The topic of their conversation was actually a transaction.
After receiving the news that Prince Eric had taken over as the king of the Lampari Kingdom, Xu Yi proposed to Count Wein that he wanted to rent a piece of land under his name to expand the Xinfei Farm and the various factories and research facilities that were to be transferred over.
At first, Count Wein was very straightforward and agreed to provide New Flyer with a piece of land the same size as before, which was around a hundred thousand hectares.
Count Wein even generously agreed that Xu Yi could choose any piece of land under his name to rent. This way, according to Xu Yi's plan, the two pieces of land could be connected and New Flyer would have a very large base in the Principality of Constantine. No matter how they wanted to develop, there wouldn't be a problem.
But with the changes in the Lampari Kingdom's internal situation, New Flyer's situation on the surface seemed to be a bit unfavorable. Therefore, Count Wein's previous straightforward attitude became subtle.
Count Wein kept delaying Xu Yi's request to rent land and was no longer as straightforward as before.
When New Flyer was banned from producing any magic machines in the Lampari Kingdom by the Lampari Kingdom's Department of Magic Industry, Count Wein's attitude towards Xu Yi underwent a huge change.
It wasn't that he didn't want to rent land to New Flyer at all, but he took the opportunity to ask for a sky-high price.
It was the same hundred thousand hectares of land. When New Flyer rented that piece of land, it was only three hundred thousand gold coins a year. Now that New Flyer wanted to rent another hundred thousand hectares of land, Count Wein actually increased the rent to a shocking one million gold coins!
It was actually three times the original amount!
Xu Yi obviously didn't want to agree to Count Wein's request, so the negotiations between the two sides reached a deadlock.
In these few months, Xu Yi represented New Flyer to negotiate with Count Wein several times, but he didn't obtain a satisfactory result.
For some reason, after knowing that Xu Yi was attending Archie and Leia's wedding, Count Wein actually came to the wedding. He took the initiative to find Xu Yi and mentioned this matter again.
But just like the previous negotiations, Count Wein stubbornly insisted on the one million gold coins rent.
This made Xu Yi a bit angry.
Since you aren't planning on taking a step back, why are you taking the initiative to negotiate with me?
To be honest, although New Flyer needed to open a new base and urgently needed land, Xu Yi felt that the most suitable place was the Principality of Constantine. However, New Flyer's development of the Black Rice Wasteland was already on the right track. If he really couldn't reach an agreement with Count Wein, Xu Yi could just move New Flyer's factories to the Black Rice Wasteland and didn't need to expand here.
During this time, Count Wein's attitude had been very firm. Xu Yi had already made his preparations and wasn't as anxious as before.
In this situation, Count Wein still had this kind of attitude, so Xu Yi was naturally very unhappy.
"Count Wein, I've already said countless times that our company can't accept this price."
Thinking that he was still in the other party's territory, Xu Yi barely suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Moreover, our company has invested a lot this year. Suddenly taking out a million gold coins to rent land that we don't need right now isn't a wise choice."
Count Wein glanced at Xu Yi and said with a fake smile, "Of course I know that your company has invested a lot this year. After all, you need to rebuild factories everywhere. I understand.
But Chairman Xu, the reason why I took the initiative to look for you today is because I thought of another solution. "
"Oh?
What solution? "Xu Yi asked in surprise.
"Chairman Xu, you said that your company has invested a lot in other things, so it's hard for you to take out a million gold coins in one go. I understand.
But the deal between us doesn't have to be done in cash. "Count Wein narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
"Don't need cash?"
Xu Yi frowned slightly and glanced at Count Wein. Seeing the obvious greed on his fat face, he understood.
"What do you want?"
"Hehe, Chairman Xu is indeed a smart person."
Count Wein's fat face trembled as he smiled and continued, "Actually, compared to cash, I'm more interested in something else. For example, your company's special technology … …"
Xu Yi was really surprised this time.
He didn't think that what Count Wein was eyeing was the New Flyer's technology.
When Xu Yi made a deal with him before, his mind was only filled with gold coins and he never asked for anything else.
Why did he suddenly care about technology?
Did he get stimulated by something?
"This … … Let me ask you, Count Wein, what kind of technology are you talking about?" Xu Yi asked.
"Of course it's the magic machine production technology." Count Wein said in a natural voice.
"There are many companies in your Lampari Kingdom that have become rich from the technology your New Flyer transferred, so I'm also very interested in them."
"This means ….. you also want to invest in a magic machine company?" Xu Yi asked.
"Pretty much." Count Wein nodded.
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Xu Yi couldn't help revealing a smile.
It wasn't strange that Count Wein would have this idea. After all, if they managed it well, they could produce magic machines with their own technology rather than just collecting rent.
But Xu Yi couldn't connect Count Wein with a magic machine company no matter what. He couldn't even connect the Principality of Constantine with producing magic machines.
The reason was very simple, the people here were just too lazy.
The Xinfei Farm hired quite a few locals, but compared to the Lampuri people who moved here from Banta City, these locals were just too lazy. Their work efficiency wasn't even a fifth of the Lampuri people's.
If it wasn't for his relationship with Count Wein, as well as showing a friendly attitude to the locals, Xu Yi would have already driven out these local workers.
Now that Count Wein wanted to create a magic machine company, even if Xu Yi gave him the technology and equipment, he could only hire local workers.
With the shockingly low efficiency of the local workers, what future did this factory have?
Of course, Xu Yi definitely wouldn't say this. He just smiled and asked, "Alright, Count Wein, what kind of technology are you interested in?"
"This ….. First is the canned fruit factory, I want to create one myself.
Don't worry, Chairman Xu, I'm not trying to steal business from your New Flyer.
Your New Flyer's canned fruit doesn't contain all the fruits of our Principality of Constantine, so there's no conflict between us. "Count Wein said.
"Un ….. What else?" Xu Yi didn't deny it.
"Other than that, I'm also very interested in the production technology of several household magic machines.
The ones I'm most interested in are the production technology of the Magic Refrigerator, the Magic Freezer, and the Magic Air Conditioner.
You also know that our Principality of Constantine is very hot most of the year, so these things are very popular here. "
Xu Yi found this a bit funny.
If it was based on climate, the Principality of Constantine was indeed very suitable for these household magic machines.
But if it was based on consumption, the Principality of Constantine was far from being qualified.
The Principality of Constantine was a country where the gap between rich and poor was much bigger than the Lampari Kingdom. Other than lords like Count Wein, most of the people here were so poor that they didn't even have clothes. There were even more slaves than the Lampari Kingdom.
In this kind of market, how could they sell that many household magic machines?
It had to be known, even the cheapest Magic Freezer cost at least twenty gold coins.
Although Xu Yi didn't know the specific numbers, he was certain that in the Principality of Constantine, at least 98% of the people couldn't afford the cheapest Magic Freezer.
Of course, Xu Yi wouldn't tell this to Count Wein, he just nodded with a smile, "This idea isn't bad.
Then Count Wein, it isn't impossible for us to transfer the technology, but the technology transfer fee isn't cheap … … "
Count Wein reached out a fat finger to Xu Yi.
"Ten thousand hectares of land for one piece of technology, how about it?"
Xu Yi was surprised, but he almost broke out in laughter from happiness.
Count Wein had offered Xu Yi one million gold coins for a hundred thousand hectares of land a year. According to Wein Count Wein's current conversion rate, it was equal to him using an average of a hundred thousand gold coins to buy one piece of technology.
New Flyer had already transferred over a hundred thousand gold coins for various pieces of technology, with some even surpassing two hundred thousand gold coins.
Count Wein clearly had some understanding of this, so he felt that his current price was very appropriate.
If Xu Yi agreed, according to the technology transfer fee, he would earn quite a bit.
But for Xu Yi, he had already transferred many household magic machine related technologies to the ten companies of the magic machine industry management department for free. Moreover, he had transferred them to many companies in the Lampari Kingdom before, so this technology wasn't considered a secret at all. Xu Yi didn't care that much about it.
With the mechanical engineering knowledge that Xu Yi brought from earth and with New Flyer's powerful research resources, New Flyer would definitely be able to create new magic machines that far surpassed the current technology.
These technologies weren't worth mentioning to Xu Yi at all.
If he used them to exchange for the land that New Flyer needed, it would be clear that New Flyer would earn quite a bit.
Xu Yi deliberately knit his brows and pretended to think for a bit before revealing an awkward look. After arguing with Count Wein for a bit, he pretended to helplessly agree to this condition.
After the deal was done, Count Wein was in a very good mood. After several months, he grabbed Xu Yi's hand and shook it again as he said with a big smile, "Very good, Chairman Xu, there will be more places for us to cooperate in the future, so I hope that we can have a happy cooperation."
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile, "Definitely."
Count Wein looked over and suddenly came closer to Xu Yi, asking in a low voice, "Chairman Xu, the military magic machine technology of your company ….."
"Impossible."
Xu Yi cut him off and firmly said, "This technology is too important, it's impossible for our company to transfer it to anyone."
"Un, un ….. Of course, of course ….." Count Wein kept nodding before asking, "Then ….. Chairman Xu ….. Let's not talk about the technology, I'll buy some military magic machines from your company ….. that isn't a problem, right?"
Xu Yi narrowed his eyes as he looked at Count Wein, feeling a bit strange.
Count Wein was forcing him onto the path of no return of being an arms dealer … …