Volume 8 Chapter 67 Foundation
âYour majesty, this is the report the magic machine industry department handed in todayâŚâŚâ The royal palace servant carefully placed the report in his hand in front of Emperor Candra before silently moving back.
Emperor Candra had a dark look on his face as he looked at the report in front of him for two minutes before finally reaching out to open it.
After just looking through for less than a minute, he threw it aside.
The pages of that neatly stacked document went flying into the air. It looked quite beautiful, but because of the anger of Emperor Candra, it also looked quite fierce.
âGo and call Marquis Carmen!â After a while, Emperor Candra finally spoke in this low and deep voice.
The servant quickly ran off.
Not long after, a middle aged man who wasnât that all but looked very buff quickly came in with the servant.
âYour majesty.â The Candra Empireâs magic machine industry departmentâs chief Marquis Carmen gave a bow to Emperor Candra, âYou summoned me?â
âI summoned you?â Emperor Candra gave a scoff before he pointed at the pieces of paper scattered on the ground, âCould it be that you didnât hand in this report?â
Marquis Carmen fell silent before lowering his head and saying in a deep voice, âSince itâs something that happened in the empire, I didnât dare hide it from your majesty and naturally reported it.â
âIf you report everything for me to handle, what is the point of having ministers like you?â Emperor Candraâs face turned even colder, âThe great Candra Empireâs magic machine industry department, you canât even take care of this small problem?â
Marquis Carmen looked at the pieces of paper scattered on the ground and he couldnât help reveal a faint bitter smile.
He knew what issue this report included and it definitely wasnât a small problem.
He knew that his majesty also knew that this wasnât a small problem.
His majesty was this angry because he couldnât think of any good solutions, which made him as the honourable emperor feel like he had suffered a setback which also angered him.
Actually, it wasnât Marquis Carmenâs first time giving this kind of report.
Since two months ago, he would give a report like this from time to time and this one was already the seventh one.
As for the contents of this report, it was that some company of the Candra Empire wasnât able to pass the continentâs primary magic machine industry evaluation.
If it wasnât for that fellow coming up with that continental magic machine industry technological foundation, as well as declaring that all magic machine technology on the continent would be graded, how could there be such a troublesome thing?
Although this fellow made it sound nice, saying that with these evaluations, it would help the overall growth and stability of the continentâs magic machine industry, benefiting every country and person.
At least in Marquis Carmenâs eyes, this thing caused endless trouble for him right now.
It had to be known that in the past two months, because of that damn evaluation, there were thirteen Candra Empire magic machine industry companies that had gone out of business. The number of companies that suffered heavy losses and even came close to closing because of bankruptcy numbered thirty six.
That fellow Xu Yi wasnât embarrassed to say that he wasnât targeting any country or any company, saying that this was just an evaluation with an objective grading.
Why were so many Candra Empire companies affected? Not even half of the Marlow Empireâs companies were affected by this?
As for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce?
In the Frestech Chamber of Commerceâs evaluations, they all reached at least a fourth grade evaluation. It was much higher than the average levels of the other companies!
Of courseâŚâŚcalmly speaking, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was already the benchmark of the continentâs magic machine industry, so it was natural that they had leading technology.
Even in terms of some smaller technology, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce wasnât the best and was just a bit lower than the outstanding companies.
It had to be known that this would have been impossible ten years ago.
But even if Marquis Carmen knew this, he couldnât just stay calm.
Xu Yiâs actions had greatly affected the Candra Empireâs magic machine industry. As the chief of the empireâs magic machine industry department, how could Marquis Carmen praise Xu Yiâs actions?
âThis Xu Yi, even when he isnât the Frestech Chamber of Commerceâs chairman, he is still this annoying!â
Marquis Carmen looked up in surprise, seeing the unhappy look that Emperor Candra had.
This was what he was thinking, but he never thought that the emperor would say it first.
Marquis Carmenâs mind quickly turned and he immediately understood.
His majesty wasnât angry because he was dissatisfied with his work, but rather he was venting his anger at Xu Yi on him.
Thinking of this, Marquis Carmen was much more calm. After thinking about it, he said in a deep voice, âYour majesty, this isnât a small problem, so I hope that you can treat it seriously and place great importance on it. Xu Yi can take out this standard casually and cause serious losses for our empireâs companies. Then if we donât limit this, as long as Xu Yi wants, wouldnât he be able to hurt a bunch of companies at will? He might evenâŚ..be able to seriously affect the empireâs entire magic machine industry.â
âOf course I know this.â Emperor Candra gave a cold snort, âThe problem is, how are you planning on limiting him? Could it be that you want to learn from the Mana Magic Kingdom and chase out the Frestech Chamber of Commerce?â
âNo, of course not.â Marquis Carmen immediately shook his head, âThe limitations Iâm talking about isnât to target the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, thereâs no benefits to the empire like this.â
âHumph, so you do know this.â Emperor Candraâs expression relaxed a bit before he asked, âThen what do you want to say?â
âYour majesty, when the Magicians Guild was found, it wasnât just the Magicians Guild alone that evaluated the grade of magiciansâŚâŚâ Marquis Carmen tactfully expressed his opinion.
âYou want us to make our own organization and resist Xu Yiâs foundation?â Emperor Candraâs eyes lit up, but then he knitted his brows again, âXu Yi has the Frestech Chamber of Commerce behind him and his own authority as a guarantee, what can we take out to resist him?â
Marquis Carmen revealed a faint smile, âYour majesty, we have all the countries of the Sines Continent behind us.â
The smile on Marquis Carmenâs face became a bit strange.
âYour majesty, I thinkâŚ..that the people on the continent who think that Xu Yi is annoying isnât just youâŚâŚâ
The continental magic machine industry technology foundation that Xu Yi created had already yielded results in less than a year since it was founded.
Because of Xu Yiâs high prestige and his absolute authority in the magic machine industry, every time a standard was announced, it became the standard that everyone followed.
Although there wasnât a strong method to support the methods of the Xu Yiâs foundation, because of Xu Yiâs authority, once the foundation announced that a company didnât reach a high enough level of technology or even the most basic level of technology, everyone would start looking down on that company.
Not only would companies cut off cooperation with that company, even the citizens would treat that companyâs goods as inferior goods and would refuse to buy them.
It could be said that once the foundation gave an evaluation, it divided the magic machine companies of the continent into clear grades.
If a company received a high evaluation, naturally countless people would turn their eyes to it. They would receive many cooperation deals and their brand would become famous, so it was hard to estimate the profit that came from it.
At the same time, this evaluation wasnât just limited to companies.
Actually, when Xu Yi announced this evaluation, he was targeting technology itself.
It was just that most of these patents were owned by the companies. So the companies that had high levels of technology were considered the highest ranked companies.
But there were some small research teams and even individuals that had made breakthroughs in technology. So once they received the recognition of the foundation, their single piece of technology would be considered high grade.
Naturally what awaited them was fame and opportunity, as well as a large amount of gold coins.
During this less than half a year, there were over twenty small research teams or researchers who werenât that famous before in the magic machine industry that were pulled out. Their evaluated technology quickly demonstrated excellent results which raised the authority of the foundation even further.
On the current continent, studying magic machine industry technology was the most popular line of work.
But because there were so many different kinds of technology, there werenât that many that were being used.
Now that there was this foundation evaluating and recommending technology, there were more useful pieces of technology that were being promoted.
Then adding in the large financial reward from the foundation for high grade technology, people became even more enthusiastic about their research.
So in less than half a year, the level of technology on the Sines Continent had gone up a level.
There would always be shock when the major newspapers reported on this matter.
Xu Yi really gave people a pleasant surprise and his actions made his original intentions clear, wanting to develop the magic machine industry.
If this trend continued, the foundation that Xu Yi created would be the same as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, becoming an important organization that could affect the entire Sines Continent.
HoweverâŚâŚas this foundation developed, just like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it was impossible for there not to be any problems.