Volume 5 Chapter 168 - This method is too stupid (1/2)

Volume 5 Chapter 168 This method is too stupid

The day after Marquis Southgate signed the contract for a steel mill with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, Great Magicians Ferguson arrived in the Stantine Duchy.

He didn’t come alone, the one who came with him was the president of the Lampuri Kingdom’s Magicians Guild Palmes Eren and several high ranking members. They were clearly his entourage.

Other than this, what surprised Xu Yi was that fifty Low Grade Magicians registered with the Lampuri Kingdom’s Magicians Guild had also come along.

Seeing these people, Xu Yi naturally thought of the matter Great Magician Ferguson mentioned to him before.

“Chairman Xu, if I request that you help us solve the survival of these fifty magicians, would there be a problem?” Great Magician Ferguson looked at Xu Yi with a smile. The way he said it was as simple as asking Xu Yi to make lunch for him.

Xu Yi’s expression didn’t change. He looked over the fifty magicians of different appearances, with the youngest being less than twenty and the oldest being over sixty years old. Based on the unstable magic fluctuations that came from them, these fifty magicians should all be very low level, there wasn’t even a single Fourth Grade Magician among them.

“That depends on what you want, Great Magician Ferguson.” Xu Yi calmly replied, “As long as you want to guarantee that they can live their lives, it’s very simple.”

“Of course it’s not that simple.” Great Magician Ferguson shook his head, “I hope that you can solve their daily needs, while also helping them with their problems with their magic research.”

Xu Yi slightly knitted his brows, “I can’t agree to that request.”

Great Magician Ferguson was surprised by Xu Yi’s direct refusal before narrowing his eyes to say, “Chairman Xu, I remember that when we met last time, you agreed quite easily……”

“I only agreed to help the Magicians Guild improve the living conditions of the Low Grade Magicians, I didn’t promise to solve it all on my own, right?” Xu Yi asked back with a smile.

Great Magician Ferguson knitted his brows. He looked at Xu Yi like he was considering the meaning of Xu Yi’s words.

“Great Magician Ferguson, if the guild wants me to solve the problems of these fifty, I can agree to that because with the current strength of our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there isn’t much pressure in having fifty people leech off us.”

“Leech?” Great Magician Ferguson slightly raised his voice with a trace of anger in it, “Chairman Xu, how can you look down on your fellow magicians like this?”

Xu Yi gave a laugh as he shook his head, “Your excellency Great Magician, our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is a company, not a charity. On behalf of the Magicians Guild, we can help fifty fellow magicians for free, that isn’t a problem. But if that number were to become five hundred, five thousand, or even fifty thousand? Do you think that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce can take this?”

Great Magician Ferguson was suddenly silent and only after a while did he shake his head with a sigh, “Of course not. It seems like Telucci was right, you wouldn’t agree to this method.”

“Great Magician Telucci?” Xu Yi was surprised, “You met with him?”

Although Great Magician Telucci had long joined the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he had always been working in the development center in the Lampuri Kingdom, so Xu Yi didn’t meet him as much.

“Un, I specially went to meet him because he is someone who has worked in your Frestech Chamber of Commerce, so of course I wanted to ask for his opinion. After he learned of my plan, he didn’t hesitate to object to it, saying that it would be impossible for you to agree to this method. It seems like he understands you better than me.”

Xu Yi cursed nonsense in his heart before asking, “Then Great Magician Ferguson, was your plan before to force our company to take care of their problems?”

Great Magician Ferguson gave a laugh, “Actually, this was only the preliminary plan of the headquarters, I just wanted to give it a try. Since chairman Xu doesn’t agree, then forget about it. But chairman Xu, can you think of a better plan?”

Xu Yi didn’t think that Great Magician Ferguson would be this good at speaking. After thinking about it, he said, “When we met last time, didn’t you praise the magic machine industry led by our company for giving many Low Grade Magicians jobs while also giving them an environment to study magic? Since you understand this, why would you still raise this method? This is clearly unreasonable.”

“First, these were the orders of the council, so I had to follow them. Second, I wanted to see if you would agree to it or not.” Great Magician Ferguson took a deep look at Xu yi, “But as I expected, it really was as Telucci had said. Although you are a Great Magician, you see yourself as a merchant first most of the time. This plan really isn’t something you would agree to.”

Xu Yi gave a shrug, not feeling any embarrassment.

He always insisted that his status as a merchant was more important that his status as a magician, this had never changed.

Although this was something that most magicians couldn’t believe, now that he was not only a powerful Great Magician that countless magicians couldn’t reach, he was also the chairman of the successful Frestech Chamber of Commerce, so no one doubted him like before.