After giving Dr. Franco a thorough dressing-down, Li Wei returned to Fog City.
This time, however, after greeting Alice and Little Mermaid, he sought out Erin and asked her a question.
"Erin, I remember you saying you wanted to open a doll shop, just like your parents?"
"Huh? Yes, I did..."
"Would you still be interested?"
"Huh?"
Needless to say, Li Wei's question left Erin stunned.
"M-my lord, have I fallen short in some way? Or have I not been doing a good enough job as your maid...?"
"No, no, no. That's not the issue."
Li Wei waved his hand. In fact, he had been considering a problem on his way back to Fog City.
His [Puppeteer] was already LV7, but this battle had exposed a major problem: he still had too few dolls he could use.
And the reason was-insufficient production!
Erin's skills were indeed exceptional, but ultimately, she was only one person, and she also had her duties as a maid. Even if dolls were less intricate and troublesome than robots, making them all by hand on her own was no easy task.
Then Li Wei remembered that when he first hired Erin, she had mentioned wanting to inherit her parents' shop someday. That gave him an idea.
What was the greatest advantage of industrial production? Increased productivity!
Here I am, still relying on manual labor. Isn't that turning back the clock?
Li Wei quickly came up with a solution: have Erin "return to her old trade" and run a doll shop, then buy a doll factory specifically to manufacture mechanical dolls!
Once they're being mass-produced, why would I ever have to worry about running out of dolls?
Not only that, there was another benefit.
Naturally, a doll shop would sell dolls, and Li Wei could control those