Cui Mao said with emotion, "Mr. Zhou, Jin City is very sorry to hear about your company's plight and also admires your courage."
"In this world, there are few who dare to refuse the power of the chanical City."
"Making this decision cos with a huge cost."
"The other two cities, 'chanical City' and 'Hardware City,' have their own reasons."
"As far as we know, chanical City is a city that practices slavery. A large number of semi-civilized beings are sent there as slave laborers, including so chanical lives sold there... chanical City has always refused external inspections and supervision, and has already been sanctioned multiple tis, so one more ti won't make much difference."
He continued, "Hardware City, on the other hand, is a den of criminals, ho to many chanical life criminals. It also relies on many illegal trades and money laundering activities for revenue, and will not accept external audits and searches."
"Your company is different from them; initially, you were in a honeymoon phase with the chanical and Electrical City Group, yet you dared to oppose their technological authority sanctions, doing what many cities want to do but cannot."
The opposite Knight praised, "But indeed, this is sothing Mr. Zhou would do."
Zhou Yi felt a twitch on his face upon hearing this.
chanical City is a city of slavery, Hardware City is even more a gathering place for criminals—no wonder its rating is an absurd B.
Does it an I am the only one left?
He asked the other party, "Is Jin City also under review?"
"Yes."
Cui Mao looked calm, as if he had grown accustod to it over ti.
Zhou Yi curiously asked, "And what about the Heavenly Kingdom?"
"The Heavenly Kingdom has a special cooperation agreent with the chanical City."
Cui Mao said, "Inspections will be carried out there as well, but the thod is different from us independent cities. The Heavenly Kingdom's interests align with the chanical City; many chanical lives work for the Heavenly Kingdom. If they have independent ti-off, this would also cause significant losses to the Heavenly Kingdom."
Zhou Yi gave an "oh" sound.
Realizing his interest in the matter, Cui Mao added, "In fact, there are individuals and organizations that refuse inspections from the chanical City. However, they are either entirely independent chanical lives, or they are like the Beiyang Region, involved with Star Axis, so the chanical City cannot intervene."
"It's only your company that has close ties with the interests of chanical City and thus fell out with it."
The official business was over.
Zhou Yi handed him a can of Coca-Cola, "How has your life been in Sand Port City these past two years?"
"Thank you. Life has been a lot easier than before."
The young Knight relaxed a bit, pulled the tab, and took a sip, "The cri rate two years ago wasn't low. Now, theft and assault cases have been cut in half."
"On one hand, it's the city's economic prosperity—everyone's busy earning money and has hope. On the other hand, Big Buddha has had a good effect in soothing people's spirits; it is a truly miraculous Alien."
"In the past two years, besides daily duties, my spare ti is spent on exercising and reading, and also... I got married."
Zhou Yi teased, "So you've been busy with your wife, that must have been your main occupation these two years, right?"
Cui Mao smiled sheepishly, "My wife is a good woman, a tailor from Sand Port, a bit older than I am, very kind and upright, and she's always willing to help others."
Zhou Yi nodded, "It's not easy to find soone you like, cherish her."
"Heh heh."
"Wait for a mont."
Zhou Yi went outside and took a bottle of Jian Nan Chun with a gift box from the storeroom, handing it to Cui Mao.
"Congratulations on your wedding."
Cui Mao quickly waved his hands, "This is too valuable; I can't accept it."
"It's just a gift between friends."
Zhou Yi said, "Keep it, for a happy occasion."
"Well... Thank you."
The two launched into a friendly chat.
The sale of Light Soot Sand will have Yuan Tong and the captain of the third squadron of the Tianjin Knights liaise.
Not until late into the night did Cui Mao say goodbye and leave.
...
Even with the help of Recursive City and the Tianjin Knights, the negative impact of the chanical City's sanctions was significant.
The bustling scene at the courier center was no more, with Bone Fish deliveryn often resting in the Dead Sea, and employee wages plumting.
The halt of production at Coral Port led to the depletion of Jade Soup and Fla Cup stock, and the market has seen many imitations, selling counterfeit goods under the na of Jade City.
Zhou Yi's response was to make Jade Soup and Fla Cup himself, entrusting their production to Lord Sand Sea.
Compared to the chanical City, which had specialized in manufacturing for years, Lord Sand Sea's efforts were fraught with hiccups.
It said, "Mr. Zhou, regarding raw materials, the roots of the explosive mushroom provided by Mushroom Forest are sufficient, and I can find a suitable planting sedint zone as well."
"We configured it according to the ratio you gave us before and used the pressing machinery to make sure the dehydrated Jade Soup is small enough, but for so reason, it easily fractures... Maybe the craft still doesn't compare, and it doesn't look very appealing when sold."
"The production volu is another issue. Currently, we are using manual compression, which yields about 100,000 units per day."
Zhou Yi rembered. The sales volu for the first month at Coral Port was 400 million units, producing more than 13.33 million units daily. When it cos to Sand Port, it significantly drops to a fraction of that.
The gap in production efficiency is indeed huge.
Lord Sand Sea also ntioned, "The current quantity is definitely not enough, but I am expanding the workforce. As long as we increase the number of workers, we can boost the output. We only have 10 people working right now, but my plan is to expand by 100 tis, to recruit 1,000 workers and purchase a few more relevant machines. This way, even though we can't match Coral Port, we can still produce several million units a day."
"In terms of the Fla Cup, the Light Imprint Devices capable of radiating can be purchased, but precise operation is rather difficult, and Obsidian is not easy to produce and acquire. Thus, I boldly made an adjustnt and switched to a material that's easier to produce for the container."
He presented the new model of the Fla Cup.
Now, it has completely turned into a sand pot.
Zhou Yi found the new model more practical than the previous one, with the only flaw being its larger size.
"By firing sand to make stone pots, it's cheaper than Obsidian and easier to manipulate."
"The challenging part is still the pricing issue."
Lord Sand Sea said with a wry smile, "The production cost of our Jade Soup is 20 mushrooms, which is double that of Coral Port. The market price can't be lower than 30 mushrooms, otherwise there'll be hardly any profit."
"The cost of the Fla Cup is also not low. Its pricing must be increased to at least 2,000 mushrooms, which is 20 copper coins."
Zhou Yi showed understanding: "We adjust according to the actual situation. Our focus is on providing value for money, but we can't operate at a loss either."
"Mr. Zhou, I have quite the confidence in our products."
"Despite the price of Jade Soup being set at 30 mushrooms, it's still an extrely cheap and nutritionally rich food. The Fla Cup likewise is an indispensable tool for staying warm in the winter and for daily cooking or boiling water."
Lord Sand Sea continued, "But with such a price increase, it might take so ti for buyers to accept it. Another issue is our transportation channels, which need to be gradually opened up. After the sanctions, our ships can no longer dock at the chanical and Electrical City ports, and in so places, we need to take a much longer route."
Zhou Yi nodded, "These are the challenges we must face. We'll slowly explore and try; there's no rush."
...
The comprehensive sanctions against chanical City continue to spread their effects.
Previously, many Professionals were considering joining the company, and were in contact with various departnt heads. However, after the announcent, this group almost disappeared.
Foreign chanical life forms also steer clear of this place.
Da Vinci had originally negotiated with a chanical Doctor and a nurse, both of whom declined the job offers because of the sanctions.
It was only through Feng Ying that Zhou Yi beca aware of this.
Coupled with that, the overall exports from the Developnt Alliance, including transportation, are blocked by the chanical City ports. Ports refuse ships carrying the company's goods.
The magnitude of this blow leads many organizations that trade with the Developnt Alliance to waver. Previously established trading partners also began looking for alternative suppliers.
Not only are existing channels reducing, but new developnts are also beset with difficulties.
Zhou Yi felt so irritations over this.
He made a resolute decision.
If no ships are willing to transport, then we'll do it ourselves!
Since the order volu at the delivery center is low now, we'll let the deliveryn do the door-to-door delivery.
Qian Su wholeheartedly agreed with this.
She said, "Our Bone Fish deliveryn currently have a decent carrying capacity. In the Dead Sea, carrying 300 kilograms of cargo is no problem. Three deliveryn are equivalent to a small transport ship."
"Currently, we have 85 deliveryn, and based on their carrying capacity, they equate to 27 small transport ships and are much faster than the ships."
Zhou Yi imdiately approved: "That settles it. We'll deliver directly to the door and make money on the transport costs as well!"
And so, the delivery center beca busy once again.
The pain from the sanctions imposed by chanical City continues.
However, just one week later, there was an unexpected turn of events.
The cause was the unusually extended period of high temperatures this sumr, with many regions experiencing little rainfall, severe damage to agricultural crops, and a large number of urban residents beca sick and injured due to the scorching heat. It beca extrely difficult to work outside.
Then.
The value-for-money refrigeration boxes beca a coveted item sought after by all during this sumr.
The Steel Refining Lord reported happily, "Mr. Zhou, last month, we sold 60,000 refrigeration boxes and 4.71 million cooling coal blocks!!! The total revenue was 246 Light Seeds, with a net profit of 148 Light Seeds."
"This month, we have already received prepaynts for over 190,000 refrigeration boxes and more than 20 million cooling coal blocks. In addition, there are also large orders for custom cold storage and freeze storage facilities."
"As long as the refrigeration boxes are sold, there will be a continuous need for cooling coal to keep them running, and our core cooling coal sales volu will continue to rise! To reduce local consumption, I bought coal from other areas as a supplent to avoid over-extraction of local minerals."
"We are currently overwheld by the workload here! I've just urgently purchased three chanical devices and am in the process of massively recruiting."
This was a silver lining amidst the spate of bad news.
"Mr. Zhou, there's also a special buyer who wants to place a large order... but the identity is rather unusual."
Zhou Yi felt a sense of relief, "Who? The rebels or a Pillage Group?"
"Neither."
Duke Beidu said, "It's from the 'Warlord' series of Weapon Hunters."
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