Chapter 696 Refusal to show up
Perfect was really relaxed. She announced her retirement after resigning from all positions and not seeing anyone. This gave her a long-lost purity.
No one will bother him, no government affairs will bother her, she can do whatever she wants.
She doesn't need to care about money. As the world's number one alchemist, even if she leaks some skills from between her fingernails, she can make a lot of money.
Oliver is the most personal experiencer of this knowledge.
Purficott just helped him improve two products in his spare time and counted them as his rent. Oliver made a huge amount of money in a short period of time through these two improved products.
He didn't even use the banner of PERFECT, he just announced the performance of the product, and after letting people try it on site, he opened the market with excellent product performance and low price.
The first batch of goods was sold out in a very short period of time.
This made Oliver rush to have the factory work overtime to rush production, and he even paid three times the overtime pay to keep the workers operating at full capacity.
“I didn’t expect you to be quite generous, giving three times the overtime pay. This is much more generous than other factory owners in the north.” Purficott was also wandering around Oliver’s factory at this time, after dinner. While digesting, it can also be regarded as providing some technical after-sales service to Oliver.
Seeing Oliver issue three times the overtime pay, Purficott was still surprised and approved of it.
After all, from a capitalist’s perspective, how much profit will be lost by tripling wages? Do you really think that the master opened the factory for charity?
Oliver certainly didn’t want to pay three times as much, but with Purfict around him, Oliver couldn’t guarantee that if he withheld workers’ wages, he would be built into a wall by Purfict.
This kind of thing has happened before. There were smart people who thought they could ignore Perfectcott, blatantly violated the labor security law formulated by Perfectcott, deducted workers’ wages, and at the same time made them Overloaded work.
This matter was brought to the attention of Purficott by the Workers' Federation. At that time, Purficott, who was worried that no one would establish his authority, after investigation and confirmation that it was true, pulled this great smart man out for a public trial and sentenced him to death. After that, he directly built a wall at the trial site and wailed for three days before dying.
And on that wall, there is not just one similar great ingenuity, there are at least a dozen great ingenuity built into the wall, which has made that wall famous in the north.
Of course, that wall also gave the law in the north an unparalleled deterrent.
After all, no one wants to be the next smart guy to be built into a wall as a decoration.
Paying high wages to workers will indeed result in a loss of some profits, but compared with being built into the wall as decoration, Oliver can still tell the difference.
And after Purficott helped him improve product technology, the price of a product was reduced by 10% on the original basis. After excluding additional expenses, he was still able to earn 1.5 times the profit of the past. This is already It was enough for Oliver to pay overtime to workers willingly.
But for Oliver, he really couldn't bear to have a bodhisattva like Perfect Court by his side every day.
Although Purficott would throw him some things that leaked out from her fingers from time to time, for Oliver, these could only make him understand and happy.
Perfect's presence still made him too uncomfortable. "Your Majesty, people outside are going crazy looking for you right now. Don't you really think about showing up?" Although Oliver didn't mean to send God off, he was still inquiring and testing Perficott both inside and outside his words. When did you leave him?
"Show up? Why should I show up? I am just an ordinary imperial noble now, and I have no official position, so why should I show up in public?" Purficott didn't care. He casually picked up a part from the production line, put it in his hands, plated it, and saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so he put it back.
She could see that the workers in Oliver's factory were in good spirits and were not mentally depressed due to long hours of labor and overtime work.
At the same time, these people all look rosy and healthy, which proves that their living conditions are not bad.
From these two points, it can be seen that although Oliver is a businessman who does everything he can, he still treats workers better than most others.
At least the workers were well fed, warmly clothed, and able to receive adequate wages from him.
Compared with his peers, Oliver has done well enough. At least the workers can get adequate compensation from him.
"My good lady, just do it and take pity on me! While you are here with me, I can't eat well or sleep well every day. I've lost a lot of weight!" Oliver suddenly sold out in front of Perfectcott. Miserable: "You don't know that the empire is sending out a reward notice to find you! If anyone knows that you have been hiding with me, I will really be unable to do business in the future!"
"Don't worry, wait until I finish my With the new design, you won’t have to think about this issue in the future.” Purficott smiled and patted Oliver on the shoulder, and then warned him: “Of course, if the news about me here is leaked, you will also have to do it in the future. There is no need to consider this issue either.”
Listening to Purficott’s warning, Oliver felt numb. He didn’t think that the last one he said didn’t need to be considered was a good thing.
But out of the acumen of a businessman, he still curiously tested Purficott: "My lord, do you have any new designs to come out?"
"You shouldn't ask. "Don't ask, this matter hasn't been determined yet, but if you do what you should do, you will benefit from it in the future." Perficott didn't care about giving benefits to Oliver, and he believed that Oliver was reliable. , as long as it can give him enough benefits.
"I understand, please don't worry, Lord Earl, no one will know you are here." Oliver promised seriously.
The workers in his factory did not know the origin of Perficott. He claimed that this was his newly hired alchemist who was responsible for solving technical problems in the factory.
This argument has no flaw in the face of Purficott's powerful alchemy skills, and in order to hide her identity, she also made some disguises on herself. Others would not mix her with the Northern Lords. Get in touch.
As for their conversation just now? If someone could overhear their conversation among the roaring machines that required shouting at the top of their lungs, Purficott felt there was no need for her to hide her identity.
Because this can only mean that her identity has been discovered.
"In addition, I will make a list for you later and help me prepare everything on the list." Purficott planned to make a model of the floating city first, and the materials needed were naturally to squeeze Oliver.
(End of this chapter)