"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I would like to take the liberty to ask, how much does a TV cost?"
Feng Qu made a painful face and spoke weakly.
On the way into the palace, they secretly guessed that having 20,000 gold would be enough.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty asked for 140,000 gold when he asked for it?
After all, each TV costs more than 30,000 gold? Including compensation and payment, it can reach 140,000 gold!
Several other old guys also blinked and stared at Ying Feiyu, waiting for his answer.
At the same time, he secretly cursed himself for not having a long memory.
I have long known that when buying His Majesty’s things, I have to ask the price first to avoid being cheated.
In the end, I still suffered the loss of not asking about the price!
"Hahaha, not high, five thousand gold!"
Seeing the frightened expressions of the old guys, Ying Feiyu stopped teasing them and told them the real price.
This is the price he negotiated with Yingheng!
"Five thousand gold?"
The veterans were extremely surprised, staring with bull's eyes, and shouted in unison.
"What? This is too expensive...?"
Ying Feiyu smiled and said: "The cost of a TV is not low, and this price is already a reasonable price!"
"no no!"
The old guys shook their heads and waved their hands.
"Your Majesty, the price of the TV is only 5,000 gold. Even if we pay three times the compensation for breach of contract, plus the order fee, it is only 20,000 gold. Why does Your Majesty want us 140,000 gold?"
"Yeah, this scared me so much that I broke into a cold sweat!"
"No...!"
The old guys let out a long sigh of relief, raised their hands to wipe away the fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, and kept complaining.
I thought I had been cheated again!
"I'm not wrong. The seven of you came together. Each of you has 20,000 gold. Doesn't the total add up to 140,000 gold?"
"What? Is something wrong?"
Ying Feiyu calculated the accounts for them with a serious look on his face, and the veterans couldn't tell that they were being teased.
"Forehead……"
"Nothing wrong!"
Unable to refute, they could only nod.
"Right! What I just said is that several old ministers need to prepare 140,000 gold. I didn't say that each of you should prepare these!"
"Yes! Yes! We misunderstood!"
Regardless of whether His Majesty did it on purpose or they misunderstood, the price is not just 140,000 gold.
It only cost 20,000 gold including three times the compensation, which is still a good deal.
This price was also beyond their expectations!
"Haha! Then this TV...?"
"Buy! Let's buy! We will take three times the compensation. Your Majesty must keep a place for us!"
As soon as Ying Feiyu hinted, several old guys immediately expressed their stance.
"Okay! I will call the factory later and ask them to reserve the spot!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
After taking away the TV set with 20,000 gold, several old guys happily left the palace.
As soon as they left, Ying Feiyu called the factory and asked Ying Heng to talk to him, "How is the pre-sale situation of the TV going?"
"Royal brother, even if you don't call me, I'm about to call you!"
When this was mentioned, Ying Heng on the other side of the phone beamed with joy and couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
"how?"
"You don't know. I just arrived at the electrical appliance factory early in the morning and found that the factory gate was blocked so tightly that I couldn't even drive my car in! After asking, I found out that those people were here to sign up to buy TVs. Rich households! Haha!”
Ying Heng smiled slightly with satisfaction.
"Um!"
Everything was pretty much what Ying Feiyu expected, so he wasn't surprised.
"So, all 100 pre-sale units were sold out?"
"Of course! Those rich people are blocking the gate and can't even drive my car in. How many people can you tell me...!"
Ying Heng on the other end of the phone said triumphantly: "In the end, I asked the guards to maintain order and ordered them to line up on a first-come, first-served basis, so that normal sales can be made!"
"Haha! It seems that the factory must hurry up and start manufacturing!"
"Yes! When half of the TVs were sold today, the wealthy households behind who didn't buy them clamored to buy them at auction, and the one with the highest price would get it! But those at the front didn't agree! I was thinking about this time Forget it, should we use an auction next time?”
I guessed that the TV would be easy to sell, but Ying Heng didn’t expect it to be so popular.
In order to buy TVs, wealthy households have to raise prices themselves!
"No need to...!"
However, Ying Feiyu decisively refused, "The production of TVs is to develop technology, not to make money! After people buy it, we don't care whether they resell it at a high price or keep it for their own homes!"
Ying Heng was silent for a moment and then said: "Yes, we make TVs to benefit more people! It's my original intention that has changed!"
I was obviously worried that the people would not benefit from it before, but when I saw how popular the TV was, I felt a little bit disappointed, and now I feel very guilty!
"It has nothing to do with you! It's about our special status! If we are just ordinary businessmen, we will definitely put profits first and make as much as we can! But now we have to consider both the people and the development of science and technology, so we can't The price is set too high!”
In recent years, many craftsmen have followed his path, opening paper mills and bicycle factories, and many are exploring electrical appliances.
Only with more talents studying science and technology can we develop faster!
The reason why the price of TV sets is not set lower is not entirely to protect profit margins.
It’s about letting those who are interested in getting involved in technology see the benefits.
If there is no benefit, who would waste time exploring?
Only when we see that technology can make money will more people come in, and prices can be truly brought down to benefit the people!
"Royal brother, I just discovered now that every decision you make has such a far-reaching plan!"
Yingheng didn't expect that the little emperor would have to consider so much about the most trivial matter of pricing a TV.
After I fully understood it, I admired it even more!
"Haha, what's so profound or not?"
Being praised suddenly, Ying Feiyu felt a little embarrassed.
Since God has given him the opportunity to come to this era and sit in this position! Then you must be worthy of this position and the people of the world!
"By the way, is the TV I asked you to keep still there?"
After chatting for a long time, Ying Feiyu almost forgot about the real thing.
"Oh! I've already kept him! How could I not obey the emperor's instructions?"
Yingheng said with a smile on the other end of the phone: "A total of 150 units were built in this batch. One hundred units will be sold, and the remaining 50 units will be kept! When we get off the production line, we will send them to you if they pass the inspection. Come to the palace!"
This was something the two of them had communicated before, how could he forget?
"Just keep it! I will give you a list later, and you can send it to each government according to the list!"
"good!"
After the two hung up the phone, Yingheng turned back to the factory.
As he walked, he scratched his head and laughed, "Does an emperor also need to give gifts?"
