After the preliminary inspection of the land, an entire morning had passed.
Camby and the others stayed to inspect the area while Xu Yi and Count Samo returned to Sowell City first.
Samo Count was prepared to have Xu Yi return to the City Lord Manor to have lunch with him and discuss the construction of the production base. Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the city, he would meet the representative of the Sowell City Business Union who invited Xu Yi to a banquet.
"Go, it's good to talk to your peers in the city."
Seeing Count Samo leave after saying this, Xu Yi gave a shrug. He had the representative lead the way and they arrived at the largest restaurant in Sowell City.
This afternoon, the entire restaurant had been booked by the Sowell City Business Union. Almost all the merchants with a bit of status in the city were here, but the only guest they invited was Xu Yi.
Seeing this, Xu Yi naturally knew what was going on. He politely greeted everyone and acted very humble.
When the banquet was half over, the chairman of the Sowell City Business Union who was sitting at the same table as Xu Yi, as well as the chairman of the largest Meierda Trading Company in Sowell City, Ladis Sampson raised his cup to Xu Yi and drank it all before revealing a friendly smile.
"Chairman Xu, your New Flyer is building a production base in our Sowell City, I and my peers in the city welcome you.
I've already heard that the large and small companies of Banta City have cooperated with the New Flyer in recent years and everyone has developed.
I wonder, after you come to our Sowell City this time, will you help the other companies in our Sowell City like the other companies in Banta City? "
"We're finally at the main topic."
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile. He looked around and saw that the representatives of the large companies in Sowell City had looks of concern.
"Chairman Sampson, your words are too serious.
Our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is a newcomer, there are many things we need to ask you old companies of Sowell City for, so we don't have the qualifications to mention this, right? "
"No, no, no, in terms of magic machines, your New Flyer is qualified.
Even in the entire Lampari Kingdom and the entire continent, there isn't a company that can compare to your New Flyer. "Chairman Sampson immediately waved his hand.
"That's right, Chairman Xu, your New Flyer is the leader of the magic machine industry.
As for us small chambers of commerce, we just hope to cooperate with you and get a small share of the leftovers. "Another chamber of commerce's president chimed in.
"Right, Right."
"President Sampson is right. Since you're all in Sowell City, shouldn't we help each other since we're all classmates?"
"Yes.
If everyone has a good cooperation and benefits, it would be good for everyone. Don't you think, chairman Xu? "
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Xu Yi smiled when he saw the representatives of the large companies chiming in.
Some of these people tried to move him with emotion, some tried to reason with him. Although some of them were not so direct, the meaning behind their words was very obvious. They were threatening him.
No matter what they said, they all had the same meaning. They wanted to get a share of the profits from New Flyer's magic machines.
Xu Yi was already mentally prepared for this. Even if they didn't say anything, he already had plans to get the other companies of Sowell City to participate.
He had always thought that the establishment of the magic machine industry couldn't be done by the New Flyer alone, so he had always supported the other companies' wishes to join the industry.
"I understand everyone's thoughts, so before coming to Sowell City this time, when I wrote a letter to the Lord City Lord, I said that I hoped that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce's arrival could drive the development of the magic machine industry in Sowell City, not just our Frestech Chamber of Commerce earning money. This is not what I want." Xu Yi said with a faint smile.
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
Chairman Sampson immediately asked, "That means … Chairman Xu, you plan to transfer some technology to our companies so that we can enter the magic machine industry?"
"Of course.
Why not? "Xu Yi nodded and handed over a small booklet to Chairman Sampson.
"This is the magic machine related technology that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is willing to transfer.
Chairman Sampson and our friends in Sowell City can take a look.
If you're interested in one or more of the technologies, you can discuss with our company at any time. "
Chairman Sampson impatiently took the booklet and began reading it.
The other chairmen of the other companies couldn't wait any longer. They came to chairman Sampson's side and lowered their heads to look at the booklet in his hand.
Hearing the heavy breathing of chairman Sampson and the chairmen of the other companies, the smile on Xu Yi's face became even wider.
Because Sowell City was close to a thousand kilometers away from Banta City, for the Sines Continent that wasn't convenient for transportation and information transmission, this distance could be considered as far as the horizon.
So even if the magic machine industry in Banta City and the surrounding cities had developed quite well, Sowell City still didn't have a single trace of the magic machine industry.
Even the magic machines in the city only gradually increased after Count Samo became the City Lord.
But even like this, it was far from being able to compare to Banta City. It couldn't even compare to the other cities in the kingdom that had some magic machine industry foundations.
But no matter what, the Trade Associations in Sowell City were more well-informed than ordinary people, after all. They were aware of the popularity of the magic machine industry in other parts of the kingdom and knew that it was the most promising industry in the kingdom. Of course, they hoped to participate in it.
If it wasn't for the fact that Xu Yi was personally invited by Count Samo and had the full support of Samo Count, making these local companies not dare move, they wouldn't have just invited Xu Yi to the banquet and tactfully proposed their ideas. It was unknown how many methods they would have used against Xu Yi.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi suddenly felt that he was very lucky.
When he founded New Flyer in Banta City three years ago, he met the enlightened City Lord Samo Count Samo, allowing New Flyer to develop smoothly.
Although there was a year of hard times after Count Stark became the City Lord, New Flyer had a solid foundation during that time. Adding in the support of her highness Seveni, not only did they persist, they even changed Count Stark's ideas a bit.
Now that he was in Sowell City and had the support of Samo Count Stark, he didn't need to consider these trivial matters and focused on how to develop.
Xu Yi was thinking about these problems while chairman Sampson and the other company representatives were looking over the various items in the book.
Chairman Sampson gave the book to the others to look over. After thinking about it, he asked Xu Yi, "Chairman Xu, is your New Flyer willing to transfer all the technology listed here?"
"Yes.
Other than some specially marked projects that can only be developed together, we can transfer all the other technologies without any reservations. "Xu Yi said with a nod.
"Chairman Sampson, do you have any questions?"
"Un ….. Chairman Xu, can we talk for a bit?"
Xu Yi understood and stood up with chairman Sampson, coming to a secluded balcony outside the restaurant.
Closing the door behind them, they blocked out all the sounds in the room.
Although this restaurant wasn't high, standing on the balcony of the third floor, being blown by the cold wind outside, it was still a bit cold.
Seeing Xu Yi shrink his neck back, chairman Sampson said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, Chairman Xu, I don't want others to hear this question and I've troubled you."
"This is a small matter, don't mind it." Xu Yi waved his hand.
"I wonder, what is chairman Sampson's question?"
Chairman Sampson thought for a bit before saying, "Chairman Xu, I seriously looked over the technology listed in the small book and found that it was all related to household magic machines, but there wasn't any other magic machine related technology."
"Oh?"
Xu Yi looked at him with a bit of surprise. He thought that chairman Sampson had investigated New Flyer, he actually knew that the technology was all related to household magic machines.
"Chairman Sampson, you're also interested in other technologies?"
Chairman Sampson said with a smile, "Actually, I'm more interested in the other magic machine related technologies of your company.
For example ….. the steel making technology. "
Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and looked over this thin and small chairman Sampson who looked like a normal skinny old man. He thought that his eyes were quite sharp, actually looking at the steel industry that represented the foundation of the industry.
Seeing that Xu Yi didn't say anything, chairman Sampson continued, "Chairman Xu, I've heard that when your New Flyer transfers the household magic machine technology, it costs several hundred thousand gold coins and the most expensive one doesn't surpass five hundred thousand gold coins?"
"That's right."
Xu Yi was even more certain that chairman Sampson had investigated New Flyer, otherwise he wouldn't know this clearly.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi became a bit vigilant towards chairman Sampson.
His investigation was this clear and he even pointed out the steel making technology, what was his goal?
Chairman Sampson suddenly came closer to Xu Yi and lowered his voice, using a voice that Xu Yi could only hear, "Chairman Xu, if you're willing to transfer the steel making technology to our company, I'll pay you at least a million gold coins.
What do you think? "