Chapter 55: Running Out of Life
If Xu Yi knew that Sevini was actually complaining in his heart that he had abandoned the Lampari Kingdom and Bonta City, he would definitely shout that he was wronged.
Because half a month before the New Year, he had already returned to the Falling Star Manor in Bonta City with his family.
And just yesterday, he also attended the New Year's party held by the city lord's mansion, had a "cordial and friendly" conversation with the city lord of Camadoo, and by the way, he also had a good drink with a group of old friends in Bangta City after the party, so that when he got up on the morning of the first day of the new year, his head still hurt because of a hangover.
But the headache didn't affect his plans.
According to the plan, on the first day of the new year, he visited a bunch of people as usual, including not only the old partners of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Bangta City, but also the city lord of Kamadou and the representatives of the ten chambers of commerce.
Although the two sides have actually broken up, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still retains some facilities in Bang Ta City, and is still nominally considered the Chamber of Commerce in Bang Ta City, so it still has to maintain basic etiquette on the surface.
As for the inner thoughts of the Camadoo City Lord and the ten chambers of commerce, they were obviously similar to Xu Yi, although in fact they were unceremonious to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but when Xu Yi took the initiative to come to the door, they were still polite and would not show the slightest rudeness.
Although the etiquette between the two sides was easy to understand, it made President Cruise very impatient, because he came to the Falling Star Manor early in the morning to give Xu Yi a New Year's greeting, but he didn't expect that Xu Yi would spend half a morning when he went out to visit the City Lord of Camadoo and the representatives of the ten chambers of commerce, so that when he waited for Xu Yi to come back in the Falling Star Manor, it was almost noon.
"I said Xu Yi. Those guys are doing this kind of thing to you New Flying Chamber of Commerce. What are you doing with them so politely?" said President Crews as he returned from his visit. Xu Yi, who couldn't see any unhappiness, frowned and asked, "Could it be that you still expect them to change their attitude?"
"Of course it can't be. Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "It's just a matter of courtesy, and I'm not looking at their faces, but the whole of Bonta. ”
"The face of the whole Bunta City?" said President Cruise with a cold snort. "The entire city of Bonta has been lost face by them!"
"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Xu Yi sat down on the sofa in the living room, looking at President Cruise with some surprise.
"Our Bonta City has undoubtedly been the first in this neighborhood for a few years, isn't it? But if you look at this year, those guys have made the whole city of Bonta into a miasma, not to mention the city of Anvimar, even compared to the surrounding cities of Kalmar and Saltan. It's not much stronger. President Cruise said angrily.
"Not really, right?" Xu Yi said. "Bangta City has developed so well in the past few years, no matter how corrupted they are, it should still be much stronger than these other cities, right?"
"Hmph, it's still a little stronger now, but it won't be necessarily in a year or two. President Cruise snorted, "Now all the chambers of commerce in the city, except for those ten chambers of commerce, plan to move outside." You can talk about it, Bangta City has become so prosperous, but it is all driven by the development of our chamber of commerce, of course, the biggest role is your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Now those guys are driving you new flying chambers away. Our other chambers of commerce have also been forced to die by them, what future can Bonta City have?"
"Running out of life?" Xu Yi frowned. "Is that an exaggeration?"
"Of course!" President Cruise raised his voice. "Do you know what bullshit rules came out of the City Lord's Mansion some time ago?"
"Oh, what, has something to do with your Amrley Chamber of Commerce?"
"Of course it is! The City Lord's Mansion actually gave us a notice. The construction of roads and houses involves the expropriation of land in the kingdom, so it needs to be under the unified management of the kingdom council, and the chambers engaged in these two businesses must accept the management arrangements of the local city lord's mansion. According to the research and decision of the City Lord's Mansion, no matter where our Amrley Chamber of Commerce lays roads and builds houses in the future, it must first report to the City Lord's Mansion for approval, and then complete it under the supervision of the City Lord's Mansion. ”
Xu Yi thought about it, but felt that there was nothing wrong with this regulation.
Because land is, after all, a limited resource, and because of the aristocracy's savings, there is not much land left for the royal council to control, so it is also necessary for the royal council to strictly manage these lands.
"Shit!" President Cruise waved angrily. "If they think about it from this aspect, then I don't have a problem, and it doesn't matter if they hand over some money or something. However, the City Lord's Mansion designated the Meiya Chamber of Commerce to set up a chamber of commerce specifically responsible for evaluating land use, which is to clearly target our Amrité Chamber of Commerce. Do you know what this Chamber of Commerce is for?"
"Isn't it to evaluate your chamber of commerce's use of land?" Xu Yi asked rhetorically.
President Cruise snorted heavily: "It would be nice if it was just like this!" But the City Lord's Mansion actually asked our Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with the American-Asian Chamber of Commerce no matter where the road is paved or houses are built in the future, and the construction will only be allowed to start after obtaining the assessment of the American-Asian Chamber of Commerce. And in the process of the project, it will always be subject to the audit of the US-Asia Chamber of Commerce. ”
"Well, that's normal, I don't think it's a big deal. Xu Yi shook his head.
"Isn't that a big deal?" said President Cruise's eyes widened. "Do you know what the people sent by the America-Asia Chamber of Commerce said?"
Seeing the angry expression on President Cruise's face, Xu Yi couldn't help frowning: "Could it be that their demands are excessive?"
"It's excessive?" said President Cruise with a sneer. The US-Asia Chamber of Commerce actually asked me to occupy a 30 percent stake in all the road paving and housing construction projects of our chamber of commerce! And asked us to take out all kinds of engineering technology and hand it over to them for detailed examination!
Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, can this be regarded as using the means to deal with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce against your Amrley Chamber of Commerce? Looking at it this way, I'm afraid that after this American-Asian Chamber of Commerce gets all the engineering technology from you, it will soon issue a regulation announcing that your Amrley Chamber of Commerce does not have the corresponding construction engineering qualifications, right?"
"Look, I knew you would. President Cruise spread out his hands and said helplessly, "Tell me, am I dying of life?"
Xu Yi smiled, shook his head and said, "Okay, there is really no way to live, so you won't come to me to complain to me." Say, what are you going to do?"
Seeing that Xu Yi had asked the main question, President Cruise put away the anger, unwillingness, and helplessness on his face, and said, "Xu Yi, if I move our Amrley Chamber of Commerce to the Principality of Stantin, do you think it is feasible?"
Although he had already guessed some of President Cruise's plans, Xu Yi was still a little stunned when he heard him say this idea with his own ears.
The Amrley Chamber of Commerce can no longer be regarded as a chamber of commerce that is particularly influenced by the local area of Bangta City because of its business all over the world, and now even President Cruise has this idea, so I am afraid that other chambers of commerce in the entire Bangta City except for the ten chambers of commerce may have this idea.
"That's right, when I talked to President Vincent and the others in private, they all revealed this meaning. President Cruise nodded in agreement with Xu Yi's guess. "The City Lord's Mansion is not just targeting our Amrri Chamber of Commerce, but also the Armani Chamber of Commerce. The Saranque Chamber of Commerce, and even the Falcau Chamber of Commerce, have action. The Chamber of Commerce that has no way to survive is far more than just our Amrley Chamber of Commerce. ”
Xu Yi couldn't help frowning.
The City Lord's Mansion obviously has the support of the Kingdom Council in doing this, but it is just a matter of dealing with chambers of commerce with insufficient backgrounds such as the Amrli Chamber of Commerce and the Armani Chamber of Commerce, and they even dare to move the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, are they really worried that even the Joseph family behind the Falcao Chamber of Commerce will be offended?
Or is it ...... Is this what the stubborn conservative aristocracy in the Lampari Kingdom, led by the Stark family, is doing against the nobles of other forces in the kingdom?
If that's the case, I'm afraid the kingdom of Lampari will not be at peace.
"Hmm...... If you really want to move to the Duchy of Stantin, no problem. Xu Yi thought for a while, nodded and said, "The relationship between the Duchy of Stantin is very good, I can help you with this." But have you ever thought about a question? Your situation is different from our Chamber of Commerce, and you want to get rid of this regulation of the City Lord's Mansion unless you change the registration place of the Amrley Chamber of Commerce. ”
"Of course I thought about it. President Cruise said in a deep voice, "I understand what you're worried about. Indeed, in this way, our Amritri Chamber of Commerce can no longer be regarded as the Chamber of Commerce of Bunta City, which is equivalent to losing the foundation that has been saved so hard for so many years. Even in order to avoid the next targeted measures of the Kingdom Council, we may not be able to directly turn into a foreign chamber of commerce. ”
"Can you accept this result?" asked Xu Yizhengse.
"What if you don't?" said President Cruise. "Now that those guys are clearly going to kill our chamber of commerce, I'm an idiot if I just sit back and die. I don't have the ability or the qualifications to resist, and if I can't afford to provoke it, I can only hide. ”
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since His Royal Highness Prince Eric became king, he had expected such a day, but he did not expect that the other party's movements would be so fast, direct, and even savage.
Judging from the current situation, when they dealt with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before, they were still slightly restrained, but when they dealt with the Chamber of Commerce like the Amrley Chamber of Commerce, which was not strong enough, it was extremely rude.
Obviously, the Amrité Chamber of Commerce is not the only chamber of commerce they want to deal with, according to the various actions of the city lord's mansion of Bangta City in the past six months, their purpose is to completely integrate Bangta City into the ten chambers of commerce, in other words, in fact, into the hands of those big nobles behind the ten chambers of commerce.
But the question is, are they really so confident in themselves?
Are they sure that by driving out the other chambers of commerce, they will be able to run Bonta City as well as it used to?
Hui is also deeply skeptical. (To be continued......)