Everyone in the audience was startled.
Although most of those present had seen something of the world and would not consider five thousand gold coins an enormous sum,
that was only true for a large merchant guild like the Xinfei Merchant Guild. For a small guild like the Ireland United Merchant Guild, made up of just a few farmers, it was an enormous amount they would never have dared imagine before.
"President Freeman, may I ask how much profit your guild makes each month from those five thousand gold coins?" another reporter in the audience asked.
"How much profit?" Freeman scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. "I'm not too clear on that either, but according to Kowach, last month we seem to have made... a little over five hundred gold coins from President Xu."
"Only a little over five hundred gold coins..." For some reason, everyone in the audience breathed a sigh of relief.
If this Ireland United Merchant Guild, which had appeared out of nowhere, had such a high profit margin that it could effortlessly earn several thousand gold coins a month, that would have been astonishing.
But a little over five hundred gold coins was not quite so hard to accept.
"Then, President Freeman, how many employees does your guild currently have?" That reporter seemed determined to get to the bottom of things.
"Including me... there are only six of us altogether right now," Freeman replied.
"Six?" Everyone silently did the math, only to be startled again.
According to Freeman, the Ireland United Merchant Guild had earned over five hundred gold coins last month, and there were only six people in the entire guild, including him. Even if they divided it equally, each person would receive close to a hundred gold coins!
From a merchant guild's perspective, that