Chapter 917 Industrial Revolution?! (Seeking a monthly pass)
Chapter 917: Industrial Revolution?~! (Please vote for me)
My teacher, the greatest great wizard in history, the master of forbidden magic, and the conqueror of the war fortress, Lester once said: "This world will definitely be dominated by alchemists in the future~!"
Because of this sentence, he became one of the most famous prophets in the world, because he was right.
But what he didn't expect was that this prophecy would be realized through my hands.
——Excerpted from "The Greatest Alchemy in the World~! The Biography of Lorena, the Great Magician, Master of Alchemy, and Inventor of the Steam Engine"
(The official reading book of the Empire Youth Education is available in major bookstores in the Ruman Empire. A 20% discount is available with a mage certificate.)
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The manager looked at the smiles of Lorraine and Leo, and was startled for a moment. When Lorraine and Leo laughed like this, they first gave people the impression of being creepy, and then he covered his wallet tightly, keeping an eye on his wife or daughter.
…
Then I thought about it, the leader of the group company who is famous in mainland China is one of their own. Although the reputation of mainland China (including Semitic people) is not very good, within the group, they are indeed two interesting leaders with extremely high reputation.
high.
Thinking from the perspective of the group company, the manager immediately understood what they were thinking.
Although these two men have a lot of thoughts, they are never far from making money, and they make money that others cannot learn from.
Especially when I saw the steam engine, I was so happy and it was even easier to guess.
Chairman Lorraine and Leo just want to turn the products in front of them into profits.
But then, he smiled bitterly.
The manager coughed lightly, and then said tentatively: "Sir, are you thinking of making this steam engine or something and then selling it on the market?"
Lorraine waved his hand and said: "Of course, we not only have to sell products, but also have a complete market monopoly. It is not impossible to separate the after-sales service from the product, sell the product and then sell the after-sales service, and turn the one-shot deal into a long-term success.
.What’s the problem?”
The manager showed a troubled expression and said, "This... is really a bit problematic."
Leo suddenly became tense, looked at him warily, and asked, "What do you mean?"
The manager sighed and said slowly: "If this is really the case, please let the villain say one more thing. We'd better give up this idea for the time being."
Leo immediately became furious, stared, and said, "What exactly do you want to do? Do you... do you... want to steal my business from the young master?"
Lorraine was also quite surprised, and secretly wondered: What is going on with this manager's hesitation? If he was not recommended by Catherine personally, but was an old man who had served in the Grand Duke Julian's family for many years, he would also be suspicious of this ruffian.
You have become a traitor. How can you prevent a good monopoly business from being done?
Therefore, I looked over inquiringly.
The manager smiled bitterly and said to Leo: "Young Master, how dare I steal your business? Besides, even if I have that intention, I don't have the ability, right?"
Do you think that a genius child like you, who is so smart and quick-thinking... (omit 1,500 words here), is really a once-in-a-century occurrence?
Wrong~!"
After hearing this, the people nearby couldn't help but look at the manager in surprise, thinking in their minds: Is this guy really crazy? Is he usually quite shrewd?
Leo's expression at this time was extremely strange, a little surprised, a little angry, and in addition, there was a hint of appreciation.
He was about to open his mouth to speak when he heard the manager continue with a straight face and said seriously: "A genius like you is obviously someone who only comes across once in a thousand or ten thousand years~!"
Those words were decisive and resounding.
Everyone nearby secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This guy was not stupid, and the slap was loud enough.
At this time, the manager continued: "If you don't believe it, ask other people to see if they have the same opinion as me?"
Everyone just came over in one breath. After listening to the manager's words, they all grinned secretly and thought to themselves at the same time, "You can be shameless yourself, but you have to drag us into shamelessness."
But facing that fat little fat guy, how could they dare to say "no"? He was the big guy's boss, and they received all their wages and bonuses from him. And he was the future empire.
emperor.
After offending him, Long Yan was so angry that he had to pack up and get out. He had just bought a house with a loan and had to pay back the money every month~!
And what if, in the future, that little fat man becomes the emperor one day and has great power, and suddenly one day he recalls: In the beginning, that so-and-so offended me? He actually thought that I was not a once-in-a-million-year genius, so he first found a crime to convict me of.
He's been good for five hundred years...
At that time, everyone couldn't find a place to jump into the river even if they wanted to.
So, looking at Leo's questioning look, everyone immediately nodded their heads and kept flattering the young master.
Leo soon became the most genius child in the entire universe since the dawn of light.
This made Leo even more happy, and Le's eyes narrowed into thin slits.
But at the same time, he also waved his little hands and kept being humble, saying: "Actually, I am just a little handsome and a little smarter than ordinary people, but I am not as good as you say, haha, hahahaha
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When Leo was feeling happy, he turned the corner of his eye and immediately saw the half-smiling look from Lorraine next to him. He couldn't help but blush, then coughed softly, put his hands on his hips,
Putting on a majestic look, he said: "By the way, don't talk about this. Tell me, why do you want me to give up the idea of building a steam engine?
Say it quickly, if you can’t tell me, I…I will deduct all your bonuses~!”
As he spoke, he bared his teeth and glared at the manager fiercely. This showed that the young man was of high quality and would not be confused by a few simple words.
The manager coughed lightly, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, please, actually..."
He paused for a moment, then looked at Lorraine and said, "Actually, it's too late for adults to take action now."
Leo was shocked and said: "What did you say? It's too late? Didn't the steam engine just come out of the laboratory a few months ago?"
The manager smiled and said, "Yes, it's too late. The business of producing steam engines has already been taken over by the Nai'an Magic Power Association."
Leo couldn't help but hesitated for a moment.
The manager glanced at Leo secretly, and then continued: "And...and..."
Leo said angrily: "And what? Why are you so hesitant in speaking? Say it quickly~!"
The manager agreed, and then said: "And for this steam engine, Miss Lorena has applied for a personal patent from the Naian official. Only the Naian Magic Power Association can manufacture the steam engine. It is equivalent to being monopolized by Miss Lorena."
Leo suddenly jumped three feet high and shouted to Lorraine: "Okay, your girlfriend~! It was your girlfriend who did it~! What do you care about, can't you let her learn something good?"
Lorraine also touched her nose in surprise. Unexpectedly, Lorraine, who had been absent for more than half a year, always aloof, regarded money as dirt, and only spent it without saving it, would actually learn to make money?
But seeing Leo jumping up and down, he spread his hands and said, "Go and discuss this matter with her. I really can't interfere. Lorena is also one of the shareholders."
Leo couldn't help but hesitated again. What about the eighth woman? You want me to discuss it with that eighth woman? This...
Although Luolina has always been very dear to him, she never hits or scolds him. Sometimes she will give him a good idea or give him a weird thing to help Chairman Leo do some crazy things.
matter.
But the young father-in-law would rather fight with Adele. Although he is always caught and ravaged by Adele, he is not willing to cause trouble for Lorena.
You know, that eighth wife is an out-and-out magician.
If she gets hungry one day and turns around to see her little father-in-law, who is white and fat and seems to be quite delicious, she will turn her into a toad and stew a big pot of fragrant potatoes and toads.
Soup.
It has to be said that it was Catherine's tireless education that left this childhood shadow on Leo. But we can't expect a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old girl to tell any philosophical stories to a naughty six- or seven-year-old kid.
Catherine was busy with official duties, and she always used threats to Leo. When she couldn't stop being frightened, it was time to slap her. As long as she slapped him twice, Leo would be honest~!
However, at this time, Leo's two big black and bright eyes started to spin around. He murmured: "That bad woman is so powerful, we can't afford to offend her... Although we can't build steam engines anymore, if we sell them on our behalf,
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The manager smiled bitterly again.
He is in charge of such a large business of the shipyard, and is also one of the middle and senior management of Feiying Company. He also has to go to the company for meetings every half month to report on the situation and so on.
I also know a little bit about these things.
He smiled, then shook his head and said: "Little Master, this is impossible. The steam engines made by the Magic Power Association have always been in short supply. Their production capacity is not high.
Not to mention anything else, our Feiying Company's internal orders alone have been booked for eight months. In addition, there are many people waiting at their door with cash to ask for goods, and they even shout to add more.
I want to buy a ready-made one at twice the price."
Leo couldn't help but hesitated again. Then he became a little crazy: he couldn't make the money he saw, which was a heavy blow to his young heart.
Coupled with the battleship that was tricked by his father and uncle, Leo's soul suffered two blows in one day.
He rolled his eyes, then gritted his teeth and said: "No, if you turn around and risk being turned into a toad, you must talk to Luo Linna~!
This business not only involves making money, but also directly controls the life and death of others. We must win~!"
After saying that, he waved his little fist heavily to show the young man's strong determination.
This is not just because the young master is obsessed with money and works as an escort for cats - making money at the expense of his life.
It's because... although Leo is young, he has received many years of elite education from Catherine and careful training from Lorraine. Although he doesn't know it clearly, he instinctively realizes the importance of this steam engine. And from Lorraine
Lin revealed it inadvertently, but also vaguely knew how significant changes it would bring to the world.
Small ones are related to the life and death of a company, medium ones are related to changes in an industry, and large ones affect the rise and fall of a region or country.
The entire continent and the entire human race have been continuously learning and developing over the past thousand years, and have accumulated a large amount of sufficient experience and knowledge.
Magical civilization has established a complete system, but it has not made any major breakthroughs in the past few hundred years.
Living in this era, scholars and experts full of wisdom are all vaguely aware that if this bottleneck is overcome, the world will inevitably undergo huge changes in the future.
The only regret is that they don't know when and how this change will come.
But now, silently, with the inadvertent movement of Lorena's magical hands, it has arrived~!
The steam engine looked inconspicuous. It seemed to be just a big iron block with boiling water inside. There was nothing extraordinary about it. But in Lorraine's time, it represented the industrial revolution~!
The entire world will undergo earth-shaking and profound changes because of its arrival.
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Although Leo had made up his mind, he was still very heartbroken over the loss of more than 800,000 gold coins.
Leo believed that this was a completely unreasonable disaster. He neither misjudged the market nor made any mistakes in experience and strategy. However, he had to bear all the losses alone. It was clearly Catherine who was bullying others.
But thinking that Catherine was going to charge him personal income tax when she opened her mouth, Leo could only hold his nose and admit it. If that bitch knew how much money he had received from the Semitic people, the loss would be more than 800,000.
But he still persisted and walked around the shipyard. He carefully inspected every corner of the shipyard. Every ship under construction. Especially the 'Victory' class that was still under construction.
Battleship.
Seeing its tall and majestic figure, and thinking that soon, it will be covered with sails and gone forever, Leo felt heartbroken.
But he still called the manager and warned him carefully: "Don't be afraid of spending money. Use the best materials for everything. The best craftsmen must make the best things. If the budget is not enough,
I'll call you again. Do you understand?"
The manager looked at Leo in surprise. He knew that the money for the shipbuilding was taken out of the young father-in-law's private money by being a rogue.
I didn't expect that the young master would be so generous. This is really rare.
But having said that, this also fully illustrates the close relationship between the young prince and the emperor's uncle.
Besides, if others don’t care anymore, what do you care about?
It is also a good thing to be able to make a good ship and make His Majesty the Emperor happy. After all, no one can afford to offend that old guy yet.
Immediately, he nodded again and again, patting his chest and promising: "Don't worry, young master, this ship is guaranteed to be properly built. There is a little problem. You can deduct all my wages."
Leo laughed immediately.
Lorraine watched from the side, but couldn't help but wonder: How did this little gangster change his temper? It obviously hurt him so much after being slaughtered, but he still moved up on his own initiative? Is this kid already broken and a little bit beaten?
Stupidly angry?
When it was time to go out, Lorraine took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, so she pulled Leo over and said, "Aren't you heartbroken about the loss? Why are you so generous all of a sudden?"
Leo glanced at him, climbed into the carriage with a bang, and then said: "Anyway, the money has been spent. Of course, this ship must be built better. If the old guy feels bad, he wants me back.
Build him another one. What should I do? Do I need to pay twice as much?
Do you think I am that kind of heartless person?
It's better to just pay a little more and let him have a full meal, so that he can worry about it later."
Lorraine couldn't help but hesitated for a moment, but then she felt relieved.
The two got into the carriage, and then an attendant asked: "Sir, where are we going now? Where are we going to inspect next?"
Before Lorraine could answer, Leo had already rushed to say: "What a waste of inspection~! I think my losses were not severe enough. Go back, go home, I have more important things to do."
Someone immediately agreed loudly.
Immediately, I heard the crack of a whip outside.
Immediately afterwards, the carriage beneath him shook slightly, and with the sound of wheels, the carriage, escorted by a group of cavalry, quickly galloped out of the shipyard and towards the direction of Nedler City.
In just a short time, he had disappeared from the sight of the shipyard manager and others.
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Lorraine sat on the carriage, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: After this trip, the changes in Nidel City were so great, and I didn't expect that even the steam engine came out.
Although it still looks a bit silly, dark, and inefficient now, but I have mature system knowledge, so I can avoid a lot of detours in this regard.
Coupled with the exquisite craftsmanship of those magicians, I believe that this steam engine will definitely develop faster than the original world.
Lorraine is also looking forward to what kind of monster will eventually develop when technology and magic are combined.
If this is the case, should we just build a small train for fun later?
He was thinking wildly here, and opposite him, Leo's two big eyes kept moving around, and he didn't know what kind of idea he had in his mind.
The two of them had their own thoughts and did not speak while sitting in the car. For a moment, the silence in the car was a bit strange.
This made the guards feel a little uneasy.
You must know that the young master is a boss with nails on his butt. There is no time when he is not making trouble, but it is really strange that he is so quiet now.
If it weren't for the fact that Lorraine and the two could be clearly seen through the glass of the car window, they would have thought that the car was empty.
Everyone looked at Leo's silence and thought that the young man was still heartbroken that he had been deprived of his rich family by the black-hearted father and uncle, so they didn't dare to say anything at the moment. They all immediately started talking.
He sped up. He hoped to complete this mission as soon as possible and send this young man back safely.
But when they came to the city and tried to cross a bridge, they ran into trouble.