Until the end of the meeting, no definite conclusion was reached about the cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, because President Gascoigne only asked Magister Camilla’s attitude towards the matter from beginning to end, and did not express any comment. any own attitude.
The other elders of the council have long been accustomed to this kind of situation. Anyway, the president usually does not make his position clear until the last moment.
What's more, in the eyes of many council elders, the matter about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is simply a trivial matter not worth mentioning.
Although this matter involves a distinguished magician, and Xu Yi, the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, is himself a great magician worthy of attention, the matter itself only involves those junior and second-level magicians. That’s all.
Although such low-level magicians account for more than 80% of all magicians on the entire Sainz continent, in the eyes of these council elders, together they are not more important than a magician. .
Instead of putting all the effort into thinking about them, it is better to think about how to win over Magister Camilla, the newly promoted Magister.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if these junior and second-level magicians can't survive in the magic circle. Countless people with magic talents will still join the ranks every year. The magician union does not have to worry about the foundation of magicians at all. .
However, after the meeting, President Gascoigne kept the great magician Ferguson behind and made it clear that he wanted to have a private conversation with him.
The other council elders were not surprised by this. After all, this matter involved Magister Camilla, judging from the president's attitude just now. He should still care about and value Magister Camilla very much.
The great magician Ferguson was left to talk alone. I must also want to ask more about Magister Camilla.
But when everyone leaves. When there were only two people left on the magic throne, President Gascoigne and Grand Magician Ferguson, President Gascoigne opened his mouth, but the question had nothing to do with Magister Camilla.
“Ferguson, how much do you think the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s current annual income is?”
The great magician Ferguson was stunned, thinking how do I know this? This is the secret of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
“You don’t need to give an exact number, just a rough estimate.” President Gascoigne added.
"This..." The great magician Ferguson frowned and thought for a long time, but could only shake his head helplessly. "President, I really don't know much about this. But I can confirm that the various magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are very popular in several surrounding countries. During my journey from the Malo Empire to the Principality of Standing, You can see it everywhere, so I guess... their annual income must be very high."
"Very high? How high? Can it exceed 10 million gold coins?" President Gascoigne continued to ask with interest.
"Ten million gold coins... I'm not sure, but judging from the situation at the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I think the problem shouldn't be big. Even... higher than this number."
"Really? If that's the case, then we probably have to take the plan proposed by Xu Yi seriously." President Gascoigne smiled.
"Mr. President, do you plan to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"
"I originally planned to cooperate with them. The difference is only in the degree of cooperation." President Gascoigne paused and said: "Originally, I just thought that since Xu Yi himself is a great magician, then he should I am very willing to cooperate with the Magician Guild, so I just wanted to give the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a name to help us solve some difficulties. But now after reading your report, I have some different ideas."
The great magician Ferguson's eyes lit up: "Mr. President, are you interested in the magical machines of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce?"
President Gascoigne glanced at the great magician Ferguson, with a half-smile on his face.
"If we talk about magic tools, obviously our Magicians Guild's background in this area is far greater than that of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can make so much money through those simple magic tools, and our Magicians Guild But while we invested a lot of money in researching these magic tools, we didn’t get even a single gold coin from them. This is very worthy of our death.”
The great magician Ferguson looked at President Gascoigne in surprise, thinking that the president's words meant that he spoke too highly of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
The Magician's Guild has not been able to make money from magic tools in its thousands of years of history, but a small chamber like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can do it. Doesn't this mean that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is stronger than the Magicians' Guild
"Regarding the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I remember that the Lampali Kingdom Magician Union branch submitted a bill on magic patents a few years ago, and it was passed after we studied it. After that, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce should apply to the union headquarters There are a lot of magic trains, right?”
Before going to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for inspection, Great Magician Ferguson had some knowledge about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Of course he knew about this matter. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "Yes. The total number of applications for magic patents from the union headquarters at present is There are already more than 130,000 types, of which more than 70,000 have been applied for by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce alone.”
Having said this, the great magician Ferguson couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
"I really don't understand how such a small chamber of commerce can come up with so many novelties in magic research, with more than 70,000 magic patents, and even a complete list of elemental magic."
"Since they are willing to apply for so many magic patents from the union headquarters, it proves that they are still willing to accept the leadership of the union. Since this is the case, it is easy to handle." President Gascoigne pondered for a moment and continued: "Ferguson, I have to trouble you to go to the Principality of Standing again.”
The great magician Ferguson was not surprised: "Please show me, Mr. President."
"It's just President, how should I express my stance to Xu Yi this time?"
"You don't need to make a specific statement." President Gascoigne showed a confident smile. "You just need to tell him that the union headquarters is willing to cooperate with him, but they also need the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to show sincerity in cooperation. I think Xu Yi will definitely know what to do."
The great magician Ferguson immediately understood. Nod in agreement.
After leaving the magic throne. Ferguson flew directly to the City in the Sky. After identifying the direction, he walked towards the most prosperous commercial street in the Sky City.
He was about to go to the Principality of Standing again, and he had to make some preparations for the trip.
Although the City in the Sky is a city of magicians, it does not mean that there are only magicians in this city.
Although this is indeed the place with the highest density of magicians on the entire continent, magicians are human beings after all and have normal life needs, so the difference between the Sky City and other cities on the continent is not that big. They also have life and business. Area.
The commercial street where the great magician Ferguson went is located in the southwest of Sky City. It is the most prosperous street in the Sky City and also has the most atmosphere of ordinary people's life.
As long as you have money, you can buy almost all daily necessities on this street.
The Great Magician Ferguson had just entered the commercial street and was about to go to the grocery store he went to most often when he saw a group of people crowded together on the street in front of him, making extremely noisy noises from inside.
"What happened?" The great magician Ferguson frowned and moved closer.
"Is it okay if I don't want to? I don't have money and can't afford the decoration. Can't I do it? Are you magicians still reasonable?" A high-pitched soprano sounded from the crowd, which sounded extremely harsh.
"When did I stop being reasonable?" The deep voice of a middle-aged man responded. "Obviously you just agreed with me last week to let me decorate the large frost circle in your store this week. You even handed me the deposit, but now you tell me that I don't need to decorate it anymore? Are you kidding me?"
"Hey. How dare I play tricks on a noble magician. But I really don't need this large frost magic circle now. What? Do you still want to buy and sell by force?"
"Nonsense! How dare you insult a noble and upright magician! Where did I buy and sell by force?"
"If you insist on forcing me to set up this large frost magic circle, then you are buying and selling by force!"
"I don't… "
…
This woman has obviously been in business for many years and has a sharp tongue. This middle-aged magician is a typical magician who is obsessed with magic research. How could he possibly win over her in a quarrel
The great magician Ferguson listened for a while. Seeing that the middle-aged magician was gradually unable to resist, he frowned and activated the magic power in his body. The onlookers around him suddenly felt a gentle force pushing them away. , make way.
This is the city in the sky, and there are magicians everywhere. Of course, Ferguson's conspicuous move immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Seeing that everyone was paying attention, the great magician Ferguson lifted the hood over his head, revealed his face, and asked with a cold snort: "What's going on?"
The Great Magician Ferguson is one of the sixteen elders of the Magician Guild Headquarters Council. He naturally has supreme prestige in the Sky City. Everyone recognized him instantly and quickly saluted him.
"Come here and tell me what's going on?" The great magician Ferguson waved to the middle-aged magician.
The middle-aged magician came over cautiously and explained what happened to the great magician Ferguson.
Although his speech was not clear, from his description, the great magician Ferguson understood that the whole story was actually similar to what was said in the conversation between the two.
This sharp-tongued woman is the proprietress of a large fabric shop on the commercial street. Because the hot summer is approaching, she made a reservation with this middle-aged magician last week and asked him to come and decorate their shop this week. Large frost array.
This is a common practice for many large shops in Sky City, and there was no problem originally.
But this year, when the middle-aged magician came to set up the magic circle, he was rejected by the proprietress, claiming that their shop did not need to set up a large frost magic circle now, so the previous transaction was void, and the middle-aged magician was asked to return the deposit. .
The business that the middle-aged magician originally got suddenly disappeared, and now he was asked to return the deposit. How could he do it? So the two started arguing about this matter.
After hearing the description of the matter, the great magician Ferguson frowned and made a decision quickly.
"Since she no longer needs to set up a large frost magic circle, then follow her wishes. We are magicians, not bandits and robbers." The great magician Ferguson first reprimanded the middle-aged magician, and then turned to look The landlady said with a straight face: "But no matter what, the deposit cannot be refunded. This is the rule."
The smile that just appeared on the face of the landlady froze, and then she waved her hand and said with a smile: "Since it is Mr. Ferguson who said so, of course forget it."
When everyone around saw the great magician Ferguson coming forward, the two sides quickly reached an agreement. Naturally, there was no excitement to be seen, so they had to retreat.
The proprietress obviously knew that it would not be good for her to continue to pester him. She bowed to the great magician Ferguson and then turned around to return to her shop.
"Wait a minute." The great magician Ferguson stopped her at this time.
"Mr. Ferguson, do you have anything else to do?" The landlady looked at the great wizard Ferguson nervously.
"Tell me, why do you suddenly no longer need to set up a large frost circle? The hottest weather is coming soon. If you don't set up a large frost circle in your store, you don't have to worry about no customers because it's too hot. Would you like to come?”
The landlady took out a breath and chuckled: "How could it be possible? Of course we have to be prepared, but it's not a large frost formation, but..."
"Magic air conditioner, right?" The great magician Ferguson interrupted her.
The landlady was stunned: "How do you know?"
The great magician Ferguson's face darkened. He looked at the proprietress's shop next to the road and felt the extremely slight but extremely stable magic power fluctuations emanating from it. Then he turned to look at the middle-aged magician beside him who was a little absent-minded. I don’t know what it feels like. (To be continued...)