Chapter 129 Fiscal Deficit

When the army of the Lampari Kingdom defeated the powerful defense line built by the Maro Empire, and marched into the interior of the Maro Empire at a pace that made countless people on this continent terrified, the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Duchy of Standing was Another scene.

Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is the protagonist of one of the two camps, the turmoil from the outside world and the tense wars happening in various parts of the mainland do not seem to have had much impact on the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Because it is the New Year period, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still decided to have a holiday more than a week before the previous year, so that the main base is not as busy as usual, and even the roar of magic machine tools in various factory workshops Also much smaller.

However, this does not mean that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not been affected in any way.

As the protagonist of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce camp, it is also the last one to provide all kinds of military magic machines to partner countries, assist them in defeating the attacks of the two major empire camps, and even help the Lampari Kingdom to complete its counterattack. Now it can even invade the Maro Empire instead. The main factor, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce undoubtedly played the most critical role in this war that swept across the entire continent.

Among other things, just to provide sufficient military magic machinery and related ammunition supplies for the Lampari Kingdom, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce directly established a brand new production base dedicated to the production of military magic machinery within the last year. .

The new base was built at the beginning of last year, and then as the situation on the Sainz continent gradually deteriorated, and finally turned into an all-out war, this new base was fully started in the second half of last year, and it was vigorously manufacturing all kinds of weapons non-stop. A kind of military magic machine.

It is precisely because of Xu Yi's strong foresight in the previous year that the strategic partners of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, such as the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Rulson, and the United Kingdom of Nozdormu, have enough supplies of military magic machinery , so that they have the ability to withstand the powerful attacks of the two empires on the frontal battlefield.

And after Xu Yi personally set up a game that attracted Magister Raduka and Magister O'Falion, and successfully tested the newly developed all-round anti-magic field specifically for enemy magicians, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is even more prepared for it. These strategic partners solve one of the most serious problems - the threat of the magister.

This point was fully reflected in the previous battle between the Lampari Kingdom and the Maro coalition forces.

The Maro Empire directly killed a magister in the battle of the Grisius Mountains, and then lost two magisters in one breath in the border defense battle, which is tantamount to telling everyone. The magister is no longer the representative of invincibility in people's minds, and no longer has the powerful ability to decide the battle situation.

In other words, after the Lampari Kingdom killed three magisters from the Maro Empire in these two battles, everyone understood. Only the military magic machinery provided by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can determine the outcome of the war.

Ordinary magicians cannot do this, not even the most powerful magisters!

In order to continue to strengthen this perception in people's minds, although the annual leave of other departments of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still open this year, the departments related to military magic machinery are forced to work overtime for the new year for the first time ever.

Of course, because working overtime during the New Year is special. The chamber of commerce paid three times the usual wages to the workers who were forced to work overtime, so all the workers who stayed to work overtime were very happy.

Besides, wars are happening everywhere in other parts of the mainland. Instead of taking the risk of going on the road, it is better to stay in the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which can be said to be the safest on the entire continent.

There are even many employees in other departments who are unwilling to leave after the holiday and choose to stay directly.

In addition, many employees brought their family members who were not in the Principality of Standing to the Principality of Standing and decided to take advantage of the trend to settle here.

Xu Yi certainly welcomes this very much.

What he is most dissatisfied with on the Sainz continent is that due to the serious food problem, the population is extremely rare compared to the earth, especially the Celestial Dynasty, making it difficult for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to recruit enough manpower for development.

If more and more people settle in the Duchy of Standing, he can use the resources of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce nearby to train a large number of suitable talents for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In the long run, everything is beneficial.

He even wished he could grab a bunch of people and stuff them into the military magic machinery production base. He worked hard for a large number of military magic machinery orders from various countries including the Lampari Kingdom.

However, this is unrealistic.

The power of military magic machinery is huge, and the corresponding requirements are also extremely high.

Especially the all-round anti-magic field device that is most urgently needed on the battlefield, especially for magicians, cannot tolerate any mistakes. It requires a lot of people who have a deep understanding of magic, and at least people who have a deep understanding of magic circles are eligible to participate go in.

This kind of talent cannot be cultivated in a short period of time.

Xu Yi directly recruited a batch of graduates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. While training and working, they couldn't meet the current large demand. Where can they find enough talents in this field in a short while.

Every time he thought of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although the proportion of magicians on Sainz Continent is extremely low, if we talk about the absolute number, there are more than 100,000. Not to mention less.

If half of the more than 100,000 magicians... No, even if only one-third, or even one-fourth or even one-fifth work for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he won't worry about talent all day long.

And among these magicians. What made Xu Yi feel the most pity was the three magisters who fell in the previous battle with the army of the Lampari Kingdom.

In Xu Yi's view, the magister, as the magician who has the deepest understanding of magic and the most powerful magic power on the continent of Sains, only needs a little training for them to have a great impact on the magic industry. promotion.

The fall of the three magisters. For Xu Yi, it was the fall of three top talents.

When Xu Yi received this news before, Xu Yi didn't say anything, but his heart was extremely distressed.

If these three magisters did not fall in what Xu Yi saw as a meaningless war, but came to contribute their strength to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it would definitely make the magic industry develop faster, and also let Xu Yi's The ideal can go one step further.

So even though the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce outside Metro City were fully capable of killing Magister O'Falion and Magister Raduka, Xu Yi still took a certain risk to let them go.

The purpose is to protect high-end talents like the magister.

However... the contradiction is that Xu Yi must let the party represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce show a strong ability to eliminate the magister from the battlefield, so that others can face this point.

So in the end there was still a magister who fell. And three fell at once.

Xu Yi was deeply saddened by this, but there was nothing he could do.

"Oh, it would be great if everyone could focus on development. It's a pity..." Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again. With a wry smile, he shook his head slightly.

"Master President, what's the matter? Is there something we didn't do well?" Lao Ensi, director of the military magic machinery department of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who was with Xu Yi, asked quickly when he saw the strange expression on Xu Yi's face.

"No, I just watched a piece of military magic machinery being sent out here, and thought that they would be sent to the hands of armies everywhere. I buried countless lives with my own hands, and I couldn't help but feel a little bit of emotion in my heart." Xu Yi shook his head.

This time it was Genesis who had a very strange expression on his face.

Why did the chairman suddenly become sentimental?

Could it be that the grown-up is actually a very sensitive and slender person?

How is this possible……

The messy thoughts in my heart didn't affect Genesis's smile and said: "Master President, there is no way to do this. We never thought of conquering anyone, but the guys from the two empires don't want to conquer anyone." Ken. If we don't teach them a good lesson, we may never have peace in the future."

Xu Yi smiled, knowing that Genesis had misunderstood, but he didn't bother to explain, he waved his hand and said, "It's just a moment of emotion, and it doesn't affect my mood. That's all right. The inspection here is over, you did a good job Continue to maintain this efficiency and try not to make any mistakes. This year is likely to be the most important year for our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and even for the entire Sains Continent. The final result is actually in your responsibility this department. So..."

Xu Yi patted Genesis on the shoulder vigorously, stared into his eyes, and said seriously: "You are very courageous, do you have the confidence to do well?"

Genesis immediately replied proudly: "Please rest assured, Mr. President! I guarantee that there will be no mistakes here!"

"Very good." Xu Yi patted Genesis on the shoulder again, signaling him to go back to work, while he left with several other senior executives of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who accompanied him to inspect the military magic machinery manufacturing base on the first day of the new year. .

The group returned to the conference hall of the main base office building of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. After taking their seats, Sebastian, the treasurer of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, took out a document from his bag and handed it to Xu Yi.

"Master President, this is the Chamber of Commerce's preliminary budget for this year. Judging from the results of the current estimate... I'm afraid it's not good." The expression on Sebastian's face was very serious.

This expression was extremely rare on his face.

Because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been in exceptionally good financial condition since its establishment, the expression on Sebastian's face always looks very relaxed.

But now. The stern expression on his face made him so serious that Xu Yi couldn't help but sit up a little bit straighter after hearing this, and then picked up the document.

In this year's budget document about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Sebastian listed in detail the various funds that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may use this year, and finally came to a rough conclusion.

This conclusion was indeed enough for Sebas to show such a serious expression, because it was based on this conclusion. According to the various plans and investments planned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this year, if there is no obvious change or explosive income, then the financial situation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this year will be the first time in history that there will be a serious deficit.

The amount of this deficit is even as high as 20 million to 40 million gold coins!

In the year-end financial report at the end of last year, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's annual net profit dropped from nearly 200 million gold coins in the same period of the previous year to less than 50 million gold coins, which is not a big gap.

However, according to the situation estimated by Sebastian this year, there will even be a deficit!

This is the first time that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has experienced such a situation in more than 20 years since its establishment, and the deficit for the first time is not a small amount.

It's no wonder that Sebastian has such a stern look on his face. After all, he is the financial director of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the person who has the most direct contact with these figures.

And he also knows best what the reason for this possible deficit is.

"President, please forgive me." Seeing that Xu Yi had read the whole report and raised his head again, Sebastian said seriously: "We should immediately stop the free aid to the Lampari Kingdom and other countries. Otherwise, if we continue like this, It doesn’t take two years for our chamber of commerce to go bankrupt due to serious financial burden!” (~^~)