"Oh?" Xu Yi asked in surprise.
"What big trouble?
Is there a bigger problem than dismissing more than 18,000 workers all at once? "
Kennard looked at Xu Yi with a bitter expression.
"Sir chairman, strictly speaking … … This big trouble was caused by the large scale layoffs."
"What is it specifically?
Tell me about it. "
Kennard handed the report in his hand to Xu Yi, "This is the current situation of orders that I just calculated. Take a look."
Xu Yi took a look and found that the data on the report showed that New Flyer's orders had decreased slightly.
But this was expected. After all, even if New Flyer had a huge advantage over other magic machine companies, it was impossible for them to monopolize the magic machine market.
This was because New Flyer's large scale layoffs had greatly affected their production, making it so that many buyers who had placed orders couldn't receive their goods on time.
Even if New Flyer's products were better than other magic machines, in order to obtain the magic machines they needed, there were still many buyers who chose to order from other magic machine companies.
"Is there a problem?" Xu Yi asked Kennard in confusion.
Kennard gave a bitter laugh, "Sir chairman, you still haven't noticed?
This is our current order statistics, but if you look at the time, you'll find that in the past month, our company has received orders that have decreased by half compared to last year.
This means that many buyers have lost confidence in our company. This is a very serious problem. "
Xu Yi gave a faint smile and didn't look nervous at all.
"Lost confidence in us?
That might not be the case.
I feel that they have just lost their patience.
As long as our company's production capacity is restored, I'm sure that they will turn around and order from our company again. "
Kennard shook his head and sighed, "Sir chairman, it will take a lot of effort to take back the market that we've already lost and the results might not be good.
"Look, from the order statistics, our markets in the Kingdom of Ruhr, the Mirando Duchy, the Drake Duchy, and the newly opened three small duchies have shrunk quite a bit.
According to my calculations, the losses caused by the shrinkage of the market have already exceeded 2 million gold coins.
In addition to the 3.26 million gold coins that we paid when we dismissed the 18,000 workers, our losses in this matter have already exceeded a terrifying 5 million gold coins! "
Looking at the resentment in Kennard's eyes, Xu Yi shrugged. He thought to himself, 'As the CEO of the New Flyer, Kennard is under a lot of pressure. With such a huge loss, it's no wonder that he would feel so much pressure and blame me.'
However, Xu Yi did not regret his decision.
After using a thunderous method to dismiss the eighteen thousand workers who were on strike, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's situation quickly stabilized.
The workers in the various factories under the company had all returned to their normal working conditions.
Although the atmosphere was a bit more serious compared to before, it had increased their work efficiency.
Adding in the automatic production magic machines that Sancheli had developed, the efficiency of all the factories had greatly increased.
Xu Yi believed that if the workers had more time to adapt, the efficiency of the factories would be much higher compared to before they fired the 18,000 workers, which would increase the company's overall production capacity.
"Alright, in order to solve this problem, the losses can't be avoided.
Instead of delaying it and letting this problem exist, it's better to solve it before it affects the company.
Although we've lost over five million gold coins this time, compared to the positive effects of solving this problem for the company, I feel that this five million gold coins is worth it. "Xu Yi said with a serious look.
Kennard was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.
Even if he felt pain for the company's losses this time, as the CEO in charge of administrative matters, he was more clear than Xu Yi on just how serious the problem behind this strike was.
Although Xu Yi's method of solving it was too intense, it was the most thorough way to solve the problem.
After receiving the influence of Xu Yi's merciless method, the employees in the New Flyer were all very loyal to the company, so they didn't dare cause any more trouble.
Moreover, Xu Yi had proposed to create the New Flyer Workers Union, giving the employees a way to give their opinions to the company. This effectively prevented them from going on strike because of their opinions, while also increasing the cohesion of the company's employees.
It could be said that the current New Flyer, compared to the New Flyer before the strike and the large scale layoffs, it was much smoother and more efficient.
As the CEO, Kennard had a deep understanding of this point.
Therefore, if one were to calculate it seriously, the negative impact of these two events on the New Flyer was only the loss of five million gold coins.
Even if these losses were serious for many companies, for many smaller companies that didn't have that much profit, and even for many first class companies, for the current Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it wasn't a serious loss that they couldn't accept.
New Flyer was now fully developed in several surrounding countries, and its products could be found in almost every part of every country. They also cooperated with every country, so their profits had been rapidly rising.
According to the statistics, last month New Flyer's net profit had reached a shocking 1.48 million gold coins. Compared to this year's 930 thousand gold coins in January, this was an increase of 50%.
According to this trend, by the end of this year, New Flyer's annual profit would very likely exceed 15 million gold coins.
Therefore, although the loss of five million gold coins wasn't small, it was completely within the acceptable range of New Flyer.
Moreover, New Flyer's temporary orders were mainly affected by these two events. In the long run, as long as New Flyer had enough production capacity, then with the high quality and high performance of Xinfei brand magic machines, they could sell as much as they produced. They didn't have to worry about sales, so naturally, they didn't have to worry about profits.
Therefore, what really troubled Kennard was that the other buyers had chosen other brands of magic machines. In the future, it would be very difficult for New Flyer to snatch back this market.
"This isn't a problem. In fact … This is what I want to see." Xu Yi smiled.
"I've been thinking about how to let other brands of magic machines enter the new market. Now that this has happened, it has made other people take the initiative to look at other brands of magic machines. This has saved me a lot of effort."
Kennard couldn't help but roll his eyes.
After working with Xu Yi for so long, he naturally knew that Xu Yi's dream had always been to spread the magic machine industry all over the continent. He didn't just want New Flyer to occupy the entire continent.
For ordinary merchants, having their market snatched away by others was naturally abhorrent. However, Xu Yi was happy to see this happen.
After thinking about it, Kennard didn't dwell on this issue. Instead, he raised another issue.
"Sir Chairman, although you don't have any objections to the market being snatched away, because of this incident, several countries have temporarily suspended their intentions to cooperate with our chamber of commerce. Even the Norton Duchy and the Rickaaf Duchy have turned their eyes to other chambers of commerce, intending to cooperate with them in the magic machine industry.
You have to take this seriously, right? "
"Hmm … This is a problem.
However, the problem isn't that they don't want to cooperate with our chamber of commerce. It's that cooperating with other chambers of commerce is likely to lead these two duchies down the wrong path. It's a waste of time, manpower, and resources. It might even cause these two duchies to resent the magic machine industry. That wouldn't be good. "
Xu Yi pondered for a moment before continuing, "How about this? Investigate which chambers of commerce these two duchies choose to cooperate with. After that, we'll find these chambers of commerce and inform them of some of the standards we've set. I hope they'll strictly follow them.
If they're unwilling, then they'll have to bear the consequences. "
Xu Yi's tone was very calm, but his words carried an unquestionable dominance.
New Flyer currently held an absolute position in the magic machine industry. Xu Yi naturally had the confidence to say this.
Kennard didn't reveal any surprise and nodded in agreement.
"Then what about the Norton Duchy and the Rickaaf Duchy?
How should we deal with them? "Kennard asked.
"Send someone to contact them and tell them that our company is willing to cooperate with them in terms of magic machines that other companies can't." Xu Yi replied.
Kennard was surprised, "Sir chairman, you mean … …"
Xu Yi nodded, "Yes.
In terms of magic machines, our company is also willing to transfer some of the technology to them. "
"Then what about the military magic machines?" Kennard carefully asked.
Xu Yi looked at him, "What do you think?"
Seeing Xu Yi's eyes, Kennard let out a sigh of relief and calmed down.
No matter how generous sir chairman was, no matter how much he thought about the other companies, no matter how much he wanted to promote the magic machine industry on the continent, he still had a bottom line.
The military magic machines were New Flyer's exclusive weapons, so they could be considered New Flyer's trump card.
Before the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was strong enough that no one could match them, it was best to keep this in their hands.