It's the Winter Festival, which is the longest night in the whole year. As long as you spend this day, the night time will gradually decrease, and the day time will gradually lengthen. Therefore, this day is regarded by the Lost People as a good day to conquer the darkness and the light to come.

Such a good day is also the day when the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce (note), the chamber of commerce established by the Nguyen family, holds an official annual meeting. All previous transactions and negotiations were carried out under the table; Most of them are just ventilating first, raising conditions, and testing each other's attitudes and limits.

But to nail these verbal agreements, we still have to talk openly and honestly at the annual meeting, after all, we are all a family. Especially after the conclusion is made, it is still necessary for the whole family and the entire chamber of commerce to abide by it and maintain it together.

Of course, if you want to tear up, it is also the best time when all the dignitaries of the family gather. Whoever is in the position and who falls into the dust can be decided on the spot.

The location of the annual meeting is not fixed every year. It is the election of the organizer for the following year by all participants before the end of the previous year's annual meeting; The organizer will decide on the location of the event within half a year and notify everyone.

The following year's Annual Meeting is usually held at the organizer's headquarters, but there are occasional exceptions. The branch in charge of hosting will be regarded as the family branch that ranks first in the ranking of the year.

The Jialong Chamber of Commerce has maintained for hundreds of years in this way that there is no master and each branch takes turns to be the banker. The main intention was also to avoid having such an obvious target as 'capital' in the past kingdoms. Now the Chamber of Commerce is like a multi-headed snake, cutting off one or two heads, but it will not die yet.

This year's Winter Festival is held in a beautiful white castle surrounded by mountains and lakes. This is the property of the former lord here, mortgaged to the Chamber of Commerce. Now that the nobleman is no longer the heir, the successor sent by the king does not dare to risk offending the Jialong Chamber of Commerce and reclaim the castle. Therefore, it is logical that this castle has become the property of this branch.

The current speaker of this branch is Nguyen Vinh Minh, who is the nobleman whom Lin had known in the Vida Militarization through the white sword saint William Greco, the wife of Baron William Engels, and the grandfather of Nguyen Thi Huy.

In terms of seniority, he is a generation older than the two Ruan Van Viet brothers. In terms of seniority, he is at the helm of the branch and often serves as the organizer of the annual meeting. This is the fifth year in a row that we have hosted the event. Although the chamber of commerce system is based on the selection of candidates for the following year this year, there is no prohibition on re-election.

The reason why this branch can be so strong is also because it is located in the traditional cultural circle of the world, with a vast territory and fertile land. Moreover, the vanity of the central aristocracy of the Lost Land made their need for money greater than anywhere else. However, for the aristocracy, such a thing as 'money' was either to collect taxes or to borrow. When you can't afford to pay it back, you can mortgage the real estate, and it's not a big deal.

As a strong branch of the old brand in the Chamber of Commerce, Ruan Vinh Minh has always only taken the right path, and he has suppressed others in a dignified manner, so that people cannot find anything to blame. In addition to this, the style of conduct is impartial. Therefore, despite the fact that today's annual meeting is different from the past, there is an unpleasant undercurrent flowing. Nguyen Vinh Minh does not support it, but he does not suppress it either.

Because everyone often comes to the White Castle, they don't need any servants to guide them, and the people from the various branches of the Chamber of Commerce naturally walk to the banquet hall of the castle. Five long tables, arranged in one horizontal and four vertical rows. The long table on the small steps is the master's seat, except for Nguyen Vinh Minh, and on the left and right are the children of the Ruan family, who are in the same family as him, serving as assistants and doing miscellaneous affairs.

The four long tables at the bottom sat the children of the Ruan family who came from all over the country. They arranged their seats in chronological order of their respective speakers, and sat together in the same separate family. But if both parties agree, they can change seats, just tell the organizers.

So one of the foreplays of the annual meeting over the years is the question of who wants to sit next to whom. Of course, the families that are united will try to gather their seats as much as possible. On the one hand, it is to show one's position and attitude, and on the other hand, of course, it is because of sitting close to each other that it is convenient to discuss things in private.

In such a seat-swapping game, of course, there will be some attractive stars. Specifically, the more resources you have, the higher the demand of others for you, and the more popular you will be. And such a person can easily become the organizer of the annual meeting next year.

The opening session is a routine report on the harvest of the past year.

What is different from the past is that in recent years, thanks to the rise of the forum, the format of the chamber of commerce's report has changed from paper documents to forum format. Save the manpower of copying multiple reports to all the divisions and attendees, and use a large hydroscopy screen for presentation; Readers who need more information are to open their own water mirror screen and read the documents on the forum.

They can't do too much statistical analysis, but at least they know how to compare last year's output with this year's output to see if it is higher or lower, and what is the reason behind it. Among them, the most eye-catching, of course, is the split family that traded with Nguyen Van Viet this year and sold a large amount of grain.

Their income has increased several times that of last year, and in previous years, there was so much grain that it would rot in the fields, but this year it is not just all collected in the granary; He almost sold his winter food, and ended up starving to death in the grain-producing areas.

Before the annual meeting, everyone only knew that this year's branch was happy from top to bottom. But how much money is earned, it is not as clear as the clear numbers in front of them, so many people can't help but sneak their eyes at the Ruan Van Viet brothers. Looking at the two of them with an attitude of honor and disgrace, everyone was thinking about which position their butts should be placed in their favor.

When it was Nguyen Van Viet's turn to report on the year's earnings, the people who had been talking to others were impatient to listen to themselves boasting, and those who were talking softly also shut up. Everyone wants to see how this branch is developing this year.

On this day last year, Nguyen Van Viet's team had even worse results than they had in the past. The main thing is that there is a large investment in that car manufacturing and R&D center that no one understands, and there is no immediate return. At that time, even if other people who split up their families had no right to manage other people's affairs, sour words were still inevitable.

This year, accustomed to the practice of a certain magician, Nguyen Van Viet used a well-illustrated income and expenditure curve chart and an industry classification pie chart to make a good expression of the rapid development he had obtained through the automobile center. All the numbers are justified.

And in the final part of the income, they are also very different from other divisions. Most of the others reported how much food they had harvested, who they had exchanged it with, and what supplies they had received. The focus is on how much you can come up with in exchange or exchange with other families.

Ruan Wenyue was more direct, and gave a number that blinded everyone's eyes. The income from the automobile manufacturing and R&D center is not a few small cars, a few big trucks, but the real coins of the five empires. It's not bad money that no one wants, or has to be used at a discount.

Note: I forgot that this chamber of commerce used to have an official name - Jialong Chamber of Commerce. It is hereby added