Even for an ordinary family, for those extremely meager assets, it is best to determine the heir in advance.
For a behemoth such as Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which has developed into a top-notch chamber of commerce on the continent of Sainz, with assets of billions of gold coins and annual profits of hundreds of millions of gold coins, it is important to determine the leader, and it is equally important to determine the successor.
So even though Xu Yi is only in his early forties and can live for at least several more decades if there are no accidents, within the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the topic of his successor has long been raised.
If it were on Earth and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was a chamber of commerce, then its successor should be cultivated from within and the final decision should be based on ability.
But this is the Sainz continent, and it is still a society in a semi-feudal and semi-slavery system, so in the eyes of others, the ones who can inherit Xu Yi's position should of course be his children.
And because the continent of Sainz does not have an obvious custom of favoring sons over daughters like on Earth, and Xu Yi had already identified Freya as the heir to his family property when Freya was first born, so in all In everyone's opinion, Freya should be the perfect candidate to inherit the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
But although Xu Yi identified Freya as the heir to his family property from the beginning, he never confirmed her as the heir to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Because Xu Yi has always felt that his family property can be regarded as a completely private thing, and it doesn't matter who he wants to inherit it.
But Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is different.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now so large that it involves not only Xu Yi's family's affairs, but also thousands, or even countless, important matters in countries.
Since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is so important, of course its leader must be a person with enough ability to lead the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the right direction.
It is true that Freya is qualified to inherit, but Xu Yike has never been sure whether she has this ability.
Besides, Xu Yi never hopes that his children will choose what they want to do in the future according to his wishes. He has always respected his children's own choices.
So although he spared no effort in educating Freya. But the education was always based on Freya's preferences, and she was not forced to learn business management and other things that a leader of a chamber of commerce must learn.
Steele had raised some objections to Xu Yi's approach, but Xu Yi was unmoved and still allowed Freya to act according to her own preferences. There was nothing she could do.
Under this educational concept, Freya, like many children, has developed a strong interest in many things since she was a child, and then started studying and researching them. But the only thing that has really persisted so far is magic.
Of course, Freya's magic talent is extremely high, and coupled with the new magic data analysis professor Xu Yi is now leading the research, Freya's ability to learn magic far exceeds that of almost all previous magicians, so that she is now He is only fourteen years old, but he already possesses the ability of a sixth-level magician, which is extremely astonishing.
However, except for magic, Freya's interest in anything only lasted for a short time, so this time she suddenly announced to Xu Yi that she would also be the president when she grew up. Xu Yi didn't care much, thinking that she just had a whim after seeing Steele.
However, it turns out that Xu Yi misjudged Freya's determination this time.
After making the declaration "I want to be the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce", Freya actually enthusiastically devoted herself to various courses related to chamber of commerce management that she disliked very much, even though she was faced with a large number of incomparable The boring data also seemed full of interest, without any sign of impatience.
This state lasted for more than three months without any sign of slacking off or giving up, so Xu Yi finally confirmed that she was probably serious this time.
Now that Freya became serious, Xu Yi stopped watching the fun and began to think about her seriously.
After three months of initial theoretical study. Xu Yi gave Freya a goal, asking her to have a detailed understanding of the framework of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before she reaches adulthood, so she must personally experience various jobs under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before entering the city.
In other words, since she wants to be the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Then she needs to know enough about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so... she needs a lot of internships.
After careful consideration, the first internship department that Freya chose was actually the production workshop under the name of the Xinfei Household Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce, where she went to work as an ordinary assembly worker!
"Freya, have you...really decided to go?" Steele looked at Freya, who had changed into an ordinary worker's uniform in front of her. His face was full of worry. "Even if you want to intern, you don't need to be a worker, right? If you ask me, you should go to the Magic Research Institute for an internship for a period of time. Anyway, your magic level is now enough to reach the Magic Research Institute Besides, technical issues in magic research are the core of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and that’s where you should go. Are you right, Xu Yi? "
Seeing Steele's look of help, Xu Yi smiled and shook his head slightly.
"We should respect Freya's own choice. But..." Xu Yi looked at Freya with a solemn expression on his face. "Freya, let me remind you once again that you are going for an internship this time, not for fun. The work of frontline workers is far more difficult than you think. If you are not mentally prepared, you will definitely suffer a big loss. ”
Freya chuckled and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Dad, I have seen with my own eyes what it is like for those workers to work. I admit that the environment is very uncomfortable, but I will persevere!"
"Okay. Then let me remind you again, don't expect to get any help from us when you go to the factory for internship this time. No one will give you any preferential treatment in the factory, and even your mother and I will not give you even more. One copper coin. That is to say, you must be responsible for all your life, and all your financial resources can only rely on the salary you get at work, understand?”
"Understood!" Freya replied loudly, without any fear on her face.
Xu Yi shook his head gently.
Although Freya is confident now, she has never suffered like this before, and she could not imagine how much trouble she would encounter if she lived alone.
Xu Yike didn't have any guarantee whether she would be able to persevere by then.
"Freya, you..." Steele opened his mouth, as if he wanted to give some more instructions, but after looking at Xu Yi, he swallowed his words. "... Pay more attention to yourself."
Freya chuckled, walked over and took Steele's arm, and rubbed her face with her face, smiling playfully: "Mom, you don't have to worry about me so much. I'm almost fifteen years old. , I’m not a kid anymore. Look, I’m taller than you.”
Steele smiled and slapped away Freya's hand that was gesturing back and forth on his head, and scolded: "Wait until you are really an adult before you talk about this."
After saying that, he sighed softly. "Forget it, since this is your own choice, then I, like your father, will respect your ideas. Go ahead, if you can really persist, then you can be said to be really sensible."
After Steele and Freya chatted for a while, they finally separated reluctantly.
Before leaving, Xu Yize took out a small hair knot.
"This is a magic prop specially made for you by Elder Lisania. It contains an illusion magic that can change your appearance."
"So fun?" Freya curiously took the hair knot and tied her hair, and then input a bit of magic into the hair knot under Xu Yi's guidance. The hair knot flashed with a faint light cyan light, and then Xu Yi and Steele noticed subtle changes in Freya's face.
About half a minute later, Freya's face finally became clear.
Steele took a closer look and couldn't help but frown.
"Isn't this... too ordinary?"
Freya, who was standing in front of the two of them at this time, had an ordinary face and ordinary features. No matter how you looked at it, she was just an ordinary little girl that no one could tell apart when thrown into a crowd. How could she be as beautiful as Freya herself? and agile temperament.
"It's better to be ordinary. If she still goes to the factory with her true face, even if her identity is put aside, her appearance alone will bring her unnecessary trouble." Xu Yidao.
Freya didn't mind at all that her appearance had become ordinary, and she looked in front of the mirror for a while with great interest, looking quite excited.
After asking about various issues that need to be paid attention to when using this hair knot, Freya waved goodbye to the two of them.
In the next period of time, she will disguise herself as an ordinary girl who came to the Principality of Standing from the Kingdom of Lampali to work, and enter an assembly factory under the Xinfei Household Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce to engage in the simplest assembly work. The plan is to last for three years. Month to half a year.
Of course, this job cannot improve her magic level and management level, so it cannot last too long.
But Xu Yi and Freya are both convinced that this internship will greatly enrich her life experience and will be very helpful for her future growth.
What Xu Yi was most gratified about was that this was Freya's own request, which showed that she was indeed seriously considering the matter this time.
If she can continue to maintain this mentality and improve herself steadily in the future, then she may indeed have the ability to take over the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the future.
But for Steele, the incident still raises many questions.
"Xu Yi, why did you agree to Freya? Haven't you always said that you want her and other children to have a happy childhood?"
Xu Yi looked at Freya's retreating figure and sighed softly.
"Because... Kennard is leaving..." (~^~)