Chapter 1201 Difficulties in the Development of the Technology Guild
Uzov Gantia discovered the clues when the market was close to saturation. Mainly because the sales business began to use methods such as commission refunds and discount promotions, hoping to improve personal performance. The craftsmen used the method of naming by customers.
To 'give back' some of the profits they deserve to buyers, they avoid the unified pricing of technology associations to increase the sales of their own products or services.
Unified external pricing is a method for the technology guild to maintain fair distribution of profits among internal staff. If you want to earn more, the way is to do more. How much you pay, you can gain as much, this is a method that everyone agrees with.
But when there is not that much work and internal price-cutting competition methods are used in the hope of maintaining their own profits, it is inevitable that some technical guilds will encounter gray areas that were not clearly defined when they were first established.
Although Uzov did not know the relevant economic theory, he looked at the competition among the craftsmen below as an integrator. He intuitively felt that this was not a good thing. Although he could impose strict regulations and prohibit everyone from doing this, he knew very well that this kind of thing
Once it has started, it is difficult to completely ban it. Because judging from the statistics within the technical guild, the total workload has indeed decreased.
So Uzov quickly approached Lin, the de facto founder of the Technology Guild and the guild's development consultant.
Lin's solution is actually very simple, which is to radiate the technology guild's market from the Holy City of Estali. Outside the Holy City, there are countless nobles and wealthy businessmen, and of course they will also have needs.
.It’s like a blank market, waiting for people to explore it.
However, how could no one have thought of such a solution? The reason that restricts the people of the technology guild from acting like this is actually the guild's own internal rules for unified pricing.
Uniform pricing does not mean that all goods and services sold by the guild have exactly the same price. Instead, there is a complex pricing method that is similar to a mathematical calculation formula.
There are different skill levels for craftsmen within the guild, so of course there are different production costs for different levels of craftsmen, from apprentices to master craftsmen. Different numbers of people also have different prices. What grade of goods and matching objects
, of course, also have their own prices and different add-ons.
However, this calculation method is completely designed for customers in the Holy City of Estali. Once you leave the Holy City, there will be some additional costs. For example, the time spent on the road will not generate profits, and for
By hiring security personnel in dangerous locations, these additional expenses will make the work unprofitable. Since there is no profit, naturally no one will want to take it on.
Occasionally, some people who cannot be ignored make requests for commissions. For example, the Grand Duke of Kawei wants to improve his own territory and castle. Most of the technical guilds deal with it in a special way, and they usually lose money and make a profit.
For additional losses incurred by participants, for example, due to a business trip to Duke Kawei's territory, a few days will be wasted on the road and unable to work. This part will be partially subsidized by the guild to make up for the lost income.
However, the subsidy will never be more than the income of the craftsmen from their own hard work. Therefore, the implementation of this type of work is driven by one favor after another, rather than purely commercial interests.
But if today the costs of distance, escort, etc. are added to the guild's pricing formula, simply put, the additional cost of leaving the holy city of Estali will be passed on to the consumers, maintaining the profits of the workers, that is, the guild members;
Even depending on the distance, there is still room for improvement. In this way, is it possible that such a large technical guild cannot find pioneers with an adventurous spirit to expand outward?
Of course there are conservatives who are only willing to do internal work in the Holy City of Estali. But there are more people who are willing to follow the footsteps of profits and choose to go out of the Holy City and expand their work and business scope. As for consumption outside the Holy City
It is completely meaningless to think that the purchase is too expensive. In the so-called oligopolistic or even monopolistic market, the pricing power lies with the seller, and the buyer can only passively accept it.
The expansion of the Technology Guild outside the Holy City has led to the development of three industries. One is the sales of cars, and the other two industries can also be regarded as one, that is, the employment business of the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild.
Whether they are guild business personnel or craftsmen, as long as road conditions permit, they will still use cars and trucks as their main means of transportation. These means of transportation are like living advertisements. Everywhere they go, they will arouse the interest of local nobles and wealthy businessmen.
.Because unlike horses, cars require very delicate care and have the advantage of being able to be transported in large quantities. Anyone who is not blind can see it.
For the business sales staff of the technology guild, handling one more product means one more commission, and no one will refuse it.
As for the dangers that may be encountered on the journey away from the holy city of Estali, such as the intrusion of thieves and monsters. Although craftsmen can turn the tools in their hands into weapons at any time, and use the hammers used to hammer nails to
The enemy's head is smashed, but after all, they are not full-time warriors, familiar with the habits of Warcraft or the methods of thieves. It is already a consensus within the technical guild to find professional people.
Although the guild has members of the Ikaruga Alliance as thugs, they have exhausted all their energy just to deal with internal affairs and defend against the hidden arrows from the Holy City of Estali. They are unable to follow the guild members to expand outward.
to protect their safety. So this job fell to the Adventurers Guild and the Mercenary Guild, and this was also the original business scope of the two guilds.
However, the quality of the members of the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild varies greatly, and it is inevitable that some outsiders who do not know the details will accept the commission of escorts. When the people of the Technology Guild complete a commission with a generous reward, they should protect
The adventurers or mercenaries they return to may take advantage of the money and do some irrational and contract-breaking behavior.
In fact, there have been several vicious incidents where craftsmen who returned to the Holy City for business were all killed. Some murderers even dared to return to the Holy City and squander their ill-gotten gains in taverns or brothels.
Don't look at the fact that these people are all from the Adventurer's Guild or the Mercenary Guild. The two major guilds have no way to make a proper guarantee for the moral character of their members. Most of the evaluations only look at strength. Regarding the Crime and Punishment Institute
The wanted notices are the affairs of the local lords, not the scope of the two major guilds.
Although these vicious incidents, as long as the Ikaruga Alliance's manpower is used, the culprits can always be found and revenge can be completed in the end. But Uzov believes that such passive actions can easily dampen the enthusiasm of his own guild members. Because they not only have to prevent outsiders from robbing them,
You also need to guard against the guards who should belong to you coveting or even rebelling.
If the overall environment is unfriendly, the technical guild may eventually be blocked in the holy city of Estali, limiting the development of the guild.
Maybe the members of the Turtle Dove Alliance are trustworthy, but Uzov knows very well that the alliance members working for the Technology Guild is just a short stop in their journey and cannot become a lifelong career. In addition, the alliance members come and go, and it is difficult to wait for them.
The number of members in the technical guild is simply not enough to cope with the huge manpower demand.
Establishing a force exclusive to a technical guild can not only ensure that each warrior has an innocent origin, but can also guarantee their loyalty better than the temporary manpower of the adventurer guild or mercenary guild. This seems to be a correct method, but it requires raising a
How much does it cost to build a qualified army?
Even if this price is passed on to the goods and services sold by the guild, considering that the foundation of the technical guild is in the holy city of Estali, a city dominated by magicians, will such force cause magicians to
Are they unnecessary suspicions? After all, straggler adventurers and mercenaries are essentially different from the army. The former may be ignored by those in power, but the latter is absolutely impossible.
As for the long-term employment of magicians and the establishment of an armed group, just think about it, it is impossible to come true in this city.
The technical guild has always been positioned to gather the lowest level workers in the Holy City so that they can perform better and produce better products. To put it simply, it is an auxiliary that allows the masters to live a more comfortable life.
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What would happen if one day serfs become landlords and craftsmen become the bosses of magicians? Class revolution cannot evolve peacefully. It will definitely be accompanied by bloodshed, and it may not be successful.
At that time, it will not end by returning to the original shape, and the price that may be paid will be unimaginable. As a member of the Turtle Dove Alliance who rebelled against the powerful class, Uzov knew the pros and cons of this very well.
That's why Uzov Gantia came to ask Lin's opinion again to see if he had a better way.
After hearing the cause and effect, Lin couldn't help but sigh. This is not a question of how much profit or how many times profit induces people to commit crimes, but when a large amount of benefits can be easily obtained from people around them. In the mysterious world where the rule of law is not perfect, it is easy to
Make people go astray.
The consciousness of "rabbits don't eat grass from the edge of the nest" does not exist in the Lost Land. Even if the technical guild has the military support of the Turtle Dove Alliance, it can take revenge on any vicious behavior against the guild without risk of omission. But in fact every other
For a while, there will always be people who think they can do whatever they want without paying any price, and do some heinous things, and then be killed by their allies.
Speaking of which, even in the law-ruled society before he traveled, there were still people who were lucky enough to commit all kinds of criminal acts that were harmful to nature, not to mention the world of Midi where power is respected. I want to prohibit this kind of behavior.
It's impossible, we can only find ways to reduce the incentives for this to happen.
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Thinking of this, someone suddenly feels like he has gone full circle and come back to the starting point. It seems that the things he encounters around him can easily lead to the same need.
The best solution to crimes caused by money exposure is to make money more secure to carry and transport, making it more difficult for thieves and robbers to rob. After all, carrying a large amount of gold, silver and copper coins through the market, it is not surprising at all to be robbed.
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"Things are all coming together." Lin said, rubbing the stubble on his chin.