Volume 2 Chapter 163 - Dwarves also want face (1/2)

“Chairman.”

“Chairman.”

“Chairman, you’re here……”

……

Seeing Xu Yi suddenly appear, the people who had been focused on their discussion all immediately politely greeted Xu Yi.

Xu Yi waved his hand and stopped Ankhto from getting a chair for him. He toko the tire from the ground and put it standing up, as he pressed down on it.

Feeling the resistance from the tire that didn’t even reach his waist and was less than five centimeters wide, Xu Yi gave a satisfied nod.

“Not bad, it seems like it’s taking shape. Next you just need to take care of some details and this tire will be considered finished.”

Seeing that Xu Yi approved it, the surrounding people let out a sigh of relief.

Bordeau smiled before asking Xu Yi, “Chairman, did you specially come to see this?”

“No, the elite researchers of our company have been gathered for this thing, so there’s nothing to worry about. I just came to take a look since I was passing by.” Xu Yi shook his head before suddenly asking Yldan, “Yldan, if other companies gave you a wage starting at three hundred gold coins a year, would you be willing to go?”

Yldan was stunned, “Three hundred gold coins a year…..That’s just over twenty gold coins a month, which isn’t much higher than what I receive here. With how well I’m treated here, why would I go?”

“Then how about five hundred gold coins a year? That is much more than what you receive here.” Xu Yi asked.

Yldan still shook his head, “No, I wouldn’t go even if it was a thousand gold coins. I’m very good here at the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and whether it is humans or dwarves, they all get along with me here. I don’t want to run to an unfamiliar environment and start over again.”

Seeing that Yldan’s answer was firm, Xu Yi couldn’t help giving a sigh.

“It seems like you elves don’t like to change your environment. Although I as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman am happy to hear this from you, I’m afraid elder Illusia wouldn’t be that happy.”

Yldan slightly knit his brows, “Sir chairman, for you to suddenly mention this, is it because something has happened?”

“Un. It’s because there’s another company that also wants to hire elves as workers and has given a wage of three hundred to five hundred gold coins. Before I ask elder Illusia, I wanted to ask you for your opinion.” Xu Yi said, “But based on your attitude, I’m afraid the other elves here aren’t willing?”

Yldan gave a certain nod, “Yes.”

“Then will elder Illusia be moved by this?” Xu Yi asked.

“This……” Yldan thought about it before slowly shaking his head, “I can’t guess what the elder would think. I think it’s best if the sir chairman asks her yourself.”

Xu Yi gave a shrug, “It seems like I can only do this.”

After discussing the new tire with everyone, Xu Yi left the tire factory and headed to the most conspicuous steel mill in the Falling Rain Valley.

In this large area, there were currently two brand new steel smelting furnaces prepared.

As the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s business expanded, there was more demand for all kinds of steel.

Adding in the urgent demand of the army’s weapon factory for steel, as well as the other companies in Banta City that needed steel products from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the current steel mill production already couldn’t keep up.

Chief Siluka and chief Monto had already asked Xu Yi to build some more furnaces to increase the production quantity of the steel mill.

Although Xu Yi had already expected this, he didn’t quickly agree. Rather he confirmed the cooperation with the army and then did a strict investigation with the companies of Banta City, especially the ones that produced magic machines to get an accurate analysis of the demand, did he decide to set up two new furnaces at once.

When these two steel smelting furnaces were finished, the steel mill’s monthly production would reach two hundred thousand tons.

According to Xu Yi’s estimate, it should be able to satisfy the army and Banta City’s steel needs for close to two years.

If the produced amount reached two hundred thousand tons, just with a single steel mill, their sales revenue each month would be around eight hundred million gold coins.

Although after deducting the cost, which puts it at around a million gold coins, this was still a terrifying amount.

It had to be known that if the profits of the various household magic machines were added up, it would be a total of around three hundred thousand gold coins a month.

Of course, the reason why the gross profit of the household magic machine department couldn’t compare to this small steel mill was because the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s current household magic machine market was centered around Banta City and the surrounding cities.

But as the household magic machines were sold by the Walmart Chamber of Commerce around the Lampuri Kingdom, the market would grow by several dozen times and the profit would also explode.

Just a while ago, the Walmart Chamber of Commerce had made another large order to the magic machine companies of Banta City for three million gold coins.

In this order, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce took the lion’s share of one million and eight hundred thousands. The remaining one million and two hundred thousand was divided by the other companies.

This was still because household magic machines were still being introduced in the other regions and many people hadn’t accepted this new thing yet.