Volume 7 Chapter 11 - Sines Continent Magic Machine Industry Conference (1/2)

October in the year 3898 wasn’t that different from previous years. Banta City, which was in the south of the continent, had just left the last bit of heat from summer as it entered the cold of early fall, making the weather of the city quite pleasant.

During these bright and refreshing fall days, it was naturally fitting for people to hold gatherings.

There were many places on the continent were people would go on a fall outing with their families, watching the scenery of the green leaves turning red and yellow.

For the people of Banta City, it was time for the annual bicycle race around the city, which had been turned into a festival for Banta City.

Countless people loved the bicycle race and would find some free time to practice, trying to get a good result in the competition.

It had to be known that this year was the tenth anniversary, so the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had greatly increased the grand prize of this race.

According to the «Banta Times», the champion of this year’s bicycle race would be receiving a thousand gold coins alone!

Although the average wage of Banta City had increased over time, a thousand gold coins was still a high prize that was very enticing.

Moreover, even if they couldn’t win, second place was also five hundred gold coins and third place was three hundred gold coins.

Even fourth to tenth place was a hundred gold coins and eleventh to one hundred had a consolation prize of twenty gold coins.

Even if they couldn’t get the prize for the top ten, wasn’t getting twenty gold coins from being in the top hundred equal to a month of wages for many people?

While the people of Banta City were getting excited over the Frestech Bicycle Race, there was another group of people who were getting excited about another event Banta City was holding.

The Sines Continent Magic Machine Industry Conference. This was a strange sounding name, but it was actually a gathering that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce held for the magic machine industry.

The ones that were invited were representatives of various countries and various companies. What they would be discussing and negotiating was related to the magic machine industry and nothing else.

When the Frestech Chamber of Commerce hosted this for the first time five years ago, they invited less than ten countries and twenty companies. The other companies didn’t know what this conference was, so they didn’t place importance on it.

After four years, all the countries and companies of the continent knew that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would announce some important things about the magic machine industry through this conference. They would also discuss further cooperation with the representatives that came to this conference, so all the countries and companies wanted to send representatives to this conference.

However, even if the Frestech Chamber of Commerce increased the number of participants each year, there was still a limit.

And to be invited by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it depended on one’s skills.

So until now, being invited to this conference had become the dream of all the countries and all the magic machine companies of the continent.

The countries and companies that weren’t invited would send their representatives to Banta City, hoping that they could get to know some of the other representatives and get some opportunities from them.

Based on convention, the convention was held from the third to the tenth of October, lasting for a whole week and ending just before the Frestech Bicycle Race began.

So once October came, Banta City would be filled with people from different countries. This extremely prosperous Banta City would become even more lively.

Even if several companies led by the Amrit Chamber of Commerce had already built thirteen hotels in the new part of the city that were at least seven floors tall, it was already filled with guests that came from all over and one couldn’t get a room even for double the price.

So the citizens would open up their homes every year, letting these guests stay overnight in a commoner’s home which solved most of the problems.

However, it still couldn’t handle the large number of people who came each year because of the Sines Continent Magic Machine Industry Conference. When this time of year came, the Banta City’s City Lord Manor had to put aside a new space to the northeast of the city that hadn’t been developed yet, building some simple arrangements.

It could be said that this only temporarily solved the problem. As the conference expanded each year, there would be more and more people that came to participate.

They could deal with it this year, but that didn’t mean they could deal with it next year.

“Chairman Xu, when it comes to this time each year, I don’t know whether to thank you or complain to you……”

The current Banta City’s City Lord Count Seline had a bitter smile as he looked at Xu Yi who was sitting in front of him leisurely drinking tea and he couldn’t help shaking his head.

“Although there are many people that come which greatly helps the prosperity of our Banta City, when this time comes each year, I have to rack my brain just to think about how to deal with the guests. It really is a headache.”

Xu Yi put down his tea and revealed a faint smile, “Lord Count, this is your honour as the Banta City City Lord. Think about it, other than Banta City, would there be another city that would have people come in swarms like this?”

Count Seline clearly didn’t think the same, “If you had put the conference somewhere else in the beginning, I guarantee I wouldn’t have these worries.”

“Then we’ll change the location next year, what do you think?” Xu Yi said with a faint smile, “Anyway, there are many people who have talked to me about this. They said that Banta City is too far from their kingdoms and it isn’t convenient, so they hope that we can change the venue of the conference.”

“Let’s forget about it……” Count Seline quickly waved his hand and said with a full smile, “Although it is troublesome, compared to the benefits our Banta City gains, this trouble isn’t considered anything.”

“You really think so?” Xu Yi narrowed his eyes to look at Count Seline.