"Payment in installments?" Steele touched his obviously bulging belly, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Yes, this is indeed the idea Xu Yi gave to President Cruise."...What? Are you excited?"
Akali glanced at Evita and nodded: "Well, I think this is a good idea. You see, if the payment is divided into ten years, then you only need to pay five hundred gold coins each year. Evita and I are currently a year The income is about 800 to 1,000 gold coins, which is completely affordable."
"That's true." Steele turned to Evita. "What do you think?"
Evita frowned slightly, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Although our current annual income can indeed afford to pay five hundred gold coins, but... we are not sure that we can have such a high income every year. If there is any problem in the future and we cannot pay the subsequent payments, according to the agreement, this building The house will be repossessed by the Amuli Chamber of Commerce, and the Amuli Chamber of Commerce will not refund the money to us."
"What are you so worried about?" Akali snorted: "Are you still worried that we will lose our jobs? Or are you worried that Xinfei Commercial Association will go bankrupt?"
Evita glanced at Akali helplessly. This guy actually said that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce would collapse in front of Steele. It was really a slip of the tongue. "Look, Steele has said it, why don't we make up our mind?" Akali quickly encouraged Evita. "Think about it, just buy the house there. From now on we can live in such a beautiful environment, how happy our daily life will be."
Evita still shook her head: "You have forgotten an important issue. Our daily work is in the Luoyu Valley, which is 60 kilometers away from Bangta City. Can we still do two jobs every day in the future? Is there two round-trip buses in an hour?”
"There's no need to worry about it. We're developing small private magic motorcycles for personal use. Then we'll buy one each and drive the magic motorcycle back every day. It'll be so cool." Akali said excitedly.
Steele looked at Evita who was still hesitant, hesitated and said: "How about this. Evita. If you and Akali are worried that it is not safe to make installment payments to the Amri Chamber of Commerce, I will borrow it first. I'll give it to you. You'll pay it back to me slowly in the future, just like paying in installments. But you should feel at ease with me, right?" Steele smiled. He pinched Akali's face and looked at Evita again: "Evita, what about you? We are old classmates and old friends. You don't have to be polite to me."
Evita took a deep look at Steele, her eyes passing over her swollen belly, and then looking around. Finally, he looked at Steele and shook his head slowly.
"No, I'm not as interested in this house as Akali."
"Why? It's okay to borrow some money from Steele, right? It's not like we can't afford to pay it back. Besides..."
As soon as Akali finished speaking, Steele covered her with her hand.
"Since you don't want to, Evita, forget it. But I believe that with your ability, Evita, you might be able to earn five thousand gold coins a year in the future. Then you don't need to think about installment payments at all, right?"...
Evita chuckled and said: "I hope that's the case. But it depends on whether the president will be so generous."
"Oh? When did I stop being generous?" Xu Yi's voice suddenly sounded at the door.
The three of them turned around and saw Xu Yi walking in followed by Bella, Claire and Cecilia.
"Hey, Steele, your belly has grown a lot." As soon as Bella came in, she rushed directly to Steele, stared at her belly and praised loudly.
Claire and Cecilia also squeezed in. Put down the gift in your hand. The discussion started around Steele gesticulating about her bulging belly, which directly pushed aside the topic that Steele and the three of them had just discussed.
Watching several women huddled together and chattering noisily. Xu Yi shook his head and went straight to tell Liz and Linda to start preparing lunch.
Today, Evita and Steele's old classmates made a special appointment to visit her, but they had to be well entertained.
Just as he walked out of the living room, footsteps sounded behind him. When he looked back, it was Akara dragging Evita out with him.
"What? What's the matter?" Xu Yixiao asked, looking at the rare uneasy look on Akali's face.
"This... is not a big deal... Mr. President, Steele said just now..."
After hearing Akali talk about what she had just discussed with Steele, Xu Yi laughed, waved his hand and said, "I take it as a big deal. Since Steele has promised you, of course I won't have any objections." . Don’t say that you and Steele are good friends. Just because of our relationship, it’s normal to lend you some money.”
Akali immediately rushed over happily, hugged Xu Yi's arm, and shook it twice: "I knew you were the most generous, Mr. President. Alas, if only I had known you earlier than Steele. Now, I must catch you up so that I don’t have to worry about buying a house now. By the way, sir, how about I use my body to repay this debt?”
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Okay, don't make such a joke, Steele is still in there."
After saying that, he glanced at Evita, intending to persuade her, but after a second thought, he gave up.
Everyone's personality is different. Akali can readily accept the loan, but Evita is unwilling. This cannot be forced.
However, thoughts turned around in his mind, and Xu Yi suddenly thought of a question and asked Evita: "By the way, Evita, I haven't asked about the recruitment of personnel for the Chamber of Commerce for a long time. How many researchers are there in our Magic Research Institute now?" "
Evita was stunned by Xu Yi's sudden change of topic. She thought for a moment before replying: "There are currently 39 people in total. What's wrong?"
Xu Yi shook his head: "The growth is not fast. Last year, there were more than 300 people, but this year there are only 39 people. It is really too few."
"That's a lot, right?" Akali said in astonishment: "Mr. President, even the magicians under the great magician Essenka are less than two hundred. Our chamber of commerce can have more than three hundred, which is already a lot. It’s scary.”
"I still think there are too few. Don't you think there are insufficient manpower when doing research again?"
Akali and Evita thought for a while and nodded at the same time.
"Indeed... I really want to add a few more assistants to myself recently, but everyone in the institute has their own research projects and is simply too busy." Akali said.
Evita sighed: "Yes, the research tasks of the Magic Research Institute are very heavy now. I still have a lot of research and development tasks put forward by the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center in my hands, but I can't find enough suitable people to carry out the research. . It would be much better if there were two hundred more... one hundred researchers."
"Then why do you think other magicians are unwilling to work in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Xu Yi asked again.
Evita and Akali looked at each other and responded: "It's not that we are completely unwilling. After all, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now very famous, and many of our former classmates have asked us about the Chamber of Commerce. I I think many magicians are reluctant to come, probably because they don’t want to work in such a strange city and are worried that they won’t be able to adapt to the life here.”
"Look, this is a very important reason." Xu Yi clapped his hands and said. "You two have been working in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for more than two years, and now you have to consider your residence in Bangta City. It's no wonder that other magicians are worried about whether they can adapt after coming here. I think, if If we can solve the housing and living problems and let the magicians who come to work in our chamber of commerce have no worries, then there will definitely be many magicians who are willing to come.”
Evita and Akali looked at Xu Yi inexplicably, thinking that the president's thinking was really fast.
He was obviously talking about the two of them wanting to buy a house, so how could he think of this
Xu Yi ignored the strange expressions on their faces, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly strode out.
After walking for two steps, he seemed to remember something again, and turned to the two of them and said: "By the way, tell Steele that I have to go to see grandpa in a hurry now. I might not be able to make it at noon." I’m back for dinner, I hope you guys have a good time here.”
After saying that, he waved his hands to the two of them, turned around and left.
The two of them watched blankly as Xu Yi got on the carriage parked outside the manor and disappeared into the distance like lightning. It took them a while to react.
"President, it's true, we all came to see Steele today, but he, the husband, ran away. What does this mean..." Akali couldn't help but muttered.
"He must have thought of something particularly important, otherwise he wouldn't have done this." Evita explained for Xu Yi.
Akali glanced at Evita, stretched out her hand to pinch her cheek, and teased: "What? You are very protective of him, but it's a pity that you, a coward, don't even dare to speak out your feelings, no matter what There’s no point in defending him.”
Evita rolled her eyes at her: "That's better than you so nakedly saying that you want to use your body to pay off the debt, right? What do you think of yourself? Isn't it better to be more self-respecting?"
Akali snorted nonchalantly: "I'm happy, you have nothing to do with it!"
Evita shook her head helplessly, dragging Akali towards the house. )