last year's tradition, at the end of each year, Xu Yi would gather all the workers and leaders of the company in the New Flyer factory for a meal, summarizing the company's work this year.
Because the New Flyer had an extra production base in the Falling Rain Valley, adding in the over four thousand workers of the company, even if Xu Yi was willing, he couldn't gather all the workers at once.
So for tonight's end of year banquet at Sandton Manor, all the human workers of the company were gathered together.
As for the dwarves and elves' end of year banquet, it would be held the next time Xu Yi went to the Falling Rain Valley.
Even like this, there were close to three thousand people at the end of year banquet, completely filling the largest space in Sandton Manor.
For this year's end of year banquet, the New Flyer had invited over a hundred chefs and several times more helpers to satisfy the demand, spending close to ten thousand gold coins on this.
But this expenditure was worth it to Xu Yi because this kind of event helped build cohesion among the workers, increasing their loyalty to the company.
Now that Banta City was lacking people and because the workers of the New Flyer had worked in the New Flyer before, they were very welcomed by the other magic machine companies.
Just since winter came, over a hundred workers of the New Flyer had been poached by other companies with high wages.
There was even a company that had wildly poached a worker of the New Flyer by offering a shocking wage of over thirty gold coins a month.
Even if this company was quickly punished by the Banta City Magic Machine Business Union and obediently fired that worker, this was a bad start and it made Xu Yi vigilant.
He could use his status as the chairman of the Banta City Magic Machine Business Union to punish companies that went too far, but for companies that didn't go too far, like companies that gave workers a slightly higher wage that wasn't too high, he didn't have a good reason to punish them.
Not to mention that this was only limited to Banta City. If a company outside Banta City used a wage of thirty gold coins or even higher to poach New Flyer workers, Xu Yi wouldn't be able to stop them at all.
Moreover, the workers weren't that important, the important ones were the researchers of the Academy of Magic.
Evita had mentioned to Xu Yi a few days ago that there was an Anvilmar City company that had contacted her. They had offered her a high wage of fifty gold coins a month and no less than two hundred gold coins a year, wanting her to work for that company.
Although Evita had rejected them, Xu Yi wasn't certain that the other researchers of the Academy of Magic wouldn't reject them.
So holding this end of the year party, it wasn't just to increase the loyalty and cohesion of the company's employees, it was also to use this chance to gradually increase the benefits of the company's employees.
As expected, when Xu Yi announced this decision, there were deafening cheers that filled the air.
As long as it was a worker of the New Flyer for over three months, they all knew that this chairman wouldn't easily make promises to the workers.
But as long as he made a promise, there wasn't a single thing that he couldn't accomplish.
Now that he said that he would gradually increase everyone's benefits, it would definitely increase.
Seeing Xu Yi sit down under the cheers of everyone, Heinz sitting beside him said with a sigh, "Xu Yi, our company is already giving our workers a high enough wage. If you raise it again, although we can accept it, we can't keep going like this. Don't you think so, Sebas?"
Sebas lightly nodded. He didn't need to take out any account books as he opened his mouth and said, "According to the statistics, the company has already paid over a hundred thousand gold coins to all the employees last month.
This doesn't include bonuses and holiday gifts. If we add them in, the total amount spent on employee salaries last month has already exceeded a hundred and twenty thousand gold coins. "
"You see, a moonlight's salary is already a hundred thousand gold coins, and you still don't think it's enough?" Heinz immediately turned his head and stared at Xu Yi with wide eyes.
"Don't forget, our company didn't even earn a hundred thousand gold coins a month last year!"
Xu Yi laughed. He was too lazy to feel emotional about Heinz's pettiness that couldn't be changed. He gave a shrug to Kennard and said, "Look, I've always told you that there is a lot of pressure on me as the chairman.
Do you see, the vice chairman and the financial manager are both putting pressure on me? "
Kennard faintly smiled and said to Heinz and Sebas, "Vice chairman, Manager Sebas, although the wages given to the workers are high, our company's profits are also getting higher and higher, aren't they?
Compared to last year, our company's monthly profits should be several times higher than before, right? "
Sebas nodded and said, "Yes, if we don't include the income from the cement production technology last month, our company's total profits have already exceeded seven hundred thousand gold coins.
Excluding all kinds of expenses, our final net income has exceeded five hundred thousand gold coins. "
Hearing this number, Heinz's knitted eyebrows finally relaxed. He happily drank a cup of wine and sighed with a smile. "Sigh, thinking back to when I opened that grocery store, it was already not bad if I could earn 100 gold coins a year.
Now, I've become the vice chairman of a company that earns five hundred thousand gold coins a month.
This life is really unpredictable … … "
Seeing Heinz's appearance, Xu Yi and the other two found it somewhat funny.
Kennard couldn't help saying with a smile, "Vice chairman, you have to thank sir chairman. Otherwise, you wouldn't have your current life, right?"
"Un, I've always been grateful to Xu Yi." Heinz gave a serious nod.
Heinz gave a serious nod, "If it wasn't for him picking me to sell the Magic Fan with him, how could I have the chance to be emotional like this?"
Xu Yi shook his head with a faint smile, "If it wasn't for you agreeing to let me sell the Magic Fan in your grocery store, I wouldn't have been able to earn the first bit of money, right?"
"No, people will definitely discover the benefits of the Magic Fan, so it's the same no matter where you sell it.
In the end, my luck is good that you chose me. "Heinz said in a serious voice.
Xu Yi laughed, "Alright, being emotional is a sign of old age. You aren't even fifty this year, so it won't be too late to talk to me about this in twenty years.
Let's return to the previous question. As for increasing the benefits of our employees, it isn't just increasing their wages that can be taken. There are many other ways to let them feel the benefits of staying in our company, so they won't casually change jobs. "
"It seems like sir chairman already has his own ideas. Then let's talk about it for everyone to study." Kennard said with a smile.
Xu Yi said with a nod, "First, we need to maintain the current step by step wage increase system. We need to let all the employees understand.
The longer they stay in New Flyer, the higher their wages will be.
Next, I've decided to introduce a pension system … … "
"Pension?" Heinz, Kennard, and Sebas looked at each other in blank dismay.
"What is this?"