Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 549: Chapter 512: Acting Recklessly Chapter 549: Chapter 512: Acting Recklessly “City Lord, what did you say?”

When Rocky had finished speaking, all the technicians present were stunned. Everyone looked at him with a baffled expression, unable to believe their ears.

“I mean, can we make ladies’ handbags from Demon Skin, like cross-body bags, clutches, shoulder bags, and such?”

“This… this… my Lord, I don’t understand what you mean…”

“Was I not clear enough?”

Glancing at the old technician in front of him, Rocky was somewhat puzzled, then looked baffled as he turned to look at everyone else, finally turning his head toward Liliya, Aileen, and Athena beside him, as well as Monte and Old Jack nearby, only to find that they too had bewildered expressions, even Athena.

This only confused Rocky further, so he felt compelled to repeat his request, then said, “What I mean is, can our manufacturing plant use Demon Skin to produce these ladies’ handbags; do you understand now?”

As he repeated his words, everyone’s faces finally showed a dawning realization, as if they truly understood what he was saying for the first time, but immediately someone spoke up, “City Lord, this idea of yours… isn’t it… isn’t it too extravagant?”

“Yes, exactly, I mean to ask whether our factory can manufacture these luxury goods.”

Upon hearing this, Rocky clapped his hands sharply, very pleased, and nodded, as if the old technician’s words had reminded him of something.

“Rocky, what they mean is, isn’t it too wasteful to use Demon Skin to make these pointless bags?”

Realizing that Rocky was oblivious to the technician’s reminder, Liliya felt compelled to whisper an explanation in his ear.

In fact, it wasn’t that they didn’t understand what Rocky wanted to do; they grasped it the first time he expressed it. The reason everyone was dumbfounded was that they didn’t comprehend why he would want to do such a ludicrous thing.

That was Demon Skin after all!

In this world, Demon Materials are among the most precious resources because demons are incredibly difficult to hunt. Despite the abundance of demons on land, killing one is never an easy task.

Take, for example, the piece of Mole Demon Skin before them; the Mole Demon, being one of the weakest and lowest-tier among Normal Demons, still often required two to three well-equipped, trained warriors to kill. So this piece of Demon Skin could have cost the lives or tremendous efforts of soldiers; not to mention even more powerful and higher-tier demons, making Demon Materials extremely valuable.

In such circumstances, people never misuse or waste any Demon Materials; all are utilized wherever most needed, usually for military purposes, like in making Armor, weapons, or as materials for warships or Armor, and hardly ever for civilian use, let alone making handbags.

It was exactly because of this deeply ingrained notion about Demon Materials that when Rocky uttered his idea, everyone was baffled – including the experienced technician, the well-acquainted Liliya, and even the intelligent Athena. Everyone felt the same.

Yet their bafflement only made Rocky more perplexed.

He had already clearly explained what he wanted to do: he intended for Thunderhawk City’s leather manufacturing plant to produce luxury goods to enhance the factory’s competitive standing and viability within the industry.

After all, Rocky had been in this world for quite some time, but he had identified a problem — this world hardly had any luxury goods.

This puzzled him greatly; the world was hierarchically divided, with elites, nobles, and City Lords, whose status and positions significantly surpassed that of common folk. Being one of them and at the top of the hierarchy as a City Lord, he couldn’t understand why people in this world didn’t use luxury goods.

That seemed utterly incredible to him, yet it also revealed an opportunity to him!

As long as class and class consciousness existed in this world, the desire to distinguish oneself from others, even to demonstrate superiority in every aspect, would certainly exist, especially among the elite. Thus, Rocky believed luxury goods would definitely have a market.

That’s why he had been contemplating this idea continuously, which was also why he had thought of the leather industry when choosing emerging industries for Thunderhawk City, having planned this from the beginning.

Now, with the manufacturing plant in Thunderhawk City being sufficiently scaled and experienced, he felt it was time to put this idea into practice.

However, what he hadn’t expected was the almost unanimous opposition he would face when he shared his idea!

Starting with Old Jack, to Monte, and then Liliya and Aileen, along with all the technicians, everyone opposed his idea, and their reason was simple: Rocky’s idea was too extravagant.

He planned to make handbags, but he intended to use Demon Skin to make them, which everyone regarded as the epitome of wastefulness!

How precious was Demon Skin?

How could it be used to make women’s handbags?!

To everyone, only a madman would think of such an idea, and they immediately expressed their opposition, firmly disagreeing with Rocky’s reckless behavior.

However, facing everyone’s opposition, Rocky chose to act alone, a rarity for him.

He fully understood why everyone opposed him, but he knew even more clearly what luxury goods were.

What are luxury goods?

These are consumer products that go beyond the basic needs for survival and development, characterized by their uniqueness, scarcity, and preciousness. Note the words unique, scarce, and precious — these dictate the necessity of using Demon Skin as raw material; what would pig skin, cowhide, deer skin, or crocodile skin amount to in the face of Demon Skin? Only products made from Demon Skin could truly be called luxury goods!

Thus, Rocky acted willfully, ignoring everyone’s opposition. He immediately ordered all the technicians in Thunderhawk City to set aside their current tasks and focus solely on designing ladies’ bags, a project he would personally supervise, allowing no one to raise any objections!