The technology in Sines couldn't compare to earth's, so the so called embassy naturally couldn't compare to the high end embassies on earth. But as one of the few peaceful countries in the Lampari Kingdom, the West Hack Kingdom's embassy in Anvilmar City still took up quite a bit of space.
However, it was apparent that the West Hack Kingdom didn't place much importance on this embassy. The entire embassy appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary residential building. Apart from the flag that represented the West Hack Kingdom, there wasn't anything else that made it seem like an important building.
Xu Yi had heard a phrase on earth. When a country established an embassy in another country, it symbolized the image of their country, as well as the importance they placed on the other country.
This phrase was also true in Sines. From Xu Yi's point of view, the reason why the West Hack Kingdom's embassy in the Lampari Kingdom was this normal was not because they didn't care about the image of their country, but rather because they didn't care about the Lampari Kingdom that much.
After all, compared to the West Hack Kingdom that could compete with the Kandla Empire and the Malor Empire, the Lampari Kingdom that was still in chaos ten years ago and could be considered one of the weakest countries on the continent, they weren't on the same level.
So when Xu Yi arrived at the West Hack Kingdom's embassy at 7 o 'clock in the evening with an invitation in hand, although the waiter was very warm and the West Hack Kingdom's ambassador had a face full of smiles, Xu Yi could easily feel a sense of disdain.
Xu Yi thought that since the West Hack Kingdom's embassy had sent someone to invite him, they would definitely have something important to discuss, but after seeing this scene, if it wasn't for the fact that he saw a few acquaintances at the banquet, he really would have turned to leave and wouldn't waste time here.
"Chairman Rank, based on the attitude of ambassador Palomas towards you, this shouldn't be the first time you've been invited to this banquet, right?"
Xu Yi asked the first familiar person he met, the Sarank Chamber of Commerce's chairman Rank who also came from Banta City.
"That's right.
At the end of each year, ambassador Palomas will invite our Lampari Kingdom's merchants to a banquet, which can be considered pulling in some business for their West Hack Kingdom. "Chairman Rank casually replied before looking at Xu Yi with a bit of a smile.
"But this ambassador Palomas will be making a big joke this time.
It was hard to invite Chairman Xu here and he's treating you like this. Isn't he afraid of offending your New Flyer? "
"He represents the West Hack Kingdom, only merchants like us who want to do business with the West Hack Kingdom are afraid of offending him. How could he be afraid of offending me?" Xu Yi gave a shrug.
"No matter what, I still hope to fight for the West Hack Kingdom's market.
Chairman Rank, on account of being old friends, tell me, what is the investment environment in the West Hack Kingdom like? "
"Speaking of the investment environment ….." Chairman Rank took a sip of the red wine in his hand and thought for a bit before saying, "Overall it's quite good. The West Hack Kingdom hasn't experienced any turmoil in all these years, the political situation is stable, and the living conditions of the people are much better than our Lampari Kingdom. They also have strong spending power, so the market is very wide.
The only problem is ….. "
"What is it?"
President Rank glanced at Ambassador Palomas, who was talking to a merchant in the distance, and lowered his voice slightly.
"The West Hack Kingdom's political situation is very stable, but it's been stable for too long ….. The officials are becoming more and more extravagant ….."
Xu Yi instantly understood.
Chairman Rank's words were clearly referring to how serious the corruption problem in the West Hack Kingdom was.
Xu Yi pointed at Ambassador Palomas, "What about this ambassador Palomas?"
Chairman Rank took another sip of red wine as a strange smile appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything.
Xu Yi's heart lit up. He revealed a smile and didn't keep asking.
After chatting with Chairman Rank for a bit, Xu Yi saw the merchant beside Ambassador Palomas leave and walked over.
"Ambassador Palomas ….."
"Ambassador Palomas ….."
Two shouts sounded at the same time as another merchant from the Lampari Kingdom came over from another direction and greeted Ambassador Palomas at the same time as Xu Yi.
The two were surprised and looked at each other. Xu Yi discovered that the person who had the same idea as him was actually the chairman of the Walmart Chamber of Commerce, Colmar Rundst.
"Hey, Chairman Rundst, hello. I saw you earlier, but didn't have time to greet you." Xu Yi waved his hand.
Chairman Rundst returned Xu Yi's smile and glanced at Ambassador Palomas before nodding at Xu Yi, "Since you have business with the ambassador, you can chat with him first.
Lord Ambassador, I'll come find you later. "
After saying that, Chairman Rundst raised his wine glass to Xu Yi and Ambassador Palomas before turning to leave.
Ambassador Palomas withdrew his gaze from Chairman Rundst and turned to look at Xu Yi in surprise.
The Walmart Chamber of Commerce was the largest chamber of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom, so he naturally recognized Chairman Rundst.
In Ambassador Palomas's view, there were no more than a handful of merchants who could be on equal footing with Chairman Rundst in the Lampari Kingdom, so under normal circumstances, it should be this unknown merchant in front of him who took the initiative to back down.
However, to his surprise, it was Chairman Rundst who took the initiative to back down!
Thinking of Chairman Rundst's attitude towards Xu Yi, Ambassador Palomas put away his contempt for Xu Yi and smiled at him, "May I ask who you are?"
"Lord Ambassador, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Xu Yi, the chairman of the New Flyer."
"Xu Yi?
New Flyer? "
Ambassador Palomas had a bit of thought in his eyes, but he immediately revealed a smile as he warmly said, "So it's Chairman Xu, hello, hello."
Based on his expression, Xu Yi could easily tell that this fellow didn't know who he was.
"It seems like our company's fame isn't big enough."
Xu Yi couldn't help muttering in his heart, but he said with a smile, "Lord Ambassador, our New Flyer is a company that mainly produces magic machines. Our current main products are … …"
"I know.
It's those Magic Fans and Magic Refrigerators, right? "Ambassador Palomas cut off Xu Yi without any courtesy.
"Your Lampari Kingdom has many companies that produce these things in the past two years and your New Flyer seems to be doing quite well, isn't that right?"
Xu Yi couldn't help being happy.
Based on the ambassador's words, not only did he not understand New Flyer, he didn't know anything about the magic machine industry at all.
He actually said that New Flyer was doing quite well among the magic machine companies … … This industry was created by New Flyer alone, alright!
Xu Yi was very suspicious now. The invitation to this banquet wasn't decided by the ambassador at all, he might not even have looked at it.
Otherwise, how could he be this ignorant?
Even if he looked down on ambassador Palomas in his heart, Xu Yi still had a respectful smile on his face as he replied, "Yes, our company is doing quite well in this aspect.
So sir ambassador, do you think ….. our company is qualified to invest in the West Hack Kingdom? "
"Investment?" Ambassador Palomas looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"Your company has the ability to invest in our West Hack Kingdom?
Chairman Xu, this isn't a joke.
You have to know that even a casual investment would require at least a few hundred thousand gold coins ….. "
Xu Yi smiled as he nodded, "Yes, I understand.
Our company's initial plan is to invest a million gold coins in the West Hack Kingdom and establish two factories to produce some of our household magic machines.
Sir ambassador, what do you think? "
"A million gold coins?"
Ambassador Palomas looked at Xu Yi with a stunned expression. He didn't think that this young guy would actually say that he wanted to invest a million gold coins!
Hearing this number, Ambassador Palomas, who had been somewhat absent-minded before, immediately put on a smile and pulled Xu Yi towards the corner of the hall.
"Come, come, Chairman Xu, let's sit down and talk ….."
… …
Half an hour later, Xu Yi returned to the hall with a smile on his face.
President Rank was the first to squeeze in.
"What?
Did you reach an agreement with him? "
"We only reached a preliminary agreement." Xu Yi shook his head.
"But Ambassador Palomas is really enthusiastic. After chatting with him for a while, he even made me feel guilty if I didn't invest in the West Hack Kingdom."
President Rank laughed, "Of course he would be enthusiastic about something that would benefit the West Hack Kingdom and himself.
How was it?
When he was talking with you earlier, did he ….. "
President Rank raised his eyebrows at Xu Yi and gave him a meaningful glance, but didn't say it clearly.
Xu Yi smiled, "He is the Sir Ambassador after all, how could he be so impatient?
But I deeply felt the Sir Ambassador's enthusiasm and expectations, and gave him a sufficient response. "
President Rank snorted, but didn't ask how Xu Yi had responded to Ambassador Palomas. He only nodded, "I have to admit that although these people from the West Hack Kingdom are a bit greedy, as long as they are satisfied, they can still be very reliable."
"That's good." Xu Yi praised.
"I'm afraid of those greedy fellows who don't have the ability, that is the worst thing."
"Are you thinking of the Principality of Constantine?" President Rank looked at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi gave a bitter laugh and shook his head before saying with a sigh, "It's hard to explain in a few words.
In short, as an old friend, I really hope that my peers from Banta City won't consider investing in the Principality of Constantine, it really is asking for trouble. "
President Rank patted Xu Yi's shoulder with a smile, "Let's not talk about the Principality of Constantine. Chairman Xu, the matter of doing business in the Sack Kingdom that I mentioned to you last time, are you still interested?"
Xu Yi looked up in surprise. Looking at president Rank's old face that was filled with wrinkles and red light, he suddenly had a thought.
It can't be … …