The matter of the Gelert Chamber of Commerce's product announcement was reported by the various newspapers and quickly spread through Banta City and the surrounding cities.
In just a single night, the Gelert Chamber of Commerce became a rat that everyone wanted to beat up.
The various magic machines that the Gelert Chamber of Commerce made instantly lost their sales and even became something that everyone avoided like a plague.
Of course, sales weren't important to the Gelert Chamber of Commerce.
Because after the product announcement, the Gelert Chamber of Commerce announced their closure and chairman Cimirot had disappeared without a trace.
To everyone, this Cimirot and the Gelert Chamber of Commerce he opened were shameful thieves and swindlers, there was no chance of them making a comeback.
Moreover, when they connected the Gelert Chamber of Commerce and Cimirot's actions in the past month, everyone felt like they were watching a clown's performance, it was very funny.
Thinking of how the Gelert Chamber of Commerce dared to say that they could surpass New Flyer, everyone couldn't help giving a snort of disdain.
After this matter, the New Flyer's position in people's hearts was stabilized and raised again.
Now everyone thought that perhaps the New Flyer wasn't strong enough. It wasn't the biggest company in Banta City and it wasn't one of the strongest companies in the Lampari Kingdom, but in terms of magic machines, there wasn't a single company that could compare to it. There wasn't a single person or company that could compete with the New Flyer in this field.
As for the Xinfei Brand magic machines, people placed even more importance on them.
After this matter, the sales of the various magic machines of the New Flyer increased. It was clearly the end of August and summer was about to end, but the sales of the Xinfei Brand Magic Fans, Magic Air Conditioners, and Magic Freezers that were mainly used in summer had a strong rebound, reaching a small peak again.
When the final statistics were done at the end of the month, Xu Yi was surprised to find that New Flyer's sales of household magic machines didn't decrease compared to July, rather it increased.
This really was an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Xu Yi's initial response to this matter was only to find out who was the mastermind behind Cimirot's actions. Then, through this arrangement, he would cause the other party to suffer losses. This would also serve as a warning to the other party. He had never considered the benefits that New Flyer would receive from this matter.
Now, not only had the original plan succeeded, Cimirot had been severely punished, and the people behind him had also suffered great losses because of their investment in the Gelert Merchant Guild. Moreover, New Flyer had actually profited because of this. It was like throwing a stone that accidentally hit two birds.
As a result, Xu Yi was in a good mood during this period of time.
But when he saw the expressionless Wella, his good mood could no longer be maintained.
Xu Yi looked straight into Wella's eyes, not avoiding her gaze at all. After looking at each other for a long time, he finally sighed, slowly but firmly shook his head: "No.
Weena, I can't promise you that.
Rem made a huge mistake this time. If I let him go because of you, how can I face the other researchers in the research institute?
How can we face all the employees of our Frestech Chamber of Commerce?
Or to be more direct, I don't want to let him go. "
Towards Xu Yi's reply, Wella seemed a bit surprised. After raising her eyebrows, her expression returned to normal: "Why?
I heard from Evita that you were in cahoots with her this time, weren't you?
If it wasn't like this, Rem wouldn't have been able to take away so much research data from the research institute so easily.
To be honest, it was because you allowed him to make such a big mistake. "
"No, you're wrong." Xu Yi shook his head.
"Although Evita and I did put on a show for him, Wella, if Rem didn't have such intentions, then what's the point of us putting on a show?
Moreover, according to Cimirot's explanation, Rem wanted to enter New Flyer from the beginning, so he already had bad intentions.
If I didn't unintentionally notice his problem, then our company would have suffered great losses because of this. "
Wella was silent, and the room immediately fell into silence.
Xu Yi looked at Wella's complicated expression and couldn't help but sigh: "Wella, you've already broken up with Rem, so why are you still thinking about him?
You've never been willing to beg anyone before, but now you've begged me twice because of him. Could it be that at this time, you still think he's worth it? "
Wella finally couldn't maintain her calm expression. A trace of sadness floated onto her face as she softly said: "He was once the closest person to me, I ….. It's very hard for me to completely abandon him."
Xu Yi bitterly smiled in his heart. He thought that the more Wella looked cold on the outside, the more passionate she was on the inside.
It was clearly Wella who felt that Rem's personality wasn't suitable for her and chose to break up with Rem, but now she still lowered her arrogant head in front of Xu Yi because of Rem.
Although Xu Yi admired Wella's spirit, it didn't mean he agreed.
"Sorry, Wella, I still can't promise you this matter.
Rem did something wrong and he has to be punished for it.
He's already an adult and can't be like a child who has the opportunity to casually make mistakes. "Xu Yi sternly said.
Wella once again looked at Xu Yi. Xu Yi still didn't look away and looked straight at her.
Seeing Xu Yi's resolute expression, Wella knew that she couldn't change his mind. She could only lower her eyelids and lightly nod her head.
"Alright, I understand."
Seeing that Wella was about to leave the room, Xu Yi thought for a bit and inwardly sighed. He opened his mouth to call out to Wella.
"Wella, I can't promise you anything else, but I can promise you one thing. I'll preserve Rem's most basic reputation."
Wella's originally calm eyes suddenly lit up and a trace of a smile finally appeared on her face. Then she solemnly bowed to Xu Yi.
"President, thank you."
This was the first time Wella had used such a respectful tone to address Xu Yi.
Xu Yi waved his hand and Wella turned to leave.
Seeing the door close again, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again.
Because the commerce in Sines wasn't as developed as on Earth, there wasn't a complete set of laws related to commerce in any of the Sines.
Like this, even if Xu Yi exposed Rem and Cimirot's shameful actions and provided enough evidence, but because there wasn't any law to support it, he couldn't give them a reasonable punishment.
Although according to the rules of the Lampari Kingdom or the entire Sines, if they stole the secrets of other companies, they would definitely suffer the retaliation of the company that stole the secrets. However, Xu Yi didn't plan to do this because he felt that it was meaningless to specifically target Rem and Cimirot.
From Xu Yi's point of view, punishing these two was a small matter. Therefore, establishing the relevant laws and regulations was a big matter.
Therefore, after a secret discussion with the Count, the Count directly captured Rem and Cimirot and sent them to the kingdom's commerce department in Anvilmar City.
According to the regulations of the commerce department, these two would be prohibited from working in any company for ten years. They also weren't allowed to do any business that exceeded a certain amount.
At the same time, because of their status as magicians, they were also punished by the Sorcerers Guild.
Not only did the Sorcerers Guild strip them of their status as magicians, they were also prohibited from participating in the Sorcerers Guild's certification exam for twenty years.
Simply put, from now on, they wouldn't be considered as official magicians recognized by the Sorcerers Guild.
Although the punishment from the commerce department and the Sorcerers Guild was a huge blow to the two of them, it was equivalent to stripping them of their original status. Moreover, it would greatly affect their lives in the future. However, Xu Yi wasn't satisfied with this result.
This was because according to the laws of Earth, these two's actions were already considered business espionage. Moreover, the degree of their actions was enough to reach the standard of a criminal sentence and they would be arrested and sent to jail.
However, the Lampari Kingdom didn't have such a law, so Xu Yi could only add on to the punishment according to the confidentiality agreement he signed with Rem.
This additional punishment was very severe. According to the agreement, Rem had to pay a large amount of compensation for selling out the secrets of the New Flyer and was also prohibited from working in any industry related to magic machines for the rest of his life.
The latter didn't affect Rem much for the time being, but the large amount of compensation was something Rem couldn't afford. This amount was as high as fifty thousand gold coins. With Rem's salary of at most thirty gold coins a month, he wouldn't be able to pay it back even if he worked for the rest of his life.
Regarding this point, the kingdom's laws had another related rule.
If the debt signed by the debtor was too high and exceeded the debtor's income by a hundred times in the previous year, it would prove that the debtor was unable to repay the debt.
Regarding this point, the kingdom's laws stated that if the debtor couldn't prove that he had the ability to repay the debt within a year, then after a year, all of the debtor's assets would be handed over.
If the debtor was still unable to repay the debt after handing over all of his assets, then according to the kingdom's laws, the debtor could only repay the debt with his own body. Thus, he would be judged as the debtor's slave.
Rem didn't have a stable income for the past year. Even if he calculated everything, it wouldn't exceed three hundred gold coins.
If it was a hundred times, it would only be thirty thousand gold coins. It was still twenty thousand gold coins short of the compensation of fifty thousand gold coins.
Rem's family wasn't well off, so even if he mortgaged all of his assets, he still wouldn't be able to repay the debt after a year.
In other words, if nothing unexpected happened, then after a year, Rem would be judged as Xu Yi's slave by the kingdom's laws!
For a mage like Rem who used to have a high status, this was undoubtedly a humiliation that he couldn't accept.
Thus, even if Wella had already broken up with him, she still couldn't help but plead with Xu Yi.
Of course, Xu Yi wasn't willing to let Rem off so easily, but after careful consideration, he still promised Wella that he would preserve Rem's reputation.
As for how to preserve it, that would depend on Xu Yi's choice.
Compared to Rem, Xu Yi actually hoped that Cimirot would be severely punished.
Although Rem was despicable, but if it wasn't for Cimirot's instigation, he wouldn't have walked down this path of evil. Thus, strictly speaking, Cimirot was the mastermind and should be punished more severely than Rem.
However, there wasn't any contract between Cimirot and Xu Yi, and according to the kingdom's laws, he couldn't be punished in any way.
The punishment he received was nothing more than the punishment given to him by the Business Administration Department and the Magicians Guild.
Compared to the terrifying punishment of Rem being turned into a slave, Cimirot's public punishment wasn't painful at all.
Of course, this was only a public punishment.
In reality, when Cimirot was escorted to Anvilmar City, he was taken away by the kingdom's northern army in the name of an emergency transfer and sent to the northern battlefield.
Although he wouldn't be sent to the battlefield to die for unknown reasons, Viscount Leslie had clearly stated in his letter to Xu Yi that this honourable magician Cimirot would be "warmly welcomed" by the elite soldiers of the northern army.
In less than half a year, this magician's delicate butt would become unrecognizable.