Princess Caroline's face was as beautiful as a flower and she had a pleading look on her face, making people feel pity for her. However, Xu Yi looked at Princess Caroline and his expression didn't change at all, rather his voice turned cold.
"Your highness, forgive me for being blunt, but this matter is your Drake Duchy's fault for not listening to my advice. Now you're asking me for help, don't you think it's a bit funny?"
Princess Caroline's expression turned dark. After pausing, the worry on her face disappeared and she revealed a charming smile again. She took Xu Yi's arm without any politeness and shook it.
"Although this is our mistake, I know that Chairman Xu definitely wouldn't sit by and watch, right?
Otherwise, you definitely wouldn't have come to see me. "
Xu Yi coldly looked at her and didn't reply, as his expression didn't change at all.
This time Princess Caroline came to Banta City with the Drake Duchy's motorcade. Of course it wasn't to cheer on the Drake Duchy's motorcade, but rather to discuss something with Xu Yi. Or to be more precise, she was here to ask for help from Xu Yi.
When King Eric was on the throne, Count Samo was worried that King Eric and Duke Stagg would target the New Flyer's industry in Sowell City. So after discussing this with Xu Yi, he gradually moved this industry to the Drake Duchy.
Because of the support of the Drake Duchy, these industries were kept intact and had already taken root in the Drake Duchy. Not only did they develop well, the Drake Duchy obtained large amounts of technology from them and began to invest in developing their own magic machine industry.
Of course, this was with Xu Yi's tacit approval, otherwise the Drake Duchy's magic machine industry wouldn't have developed as well as it did.
But perhaps because it developed too smoothly and too quickly, and because the Lampari Kingdom fell into a period of chaos due to the change in power, the Drake Duchy lost contact with Xu Yi.
Without the technical support and guidance of the New Flyer, the Drake Duchy began to develop magic machine technology and made some progress. They even developed several household magic machines that were different from the Xinfei brand and sold them to the two countries beside the Drake Duchy, earning large amounts of profit.
After Xu Yi regained contact with the Drake Duchy and learned of this matter, he immediately asked the Drake Duchy to send over the magic machine technology they had developed. He wanted the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to see if there were any mistakes or flaws, but he was rejected by the Drake Duchy.
Xu Yi had given the Drake Duchy a warning back then, saying that developing magic machines was a systematic project. Without a solid foundation, it was easy for problems to occur.
But the Drake Duchy had ignored Xu Yi's warning and even weakened their relationship with the New Flyer because of this.
Xu Yi naturally didn't have the power to interfere with the decision of the Drake Duchy that was two thousand kilometers away from the Principality of Constantine. Moreover, the Drake Duchy wasn't willing to cooperate, so naturally he wasn't willing to force them. Seeing the Drake Duchy's betrayal, he simply didn't care.
In the beginning, there wasn't a problem, but just last month, there was a serious problem with the Drake Duchy's side.
The Drake Duchy had sold their Magic Fans and Magic Refrigerators to the two neighboring countries, but there had been several accidents. Then there had been large scale failures, causing many accidents. This caused the citizens of the two countries to be filled with dissatisfaction and distrust towards the Drake Duchy.
Because of this matter, the two countries made a serious protest to the Drake Duchy. They were very angry that the Drake Duchy sold such low quality products to them, so they requested the Drake Duchy to immediately compensate them and propose a plan to solve the problem.
The compensation was fine, but in terms of a solution, the Drake Duchy met a problem.
This was because the Drake Duchy had carefully studied it and with the help of the technicians the New Flyer had left in the Drake Duchy, they found that the Magic Fans and Magic Refrigerators that they developed had large scale failures because of a design flaw.
If they wanted to fix this design flaw, it meant that all the production lines and processes would need to be changed.
The Drake Duchy didn't have this ability and it was impossible for them to change all the production lines and processes. Because to do this, according to their estimates, they would have to invest at least three million gold coins.
Adding in the compensation to the two countries, the Drake Duchy would have to pay at least five million gold coins because of this matter.
For the Drake Duchy that only had a revenue of over a million gold coins a year, this was without a doubt a serious loss that they couldn't afford.
However, the compensation to the two countries had to be given and the changes to the production line and process had to be continued. Otherwise, it would be equal to the Drake Duchy's investment in this area being a complete failure and the initial investment would be a complete loss.
But with the Drake Duchy alone, they didn't have the strength to do this.
Feeling helpless, they could only ask Xu Yi for help.
But Xu Yi was very dissatisfied with the Drake Duchy's betrayal. Now that the Drake Duchy was in trouble, they turned around to ask for help. Even if they sent out a super beauty like Princess Caroline, how could he easily agree?
Seeing Xu Yi's cold face, Princess Caroline lowered her head and revealed a pitiful look. She said in a soft voice, "I know that you must be very angry, but we also have our difficulties.
Our Drake Duchy is a small country, if we don't have anything in our hands, we can only be bullied by others. "
Xu Yi gave a snort, "So you can go back on our previous agreement and develop your own products without knowing about me?
Don't forget, I specially warned you about this, but you didn't listen. Now that you've met a problem, why don't you solve it yourselves? "
"I know my wrongs."
Princess Caroline revealed a coquettish appearance before grabbing Xu Yi's arm and shaking it. She revealed a charming smile and said in a soft voice, "If you're angry, we'll compensate you.
For example ….. As long as you're willing, I can use my body to compensate you ….. "
Xu Yi's right arm shook and broke free from Princess Caroline's grasp. He took a step back and shook his head before saying with a serious expression, "Your highness, I think you should know that your body doesn't have any meaning in this matter.
Moreover, I'm not interested in this matter, so don't waste time. "
Princess Caroline couldn't help glaring at Xu Yi. She was a natural born beauty, not only was she the number one beauty in the Drake Duchy, even after meeting so many people outside, only Xu Yi's current wife, Stiel, could compare to her in terms of looks. Everyone else was a bit inferior. Why was it that no matter what she did, Xu Yi wasn't tempted at all?
If his interests were special and he didn't like beauties, how could he have taken a wife like Stiel?
Even his female slaves were all very beautiful. It was clear that he didn't have much resistance to beauties like normal men.
Xu Yi didn't know that Princess Caroline's thoughts had already drifted to something completely unrelated. Seeing her in a daze, he gave a sigh before continuing, "But what you just said was right. If I wasn't willing to help you solve your problem, I wouldn't have come to see you."
Hearing this, Princess Caroline's expression changed and her large eyes were filled with joy.
"Really?
Is that true?
Chairman Xu, you're willing to help us? "
"That's right." Xu Yi slowly nodded.
"No matter how your Drake Duchy views our Frestech Chamber of Commerce and me, in my mind, the Drake Duchy is still an important partner. As long as you're willing to cooperate with us in the future, I can treat the previous matters as if they never happened."
Seeing Xu Yi's serious expression, Princess Caroline's heart was filled with joy.
This was a large amount of five million gold coins, it was like a mountain that pressed down on the hearts of the Drake Duchy's high level members. It also pressed down on Princess Caroline's face until recently.
Everyone knew that if the New Flyer was willing to help, they could easily solve this problem. But because of what the Drake Duchy did before, no one in the Drake Duchy had any confidence that Xu Yi would agree to help.
Princess Caroline took the opportunity of the Banta City bicycle race to see Xu Yi and obtained Xu Yi's agreement, which filled her heart with a trace of hope.
However, only when Xu Yi personally agreed to help did Princess Caroline put down the mountain in her heart and the smile on her face became bright for the first time.
Seeing the smile on Princess Caroline's face, Xu Yi shook his head and gave a sigh in his heart.
If it was from a personal point of view, the Drake Duchy going back on their agreement made him very dissatisfied, so he wasn't willing to help the Drake Duchy.
But looking at it from an overall point of view, the Drake Duchy was already deeply affected by the magic machine industry. In Xu Yi's plan, it was an important piece of territory for the magic machine industry, so it definitely couldn't be easily lost.
Even if the Drake Duchy didn't appear, he would still think of a way to take back his influence on this territory and make it develop according to his plan.
Now that the Drake Duchy had this serious matter that could harm their national strength, they wanted him to help, which was a very good opportunity for him.
The attitude he had put on in front of Princess Caroline was nothing more than an act.
Moreover, his acting skills really weren't that good. If it was Kennard, his acting would be much more realistic.
But if it was Kennard, he wouldn't be so direct with Princess Caroline.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Xu Yi nodded to Princess Caroline and continued, "There's no problem with helping you, but your highness, I'm not helping you selflessly. Correspondingly, I have to make some requests."
This was naturally within Princess Caroline's expectations. She nodded and said with a charming smile, "Of course there's no problem.
As long as chairman Xu is willing to help, no matter what conditions you raise, we can discuss it.
Moreover, these conditions also include me … … "
Looking at Princess Caroline's charming eyes and smile, Xu Yi's eyes were still clear as he said with a serious expression, "Your highness, this matter involves five million gold coins.
I believe that there is no woman in this world whose body is worth five million gold coins. "
Princess Caroline's expression suddenly changed.
Xu Yi's words were clearly treating her as a woman who had sold her body.
But thinking about it, what difference was there between what she had just said and selling her body?
Thinking of this, Princess Caroline's expression suddenly changed. She only felt humiliation, anger, helplessness, and deep sorrow in her heart.
Xu Yi calmly looked at her for a while before suddenly grabbing her hand and speaking in a much softer voice.
"At the same time, I also believe that in this world, there is no woman whose heart can be bought with five million gold coins."
Princess Caroline was slightly stunned. She raised her head to look at Xu Yi's incomparably clear eyes and incomparably sincere face. She only felt a strange feeling surge in her heart and she was stunned for a moment.