Chapter 20 Acquisition

"President Xu, our Chimera Chamber of Commerce intends to acquire your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at a total price of 76 million gold coins. This is the agreement, please read it."

Looking at the thin agreement that Ottove handed over, Xu Yi was stunned for a while, first looked at Russell, saw his calm face, then looked at Ottove, and found that his expression was serious, so he was sure that the other party was not joking the meaning of.

However, taking another look at the agreement in Autov's hands, Xu Yi still felt extremely absurd.

After a long time, the reason why Otov didn't say a word during the meeting just now was not because he was unwilling, but because he didn't need to discuss cooperation with Xinfeishang at all.

You are going to buy your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in full, so what cooperation do you need to talk about!

Xu Yi frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and stretched out his hand to push away the agreement.

"Sorry, Director Otov, I don't have any plans to sell the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce right now."

Autov's expression remained unchanged, and he pushed the agreement back again.

"President Xu, it doesn't hurt you to look at it. If you are not satisfied with the conditions, we can negotiate again."

"No need, I have no plans in this regard at all, and there is nothing to negotiate." Xu Yi's tone was firm, but he still kept a smile on his face.

After all, the Chimera Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in mainland China. If possible, Xu Yi still hopes to cooperate with the other party.

And judging from the Chimera Chamber of Commerce's sudden plan to acquire the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it can be seen that they are not dismissing the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, on the contrary, they should be regarded as very important, otherwise it is impossible to move the mind of the acquisition.

"President Xu. I suggest you take a look. It's good for you." Otov said nothing. Russell on the side spoke.

Xu Yi glanced at Russell in surprise, thinking that the Chimera Chamber of Commerce wanted to acquire the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, what did it have to do with you and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kandela Empire Naval Staff Department?

However, considering that the Chimera Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in the mainland and also the largest chamber of commerce in the Candela Empire, it must be inextricably linked with various forces within the Candela Empire. Russell will cooperate with the actions of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce. Not unusual.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yi took the agreement from Autotov.

Russell and Ottove looked at each other with a hint of a smile. They sat down separately and waited patiently for Xu Yi's response.

When Xu Yi read the agreement, he seemed very focused on the surface, but in fact he was very careless.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is the existence that condensed all his hard work and ideals, how could he sell it.

And even if these factors were not discussed, it was impossible for Xu Yi to agree to the price of 76 million gold coins offered by the Chimera Chamber of Commerce.

The net income of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may exceed 30 million gold coins this year, and as long as there are no accidents in the next few years, it will only continue to grow significantly.

Seventy-six million gold coins may seem like a lot, but in fact it is only a number that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can earn in two to three years.

With such a small amount of money, you want to buy Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?

Xu Yi can only say that although the Chimera Chamber of Commerce has seen the potential of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it still underestimates the strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

The contents of the agreement did not exceed Xu Yi's expectations. The gist is that the Chimera Chamber of Commerce hopes to acquire the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for a total price of 76 million gold coins.

In these acquisition projects, everything that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently owns is included. Including various processing factories, research institutes, all employees, and relevant technical materials of various magical machines, etc...

To put it simply, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was packaged and sold to Chimera Chamber of Commerce, leaving Xu Yi only his private estate in the Principality of Standing.

After roughly scanning the agreement, Xu Yi couldn't help but let out a sneer in his heart.

The Chimera Chamber of Commerce really has a big appetite, and they don't even give themselves the slightest leeway. It seems that even if they have a certain understanding of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they don't know enough.

Seeing Xu Yi close the agreement, Autov finally showed his first smile since seeing him.

"Have you finished reading? President Xu, if you think there is no problem, let's sign the agreement."

Xu Yi looked at Autov in puzzlement, wondering what kind of brain circuit this guy was in, why did he act like he was certain that he would definitely sign this agreement?

"Thank you for the kindness of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce, but I'm sorry, I still don't have any idea of ​​selling the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yiyao responded with his head. "Director Otov, if you come to discuss cooperation with us on behalf of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce, I welcome it very much. But if you are only here to discuss acquisitions...then I don't think there is any need for us to continue the discussion."

After saying this, Xu Yi unceremoniously put on a posture to see off the guests.

Otov's face darkened slightly: "President Xu, do you really not think about it? You can think about it clearly. To be favored by our Chimera Chamber of Commerce is something that countless chambers of commerce on the Sainz continent dream of. Miss this Opportunities, maybe you won’t have any chances in the future.”

Xu Yi took a sip of his tea and smiled without answering.

Seeing Xu Yi's attitude, Autotov's face darkened a bit, and he turned to look at Russell.

Russell smiled with embarrassment, and said to Xu Yi: "President Xu, Director Otov is right. It is the luck of you and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to be favored by Chimera merchants. You should think about it carefully." .”

Xu could not give face to this arrogant Otov from the beginning to the end, but he had to estimate Russell's face to some extent. Hearing this, he pondered for a while, but still shook his head firmly.

"Don't think about it. Master Russell, I am very grateful that you brought the representative of the Chimera Chamber of Commerce, but the idea of ​​selling the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has never been in my mind, so this matter is still out of discussion."

Seeing Xu Yi's resolute attitude, Russell could only helplessly turn his head and look at Autov.

Autov snorted coldly: "President Xu, I hope you can think about the consequences. I will give you another month. If you change your mind, please feel free to contact us."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xu Yi's reaction and left.

Only Xu Yi and Russell were left in the room. Russell hesitated for a moment, and instead of leaving with Ottove, he thought about it and smiled wryly at Xu Yi.

"President Xu, I just thought that the Chimera Chamber of Commerce also wanted to come to discuss cooperation with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but I didn't expect..."

Russell sighed and shook his head with a regretful expression.

Xu Yi twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that you didn't show any surprise when Otov made the request just now, but now you are evading your ignorance, who are you lying to?

However, there is no need to expose this kind of matter, Xu Yi nodded noncommittally, and changed the subject: "Master Russell, let's talk about business. What do you want to discuss with me this time?"

Hearing Xu Yi's question about the business, Russell took a breath, shook his head, nodded and replied: "Of course it's about the new fleet we have formed. President Xu, the three frigates you provided are now officially in the Royal Navy. In service, and with the support of the technicians you have provided, everything is running well and the Navy is very happy with the three frigates. But ... there is a problem."

"Speaking."

"These three frigates are not equipped with any other types of military magic machinery equipped on the escort fleet of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, except for the magic artillery on board, so the firepower is still a bit worse after all. Although compared with ours The combat ships used before are much stronger, but they are not as good as your new escort fleet of the Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, in order to fully exert the power of these three frigates, I hope you can provide other military magic machines with the same equipment at the same time."

"Lord Russell, if I remember correctly, I have already raised this question when I sold these three frigates to you. But the reason why these three frigates are not equipped with other types of military magic machinery is because Your side voluntarily refused, it’s none of our business, right?” Xu Yi retorted.

"This..." Russell smiled awkwardly. "The price you offered at the beginning was 2 million gold coins for a frigate equipped with other military magic machinery, but it only cost 1.5 million gold coins without the assembly. This price gap is still a bit big..."

"Just say you are poor..." Xu Yi murmured in his heart, nodded, and asked again: "Then are you willing to accept the price difference now?"

"It can't be said that it is completely acceptable. After all, just adding some military magic machinery to a frigate requires 500,000 gold coins, which is a bit too much. How about installing an additional 200,000 gold coins? What do you think? "

"Two hundred thousand gold coins?" Xu Yi's eyes widened exaggeratedly. "Master Russell, are you kidding? Two hundred thousand gold coins are not even enough for our cost!"

"President Xu, is this because you are being unkind?" Russell shook his head. "It's just some simple military magic machinery. How could it be possible to lose money with 200,000 gold coins?"

Xu Yi snorted coldly: "You think it's not a loss? That's good, you can solve it yourself."

Russell frowned deeply, but surprisingly, he didn't continue to argue with Xu Yi, nor did he engage in any bargaining. Instead, he stood up after thinking for a while.

"Okay, President Xu, since the price can't be negotiated for a while, let's discuss this matter after a while. Apart from discussing the installation of military magic machinery this time, there are other things that need to be discussed with you. Discuss. Can you show me your shipyard? We'll talk as we go."

Xu Yi felt strange.

This Russell should not be someone who would give up so easily, and adding weapons and equipment to the frigate should also be a matter of great importance to the Kandela Empire Navy. Why did he just stop talking so indifferently?

In connection with Ottove just now, Xu Yi always felt that the presence of Russell and others revealed a strange aura.

What is the idea of ​​the Candela Empire? (To be continued..)