Volume 4 Chapter 49 - Becoming a foreign company (1/2)

“Sir chairman……”

Sebas handed the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s last month financial report to Xu Yi with a strange look on his face.

“What is it? Is there a problem?” Xu Yi took it and asked in a surprised voice.

“There’s no problem, just…..our company’s revenue last month…..actually increased!”

Seeing Sebas’ look of disbelief, Xu Yi laughed. He went through the report in his hand and found that it was as Sebas had said.

According to the stats, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s net profit after deducting all costs last month had broken a million gold coins!

This was not just a large increase from the previous months, it was even an increase from this month last year.

It was no wonder Sebas had a strange expression. It was because according to the original estimates, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be affected by the ban and their performance would drop, which meant their profits would fall.

However, facts were different from what most people had expected.

Although in the first month after the ban, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s profits and gross sales had dropped, in the second month, this drop had stopped and kept climbing. It even reached the point where last month had surpassed the same month from last year.

“This isn’t anything strange.” The CEO Kennerad on the side said with a smile, “Although we’ve been banned from producing magic machines in the Lampuri Kingdom, the business department hasn’t banned us from selling magic machines in the kingdom, so there really isn’t that much of a difference.”

“Un, although relocating the factories affected the production, such a long time has passed and our company is back to normal production. Actually we aren’t that different from before, but if you must compare it, we are no longer as restricted as we were in the Falling Rain Valley. Rather we have quite a few more factories compared to before, so our production capacity has increased.” The household magic department’s head Ankhto added.

“Right, I really don’t know what the idiots at the department were thinking with that damn ban. Didn’t it make the people in the kingdom want to buy our magic machines more?”

“Right, right. There’s even a movement in Banta City now, calling everyone to only buy the Frestech Brand magic machines and to boycott the magic machines of the ten companies.

“I also heard that this movement has gotten bigger and even the surrounding cities are joining in. Now those companies can’t even sell products in Banta City or the surrounding cities……”

……

Hearing the discussion in the room, Xu Yi couldn’t help shaking his head.

The people at the department making this ban for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce were clearly trying to put them in a death trap.

However, they never would have thought that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be able to build a new production base in the Black Rice Wasteland in such a short period of time. It only took them a month to get back to normal production.

And the department targeting the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had triggered the doubt and anger of many people in the kingdom.

In the newspapers and advertising agencies close to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there was a surge of support for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, resisting the wave of the magic machine industry management department.

It was because of this wave that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s sales had increased in the past few months. It even made a breakthrough in the last month, surpassing a record of a million gold coins in one month.

And accordingly, of the household magic machines made by the ten companies, they were being boycotted by the citizens of the Lampuri Kingdom and their sales were very bad.

There were even quite a few cities that erupted in protests against those ten companies. The ones that were a bit excessive even destroyed the stores of those ten kingdoms. It could be considered quite a stir in the Lampuri Kingdom.

After learning of this, Xu Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Compared to the public, he knew more and could see things more clearly.

He knew that the public’s support for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is real, but the riots being initiated weren’t that simple.

It was likely that these citizens were being used by someone.

The cities that these things happened in were cities that had supported Seveni before. It could be said that they were on a completely different side compared to the current King Eric and the conservative nobles represented by the department.

This was a clear indication of their attitude to the other side.

The department’s ban on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce gave them a good excuse.

To put it strictly, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was being used.

But Xu Yi didn’t care that much about that.

King Eric’s side clearly didn’t show any support for him and suppressed him in all places, so naturally he didn’t need to consider anything for them.

If Seveni was willing to stand out, it was possible that Xu Yi could support her.

However, when he thought of Seveni, Xu Yi just gave a bitter laugh in his heart.

Since bringing five hundred guards here last time and helping Xu Yi with purging the beastmen on the Black Rice Wasteland, Seveni had returned to her territory and hadn’t taken a step out of her territory in the last two months.

Her methods clearly showed everyone that she wasn’t willing to interfere with the business of the kingdom.

Those cities that supported her did things, which was just a waste of time.

“It’s fine, I have no plans for the Lampuri Kingdom for now.” Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart, lifting his hand to stop the discussion in the room.