Volume 4 Chapter 55 - Almost no way to make a living (1/2)

If Xu Yi knew that Seveni was complaining that he abandoned the Lampuri Kingdom and Banta City, he would definitely say that he was being wronged.

Because in the first half a month of the new year, he brought his family back to the Falling Star Manor of Banta City.

Moreover, just yesterday, he even went to a New Years banquet at the City Lord Manor, having a “nice and friendly” conversation with City Lord Kamado. Then he had some wine with some old friends of Banta City to the point that when he woke up on the first day of the New Years, his head still hurt from his hangover.

But the pain couldn’t affect his plan.

According to his plan, he would be meeting people on the first day. That not only included his old partners in Banta City, it also included City Lord Kamado and the representative of the ten companies.

Although their contracts had been broken, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce kept some facilities in Banta City, so they were a Banta City company in name, so there had to be some courtesy on the surface.

As for the thoughts of City Lord Kamado and the ten companies, they had the same idea as Xu Yi. Even if they wanted to show no courtesy to Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, when Xu Yi came, they were respectful and didn’t dare show any disrespect.

Although it was very easy to understand the courtesy of both sides, chairman Cruise was still very impatient because when he came to the Falling Star Manor for New Years greetings early in the morning, he never thought that Xu Yi would spend an entire morning greeting City Lord Kamado and the representatives of the ten companies. When Xu Yi finally came back, it was already noon.

“I say, Xu Yi, those fellows did all those things to your Frestech Chamber of Commerce, why are you still so polite with them?” Chairman Cruise saw Xu Yi who was looking very happy when he came back and knit his brows to ask, “Could it be that you are counting on those fellows to change their attitudes?”

“Of course that’s impossible.” Xu Yi shook his head with a faint smile, “Those are just normal greetings and I’m not giving them face, rather I’m giving Banta City face.”

“Giving Banta City face?” Chairman Cruise gave a cold snort, “Banta City’s face has already been lost by them.”

“Oh? Why do you say this?” Xu Yi sat down on the sofa and looked at chairman Cruise in surprise.

“Our Banta City has been the best in the area for the past few years, right? We weren’t even that much worse compared to Anvilmar City. But look at this year, those fellows have ruined Banta City, so there’s no need to mention Anvilmar City, we can’t even compare to the nearby Karma City and Saltan City anymore.” Chairman Cruise said with an angry look.

“It can’t be, right?” Xu Yi said in a surprised voice, “Banta City has been developing well in the past few years, even if they ruin things, it would still be better than the other cities, right?”

“Humph, it is indeed stronger now, but that might not be the case in another year or two.” Chairman Cruise said with a snort, “Right now other than those ten companies, all the other companies are planning to move. Take a look, Banta City’s prosperity was driven by the development of our companies, of course your Frestech Chamber of Commerce played the biggest role. Now that those fellows have chased out your Frestech Chamber of Commerce, we other companies are also having our livelihoods being taken away, so what prospects does Banta City have?”

“Can’t make a living anymore?” Xu Yi knit his brows, “Is it that exaggerated?”

“Of course!” Chairman Cruise raised his voice, “Do you know what bullshit policies that City Lord Manor has made during this time?”

“Oh? What? It’s related to your Amrit Chamber of Commerce?”

“Of course! The City Lord Manor has contacted us that laying roads and building houses will involve the kingdom’s land, so it will be managed by the kingdom’s parliament. The companies that are involved in these two industries must accept the arrangement of the City Lord Manor which they decide after researching. Our Amrit Chamber of Commerce, whether it is laying down roads or building houses has to submit a report to the City Lord Manor and finish it under the supervision of the City Lord Manor.”

Xu Yi thought about it and didn’t see anything wrong with this.

Because land was a limited resource and because of the existence of nobles, there wasn’t much land the kingdom controlled, so it was necessary for the kingdom’s parliament to strictly control these lands.

“Bullshit!” Chairman Cruise angrily waved his hand, “I have no objection if that’s all they care about, I don’t care about giving a bit of money either. But the City Lord Manor said that they were assigning the Meiya Chamber of Commerce as the company in charge of inspecting the land, which means they are clearly targeting our Amrit Chamber of Commerce. Do you know that this company is doing?”

“Isn’t it to evaluate the land usage of your company?” Xu Yi asked back.

Chairman Cruise gave a strong snort, “It’s fine if it’s just this! But the City Lord Manor has requested that our company has to cooperate with the Meiya Chamber of Commerce on all road building or construction projects. We can only start building after receiving approval from the Meiya Chamber of Commerce and during the construction, we need approval from the Meiya Chamber of Commerce.”

“Alright, this is considered normal. I don’t feel it’s anything important.” Xu Yi shook his head.

“This isn’t considered much?” Chairman Cruise’s eyes opened wide, “Do you know what the person from the Meiya Chamber of Commerce said?”