On the fifth day of the New Year, Xu Yi received an unusual invitation.
The invitation came from the City Lord's Manor, inviting Xu Yi to represent the Xinfei Merchant Guild at its New Year networking banquet.
Unlike the invitations to ordinary banquets the City Lord's Manor had sent Xu Yi before, this one actually bore the signature of the city lord himself, Count Sean Samo.
Xu Yi could turn down the various banquet invitations he had received before, but since this invitation had come personally from the city lord, he could hardly decline as casually as he had in the past.
Moreover, the invitation specifically noted that, in addition to representatives of many businesses in Bunta City, merchants from Karma City, the closest city to Bunta City, would also be attending this New Year networking banquet.
This surprised Xu Yi a little.
It was only the fifth day of the New Year, after all. Why would the merchants of Karma City suddenly come to Bunta City?
"This is actually a longstanding tradition." Moon Cruz, president of the Amli Merchant Guild, held a glass of red wine as he explained to Xu Yi with a warm smile. "At the beginning of every New Year, Count Anneris, the city lord of Karma City, brings Karma City's merchants here to visit Bunta City. Then, a few days later, our city lord selects representatives from some of Bunta City's merchant guilds to make a return visit to Karma City. President Xu, you only entered the business world last year, so it's no surprise you don't know about this tradition. Still, your Xinfei Merchant Guild was only founded last year, yet it's already earned an invitation to this banquet from the city lord. That's truly remarkable."
Xu Yi glanced at him. "What? Do you