After reporting on the company's operating status, Mondeo looked at Linda again, and then whispered the most important thing about this shareholders' meeting.
"In addition, given that the company's briquette business has been saturated in Catrons, the management, after repeated discussions, formally proposed to the board of directors to start expanding the briquette business to other regions!"
Upon hearing that the briquette business was to be expanded to other regions, the expressions of several nobles present suddenly froze.
Most of their fiefdoms were not in Catrons, but in surrounding areas. As briquettes became popular in Catrons, these nobles did not compete with Linda for business in Catrons, but moved to other areas or their own fiefdoms.
The money they earned was all in their own pockets. When they heard that the company was going to expand its business, these people were naturally a little unhappy.
Mondeo naturally felt the malice of many people present, swallowed his saliva, and shrank his neck. While introducing himself, he distributed the prepared financial briefing to each of the directors.
Everyone was reading the briefing and listening to Mondeohui's report:
"Since the coal yard opened in November this year, the total revenue for that month was 157,778 yen and 166 tons of coal. After deducting costs, the total profit was 45,600 yen..."
"hiss……"
The directors gasped for air, and it was put into production that month, with a profit of more than 40,000 US dollars that month.
No wonder Master Linda has so much money on hand, it turns out she has this cash cow.
"In December, the total income was 198,710 US dollars and the profit was 58,900 US dollars."
"In January, the total income was 217,700 US dollars and the profit was 73,110 US dollars."
"February, that is, this month, is still in the last week, but the income has already exceeded 230,000 US dollars, and the profit this month will definitely exceed 80,000 US dollars!"
"Oh my God……"
The shareholders shook their heads in disbelief. According to common sense, as the weather gets warmer, the coal business should get worse and worse, and it will go out of business directly after the summer, and it will not recover quickly until the cool autumn.
"How can the briquette business continue to grow despite the trend?" Viscount Jesses asked on behalf of the directors.
Obviously, these aristocratic lords only used briquettes for heating in winter and did not think about it in other directions.
"It's very simple. Our briquettes are of good quality and delivered right to your door."
Mondeo proudly explained: "It also provides recycling services. Customers can use ten burned briquettes to exchange for a new briquette, so the number of customers will naturally increase."
"Why do you want to recycle the burned briquettes?" Grand Duke Titans asked in confusion.
"This is a disguised price reduction promotion, which can greatly increase user stickiness."
Linda said calmly: "And cinders have many uses! They can be used in many places in the future."
"oh."
The directors nodded in confusion.
"Both, as the young master said." Mondeo added: "With the soaring price of raw coal, instead of raising prices, we have actually lowered prices in disguise. Our peers have no way to compete. They have to either close down or be acquired by us.
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"Why can't the price increase?" Marquis Dean Luke asked.
He is responsible for the empire's finances and is keen on all aspects of prices.
"Because our costs are low enough. A four-cent briquette originally costs two cents. Even if the price of raw coal rises to thirty cents per ton, we can still maintain a certain level of profit." Mondeo replied proudly.
"Haha, coal has risen to 30 US dollars per ton, why don't we wake up with laughter?" The shareholders couldn't help but be happy.
After all, the daily output of the company's coal mines has reached 100 tons, which means that if you don't do other business every day, you can earn 3,000 yuan just from mining coal, not to mention that there are more coal mines that have not yet been put into operation. This number is
The future will only be more terrifying.
"Master Linda, tall, really tall!"
Marquis Dean Luke was the first to understand. He gave Linda a thumbs up and said:
"When coal prices rise, the company makes more money; when coal prices fall, briquettes make more money. No matter what, the company only makes profits and does not lose money."
"You should have noticed that there are more and more trucks in Catrons, coupled with the promotion of gas lights, the current monthly consumption of kerosene has reached a terrifying 10,000 barrels of oil, and this number will increase with the increase of gas lights and trucks.
, continues to grow, and more than 60% of these 10,000 barrels of kerosene are produced by Royal Kerosene Company, while the remaining 40% is barely delivered by the company after all its efforts..."
Mondeo started talking about the kerosene business.
Hearing that kerosene was described as a barrel, many nobles had their eyes darkened, and finally looked at Marquis Dean Luke.
"This is a unit of measurement created by Master Linda. One barrel of oil is equal to forty-two gallons, and one gallon is equal to 3.785 standard jugs."
The standard pot is the unit used to measure liquids in the central countries. One standard pot is equivalent to one liter.
"oh!"
"What! One and a half million jugs of kerosene are consumed every month."
A certain nobleman shouted in surprise.
The price of kerosene in Catrons is not cheap now. One liter of kerosene costs 40 cents. The monthly turnover is more than 600,000 yen. Even if the company only accounts for 40%, it still has 250,000 yen.
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"Compared to briquettes, kerosene is a huge profit."
The eyes of many nobles suddenly shone, but Mondeo said without changing his expression and without a beating heart: "The turnover has indeed reached a terrifying two million yuan, but the cost of refining kerosene is even higher, and the cost of each pot of kerosene is more than thirty euros.
points, in fact the monthly profit is only about 70,000 US dollars."
Although the final figure was only 70,000 US dollars, they were more optimistic about kerosene.
The reason is very simple. With the popularization of gas lamps, not to mention poor families, they will more or less buy a gas lamp. For a frugal family, a gas lamp can not even use a pot of kerosene in a month, but it cannot stand up to Catrons.
has a large population, and according to reliable sources, the number of gas lamps in Catrons has exceeded 500,000 units.
Even by the most economical standards, half a million bottles of kerosene are needed every month, not to mention that the number of gas lamps in many wealthy families' homes reaches double digits. In fact, the kerosene consumed by trucks is only a small amount now.
This makes shareholders more optimistic about the kerosene and gas business.
"In the future, the company will increase investment in refineries and increase kerosene production, which is likely to affect future year-end dividends..."
Mondeo told this part of the situation, and many shareholders expressed their support and understanding.
As long as the production of kerosene can be increased, let alone dividends, there is no problem even if they are allowed to add additional funds according to the share ratio, let alone they do not need to add additional funds, which means that the funds for the new refinery they are building are their dividends.
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Without these investment funds, their year-end dividends would be very objective.