Volume 5 Chapter 33 - Bottom line (1/2)

“Oh?” Xu Yi asked in a surprised voice, “What trouble? Could it be that it is even more trouble than firing eighteen thousand workers at once?”

Kennard looked at Xu Yi with a gaze of hidden bitterness.

“Sir chairman, strictly speaking…..This trouble is because of the large scale layoffs.”

“What does that mean? Tell me about it.”

Kennard gave the report in his hand to Xu Yi, “This is the report I just made on our company’s current orders, take a look.”

Xu Yi took it and found that the data showed that there was a small drop in the current orders for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

But this was something they expected. After all, no matter how much of an advantage the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had over the other companies, it was impossible for them to completely monopolize the entire magic machine market.

Because the large scale layoffs had affected the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s production capacity, there were many orders that didn’t receive their cargo on time.

Even if the quality of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products were higher than the other companies, in order to obtain the magic machines they needed, there were many people who decided to order from other companies.

“What is the problem?” Xu Yi asked Kennard in a confused voice.

Kennard gave a bitter laugh, “Sir chairman, you still haven’t noticed it? This is our current order count, but if we look at the time, we would find that in the past month, the orders that we received are close to half of what we received last year. This means that many buyers are losing confidence in our company, which is a serious problem.”

Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and didn’t look nervous at all.

“Losing confidence in us? That isn’t true. I feel that they are only losing patience. As long as our company regains our production capacity, I’m certain that they will come back to order from our company again.”

Kennard shook his head and gave a sigh, “Sir chairman, it would take a lot of effort to take back the market that was lost and the effects wouldn’t be that good. Look, based on this report, in the markets of the Rudson Kingdom, the Mirando Duchy, the Drake Duchy, and the three small duchies that we just opened, there is a decrease in orders that isn’t small. According to my data, just with the loss of these markets, we’ve already lost over two million gold coins. Adding in the three million two hundred and sixty thousand gold coins we paid to fire those eighteen thousand workers, we’ve already lost a terrifying five million gold coins on this matter!”

Seeing the angry look in Kennard’s eyes, Xu Yi gave a shrug. Kennard as the CEO of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, when such an important matter with such serious losses appeared, he faced a large amount of pressure and it was no wonder he even formed a bit of bitterness in his heart towards him.

But Xu Yi didn’t regret this decision at all.

After suddenly firing eighteen thousand workers who caused trouble with the strike, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce suddenly became stable.

The workers in the various factories of the company were all working normally now.

Even if the atmosphere was a bit more sombre compared to before, this actually made their work even more efficient.

Adding in the series of automatic production magic machines that Sancheli had developed, the efficiency of their factories had greatly increased.

Xu YI believed that if the workers had some more time to adapt, the production capacity of each factory would be higher than before they fired the eighteen thousand workers, overall enhancing the production capacity of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

“Alright, to solve this problem completely, we can’t avoid the losses. Compared to delaying it and letting this problem continue to exist, it is better to solve it before it affects the entire company. Although we’ve lost over five million gold coins at once, compared to solving this problem, I feel that the five million gold coins was worth it.” Xu Yi said with a serious look.

Kennard was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.

Even if he felt pained over the company’s losses this time, as the CEO in charge of managing the company, he knew better than Xu Yi how serious the problem behind the strike was.

Xu Yi’s method for solving this was intense, but this method was the most complete way of solving it.

With Xu Yi solving this problem with no mercy at all, the remaining staff would all be loyal to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and wouldn’t dare cause any trouble.

Moreover, Xu Yi even organized the workers union, giving the workers a normal way to give their opinion to the company. He had effectively avoided people causing strikes because of opinions they were keeping in, while also enhancing the cohesiveness of the company’s workers.

It could be said that in the current Frestech Chamber of Commerce, compared to before the strike and the large scale layoffs, it operated much more smoothly and effectively.

As the CEO, Kennard deeply appreciated this.