The two-party negotiation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Imperial Navy is of course not just about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce unilaterally meeting the requirements of the Candela Imperial Navy. ,
In fact, in this negotiation between the two parties, solving the issue of follow-up maintenance of the frigate is only the basis. What really needs serious discussion between the two parties is the request made by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Candela Empire Navy.
According to the agreement signed between the two parties, the Candela Empire Navy purchased three frigates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at a price of 500,000 gold coins each. It must be supplemented by various other relevant conditions to satisfy the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, this is not enough. The gap of 1.5 million gold coins cannot be filled so easily.
After leaving his men to discuss the details of the frigate's follow-up maintenance, Russell led Xu Yi to another room in the military camp.
Here, waiting for Xu Yi is a middle-aged man who is slightly fat, has a friendly smile on his face, and his eyes exude a shrewd light. He looks much more like a businessman than a soldier. man.
In fact, he is indeed a businessman.
"President Xu, this is Roberto Zeni, the president of the Lavender Chamber of Commerce."
The middle-aged man immediately put on a warm smile, took Xu Yi's hand, and said with a smile: "President Xu, this is our first meeting, please take care of me in the future."
"No matter where you are, we will cooperate with each other from now on, and there will be no need for care or lack of care."
Xu Yi said politely while taking a serious look at Roberto Zeni.
The Lavender Chamber of Commerce is quite famous in the Candela Empire. Among the first-class chambers of commerce in the Candela Empire that Xu Yi inquired about, they include the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
But I didn't expect it. Standing behind the Lavender Chamber of Commerce is actually the Candela Empire Navy.
But this is not surprising.
A first-class large chamber of commerce that can gain a foothold in the Candela Empire. There is no power behind that.
The reason why the Lavender Chamber of Commerce has not become one of the most powerful super-class chambers of commerce in the Candela Empire. In Xu Yi's opinion, maybe it was still dragged down by the Candela Empire Navy.
At least in Xu Yi's opinion, the guys in the Candela Imperial Navy really don't have any business acumen.
Perhaps some individuals in the navy can make a lot of money, but it is far from improving the plight of the Imperial Navy.
"President Xu, I have actually been very interested in the various magical mechanical products of your Chamber of Commerce for a long time. Even without today's meeting, I would have taken the initiative to seek cooperation with President Xu sooner or later. And now I have Lord Russell. It would be more convenient.”
Looking at President Zeni with a warm smile on his face, Xu Yi did not respond enthusiastically. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head and said unceremoniously: "President Zeni, if you are here to discuss magic machinery with me this time, If you don’t cooperate with me, then I can only express my apology.”
President Zeni and Russell were both startled. They looked at each other. Russell frowned and asked, "President Xu, what do you mean?"
Xu Yi sighed. Pointing to the outside of the room, he said: "Lord Russell, President Zeni. Your subordinates are the Candela Empire, and even the most powerful water force in the entire Sainz continent. You don't want to use the endless sea outside, but you only think about fighting with us. Don’t you think it’s too stingy for the Chamber of Commerce to cooperate in the field of magic machinery?”
President Zeni and Russell looked at each other with doubts on their faces.
"President Xu, isn't your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce mainly engaged in magic machinery? If we don't cooperate with you in magic machinery, how can we find other directions for cooperation?" Russell asked with a frown.
"No, no, no, you have made a mistake. Cooperation in magic machinery is of course what I look forward to most, because I very much hope to promote the magic machinery of our chamber of commerce on a large scale in the Candela Empire, so that we can gain a huge market.”
"This is exactly what we were considering before. President Xu, why did you veto it?" President Zeni asked in confusion.
"I mean, we don't have to be limited to just selling our chamber of commerce's products to the Candela Empire, right? As I said, the main business of the Lavender Chamber of Commerce is all kinds of seafood, am I right? ? President Zeni?" Xu Yi asked.
President Zeni was slightly shocked.
He originally thought that Xu Yi would know about his Lavender Chamber of Commerce for the first time, but he didn't expect that Xu Yi would say out loud that their main business was seafood business, which showed that he had a certain understanding of the Lavender Chamber of Commerce for a long time.
"Yes. With the strong support of the Imperial Navy, it would be too stupid if we don't know how to use the resources at sea." President Zeni responded with a smile.
"Well, that's right. But President Zeni, in my opinion, you have not used it far enough. The resources in this sea are almost endless, and what your Chamber of Commerce can use may not be enough. One ten thousandth of it.”
President Zeni frowned: "President Xu, you have been talking for a long time, what do you mean?"
Xu Yi smiled, took out a map from his arms, and spread it out on the table.
Russell and President Zeni took a look and found that it was a map of the southern sea area of Sainz continent.
After taking a closer look, Russell's eyes flashed with surprise.
Of course, the Imperial Navy also has maps of the southern seas, and they are far more detailed than those sold on the market.
But compared with the map Xu Yi took out, the map in the Imperial Naval Staff was so crude that it was impossible to look straight at it.
"President Zeni, your Lavender Chamber of Commerce mainly sells seafood. Specifically, it mainly deals with various marine fish, kelp, coral stones, etc., right?"
President Zeni became more and more certain that Xu Yi must have investigated his own Lavender Chamber of Commerce, otherwise he would not know so clearly.
"Yes, President Xu, do you have any insights?"
"Hey, President Zeni, have you noticed that the seafood products currently sold by your chamber of commerce are mainly concentrated in the offshore area?"
Seeing Xu Yi draw an arc on the sea not far from the land on the map, President Zeni wondered: "Is there any problem with this? With the ability of the current fishermen, at most they can only draw an arc from the land. Fishing at such a distance is very dangerous. How can fishermen risk their lives?”
President Zeni suddenly paused. Looking at Xu Yi blankly.
He suddenly remembered that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, where President Xu was in front of him, had already invented a powerful sea-going ship made of steel, which could even enter hundreds of kilometers into the deep sea and travel freely back and forth
Ordinary fishermen do not have the ability to enter the deep sea because the fishing boats they use have insufficient performance and can only fish offshore at best.
And even the large wooden warships of the Kandra Empire Navy are unable to enter the real deep sea.
So even though countless people know that there are more huge and attractive resources in the deep sea, they are unable to do so due to capacity limitations. Everyone can only watch.
But now these powerful steel ships produced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can enter the deep sea very easily. Doesn't that mean that the deep sea resources that they could only covet silently in the past have become within reach
Thinking of this, President Zeni's breathing suddenly became a little faster, and he looked at Xu Yi with bright eyes.
Seeing his reaction, Xu Yi knew that he must have understood what he wanted to express, so he smiled and clicked on the deep sea indicated on the map, and said to President Zeni: "Our New Flying Chamber of Commerce not only produces large-scale transportation magic ships As well as combat frigates, we will also produce deep-sea fishing magic ships for fishing. President Zeni, is your chamber of commerce interested in this?"
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Five days later. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce delegation headed by Xu Yi concluded negotiations with the Candela Empire Navy.
According to the results of the negotiation, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be fully responsible for the follow-up maintenance of all frigates sold to the Candela Imperial Navy. Ensure that the Candela Imperial Navy can use these frigates with confidence.
At the same time, the Candela Imperial Navy identified the New Flying Chamber of Commerce as its partner, and regarded the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet as an ally fleet, giving the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet the right to travel freely in the waters of the Candela Empire, and also opened it to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet. The three ports in the southern part of the empire were at his disposal.
In addition, the Candela Empire Navy also signed an agreement with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to develop the southern waters of the Candela Empire. The first is to erect fixed magic signal towers and set up magic communications on multiple small islands in the southern waters within two years. Network, strive to cover the southern sea area of the main film.
Correspondingly, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce donated 500 magic call boxes to the Candela Imperial Navy, which can enable the Candela Imperial Navy to use these magic call boxes to make calls freely within five kilometers.
These are only the results of the agreement on the surface between the two parties. In private, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has also reached an agreement with the Candela Empire Navy, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will inject funds to develop six mines in the two small countries affiliated to the southeast of the Candela Empire.
Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not benefit directly from these six mines, but all the ores mined from these six mines are sold to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at market prices.
In addition, the Candela Empire Navy will also assist the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in opening sales channels in the Candela Empire through private relationships. The first step is to obtain a special quota for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from the Candela Empire for foreign chambers of commerce.
This quota is regarded as the Candela Empire's recognition of chambers of commerce in other countries. Chambers of commerce that can obtain recognition can be regarded as well-known chambers of commerce on the mainland.
If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can obtain this quota, it will not only open up the reputation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Candela Empire, but also enable the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to have a formal channel to enter the Candela Empire, which is of great significance.
In addition to the agreement officially signed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Imperial Navy, the main thing is the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
President Zeni was very interested in the civilian magic deep-sea fishing boat that Xu Yi said. He didn't care that Xu Yi told him that the boat was still under development and had not been actually produced. He had already decided on a relationship with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. cooperation, hoping to purchase at least five ships from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi naturally agreed.
In addition, Xu also told President Zeni that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet could be used to provide the Lavender Chamber of Commerce with information about the deep sea resources in the southern waters of the Candela Empire to help them collect and fish in the future.
There is no need to wait for cooperation in this area. The two parties agreed that it can officially start in one month.
As for other aspects, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also provide the Lavender Chamber of Commerce with several freezing cabins in the large transport fleet to transport some specialty fish from the southern seas of the Candela Empire to other places for sale, which is equivalent to further assisting the Lavender Chamber of Commerce in expanding its business scope. market.
Accordingly, the Lavender Chamber of Commerce will share its sales channels within the Candela Empire with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Although seafood and magic machinery are unrelated, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce just needs a channel to spread magic machinery in the Candela Empire. As for the specific sales situation, Xu Yi is not worried at all.
It can be said that this negotiation has brought great gains to both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lavender Chamber of Commerce. Even if they feel that the follow-up maintenance cost of the frigate is too high, and the Candela Empire Navy, which feels that it has been cheated by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, has also gained a lot because of its relationship with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. There are substantial benefits and equally great satisfaction to be gained from jointly developing a mine.
When we parted at the end, everyone was naturally happy.
But when saying goodbye to Xu Yi, Russell couldn't help but pull Xu Yi over and asked a question secretly.
"President Xu, when will your magic airship... start to be sold to the public? And what is your expected selling price?"
Looking at Russell with an expectant look on his face, Xu Yi couldn't help but put a heartfelt smile on his face.
I thought he hadn't asked this question in the past few days because he wasn't interested. It turned out that he just held back and asked now.
"Well... it will definitely be sold. When will it be sold to the public? It may not be until next year at the earliest. As for the pre-sale price... I can't tell now... "
Xu Yi snickered in his heart while answering Russell's questions.
This Russell can be said to be a big fish he caught with a frigate, and now he takes the big hook of the magic airship so actively, which is really touching.
Mr. Russell, why are you so cooperative? (To be continued...)