After spending a lot of time at the Academy of Magic, when Xu Yi returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Kennard had already completed the procedures to hire Hart and the five hundred elite soldiers with the help of a few assistants.
As the first batch of New Flyer guards, Xu Yi warmly welcomed them on behalf of the chamber of commerce.
But unlike the other newly hired employees, the chamber of commerce guards didn't choose to take them to a restaurant. Instead, they had Kennard send an assistant to take them to the Falling Rain Valley.
In the Falling Rain Valley, the New Flyer had already opened up a large area for this group of guards.
Apart from being the living quarters of the New Flyer guards, this area of close to ten thousand square meters was also their temporary training and logistics base.
There, their first job was to take on the job of guarding the Falling Rain Valley.
Now that the New Flyer was going to move all the important facilities to the Falling Rain Valley, it could be said that the Falling Rain Valley was the foundation of the New Flyer. No matter how powerful the defenses were, it wouldn't be excessive.
After sending off the five hundred elites, Xu Yi discussed with Samo Count about Stark taking over three days later. Then he left the City Lord's Mansion with Kennard and rode a carriage to Sandton Manor.
After entering Sandton Manor, Kennard went to arrange the relocation work. Xu Yi returned to his office and planned to tidy up his personal belongings.
After tidying up for less than ten minutes, the presidents of the small chambers of commerce in the Sandton Industrial Park all came to visit.
Seeing the over a hundred people in front of him filling up his office, Xu Yi couldn't help but ask with a smile, "What's going on today?
All of the Guild Leaders had actually gathered together.
Could it be that you're all on vacation today? "
The group of people looked at each other before their gazes focused on the vice president of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce, Kovac.
Kovac pondered for a moment before squeezing out a smile and said to Xu Yi, "Chairman Xu, we came together this time to ask you something."
"Oh?
What is it?
Go ahead. "
Although Freeman was the chairman of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce, it was Kovac who suggested the establishment of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce. After the establishment of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce, although Kovac was only the vice chairman, he played the role of the main decision-maker while Freeman was only in charge of production management.
In other words, Freeman and Kennard had the same position as New Flyer's CEO. Instead, Kovac was more like Xu Yi, in charge of New Flyer's affairs.
Therefore, compared to Freeman, Kovac's words represented the wishes of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce.
Furthermore, the Ireland Chamber of Commerce was the leader of the component factories in the Sandton industrial district. Therefore, they were recognized by many other small companies as their representatives.
Most of the time, Kovac would represent the small companies in the Sandton business district.
Now that there were so many people gathered here and they had chosen Kovac as their representative to talk to Xu Yi, it could be seen that the matter these small companies cared about wasn't a small matter to them.
So although Xu Yi's tone was relaxed, his expression was very serious.
Although these component factories were very small, they represented the foundation and future of the magic machine industry. Xu Yi had always attached importance to them.
Kovac hesitated a bit before asking, "Chairman Xu, I ….. We heard that your New Flyer is moving?"
"Where did you hear this news?" Xu Yi looked over everyone's faces.
"Do we still need to listen?" a president of a small Chamber of Commerce shouted.
A chairman of the board of directors called out, "We've seen things being moved out of Sandton Manor a few days ago and we've seen many magic machines being moved out. Could it be that this isn't because your New Flyer is moving out?"
"That's right.
Chairman Xu, are you really moving out? "With someone taking the lead, the others all began asking questions.
"Why are we moving?
Isn't it fine here? "
"Before moving out, Chairman Xu, why didn't you tell us anything? We weren't prepared at all … …"
"Chairman Xu, your New Flyer is moving out this time, will you never come back?"
"Chairman Xu, are you moving out because Banta City is changing City Lords?"
"Chairman Xu … …"
… …
"Everyone be quiet." Kovac suddenly shouted out, suppressing everyone's voices.
"Don't be like this. With so many people asking at once, how can Chairman Xu answer?"
Everyone looked at each other before looking at Kovac again.
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Kovac gave a satisfied nod before turning to Xu Yi to ask, "Chairman Xu, everyone came this time to talk about your New Flyer moving out.
Why is your New Flyer moving out?
You don't plan on keeping this place? "
Xu Yi looked at Kovac with a strange gaze, thinking that this fellow was quite the leader.
After pausing for a bit, he replied, "We are moving this time to put our company's research department and production department together, making it easier for the company to operate in the future. This is something that I've already decided on.
As for this place, it's not that we don't plan on keeping it since it's such a large manor, we can't just give it up like this, right? "
"Then why didn't you tell everyone before moving out?
You even had us ask around to confirm this news. "Kovac's voice had a trace of reproach.
Xu Yi slightly knit his brows, "This is an internal matter of our New Flyer, is there a need to notify us?"
"How can it not be necessary?" Kovac clearly expressed his dissatisfaction.
Kovac's voice was filled with dissatisfaction, "Chairman Xu, our small companies are all cooperating with your New Flyer, so no matter what changes your New Flyer has, you should let us know ahead of time so we can prepare ourselves."
Xu Yi looked at Kovac with an even stranger gaze, "What do you need to prepare yourself for?"
"For example, if your New Flyer moves out, how will our cooperation with your New Flyer be handled?" Kovac asked.
"I don't understand what you mean." Xu Yi was puzzled.
"Our cooperation is guaranteed by the contract, so we do what we need to do. What does it have to do with our decision to move?"
"This isn't the same." Kovac shook his head.
"Let me give you an example.
Chairman Xu, in the past, when we received orders for parts from your New Flyer, the final products were sent directly to Sandton Manor.
Now you're all moving to Falling Rain Valley, which is more than fifty kilometers away from here.
It's a bit unreasonable for us to send the finished products over such a long distance, right? "
Xu Yi immediately understood what he meant, "In other words, you're not willing to bear the extra shipping costs?"
Kovac nodded, "That's right.
Chairman Xu, your New Flyer is large and might not care about a mere fifty kilometers of shipping costs, but for small companies like us, even a single gold coin is important. Fifty kilometers of shipping costs isn't a small number for us, so I feel that you should at least discuss this matter with us in advance. "
"Okay, I admit that this was my oversight."
Xu Yi nodded. He looked at the chairmen of the other small companies and asked, "Is this also your idea?"
Most of the people remained silent. Only a few presidents of small chambers of commerce nodded their heads.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Xu Yi understood.
These small companies clearly had the same intention, but because of Xu Yi's face, or perhaps because of how powerful New Flyer was compared to them, they didn't dare to directly ask Xu Yi for a request. Thus, they gathered together and wanted to use their collective strength to make Xu Yi take them seriously.
Xu Yi was both gratified and disappointed with their thoughts.
From New Flyer's point of view, Xu Yi was naturally very disappointed.
These small companies were established and developed with the support of Xu Yi and New Flyer. Now, they came to haggle with New Flyer because of a small benefit. They were simply ungrateful.
But from a personal point of view, Xu Yi was gratified with this situation.
Because these small companies could have this awareness, it meant that they were gradually forming and also knew how to unite. This meant that the component manufacturing industry they represented had begun to take shape.
For Xu Yi's dream of establishing an industrial system, this was a very gratifying phenomenon.
Thus, Xu Yi thought for a bit and continued, "Since everyone is here, then speak your concerns.
As long as it's a reasonable idea or request, you can raise it.
Although we're all business partners, it's better to make some things clear.
Don't you think so? "
Hearing Xu Yi's words, the expressions of these small companies' presidents instantly relaxed.
Actually, coming to negotiate with New Flyer was a lot of psychological pressure for them.
First not mentioning how the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had helped these small companies, which made them feel bad for haggling with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, just based on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's scale and status that surpassed theirs, adding in the fact that they were the leader of the magic machine industry, it gave them enough pressure.
If Xu Yi ignored all of their requests, they couldn't do anything. They couldn't even complain.
It was a good thing that Xu Yi was as tolerant of them as before, allowing them to speak freely now.
"Right, right, very right.
Chairman Xu, it's not good for everyone to keep some things in their hearts. Once they're out, no matter how big the problem is, we can discuss and solve it. Don't you think so? "
"That's right.
Actually, we came this time mainly because we're worried.
If your Frestech Chamber of Commerce leaves, it's like there's something missing in our hearts. It'll be empty and we won't be able to feel secure. "
"That's right.
Chairman Xu, New Flyer is our pillar of support. If you're going to move, I thought you were going to give up on us. I was so scared that my face turned white. "
"Haha, you're exaggerating.
Do you think we don't know what kind of person Chairman Xu is?
How could he give up on us? "
"That's right …"
…
Xu Yi maintained his smile as he listened to everyone's chatter. He quickly began to consider the problems they'd just mentioned.
Kovac was right. The transportation fee of fifty kilometers wasn't important to New Flyer, but it was too important to these small companies.
The reason for this problem was that the contract wasn't complete enough. That was why such a loophole had appeared.
This was also because of the mentality of both sides.
Before this, when these small companies cooperated with New Flyer, they could only listen to Xu Yi's orders. They didn't dare to negotiate with Xu Yi.
But now, it was different. These small companies had developed and started to have their own demands. Of course, they hoped to negotiate with New Flyer.
Xu Yi didn't dislike this.
He transmigrated from Earth, where business was extremely developed and prosperous. Therefore, in his opinion, the more professional a business cooperation was, the better. The contract should be extremely detailed and have as few loopholes as possible.
But the problem was that Xu Yi and these small company presidents weren't professionals. When they signed the contract, they discussed it with everyone else. Of course, it wouldn't be that detailed.
Now that these problems had arisen, Xu Yi began to seriously consider this matter.
But the biggest problem was, where would they find such a professional?