Chapter 63: The Night Banquet in the City Lord's Mansion
A horse-drawn carriage pulled out of Viscount Leslie's manor and soon set out on a smooth road leading to Bonta City.
Inside the carriage, Viscount Leslie was flipping through a copy of the Bonta Daily in his hand.
After looking at it for a while, Viscount Leslie nodded appreciatively: "This thing is really good, I'm sure this thing will definitely become popular." Xu Yi, it will be much more convenient for you to advertise on this in the future. ”
Xu Yi, who was sitting opposite Viscount Leslie, stopped flipping through the information in his hand, raised his head and smiled: "Lord Viscount, although you are right, I did get this thing mainly to facilitate advertising in the future, but in front of Baron Haynas, you must not say that, he will definitely be angry." ”
Viscount Leslie laughed: "That's right, that guy is so invested in this thing now, I think if you run to him and tell him to advertise on it, he won't even sell your face as a founder, right?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I got this newspaper out just to find something for him to do, so that he doesn't have to go around me and the factory all day long, and Heinze complains to me every day." ”
Viscount Leslie laughed even louder: "Xu Yi, if Heinze hears your big truth, he will definitely be angry with you." Is he that annoying?"
"No, no, no, Lord Viscount, you can't talk nonsense. How could Baron Hainas be annoying......? Well, he cares too much about me and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it will affect our work a little. Now that I have developed a magic printing press for him, and have provided him with sufficient funds and space to start the Bonta Daily, Baron Haynas is very grateful to me, and it would be a great loss for me to hear you misunderstand me. ”
Viscount Leslie shook his head: "Haynas is still too young, so he was caught in by you." Originally, according to the itinerary, he should have gone back to Anvimar by now, but now that you have made such a "Bonta Daily", he is so happy that he has forgotten to go back. When I met him the day before yesterday, he even told me that he wanted to stay here forever and make the Bonta Daily better and better, but I really don't know what he was thinking. ”
Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that this was actually very simple, "Bonta Daily", which was an extremely novel thing on the Sainz continent, not only satisfied Baron Hainas's gossip psychology, but also satisfied his enthusiasm as a young man in his early twenties, feeling that he could control many things by relying on this newspaper, so he was naturally enthusiastic about it.
Of course, the reason why Xu Yi pushed him to the position of editor-in-chief of "Bonta Daily" was not just to find him something to do and not let him bother himself.
For the "Bonta Daily", Xu also thought very clearly, although this is a new thing for the Sainz continent, but he believes that many people will soon see the great energy brought by this new thing.
With Xu Yi's current status, he was by no means suitable to master this thing, so when he founded the "Bonta Daily", although he provided ideas, funds and venues, he put the ownership of this newspaper under the name of Viscount Leslie, and talked to Baron Haynas, fooling him into becoming the editor-in-chief.
Now, on the surface, "Bangta Daily" has nothing to do with Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but in fact, this newspaper will definitely be influenced by Xu Yi, and it is bound to favor the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in a certain way.
"Actually, you can tell Baron Heinas that even if he returns to Anwemar, he can still be the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and it is a big deal to start a daily newspaper of Anwemar himself. Xu Yi said with a smile.
Viscount Leslie glanced at Xu Yi meaningfully, and shook his head slightly: "Do you think Anweimar is the same as here? It is not so easy to do something in Anweimar, especially something as sensitive as a newspaper." Do you believe it, if it were in Anvimar, the newspaper would have turned out to be something completely different from what you had envisioned?"
"Of course I believe this. Xu Yi had an understanding expression and nodded again and again.
Viscount Leslie looked in the direction of the north outside the car window, was distracted for a long time, suddenly sighed softly, turned his head again, regained his indifferent expression, and asked Xu Yi: "Forget it, don't talk about this." Have you thought about what you are going to say when you see the Earl?"
Xu Yi tapped the information in his hand, and then pointed to his head: "It's all ready." ”
"That's good. Viscount Leslie nodded. "This is your first time being received by Lord Earl, so make as much of an impression as you can. If you can get his support, it will be a great help for you and for the Chamber of Commerce. ”
"Of course I understand. ”
The carriage clattered all the way into the city of Bonta, and then turned its head in the direction of the north of the city without stopping, and finally stopped in front of the city lord's mansion in the middle of the north of the city.
Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie jumped out of the carriage and were greeted by a middle-aged man dressed as a butler.
"Viscount Leslie, Lord has been waiting for a long time. The middle-aged man, who should be the steward of the City Lord's Mansion, greeted Viscount Leslie with a smile, and then glanced at Xu Yi. "This must be President Xu, right? Please follow me. ”
There is a clear difference in the attitude of this housekeeper towards Viscount Leslie and Xu Yi, when greeting Viscount Leslie, he is extremely enthusiastic, even with a hint of respect, but when facing Xu Yi, he is much colder, no different from greeting a passerby.
Xu Yi naturally did not have any sense of loss because of this, with his current status and status, being able to be received by the city lord was originally based on the face of Viscount Leslie.
However, Viscount Leslie valued Xu Yi a lot, and made a special trip to introduce Xu Yi: "Xu Yi, this is Lord Earl's butler Eter, you may see him many times in the future, but you have to remember." ”
Xu Yi smiled and nodded to Butler Ette.
Butler Ette glanced at Viscount Leslie with a little surprise, and when he looked at Xu Yi again, he showed a hint of a smile, which seemed kinder than just now.
After a brief greeting, Xu Yi consciously lagged behind Viscount Leslie by half an identity, and followed Butler Ette to the City Lord's Mansion.
This City Lord's Mansion was not as big as Xu Yi expected, and after walking for a while, he had already come to a hall that looked like a meeting room.
However, Butler Ette did not bring the two of them in, but turned around and led the way.
"The lord of the castle has already prepared dinner in the restaurant, please come with me. ”
Hearing Steward Ette's explanation, Xu Yi couldn't help but glance at Viscount Leslie.
Although he had known for a long time that Viscount Leslie had a good relationship with the city lord Earl Sean Satsuma, but now judging from the attitude of Butler Etter towards him and the way the city lord directly invited the two of them to the restaurant, I am afraid that the relationship between them is far closer than Xu Yi had expected.
It seems that the family power behind Viscount Leslie is really not weak, otherwise it would be impossible for him to have such a good personal relationship with the lord of a city, a noble earl, just with his small viscount.
Soon, the two of them were led to the restaurant by Butler Etter, and met Count Sean Satsuma who was already seated in the restaurant.
As soon as he saw the two of them, Count Satsuma immediately let out a hearty laugh, waved his hand and let the two take their seats.
As soon as he sat down, Xu Yi suddenly felt a strange cool breeze blowing from behind, and turned his head in surprise, and saw a magic air conditioner hanging on the wall of the restaurant, which was emitting a faint cyan light at this time, blowing a cool breeze to this side.
Noticing Xu Yi's actions, Count Satsuma laughed again: "President Xu, remember that the first time we met was at the banquet held that night in Leslie, right? If I guess correctly, this kid held the banquet at that time to collude with you, and he wanted to help you promote this magic air conditioner, right? Otherwise, with this kid's temper, how could he find such a large number of people to bother him." ”
Xu Yi exchanged a surprised look with Viscount Leslie, and said with a smile: "The city lord is really wise. That's right, I did ask the Viscount for help, and the purpose was indeed to promote the magic air conditioner. Of course, it works great, doesn't it?"
"Of course, you didn't see that even I couldn't stand it, so I bought several in one go. The Earl of Satsuma gestured at Viscount Leslie. "I thought at the time that even this arrogant kid was willing to help you, so Xu Yi must be a very capable guy. I didn't expect it at the time, it's only been more than two months, and you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have come up with so many new things, which is an eye-opener for me. ”
"Lord of the City, you have won the award, it is just a few small things that I have nothing to figure out in my idleness, and it is really nothing. Xu Yi hurriedly said modestly.
"Little thing?" Count Satsuma glanced at Xu Yi, smiled slightly, but said no more, and turned his head to nod to the butler Ette who was standing on the side.
Butler Ette clapped his hands, and a group of maids came out with various plates.
The maid who walked last was different from the maid in front, and there was a magic rice cooker on the plate she was carrying!
Seeing Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie's stunned expressions, Count Satsuma let out another long laugh.
"What, don't you like rice?"
Viscount Leslie shrugged his shoulders and moved in a dashing manner: "Lord Earl, you know that I have always been not very picky about what to eat. ”
Xu Yi frowned imperceptibly.
This city lord has been constantly showing himself what he knows about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from the beginning, so is this a gesture of goodwill? or a warning?