After leaving the Magic Research Institute, Xu Yi made another round of the factories in Falling Rain Valley, paying particular attention to operations at the Tire Processing Factory.
With the advent of Magic Locomotives, the Tire Processing Factory had developed new tires specifically suited to them. Since demand for Magic Locomotives was enormous, demand for their tires was also extremely high.
On top of that, the Tire Processing Factory still had a backlog of carriage tire orders, as well as the large quantities of bicycle tires needed by the bicycle factory. Its workload was now so heavy that the workers had been working overtime every day for more than a month.
Unlike workers in factories on Earth, who complained bitterly about overtime, the workers at the Tire Processing Factory welcomed it.
Overtime paid considerably more than regular working hours. Including overtime pay, the workers at the Tire Processing Factory had earned more than twice their normal monthly wages last month. The highest earner had even received nearly forty gold coins in that month alone.
For most of these workers, who had previously been farmers with no choice but to toil in the fields, that was more money than they might once have earned in an entire year.
With money as an incentive, their enthusiasm for work naturally soared.
Moreover, if they stayed at the factory to work overtime at night, they could enjoy free dinners and late-night snacks provided by the guild.
Xu Yi had always been generous when it came to spending on employee benefits. The dinners and late-night snacks provided by the guild were varied and delicious, making them extremely popular with the workers.
Not long ago, some workers had even suggested that the guild simply build a large canteen in Falling Rain Valley so that its employees