Chapter 55
If Xu Yi knew that Sevini had complained in his heart that he had abandoned the Kingdom of Lampari and Bonta City, he would have shouted for injustice.
Because half a month before the New Year, he had already taken his family back to Luoxing Manor in Bangta City.
And just yesterday, he attended the New Year party held by the Lord's Mansion and had a "kind and friendly" conversation with Lord Kamadu. By the way, after the party, he had a good drink with a group of old friends in Bonta City, so that when he woke up on the first morning of the New Year, his head still hurt because of a hangover.
However, a headache did not affect his established plan.
According to the plan, on the first day of the New Year, he visited a group of people as usual, including not only the old partners of the New Air Chamber of Commerce in Bonta City, but also the Lord of Camadu and representatives of the ten chambers of commerce.
Although the two sides have actually broken apart, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has retained some facilities in Bonta City, and is still nominally considered a chamber of Bonta City, so on the surface, it must maintain basic etiquette.
As for the thoughts of the Lord Kamadu and the ten chambers of commerce, they were obviously similar to those of Xu Yi. Although they were not polite to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in fact, when Xu Yi came to the door on his own initiative, they still acted politely and would not show any rudeness.
Although the etiquette exchanges between the two sides were easy to understand, President Cruise was very impatient because he came to Luoxing Manor early in the morning to give Xu Yi New Year greetings, but he did not expect that Xu Yi went out to visit the Lord of Kamadu and the representatives of the ten chambers of commerce for half a morning, so that when he waited at Luoxing Manor until Xu Yi came back, it was almost noon.
"I said Xu Yi. Those guys have done this kind of thing to you, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Why are you doing so politely with them?" President Cruise looked at the spring breeze after returning from the visit. Xu Yi, who could not see any unhappiness, frowned and asked, "Can you still expect them to change your attitude?"
"Of course it's impossible." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "This is just ordinary polite exchanges, and I don't care about their faces, but the entire Bangta City."
"The face of the entire Bonta City?" President Cruise snorted coldly. "The face of the entire Bonta City has been lost by them!"
"Oh? How did you say this?" Xu Yi sat down on the sofa in the living room and looked at President Cruise with surprise.
"Our Bangta City is undoubtedly the number one nearby in recent years, right? It's not even much worse than Anweimar City. But look at this year, those guys have made the entire Bangta City chaotic. Not to mention that they are compared with Anweimar City, even with Kalma City and Saltan City around them," President Cruise said with anger.
"Not it?" Xu Yi said in surprise. "Bangta City has developed so well in recent years. Even if it is corrupted by them, it should still be much better than other cities, right?"
"Hmph, I'm really stronger now, but it may not be possible in another year or two." President Cruise groaned: "Now, except for those ten chambers of commerce in the city, all chambers of commerce in the city are planning to move outside. Tell me, Bonta City has become so prosperous, but it is driven by the development of our chambers of commerce. Of course, the biggest role of it is your New Flight Chamber of commerce. Now those guys have driven away your New Flight Chamber of commerce. Our other chambers of commerce are also forced to no avail. What future can Bonta City have?"
"Is there a way out?" Xu Yi frowned. "Is it that exaggerated?"
"Of course there is!" President Cruise raised his voice. "Do you know what nonsense rules were issued in the City Lord's Mansion some time ago?"
"Oh? What? It has something to do with your Amley Chamber of Commerce?"
"Of course it's relevant! The City Lord's Mansion actually gave us a notice. It said that laying roads and building houses involves expropriating the land of the Kingdom, so it needs to be unified management by the Kingdom Council. The chamber of commerce engaged in these two businesses must accept the management arrangements of the City Lord's Mansion where they are located. According to the research and decision of the City Lord's Mansion, no matter where our Amley Chamber of Commerce paves the roads and builds the houses, we must first report to the City Lord's Mansion for approval, and then complete it under the supervision of the City Lord's Mansion."
Xu Yi thought about it, but instead felt that this regulation was fine.
Because land is a limited resource after all, and because of the existence of the nobles, there is not much land left to the Kingdom Council to control, so it is necessary for the Kingdom Council to strictly manage these lands.
"Bad!" President Cruise waved his hand angrily. "If they consider this from this perspective, I have no objection. It doesn't matter if they hand over some money or something. However, the City Lord's Mansion designated the American Chamber of Commerce to set up a chamber of commerce specifically responsible for assessing the land use status, which is clearly aimed at our Amley Chamber of Commerce. Do you know what this chamber of commerce is for?"
"Isn't it an evaluation of the land use of your chamber of commerce?" Xu Yi asked back.
President Cruise snorted heavily: "It would be great if it was just like this! But the City Lord's Mansion actually requires our Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce wherever it is paved or built a house in the future. The construction must be allowed to start after it is approved by the Chamber of Commerce. And during the process of the project, it must be reviewed by the Chamber of Commerce."
"Okay, this is a normal method, I don't think it's a big deal." Xu Yi shook his head.
"This is not a big deal?" President Cruise's eyes widened. "Do you know what the people sent by the American Chamber of Commerce said?"
Seeing the angry expression on President Cruise's face, Xu Yi couldn't help but frown: "Are they too much demand?"
"It's too much?" President Cruise sneered. "It's not just too much, it's simply shameless! The American Chamber of Commerce actually asked me to occupy 30% of all the road paving and house construction projects of our Chamber of Commerce! And we also asked us to take out various engineering technologies and hand them over to them for detailed review!"
Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, is this a way to deal with our New Flight Chamber of Commerce to deal with your Amrits Chamber of Commerce? From this perspective, I am afraid that after this American and Asian Chamber of Commerce gets all the engineering technology from you, a regulation will be issued soon to announce that your Amrits Chamber of Commerce does not have the corresponding construction engineering qualifications, right?"
"Look, I know you must understand." President Cruise spread his hands and said helplessly: "Tell me, am I almost out of my way?"
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head and said, "Okay, there is really no way out. You won't come to me and complain to me. Tell me, what are you going to do?"
Seeing that Xu Yi was asked the main point, President Cruise put away the anger on his face, his unwilling and helpless expressions, and said seriously: "Xu Yi, if I move our Amley Chamber of Commerce to the Principality of Stantin, do you think it is feasible?"
Although he had guessed some of President Cruise's plans, Xu Yi was still a little stunned when he heard him say this idea with his own ear.
Because the Amley Chamber of Commerce has its own business spread all over the world, it can no longer be regarded as a chamber of commerce that is particularly affected by the local influence of Bonta City. Now even President Cruise has this idea. I am afraid that other chambers of commerce in Bonta City, except those ten chambers of commerce, may have this idea.
"That's right, when I talked with President Vincent and others in private, they all revealed this meaning." President Cruise nodded in agreement with Xu Yi's speculation. "The City Lord's Mansion is not only targeting our Amrits Chamber of Commerce, but also facing the Armani Chamber of Commerce, Sarank Chamber of Commerce, and even the Falcao Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce that is almost at ease is far more than our Amrits Chamber of Commerce."
Xu Yi couldn't help but frown.
The City Lord's Mansion did this obviously because it received the support of the Kingdom Council, but it would be fine to deal with chambers of commerce that are not well-off with such backgrounds as Amrits and Armani Chamber of Commerce. They even dared to move the Falkao Chamber of Commerce. Are you really not worried that even the Joseph family behind the Falkao Chamber of Commerce would offend?
Or... this is simply the actions taken by the stubborn conservative nobles headed by the Stark family in the Lampari Kingdom against the nobles of other forces in the Kingdom?
If this is the case, the country of Lampari would be in a state of peace.
"Well... If you really want to move to the Principality of Stantin, there is no problem." Xu Yi thought for a while and nodded, "The relationship between the Principality of Stantin is easy to connect, and I can help you. But have you ever thought about a problem? Your situation is different from our Chamber of Commerce. If you want to get rid of this regulation of the City Lord's Mansion, you will not be able to change the registration location of the Amley Chamber of Commerce."
"Of course I've thought about this." President Cruise said in a deep voice: "I understand what you are worried about. Indeed, in this way, our Amley Chamber of Commerce can no longer be regarded as a chamber of commerce in Bonta City. It is equivalent to losing the foundation that has been hard-earned over the years. In order to avoid the next measures taken by the Kingdom Council, we may just turn it into a foreign chamber of commerce."
"Can you accept this result?" Xu Yi asked seriously.
"What if I don't accept it?" President Cruise sighed. "Now those guys are clearly trying to kill our chamber of commerce. If I just wait for death, I will be an idiot. Resistance is incompetent and qualified. If I can't afford to offend, I can only hide."
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Since Prince Eric became king, he had expected such a day, but he did not expect that the other party's movements would be so fast, direct, and even barbaric.
From now on, they were a little restrained when dealing with the New Air Chamber of Commerce before, but they were extremely rude when dealing with the Amley Chamber of Commerce, which had a weak backend.
It is obvious that the Amley Chamber of Commerce is not the only chamber of commerce they want to deal with. According to the various actions of the Lord's Mansion of Bangta City in the past six months, their purpose is to completely include Bangta City in the ten chambers of commerce. In other words, it is actually to include the masters of the great nobles behind the ten chambers of commerce.
But the problem is, do they really have so confidence in themselves?
They were sure that if they drove away other chambers of commerce, would they be able to run Bangta City as well as before?
Xu Yi is deeply suspicious of this. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!