Chapter 33 Significance of Investment Research
There is an old saying that ideals are plump and reality is skinny.
Xu Yi originally thought that since he could seize resources one step ahead of time by virtue of his familiarity with the industrialization process of the original world and buy ten or eight or more magic crystal mines, the price of magic crystals would inevitably rise sharply in the future. These magic crystal mines can sit back and relax.
Who knew that he would soon be hit by a cruel reality.
The reality is... no money!
"Master President, the remaining liquidity of the Chamber of Commerce is only 361 gold coins, and according to my investigation results, if you want to buy the cheapest magic crystal mine in Bangta City, you need to invest at least 3,000. Gold coins." Sebas stated this cruel reality to Xu Yi expressionlessly, without any scruples about how ugly Xu Yi's face was.
"At least three thousand gold coins?" Xu Yi calculated with a sullen face. "According to this, it will take at least a month to consider this matter?"
"Master President, this is still impossible." Sebas shook his head. "Although if all the work of the chamber of commerce goes well, you can indeed have a net income of more than 5,000 gold coins, but the president, as a qualified chamber of commerce, must at least keep enough liquidity for himself, otherwise if If this happens, the Chamber of Commerce may face a serious crisis. In addition, I apologize for any offense, Mr. President, you have too many investment directions, and the funds used for research only take up 30% of the Chamber of Commerce's income. More than one in 10, this is not a healthy solution for chamber funding."
"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at Sebas and said with a smile, "Is this what you mean or that of the Viscount?"
This Sebas was actually recommended by Viscount Leslie.
According to Viscount Leslie, although according to the agreement with Xu Yi, he did not have the right to decide the decision of the Chamber of Commerce, but he had the right to advise and to know, so he sent a person into the Chamber of Commerce as his own representative.
Heinze is very worried about this, and feels that this is a chess piece that Viscount Leslie inserted into the Chamber of Commerce. Even if Viscount Leslie speaks well now, he will definitely use this chess piece to influence the decision-making of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, and may even gradually Control the Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi's reaction was completely different from Heinze's.
Since Viscount Leslie already owns 30% of the shares of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is a reasonable request for him to send a representative to the Chamber of Commerce, and there is no reason to refuse.
What's more, there are still many places where they need Viscount Leslie. If they reject Viscount Leslie's reasonable request at the beginning, then the cooperation agreement reached before will probably be gone.
As for Viscount Leslie, whom Heinze was worried about, controlling the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce through Sebastian, Xu also scoffed at this.
Viscount Leslie said that he is also a Viscount of the Kingdom, a decent nobleman. In a small city like Bangta City, he is the top person except the city lord. Even because of the family behind him, I am afraid that his status in Bangta City is not comparable. How much is the Lord of the City?
Relatively speaking, although their new flying chamber of commerce has made a lot of money by virtue of the big sales of magic fans, if it is simply the strength of the chamber of commerce, it is not very powerful in Bangta City. As for other aspects, it is natural to talk about it. There is no strong place.
For a powerful noble like Viscount Leslie, if he really wants to attack the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't need to be so troublesome at all. There are a hundred more direct and simple ways to swallow the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
So Xu Yi readily accepted Sebas, and even after knowing that Sebas was the chief financial officer of a chamber of commerce, he handed over all the financial management of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to him.
Facts have proved that this Sebas is indeed a rare talent. It only took two days to collect all the financial details of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and organize them in an orderly manner. It is completely different from Xu Yi and Heinze before. The two were so confused when they reconciled.
Heinze was very worried that Sebas was actually in charge of the finances of the Chamber of Commerce, but Xu Yi was secretly delighted, feeling that Viscount Leslie had done a great deed and brought him a rare talent.
Of course, at some point, Xu Yi would still be concerned about Viscount Leslie behind Sebas, which is why he asked this question.
Hearing Xu Yi's question, Sebas bowed and saluted, "It's my subordinate's personal opinion, and it has nothing to do with the Viscount."
Xu Yi nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, whose opinion doesn't matter. Sebas, do you think the research fund accounts for too much of one-third of the income? In fact, I think it's too little. In fact, the income is not high, so the so-called one-third is more than one-third. In fact, it only adds up to more than 1,000 gold coins. In fact, this research fund is very low in my opinion. With the income of the Chamber of Commerce in the future Gradually, I will continue to invest a lot more in research, maybe more than you think.”
Sebas pondered for a moment, then frowned: "Lord President, I don't quite understand why you made such a decision. Now the sales of magic fans are very good, and the prospects are also very promising, you don't need to put so many Funds should be invested in research. Although I agree that it is necessary to develop a new generation of magic fans in order to continue to occupy the market, but there is no need to be in such a hurry, right? Another point, President, you have invested a lot of money Research... I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the magic fan at all, right?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that this last question was the real question in Sebas' heart, and it should also be Viscount Leslie's question.
This question is really not easy for Xu Yi to answer. After all, in reality, more than half of his investment in research is spent on research that has nothing to do with magic fans.
For example, in the dwarf tribe of Master Lanu, he invested 500 gold coins in one month, and at the same time, after the arrival of the promised dwarf craftsmen, Xu Yi invested another 200 gold coins in them. , and there is a gradual increase trend.
In addition, his newly created Magic Research Institute has already invested more than 100 gold coins in it, although there is currently only Steele as a decent researcher.
This adds up to a huge sum of nearly a thousand gold coins, and on the surface, it does indeed have nothing to do with the magic fan.
Moreover, these studies are not able to see the results in a short time. Even if Xu Yi wants to explain that these studies have a great relationship with the establishment of the industrial system in the future, I am afraid that no one on this continent can understand.
"Sebas, let me ask you a question, why do you think the magic fans of our chamber of commerce are selling well?" Xu Yi thought about it and asked back.
"Positioning is accurate." Sebas, apparently already researching this question, answered without hesitation: "Compared to the expensive large frost magic circle, the magic fan that sells for only two gold coins is undoubtedly easier. It is accepted by the vast majority of families who do not have the ability to arrange large frost magic circles and need to deal with hot summer days, not to mention that the consumption of magic fans is extremely low. Ten silver coins happens to be affordable for all families who buy a magic fan. So for these families, although the effect of the magic fan is not as good as that of the large frost magic circle, it just meets their requirements, so they see the advent of the magic fan. Afterwards, these families bought it without hesitation, which resulted in a big sale of magic fans.”
"That's right." Xu Yi nodded in appreciation. "Then let me ask you again, is it difficult to create a magic fan?"
"It shouldn't be difficult." Sebas shook his head. "In fact, not long after the magic fan came out, imitations have already appeared, but the quality of the imitations is not as good as that produced by the Chamber of Commerce, so it did not cause much impact. And the president, your response at that time was excellent, which made the The Chamber of Commerce survived that crisis smoothly.”
Having said that, Sebas looked at Xu Yi with a glimmer of admiration.
Xu Yizai really admired the concept of "brand" in the case of counterfeit products.
Before being sent here by Viscount Leslie, Sebas did some research on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. He was surprised to find that after the imitation incident, the sales of the magic fans of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually increased instead of falling. When many people want to buy a magic fan, they will immediately ask if it is a new flying card. If not, they simply don't buy it, which directly leads to those small workshops who want to imitate the magic fan completely cut off the idea. .
Although there are some guys who want to print the logo of Xinfei brand on the imitation magic fan, Xu Yi has withdrawn from the specialty store system at this time, that is, the magic fan of Xinfei brand is only in the one in Bangta City. Storefront sales, all other places sold are fakes.
This has almost completely cut off the survival of counterfeit products, so that now the inside and outside of Bangta City are completely monopolized by Xinfeipai magic fans.
"Since it is not difficult to make, it means that it is difficult for us to prevent others from making magic fans."
Speaking of this, a hint of helplessness flashed across Xu Yi's face. There is no patent protection law in this world. Even if he invented the magic fan, he has no corresponding protection measures. If others want to copy it, it will be effortless.
"Although we have no problem here in Bangta City, outside of Bangta City, no one knows what the new flying card is, so we have no advantage elsewhere. You should already know that it is only a short distance away. In Saltan City, more than 100 kilometers away, there is a factory that also manufactures magic fans, and their sales in Saltan City are also good."