"Hey, Xu Yi, I was only away for a month, and you've already made another decision to throw money away! Are you trying to drive me to my grave?" Heinz complained, his face flushed with anger. "Of all the things you could sell, why did it have to be technology? Is the Xinfei Merchant Guild that short of money?"
Xu Yi looked at Heinz with a smile. Rather than being upset at his scolding, he felt an inexplicable sense of warmth.
Just as Heinz had said, Rhea had taken the children to Karma City of her own accord last month, and Heinz had simply stayed away for the entire month.
Yet this time, he had returned early and gone straight to Xu Yi, launching into complaints about the decision Xu Yi had announced at the press conference.
"Who said we were short of money?" Xu Yi shook his head with a smile. "According to Sebas's figures, our guild's total profit last month was even higher than in July, reaching an astonishing four hundred and eighty thousand gold coins. Besides, we didn't have any particularly large expenses last month. How could we be short of money?"
"Then tell me, why are you selling technology?" Seeing Xu Yi's utterly unconcerned expression only made Heinz's anger rise. "Even if you were going to sell technology, why did you have to sell every last bit of technology related to the Magic-Powered Kettle?"
"Do you think any merchant guild would be stupid enough to buy only part of the technology, then find they couldn't even manufacture a Magic-Powered Kettle with it?" Xu Yi asked.
"Nobody's that stupid, but this time, I think you are!" Heinz said loudly. "Didn't you always tell me that technology was the foundation of a merchant guild, especially one like our