"Okay, father, the craftsmen should have almost installed the telephone in Yuxiu Palace. You should go and take a look! There are still several ministers, why don't you go back and try the telephone quickly?"
After teasing the scumbag dad and the old guys for a while, Ying Feiyu had enough fun and was going back to the palace to lie down for a while, so he planned to send the scumbag dad and the old guys away.
"Well! I really have to go and take a look...!"
After being reminded like this, Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, "During the last phone test, I only said a few words, and it's not clear how to use it! I have to go back and take a look now, while the craftsmen I haven’t left yet. If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask me carefully! Otherwise, I won’t ask you later, and you will be very reluctant!”
After saying that, he shook off his sleeves and robe, and happily walked towards Yuxiu Palace with Jing Fu.
Ying Feiyu was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the old guys, "Your Majesty, stay...!"
"Huh? Is there anything else?"
"Hey! We really have something going on!"
Zhang Han showed a flattering smile.
"Haven't we already made it clear about the money? And you don't have any objections to it, so what else is there?"
Ying Feiyu paused and asked confusedly.
"Isn't this a reduction in installation costs? We made plans on the way here and planned to jointly build something similar to the telegraph agency that His Majesty mentioned last time!"
Zhang Han directly said what they thought, and the other veterans stood aside, laughing and nodding.
"Oh? Are the ministers planning to get a public phone?"
Ying Feiyu didn't expect that they would be interested in this deal.
"Yes, yes! We don't know what to call it specifically. Anyway, it is a place where people can make calls as long as they pay for it!"
Wang Ben smiled and nodded repeatedly.
"Zhang Shangshu has already done the calculation for us on the way! Now the installation fee has been reduced to fifty gold, which is almost equivalent to nothing. If calculated at ten gold per minute, it is one thousand two hundred gold per hour. Even if we only make phone calls every day After six hours, there are more than seven thousand gold, and one month is more than two hundred gold!"
"Yes, yes, even after deducting expenses, you can still have one hundred gold left a month! What if there are ten phones? That's one thousand gold! If there are fifty phones, that's five thousand gold a month, and sixty thousand gold a year!"
"That's right! Sixty thousand gold. Each of us can get ten thousand gold!"
"If we do well, we will follow Your Majesty's example and open branches all over the Qin Dynasty! Not to mention too much, even if we only open thirty branches, the net profit of each branch in a year will be three hundred thousand gold...!"
The more the old guys calculated, the happier they felt, as if the money had already been put into their pockets.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of our idea...?"
Zhang Han stared at Ying Feiyu expectantly, "I used to think that the installation fee would reach five thousand gold, so that would be meaningless! Today I learned that it only costs fifty gold, and I immediately thought of this!"
After all, after following Ying Feiyu for so many years, you can always learn something.
Sometimes don't underestimate the few pennies. As long as you seize the opportunity and expand your business, you will definitely make money!
The phone call has just begun, and many people may not have thought of this. Even if they thought of it, they may not be able to do it so quickly.
Furthermore, the telephone is a very convenient method of communication and will definitely be welcomed by the general public. It doesn’t matter even if other businessmen start this business!
Just like photo studios, there are many of them close to each other in the streets and alleys, and there is no delay in making money!
In the past, the reason why they did not participate in telegraphy was because telegraph operators could not be trained.
There is no need for a telephone. After the craftsmen from the communications department install it, just hire a few guys to manage it. It's very simple!
"Yeah! The idea is indeed a good one!"
Ying Feiyu nodded in agreement.
Don't tell me, these old guys finally have some business acumen now, and they have not been in vain for so many years, so they know how to seize the opportunity!
Telephones have just been launched, and the market competitiveness of the first batch of public telephones to be opened is small, so making money is guaranteed!
"Really? Then we'll just do it...?"
After the idea was confirmed, Zhang Han smiled from ear to ear and said, "Your Majesty, you never forgot to take us with you when you did business in the past. This time you set up a public phone or something. Do you want to join in?"
If you share it with everyone, your Majesty will definitely not forget them if he comes up with something new in the future.
So he very generously invited Ying Feiyu to join him as a shareholder.
In addition, His Majesty has the communication technology of the telephone in his hands. If there is any problem with the public telephone in the future, it will be more convenient to solve it!
However, Ying Feiyu shook his head directly after hearing this, "Forget it, this thing has no technical content, I'm not interested!"
If it goes as he expected, private businessmen, even if they don't react now, will rush in crazily after seeing the old guys making money, causing industry competition and profit margins will definitely be reduced.
However, no one can make a loss-making business. Even if the price drops further, there will still be some profit.
Since the veterans are interested, let them try it out for themselves. Even if it’s not for making money, it’s just for fun!
"Since His Majesty is not interested, we brothers will not be polite!"
Zhang Han said with a smile, as if he had gotten a big deal.
"Yeah! After you find the store, you can go to the Communications Department and pay for the installation as normal!"
Ying Feiyu nodded, turned and left.
When the veterans received the affirmation, their faces were full of joy, which was completely different from the expressions they had when they first entered the palace.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw it, they scratched their heads and were quite surprised.
What kind of magic did your Majesty use to cause such a big change in the expressions of several ministers in a short period of time!
A few people acted very quickly. They rented a shop each in the city and the Commercial City that day, and asked people from the Communications Department to install fifty telephones in each shop.
At the same time that the newspaper published the telephone information, two public phone shops in Xianyang also opened!
When the people saw it, they cheered.
With a public phone shop, even if you can't afford to install a phone at home, you can still use it.
If you call the other party for necessary urgent matters, you can explain the matter clearly in a few minutes, which is more convenient and faster than a telegram.
After seeing the contents of the newspaper and learning that the installation fee only cost fifty gold, the wealthy households went to the Ministry of Communications to sign up one after another.
The communications department, which was usually deserted with only staff, was suddenly crowded, leaving the craftsmen at a loss.
Even if all the staff were mobilized, the installation needs still could not be met. We had to find Huang Yuan and ask him to find a way to transfer some craftsmen from other departments!
Although these craftsmen don't know how to install, they can help out by carrying a ladder and a few bundles of wires. They can also speed up the installation a lot. They try to install phones for the people in the shortest possible time!
