Chapter 214 Symbol of Status
“Thanks to the prince’s publicity, our bicycle can be unveiled earlier.”
Blacksmith Yuan nodded in approval, and then he asked: “But, Young Master, although we have steam power and production lines, the number of people is too small after all. If we do not expand the space and personnel, I am afraid that we will not be able to meet the existing demand."
Quan Yi smiled lightly and said: "Who said. We must meet the market demand. Starting from tomorrow, we will only produce ten units a day, so we don’t have to spend all our manpower on producing bicycles.”
“But, young master, if we reduce the production volume by half, Then our income will also decrease. Young Master, there is no need to save energy for everyone, everyone is very motivated."
Under the leadership of Quan Yi, the blacksmith shop has been in the stage of research and development for a long time.
At this stage, the expenses and wages of the blacksmiths are provided by the Quan family.
Receiving such generous treatment, the blacksmiths felt not only grateful but also guilty.
Now, finally having the opportunity to sell the products they forged, everyone has been holding back their breath for a long time and wants to take this opportunity to repay the Quan family.
Tiejiang Yuan had the same idea.
"I'm not trying to save everyone's effort." Izumi explained: "You must know that the price of goods is related to the scarcity of the items. At this stage, only we have the ability to forge high-quality bicycles.
As the saying goes The rarer the bicycle, the more expensive it can be sold for.
Moreover, our target is the 'most' noble soul master. There are too many, but it is not worthy of it. Their identities are revealed."
When Quan Yi turned to look at Yuan Blacksmith, he just nodded vaguely.
Quan Yi sighed helplessly: "None of this is important. You only need to know that I do this to maximize my interests."
Yuan Tiejiang knew that he was not as good as him in this regard. Quan Yi, therefore, decisively decided to follow Quan Yi's command.
"I understand, I will give the instructions later. Young Master, now, there is only one last question left. That is, how much should the price of each car be set."
Quan Yi was silent for a moment and said: "I heard that someone paid thousands of gold soul coins to buy a bicycle made entirely of fine iron.
Of course our bicycle cannot be weaker than it.
I decided to set the price of each bicycle to 10,000 gold soul coins, and limit the sales to ten bicycles per day.”
"S~!"
Tiejiang Yuan quickly calculated the profits in his mind.
However, he did not need to calculate at all. The cost was more than 400 gold soul coins. After deducting the cost, the profit was as high as more than 9,300 gold soul coins.
Ten cars a day equals ninety-three thousand gold soul coins.
“Young Master, at such a high price, will anyone buy it?” Blacksmith Yuan asked unconfidently.
Izumi smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's wait and see."
With that said, Izumi put more than a hundred bicycles into the Heart of the Fierce Sun and left the blacksmith shop. .
The next day, a gorgeous shop opened mysteriously in Sausi City.
One month ago, the store that originally sold clothes suddenly closed.
After a month of renovation, the wall in front of the store was directly transformed into a huge floor-to-ceiling window.
Pedestrians passing by can clearly see what's going on inside as long as they walk by.
When they peeked inside curiously, they were surprised to find ten bicycles of different colors neatly placed inside.
After the prince’s publicity, bicycles have become well-known in this city.
Now, a shop specializing in selling bicycles has appeared, which has attracted the attention of many interested people.
Many people walked into the store and witnessed the quality and effect of the bicycles with their own eyes.
Then they knew that this store was not simple.
But when they want to buy a bicycle.
Ten thousand gold soul coins, the high price directly scares away most people.
“I can buy hundreds of horses at this price.” A customer said, shaking his head and leaving the store.
At this time, an aristocratic man in gorgeous clothes smiled contemptuously: "You are blind! How can a mere ordinary horse be compared with a bicycle? Didn't you see that the prince once used a bicycle to win the race? Do you have the agility and attack type soul saint? Moreover, this thing is not for mortals like you. Only powerful soul masters can exert its true effect."
After saying that, the noble man bought a shiny gold bicycle on the spot, and then transported it away in a carriage.
Since then, news about the bicycle shop has spread like wildfire.
On the first day, one car was sold.
The next day, three cars were sold.
On the third day, ten cars were sold.
On the fourth and fifth days, there were also ten cars.
Starting from the third day, the bicycle store will be sold out as soon as it opens every day.
Under the instructions of Quan Yi, the staff of the specialty store bound them to the group of soul masters when introducing bicycles.
Introducing bicycles as products with luxury attributes.
However, in order to achieve this effect, the quality of the bicycle itself must be excellent.
Otherwise, the current effect would not be achieved.
After learning about this situation, Blacksmith Yuan opened his eyes and mouth wide and could not close them.
One month has passed.
Quanyi earned nearly three million gold soul coins in just thirty days.
This amount can be easily supplemented by the family resources Quan Yi has consumed since he was two years old.
Even the funds consumed in running the research institute in these years are less than a quarter of the profits earned.
According to Quan Yi's observation of the market, it will take at least a year to meet the existing demand.
One year is 365 days, ten cars a day is 3650 days.
There are only about this number of people in Sausi City who have the ability and willingness to buy.
However, this is only calculated based on the size of Sausi City.
One year from now, the fame of bicycles will break out of the city of Saus and spread to all parts of the mainland.
After watching the bidding at the auction house, Quan Yi had a thought in his mind, that is: ‘There are so many rich people in this world! ’
The experience at the auction house completely changed Quan Yi’s thinking.
Originally, Quanyi wanted to use advanced production methods and use the strategy of small profits but quick turnover to seize the market of the lower class people.
However, Quan Yi feels that in this world, most of the money is in the hands of the top people.
Therefore, Quan Yi felt that he still had to scratch the surface of the rich.
The results also proved that Quan Yi’s decision was very correct.
When it comes to new things, wealthy people with spending power have a stronger willingness to spend.
In this kind of top-down propaganda, the lower class people's views on bicycles have become more acceptable from the initial resistance to bicycles.
Moreover, the principle of bicycles is very simple and can be easily imitated.
If we do not seize the high-end market, Quanyi will not be able to use the advanced productivity they have mastered.
Now, in the city, there are people riding bicycles to get around.
They gave up riding carriages and used bicycles instead. Most of them were not soul masters, but more of them were nobles.
For the weak nobles, even if the carriage is more comfortable, they still ride bicycles.
Because, in their eyes, riding a bicycle is a symbol of status.
(End of this chapter)