Chapter 345 The Great Wedding of Calvin and the Northland Three Pieces(1/2)
For those in Zelandia who have been following Levi, the 'board meeting' that their dragon lord will inevitably hold before falling asleep and after waking up has almost become a routine.
Although Zelandia's board of directors meeting is held once a year, it is completely different in terms of strategic significance and everyone's attitude towards it.
Meetings in which the boss is present and meetings in which the boss is absent are completely different situations, right?
Every such meeting and the future development plans and policies at the meeting have an extremely profound impact on the future of Zeelandia and even everyone's life, affecting the vital interests of at least millions of people in the North.
Similarly, if you can put forward any constructive suggestions at such a meeting and stand out and be valued by the dragon lord, it will be tantamount to reaching the sky in one step.
And a book "Calvin's Promotion—The Man Behind the Dragon" written by an unknown person has been widely circulated among Zeelandia's employees.
Many employees even regard it as a holy book like a workplace textbook in Zeelandia. They keep it beside their bed and read it before going to bed, summarizing the gains and losses and lessons learned at work today, so as to stimulate their own fighting spirit.
As far as they know, the former deputy minister of Zelandia, acting chairman and publicity minister of Yushen Toys Development Co., Ltd., and now the director of Jishui City and the regional manager of the Alchemy Bicycle Branch, Calvin George, has not yet
When he joined Zeelandia, he was just a "scumbag" who came to the Underdark to look for "opportunities", but ended up being turned into a drow's underwear and action movie photographer.
After joining Zeelandia in circles, he was recognized by the then commander Huo Da because of his talent as a level 1 psychic warlock, and became the acting director of Cavans Rat Breeding Factory.
, that is five years.
If it were any other ordinary person, he would probably have been sluggish in the days of hypnotizing Cavins to stimulate labor day after day, and he would have stayed like this for the rest of his life.
But instead of wasting his time, Calvin used his special skills as a psionic warlock to make the breeding of Cavans rats a pillar industry of Zeelandia. By the way, he was once upgraded to an intermediate psionic warlock, and
He successfully persuaded the dragon lord to transfer him from his original post, and from then on he officially started his carving counterattack.
And that meeting undoubtedly became an important step in his career.
During that meeting, he was recommended by Director Ige due to Zeelandia's financial crisis caused by the blockade of trade routes.
He became the person in charge behind promoting the development of Zelandia's tertiary industry, and founded Yushen Toys Development Co., Ltd.
After taking office, he risked his life to return to Gelthorne again, and discussed in depth with the female drow comrades the fundamental proposition of two protrusions and a loophole. With strong willpower, he passed through the pylorus three times without stopping.
Come in and focus on studying and polishing key products.
In just one month, we created a hit product that was sold to half of the Corel continent and even the outer interface, and also solved the financial crisis of Zeelandia.
It can even be said that without Comrade Calvin's "silent sacrifice", there would have been no strategically important North Tunnel and no subsequent White City of Minas Tirith.
Everyone has witnessed and admired Calvin's formidable resume and contribution.
Not everyone can silently bear the title of "Wife Predator" and "Heavenly Eunuch Master" and endure the humiliation and bear the burden.
But all of this, judging from the results, is worth it.
Although he was widely criticized for his "Heaven Suit", his denial for ten years allowed him to successfully "turn over and clear his name".
It is said that forty-three years ago, he married Miss Wei Na, a well-known beautiful mage in Jishui City, editor-in-chief of Jishui Daily and executive female president of Hogg Lighting and Shadow Co., Ltd.
The dragon lord was already asleep at that time, but the wedding still became the most grand and sensational event in the entire North, and was remembered by every spectator.
In the following decades, it has been imitated by nobles from the city of Kaishui and even Amn in the south, but it has still not been surpassed.
First of all, the guests present that day were enough to make all the aristocratic businessmen who were watching the ceremony become as jealous as rabbits.
On the day of the wedding, Xia Lanweilosi, the president of the Xia Lan Chamber of Commerce, casually brought ten sets of shops as congratulatory gifts, which aroused everyone's amazement, while Kelben, the faceless lord of Jishui City, personally guest-starred as the wedding master of ceremonies.
The Silver Moon Dragon Mother Vera and the Silver Wing couple also made a rare appearance. Five of the seven sisters from the North came among the chosen ones of the Magic Goddess. Herrick, the priest of Heim, baptized the two newcomers. Even at that time, they happened to be
The second prince of Cormyr, Asanred, who was traveling to Kishui City, also presented gifts and blessings.
With this group of luxurious guests, other nobles and businessmen would naturally not miss this opportunity to make friends. The resulting magnet effect has also created the Northland's greatest success in the history of human civilization since the destruction of Netheril.
, the most exaggerated wedding tour group involving the most races.
And Calvin, who has learned Levi's routines to a 30% to 40% level, will naturally not miss such a highlight moment.
It was almost turned into a luxury showcase by Calvin.
The Hogg Merchant Group has become famous since the port blitz. In addition, the gambling agreements signed by the Light and Shadow Drama with many merchants have made its publicity capabilities obvious to all the merchants in the North.
The classic "sitting on the farm and cutting leeks" in the spring of the following year made the merchants bleed silently and no longer had any doubts about the strength of the Hogg Merchant Group.
Therefore, after Calvin revealed the news, countless businessmen almost lost their minds over the "advertising position" of various items at the wedding, and even resorted to "sponsorship money".
As a result, the wedding day was packed with people, and they were almost blinded by the dazzling effects of all kinds of "luxury brands" and "supreme magic".
At the same time, the steam locomotive, the light and shadow advertising space and the shares of the Hogg Merchant Group were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Let these three products become the "fashionable products" and huge profit-making industries that the nobles and businessmen of the North are chasing after.
Naturally, many people who were yearning for the wedding could only look at these three items with eager eyes, and then their eyes fell on the 'three wedding items' that appeared in the wedding: the alchemy bicycle, the Vina loom and the alchemy watch.
Compared with the first three large items, which can make money by mastering one piece, these three small items can also give an ordinary family enough glory and face, and at the same time turn it into 'productivity'.
First of all, the Alchemy Bicycle is not only a transportation tool that can save a lot of time, but also an extremely excellent transportation tool.
In particular, Zeelandia's express logistics industry model has also spread to Jishui City. The businessmen of Jishui City who are full of business learning spirit naturally copied this model without mercy.
Although both in terms of transportation speed and freight volume, they are incomparable to the "Crazy Delivery" of the Hogg Merchant Group.
However, they have the advantage of operating locally, and the unit price of "sending crazy" is generally high, giving them room to compete for downstream profit gaps.
For a time, the logistics industry in Jishui City and even surrounding towns has developed greatly. At the same time, the alchemy bicycles of Jishui people have a clear purpose. With a few modifications, they can be used to help merchants transport goods.
Among them, the biggest transportation demand lies in the ever-expanding port logistics in Jishui City. Since the population of Jishui City has not increased, it has also indirectly led to an increase in employment prices. The increase in labor prices has also indirectly led to the continued influx of the surrounding population.
In just forty-six years, the population of Jishui City doubled.
And this original number is the result of the hundreds of years since Jishui City was founded.
The second one, the Vina loom, is also said to be in a state of confusion after fulfilling her mentor's last wish of studying light and photography.
Once when Calvin was in a textile factory, he accidentally knocked over the spinning machine that a female textile worker was using when he opened the door.
The female worker's first reaction at that time was to quickly straighten the 'expensive' textile machine, but Vina organized the other party in time.
Because she suddenly discovered that the overturned textile machine was still running, but the original horizontal spindle had become upright.
As a mage who was obsessed with creating magic artifacts in her early years, she instinctively thought of:
If several spindles are arranged vertically and driven by a spinning wheel, wouldn't it be possible to spin more yarn at once?
She called Calvin over excitedly and informed her fiancé of the idea.
Calvin was stunned when he heard this.
Although the mages of Zelandia are also extremely enthusiastic about studying various creations, they are generally only interested in some more complex instruments or magical creations.
Most of them did not pay much attention to civilian production equipment like this before receiving orders from high-level officials.
But Calvin is different. This psychic warlock who has made outstanding contributions to the economy of Zelandia and even the City of Water is much more sensitive to the details of economic benefits than ordinary people.
If Weina's vision is followed, wouldn't the output of the entire industry have to increase several times?
So the two mages began to try to modify the textile machines themselves. In just half a day, they dismantled eight old-fashioned textile machines one after another and put all eight spindles upright and arranged them in a pile. The efficiency was increased eightfold.
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Since this phenomenon was accidentally discovered by Vina, Calvin named it the Vina loom despite Vina's "anger" and "repeated refusal".
The appearance of this 'textile monster' caused panic among all hand spinners. They were very worried that the appearance of this 'magic artifact' made by the mage would take away their livelihoods. They even called this machine '
The Devil's Knitting Machine'.
But as time went by, the weavers found that they were worrying too much.
If it were invented by ordinary people, it would definitely be blocked in every possible way, and the new machine might even be smashed.
However, Calvin asked the female worker who was involved to sign a confidentiality agreement on the same day, and ordered people to manufacture new textile machines in large quantities, and gradually increased the production volume and entered the market in batches to reduce the impact on the market.
Soon people in the North discovered that the price of finished cloth had indeed dropped a bit, but it was still within the acceptable range.
Because of the drop in prices, more businessmen from Corel came to purchase after hearing about the future. On the contrary, the prices of cotton, linen and wool as raw materials in the North were increased, causing many Zeelandia and
The farmers in Jishui City had fun for a while.
Nowadays, the Vina loom has become one of the three small items that almost all housewives dream of.
With it, you can become a free handmade textile professional and sell the finished fabrics to Hogg Textile Factory or cloth collecting merchants, creating a steady stream of income for the family.
As for the final alchemy watch, it is the ‘luxury accessory’ that all northern men dream of, and is also known as the only accessory for men.
According to research by scholars in the City of Water, the alchemy watch, a time-honored invention, is actually the last conscience of Northland merchants, the lord of Zeelandia, the owner of the White City of Minas Tirith, and the watcher of the Guardian Tower.
It was born out of a complaint from His Majesty the Silver Dragon Lord Levis Sextus.
In a board meeting, he criticized some employees for not having a sense of time, and then complained, "When will I be able to play with mobile phones again, even with a watch?"
So Fischer, the number one dog licker among the Silver Dragon Lord's relatives, in order to please the Dragon Lord, asked Ige, the director of the Magic Research Institute, and the mages to jointly develop a weapon that could be carried by the Silver Dragon with its claws on its wrist.
'Clock', and can be transformed into the corresponding size according to the silver dragon's transformation technique.
Thus Corell's first magic watch was born.
In order to respond to the lord's concept of time, Zeelandia's management approached the Magic Research Institute to place orders, and a relatively cheap alchemy watch that did not require magic enchantment then appeared.
Zeelandia employees said that from now on, the lord no longer has to worry about them being late for work and meetings.
Soon businessmen who were also extremely sensitive to the value of time began to rush to buy such alchemy watches, and then the nobles were 'planted'.
The nobles sneered at the so-called punctuality, but they were impressed by the expensive, rare, luxurious and collectible value of alchemy watches.
To be continued...