Chapter 62 Internships
Even for an ordinary family, for those extremely meager family assets, it is best to determine the heirs in advance.
And for a behemoth like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which has developed into a super-first-class chamber of commerce on the Sainz continent, with billions of gold coin assets and annual profits of hundreds of millions of gold coins, it is important to determine the leader, and it is of course equally important to determine the successor.
Therefore, although Xu Yi is only in his early forties now, and he can live for at least a few more decades if there are no accidents, the topic of his heir has long been raised within the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
If it is on Earth, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce, then his heir should be cultivated from within, and the final decision is made according to ability.
But this is the Sainz Continent, and it is still a society in a semi-feudal and semi-slave system, so in the eyes of others, it should be his children who can inherit Xu Yi's position.
And because there is no obvious patriarchal custom on the Sainz continent like on Earth, and Xu Yi has already identified Freya as the heir to his family property when Freya was just born, so in everyone's opinion, Freya should be the best candidate to inherit the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
However, although Xu Yi identified Freya as the heir to his family property from the beginning, he never confirmed her as the successor of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Because Xu Yi has always felt that his family property can be regarded as a completely private thing, and it is no problem who he is willing to let inherit it.
But the new flying chamber will be different.
The scale of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now so large, and the things involved are not just the affairs of Xu Yi's family, but also tens of thousands. and even something important within countless countries.
Since the new flying chamber of commerce is so important. Then its leader, of course, must be one with sufficient capabilities. Talents who can lead the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to continue to move in the right direction.
It is true that Freya has the qualifications to inherit, but whether she has the ability or not, Xu Yi has always been unsure.
Besides, Xu Yi never wanted his children to choose what they wanted to do in the future according to his wishes, and he always respected that his children had their own choices.
Therefore, although he spared no effort in educating Freya, he always taught Freya according to her preferences, and did not force her to learn business management and other things that must be learned as a leader of the Chamber of Commerce.
Steele raised some objections to Xu's approach, but Xu was unmoved. Still leaving Freya to do what she likes, she has no choice but to do it.
Under this educational philosophy, Freya has been interested in many things since she was a child, like many children, and then studied and studied, but the only thing that has really persevered so far is magic.
Of course, Freya's magical talent is extremely high, coupled with the professor of new magical data analysis that Xu Yi is now leading the research on. As a result, Freya's ability to learn magic far exceeded that of almost all previous magicians, so much so that she was now only fourteen years old. But he already has the ability of a sixth-level magician, which is extremely amazing.
However, except for magic, Freya's interest in anything only lasted for a short time, so this time she suddenly announced to Xu Yi that she would become the president when she grew up, Xu Yi didn't care much, thinking that she should just be on a whim after seeing Steele.
However, it turns out that Xu Yi misjudged Freya's determination this time.
After making the declaration of "I want to be the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce", Freya actually enthusiastically devoted herself to the various courses related to the management of the Chamber of Commerce, which she did not like very much before, even in the face of a large amount of extremely boring data, she seemed to be interested, and did not show any impatience.
This state lasted for more than three months and she didn't see any thoughts of slacking off and giving up, so Xu Yi finally determined that she was probably serious this time.
Now that Freya is serious, Xu Yi also put away her thoughts about watching the excitement and began to think seriously about her.
After three months of initial theoretical study, Xu Yi gave Freya a goal to have a detailed understanding of the framework of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before she became an adult, so she had to experience the work of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in person.
In other words, since she wants to be the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, she must know enough about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so she ...... She needs a lot of internships.
And after thinking about it, Freya's first choice of internship department was actually the production workshop under the name of the Xinfei Household Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce, and she went to be the most ordinary assembly worker!
"Freya, you...... Did you really decide to go?" Steele looked at Freya, who had changed into an ordinary worker's uniform in front of him, and his face was full of worry. "Even if you want to do an internship, you don't need to run away to become a worker, right? If I had to say, you should go to the Academy of Magic for a while. Anyway, your magic level is now enough to meet the standards of the Magic Research Institute, and besides, the technical problems in magic research are the core of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and you should go there. Are you right, Xu Yi?"
Seeing the pleading eyes projected by Steele, Xu Yi smiled and shook his head slightly.
"We should respect Freya's own choice. But ......" Xu Yi looked at Freya with a grim expression on his face. "Freya, I remind you once again that this time you're going for an internship, not a play. The job of a frontline worker is far more difficult than you think, and if you don't prepare yourself for it, you're going to suffer a lot. ”
Freya smiled and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Dad, I've seen with my own eyes what those workers are like when they work." I'll admit it was a bad environment, but I'm going to stick with it!"
"Good. Then let me remind you again, you go to the factory for an internship this time, and don't expect to get any help from us. No one will give you any preferential treatment in the factory, and not even your mother and I will give you even a single copper coin. In other words, you have to be responsible for all your own life, all your financial resources, and you can only count on the salary you get at work, understand?"
"Understood!" Freya replied aloud, showing no fear on her face.
Xu Yi shook his head slightly.
Freya was now full of confidence, but she had never suffered like this before, and she could not imagine how much trouble she would have to encounter if she lived alone.
Whether she will be able to persevere at that time, Xu Ye does not dare to have any guarantees.
"Freya, ...... you" Steele opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say a few more words, but after glancing at Xu Yi, he swallowed back the words after that. “...... Pay attention to yourself. ”
Freya grinned, walked over and grabbed Steele's arm, rubbed Steele's face with her face, and smiled playfully, "Mom, you don't have to worry about me so much. I'm almost fifteen years old, and I'm not a kid anymore. You see, I'm taller than you. ”
Steele laughed and slapped Freya's hand back and forth on his head, and scolded, "I'll talk about this when you're really an adult." ”
He sighed softly. "Forget it, since this is your own choice, then I, like your father, will respect your ideas. Go ahead, if you can really stick to it, then you can be said to be really sensible. ”
Steele and Freya chattered for a while, and then finally parted reluctantly.
Before leaving, Xu Yi took out a small knot.
"This is a magic item made especially for you by Elder Lisanya, and it stores a magic illusion that can change your appearance. ”
"So fun?" Freya curiously took the knot and tied her hair, and then entered a trace of magic power into the knot under Xu Yi's professor, and the knot flashed a faint pale cyan light, and then Xu Yi and Steele noticed that Freya's face had changed subtly.
After about half a minute, Freya's face finally settled.
Steele couldn't help but frown as he looked at it.
"This is also ...... It's too ordinary, isn't it?"
At this time, Freya standing in front of the two of them had an ordinary face and ordinary facial features, no matter how she looked at it, she was just an ordinary little girl who couldn't be distinguished when she was thrown into the crowd, how could she have the beauty and smart temperament of Freya herself.
"It's good to be ordinary, if she still goes to the factory with her true face, even if her identity is aside, her appearance alone will bring her unnecessary trouble. Xu Yidao.
Freya didn't mind at all that her appearance had become ordinary, and she looked in front of the mirror for a while with great interest, looking quite excited.
After asking all the questions to be aware of when using the knot, Freya waved goodbye to the two of them.
In the next period of time, she will disguise herself as an ordinary little girl who came to the Duchy of Stantin from the Lampari Kingdom to work, and enter an assembly factory under the Xinfei Household Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce to engage in the simplest assembly work, which is planned to last for three months to half a year.
Of course, this job can't improve her magic level and management level, so it can't last too long.
However, Xu Yi and Freya are very sure that this internship will greatly enrich her life experience and will be very helpful for her future growth.
And Xu Yi is most pleased that this is Freya's own request, which shows that she is really seriously considering this matter this time.
If she can continue to maintain this mentality in the future and steadily improve herself, then it is indeed possible to have the ability to take over the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the future.
But for Steele, the matter still reveals a lot of questions.
"Xu Yi, why did you agree to Freya? Didn't you keep saying that you want her and other children to have a happy childhood?"
Xu Yi looked at Freya's distant figure and sighed softly.
"Because...... Kennard is leaving......" (To be continued......