Professor of Magic

Chapter 275 Lesson 157 Protest from Chamber of Commerce

When Anthony was so agitated that he wanted to kill and commit suicide, the Minister of Commerce of the Fasdi Duchy, Mira Campor, had this thought in his mind more than once.

The originally magnificent, spacious and bright business hall has now turned into a vegetable market.

Numerous young, middle-aged, and elderly people dressed in noble clothes and full of shrewdness surrounded Campor, pointing at him without grace, slobbering, and lotuses blooming on his mouth...

To Campbell's ears, it was like hundreds of ducks croaking non-stop, making him almost lose his ability to think.

"Everyone... Everyone! Can you be quiet?" After a while, taking advantage of some people saying that they were tired and taking a break, Campor shouted with all his strength, restoring the hall to normal. Quiet.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Campor couldn't help pinching the bridge of his nose.

Early this morning, he was just working normally, but the representatives of the major chambers of commerce in Fasdi City suddenly came here together.

Originally, he thought that these guys were just the same as before, because they reached a consensus with each other, so now they come to him to issue relevant regulations.He has done a lot of this kind of thing before, as long as the interests of the Fasdi Principality are not harmed, he usually just signs the agreement of these guys.

But this time it was completely beyond their expectations. These representatives of the chamber of commerce did not come here for commercial matters, but they said in one word, "The Principality of Fass Empire has not fulfilled its duty to protect businessmen as a country." ", "Freedom of doing business is not guaranteed at all", "Even the personal safety of businessmen is not guaranteed" and so on...

This is really beyond Campbell's expectations.

Although the Fastian Principality does not support commercial development as abnormally as the Kus Empire, and even the Imperial Finance Minister is the president of the Kuror Chamber of Commerce, it is still a relatively enlightened country on the mainland of Farinos, and it attaches great importance to merchants Not bad at all.

Moreover, the Fasdi Principality has existed for so many years, and the major chambers of commerce in the mainland have definitely had a long history of doing business here. Nothing happened for so long before, so why did these guys suddenly raise these questions this time?

It wasn't until he patiently questioned some people that the reason for their protest this time was caused by the sudden seizure of the Searle bookstore by the city defense forces some time ago.

Now Campbell is even more strange. Let’s not say that the seizure was just a verbal talk. The city defense army just went to Searle Bookstore to remove a batch of "prohibited books". After so many years in the shopping mall, how could all the old and cunning guys come together to protest because of such a trivial matter?
What's even more strange is how this matter was related to personal safety. The seizure didn't even touch a hair of the Seale bookstore.

After asking again, I found out that after a long time, it was a guy named Lin Yuan who was captured by the city defense army last night, and this Lin Yuan was the author of several books that were being sold in the Searle Bookstore.

This time Campor is more than strange, it is simply inexplicable.

This Lin Yuan is just a small author who can write a few books. There are so many books sold in Seale Bookstore, and there are countless authors. The bookstore is too busy to die.

Besides, what does this matter to other chambers of commerce?

Campbell looked around with a headache.

The representatives of these big and small chambers of commerce saw me before, even if they might not be respectful, they were more or less polite, and they would point their noses at me and yell at me like just now.

If it was said that they were only supporting the Searle bookstore, he would not believe that Campbell was killed.

Could it be that this matter is actually just an excuse, and this group of guys just want to use this excuse to force themselves and the Fasdi Principality to make some concessions?
Campor's eyes on everyone suddenly became vigilant. He has dealt with these sophisticated businessmen for so long, and he is well aware of the enthusiasm of these businessmen for profits, and the adventures they can do to obtain these benefits. Spirit.

"Everyone, I probably understand everything now." After thinking about it, Campor said. "Do you have any complaints about the arrest of Searle Bookstore and the author named Lin Yuan, right? This is normal, and I can understand your thoughts. But you also have to believe that the city defense army will not go there for no reason. The Searle bookstore is making trouble, let alone arresting a person from the Kus Empire for no reason, this will not do them any good, especially our Fas Empire Principality."

"Not for no reason?" A voice suddenly sounded. "Master Campor, in fact, we all understand that this is by no means a random thing. I'm afraid the city defense army has something to do with a certain family, right?"

Campor looked at the place where the voice sounded in astonishment, and found that the person who said this was actually the branch president of the Kuror Chamber of Commerce in Fasdi City.

With the backing of the Coulor Chamber of Commerce, the number one chamber of commerce in the continent, this branch president has always been the leader of the major chambers of commerce in Fasti City.In many cases, what he said represented the meaning of the major chambers of commerce in Fasdi City.

And because of this, this old guy, who is almost 60 years old this year, is much more tactful than ordinary people, and he rarely utters such direct and explicit words.

a certain family?The people here all have a lot of roots in Fasdi City, so how could they not know that the branch president is directly accusing the Blair family.

After being stunned for a while, Campbell felt relieved. He looked at the branch president, sighed, spread his hands, and said sincerely: "President Meili, since you have said so, I feel that I It’s useless to say more. Why don’t you tell us why you’re here, and put forward your requirements, so we can discuss it. Doing business, isn’t it spent in negotiations, big or small?”

"Master Campbell is right." President Meili put down the teacup in his hand, and said slowly: "If this is the case, then I will make it clear. In fact, everyone has made it very clear about our purpose just now. People who have lived in the city for so many years, we just want a safe and stable environment to do our own small business, instead of worrying about when the city defense army will come to our door like we are now. We don't want to be like Lin Yuan for no reason I was taken into a cell to suffer. I am already so old. If I was caught in a cell, I might not survive even a day, and I would die in it. At that time, my wife, children and grandchildren in my family would be There's no one left to feed."

"President Meili, you really know how to joke." Campbell said with a dry smile.

"This is not a joke." President Meri said seriously. "We businessmen have always just wanted to live a stable life, because only in this way can we make money. But if you can't even save your own life, then it's useless to make more money."

"Hey, President Meili, you should just make a request directly, you can discuss anything."

"Well, let me just talk about our requirements. First: Immediately restore the honor of Seale Bookstore, and compensate the loss caused to Seale Bookstore during the last seizure. Second: Immediately release Lin Yuan, and also compensate him Third: In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future, we will establish the Fasdi City Business Federation, and if any businessman commits violations of laws and regulations in the future, the Commerce Federation will punish them internally."

"Does that mean I can't even ask?" Campbell's voice was obviously angry.

The first two requests of President Meili are normal, and in Campbell's view, they are nothing more than trivial matters.But the third request made him, the Minister of Commerce, absolutely unable to agree.Because in this way, it is tantamount to letting these merchants in Fasdi City completely break away from the control of the Principality, so why should he, the Minister of Commerce, come here?

"Master Campbell is joking." President Meri took a sip of tea slowly, as if he was just talking about the weather with Campbell. "Since we are doing business in Fasti City, how can we not accept the jurisdiction of Fasti. This is just to unite everyone so that we can help each other if something happens in the future."

Glancing at Campbell, he continued: "If something goes wrong, someone should come out and discuss the solution with Mr. Campbell. I believe that you don't want to, Mr. Campbell. Every time something goes wrong, you will Let us old guys bug you."

Campor couldn't help frowning. President Meili's words sound nice, but in fact it still shows that they now want to join forces to fight against the Fas Empire Principality they represent, so as to strive for the best interests for themselves.

As the Minister of Commerce of the Fasdi Principality, he certainly couldn't just agree.However, Campbell did not immediately refuse. Instead, he said: "Chairman Meri's idea is very good, and I support it. If you can work together to solve some problems, it will reduce my workload a lot. However, this matter is not a trivial matter, and it cannot be decided so simply. Regarding the various purposes and regulations of the Federation, and what kind of cooperation we need from the Principality of Fass Empire, it is not an issue that can be clarified immediately. So it’s better for us to put this matter aside and discuss it later.”

Campbell's idea is very simple, just one word - procrastination.

All these businessmen only think about their own interests, so how can they really unite.Campbell believed that if they were left alone for a while, they would naturally fall apart.

"Okay, since Mr. Campbell said let it go, let it go." Contrary to Campbell's expectation, President Meri agreed very readily. "However, this matter can be put aside for now, and the two requirements mentioned above cannot be delayed. If the reputation of Searle Bookstore is not restored, it will be an extra day of loss for them. And Lin Yuan will stay in prison for an extra day. It’s also an extra day of suffering.”

"It's easy to say, I will take care of these two things immediately, and I believe I will give you a satisfactory answer soon."

Although Campbell felt a little troubled thinking that both of these incidents involved the Blair family, but he believed that Mr. Bobby Blair would not embarrass himself in such a trivial matter.

Seeing that Campbell agreed, President Meili stretched out a hand to Campbell.

Campbell reached out to hold him, and the two smiled at each other, which immediately made the atmosphere in the hall harmonious and friendly.

(End of this chapter)