The negotiation between the New Flyer and the Kandla Empire Navy was of course not just a matter of the New Flyer satisfying the request of the Kandla Empire Navy.
In fact, in this negotiation, solving the problem of the maintenance of the frigate was only the foundation. What really needed to be discussed was the request of the Kandla Empire Navy made by the New Flyer.
According to the agreement signed between the two sides, the Kandla Empire Navy would purchase three frigates from the New Flyer at the price of 500,000 gold coins each. They had to satisfy the New Flyer with other related conditions. Otherwise, the gap of 1.5 million gold coins wouldn't be so easy to fill.
After leaving behind their subordinates to discuss the details of the maintenance of the frigate, Russell led Xu Yi to another room in the barracks.
Here, waiting for Xu Yi was a slightly plump middle-aged man with a kind smile on his face. His eyes emitted a light that represented shrewdness. He looked more like a businessman than a soldier.
In fact, he was indeed a businessman.
"Chairman Xu, this is the president of the Lavender Chamber of Commerce, Roberto Zenny."
The middle-aged man immediately put on a warm smile, grabbed Xu Yi's hand, and said with a smile, "Chairman Xu, nice to meet you, please take care of me in the future."
"Don't mention it, let's cooperate in the future. There's no need to take care of each other."
Xu Yi spoke politely while seriously sizing up Roberto Zenny.
The Lavender Chamber of Commerce was quite famous in the Kandla Empire. Xu Yi inquired about the first-rate chambers of commerce in the Kandla Empire that needed to be paid attention to, including the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
But he didn't expect that the Kandla Empire Navy was behind the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
But this wasn't strange.
To be able to stand firm in the Kandla Empire, which chamber of commerce didn't have some power behind them?
In Xu Yi's opinion, the reason why the Lavender Chamber of Commerce did not become one of the most powerful chambers of commerce in the Kandla Empire was probably because they were dragged down by the Kandla Empire's navy.
At least in Xu Yi's opinion, the Kandla Empire's Navy really didn't have any business acumen.
Perhaps some individuals in the navy could make a lot of money, but it was far from enough to improve the situation of the Imperial Navy.
"Chairman Xu, in fact, I have long been very interested in the various magic machine products of your Chamber of Commerce. Even without today's meeting, I would have taken the initiative to seek cooperation with Chairman Xu sooner or later.
Now, with Lord Russell's recommendation, it will be even more convenient. "
Xu Yi didn't respond enthusiastically to President Zenny's warm smile. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and bluntly said, "President Zenny, if you're here to discuss cooperation with me regarding magic machines, then I can only express my apologies."
President Zenny and Russell were both startled. The two looked at each other, and Russell asked with a frown, "Chairman Xu, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Yi sighed and pointed outside the room, "Lord Russell, President Zenny, your subordinates are the Kandla Empire's, or even the entire Sines. You don't want to make use of the Endless Sea outside, but only want to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce in the field of magic machines. Don't you think this is too stingy?"
President Zenny and Russell looked at each other with a puzzled expression.
"Chairman Xu, isn't your New Flyer's main business in magic machines?
If we don't cooperate with you in the field of magic machines, can we look for other partners? "Russell asked with a frown.
"No, no, no. You're mistaken.
Of course, cooperation in the field of magic machines is what I look forward to the most. This is because I very much hope that our Chamber of Commerce's magic machines can be widely promoted in the Kandla Empire. This way, we can obtain a large market. "
"This is what we were thinking about before.
Chairman Xu, why did you reject this idea? "President Zenny asked with a puzzled expression.
"What I mean is that we don't have to limit ourselves to just selling our products in the Kandla Empire, right?
According to what I said, the Lavender Chamber of Commerce's main business is all kinds of seafood. Am I right?
President Zenny? "Xu Yi asked back.
President Zenny was slightly surprised.
He thought that this was the first time Xu Yi knew about his Lavender Chamber of Commerce, but he didn't think that Xu Yi would actually say that their main business was seafood. It could be seen that he already had a certain understanding of the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
"Yes.
With the support of the Empire's navy, if we still don't know how to make use of the resources in the sea, then we would be too stupid. "President Zenny replied with a smile.
"Yes, that's right.
But President Zenny, in my opinion, you're not making use of it enough.
The resources in the sea are almost endless, and what your Chamber of Commerce can use, I'm afraid it's not even one ten-thousandth of it. "
President Zenny frowned, "Chairman Xu, after talking for so long, what do you mean?"
Xu Yi smiled, took out a map from his chest, and spread it out on the table.
Russell and President Zenny looked at it and found that it was a map of the southern Sines.
After looking at it carefully, Russell's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
The Empire's navy of course had a map of the southern seas, and it was far more detailed than the maps sold on the market.
But compared to the map that Xu Yi took out, the map in the Empire's Navy's staff department was so crude that it was hard to look at it directly.
"President Zenny, your Lavender Chamber of Commerce's main business is seafood. Specifically, it's all kinds of marine fish, kelp, coral, and other things, right?"
President Zenny was more and more certain that Xu Yi must have investigated his Lavender Chamber of Commerce, otherwise he wouldn't know so much about it.
"That's right, Chairman Xu, what do you think?"
"Oh, President Zenny, have you noticed that the seafood that your Chamber of Commerce currently sells is mainly in the coastal area?"
Seeing Xu Yi draw an arc on the sea not far from land on the map, President Zenny was puzzled, "What's the problem?
With the ability of the current fishermen, they can only fish so far from land at most. We can't let them go deeper into the sea.
The deep sea is quite dangerous, how can the fishermen risk their lives … … "
President Zenny suddenly paused and looked at Xu Yi in a daze.
He suddenly thought of something. The Frestech Chamber of Commerce that chairman Xu was from, didn't they already invent a powerful ship made of steel that could travel several hundred kilometers in the deep sea?
Ordinary fishermen didn't have the ability to go deep into the sea because the fishing boats they used weren't good enough. At most they could only fish in the coastal area.
Even the large wooden warships of the Kandla Empire Navy couldn't really go deep into the sea.
So even if countless people knew that there were even more enticing resources in the deep sea, because of their limited abilities, they could only watch.
But now that the powerful steel ships of the New Flyer could easily enter the deep sea, didn't that mean that the deep sea resources that they could only silently drool over before were now within reach?
Thinking of this, president Zenny's breathing became faster as he looked at Xu Yi with sparkling eyes.
Seeing his reaction, Xu Yi knew that he understood what he wanted to say. He pointed at the deep sea on the map with a smile and said to president Zenny, "Our New Flyer doesn't just produce large transport Magic Boats and guard ships for battle, we also produce deep sea fishing Magic Boats for fishing.
President Zenny, is your company interested in this thing? "
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Five days later, the New Flyer delegation led by Xu Yi ended their negotiations with the Kandla Empire Navy.
According to the results of the negotiations, the New Flyer would be responsible for the maintenance of all the guard ships sold to the Kandla Empire Navy, guaranteeing that the Kandla Empire Navy could use these guard ships without worry.
At the same time, the Kandla Empire Navy had confirmed New Flyer as their partner and would treat the New Flyer's guard fleet as an ally. They would give the New Flyer's guard fleet the right to travel freely in the Kandla Empire's seas. At the same time, they would open three ports in the southern part of the empire to the New Flyer's guard fleet for them to use.
Other than this, the Kandla Empire Navy had also signed an agreement with the New Flyer to develop the southern seas of the Kandla Empire. First, they would set up magic signal towers on the islands in the southern seas within two years, creating a magic communication network that would cover the entire southern seas.
In response, the New Flyer would give the Kandla Empire Navy five hundred Magic Communicators, allowing the Kandla Empire Navy to use these Magic Communicators to communicate freely within five kilometers.
These were only the results of the agreement on the surface. In private, the New Flyer had also reached an agreement with the Kandla Empire Navy. New Flyer would invest in developing six mines in two small countries to the southeast of the Kandla Empire.
The New Flyer wouldn't directly benefit from these six mines, but the ores from these six mines would be sold to the New Flyer at market price.
Other than that, the Kandla Empire Navy would help the New Flyer open up a sales channel in the Kandla Empire. The first step was to help the New Flyer obtain a special quota from the Kandla Empire for foreign companies.
This quota was a recognition from the Kandla Empire to the companies of other countries. A company that could obtain this recognition could be considered a famous company on the continent.
If the New Flyer could obtain this quota, not only would it increase the fame of the New Flyer in the Kandla Empire, it would also give the New Flyer a proper channel to enter the Kandla Empire, which was very significant.
Other than the agreement between the New Flyer and the Kandla Empire Navy, the main thing was the cooperation between the New Flyer and the Lavender Chamber of Commerce.
Chairman Zenny was very interested in the Magic Deep Sea Fishing Boats that Xu Yi mentioned. He didn't care that Xu Yi had told him that this boat was still being developed and hadn't been produced yet, but he had already confirmed his cooperation with the New Flyer. He hoped that he could buy at least five boats from the New Flyer.
Xu Yi naturally agreed.
Other than this, Xu Yi also told chairman Zenny that he could use the New Flyer's guard fleet to provide the Lavender Chamber of Commerce with information on the deep sea resources in the southern seas of the Kandla Empire, helping them harvest them in the future.
There was no need to wait for this cooperation, both sides agreed that it would begin in a month.
As for other aspects, the New Flyer would provide the Lavender Chamber of Commerce with several refrigerated cabins in the large transport fleet. They would transport some of the specialty fish in the southern seas of the Kandla Empire to other places to sell, which was equal to helping the Lavender Chamber of Commerce expand their market.
Correspondingly, the Lavender Chamber of Commerce would share their sales channels in the Kandla Empire with the New Flyer.
Although marine products and magic machines were completely different, the New Flyer only needed a channel to sell magic machines in the Kandla Empire. As for the specific sales situation, Xu Yi wasn't worried at all.
It could be said that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the Lavender Chamber of Commerce had gained quite a bit from this negotiation. Even if they felt that the maintenance cost of the guard ships was too high and that they had been cheated by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Candra Empire's navy was very satisfied with the benefits of developing the mine with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
When they parted in the end, naturally everyone was happy.
But when they were sending off Xu Yi, Russell couldn't help pulling Xu Yi aside and secretly asking him a question.
"Chairman Xu, your Magic Airship ….. when will it be sold?
Also, what is your estimated price? "
Seeing the expectant look on Russell's face, Xu Yi couldn't help revealing a smile that came from the bottom of his heart.
He thought that the reason he didn't ask this question in the past few days was because he wasn't interested, but he was forcing himself to ask now.
"This ….. It will definitely be sold, but as for when it will be sold, it will be next year at the earliest.
As for the pre-sale price ….. I can't say for sure right now … … "
Xu Yi answered Russell's question while secretly laughing in his heart.
This Russell could be considered a big fish that he had caught with the guard ships and now that he had taken the initiative to jump onto the hook of the Magic Airship, it really made one feel emotional.
Sir Russell, why are you so cooperative?