Chapter 21 Bad Impression

Although the attitude of the Candela Empire made Xu Yi feel strange, but aside from Otov, the other businessmen from Pompeii that Russell brought this time were very serious about negotiating cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Several of these businessmen actually went to Nixi City in the Luerxun Kingdom for investigation, and saw the current prosperity of Nixi City and Nixi Port with their own eyes, and they were very yearning for this kind of scene.

As one of the naval stations of the Candela Empire, Pompeii itself is also a coastal city. It has a military port dedicated to the Candela Empire Navy and a civilian port belonging to Pompeii. Like the Port of Nissi, it follows the name of the city and is called Pompeii Port.

These merchants want to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The first step is to introduce various civilian magic machines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. For this reason, they discussed with Xu Yi and decided to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to develop Pompeii Port in the first step. .

They were extremely active in this matter, and even before coming here, they had jointly persuaded the lord of Pompeii City and obtained approval from him to invest in the development and expansion of Pompeii Port.

Of course, Pompeii City does not need to invest half a copper coin in this matter, it is entirely up to the merchants to invest independently, and the Pompeii City Lord has no reason to object.

Xu Yi certainly welcomes their proposal to develop Pompeii Port, but he is not so enthusiastic about their proposal that they hope that they and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will jointly invest and each of them will hold a part of the port's shares.

No matter how well developed the port of Pompeii is, it is still under the rule of the Candela Empire. These chambers of commerce from Pompeii are fine, but the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which is not part of the Candela Empire, has great doubts.

In case the Candela Empire is deliberately embarrassing. With the current strength of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. But there is no way.

But after some consideration and discussion. Xu Yi still agreed that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would invest one million gold coins in the development plan of Pompeii Port, and only symbolically owned 10% of Pompeii Port's shares.

Compared with unreliable ownership, Xu Yi cares more about reliable usage rights.

Once the Pompeii Port is completed, it will become an important window connecting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the southern part of the Candela Empire.

In the future, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may have countless transport fleets flocking to Pompeii Port, so it is very important to obtain the priority to use this port.

Although in fact the right to use is not so reliable because of the powerful existence of the Candela Empire, but in comparison, the right to use is less likely to touch the official nerves of the Candela Empire than the right to own it, and it is more likely to be guaranteed.

Through this negotiation with these chambers of commerce in Pompeii. Xu Yi discovered a fact that made him very emotional.

The Candela Empire is indeed one of the two largest empires on this continent. Although these chambers of commerce are just ordinary chambers of commerce in an ordinary city near the coast of the Candela Empire, their strength should not be underestimated at all.

In the plan they came up with to develop the port of Pompeii, the initial estimated investment was as high as seven million gold coins.

Compared with the total investment in the development of Nissi Port in the Kingdom of Rulson, which is only a mere three million gold coins, it is more than twice as high.

Moreover, the development of Nissi Port is still a development project that the Kingdom of Luerson attaches great importance to. King Trutz personally paid attention to it and invested a huge budget in the Kingdom of Luerson to develop it successfully.

It can be seen that compared with a superpower like the Candela Empire, a small country like the Rulson Kingdom is still far behind in terms of overall strength.

And this is why Xu Yi has always attached great importance to the development of the internal markets of the two major empires, the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire.

But what makes Xu Yi a little depressed is that. It is also one of the two major empires on the Sainz continent, and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is progressing very smoothly in developing the Maro Empire. But in the Candela Empire, it has repeatedly hit the wall.

After cooperating with Ambassador Hakan for so long, it is true that through Ambassador Hakan, all kinds of household magic machines have become popular in Wimbledon, the capital of the Kandela Empire, and have been greatly welcomed.

However, it has been nearly two years, and Xu Yi hoped that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would officially enter the Candela Empire to obtain a sales channel through the relationship of Ambassador Hakain, but it has not been satisfied.

The reason for this is difficult to fully understand, but judging from the results, I am afraid that Ambassador Hakain himself has played a certain role in it, and at the same time, the Kandela Empire does not seem to be interested in this.

Then there is the matter of the Amrit Chamber of Commerce building roads in the southwestern province of the Kandela Empire.

This road has been built for more than a year so far, but it has not been completed until now.

This is just a road with a total length of less than 500 kilometers. With the strength of the Amley Chamber of Commerce, if everything goes well, it should be completed within half a year, but it has been delayed until now, and the progress is extremely slow. .

As a result, Chairman Cruise complained to Xu Yi many times, and the most complained targets were local officials in the southwestern province of the Candela Empire.

The Amley Chamber of Commerce has shared a total of more than 100,000 gold coins in bribes with these guys, but the construction of this road has been encountered various obstacles and embarrassments, which made Chairman Cruise many times even want to get angry and simply not repair it.

Anyway, the benefits of roads are obvious. The Candela Empire is unwilling to build roads, and they are the only ones who suffer.

Coupled with the fact that Billier opened the new Flying Magic motorcycle dealership in Wimbledon, there were many problems, which made Xu Yi have a very bad impression of the Candela Empire.

However, no matter how bad Xu Yi's impression of the Candela Empire was, it was of no use. This did not affect his determination to continue to expand the market of the Candela Empire.

So when Russell and the others left one week later, when Billier suddenly returned to the Principality of Standing and revealed to Xu Yi his purpose after returning this time, Xu Yi was still refreshed.

"Prince Frank has changed his mind?" Xu Yi looked at Billel unexpectedly and somewhat excitedly. "What did His Royal Highness say?"

Billel tilted his head, summed up the meaning revealed in the many contacts between Prince Frank and him during the previous period, and said with a smile: "Frank still can't resist the temptation of racing, but he is a dignified prince after all. Your Highness, you can’t come here to participate in the small private competition I organized like other nobles. So he wants to make this competition official so that more people in the empire can accept it, so that he can justifiably got involved."

"So he wants to cooperate with our chamber of commerce to hold a regular racing event?" Xu Yi asked in surprise. "What name does His Royal Highness want to host?"

"Well... Specifically, His Royal Highness thinks that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has sufficient experience in organizing racing events, and at the same time, it is also a chamber of commerce that produces racing cars, so he hopes to cooperate with you and let him dredge the relationship in the Candela Empire. , Introduce your relatively mature competition to the Candela Empire. He is only responsible for the nominal problems, and all other operations will be completed by your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"To put it simply, everything is handled by ourselves, and His Royal Highness is only responsible for providing some convenience?"

"yes."

"Well... This is actually the model I've been expecting, but His Royal Highness didn't agree before, but I didn't expect to propose it now. Billy, why?" Xu Yi asked back.

Billil rubbed his hands together and glanced at Xu Yi with a hesitant expression.

Xu Yi was amazed.

This question is not difficult to answer, why is Billel hesitating.

"This...Actually...in addition to the introduction of new flying racing events, Frank wants me to tell you another thing that is more important..."

Seeing Billel's hesitant expression, Xu Yi frowned, thinking that this matter would definitely embarrass him, otherwise Billil wouldn't have such an expression.

"Okay, let's talk. No matter what conditions His Royal Highness proposes, they are all negotiable." Xu Yi said calmly.

Billel scratched his head and laughed: "Okay. Frank said that he is not only interested in participating in racing cars, but also very interested in the magic motorcycle itself, so he hopes...well, I can fly with you at the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Let’s cooperate and open a magic locomotive factory directly in the Candela Empire.”

Hearing the first half of what Billil said, Xu Yi had already guessed what he wanted to say, so he wasn't too surprised by the request that came later.

After a little thought, Xu Yi asked, "How does His Royal Highness want to cooperate?"

"Frank said...he hopes to be able to research his favorite magic car, so...he hopes that your chamber of commerce can transfer the technology related to the magic car to him, and give him the support of some researchers to help him research faster. Magic racing car..."

The more he talked about the back, Billier's voice became quieter, and the smile on his face became forced. Obviously, he also felt that Prince Frank's request was a little too much.

However, Xu Yi's face did not change at all, instead he pondered, revealing a look of serious consideration.

Seeing that Xu Yi did not answer for a long time, Billel asked tentatively: "President Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Yi stretched out his hand to Billil.

"Do you have a detailed plan?"

Billel was taken aback: "You agreed?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "Now I can't give you a definite answer. It depends on the specific plan of Prince Frank. So, is there a plan?"

Billel shook his head in embarrassment: "Frank just asked me to inform you first, and didn't give any specific plan..."

Xu Yi sighed: "Are all the guys from the Candela Empire so unreliable? Well, Billy, you wait here for a few days, and I will draw up a detailed plan for cooperation, and you can bring it back to Frank The prince has a look. If he agrees, then there is no problem with this cooperation."

"Then what if Frank is not satisfied with your proposal?"

Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and snorted softly: "If he still disagrees even though I give in, what's the need for cooperation?"

Billel swallowed a mouthful of saliva, intending to persuade Xu Yi a few words, but seeing Xu Yi's face was slightly cold, so he swallowed these words back. (To be continued..)