Ten minutes later, a thoroughly satisfied Freeman left Xu Yi's office in the Xinfei Merchant Guild's main office building.
Through the window, Xu Yi watched Freeman go downstairs, climb into his solid-gold-colored Mana Sedan with a broad smile, and drive away. Xu Yi smiled, then turned around and sank into thought.
Industrial consolidation was not something only Freeman was considering. It was also an issue Xu Yi and the entire senior management of the Xinfei Merchant Guild had been seriously contemplating lately.
More than eight years had passed since the Xinfei Merchant Guild's founding. It had grown from a small merchant guild that barely attracted notice even in Bunta City into a major guild with considerable influence in every country in the southwestern corner of the Sains Continent.
The Xinfei Merchant Guild now had numerous businesses under its name. Although they were mainly concentrated in the magic industry sector, they also extended into agriculture, infrastructure construction, entertainment, and other industries. It had become a behemoth.
Having so many businesses, all with extraordinarily high profit margins, was certainly a good thing. Yet their sheer number had also made the Xinfei Merchant Guild's internal management somewhat complicated and disorderly lately.
Two months earlier, Kennard, its Chief Executive Officer, had suggested to Xu Yi that they reorganize the guild's various businesses. After two months of meetings and discussions, a preliminary plan had been settled on, and implementation had begun.
After the reorganization, the Xinfei Merchant Guild would first be divided into two major divisions: its core magic industry sector and its other businesses.
The magic industry sector would, in turn, consist of five major branches: household magic machinery, agricultural magic machinery, engineering magic machinery, basic industry, and military magic machinery.
Among these, household magic machinery was clearly the leader in profitability.
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