Chapter 171
As for Polar brand phones, Carlisle was no stranger to them.
Polar used to make radios before venturing into mobile phones. They developed their first branded phone in 1994, making them ploneers in the industry.
However, due to intense competition, Polar phones did not survive in the mobile market.
Carlisle pulled his mind back to the present and smiled calmly. “Gionee and Borda are indeed big brands. They are pretty strict with contract manufacturers.
*Our small factory of 16 hundred people may not seem impressive to them. Moreover, the news of Caleb’s embezzlement and escape has probably spread. It’s understandable that they refuse to cooperate.
“Since Polar is willing to subcontract phones to us, let’s cooperate with them.”
Kenny smiled bitterly. “But the subcontracting price Polar offered us is too low. After deducting labor and utilities, there’s only a profit of three cents per phone.”
Carlisle exclaimed, surprised, “We can still profit from it?”
Kenny’s lips twitched harshly. “Mr. Zahn, do you really want to make no profit at all?”
Carlisle chuckled. “I’ve said before, our goal in subcontracting is to support our workers.”
“I’ve only calculated the workshop staff’s wages. I haven’t included the management.”
Carlisle shrugged. “Supporting those workers is enough. I’ll take care of the management team.”
With a net worth of over 100 million, he spoke with confidence.
In fact, the salaries of company executives and managers were relatively low. The real expense lay in the
R&D Department.
Of course, Carlisle wasn’t worried about that. The R&D department has always been a money–draining sector. Large enterprises would pour billions into their R&D departments.
Mr. Zahn, I’m sorry I couldn’t find any high–quality clients,” Kenny muttered with his head down. Even though Carlisle said it didn’t matter, he knew he hadn’t done the job well.
Carlisle smiled and said, “You’ve done a great job already. Don’t blame yourself. I’ll give you another task.”
“What task?” Kenny’s spirit was lifted at Carlisle’s praise.
“I need you to contact the suppliers for Riley’s phone screens, batteries, chips, and cameras. They’re to come to my office at noon on Saturday to collect payment.”
Kenny
was
to them?”
puzzled. “Is it necessary to go through all this trouble? Can’t we just transfer the funds directly
Carlisle leaned back in his chair, his deep gaze fixed on Kenny’s eyes.
“I… I’m sorry, I spoke out of turn!”
Kenny wished he could slap himself. Why did he need to say so much when Carlisle had decided? Just follow orders and spare the unnecessary talk.
Carlisle waved him off. “You can go now.”
Kenny entered the office with a smile but left with a bitter expression.
Carlisle checked his phone and saw over 20 unread messages. He found they were all balance change notifications from the bank.
After military training, he had forgotten to switch his phone to standard mode, so he missed all the alerts.
The 800 thousand dollars from the Commercial Bank’s Riverwatch branch were deposited into the account.
The remaining 20 or so messages were transfers from Islo Clothing’s account, each totaling 8 million dollars, amounting to a total of 180 million.
As Carlisle looked at the lengthy balance, a smile curved his lips. In three months since his rebirth, he had gone from a student at a poor high school to a millionaire with assets approaching 200 million dollars.
The small change from selling equipment didn’t count. It only took him a week to truly start making
money.
The over 50 sets of houses he owned could probably fetch around 30 million. Meanwhile, the skating rink and karaoke were in prime locations with large land areas, estimated to fetch around 40 million.
Receiving these two sums would boost his assets to 250 million dollars.
However, Carlisle felt unhappy about this amount of money.
Next, he had to invest in several suppliers. Upgrading equipment and researching new hardware would
take a long time.
During this period, his money would only flow out like water, and he hadn’t yet received any income. So,
he had to work hard to earn more money.
Carlisle initially planned to go out for dinner. But, seeing how busy his colleagues in the finance department were, he called Francis over to help out instead.
