His discussion with Great Mage Eisenka had yielded no final resolution.
Both Xu Yi and Great Mage Eisenka had insisted on their own terms, and their negotiations had ultimately reached a deadlock.
Of course, neither of them was going to sulk like a child. Seeing that they could not reach an agreement for the time being, they set the subject aside.
Besides discussing technology patents, Great Mage Eisenka had invited Xu Yi over for another important negotiation: he hoped the Xinfei Merchant Guild would enter a joint venture with him to establish a household magic machinery factory outside Anvilmar City.
Xu Yi readily agreed to this proposal, and after discussing it with Great Mage Eisenka, they successfully reached a preliminary agreement.
Under this agreement, the Xinfei Merchant Guild and Great Mage Eisenka would each contribute three hundred thousand gold coins in startup capital for the joint factory. The guild would also provide a range of production equipment and the necessary technical staff, while Great Mage Eisenka would secure the land and handle all the relevant formalities.
Unlike the deadlock over technological cooperation, this was an arrangement that pleased both parties.
Xu Yi had long been seeking an opportunity for the Xinfei Merchant Guild to enter Anvilmar City. That was why he had continued working with Victor and the other two despite his dissatisfaction with them: he wanted the guild to maintain a foothold in the city.
Now that Great Mage Eisenka wanted to work with him to open a factory here, he could hardly ask for more.
For Great Mage Eisenka, what mattered was more straightforward: the financial returns.
According to the agreement, the profits of this joint household magic machinery factory would be split equally. Based on Great Mage Eisenka's assessment of Anvilmar City's household magic machinery market, once