Even for an ordinary family, for the sake of their meager assets, they would need to choose an heir in advance.
For a company like New Flyer that had developed into a first-rate chamber of commerce in Sines, with billions of gold coins worth of assets and annual profits as high as hundreds of millions of gold coins, choosing a leader was important, but choosing an heir was equally important.
So even if Xu Yi was only in his early forties and if nothing unexpected happened, he could still live for several more decades, in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the topic of his successor had already been brought up.
If this was on Earth, New Flyer would be a chamber of commerce, and its successor would be groomed from within and decided based on ability.
However, this was Sines, a society with a semi-feudal and semi-slave system. Therefore, in the eyes of others, Xu Yi's successor should be his children.
Sines didn't have a patriarchal culture like Earth, and Xu Yi had already confirmed Freya as his successor when she was born. Therefore, in everyone's eyes, Freya should be the one to inherit New Flyer.
However, although Xu Yi had confirmed Freya as his successor, he had never confirmed her as the successor of New Flyer.
This was because Xu Yi had always felt that his family property was completely private, so it wasn't a problem for him to let anyone inherit it.
However, New Flyer was different.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce was this big, so it didn't just involve Xu Yi's family. It was related to tens of thousands of important matters, or even the important matters of countless countries.
Since the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was this important, their leader had to be someone who had the ability to lead the Frestech Chamber of Commerce in the right direction.
It was true that Freya had the right to inherit, but Xu Yi wasn't certain if she had the ability or not.
Then again, Xu Yi never hoped that his children would choose what they wanted to do in the future according to his wishes. He always respected his children's choice.
Therefore, although he spared no effort in educating Freya, it was always based on Freya's preferences. He didn't force her to learn business management and other things that a leader of a chamber of commerce had to learn.
Stiel had raised some objections to Xu Yi's approach, but Xu Yi wasn't moved and still allowed Freya to do things according to her preferences. She couldn't do anything about it.
Under such an education philosophy, Freya, like many other children, would develop a strong interest in many things from a young age. Then she would study and research, but until now, the only thing that she had persisted in was magic.
Of course, Freya's talent in magic was extremely high. In addition, Xu Yi was now leading the research on the new type of magic data analysis, so Freya's ability to learn magic far surpassed almost all other magicians. She was only fourteen years old, but she already had the ability of a sixth-level magician, which was extremely shocking.
However, apart from magic, Freya's interest in other things didn't last for too long. Therefore, when she suddenly declared to Xu Yi that she wanted to be a president when she grew up, Xu Yi didn't care much. He thought that she was just being inspired by Stiel.
However, reality proved that Xu Yi misjudged Freya's determination this time.
After making the declaration of "I want to be the president of New Flyer", Freya was full of enthusiasm and threw herself into various classes related to the management of the Chamber of Commerce that she used to dislike very much. Even when faced with a large amount of incomparably boring data, she was still full of enthusiasm and didn't show any signs of impatience.
This state lasted for more than three months, and he didn't see any signs of her relaxing or giving up. Therefore, Xu Yi was finally sure that she was serious this time.
Since Freya was serious, Xu Yi put away his thoughts of watching the fun and began to seriously consider for her.
After three months of theoretical learning, Xu Yi gave Freya a goal. He wanted her to have a detailed understanding of the framework of New Flyer before she became an adult. Therefore, she had to personally experience the various jobs under the name of New Flyer before entering the city.
In other words, if she wanted to be the president of New Flyer, then she had to have a sufficient understanding of New Flyer. Therefore … she needed a lot of internships.
After some consideration, Freya's first internship department was actually the production workshop under the name of the Xinfei Household Magical Machinery Chamber of Commerce. She was going to be the most ordinary assembly worker!
"Freya, you … have you really decided to go?"
Stiel looked at Freya, who had already changed into an ordinary worker's uniform, with a face full of worry.
"Even if you want to do an internship, you don't have to run off to become a worker, right?
If it were up to me, you should go to the Academy of Magic for an internship for a period of time.
Anyway, your magic level is now enough to reach the standards of the Academy of Magic. Besides, the technical problems of magic research are the core of New Flyer. You should go there.
Don't you think so, Xu Yi? "
Seeing Stiel's pleading look, Xu Yi smiled and shook his head lightly.
"We should respect Freya's choice.
But … "Xu Yi looked at Freya with a serious expression.
"Freya, I'll remind you again. You're going there for an internship, not to play.
The work of frontline workers is far more difficult than you think. If you don't have enough mental preparation, you'll definitely suffer a lot. "
Freya laughed and nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, dad. I've seen with my own eyes what those workers are like when they work.
I admit that the environment is very uncomfortable, but I'll definitely persevere! "
"Good.
Then I'll remind you again. Don't expect to receive any help from us during your internship at the factory.
No one in the factory will give you any preferential treatment. Even your mother and I won't give you an extra copper coin.
In other words, you have to be responsible for your own life. All your sources of income can only be counted on the salary you earn at work. Do you understand? "
"Understood!" Freya replied loudly. There was no sign of fear on her face.
Xu Yi shook his head lightly.
Although Freya was full of confidence, she had never suffered like this before. She couldn't imagine how much trouble she would encounter if she were to live alone.
Whether or not she could hold on at that time, Xu Yi didn't dare guarantee anything.
"Freya, you …" Stiel opened her mouth as if she wanted to say a few more words. But after looking at Xu Yi, she swallowed her words.
"… Take care of yourself."
Freya giggled. She walked over and held Stiel's arm. She rubbed her face against Stiel's face and said with a playful smile, "Mother, you don't have to worry about me.
I'm almost 15 years old. I'm not a child anymore.
You see, I'm taller than you. "
Stiel smiled and patted away Freya's hand that was gesturing back and forth on her head. She lightly reprimanded, "Wait until you're an adult before saying this."
Then she sighed softly.
"Forget it. Since it's your own choice, I'll respect your decision just like your father.
Go on, if you can really persevere, then you can be said to be really sensible. "
Stiel and Freya chatted for a while before reluctantly parting ways.
Before leaving, Xu Yi took out a small hair knot.
"This is a magic tool that Elder Lisanya specially made for you. It contains an illusion magic that can change your appearance."
"So fun?"
Freya curiously took the hair knot and tied her hair. Then under Xu Yi's guidance, she injected a trace of magic into the hair knot. The hair knot flashed with a faint light blue light. Then Xu Yi and Stiel found that Freya's face had a subtle change.
About half a minute later, Freya's face was finally confirmed.
Stiel looked carefully and couldn't help but frown.
"Isn't this … too ordinary?"
At this time, standing in front of the two, Freya's face and facial features were ordinary. No matter how you looked at it, she was just an ordinary little girl that couldn't be distinguished if she was thrown into a crowd. She didn't have the beauty and lively temperament of Freya.
"It's good that she's ordinary. If she still goes to the factory with her original appearance, even if we don't talk about her identity, her appearance alone will bring her unnecessary trouble." Xu Yi said.
Freya didn't mind her appearance becoming ordinary at all. She was very interested in looking at herself in the mirror for a while, looking quite excited.
After asking the various questions that needed to be paid attention to when using the hair knot, Freya waved goodbye to the two.
In the following period of time, she would disguise herself as an ordinary little girl who came from the Lampari Kingdom to work in the Principality of Constantine. She would enter an assembly factory under the Xinfei Household Magical Machinery Chamber of Commerce to do the simplest assembly work. The plan was to last three months to half a year.
Of course, this job couldn't improve her magic and management skills, so it couldn't last for too long.
But Xu Yi and Freya were very sure that this internship would greatly enrich her life experience, which would be very helpful for her future growth.
And Xu Yi was most pleased that this was a request made by Freya herself. It could be seen that she was seriously considering this matter this time.
If she could continue to maintain this attitude and steadily improve herself, then in the future, she would indeed have the ability to take over the New Flyer.
But for Stiel, this matter still revealed a lot of questions.
"Xu Yi, why did you agree to Freya's request?
Didn't you always say that you wanted her and the other children to have a happy childhood? "
Xu Yi looked at Freya's departing figure and sighed softly.
"Because … Kennard is leaving …"