Although many people in Bunta City already regarded Xu Yi as someone who could turn even stone into gold, not every investment decision he made actually brought in money right away.
For example, the most important project for the Xinfei Merchant Guild during this period was the mining and smelting of the Nonferrous Metals Vein in the Black Rice Wasteland.
So far, the Xinfei Merchant Guild, the Rexton Merchant Guild, and the Amli Merchant Guild had invested a combined total of more than seven hundred thousand gold coins in this project.
That did not even include the five hundred thousand gold coins paid to the Worrel Chieftain to purchase the vein.
Since the Nonferrous Metals Smelting Factory was funded entirely by the Xinfei Merchant Guild, the guild alone had actually invested more than five hundred thousand gold coins in this project.
And that was only the initial investment. Getting the mine into operation and officially starting production at the Nonferrous Metals Smelting Factory would require an even greater investment.
Thus, although the Xinfei Merchant Guild was growing larger and earning ever-higher profits, the enormous sums poured into this project still made Sebas, its finance director, frown every time.
Sebas would not have commented on other investments, but he knew nothing about the prospects for nonferrous metals and had no way to estimate the future returns from this vein. As a result, he always reminded Xu Yi to invest cautiously.
Of course, Sebas limited himself to reminders. He would not actually offer objections, much less question the decision.
Xu Yi had already proven his exceptional judgment through countless correct decisions. Now, even Heinz would not question any decision Xu Yi made, so the others in the guild were certainly in even less of a position to do so.
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