At the end of the year, not only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has to make a year-end summary and hold a year-end banquet, but Bangta City also needs it.
As in previous years, on the penultimate night of December, the city lord's palace held a grand year-end banquet, and all the prominent figures in Bangta City were invited to attend.
Xu Yi is naturally among them.
Compared with last year, Xu Yi was only invited to the year-end banquet by Earl Satsuma because of the contribution of the farm magic machinery to the autumn harvest. The reason why Xu Yi participated this year was because he has now become a very important figure in Bangta City.
In the business circle of Bangta City, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has gradually been compared with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, Salank Chamber of Commerce, Amli Chamber of Commerce and Armani Chamber of Commerce, and is known as the five major chambers of commerce in Bangta City.
Despite the fact that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still far from being able to compare with the other four chambers of commerce with a long history and profound foundation in terms of scale and profits, everyone can see that with the current development speed of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, , within a few years, it will inevitably catch up with or even surpass the other four chambers of commerce.
And everyone knows that the development prospects of the magic machinery industry are extremely broad now. In addition to the gradual spread of magic machinery in the Kingdom of Lampali, even several surrounding countries have also paid attention.
The agreement reached by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with the Kingdom of Luersun and the Principality of Standing has not been hidden from everyone. Now everyone knows that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has actually sold magic machinery to other countries, and even the Principality of Standing has taken the initiative to use minerals Come and invite Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to invest.
A country's mineral resources can be said to be the foundation of the country. The Principality of Standing is actually willing to use minerals to attract the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which shows that Grand Duke Standing attaches great importance to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to his commercial success, what makes everyone look at Xu Yi in a new light is his other identity - the status of baron of the kingdom personally granted by His Majesty the King.
Although the baron is the lowest rank among the nobility, the baron Xu Yi was personally given by His Majesty the King in front of countless people, and the noble council did not raise any objections to Xu Yi's identity as a merchant, which is enough to reflect Xu Yi's Be different.
Tonight, attending the year-end banquet of the City Lord's Mansion were not only the nobles of all sizes in Bangta City, but also the businessmen of all sizes in the city. But Xu Yi is the only one who can openly hold the status of a noble and a businessman at the same time.
So at the banquet, Xu Yi naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
Of course, Xu Yi himself is not very willing to be the center of attention.
Although he has become familiar with and adapted to this kind of occasion because he has attended countless banquets in the past year or so, he still doesn't like this kind of occasion very much.
Moreover, Steele did not accompany Xu Yi to the year-end dinner tonight because he was not feeling well. As a result, as soon as Xu Yi appeared single at the banquet, countless young and beautiful noble ladies immediately surrounded Xu Yi.
Many aristocratic ladies showed boldness, and even "chi luo" showed their love to Xu Yi naked in front of everyone. Some of the most daring ones even directly invited Xu Yi to spend time with her in front of everyone. A wonderful evening…
Although Xu Yiding was outstanding, Yanci rejected all the invitations and expressions of love from the noble ladies. But he was still a little embarrassed by their entanglement.
After finally getting rid of the entanglement of these noble ladies, Xu Yi finally got a chance to breathe. Just when he took a sip of juice to calm down, President Cruise came up to him again.
"Hey, young and handsome President Xu, do you feel extremely happy being surrounded by so many beautiful and noble aristocratic ladies?" President Cruise said with an exaggerated smile.
Xu Yi glared at him angrily: "What's so happy about? Let you try to be pestered by them? It's really strange. What happened to these noble ladies today? I have never seen them so enthusiastic towards me before. "
"Don't you understand?" President Cruise glanced at the few noble ladies who were still staring at Xu Yi from a distance and whispered, and said with a smile: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Although you were very young and handsome before, You are still very rich, but after all, your identity is just an ordinary businessman. In the eyes of those nobles, no matter how powerful a businessman is, he is not enough to be a commoner, so even if the noble ladies love you to death, they will not consider marrying you. you."
"In other words, I have become a baron now. I have also become a noble. Now I have equal status to marry these noble ladies?" Xu Yi asked with some humor.
"That's right." President Cruz pointed to the noble ladies in the distance and continued to tease: "Look, the eyes of those noble ladies are looking at you with so much passion. I even suspect that they are eager to take a bite. You swallow it in your mouth and eat it. Actually...if I were you, I wouldn't mind having some intimacy with one or several of these beautiful ladies."
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "I don't plan to marry any of them, why would I have anything to do with them."
"No, no, no. If anything happens, it has nothing to do with marrying them." President Cruise said with an experienced look: "The private lives of these noble ladies are far more chaotic than you think. They will never mind this kind of thing. On the contrary, if you have any relationship with them, it will become their bragging rights in front of their friends, so you can choose one of them tonight if you want. , or even a few to spend a wonderful evening.”
"Forget it, I'm not interested." Xu Yi shook his head, took a sip of the drink, turned his head away from the noble ladies whose eyes were still extremely warm, and said to President Cruise: "You came to me, yes Haven’t you decided on the time to leave?”
Seeing Xu Yi talking about business, President Cruise also straightened his expression, nodded and said: "Yes. If nothing else happens, I can set off on the fourth day of the new year. How about you?"
"Well... I will definitely go to Steele's house to pay New Year greetings on the first day, and on the second day I will come to the City Lord's Mansion, and then meet various colleagues... Well, if I hurry up, the fourth day should be similar." Xu Yidao.
"Well, let's just add one more day to buffer and set off on the fifth day."
"That's fine. Although I will miss the New Year's banquet this way, I can't delay it any longer. Anklu asked someone to send me a letter two days ago, urging me to leave for the Principality of Standing as soon as possible. If I don't go, , I'm worried that he will go directly to Bangta City to catch me," Xu Yi said with a smile.
President Cruise laughed: "Of course he is anxious. The climate of the Principality of Standing is different from that of our Kingdom of Lampali. It is true that only winter is suitable for starting work. There are too many uncertainties in other times. But even if you rush now In the past, it was impossible to really start investment and construction this winter. He urged you to go there, just to show an attitude. "
Xu Yi nodded: "I understand this too. But since he has shown this attitude, I must also show my sincerity. After all, not only the Principality of Standing wants to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce. I am actually also eager to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce. They cooperate."
President Cruise thought for a while, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Xu Yi, actually I still don't quite understand why you are willing to cooperate with the Principality of Standing? The environment of this Principality is quite bad. Even if you need a lot of mineral resources, these things are not only in our Kingdom of Lampali. There are many, and there are also many in the Luersun Kingdom. I think if you discuss it carefully with President Newman, it is not impossible to cooperate with the Luersun Kingdom."
Xu Yi smiled slightly and said: "I have sold the cement production technology, but I don't want to sell all other technologies as well."
President Cruise showed a hint of embarrassment: "You will eventually invest in the Luersun Kingdom one day, right?"
"Yes, I will go there one day, but not now. As for when... we have to wait until the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and I are strong enough." Xu Yi took a sip of the drink and turned his head, but he did not look towards Lu Erxun in the south. direction of the Kingdom, but look east. "Not just the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Luersun. When the time is right, I will invest in every country on this continent."
"Your ambitions are always so lofty." President Cruz shook his head. "I am almost fifty years old this year, and I don't know if I can see your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce develop to this point."
Xu Yi smiled and clinked the cup with him, and joked: "How about you start learning magic from now on. As long as you become a great magician, your life span will naturally be extended, and you should have the opportunity to see that day."
President Cruz laughed: "I'll leave this kind of thing to you, I'll forget about it. Speaking of which, President Xu, you can really be regarded as the most special chamber of commerce president on this continent. You have the aristocratic qualities It’s nothing more than your identity, but you’re still so young, and you’re still a powerful magician. I always hear the great magician Camilla saying that you are very likely to become a great magician, so I think, wait until you become one. As a great magician, just relying on your status as a great magician is enough to make those noble ladies fall in love with you, right?"
"Maybe I will have become an old man when I become a great magician. Even if noble ladies take the initiative to pounce on me, maybe I won't have the energy to accept them." Xu Yi also said with a smile.
"Seriously, President Xu. The sooner you can become a great magician, the greater the benefits will be. So, like Great Magician Camilla, I hope you can become a great magician as soon as possible." Cruise would Chang Zhengse said. "If you were a great magician, we would have much less trouble in the Black Rice Wasteland."
"Have you also received news about the orc tribe's actions?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
"That's right. This news was told to me by President Leersa. According to the information he received, some orc tribes in the Black Rice Wasteland found out from somewhere that we humans were going to invest in the Werewolf Tribe of Woller. Factory, and also paid a large sum of money to the Worrall Werewolf Tribe for this, so these orcs also want to come and see if they can get any profit." President Cruz said with some worry: "Although President Leersa. It is said that these orcs dare not harm human lives, but I am worried that if they make trouble, it will delay a lot of progress and increase our losses. "
"This is an issue that needs to be considered. Have you thought of any way to deal with it?" Xu Yi asked.
"There is no good way for now. I can only listen to President Leersa's suggestion and let the Chamber of Commerce's escort team go to the Black Rice Wasteland with the workers to try to ensure the safety of the workers." At this point, President Cruz suddenly Remembered something. "By the way, President Xu, it seems that your New Flying Chamber of Commerce hasn't established any escort team yet, right?"
"Guard team?" Xu Yi frowned and shook his head. "The situation in the kingdom is currently calm, and our Chamber of Commerce has not yet encountered a situation that requires a guard team, so I have never thought about it. Listening to what you said, is it necessary to establish a guard team?"
"That's for sure." President Cruise said matter-of-factly. "Is there any chamber of commerce on this continent that doesn't have its own escort? Although the kingdom has been relatively peaceful in recent years, when there was great turmoil more than ten years ago, the kingdom was still full of bandits. Besides, You just said that you want to expand the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's business to every place in the mainland, but it's impossible without an escort. You can't guarantee that your goods will be robbed wherever they go."
"Is it that serious?" Xu Yi pondered for a moment and nodded. "It seems that I was negligent in the past. This is indeed an issue that needs attention. Well, I will take advantage of this opportunity to go to the Black Rice Wasteland to deal with the orcs, and I will build a guard team."
President Cruise was suddenly stunned: "Are you planning to build a guard team in such a short period of time? Where will you find so many suitable candidates?"
Xu Yi chuckled: "Don't forget, our chamber of commerce has advantages that many chambers of commerce do not have."
President Cruz was a little strange at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized it.