"President Xu, you... are too impulsive." President Lanke looked at Xu Yi and sighed softly.
After meeting with the new city lord, Earl Stark, Earl Stark made it clear that he did not need to be accompanied by businessmen, so the business representatives from Bonta City who went to greet him dispersed on their own, but gathered again at President Lanco's private residence. together.
At this impromptu joint meeting of the Bangta City Business Federation, Xu Yi once again became the center of attention.
Although many people secretly admired Xu Yi and felt that he dared to refute Earl Stark in person because of her attitude towards merchants, but in the eyes of more people, Xu Yi was indeed too impulsive and too impulsive. Don't care about the consequences.
Earl Stark is the new city lord of Bonta City. Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are chambers of commerce within the jurisdiction of Bonta City, so they will naturally accept his jurisdiction in the future.
Now that Xu Yi is so blatantly colliding with Earl Stark, it would be strange if Earl Stark didn't cause trouble for him and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"Why are you all looking so heavy?" Unlike everyone else, Xu Yi had a relaxed look on his face. "I am the one who refuted Earl Stark face to face, not you. If Earl Stark wants to cause trouble, he will definitely come to me, and he will definitely not go to you."
The others looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
President Vincent sighed, shook his head and said, "President Xu, what everyone is worried about is not who he will cause trouble for, but the attitude of the new city lord."
"Yes." President Cruz also sighed. "The new city lord doesn't like our merchants so much. I suspect that it will be difficult to do business in Bangta City in the future."
"This... shouldn't be that serious, right?"
Because it has embraced the Bonta City urban public transportation system, Filson Cars and Horses is now also a member of the Chamber of Commerce. This time President Pompeii also attended the meeting. I saw my colleagues around me sighing. I couldn't help but voice my opinion for the first time in a joint meeting.
"Bangta City is developing so fast now. Last year's tax revenue even reached nearly ten times that of previous years. To put it bluntly, it is entirely due to us businessmen. We paid most of the tax revenue. I I think that no matter how much Earl Stark looks down on us businessmen, he should admit this fact and not do anything against us, right?"
"Humph, what can't you do?" President Cruz snorted: "It's not like you haven't seen what happened today. Let's talk about your contribution to the development of Bangta City. Who among you who are doing it dares to say that? Can you defeat the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and President Xu? But didn't you see what Earl Stark did? He clearly singled out Xu Yi today to cause trouble for him! Of course, having said that, Xu Yi You are indeed too impulsive. Even if Earl Stark deliberately seeks trouble for you, you don't have to confront him like this, right?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "Since I know that he is deliberately causing trouble for me, what's the point of hiding from me? He is the new lord of Bangta City. How can I hide if he wants to cause trouble for me? Open?"
"But you don't need to completely offend him, right?" President Cruise frowned.
"Do you think... a big shot like Earl Stark would be offended just because of my few rebuttals? His attitude towards me was already decided before he came here, and it is impossible to change it."
President Cruise fell silent.
Because everyone knows that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi obviously belong to the faction of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny. The Stark family has clearly announced its support for Prince Eric to become the next king.
Earl Stark wanted to cause trouble for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, not because of Xu Yi's mere contradictory words. It was something decided the moment he became the lord of Bangta City.
There was a strange silence in the conference room for a while. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but everyone knew what to say.
After a while, a lean-looking businessman with narrow eyes said softly: "Actually, I think... Earl Stark may only want to target President Xu, but not necessarily all of us businessmen in Bonta City. So I I think... I think... would it be better for everyone if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce withdraws from our business association? "
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on this lean businessman. There was shock, suspicion, and confusion in their eyes, but there was also a bit of excitement.
"President Lawrence! What do you mean?" Before Xu Yi could speak, President Cruise slapped the table with his hand, pointed the other hand at the lean businessman, and said angrily: "Here At this time, you actually thought of asking Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from our business association? Do you have any conscience? Have you forgotten that your chamber of commerce almost collapsed last time? I transferred it to you for one penny in advance, and also rented you various magic machine tools for free, and sent technical workers to guide you. This is how your chamber of commerce came back from the dead. Are you ungrateful now? !”
A blush of shame flashed across President Lawrence's face, he lowered his head and retorted softly: "I... we later gave him not a single copper coin..."
President Cruz was even more furious. He slapped the table hard again and cursed loudly: "Do you think that if you gave money later, it wouldn't count as Xu Yi helping you? If Xu Yi didn't help you at that time, it wouldn't be possible." Well, you jumped into the Sandy River and committed suicide! What qualifications do you have to sit here and say such shameless words?"
Perhaps President Lawrence was irritated by President Cruise's straightforward rebuke. He raised his head suddenly, blushed and said loudly: "That's right! President Xu helped us before. But now I am standing From the perspective of all the merchants in Bangta City, we are just some weak merchants. How can we confront the Lord of the City? Now that President Xu is being targeted by the Lord of the City, we can't get involved ourselves, right? ?”
"Bullshit! You are so ungrateful, just say it directly, and you dare to pretend to be so righteous. It's really disgusting!" President Cruz threw his mouth on the ground and spat, and wanted to curse again. But Xu Yi reached out to stop him.
"Okay. President Cruise. Stop scolding me. Although President Lawrence made me very disappointed with him, his proposal is very good. I have long been prepared to accept Earl Stark's anger, but But I can't let my colleagues in the city be implicated, so I decided..." Xu Yi turned to President Lanke. "President Lanke, starting from today, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will withdraw from the Business Federation."
The conference room was silent for about a second, and then exploded instantly.
"President Xu, are you kidding me?"
"You actually want to withdraw from the Federation of Commerce? Did you make a mistake?"
"Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now one of the largest chambers of commerce in Bangta City. How can you just withdraw from the federation?"
"That's right. If even your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce withdraws, then what's the need for this business federation to exist?"
"You don't have to quit, do you? I think President Lawrence is just worried."
"That's right, it's not like that at all..."
…
Everyone was chattering, but Xu Yi just smiled and said nothing.
After a while, everyone stopped naturally.
Looking at the expression on Xu Yi's face, everyone understood that Xu Yi had already made up his mind and it should be impossible to change it.
President Lanke smiled bitterly and shook his head: "President Xu, why are you always so fierce in doing things?"
Xu Yi smiled and replied: "Because time waits for no one, I don't have that much time to achieve my goals in a peaceful but slow way."
President Lanke sighed: "I can see it. The ideal in your heart is probably much greater than the limit I imagined. Well, now that you have made a decision. I have nothing to say. I am a businessman. As the president of the federation, I approve your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s application to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce.”
"Okay, thank you for your understanding, President Lanke." Xu Yi nodded, turned to the others and said: "As the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I hereby promise to everyone that although our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has withdrawn from the Business Federation, But everyone in the federation is still the best partner of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and withdrawing from the federation will not affect our cooperative relationship. Of course, the premise is that you still have the courage to cooperate with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, haha... "
Xu Yi's joke was so cold that no one smiled.
Others stared at Xu Yi. Some wanted to say something, but found that it was meaningless, so the conference room fell into silence again.
After a while, President Cruz suddenly slammed the table and said to President Lanke: "In that case, fine, our Amuli Chamber of Commerce will also apply to withdraw from the Business Federation. President Lanke, please approve."
Everyone looked at President Cruz in astonishment.
After all, Xu Yi is just a young man in his twenties, and it is understandable that he is a little young and energetic. You, Cruise, are a middle-aged man who is about to turn fifty. Why are you so impulsive like Xu Yi
However, everyone's consternation was just the beginning. Following President Cruz, more than ten presidents of various chambers of commerce also submitted applications to President Lanke to withdraw from the federation.
Those who are eligible to participate in the joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce are of course representatives of chambers of commerce with a certain status in Bonta City. Although these chambers of commerce with more than ten people are obviously not as good as Chairman Cruz's Amri Chamber of Commerce, they cannot either. It is considered a small chamber of commerce.
Now they have also chosen to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce. More than half of the chambers of commerce participating in this joint meeting have chosen to withdraw.
President Lanke could only smile bitterly again and looked at Xu Yidao: "President Xu, the Bangta City Business Federation has been established for almost a hundred years. I didn't expect that today it would become in name only because of your withdrawal. I really don't know Should I be angry or admire you?"
Xu Yi smiled, then sighed lightly and said: "President Lanke, you should know that this is not my intention, but your own choice. All I can say to this is... Times have changed now. ”
President Lanke's eyes flickered over the faces of President Cruz and a dozen other chamber of commerce representatives who applied to withdraw, and finally fell on Xu Yi. He nodded slowly: "Yes, times have changed..." (To be completed Continued.)