Volume 7 Chapter 23 - Come Make A Bet (1/2)

“Regarding the production magic machine technology……I do indeed have the intention of transferring it.”

Hearing this from Xu Yi, Count Irvine and Count Mardoff who was secretly listening from not far away had their eyes light up at the same time.

“Then……Chairman Xu, how about we take the chance to properly discuss this?” Count Irvine immediately invited Xu Yi.

“Alright.” Xu Yi replied with a smile.

The two didn’t deliberately lower their voice, so not only Count Mardoff on the side, even chairman Cruise had heard what they were saying.

Chairman Cruise was a bit confused as he looked at Xu Yi, not understanding why he agreed this easily.

It had to be known that when the Lampuri Kingdom wanted the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to transfer the production magic machine technology, they had spent quite a bit of effort to get the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to agree.

Then they used several years to master this technology and had only been able to make some low grade production magic machines in the past two years.

Now the Candra Empire had just asked and Xu Yi had agreed right away.

Didn’t this seem like he was favouring them?

Then thinking of the rumour he had mentioned to Xu Yi, chairman Cruise couldn’t help feeling a bit dissatisfied.

This Xu Yi, he was this generous to the Candra Empire, but he had many strict conditions for the Lampuri Kingdom that he was so close to. This really was hard to justify.

However, this thought only appeared in chairman Cruise’s mind for a bit before he threw it away.

He and Xu Yi had known each other for ten years now so it could be said that he understood Xu Yi very well.

He knew that Xu Yi wasn’t that fickle and wanted to curry favour with important people, he must have some special reason for this decision.

Thinking of this, chairman Cruise pressed down the questions in his heart and said to Count Mardoff with a smile, “Lord Count, about the two roads that will be around Wimbledon City, our company has already started exploring the area and made a plan. Please look……”

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After two days of discussions, Xu Yi represented the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to sign a new technology transfer agreement with Count Irvine representing the Candra Empire Magic Machine Industry Management Department.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce would transfer a portion of the production magic machines needed to produce road paving material to the Candra Empire, while also sending technical staff to help the Candra Empire master grasp this technology.

This agreement involved one hundred and twenty seven different pieces of technology, which had a value of seven million and six hundred thousand gold coins.

At the same time, the Candra Empire would provide some preferential policies to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. For example, Count Irvine on behalf of the Candra Empire Magic Machine Industry Management Department would list the Frestech Chamber of Commerce as one of the most important cooperating companies, giving them many benefits.

For example, when the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic machines entered the Candra Empire, they had to be inspected by the Magic Machine Industry Management Department before being sold.

Now that the had been listed as one of the important cooperating companies, all of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products would be exempt from inspection after entering the Candra Empire. At the same time, they would become specially recommended products recognized by the Magic Machine Industry Management Department.

The first condition meant that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products wouldn’t have to go through all those procedures when entering the Candra Empire, saving quite a bit of time and manpower.

For the second condition, although it didn’t mean much with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s fame, the Magic Machine Industry Management Department promised that if the Candra Empire government needed any magic machines, they would definitely use the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products. Just this alone was enough to bring the Frestech Chamber of Commerce plenty of profit.

If one looked at it purely from a financial perspective, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce transferring the production magic machine technology to the Candra Empire was a very lucrative business deal.

But to chairman Cruise who had witnessed everything, he was very confused about this.

“Xu Yi, why did you hand over this precious technology so easily? If it was me, you could definitely keep it in your hands and not care about those Candra Empire fellows. Since they want to develop, they definitely need the production magic machines, so wouldn’t you earn more by having them buy it from your company?”

“If I just cared about money, your idea is the best choice.” Xu Yi shook his head, “But it should be clear that I don’t care about that.”

“Alright, I know that you have long term goals and don’t care about this bit of money. But have you ever thought, the Candra Empire isn’t a small country and if you give this technology to them, as long as they are willing to invest into it, they might not need your company for these production magic machines. When that time comes, your Frestech Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t be as important to them as you are now, don’t you think that’s very dangerous?”

Xu Yi turned to look at chairman Cruise and the smile on his face had a bit of teasing to it.

“Do you really think……that if I give the technology to them, they will really be able to build qualified production magic machines?”

“I know what you mean, it is impossible for them to grasp it in a short period of time, but the Candra Empire is still a big empire. If you give them a bit of time, they will definitely be able to grasp it.” Chairman Cruise waved his hand as he said this.