Magic Tower Starry Sky

Time came to Winter Festival, which was the longest day of night in the whole year. As long as the day passes, the time of night will gradually shorten, and the time of day will gradually lengthen. Therefore, this day is regarded by the Midi people as a good day to conquer darkness and bring light.

Such a good day is also the day when the Jialong Chamber of Commerce (Note), the chamber of commerce established by the Ruan family, holds an official annual meeting. All previous transactions and negotiations were carried out under the table; most of them were just ventilating, raising conditions, and testing each other's attitudes and limits.

But in order to crucify these verbal agreements, we still have to bring them to the annual meeting to discuss them openly and honestly. After all, we are all one family. Especially after making a conclusion, the entire family and the entire chamber of commerce must abide by it and maintain it together.

Of course, if you want to tear yourself apart, the best time is when all the dignitaries of the family gather. Whoever takes the position and who falls into the dust can be decided on the spot.

The location of the annual meeting is not fixed. Before the end of the previous year's annual meeting, all participants will select the next year's sponsor; then the sponsor will decide the location within half a year and notify everyone.

Usually, the next year's annual meeting will be held at the host's branch headquarters, but there are occasional exceptions. And the branch responsible for hosting will be regarded as the family branch that ranks first in the year.

The Jialong Chamber of Commerce has been maintained for hundreds of years in such a way that there is no main family, and each branch takes turns to be the dealer. The main purpose is to avoid such an obvious target as the "capital" in the past kingdom period. Now the chamber of commerce is like a hydra, with one or two heads cut off, but it still won't die.

This year's winter festival annual meeting is held in a beautiful white castle surrounded by mountains and lakes. This is the real estate that the former lord here mortgaged to the chamber of commerce. Now that nobleman is extinct, and the successors sent by the king dare not take back the castle at the risk of offending the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, this castle logically became the property of this branch.

The present person of this branch is called Ruan Yongming, who is the nobleman that Lin met through the white swordsman William Greco in the Vida military country in the past, the wife of Baron William Engels, and the grandfather of Ruan Thihui.

In terms of seniority, he is a generation older than the two Ruan Wenyue brothers. In terms of seniority, the branch he is at the helm often serves as the host of the annual meeting. Even this time is the fifth consecutive year as the host. Although the Chamber of Commerce system is to elect candidates for the next year this year, there is no prohibition on re-election.

The reason why this branch can be so powerful is also because it is located in the traditional cultural circle of Midi, with a vast territory and fertile land. Moreover, the vanity of the nobles in the center of Lost Land makes their need for money greater than that of other places. However, for nobles, things like 'money' are either taxed or borrowed. When you can't afford it, just use the real estate as a mortgage, it's no big deal.

As a powerful branch of the old brand in the chamber of commerce, Ruan Yongming has always followed the right path, persuading others in an upright manner, so that no one can find anything to blame. In addition, the style of acting is impartial. So no matter how different today's annual meeting is from the past, there is an unpleasant undercurrent flowing. Ruan Yongming did not support it, but he did not suppress it either.

Because everyone in the White Castle came here often, there was no need for any servants to guide them. People from the various branches of the chamber of commerce would naturally walk to the banquet hall of the castle. Five long tables are arranged in a horizontal and four vertical manner. The long table on the small steps is the seat for the host, besides Ruan Yongming, on the left and right are the children of the Ruan family from the same branch as him, serving as assistants and miscellaneous affairs.

There are four long tables at the bottom, where the Ruan family's children from all over the world are sitting. They arrange seats according to the chronological order of their respective speakers, and sit together in the same family. But if both parties agree, the seat can be changed, as long as the organizer is notified.

So one of the foreplays of the annual meeting over the years is the question of who wants to sit next to whom. The branch families that are united will of course try to gather their seats as much as possible. On the one hand, it is to show their own position and attitude, and on the other hand, of course, it is convenient to discuss things in private because they sit close together.

In such a seat-changing game, of course there will be some attractive stars. Specifically, the more resources you have, the higher the demands of others, and the more popular you will be. And such a person can easily become the host of the annual meeting in the coming year.

The opening is a routine report of each branch's achievements in the past year.

What is different from the past is that thanks to the rise of forums in recent years, the report format of chambers of commerce has changed from paper documents to forum formats. Save the manpower of copying multiple reports to all branches and participants, and use a large water mirror screen as a display; readers who need to read more can turn on their own water mirror screen and read the documents on the forum.

They don't know how to do too complicated statistical analysis, but at least they know how to compare last year's output with this year's output to see whether it has increased or decreased, and what is the reason behind it. The most eye-catching among them, of course, is the branch that traded with Ruan Wenyue this year and sold a lot of grain.

Their income has grown several times that of last year. In previous years, the amount of grain that would have rotted in the fields was not only harvested in the granary this year; they also almost sold their own winter grain, and people in the grain-producing areas starved to death. dilemma.

Before the annual meeting, everyone only knew that this year's branch is happy from top to bottom~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But how much money they make is not as clear as the clear figures in front of them, so many People couldn't help but sneak a glance at Brother Ruan Wenyue. Seeing the attitude of the two of them not to be shocked by honor or shame, everyone was thinking about which position their buttocks should be placed in a more favorable position.

When it was the turn of Ruan Wenyue's branch to report this year's income, the people who had been impatiently listening to other people bragging about themselves, and whispering to each other also shut their mouths. Everyone wants to see how this branch is developing this year.

On this day last year, the results of Ruan Van Viet's team were worse than their previous situation. The most important thing is that there is too much investment in the car manufacturing and R & D center that no one understands, and there is no immediate return. At that time, even if the other branch officials had no right to manage other people's affairs, bitter words were still inevitable.

This year, accustomed to the way of a certain magician, Ruan Wenyue made a very good expression of the rapid development he obtained through the automobile center with the graphic income and expenditure curve and the pie chart of industry classification. All figures are justified.

And in the final income part, they are also very different from other branches. Most of the others reported how much food they harvested, who they exchanged with, and what supplies they got. The point is how many things you can take out to exchange or communicate with other branches.

Ruan Wenyue was straightforward and gave a number that dazzled everyone. The income from the automobile manufacturing and research and development center is not a few cars or a few large trucks, but the actual coins of the five empires. It's not bad money that no one wants, or that needs to be spent at a discount.

Note: I forgot that this Chamber of Commerce used to have an official name - Jialong Chamber of Commerce. I hereby add