Volume 3 Chapter 15 - Investing in the beastmen (1/2)

Seeing chairman Cruise walking away with a thoughtful look on his face, Delil couldn’t help asking Xu Yi, “Chairman Xu, you said that for a merchant, the most important thing is benefits? But according to what you described just now, this new source of profit has great benefits, so why are you giving it to the Amrit Chamber of Commerce?”

“It’s not completely giving it to them.” Xu Yi replied with a smile, “You should be able to hear that this new source of profits has benefits for both the Amrit Chamber of Commerce and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. If we work together and the effects are good, both sides would win. Although the Amrit Chamber of Commerce would earn more, our Frestech Chamber of Commerce doesn’t have any foundations in the construction business at all. If we were to do this ourselves, not mentioning if it would succeed or not, it would consume quite a bit of effort and time. For me, the thing I lack the most are those two things.”

Delil was silent for a bit before suddenly saying, “No wonder the elder was worried about your lifespan. Chairman Xu, if you could live several hundred years like us elves, that would be great.”

Xu Yi laughed, “There is life and death. I am a human, I have to accept the limited lifespan of humans. For me, only when I have a limited lifespan can I use my full power to do what I want to do. Then again, don’t I have a chance to become an Arch Magus or a Grand Magus?”

Delil didn’t say anything.

“Alright, you know life is short and time is precious, we shouldn’t waste time here. Come with me.”

Xu Yi waved his hand at Delil and moved towards the other chairmen in the hall.

The reason for bringing Delil was to use this chance for her to meet some of the chairmen at this banquet. It was good to see if there was a chance to cooperate with these large companies.

Between giving Xu Yi face and their curiosity towards elves, the other chairmen naturally wouldn’t reject talking to Delil.

Delil was nervous at first, but she quickly adapted to talking with everyone.

Although she couldn’t be as smooth as a normal merchant, with her status as an elf, her reactions made it easier to obtain the trust of the other side.

So with just a few short conversations, there were many companies that wanted to cooperate with the Night Song Tribe’s rubber processing factory.

Of course, those companies were the same as big sister Sara, they had some need for plastic.

They guaranteed that as long as Delil could give them suitable plastic products, they would certainly make an order to the Night Song Tribe’s factory.

Seeing Delil gradually adapt to this environment, Xu Yi moved to the side and let her face it alone.

The Armani Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Vincent who was already waiting on the side leaned over.

Xu Yi saw him and immediately asked with a smile, “Hey, chairman Vincent, I’ve heard that you’ve been inspecting on the Black Rice Wasteland for two months now, what are the results?”

Hearing this question, chairman Vincent’s expression became strange, “I don’t know if it’s good or bad. The good news is that the beastmen on the Black Rice Wasteland indeed can’t make clothes and they have a favourable impression of wearing human clothes, so in theory there is a very broad market.”

“Then what is the bad news?”

“The bad news is that the Black Rice Wasteland’s beastmen are very poor. To them, even if they exchange the few resources they have with us humans, they prioritize things that they need like salt and other necessities. As for clothes…..I went to many beastmen tribes and found that many beastmen don’t care about wearing clothes. I even saw over ten beastmen tribes where they were walking around naked, looking no different from beasts.”

Seeing the bitter smile on chairman Vincent’s face, Xu Yi said with a faint smile, “This reminds me of a joke from my hometown. There were two sales staff that were sent to inspect a beastman tribe. One of the sales workers was very depressed when he came back and reported that they didn’t wear shoes. The other sales staff was overjoyed as he reported that it was great that the beastmen didn’t wear shoes!”

Chairman Vincent laughed, “Chairman Xu, are you laughing at my indecisive feelings?”

“I just want to remind you that for something like a market, it can be made if one doesn’t exist. For example, look at the Voller Tribe, aren’t they wearing clothes now?” Xu Yi said.

“That’s right. Beastmen didn’t wear clothes before, so we can have them wear clothes. However there’s still the problem of creating a condition where they wear clothes.” Chairman Vincent knit his brows in thought again.

“I’ll give you some notice. Our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is planning on investing in a household magic machine assembly plant near the Voller Tribe this year, specially used to assemble household magic machines.” Xu Yi said.

Chairman Vincent was surprised, “Why? If you want to do assembly work, should it be done in the Falling Rain Valley? No matter how you look at it, it’s much more convenient and safe compared to the Black Rice Wasteland, right?”

“The key point is the cost.” Xu Yi explained, “Speaking of the Black Rice Wasteland, perhaps everyone feels that it is a bit far, but actually you’ll find that comparing it, it’s closer to the north of the kingdom compared to Banta City and it has a direct border with the Sack Kingdom to the north. Adding in the smooth terrain, if we build roads, it’ll be easier to transport to the north part of the kingdom compared to transporting from Banta City.”