Chapter 17 Adventure
Mentis walked out of the door of his store with a glass of iced blueberry-flavored moonshade drink just out of the magic freezer.
As soon as he walked out, the sunlight shone down, instantly causing his body, which had been frosty and comfortable under the magic air conditioner to sweat in a fine body.
"This is the hell..." Mentis couldn't help but mutter, and walked a few steps to the shade of trees beside the road, walking along another open shop not far from the rows of green shades.
The sun was at noon, and the temperature was extremely high. At this time, no one could see on the road. Apart from the cicadas kept ringing in the trees beside the road, this usually extremely lively street was extremely quiet at this time.
It was not until Mentis walked to the door of the shop at his destination that he could hear the jingling sound from inside.
Mentis stepped into the shop door, looked inside, shook his head, and shouted: "I said Rennes, it's okay if you don't lie down and have a nap at noon, why do you fuck these old guys again?"
The owner of the shop, Ryan, who heard the sound, turned around and saw that it was Mentis. He laughed, put down the red soldering iron in his hand, threw it into the solution used for cold soaking, and immediately burst out a strong ball of steam, filling the room.
Ryan and Mentis were both blacksmiths in Karamay City before, and they lived by building iron tools all their lives.
Originally, their lives should have continued like this, but they were thought of the emergence of the New Air Chamber of Commerce a few years ago, and the magic machine tools replaced almost all blacksmith shops. The two of them were almost unemployed.
Fortunately, both of them were flexible. After learning that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had implemented the small chamber of commerce support plan in Bonta City, they took the initiative to come to the door. With the support of the Xinfei Chamber of commerce, they purchased several magic machine tools from the Xinfei Chamber of commerce and successfully opened these two small parts processing factories in Karamay City.
After several years of development, their two parts processing factories have become the top suppliers of magical machinery parts in Karamay City, and have almost controlled more than 40% of the parts processing industry in Karamay City.
Now, compared to when they were guarding the blacksmith shop before, their income has not only increased by hundreds of times, but their work is also much easier than before.
The situation like Ryan who had to work hard to make a blacksmith has long existed in their long memories.
So the two of them not only felt any dissatisfaction with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that defeated their blacksmith shop business, but they were very grateful to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from the bottom of their hearts.
"I'm bored, I want to try to see if my skills have regressed." Ryan opened the magic freezer next to him, took out a bottle of cold ale from it, and signaled to Mentis.
Mentis waved his hand and raised the cold drink in his hand.
Ryan knew his old friend's habits, so he didn't say much. After closing the door of the magic freezer, he picked up the remote control placed on it, and pressed it casually. The magic air conditioner hanging on the wall immediately made a tingling sound, and a cool breeze blew out of it. It didn't take long to lower the house, which had just been filled with heat waves because of his iron.
Mentis looked up at the magic air conditioner hanging on the wall, shook his head and sighed: "It's better your new flying magic air conditioner. The cooling effect of the Amphetamine Magic Air Conditioner in my store is far less than that of yours."
"Who told you not to listen to my advice and insist on buying this Amphetamine magic air conditioner. It's cheaper, but why don't you buy it?" Ryan snorted softly.
"It's not completely useless. It's just not as easy to use as Xinfei Magic Air Conditioner." Mentis smiled bitterly. "I bought it because the entire shell of this Amphetrarian Magic Air Conditioner was made in our store, and I thought it would be better to support it."
"Tsk, why don't you care about so many things you use? Our store has also received a base order for the Zorens Chamber of Commerce's magic kettle during this time, but do you think I have a Zorens Chamber of Commerce's magic kettle at home?"
"You guy is an avid supporter of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Don't I know?" Mentis gave Ryan a look, then hesitated for a moment. He sat up straight and leaned closer to Ryan. "I said Ryan, you support the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce so much. When the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce called on other chambers of commerce to invest in the Marlow Empire, why didn't you go with me?"
Ryan looked at Mentis with a look of surprise: "Are you kidding? You don't even look at what guys who have passed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before? The weakest ones are countless times stronger than those of us little merchants. What am I doing with you? Are you eating dust?"
"Well... I don't mean that. Just..." Mentis looked out the door and lowered his voice slightly. "This time, Her Majesty the Queen and the Kingdom Parliament jointly issued a statement saying that she would carry out more in-depth cooperation with the Marquis Southgide in the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis of the Marquis, are you interested?"
"Are you crazy?" Ryan reached out and touched Mentis' forehead. "Why are you talking nonsense without fever? Her Majesty the Queen and the Kingdom Council are calling for those big chambers of commerce. What does it matter to us who can only make some accessories?"
Mentis took off Ryan's hand angrily and scolded: "I'm not crazy! Although we are just small characters, this has nothing to do with investing in the Marlow Empire. Didn't you read what the Lampari Weekly said? The New Air Chamber of Commerce and the first batch of chambers of commerce that went past have already picked up the prototype of the production base on the private territory of Marquis Southgide. As long as we go, we can start production soon, which is not as difficult as you think."
Ryan was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at Mentis for a while.
"are you serious?"
"Nonsense! Otherwise, I wouldn't take a nap at home comfortably at noon, so why did I come to you?"
"this……"
Seeing that Mentis was indeed very serious, Ryan put down the bottle of wine in his hand and thought in silence.
After a while, he nodded softly: "Mentis, I admit that this is a very good idea. But don't you think this is too risky? We are not familiar with the place, and it will be difficult to deal with any accidents. And let's not say that compared with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which is countless times weaker than any chamber of Commerce I went to before. What can we do?"
"Adventure?" Mentis sneered from his nostrils. "Lian, have you been living a stable life for a few years and you have become dull? If you want to take risks, wasn't it risky enough for us to go to Bonta City to find the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce? But look at how we are doing now? Let me tell you, President Xu of the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce said it was not bad at all. The world will continue to undergo drastic changes in the future. If you don't learn to take risks, you will be eliminated!"
Ryan remained silent.
Although he and Mentis have been old friends for many years, his personality is completely different.
Mentis is extroverted and flamboyant, willing to try new things bravely and like to take risks, but he is calm and willing to follow the existing path steadily.
The two of them had found the New Air Chamber of Commerce and wanted to join the Small Chamber of Commerce support program, and Mentis encouraged him.
Now Mentis has found him to invest in the Marlow Empire again, which seems to him a great adventure.
But in his heart, he felt that this was indeed a very good idea.
Compared with the Lampari Kingdom, the Malo Empire is much bigger, and the market and opportunities are naturally far beyond that. If we can seize the opportunity, our future development prospects will be countless times stronger than staying in the small Karamay City.
Seeing the change of expression on Ryan's face, Mentis knew that he was already a little moved, so he immediately tried to persuade him.
"You see, the first chambers of commerce that entered the Marlow Empire with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce were either comprehensive chambers of commerce or specialized in farmland magic machinery farming like the Cantona Chamber of Commerce. Only the Irish United Chamber of Commerce involved in parts processing. You don't think that the Irish United Chamber of Commerce can provide enough parts to so many chambers of commerce, right? It is obviously unreasonable to let those chambers of commerce run back from afar to purchase parts, right?"
"Well..." Ryan nodded involuntarily. "Then what you mean is... when we go there, we can provide parts processing to chambers of commerce that the Irish Union Chamber of Commerce cannot meet? But there are not many types of parts that we can process now..."
"This is not a big problem. As long as we can take the lead, we can get the lead. Those magic machinery chambers are used to the parts we provide, and they will no longer purchase other chambers of commerce. Besides, we are not doing badly. Didn't the engineers of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also make a secondary standard assessment of the parts we processed?"
"Well... let me think about it..." Ryan lowered his head and fell into deep thought again.
Mentis fell silent and looked at him with anticipation.
Ryan's steady and cautious personality is a very good complement to him. The two have overcome many difficulties in cooperation over the years.
The decision to go to the Marlow Empire this time was also an extremely risky decision for Mentis, and he hoped that Ryan would go with him.
In addition to hoping to have old friends, it is also because Ryan can help him solve many problems.
Just as Mentis was patiently waiting for Ryan to make a decision, a sudden sound of brakes sounded outside the door.
Both of them were stunned and looked out the door at the same time.
If you hear it right, this sound should be the sound of the magic car suddenly braked, which is completely different from the freight magic motorcycle they are used to listening to.
Even in the Lampari Kingdom where the magic car has been widely promoted, it must be no ordinary person.
But at this midday, who would suddenly come here?
A thin figure walked into the door with a smile in front of the eyes of the two.
His eyes swept across the faces of the two, and he stretched out his hand and smiled: "I am Kovac, vice president of the Irish United Chamber of Commerce. Who is President Ryan?"
Mentis and Ryan looked at each other. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!