"Hey, Camby, didn't you complain that you didn't have work to do?
Let me tell you some good news, you have work now and it's a large amount of work! "
Xu Yi smiled as he forcefully patted Camby's shoulder, but because dwarves had thick skin and flesh, his hand hurt from the vibration.
"What work?
Is it the Magic Harvester? "Camby's eyes lit up as he immediately asked this.
Xu Yi raised the stack of orders in his hand and said with a laugh, "That's right, it's the Magic Harvester.
An entire seventeen of them and they have to be made in a week, what do you think? "
Camby had a happy look on his face, but it instantly collapsed after hearing this number.
"Seventeen?
And in a week? "Camby shook his head with a bitter look.
"Isn't this too exaggerated?
Even if we work at full speed, we can't make a single one in a day. "
"Hey, I don't care about that.
In short, I'll take this order and if you can't finish it, don't blame me for deducting your wages next month. "
Xu Yi revealed the face of a bloody capitalist. He put the order into Camby's chest and left the magic machine workshop while humming a little tune.
It was impossible for his mood to be bad.
An entire seventeen Magic Harvesters!
According to the price of seventy gold coins per unit, that was a total of one thousand one hundred and ninety gold coins!
According to Sebas' cost calculations, the cost of each Magic Harvester was less than ten gold coins.
This meant that for each Magic Harvester sold, New Flyer earned a total of sixty gold coins!
This was equal to a profit of six hundred percent!
It couldn't even be described as a large profit!
At first Xu Yi was prepared to set the price of "fifty gold coins" according to Viscount Leslie, but Viscount Leslie suggested that Xu Yi raise the price a bit. He dared to guarantee that it would still sell.
Facts proved that Viscount Leslie's suggestion was very correct.
After personally witnessing the wonders of the Magic Harvester, there were over twenty nobles who wanted to buy the Magic Harvester.
Even if Xu Yi gave a high price of seventy gold coins per unit, these nobles still agreed without even blinking.
This made Xu Yi regret that the price was too low.
The reason why he only received seventeen orders was because Xu Yi considered that the production capacity of the magic machine workshop wasn't enough for now, so he rejected several nobles.
Because of Xu Yi's rejection, the nobles were quite unhappy, thinking that Xu Yi was looking down on them.
It was a good thing that Viscount Leslie came out from the middle and said that he would lend the Magic Harvester he already had to them, so this matter was resolved.
"Looking at it like this, the production capacity of the magic machine workshop isn't enough. It seems like we need to speed up the research on forging machines, otherwise if there are more and more orders and we can't finish them, wouldn't we be able to watch the fat meat in our mouths slip away?" Xu Yi was a bit unwilling to give up as he thought this.
As for Canbi's complaint that they couldn't fulfill the order, Xu Yi naturally didn't take it to heart.
They could only finish one a day because the Magic Harvester was still in its development stage.
Now that it had been developed and was officially in production, naturally it was impossible to maintain such a low production rate.
Seventeen units in a week, this was the number that Xu Yi had carefully calculated. With the abilities of Canbi and the dwarves, they could definitely complete this task.
Of course, this week would be rather tiring.
But who told Canbi to say that the dwarves were the most hardworking, complaining that Xu Yi had given them too little work.
While thinking about what he should do next to increase the production capacity of the magic machine workshop, Xu Yi slowly walked to the Magic Fan workshop.
Entering the end of August, the Magic Fan workshop was much more idle compared to before.
During this period of time, the workshop was always at full capacity and the slaves had to work overtime for quite a few days.
But after completing the largest order of three thousand Magic Fans in Karma City, the Magic Fan workshop became much more relaxed.
It was like Xu Yi had predicted before. As it approached the end of summer, there were fewer families that wanted to buy Magic Fans. The demand for Magic Fans had greatly decreased, so naturally the orders wouldn't come like before.
Xu Yi looked over the much quieter workshop and saw Heinz squatting in a corner with a disappointed look on his face. It was unknown what he was thinking about.
Only when Xu Yi came to his side and squatted down did Heinz react.
"Ah?
Xu Yi, when did you come? "
"I just came." Xu Yi revealed a smile before asking back, "What?
What are you thinking about?
You look so worried. "
"How can I not be worried?" Heinz gave a bitter laugh and pointed at the workshop in front of him.
"Look, the orders for Magic Fans have decreased by this much and we might not even be able to sell a single one next month, so how can I not be worried?
If it goes on like this, the workshop might shut down next month. "
"Isn't this the result that we've already expected?" Xu Yi said in an uncaring voice.
Heinz seriously looked at Xu Yi before suddenly saying, "Xu Yi, tell me the truth, are you prepared to give up on this Magic Fan workshop?"
Xu Yi was stunned, "Who told you that I was giving it up?"
"Then what about the new product you mentioned?" Heinz reached his hand out to Xu Yi.
"Don't think that I don't know. You helped Camby's magic machine workshop develop that Magic Harvester and it seems like it's selling quite well.
Adding in the fact that they were making the machines, their magic machine workshop was very busy every day.
Look at our Magic Fan workshop, there's less and less work to do and we might have to close down in the end.
Tell me, aren't you favoring one over the other? "
Xu Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I say, Heinz, what are you thinking about by yourself?
Whether it is the Magic Fan workshop or the magic machine workshop, they are both the most important parts of our company, how could I just care about one and give up on the other?
That's right, there is a lot of work to do in the magic machine workshop, but if you think that I would give up on the Magic Fan workshop, you're completely wrong!
To tell you the truth, this workshop should change its name from today onwards. It shouldn't be called the Magic Fan workshop, rather it should be called the household magic machine workshop. "
"Household magic machine workshop?"
Heinz was stunned, "What does that mean?"
"It means that this workshop won't just be producing Magic Fans, it will be producing all kinds of household magic machines.
Didn't I have you make thirty Magic Air Conditioners a while ago?
Did you forget? "
"Of course I wouldn't forget.
But Xu Yi, that Magic Air Conditioner isn't as popular as you said. After the thirty units were sold, there weren't any new orders at all. "
Xu Yi couldn't help rolling his eyes at him, "Nonsense, the Magic Air Conditioner costs twenty gold coins per unit, how could it be that easy to sell.
Then again, it was already halfway through summer, so how could there be that many people buying a luxury item like the Magic Air Conditioner?
But you don't need to worry, the Magic Air Conditioner isn't like the Magic Fan that can only be used in summer, it can also be used in winter. "
"Used in winter?
Are you kidding me? "Heinz's eyes widened.
Heinz's eyes popped out, "The wind from that thing is that cool, wouldn't it freeze people to death in winter?"
"I say, Heinz, why are you so inflexible?" Xu Yi said with a sigh of disappointment.
"Who told you that the Magic Air Conditioner can only blow cold air?
The so called Air Conditioner means air conditioning. It can make the air cooler, but of course it can also make it empty.
The air will become warmer.
Let me tell you, when it gets cold, we'll start selling the Magic Air Conditioner that can make the air warmer. I'm certain that it will sell well at that time. "
Heinz's eyes lit up, "Is what you said true?
There's really a way to make the air warmer? "
"When have I ever lied to you?"
"That's great!
If it's like this, we'll earn a large amount when the time comes! "Heinz excitedly stood up.
Xu Yi gave a helpless sigh. No matter how he tried to instill his business philosophy into Heinz, Heinz had always been this small. It seemed like he was at most suited to be a factory manager and couldn't develop any further.
This was something that couldn't be helped, a person's knowledge was related to their environment. Before meeting Xu Yi, Heinz was just a small general store owner, so how could he have any knowledge?
After Heinz was excited for a bit, he suddenly thought of something and became depressed again.
"But Xu Yi, summer is over and there are still several months until winter, what do we do during this time?"
Xu Yi looked at him, "Did you forget what I told you last time?
Let me tell you a piece of good news, Stiel and the others have almost finished researching the core Magic Array. Now I just need to spend some time to combine the Magic Array with the mechanical blueprint and after a few tests, we can officially start production.
If we move fast enough, we can finish it in less than twenty days. "
"Really?
That's great! "Hearing that the workshop wouldn't stop working, Heinz let out a sigh of relief and calmed down.
Seeing his worried appearance, Xu Yi gave another helpless sigh.
This time he wasn't sighing for Heinz, rather he was sighing for Sines' backwards industrial system.
The electric fans of the previous world didn't have no work to do after summer.
Now that no one was buying them, they could just store them and sell them next summer.
Moreover, it was very easy to change the production line. The powerful industrial system of the previous world could guarantee that the electric fan factory could change the production line to make other products, so they wouldn't be stuck on the electric fan tree.
But in Sines, because of the material, if the Magic Fan was delayed for a year, there would be a large pile of waste products next summer.
Moreover, all the machines and workers in the Magic Fan workshop were specially made for the Magic Fan. If they wanted to change the production line, they had to redesign the machines and train the workers.
This also meant that in the next twenty days, Xu Yi had to keep working.
"Hei, establishing a complete industrial system, it really is easy to say, but it's harder than ascending to the heavens." Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help giving a bitter laugh.
"Oh, no, if it's about ascending to the heavens, it isn't hard in a world filled with magicians … …"