Chapter 63: Anderson Trading Company

  Time flies, and before you know it, the quarterly auction that everyone in King's City has been eagerly awaiting is about to begin.

  This quarter's auction is hosted by the King of Western Kingdom and the joint business group of the proud empire, the first commercial empire on the continent. As the commercial center of Allen Continent, the Proud Empire has gathered treasures from all over the continent. Every year, every quarter, the empire's business group will go to various countries for touring auctions, and the auction location is generally the royal city of that country.

  The Aurum Empire's behavior of collecting wealth from all over the continent is not only not resented by those countries, but is extremely welcome. After all, while paying out money, they also obtain what they need. Moreover, the Aurum Empire's joint chamber of commerce, apart from auctioning off goods from other kingdoms, will also purchase and auction off that kingdom's specialty products, a mutually beneficial business exchange.

  The Aolai Empire is a country with a commercial alliance as its main body, and the royal power is relatively dispersed. In the Aolai Empire, those who truly control the empire are not the high-ranking officials, but some powerful chambers of commerce. The three major chambers of commerce in the Aolai Empire are also the three major chambers of commerce on the entire Allen continent, with a significant influence.

  In the Aolai Empire, behind every emperor, there is a huge commercial organization supporting him. It can be said that in the Aolai Empire, offending a high-ranking official may not be a big deal, but if you offend a large commercial organization, you will find it difficult to move forward.

  "Hey, hey, don't go! Can't we discuss it again?" In a reception hall in Wang City, a lavishly dressed fat man was chasing after an ordinary-looking old man, shouting loudly.

  The old man stopped in his tracks and said to the middle-aged fat man, "There's nothing good to discuss. Since you rejected my proposal just now, I can only find another business association." After finishing speaking, he didn't care about the middle-aged fat man's response and walked towards the reception hall of the next household.

  "Cut!" Looking at the old man's gradually disappearing back, the middle-aged fat man couldn't help but spit out a mouthful. "What kind of broken thing wants 10 million? Trying to cheat me? Not even a door!" As he spoke, the middle-aged fat man's face involuntarily revealed a hint of regret. "However, those few divine fruits were indeed top-notch goods... what a pity, truly a pity!"

  "Hmph, no charisma, a guy who doesn't know good stuff!" Rody walked out of the previous merchant association and continued to walk towards the reception of the next one without any haste.

  In order to accommodate the various merchant guilds in the United Merchant Guild of the proud empire, the kingdom has set up some courtyards in the streets of the royal city as guest houses, specifically for receiving those merchant guilds who have come from afar. However, due to the secrecy of each merchant guild, these guest houses are scattered throughout the streets of the royal city and are not concentrated together, which has been a convention for many years.

  Everything brought by the Imperial Union Trade Federation will be auctioned off uniformly over the next few days, but the benefits obtained from the auction are not shared equally among various trade associations. After the auction is over, the benefits obtained from the sale of the items taken out by each trade association will go to that trade association, so the various trade associations within the Union Trade Federation are just a temporary alliance.

  In the distance, a welcoming lodge with an Anpson Merchant Guild flag appeared before Rodi's eyes. Rodi didn't stop in his tracks and walked right in.

  "Excuse me, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?" The servant who was sweeping the hall immediately stopped what he was doing and came over as soon as he saw someone walk in.

  Rodykin sat down on a chair in the grand hall and said to the servant, "Oh, I have some good things to sell. Call over your guild leader!"

  "That...". The waiter poured a cup of tea for Rody and smiled slightly, saying: "The president of our Chamber of Commerce has just gone to rest, but the vice-president and the manager are inside now. They can also make decisions on matters related to the Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, I'll go help you call them?"

  "No, no, except for you who will grow up, nobody else can be in charge."

  It's not that Rody is a big shot, having traveled the continent, he naturally knows that a deputy president of a Chamber of Commerce can generally handle all matters of the Chamber of Commerce, but for some special and important things, the deputy president still needs to ask the president before making decisions.

  "All right, sir! Please wait a moment!" The waiter replied and walked into the inner hall.

  Before long, a middle-aged man walked out from inside and smiled slightly at Rody, cupping his hands in greeting: "I heard that the old gentleman has some good things to sell, I wonder if I can take a look?"

  Lodi glanced at the middle-aged man and shook his head, saying: "I called for the president of Anderson Chamber of Commerce. If you were him, I would naturally show it to you, but unfortunately, you are not."

  "Haha!" The middle-aged man didn't get angry, but smiled and said: "Indeed, I am not the president of Anderson's Chamber of Commerce. My name is Andrei, and I'm the vice-president. My older brother Andrew has just taken a rest, so please wait for a moment, sir. But how did you know that I wasn't the president?" Andrei was quite curious about how Roddy had seen through his identity at a glance.

  "Merchants seek profit, if I didn't even have the ability to see through this, how would I dare come in? I'm afraid you'll clean me out completely."

  When Rody said that, Andre still had a smile on his face: "Hehe, although businessmen are profit-driven, they also value their reputation the most. As the saying goes, 'the world loves wealth, but it must be obtained in a proper way.' I believe that since you've entered our Anderson Merchant Association, sir, you will certainly trust us!"

  Listening to Andrei speaking over there, Roddy couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart. This proud empire was indeed a commercial empire. Today, Roddy visited many merchant guilds, and except for a few individual ones, the rest of the guilds didn't look down on him because of his ordinary attire. They were all quite polite, but only polite. However, after hearing Roddy's conditions, not one of them agreed. I wonder if this Andrei Merchant Guild has the courage to do so. After all, Master Huayun entrusted me to cooperate with that merchant guild frequently in the future, and I couldn't just find any ordinary merchant guild.

  "Haha!" Just as Rody was about to speak, a middle-aged man walked out from inside. He laughed heartily and said to Rody: "I suppose it's this old gentleman who wants to sell something? I am Andrew, the president of Anderson Chamber of Commerce. I apologize for keeping you waiting earlier because I was resting. Please forgive me. What is it that you want to sell, sir?"

  Luo Di laughed twice and didn't answer, but took out a box from his body and opened it on the table.

  "Ah!" Andrew's eyes widened slightly as he saw what was inside the box, his expression unchanging. "So it's the Divine Fruit, indeed a good thing. Mr. Rodi, please, let's discuss this further inside."

  Rody put away the box and followed Andrew inside!