Chapter 187: A business federation that exists in name only

"President Xu, you ...... It's just too impulsive. President Lanke looked at Xu Yi and sighed softly.

After meeting with Count Stark, the Lord of the New Town, Count Stark made it clear that he did not need to be accompanied by a businessman, so the representatives of the business community of Bonta City, who had gone to greet him, dispersed on their own, but gathered again at President Ranko's private residence.

At the temporary joint meeting of the Bangta City Business Federation, Xu Yi once again became the focus of attention.

Although many people have implicit admiration for Xu Yi in their hearts, and feel that he dares to refute her face to face because of Earl Stark's attitude towards merchants, in the eyes of more people, Xu Yi is indeed too impulsive and careless about the consequences.

Count Stark is the new city lord of Bonta City, and Xu Yihe and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are chambers of commerce that belong to the jurisdiction of Bonta City, so they will naturally accept his jurisdiction in the future.

Now that Xu Yi is so blatantly ramming Earl Stark, it would be strange if Earl Stark didn't trouble him and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

"Why are your expressions so heavy?" Unlike everyone else, Xu Yi looked relaxed. "It's me and not you who refute Count Stark to your face, and if Count Stark wants to make trouble, he will definitely come to me, and he will definitely not go to you. ”

The others looked at each other and smiled wryly at the same time.

President Vincent sighed, shook his head, and said, "President Xu, what everyone is worried about is not who he will find trouble, but the attitude of this new city lord. ”

"yes. President Cruise sighed. "This Lord of the New City dislikes us merchants so much, I suspect that the future business of Bangta City may be difficult. ”

"This ...... It shouldn't be so strict, right?"

Incorporated into the Bonta City's public transportation system, Fillson now joins the Chamber of Commerce. This time, President Pomberg was also present at the meeting. Seeing that the peers around him are sighing. I couldn't help but speak out at the joint meeting for the first time.

"Now that Bangta City is growing so fast, last year's tax revenue was even nearly ten times that of previous years, and to put it mildly, it was entirely due to us businessmen. We've paid half of that tax income, and I think Earl Stark, even if he looks down on us merchants, should admit that fact and not do anything against us, right?"

"Hmph, won't you do anything?" President Cruise snorted, "It's not like you didn't see today's events. To say that it has contributed to the development of Bonta City. Who of you who is doing it dares to say that it is comparable to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and President Xu? But don't you see what Earl Stark did? He clearly deliberately singled out Xu Yi today to find trouble for him! Of course, then again, Xu Yi, you are indeed too impulsive. Even if Earl Stark deliberately makes trouble for you, you don't have to go toe-to-toe with him, do you?"

Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders: "Since I know that he is deliberately looking for trouble with me, then what's the point of me hiding from it? He is the new city lord of Bangta City, can I still avoid trouble if he wants to find me?"

"But you don't have to offend him completely, do you?" said President Cruise with a frown.

"Do you think...... Would a great man like Earl Stark be offended just because I had a few rebuttals? His attitude towards me had been decided long before he came, and it was impossible to change it. ”

President Cruise fell silent.

Because everyone knew that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi obviously belonged to the faction of Her Royal Highness Queen Sevigny. However, the Stark family has clearly announced their support for His Royal Highness Prince Eric to become the next king.

Count Stark wanted to find trouble with Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but it was not because Xu Yi had a few words. It was something that was decided the moment he became the lord of Bonta City.

There was an eerie silence in the conference room for a while, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, but for a while they all knew what to say.

After a while, a lean-looking, narrow-eyed businessman whispered, "Actually, I think ...... Earl Stark may just want to target President Hsu, not all of our merchants in Bonta City. So I thought...... I think...... If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce withdraws from our business association, will it be better for everyone?"

Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on the lean businessman, with astonishment, doubt, confusion, but a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"What do you mean, President Lawrence?" Before Xu Yi could speak, President Cruise had already slapped one hand on the table, and pointed at the lean businessman with the other, and said angrily: "At this time, you actually thought of letting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce withdraw from our business association? Do you still have a little conscience? Have you forgotten? Your Chamber of Commerce almost closed down last time, but Xu Yi transferred the magic kettle technology to you in advance without charging a penny, and at the same time rented you all kinds of magic machine tools for free, and sent skilled workers to guide you, so that your Chamber of Commerce came back to life with this. How can you say such things now? You are ungrateful!"

A blush of shame crossed President Lawrence's face, and he lowered his head and retorted softly, "I...... We later gave ...... a copper coin."

President Cruise was even more furious, slapped the table again, and scolded loudly: "Do you think that if you give money later, Xu Yi will not help you? If Xu Yi didn't help you at that time, maybe you would have committed suicide by jumping into the Sandy River at that time! Who else is there to sit here now and say such shameless things?"

President Lawrence, perhaps enraged by President Crews's blunt rebuke, raised his head sharply, blushed, and exclaimed, "That's right! But I'm thinking about it from the perspective of all the merchants in our entire Bangta City! We're just some weak merchants, how can we confront the city lord? Now that President Xu is being targeted by the city lord, we can't put ourselves in it, right?"

"Bullshit! You guy is ungrateful, just say it directly, and dare to pretend to be such a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, it's disgusting!" President Cruise spat on the ground, and wanted to scold again. was stopped by Xu Yi with his hand.

"Alright. President Crews. Stop scolding. Although President Lawrence disappointed me in him, his mention was very good. I was ready to accept the wrath of Earl Stark, but I couldn't let my fellow citizens in the city get into my way. So I decided to ......" Xu also turned to President Ranke. "President Lanke, starting today, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will withdraw from the business association. ”

There was silence in the conference room for about a second, and then it exploded with a bang.

"President Xu, are you kidding?"

"Are you going to quit the business association?"

"Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now one of the largest chambers of commerce in our Bangta City, how can you just quit the federation?"

"That's right. If even your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce withdraws, then what is the need for this business federation to exist?"

"I don't have to quit, do I'm sure President Lawrence is just worried. ”

"It's just that it's not ...... at all"

......

Everyone chattered, but Xu Yi just smiled and didn't say a word.

After a while, the crowd naturally stopped.

Looking at the expression on Xu Yi's face, everyone understood that Xu Yi had already made up his mind, and it should be impossible to change it.

President Lanke smiled bitterly and shook his head: "President Xu, why do you always do things so intensely?"

Xu Yi smiled and replied, "Because time waits for no one, I don't have so much time to achieve my goals in a peaceful but slow way." ”

President Ranko sighed, "I can see that. The ideal in your heart is only afraid that the limit is much greater than I imagined. Well, now that you've made your decision. I don't have anything to say either. In my capacity as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, I approve your application for the withdrawal of the Chamber of Commerce from the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Okay, thank you President Ranko for your understanding. Xu Yi nodded and turned to the others: "As the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I hereby promise you that although our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has withdrawn from the Business Federation, the members of the Federation are still the best partners of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the withdrawal from the Federation will not affect the cooperative relationship between us." Of course, the premise is that you still have the guts to cooperate with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, haha......"

Xu Yi's joke was so cold that no one smiled.

The others stared at Xu Yi, and some wanted to say something, but found that it didn't make sense to say anything, so the room fell silent again.

After a while, President Cruise suddenly slapped the table and said to President Ranko, "In that case, well, our Amrley Chamber of Commerce has also applied to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce. President Ranko, please approve it. ”

The crowd looked at President Cruise in amazement.

After all, Xu Yi is only a young man in his twenties, and it is understandable that he is a little young and vigorous. You Cruise is a middle-aged man who is about to turn fifty, why are you as impulsive as Xu Yi?

However, the consternation of the crowd was just beginning, and after President Cruise, as many as a dozen presidents of various chambers of commerce also applied to President Ranco to withdraw from the federation.

Those who can be qualified to participate in the joint meeting of the business federation are, of course, representatives of the chamber of commerce with a certain status in Bonta City, and although the chamber of commerce of more than ten people is not as good as the Amritra Chamber of Commerce of President Cruise, it cannot be regarded as a small chamber of commerce.

Now they have also opted out of the business association, and more than half of the chambers that participated in the joint conference alone have opted out.

President Lan Ke could only smile bitterly again, looked at Xu Yidao, and said, "President Xu, the Bangta City Business Federation has been established for almost a hundred years. I can't imagine that today I will become a real person because of your withdrawal, and I really don't know whether to express anger or admiration for you. ”

Xu Yi smiled, then sighed lightly and said, "President Lanke, you should know that this is not what I meant, but everyone's own choice. All I can say about this is ...... Now times have changed. ”

President Lanke's gaze swept over the faces of President Cruise and more than a dozen other chamber of commerce representatives who applied for withdrawal, and finally fell on Xu Yi, who nodded slowly: "Yes, times have changed ......" (to be continued......