Although both were organized by the Xinfei Merchant Guild and both concerned the magic industry sector, the Sains Continent Magic Industry Sector Forum and the Magic Industry Sector Standards Conference were gatherings with entirely different focuses.
At the Magic Industry Sector Forum, representatives from various countries and merchant guilds mainly exchanged and discussed information related to the magic industry sector, with the primary goal of reaching various cooperation agreements. Its focus was on business.
At the Magic Industry Sector Standards Conference, although the participants were likewise representatives from various countries and merchant guilds, the discussions focused more on establishing standards related to the magic industry sector, setting industry rules and regulations, and conducting a range of research discussions.
While most of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's senior management cared more about securing additional cooperative projects at the Industry Forum, Xu Yi placed far greater importance on the Magic Industry Sector Standards Conference held a month afterward.
That was because the conference would establish unified standards for the various branches of the continent's magic industry sector. These would then be promoted to every country and magic machinery merchant guild on the Sains Continent, which would be required to follow them.
Naturally, all these standards were set by the Xinfei Merchant Guild. No other country or merchant guild currently had any standing to challenge them.
Xu Yi therefore attached enormous importance to this conference. While the Xinfei Merchant Guild still held an absolute lead, he needed to establish sufficiently detailed and rigorous standards in advance. That would make it easier to guide the development and formation of the magic industry sector's framework, preventing differences in standards from wasting vast amounts of manpower, resources, and precious time.
When it came to setting industry rules and regulations, however, the Xinfei Merchant Guild did not exercise