Chapter 129 Urban Public Transport Is a Kind of Welfare

Newspaper reporters in Bangta City and several surrounding cities suddenly discovered that since they went to Anweimar City and came back, President Xu of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce seems to have rarely appeared in front of them.

Not only was he rarely interviewed by them, but even the last press conference as important as the sale of cement production technology was hosted by the general manager Kennard, who didn't even show his face.

Even after several months, Xu Yi still did not show up at the product launch conference held by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again, and the general manager Kennard was still in charge.

And to the great disappointment of the reporters, in the past, at each product launch of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a shocking big news would be announced in addition to the product release, so they originally heard that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce held a product launch this time. , there should also be big news, but Xu Yi didn't see it, and the big news didn't even have a shadow.

Although the magic water heater released by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the press conference should be paid attention, because with this thing, when you want to take a bath in winter, you will have hot water at any time. It doesn't have to be so troublesome. It is very close to the season and extremely practical. good stuff.

However, this new product was not released by Xu Yilai, and at the same time, it was not accompanied by big news, which always made these reporters feel that something was missing.

More importantly, Xu Yi has been absent from important press conferences and product launches in a row, and he has not appeared in public recently. Many things have been handed over to the general manager Kennard. What is the reason for this?

Could it be... is he going to take a back seat?

"It's just nonsense, I'm not yet thirty years old, I'm very young, what's the second line?" Xu Yi shook his head to the opposite Hainas, and laughed: "These guys have really been reporters for a long time. Are you overly sensitive?"

Hainas came to Bangta City together with Newman and Anklu this time. Naturally, he did not come to send them on a trip, but made a special trip to inspect Bangta City.

On the bright side, he wanted to do a series of reports in the "Lampari Weekly" titled "This Year in Bangta City". Dedicated to reporting on the various changes that have taken place in Bangta City during the year.

Privately, it can be regarded as accepting the commission of His Majesty the King to conduct an investigation and positive publicity on Bangta City, paving the way for His Majesty the King to designate this place as a special economic zone in the Kingdom of Lampari.

Of course, this work cannot be completed in one or two days, so although Newman has already returned to the Ruelson Kingdom, Anklu also returned to the Standing Principality under Xu Yi's persuasion, but Haines still stayed. down.

Today Haines found Xu Yi. In addition to asking Xu Yi about this issue that everyone cares about on behalf of colleagues in Bangta City and several surrounding cities, it can also be regarded as an exclusive interview with Xu Yi because of this series of reports.

Seeing Xu Yi's disapproval now, Haines immediately asked, "Then why did you hand over the press conference and product launch to Kennard? You didn't show up at all?"

Xu Yi glanced at him and asked back: "Then tell me, why don't you go around to interview and run news by yourself now, but leave it to the reporters under you to do it?"

"Nonsense. With so much news, can I come here?" Haines replied rightfully: "Of course, something like this can be done by subordinates, of course, it must be done by subordinates. I save this time and can Do something more important."

"So, this is my answer." Xu Yi spread his hands. "I finally found an excellent general manager like Kennard, so why don't you take the opportunity to give him something to do and help me share the pressure. Wouldn't that be stupid?"

Haines laughed: "That's right. But Xu Yi, compared to you, Kennard can provide too little news, and colleagues in Bangta City and the surrounding cities never show up to you. Very disappointed."

Xu Yi laughed dumbly: "Are you complimenting Kennard? He is the general manager of our chamber of commerce, and he does real work. There is no news that I most want to see. I really want to be like me. It's not a good thing to always be surrounded by all kinds of news."

"This is where our position is different from yours." Haines shrugged and continued: "Okay. Don't talk about this. Let's talk about the next step of the overall renovation project of Bangta City that you are responsible for. Finished. With this interview of you, the first issue of my series can be concluded, so for me to get off to a good start, you have to offer me something attractive this time."

"What's so difficult about this, now Bangta City is full of novel and attractive things, just two are enough." Xu Yi said easily.

"Then give an example first." Haines took out a pen and paper, ready to record.

"Uh... it's too much. It's hard to say for a while..." Xu Yi rubbed his chin and thought about it: "By the way, didn't you visit the Sangqiton Industrial Zone yesterday? I Do you think you were riding in the carriage of Philson's carriage company?"

Haynes nodded: "Indeed. Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered. Has your chamber of commerce reached some agreement with Philson's carriage? I saw several Philson carriages on the road. The horse-drawn carriages went back and forth from the Sandyton Industrial Area to the Bangta City, and they kept going. I even saw a few of them running without people at all, so it wasn’t a waste.”

"You don't understand this, right?" Xu Yi laughed. "Tell you, this is a very novel thing, you remember it. You guessed it right, our Chamber of Commerce has reached an agreement with Philson's car dealership, requiring Philson's car dealership every hour. There is a carriage going from Philson's to Thornkeyton Manor. At the same time, there must be a carriage going from Thornkeyton Manor to Bonta City. It starts at six in the morning and ends at eight."

"My God, that has to be..." Hainas thought for a while, but found that it was not clear for a while. "At least a dozen carriages run at the same time, right?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Xu Yi shook his head. "It is fifteen kilometers from Thornton Manor to Bangta City. Now that the road has been repaired, if you take a trip down and count the stopover time, it will be about an hour, so theoretically, it only takes four carriages. It will meet the requirements. Of course, just to be on the safe side, the agreement I signed with Philson's was to keep six wagons running at the same time."

"That's too exaggerated. Did you rent these six carriages for the workers of your chamber of commerce? But I saw that there were people from other chambers of commerce who also got on the carriage." Haines wondered.

"No, I just reached an agreement with Philson's carriage right away, but it was the City Lord's Mansion who officially signed the contract with them. And neither our Chamber of Commerce nor the City Lord's Mansion gave out even a single copper coin for these six carriages. It's all up to Philson's car dealership. Even..." Xu Yi smiled. "Filson's car dealership has to hand over 1,000 gold coins to the City Lord's Mansion every year for this purpose."

"How is this possible!" Haines shouted immediately. "This is to provide convenience for the workers of your chamber of commerce in Thornton Manor and those in the Thornton Industrial Zone. It would be good if Philson's car dealership did not ask for money from the City Lord's Mansion. How could he still pay? Is President Pompelius stupid?"

"Do you think President Pompey is a fool?" Xu Yi laughed. "Don't worry, he's not stupid at all. Let me tell you, although Philson's has to pay for it, the daily income from these six carriages goes to theirs. According to what he told me before. In fact, last month, their income from traveling on this route was close to one hundred gold coins."

"One hundred gold coins a month?" Hainas frowned. "But that's not enough. In this way, it's just over a thousand gold coins a year. What can they have left after turning it over?"

"This thousand gold coins are not just for this line. In fact, this thousand gold coins are the security deposit for Philson's car dealership to contract the entire public transportation system of Bangta City. In my opinion, it is not only a small amount, in fact But it's ridiculously small." Xu Yi said.

"Wait, the city's public transportation system?" Haines patted his head, thought for a while, and slammed it. "I remembered, you seem to have mentioned this to me before, so that's what it is... It means that after Philson paid the thousand gold coins, all the cities in Bangta City will be Will the bus be handed over to their Philson car dealership?"

"Yes. According to the plan, the bus line from Bangta City to Sangqiton Manor is only the first experimental bus line. Now it has been implemented for a month without major problems, and more bus lines will be gradually implemented in the future. Eventually The goal is to cover all the bus lines around Bangta City as long as the roads are paved.”

"Let me do the math..." Hynas lowered his head and thought for a while. "If you take into account the distance from Thornton Manor, it would require at least twenty bus lines, right? But I still have a question, because there are enough people in the Thornton industrial area, so this line There are so many people on the bus line, and Filson Cars can still make money on this route. But there are not so many people in other parts of Bangta City, right? Filson Cars also contract these buses Isn't the system going to lose money?"

Xu Yi snorted softly: "The urban public transportation system is originally a municipal welfare measure. How could it be possible that every item would make him so much money? If it doesn't make a loss, it will be a bargain for him. But you don't need to pay for the Philson car Ma Xing is worried that each of the planned bus lines is connected to the places with the most people. For example, the next bus line will connect Bangta City and Lanxiang still built a community. Now the Lanxiang still built a community has been expanded Several times, thousands of people live in, and this route is short, I am afraid that Philson’s car dealership will make a lot of money again.”