Chapter 69: The fate of Rem and Camillo
What happened at the Gretel Chamber of Commerce's product launch event was reported in major newspapers and quickly spread in Bonta City and several surrounding cities.
Almost overnight, the Gretel Chamber of Commerce became like a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat it.
The various magic machines produced by the Gretel Chamber of Commerce before also completely lost sales in an instant, and even became something like a plague that everyone avoided.
Of course, sales volume or something doesn't matter to the Gretel Chamber of Commerce anymore.
Because after the product launch, the Glitter Chamber of Commerce immediately announced its closure, and the president Camillo also disappeared and disappeared.
In everyone's eyes, this Camillo and the Glitter Chamber of Commerce he founded have become shameful thieves and liars, and there is no possibility of turning over.
And when it comes to what the Gretel Chamber of Commerce and Camillo did in the previous month, everyone feels that it is as if they are watching a clown show, which is extremely funny.
Thinking that the Gretel Chamber of Commerce actually dared to shout a slogan that surpassed the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, everyone couldn't help but scoff.
After this incident, the status of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in people's minds has been stabilized and improved again.
Now everyone agrees that maybe the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is not strong enough, it is not the largest Chamber of Commerce in Bonta City, nor is it a relatively powerful first-class Chamber of Commerce in the Lampari Kingdom, but in the field of magic machinery, there is absolutely no Chamber of Commerce that can match it, and no one or any Chamber of Commerce can compete with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in this field.
And the new flying brand magic machinery has also been paid more attention to by people.
After this incident, the sales of various magic machines of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually skyrocketed. It's even the end of August, and the whole summer is about to pass. The sales of Xinfei brand magic fans, magic air conditioners, and magic freezers, which are mainly used in summer, have also rebounded strongly, and sales have once again hit a small peak.
Finally, at the end of the month, when the statistics are counted. Xu Yi was surprised to find that the sales of all household magic machinery in this month of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not only did not decrease compared to July, but also increased.
It was a bonus.
Xu Yi's initial response to this matter was just to find out who was behind the scenes of Camillo, and then let the other party suffer losses through GuΓ²'s arrangement this time, so as to hit the other party, which could be regarded as a warning to the other party, and he didn't think about the benefits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce itself in this matter.
Now not only did the original plan succeed, but Camilo was severely punished for it. The people behind him also suffered huge losses because of this great investment in the Gretel Chamber of Commerce, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually made a profit from it, it was really a stone thrown out, but accidentally hit two birds.
So Xu Yi has been in a good mood during this time.
It's just that when he saw the expressionless Wella, his good mood could no longer be maintained.
Xu Yi looked directly into Wella's eyes, did not dodge her gaze at all, looked at each other for a long time, and finally sighed, and shook his head slowly but firmly: "No." Wella. I can't promise you. Rem made too much mistake this time, if I let him go because of you, how can I be worthy of the other researchers in the research institute? How can I be worthy of so many employees up and down our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Or to put it more bluntly, I don't want to let him go. β
For Xu Yi's answer. Wella seemed a little surprised, and after raising her eyebrows, her face turned calm and said, "Why? If it weren't for that, Rem wouldn't have taken so much research materials from the research institute so easily. Seriously. In fact, it was because you connived at him that you led him to make a big mistake. β
"No, you're wrong. Xu Yi shook his head. "Although it was true that Evita and I were deliberately acting for him later. But Wella, if Rem didn't have this idea herself, what use would it be if we acted well? What's more, according to Camillo's explanation, Rem already had bad intentions when he wanted to enter our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the beginning. If I hadn't inadvertently detected his problem, our Chamber of Commerce would have really suffered a huge loss this time. β
Wella fell silent, and the room fell silent.
Xu Yi looked at the complicated feelings on Wei Na's face, and couldn't help but sigh: "Wei Na, you have already broken up with Rem, why do you have to think about him so much? You were never willing to ask for someone, but now because he has begged me twice, do you still think that he is worthy of you to pay so much for him at this time?"
The expression on Wella's face finally couldn't keep it calm, and she floated a little gloomy, and said softly: "After all, he is the closest person to me before, I ...... It's hard to leave him alone entirely. β
Xu Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that the more a person like Wella looked cold on the outside, the more fiery he actually was.
Obviously, Wella herself felt that Rem's character was not suitable for her and took the initiative to break up with Rem, but now she still bows her arrogant head in front of Xu Yi because Rem.
Although Xu Yi admires Wella's spirit, it does not mean that he agrees with it.
"I'm sorry, Wella, but I still can't promise you. Rem did something wrong, and he had to be punished for it. He is already an adult and cannot have the same opportunities to make mistakes as a child. Xu Yizheng said.
Wella looked at Xu Yi again, but Xu Yi still didn't dodge and looked directly at her.
Seeing the determined expression on Xu Yi's face, Wei Na knew that his thoughts could not be changed, so she could only lower her eyelids and nodded slightly.
"Okay, I see. β
Seeing that Wella was about to leave the room, Xu Yi thought about it, sighed secretly, and opened his mouth to stop Wella.
"Wella, I can't promise you anything else, but I can promise you a little bit, and I'll keep the most basic honor for Rem. β
Wei Na's originally calm eyes lit up suddenly, and a smile finally appeared on her face, and then solemnly gave Xu Yi a courtesy.
"Thank you, President. β
This is the first time that Wei Na has addressed Xu Yi in such a respectful tone.
Xu Yi waved his hand, and Wei Na turned to leave.
Look at the reclosed door. Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again.
Because commerce on the continent of Sainz is far less developed than on Earth, in fact, there is no complete set of business-related laws in any country on the continent of Sainz.
So. Even if the director Xu also exposed the shameful behavior of Rem and Camillo, and also gave enough strong evidence. But because there is no relevant law as a basis, there is no way to give the two reasonable punishments.
Although according to the rules of the Lampari Kingdom or the entire Sainz Continent, if you steal the secrets of other chambers of commerce like this, you will definitely suffer private revenge from the stolen secret chamber of commerce afterwards, but Xu Yi does not plan to do this, because he feels that it is pointless to target Rem and Camillo in this way.
In Xu Yi's view, punishing these two people is a trivial matter, so the creation of relevant laws and regulations is a major matter.
So after a secret conversation with Count Satsuma, Count Satsuma arrested Rem and Camillo directly. It was delivered to the Kingdom Commercial Administration in the city of Anvimar.
According to the regulations of the Commercial Authority, the two men will be banned from working in any chamber of commerce for 10 years, and will not be allowed to engage in any business activities beyond a certain amount.
At the same time, because of the identities of the two magicians, they were also punished by the magicians' union.
The Wizards' Guild not only deprived the two of their status as magicians recognized by the union, but also forbade them from participating in the Magicians' Guild's qualification assessment for 20 years.
To put it simply, the two of them are no longer official magicians recognized by the Wizards' Guild.
Although the punishment from the Commercial Authority and the Magicians' Guild was a big blow to the two of them, which was equivalent to directly depriving them of their original status and status, and causing their lives to be greatly affected by this, Xu Yi was not satisfied with this result.
Because if according to the commercial laws of the earth. The actions of the two men have fully constituted the crime of commercial espionage, and Cheng DΓΉ is enough to meet the standard of criminal sentencing, so he can be arrested and sent to prison.
However, there is no such legal provision in the Lampari Kingdom, so Xu Ye can only impose additional penalties on him in accordance with the confidentiality clause he had signed with Rehm.
This additional penalty is severe. According to the terms of the contract, Rem must pay a large amount of compensation for his betrayal of the secrets of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and he will no longer be allowed to work in the industry related to magical machinery for the rest of his life.
The latter one has little impact on Rem for the time being. But the high amount of compensation is something that Rem simply cannot afford, because the amount is as high as 50,000 gold coins. With Rem's salary of at most thirty gold coins per month, these money will not be able to be repaid for a lifetime.
And for this. Kingdom law, however, has another repertoire.
If the debtor signs a debt that is too high to exceed 100 times the debtor's income in the previous year, it proves that the debtor is unable to pay the debt.
In the case of inability to pay debts, Kingdom law provides that if the debtor is unable to prove that he or she has the ability to pay the debt within one year, all of the debtor's property will be paid after the one-year period has expired.
If, after all the property has been paid, the debtor is still in a state of inability to pay the debt, then according to the laws of the kingdom, the debtor can only pay by himself, and therefore will be judged to be the debtor's slave.
And Rem didn't have any stable income last year, even if it was all calculated, I am afraid that it would not exceed three hundred gold coins.
If it is a hundred times, it is only 30,000 gold coins, which is 20,000 gold coins short of the 50,000 gold coins stipulated in the compensation.
Rem's family is not in a good situation, so even if he mortgages all his family property, it is still impossible to get out of the situation of being unable to repay his debts after a year.
In other words, if nothing else, a year later, Rem will be directly condemned by the laws of the kingdom to be Xu Yi's slave!
This is undoubtedly an unacceptable humiliation for Rem, a magician who used to have a very high status.
So even though Wella had broken up with him, she still couldn't help but plead with Xu Yi because of this.
Of course, Xu Yi was unwilling to let Rem go so easily, but after careful consideration, he still promised that Wella would reserve the last honor for Rem.
As for how to keep it, it depends on how Xu Yi chooses.
Compared to Rem, Xu Yi actually wants to punish Camillo severely.
Although Rem is hateful, if it weren't for Camillo's instigation, I'm afraid he wouldn't have embarked on this evil path, so strictly speaking, Camillo is the mastermind and deserves to be punished more severely than Rem.
However, there is no contract between Camillo and Xu Yi, and there is no punishment for him according to the laws of the kingdom.
The punishment he received was nothing more than the punishment given to him by the Commercial Authority and the Wizards' Guild.
Compared to the terrible punishment of Rem who might even become a slave, Camillo's public punishment is nothing short of painful.
Of course, this is just a public punishment.
In fact, on the way to escort Camillo to Anvimar City, he was directly taken away by the northern army of the kingdom in the name of emergency transfer, and then escorted to the battlefield in the north of the kingdom.
Although he was not directly sent to the battlefield to die for unknown reasons, Viscount Leslie made it clear in his reply to Xu Yi that this honorable Camillo magician would definitely be "warmly welcomed" by the hard-armed soldiers in the Zhenbei Army.
In less than half a year, the delicate buttocks of His Excellency the Magician will inevitably become unrecognizable. (To be continued......)