"President Xu, are you trying to trick me?". Cantona looked at Xu Yi with a wry smile. "The total income of our Chamber of Commerce so far this year is less than 200,000 gold coins. How can it be possible that the taxes paid in the end exceed 200,000 gold coins? If this disappoints Her Royal Highness in the end, our Chamber of Commerce will not be able to do well in Bangta City in the future. I can’t survive anymore.”
"Why should I cheat you?" Xu Yi showed a confident smile to Cantona, patted his shoulder and said: "Don't worry, if I didn't have any confidence, how could I make this bet with Her Royal Highness? ?”
Seeing Xu Yi's certainty, Cantona's mind flashed through the many miracles Xu Yi had created before, and he suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
"Then... President Xu, do you have any ideas?"
"Come on, let me ask you a question. What do you think... of the fruit canning factory in our Chamber of Commerce?" Xu Yi asked.
"Huh? Very good, what's wrong?" Cantona looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"Then do you know what the profit of this fruit canned factory is this year?" Xu Yi asked again.
Cantona became even more puzzled, thought for a while, and replied hesitantly: "Of course I don't know the specific figures, but judging from some information obtained from Director Will, it should be pretty good, right? I guess there are many words... at least It’s more than 10,000 gold coins, right?” “You look down on Director Will too much.” Xu Yi shook his head and stretched out the five fingers of his left hand. "To tell you the truth, so far this year, this fruit canning factory has sold more than one million cans of various cans, with a total profit of nearly 50,000 gold coins!"
"So many?" Cantona was shocked. "The scale of this fruit canning factory is so small, but the profit is so high?"
"Don't believe it?". Xu Yi chuckled and said, "Let me tell you. This is just the beginning. Now with the magic freight locomotive, these cans can be transported to various places in the kingdom more conveniently. And not long ago, our Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement with the Wal-Mart Chamber of Commerce. In the future, these canned fruits will also be sold at Wal-Mart stores in various cities. In the future, the sales of canned fruits will only increase, and the profits will of course be higher.”
Cantona's face was filled with wonder, and he held back his head slightly: "President Xu, I have to say, you can make a lot of money just by thinking of an idea. I really admire you."
"Then you think I have now determined that your Cantona Chamber of Commerce will be able to pay more than 200,000 gold coins in taxes at the end of the year. Do you believe it?"
"I believe it!" Cantona immediately nodded very firmly, and then asked: "But President Xu. What do you want me to do?" "Tell me first, what is the main business of your Cantona Chamber of Commerce?" What is the business?" Xu Yi asked.
"Of course the farmland is contracted." Cantona said with a bitter look on his face. "Although it is still profitable to do this, it is not flexible enough. The money you can earn every year is dead. I estimate that this year I will only be able to pay taxes of more than 100,000 gold coins. If it exceeds 200,000 gold coins, I can't even think about it. think."
"You said you had confidence in me just now, and now you're giving up so quickly?" Xu Yi glanced at him, patted his shoulder again, and continued: "Don't worry, I'm not just sitting around with nothing to do. I'm here to find you." . Of course there is a purpose.”
Cantona followed Xu Yi in confusion and came to an inconspicuous room in the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Luoyu Valley.
"Let's take a look at this." Xu Yi pointed to a table that was a little over a meter tall in the corner of the room. A metal cylinder with a diameter of nearly one meter.
Cantona leaned over and took a look, and found that there was a round cover on the top of the cylinder. After getting Xu Yi's permission, he opened it and found that the cylinder was hollow, but there was a metal round rod inside, with various metal rods connected to it. The sharp metal blade looks extremely ferocious.
"Is this a magical machine newly developed by your chamber of commerce? What are the many words used for?"
"This thing is called a magic juicer. The main purpose of its current design is to squeeze fruit juice." Xu Yi explained.
"Squeezing fruit juice?" Cantona looked at the sharp metal blades in the barrel that made people a little scared at first glance, and he understood a little bit. "Did you put the fruit in here, chop it up, and squeeze out the juice?"
"That's right."
Cantona thought for a while, his eyes brightened: "President Xu, you mean, I can use this thing to squeeze fruits and sell fruit juice?" Then his eyes darkened. "But fruit juices only taste good when they are fresh, and they don't last long, so at most they can only be sold in Bangta City. I don't have the strength to open stores in other cities now, so this thing is of use to me Not big.”
"Fortunately, I have always thought that you are smart and you will definitely understand my intentions." Xu Yi sighed, and suddenly raised his hands and clapped them hard. "Miranda, come out."
After hearing the footsteps, Cantona turned his head in surprise and saw the door to the room on his left opened, and a slender female elf walked out of the room.
"Here, let me introduce you." Xu Yi pointed at the female elf and said to Cantona. "This elf beauty is called Miranda, from the Moon Shadow Elf Tribe in the Principality of Standing. Miranda, this is Cantona, the president of the Cantona Chamber of Commerce that I mentioned to you. You two may need to cooperate in the future. It’s a long time, let’s get to know each other first.”
After Cantona was stunned for a moment, he quickly extended his hand to Miranda with a hint of fear: "Hello, beautiful lady elf, it is my honor to know you."
Miranda looked at Cantona openly and then asked Xu Yi: "President Xu, are you sure I should cooperate with him?".
Xu Yi nodded: "Cantona is a candidate I can trust."
"Okay, I trust your judgment." Miranda nodded, glanced at Cantona's extended hand, thought for a moment, then reached out and shook Cantona's hand gently. "President Cantona, nice to meet you."
Although Cantona has a lot of contact with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and is often in contact with the elves, but discussing cooperation face to face like this...
etc! President Xu just said... He wants to cooperate with this beautiful female elf? How is this going
"Didn't you just say that fruit juice is only delicious if it is fresh, but it is subject to various restrictions because the shelf life is too short? Then do you think that if the fruit juice can be kept fresh for a long time, its sales will increase How is it going?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
"That will definitely sell like crazy!" Cantona immediately shouted excitedly. "And I'm sure. This thing is even more popular than canned fruit! Because it's troublesome to squeeze fruit juice by yourself. Now someone can provide cheap and fresh fruit juice, it will definitely be welcomed by everyone!"
"As long as you have confidence." Xu Yi nodded with a smile, pointed at Miranda and said: "Okay, now you can discuss with Miranda the technical issue of how to keep the juice fresh and delicious. Wait. After you have settled the matter, we will discuss the next step.”
Seeing Cantona excitedly talking to Miranda, Xu Yi left the room.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he ran into Canby who came after hearing the news.
Canby took a look at the situation in the room and asked Xu Yi with a puzzled look on his face: "President, fresh juice must be a good product that sells well. Why did you leave it to the Cantona Chamber of Commerce? Why not us? Should the chamber of commerce make it on its own? This should be more profitable than canned fruit, right?”…
"This should indeed be more profitable and last longer. If we, the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, take it and do it ourselves, we will definitely make a lot of money. But Canby, there are too many things that can make money in this world. It is impossible for our New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce to do it. It’s not appropriate to keep everything in your own hands. Remember, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a magic machinery chamber of commerce.”
Canby shook his head: "I don't understand. Although our main business is magic machinery, it's okay to do some other business to make money, right? It's a lot of words."
"You can think of this as my willfulness. In short, I hope that our Chamber of Commerce will still focus on magic machinery and not get involved in other aspects. Even that fruit canned factory. I have discussed it with Her Royal Highness and plan to choose one. The time is right to transfer it to the villagers of Koror and let them run it themselves.”
"It's such a pity." Canby frowned. "During the last meeting, Sebastian also said that the development trend of the fruit canned factory is very good, and the profits will definitely increase in the future. Just abandoning it like this... is really a bit... a bit wasteful... "
Xu Yi laughed: "It's okay. I've always been a prodigal. Just get used to it."
"President, you are truly the strangest human being I have ever seen." Canby shook his head helplessly. "A few days ago, the clan leader discussed with me that our tribe would open a factory with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Now it seems that you are probably not interested anymore."
"Oh? Did Chief Shilui see that the Yege tribe opened a factory and he was not willing to be alone?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Kanby chuckled, acquiescing to Xu Yi's guess.
"Tell me, what factory does Patriarch Shi Lui plan to open?" Xu Yi asked.
"Well... the patriarch said that Bangta City has had a bumper harvest for several years in a row. This year, due to the effect of chemical fertilizers, the wheat yield is ridiculously high, so there will definitely be a lot more wheat in Bangta City. He plans to... fly with us Chamber of Commerce cooperates to open a brewery.”
"Brewery?" Xu Yi couldn't help laughing. "This is really in line with the style of you dwarves. What? Even the wine from Sage Manor can't satisfy you? Do you have to open your own winery?"
"That's one reason." Canby touched his big head and said with a smile: "But the main reason is that the patriarch feels that our dwarves' brewing skills are so superb, it would be a waste not to use them for something. We didn’t do this before because there wasn’t enough food to eat anywhere, and there wasn’t much to use for brewing. But now, not only is the food harvest in Bonta City so high, but the harvest in the fields rented by our Chamber of Commerce in the Principality of Standing is also high, anyway. There’s a lot of it coming out, so we might as well use it to make wine.”
"Well, this is a good idea. I support it." Xu Yi thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, there are still 100,000 tons of wheat in the granary in Bangta City. Her Royal Highness was still discussing with me some time ago. What should I do with the extra wheat? I think I can convince her to use a small part of it for brewing, which can be considered an effective way to generate income for Bonta City.”
"Great!" Hearing Xu Yi's answer, Camby immediately waved his fist excitedly. "The patriarch is worried that we, the dwarves, may not be able to purchase enough wheat due to our status. Now that you are here, the president, it will be much easier."
"This is a win-win situation, and I'm happy to facilitate it." Xu Yi smiled. "But I only play the role of a middleman. As for how to do it specifically, you have to learn from the elves of the Night Song tribe and solve the problems yourself. I won't interfere."
"Okay, we know more about humans than those brainless elves, so there will be no problem!" Camby patted his chest hard and said with confidence.
"I very much hope that when I ask about the development of the new magic machine tool, you can tell me that there is absolutely no problem."
Hearing this question, Camby's face, which had been so confident just now, instantly fell.
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