LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 614: Chapter 576: Huge Profits! Chapter 614: Chapter 576: Huge Profits! According to the pricing of the Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce, the selling price for the Tank Model 2 was forty thousand gold coins each, which shows that the Apple Tree Corporation was selling these based on the standards of the Fifth Generation Mass-Produced Armor.

However, this pricing, in Rocky’s view, was not only not low but rather quite high because strictly speaking, even after improvements, the Tank Model 2 had only just reached the ordinary level of Fifth Generation Mass-Produced Armor. Furthermore, due to its limited technology content and low production cost among other factors, the cost of producing this Armor was actually very low. Therefore, buying one for forty thousand gold coins was, in fact, expensive.

Under such a pricing scheme, merely one order from Xingmin City amounted to a revenue of two million gold coins. Even after deducting costs and sharing profits with the Apple Tree Corporation, Rocky could still make a profit of six to seven hundred thousand gold coins from this order!

This kind of exorbitant profit was something he had never seen before.

Although Thunderhawk City now had its own industries, neither the traditional textile nor the leather manufacturing industry could be described as generating exorbitant profits, let alone earning six to seven hundred thousand gold coins from a single order, or even reaching this amount in total quarterly income, unless luxury sales also took shape.

More importantly, this was just the profit from one order. In fact, once the demonstration of the Tank Model 2 Armor ended, there were more customers who signed orders with Archimonde than just Xingmin City.

The final number of customers who decided to purchase the Tank Model 2 Armor was around six or seven, including the Co-Governing Alliance, which Rocky and Archimonde valued most. And the Co-Governing Alliance did not disappoint them, as they made a purchase of two hundred Tank Model 2 Armors with a sweep of the pen!

Two hundred units!

That was a sales revenue of eight million gold coins!

And if all the orders were added together, then the total number of Armors Rocky had sold amounted to four hundred units, with a staggering sales revenue of sixteen million gold coins!

So when Rocky finally saw this figure, he was utterly stunned.

Having been City Lord for so long, he was quite experienced. He had seen revenues of more than ten million gold coins before, but the last time he had garnered such great profits dated back to the time the Sky Alliance fought against the Kafka Empire, when he, Karina, and Berg successively vanquished two small sky cities, only managing to earn about ten million altogether.

With such experiences, Rocky knew all too well how difficult it was to achieve such substantial profits during wartime unless a city-devastating battle was waged; merely skirmishing at small scales would never suffice.

This truly was a killing profite…

Looking at the order list handed to him by Aileen, Rocky couldn’t help but wonder if he should consider switching to business, perhaps that would lead to even better development.

He then put down the order list and turned to Aileen, “Aileen, how much deposit have we received?”

Signing orders did not mean that the deal was done. After all, Thunderhawk City’s Armory had yet to deliver, so the sixteen million gold coins of sales revenue were not yet in hand. However, though the total amount was not yet received, all the forces that had signed orders had paid a portion of the deposit, and this money was already in hand.

“My lord, the deposits from all orders combined amount to five million three hundred thousand, and they have all been credited to our account now.”

According to the regulations of the Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce, all buyers who signed the orders were required to pay one-third of the total merchandise fee as a deposit. The greater the sales volume, the larger the received deposit, so this time, just the deposit alone exceeded five million!

This figure made Rocky breathe a sigh of relief, for good days for Thunderhawk City were here again!

However, while he was relieved, he seemed to think of something and immediately asked, “What did Archimonde say?”

“My lord, Lord Archimonde has told me that the entire deposit is handed over to us for the production of Armors. We will calculate the total profit once the orders are fulfilled.”

“True to a major Chamber of Commerce, they have the guts.”

Hearing this, Rocky couldn’t help but give a mental thumbs up. The Apple Tree Chamber of Commerce, a juggernaut in the warship field, truly had ambitions as large as their spirit. Over five million gold coins, just like that, handed over to them!

What did this represent?

It meant that this money was now Rocky’s!

Theoretically, this deposit should all be spent on manufacturing the Tank Model 2 Armor, but since the manufacturing cost of each Armor at Thunderhawk City Armory was about ten thousand gold coins, the five million gold coins from the deposit would be sufficient to produce all four hundred units of Armor, leaving the rest as Rocky’s profit.

Moreover, remember that producing Armors took time. The four hundred units were not from a single order, so as production continued, the orders would gradually be fulfilled one after the other, leading to a continuous flow back of funds. Thus, not only would the money not decrease, it would increase even more.

For example, once Thunderhawk City manufactured fifty Tank Model 2 Armors, Xingmin City’s order would be fulfilled. Once delivered, Xingmin City would then pay the remainder of the payment, and that would mean more money for Rocky.

In other words, he essentially had an endless supply of money now!

So after that, Rocky nodded, and after pondering for a moment, said, “Take half of this deposit to purchase the raw materials needed by the armory and start the production immediately. We cannot afford any delay for any reason. This is our first batch of orders, and there must be no errors or mishaps.”

Even though the money was in hand, Rocky would not become complacent. With more than a million gold coins pocketed, it meant he had to ensure that all orders were flawlessly fulfilled.

Of course, he wasn’t going to keep all the money in the vault. The money that should be ‘reallocated’ still needed to be ‘reallocated.’ Thus, he added,

“Take another million and give it to Orton as their research funding, and you handle the rest.”

“Yes.”

With her affirmation, Aileen left Rocky’s study, and as soon as she was gone, Rocky immediately went to the research institute.

With all the armory’s orders secured, Rocky now had both money and time, so he planned to promptly complete the remaining research and development of the Thunderhawk Armor, striving to make it combat-ready as soon as possible.

Rocky may not be a merchant, but as City Lord, he understood one principle very well: be prepared even in times of safety. This principle was useful in managing a city and equally applicable in business.

So after the joyful tasks were completed, he had to start considering those worrisome matters.

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