Chapter 41： Interview (1/2)
Sunny weather.
Many factory owners on St. Maarten’s Island have been invited to a factory on the outskirts of the city.
Thick black smoke is constantly rising above this factory.
Merchants are either luxuriously dressed, wearing gold and silver, or simply dressed with vicissitudes of life.
In groups of three or five, calling friends and calling friends, everyone is full of smiles.
The most among them are the factory owners in the textile industry!
Today, the kingdom called them together!
In other kingdoms, in this case, a businessman would be afraid or panic, for fear that the kingdom would slaughter them severely, or simply rob them of their property.
However, this is the Kingdom of Saint Martin.
All of them know that something good must happen today.
Since King Arthur came to power, the kingdom has paid more and more attention to these merchants.
Their business activities are getting smoother, and their wealth is rising.
Even if they pay a large amount of tax, they are willing to pay. After all, more tax means more money!
”Crwe, do you think there is something to announce today when the kingdom has called us together?”
A fat man with a nice face and a wide body, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with ten big gold rings on his hands, and a big gold chain around his neck, looked like a Maitreya Buddha, facing a simple dress and dark skin. Asked the vigorous middle-aged man.
”I don't know, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with listening to the kingdom and following the kingdom!” Crewe smiled and said firmly.
”That is!” The fat man nodded in agreement, and said with a smile, ”Since I followed the kingdom, my factory has doubled!”
”Papa!” Crewe suddenly stretched out his hand and patted Fatty's fleshy belly, causing a tumbling wave of flesh, and laughed, ”Waiya, I think your belly is expanding faster than your factory. The expansion speed is much faster!”
”Haha!” Wiya was not angry either, but smiled heartily, believing, ”Now, the kingdom has captured the Kingdom of Firth, and next year, my factory will expand faster than my belly! ”
After a joke between the two.
Crook pointed to the black smoke above the factory, and asked with a puzzled face: ”By the way, Wiya, do you know what the black smoke is?”
”I don't know, but it should be related to the announcement today, right?” Wiya shook his head, guessing.
...
They just walked into the factory while chatting.
Dozens of people have gathered in the factory at this time.
These are all factory owners in large and small factories in St. Martin. The large ones have three to five hundred workers, and the small ones have ten to twenty workers.
When Crewe and Wiya walked over, the crowd separated automatically!
”Huaiya!”
”Cru!”
”Good morning!”
...
Someone smiled and greeted them constantly along the way.
The two were not polite, and walked directly in front of the crowd.
As two of the biggest factory owners in the kingdom, they are naturally qualified to stand at the forefront of the team!
Soon, everyone is almost there.
At this time, an old man walked out of the factory.
The old man has a goatee, shredded hair, and gold glasses, wrinkled and unsmiling.
Seeing him, everyone present suddenly became quiet, showing a respectful expression.
This person is Hughes, Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Saint Martin, and people generally call him old Hughes!
My life is a legend. I started doing business and selling clothes when I was fifteen. But at the age of eighteen because of ignorance and misbelief in others, he went bankrupt and owed huge debts.
After , he learned from the pain, worked for two years, started looking for greedy people every day, and finally paid off the debt.
Then, he started his entrepreneurial career again. This time he did not sell clothes, but sold food. Relying on his perseverance and hard work, he spent four years in the food industry.
At the age of twenty-four, he finally made a little achievement and became one of the great grain merchants in the kingdom.
At this time, the kingdom had a great locust plague that was rare in a century, and the food was gone!
It is reasonable to say that this matter has nothing to do with him. As a grain merchant, the grain has no harvest. He has a big deal to sell a little less, and he may still make a fortune with the grain he previously stored!
But he is not happy!
He looked at the civilians who could not eat, and he was kind, and sold or gave food to the civilians at an extremely low price, even part of the free price!
So, he went bankrupt again!
This time, he didn't owe any debts. He had a wealth of money in the past few years. After putting the money in, he left empty-handed!