"Mr. President, you..." Kennard frowned deeply at Xu Yi. After struggling for quite a while to find the words, he shook his head and sighed. "When I meet with the presidents of the other merchant guilds in the city, I often hear people call you a spendthrift. At first, I didn't understand why they described you that way. Now... all I can say is that they were absolutely right."
Xu Yi smiled, seemingly unconcerned by that assessment.
"I wouldn't call it squandering money. This time, the Rulson Kingdom has to pay a full five hundred thousand gold coins to acquire the Cement Production Technology. They also have to agree to a certain reduction in tariffs on any goods our Xinfei Merchant Guild sells to their country in the future. Taking all that into account, I think we're getting an excellent deal."
"But Mr. President, according to the guild's financial report for last month, which Director Sebas provided, the cement factory generated a tremendous profit of over seventy thousand gold coins for the guild last month. Even if selling the technology brings us five hundred thousand gold coins in one payment, we'll lose the Rulson Kingdom's market outright. The losses could easily exceed ten times that amount. Do you really think this is worthwhile?" Kennard asked, looking distressed.
"Ten times five hundred thousand? No, no, your estimate is still far too low. If the Rulson Kingdom follows our Lampari Kingdom's example and starts building roads on a large scale, the amount of cement it consumes will be astronomical. In the end, its spending on cement alone will exceed ten million gold coins at the very least," Xu Yi said.
"Then why did you agree to sell them the production technology?" Kennard couldn't help asking.
"Kennard, you haven't worked with me long