Douluo: Becoming Stronger Starts with Eating Soul Beast Meat

Chapter 213 Mass Production

Quan Yi came to the auction specifically to auction the bicycle.

The main purpose is to observe the reactions of bidders and promote the bicycle itself.

This concerns Quan Yi's next plan.

The results of this investigation also made Quan Yi very satisfied.

High-quality bicycles also have a certain appeal to people in the upper class of society.

This gave Quan Yi certain expectations for future developments.

After Quan Yi's bicycle was sold, only thirty minutes had passed in the two-hour auction of top-quality items.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu seemed to have no interest in the remaining items for auction.

They just watched the bidding for two or three items, and then walked out of the auction center together with other people who were leaving.

After walking out of the auction center, Quan Yi and Huo Wu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Huo Wu looked back at the tightly closed door and said, "Inside and outside are simply two different worlds."

Indeed, Quan Yi now felt that his state of mind had become suddenly clear.

At this moment, Quan Yi just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.

After staying for a whole afternoon, Quan Yi began to feel uncomfortable with the atmosphere here.

"Let's go."

Just when Quan Yi was about to pull Huo Wu away from the auction house, a beautiful girl in a silver dress came towards them at the door.

The girl in the silver skirt is not dressed revealingly.

Quan Yi secretly complained in his heart when he saw this: "How many types of female service staff are there in this auction house?"

"Dear guests, Manager Zheng invites you two." He said this and made a respectful invitation gesture.

Quan Yi was a little surprised, but when he thought about the fact that he had scheduled the auction of the bicycle in the evening, he felt it necessary to have a good conversation.

Quan nodded and followed the girl in the silver skirt back to the supervisor's office.

Zheng Xiao walked into the room. He walked quickly from his desk towards the two of them, then apologized to Quan Yi and Huo Wu with an apologetic look on his face.

“My dear guests, I am so sorry. I sincerely apologize to you for this auction.

Due to my negligence, you two have lost part of your profits. As compensation, our auction house will not charge you any handling fees this time.

We have deposited all the 120,000 gold soul coins into your savings accounts."

As he spoke, Zheng Xiao stood up and bowed slightly to Quan Yi and Huo Wu.

Quan Yi stretched out his hands, quickly supported Zheng Xiao, and said, "This is not the fault of Manager Zheng. Various accidents may occur during the auction process. This is not something you and I can control."

Zheng Xiao said: "But, this accident happened because I suggested to you two to delay the time until the auction of the best items, so I have an unshirkable responsibility.

There is no handling fee. I am just expressing my apology. Please accept it."

Zheng Xiao's attitude was very sincere, and the compensation was also very sincere.

Although the auction house is wealthy, the handling fee of twelve thousand gold soul coins is not a small amount of money.

Quan Yi's impression of Zheng Xiao increased greatly, and he was very impressed by his professionalism.

"In that case, I will accept the compensation from Director Zheng. And this matter ends here."

Quan Yi smiled and stretched out his hand. Zheng Xiao also smiled and shook hands with Quan Yi.

After accepting the apology from the auction house, Quan Yi and Huo Wu said goodbye to Zheng Xiao and left the auction house.

In the following month, under Quan Yi's attention, things developed in the direction he expected, and even exceeded his imagination.

According to the information collected by Quan Yi, Prince Wangguo had ridden that bicycle in public many times.

What's even more exaggerated is that in order to test the specific performance of the bicycle, the Prince of the Kingdom deliberately cleared the avenue connecting the East Gate and the West Gate.

In addition, he hired many Soul Emperors and Soul Saint-level agility attack soul masters to conduct speed tests with him.

This unique competition attracted the attention of many residents in the city.

In addition, the Prince of the Kingdom spared no efforts in publicity, and on the day of the competition, a large number of people gathered along the entire road.

At the beginning, the people had no hope for the prince.

This is because the inherited martial spirit of the Saus royal family is the scepter martial spirit.

As a weapon spirit, this spirit's effect on the body is not as great as other agility-attack beast spirits.

In this long-distance raid across the entire city, there is no advantage at all.

They didn't believe that a thing called a bicycle could fill the gap.

However, when the prince rode the bicycle across the city at a speed that other agility attack type soul masters could not match.

People's understanding of bicycles has undergone tremendous changes.

Since then, many people have started asking about the origins of the bicycle.

Even many blacksmith shops in the city began to imitate bicycles.

However, a bicycle looks simple but is very complicated to make.

Tires and bicycle chains, in particular, may seem simple, but without some knowledge and skill, the final product can be disappointing.

Finally, after a month of hard work, some blacksmith shops were able to produce pure iron bicycles through pure hand forging.

The entire body of the car, including the tires, is also forged from fine iron.

However, the final riding effect disappointed everyone.

Pure iron tires have no elasticity, are extremely easy to wear, and cannot generate friction with the ground.

Moreover, the chain and gears cannot fit perfectly, resulting in constant problems during driving.

However, even so, this imitation was bought by a wealthy man for more than a thousand soul coins.

At this point, the blacksmith shops in the city that had a certain level of expertise were keenly aware of the business opportunities.

They have tried to shift their business to the production of bicycles.

Quan family blacksmith shop, underground forging room.

Quan Yi looked at the hundreds of iron bicycles neatly arranged in front of him and asked Yuan the blacksmith, "How many bicycles can we produce per day now?"

Yuan the blacksmith smiled and said, "Young Master, our daily output can reach 20 vehicles."

"That's right. How much does it cost to manufacture one?" Quan Yi asked.

Blacksmith Yuan picked up the record book that recorded the specific process, took a look, and then said: "One car needs to consume 20 kilograms of iron essence and 5 kilograms of alloy materials. These two items together cost 400 gold soul coins.

In addition, the rubber, carbon black and other materials needed for tires are extremely cheap. Including the material consumption, transportation costs, etc. spread out to each vehicle, it costs ten gold soul coins.

Therefore, the cost of each bicycle is 410 gold soul coins."

Quan Yi showed a satisfied smile on his face.

One kilogram of iron essence costs ten gold soul coins, plus forty gold soul coins per kilogram of rare metal alloys.

This is the cost calculated according to the market price. Quanyi, which has a steam forging hammer, can further reduce labor and time costs.

Therefore, the specific cost of this car is even lower.

Moreover, the products produced according to strict processes and precise production lines, although the quality cannot reach the one the prince bought, are enough to withstand the power of Soul King and below.

Chapter 214 Symbol of Identity

“Thanks to the prince’s publicity, our bicycles can be unveiled earlier.”

Blacksmith Yuan nodded in approval, and then he asked, "But, Young Master, although we have steam power and production lines, we have too few people after all. If we don't expand the site and personnel, I'm afraid we won't be able to meet the current demand."

Quan Yi smiled faintly and said, "Who said we have to meet the market demand? Starting tomorrow, we will only produce ten bicycles a day. We don't have to spend all our manpower on producing bicycles."

"But, Master, if we cut production by half, our income will also decrease. Master, there is no need to save effort for everyone. We are all very motivated."

Under the leadership of Quan Yi, the blacksmith shop has been in the stage of development and research for a long time.

At this stage, the expenses and wages of these blacksmiths were all provided by the Quan family.

Receiving such generous treatment, the blacksmiths felt not only gratitude but also more guilt.

Now, they finally have the opportunity to sell the products they forged. Everyone has been holding a grudge for a long time and wants to take this opportunity to repay the Quan family.

Blacksmith Yuan had the same idea.

"I'm not trying to save everyone's effort." Quan Yi explained: "You should know that the price of goods is related to the scarcity of the goods. At this stage, only we have the ability to forge high-quality bicycles.

As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable. The rarer the bicycle, the more expensive it can be sold for.

Moreover, our target is the most distinguished soul masters, and if there are too many of them, it would not be worthy of their status."

When Quan Yi turned around and looked at Blacksmith Yuan, he just nodded hesitantly.

Quan Yi sighed helplessly: "None of this matters. You just need to know that I do this to maximize my benefits."

Blacksmith Yuan knew that he was not as good as Quan Yi in this regard, so he decided decisively to follow Quan Yi's command.

"I understand. I will give the order later. Young Master, now there is only one last question. That is, how much should each car be priced at."

Quan Yi was silent for a moment, then said, “I heard that someone offered thousands of gold soul coins to buy a bicycle made entirely of fine iron.

Our bikes certainly can't be weaker than that.

I have decided to set the price of each bicycle at 10,000 gold soul coins, and limit the sale to ten bicycles per day."

"S~!"

Blacksmith Yuan was quickly calculating the profit 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 means 93,000 gold soul coins.

"Young Master, will anyone buy it at such a high price?" Blacksmith Yuan asked unconfidently.

Quan Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's wait and see."

As he spoke, Quan Yi put more than a hundred bicycles into the Heart of the Scorching Sun and left the blacksmith shop.

The next day, a gorgeous shop in the city of Saus opened mysteriously.

A month ago, the store that originally sold clothes suddenly closed.

After a month of renovation, the front wall of the store was directly converted into a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Passersby can clearly see what is going on inside just by walking past.

When they peeked inside curiously, they were surprised to find ten bicycles of different colors neatly arranged inside.

After the prince's promotion, bicycles became well-known in the city.

Now, there are actually shops specializing in selling bicycles, which has attracted the attention of many interested people.

Many people walked into the shop and witnessed the quality and performance 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 scared away most people.

“For this price, I could buy hundreds of horses,” said a customer, shaking his head as he left the store.

At this time, a noble man in gorgeous clothes laughed contemptuously and said, "You are blind! How can a mere ordinary horse compare to a bicycle? Didn't you see that the prince once beat a quick attack spirit saint by riding a bicycle?

Moreover, this thing is not for mortals like you. Only powerful soul masters can bring out its true effect. "

After saying this, the noble man bought a golden bicycle on the spot and then had it transported away in a horse-drawn carriage.

Since then, word of the bike shop has spread like wildfire.

On the first day, one was sold.

The next day, three were sold.