"Sir chairman … …"
Sebas handed the New Flyer's financial report from last month to Xu Yi with a strange look on his face.
"What is it?
Is there a problem? "Xu Yi took it and asked in a strange voice.
"There's no problem, only ….. our company's profits from last month actually ….. actually increased!"
Seeing Sebas' look of disbelief, Xu Yi laughed. He looked over the financial report in his hand and found that it was as Sebas said.
According to the report, New Flyer's net profit from last month had exceeded a million gold coins!
Not only was this a large increase compared to the previous months, it was even much higher compared to last year.
It was no wonder Sebas was acting this strange. According to the original estimates, New Flyer should have been affected by the ban from the magic machine industry management department. Their sales would have dropped and their profits would have dropped.
However, the facts were different from what most people expected.
Although in the first month after the ban from the magic machine industry management department, New Flyer's sales and profits had dropped, starting from the second month, this drop stopped and kept increasing. It even surpassed last year's sales last month.
"Actually this isn't anything strange."
The company's CEO Kennard said with a faint smile, "Although we can't produce magic machines in the Lampari Kingdom because of the ban from the management department, the business department didn't ban us from selling magic machines in the kingdom, so there isn't much of a difference."
"Un.
Although the factory moving has affected production, after such a long time, our company has already returned to normal production, so there isn't much of a difference from before.
If we have to compare it, because we don't need to be restricted by the Falling Rain Valley's overall plan like before, we've built more factories and our production capacity has greatly increased. "The household magic machine department's manager Ankhto added.
"That's right, those idiots from the management department never would have thought that after they placed this damn ban on our company, the people of the kingdom would be more willing to buy our company's magic machines, right?"
"Right, right, there's even a campaign in Banta City, calling on everyone to only buy Xinfei Brand magic machines and boycott the magic machines of those ten companies."
"I heard about it too.
It was said that this event was quite big, and even the surrounding cities had joined in.
Now the magic machines of the other companies can't be sold in Banta City or the surrounding cities ….. "
…
Listening to the discussions in the conference room, Xu Yi couldn't help but shake his head.
The people from the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department issued such a ban on the New Flyer. Clearly, they wanted to kill the New Flyer.
However, they never would have thought that New Flyer would be able to build a new production base in the Black Rice Wasteland in such a short time. It only took them a month to resume normal production.
However, the treatment of the New Flyer by the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department had caused many people in the Lampari Kingdom to be suspicious and angry.
With the propaganda of many newspapers and people close to the New Flyer, there was a wave of people in the Lampari Kingdom that supported the New Flyer and resisted the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department.
It was because of this wave that the New Flyer's sales had greatly increased in the past few months. They even had a breakthrough last month and their monthly profit had reached a record of over a million gold coins.
Correspondingly, the household magic machines produced by the ten companies of the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department had been boycotted by the people of the Lampari Kingdom, causing their sales to be very poor.
There were even many cities where demonstrations against the ten Chambers of Commerce broke out one after another. The more excessive ones even smashed the sales outlets set up by the ten Chambers of Commerce in these cities. It could be said that it caused a sensation in the entire kingdom.
After learning of this, Xu Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Compared to ordinary people, he naturally knew more and could see things more clearly.
He knew that perhaps the people's support for the New Flyer was real, but the riots that followed weren't that simple.
It was very likely that these people were being used by someone.
The cities that had these things happened in were the cities that had supported Seveni before. It could be said that they were completely different from the conservative nobles that King Eric and the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department represented.
Their words were without a doubt a demonstration to the other side.
The ban that the Magic Machine Industry Administration Department placed on the New Flyer gave them a very good excuse.
So strictly speaking, the New Flyer was being used by someone.
But Xu Yi didn't care about this at all.
The faction that King Eric represented clearly didn't support him and was suppressing him, so naturally he didn't need to consider anything for them.
If Seveni was willing to stand up now, Xu Yi would definitely support her.
However, when he thought of Seveni, Xu Yi could only give a bitter laugh in his heart.
Since bringing the five hundred private guards and giving them to Xu Yi to help the New Flyer clean up the beastmen on the Black Rice Wasteland, Seveni had returned to her territory. It's said that she hadn't taken a step out of her territory in two months.
Her actions were clearly to show everyone that she wouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of the kingdom.
The things that happened in the cities that supported her were probably just playing the lute to a cow.
"It's fine, I don't have any thoughts about the Lampari Kingdom for now." Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart and raised his hand to stop the heated discussion in the conference room.
Seeing everyone's eyes focus on him, Xu Yi looked at the financial report in his hand before saying to Sebas, "Sebas, don't be happy too early.
I'm certain that next month, next month, or even in the next few months, our company's financial report won't look good. "
Sebas' expression changed, "Sir chairman, have you thought of something that requires large amounts of investment?
I have to warn you, our company has invested too much this year and we don't have that much money left.
If you don't pay attention to this, we might be in trouble. "
"I don't need you to remind me of this, I'm very clear on this." Xu Yi waved his hand.
"Investing is to earn money, so you can't resist investing just because you're short on money, right?
Moreover, up to this point, have I suffered any losses from my investments? "
Everyone in the conference room was silent.
Everyone thought about all the investments New Flyer had made since it was founded and found that it was like Xu Yi said, there wasn't a single loss. Rather, no matter what investment it was, no matter how people didn't think highly of it at first, even if people thought that Xu Yi was crazy, in the end, New Flyer made a large profit.
After all these things, there wasn't a single person in New Flyer who doubted Xu Yi's investment decisions.
But to be honest, Xu Yi had failed once and this failure was very serious. Even now, it still had a deep impact on New Flyer.
That was his investment in her highness Seveni.
Of course, this was a political investment, but it was completely different from business investment.
"Alright, sir chairman, I'm not doubting your idea of investing, I just want to remind you to pay attention to the company's current financial situation."
Sebas thought about it before tactfully saying, "If it isn't a necessary investment, I suggest that you wait a few months. At least wait until the base on the Black Rice Wasteland is finished before you consider it."
"I'll remember this suggestion.
But Sebas, I've suddenly found that ….. I've been led astray by you.
Actually, what I want to say isn't that I've thought of a new investment, but rather I've received some news. This news will make our company's financial report look bad for the next few months. "
"What news?" The group of people looked at Xu Yi with curious gazes.
A single piece of news would cause a company as large as New Flyer's profits to drop for several months?
This was too incredible.
Xu Yi put down the financial report and his expression became a bit more serious.
"According to the latest news I've received, the Lampari Kingdom's Department of Commerce is about to pass a new rule that will categorize the goods circulating in the kingdom.
The goods produced in the kingdom will be categorized as goods sold in the kingdom, so they will be considered goods circulating in the kingdom.
The goods produced in the kingdom and sold to other countries will be categorized as goods exported to other countries ….. "
"Then what about the goods that are produced in other places and sold to the kingdom?" Ancato couldn't help cutting off Xu Yi.
Seeing the anxious look on Ancato's face, Xu Yi said in a deep voice, "These goods are the same as the goods produced in other countries and sold to the Lampari Kingdom, they will be considered imported goods."
Kennard immediately raised a brow, "This means that the goods we sell to the kingdom will be the same as imported goods and we will have to pay import duties?"
"That's right." Xu Yi gave a slight nod.
As soon as his voice fell, there was an explosion in the conference room as everyone couldn't help shouting out.
"It can't be, right?
Our company is a Lampari Kingdom company, how could it be considered imported goods? "
"That's right.
We are a company under Banta City, we are clearly a local company of the Lampari Kingdom, so why would our things be considered imported goods?
Could it be that if we build a production base outside, we are considered a foreign company? "
"Humph!
What is hard to understand about this?
It's clear that those ten companies can't compete with us, so they thought of a new shameless move! "
"Right, it must be like this!
These fellows are simply shameless! "
"Too despicable!
Too shameless! "
… …
Xu Yi silently waited for a while before everyone slowly calmed down. They focused their eyes back on Xu Yi.
"I understand your anger.
But to be honest, when I received this news, I wasn't angry at all, rather I found it very funny. "Xu Yi revealed a serious smile.
"Think about it, they even got the Magic Machine Industry Management Department to ban us from producing magic machines in the kingdom, so it's not strange for them to issue such a ban right after, right?"
Kennard slightly knit his brows, "But sir chairman, like this, if we continue to sell magic machines to the Lampari Kingdom, because we have to pay import duties, the cost will greatly increase.
The profits will be much lower. "
"So I said that in the next few months, the financial report will be very ugly." Xu Yi spread his hands and said with a smile.
"After all, the Lampari Kingdom is our company's biggest market, so we will definitely be seriously affected."
Ancato thought for a bit and said loudly, "Sir chairman, then why don't we raise the price?"
"No." Xu Yi immediately shook his head.
"Why not?" Ancato was puzzled.
"This is completely the business department's problem. If we raise the price because of the business department's unilateral increase in duties, there's nothing wrong with that, right?"
"Shifting the business department's problem to the normal people who want to buy magic machines is not what I want to do."
Seeing that Ancato still wanted to say something, Xu Yi increased his tone, "I've already decided on this matter, there's no need to discuss it anymore."
Ancato paused and could only obediently swallow the words that were already at the tip of his tongue.
Kennard glanced at Ancato and thought, this guy has been with sir chairman for a long time, how could he not understand sir chairman's personality?
After thinking for a bit, Kennard asked Xu Yi, "Then sir chairman, what should we do next?"
Facing everyone's gaze, Xu Yi faintly smiled, "I've said it a long time ago, what our company needs to do is to make a big cake and not steal it from others.
Since the Lampari Kingdom doesn't welcome us, then we should turn our eyes to more places that welcome us.
On this continent, isn't the Lampari Kingdom not the only country? "