my age of magic

Chapter 836 336. Purchases in restaurants
I turned my head and looked at the next seat, and found that there were two middle-aged men arguing at the dining table over there. They seemed to control their volume as much as possible, but they didn't expect that the conversation would be transmitted into my voice. in the ear.

"Even if you want to sell it, where can we find a suitable buyer at this time? Is there any client in the venture capital company who is willing to take over the workshop of rune metal plate substrate processing? We can make an appointment to talk." Nick's middle-aged man told his friend this, and as he spoke, he reached into the basket and tore a piece of white bread to dip into the tomato and beef soup on the plate.

Although he is wearing decent clothes, the rough calluses on his hands and the old wrinkles on his face all show that he is a skilled craftsman, but also an incompetent boss, and his eating is not very elegant , It seems that there is no appearance that a nobleman should have.

The man named Brennan sitting across from him let out a breath, with a relaxed expression on his face, he stretched out his hand and patted his old friend's shoulder, before saying, "You're right if you think so, and I'll help you find out when I get back. Inquire, you also know that the economy of the entire Greenland has been in a downturn recently, so don't put all your chips on the table. In my case, you can also ask other rune metal plate workshop bosses, maybe there will be Then one or two companies with strong economic strength want to expand the business of rune metal plates while the economy is at its lowest point."

The bitter smile on Nick's face was uglier than crying.

Nick picked up the goblet on the table, took a sip of Palestina ale, which was not much better than the cheap ale in the tavern, and said to Brennan: "Speaking of which, the current market for all kinds of runes The demand for metal plates is still very strong. Plane wars need a lot of mithril metal to repair those magic catapults, bed crossbows, and magic cannons. The big gap, the reason why the economy has become so depressed, is that all the planes that provide Mithril ore for our Grimm Empire were invaded by the Dark Legion of Hell at about the same time. , and will not be circulated in the market, who knows how long this plane war will last, the lack of mithril ore makes it impossible for us rune board workshops without a foundation to operate."

The war of planes has brought a huge impact on the empire's economy. Just looking at the empty scene in the magic trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, we can know what it has brought us.

Nick took a sip of his wine, looked up at his old friend Brennan, and continued: "Everyone has something to hold on to, I don't care how much this small workshop is worth, and it won't let me sell it. How distressed I feel, I can live a good life wherever I go, at worst, I can still carry bags on the pier of the airport, right?"

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and showed his strong arms to his friend Brennan. Compared with Brennan, Nick's body skeleton appeared taller and stronger.

Nick seemed to be aware that his voice disturbed the other diners, and then deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I don't care about these things. What I care about are the craftsmen in the workshop. At this time, let me go back and tell them : Hey guys, this workshop is out of business! CLOSED! You're all fired, pack up and get out of here, and make a living elsewhere! How do you make me say that?"

Brennan shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "But, what else can I do? Do you have a better way?"

At this moment, the wrinkles on Nick's face became much deeper. He tentatively asked: "Brennan, you said, if I add the condition of receiving workshop craftsmen to the additional conditions of selling the workshop, is it feasible?"

Brennan's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he whispered to Nick hastily and hastily: "Quickly put away your stupid thoughts, what you have to do now is to struggle out of that quagmire as soon as possible Come out, how can a person like you who can't protect himself still care about the lives of others?"

Then Nick sighed helplessly from the next seat.

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After hearing the conversation between Nick and Brennan sitting next to him, he realized that one of them was Nick, the owner of the rune metal plate workshop that was in trouble, and the other was Brennan, the manager of a venture capital company. Nan, they seem to be very good friends, sitting in this restaurant, talking about how to get out of the current business dilemma.

I found out that the owner of the workshop named Nick has fallen into the predicament of not being able to continue his business. He brought his friend over, probably wanting to raise another round of financing, but the person named Brennan is not optimistic. My friend's current business situation, and frankly said that if the situation is not reversed immediately, maybe Nick will face bankruptcy.

Mrs. Aliya bit her bright red lips lightly, and there was a soft tongue hidden between those pearl-like white teeth. She whispered to me: "Can you buy a room that specializes in making rune metal?" Isn't the workshop of the board exactly what you want?"

Katerina's clear eyes stayed on my face all the time. After returning to the imperial capital from the Hierro plane, it was a rare opportunity to hang out together. She had a happy smile on her face, and her eyes were on Mrs. Alia and Katerina. Wandering among people makes me enjoy this kind of lunch very much.

I said to Mrs. Aliya: "Yes, Aliya, I also said that I wanted to invite you to be my partner."

Mrs. Aliya blinked her eyes before saying, "It seems that the partner you need is right in front of you. Maybe after talking to them, you will find that you don't need me at all, don't you?"

I waved my hands to Mrs. Alia and explained: "You know, if I still want to take the exam this week, I must end my sick leave as soon as possible, and I will return to the Magic Academy to attend those magic classes. Those teachers don't care what happened to me, they are rigid and dogmatic. So I really need your help in some things, no one is more suitable to be my partner than you, you can't expect a magician To have time to manage the day-to-day affairs of the workshop.”

I gave Mrs. Alia an encouraging look.

"However, I think this is an opportunity. Qige and I have some ideas and need to customize some special rune metal plates. Originally, we just wanted to find a supplier of rune metal plates, so I took the liberty of visiting You, but what happened later was something we didn't expect before." I smiled apologetically and rubbed my slightly itchy nose with my fingers.

Just like Qige said, originally I just wanted Mrs. Alia to accept a large order of red copper rune plates inlaid with 'golden magic pattern', but I didn't expect that I would give Mrs. Alia the whole person. Turning around, she chose the former between freedom and a luxurious and decent aristocratic life.

"What's wrong with me?" Asking to herself, Mrs. Alia stretched out her soft hand and pressed her forehead gently, shaking her head slightly, and then replied: "It must be because my head is dizzy, otherwise How could you be so casually instigated by a young man like you who has never participated in a coming-of-age ceremony, to do so many irrational things!"

Mrs. Alia held her cheek with one hand, and her thick, soft, curly hair hung down from one side, making the smile on her face even more charming.

She put her hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, stood up gracefully from the table, and walked gracefully towards Nick and Brennan. When she walked slowly, her plump body rhythmically under the long skirt The rhythm of that mature woman's glory is so beautiful that it is dazzling.

Brennan and Nick were surprised when Mrs. Alia came over. They subconsciously looked down to see if their clothes were appropriate. They looked a little nervous. Mrs. Alia stood in front of the two men and said bluntly: "I'm very sorry for interrupting the meal, my companion and I overheard you talking about the substrate processing workshop of the rune metal plate at the next table. It just so happened that we were also troubled by this recently. If If it is convenient, I would like to sit down with the two of you and have a talk."

Brennan and Nick stood up very gentlemanly, and saluted Mrs. Alicia very gentlemanly. Nick had a surprised expression on his face, but Brennan was able to maintain his rationality and was very polite to Mrs. Aliya. Said: "Madam, I am very willing to serve you."

Mrs. Aliya glanced back at me, and I had no choice but to stand up from the table at this time and greet the two of them. When they saw that I was wearing a magic robe, they were full of anticipation.

The waiter in the restaurant cleared the table for us, and then brought us a beautiful dessert and five glasses of rum.

"I don't know what you want to talk about when you come to us?" Nick said at this time, his eyes fell on my face. To him, it seemed that I was the leader here. After all, I worked in his workshop. With the business of processing blank rune metal plates, I have also come into contact with many magicians.

Then he said: "If it is a custom-made mithril rune metal plate, sorry we can do nothing, the mithril ore on the market is completely out of stock, unless some mithril ore can be obtained, otherwise due to the shortage of raw materials For this reason, our workshop currently does not have the ability to process mithril rune metal plates."

Mrs. Aliya glanced at me and saw that I was drinking the juice leisurely. She didn't seem to want to talk at all. She glanced at me and said to Nick and Brennan: "Our initial idea is to buy you workshop, but before that, we want to go to the field for inspection, I don’t know if it’s convenient.”

Nick opened his mouth wide, looking like he didn't know how to answer.

Probably he never thought that he would meet the patron who wanted to buy the 'Metal Plate Workshop' in the restaurant, and from the look and tone of Mrs. Alia, it seemed that she did not say it casually.

Nick raised his hand and pointed to the street corner outside the window, and then said: "Oh, of course, of course, it's not inconvenient, in fact, my workshop is in a shutdown stage, and there is no work in the workshop , if you want to visit, you can do it anytime, the workshop is not far from here, turn around the street ahead, and you can see it right away.”

Nick is an honest businessman. From his old clothes, it can be seen that he is very frugal. His callused hands show that he is also a craftsman, but he did not see us. If there is no etiquette between ordinary people and nobles, it means that he is also a nobleman, and nobles can be seen everywhere in the imperial capital, but there are not many nobles with some craftsmanship. Little nobles like Nick who live in the imperial capital are in my It seems that apart from sucking the blood of the poor in the slums like a leech, they don't have any survival skills at all.

Brennan sat quietly in the chair, looking at me very rationally. He was wearing a blue and white striped suit, which perfectly matched his athletic figure.Pale pink eyes sparkled on a slightly dark complexion.His dark brown hair was neatly trimmed, and he moved his legs uneasily, wearing black leather shoes that were polished very brightly.

There was shrewdness in his eyes, first he stared at Madam Aliya, then his eyes fell on Katerina, and finally when his eyes fell on me, there was a trace of restraint in his eyes.

Mrs. Alia raised her chin, revealing a long snow-white neck. Her skirt was very cool, and the delicate collarbone was covered with snow-white. Nick and Brennan averted their eyes from such a gorgeous appearance, and she said, "You haven't Tell me, if you want to sell that workshop, I don't want to go around the workshop under the scorching sun, and finally be told ruthlessly that the workshop was not intended to be sold."

Nick glanced at Brennan, received encouraging and approving glances from his old friend, and then said: "The workshop will still be sold after all!"

After thinking about it, he added: "The selling price is also negotiable, but I just have a small request."

Seeing that Mrs. Alicia and I were staring at him, Nick blushed suddenly, and said with some embarrassment: "If you buy my workshop, can you continue to employ the original workers in the workshop? My personal craftsmanship is very good, but because of my poor management, I failed to make the workshop survive this economic storm, and I actually thought about it, at least I should continue to persevere."

Mrs. Alicia crossed her hands on the dining table, thought for a while, and then said to Nick: "I can't promise you immediately about this, but I agree as a reference. If what you describe is completely consistent with the actual situation , I will not be stingy with that little salary, but if those workers do not meet my requirements, I will definitely not retain them."

Afterwards, we felt that the next discussion should be established after visiting the workshop. After a brief discussion, we left the restaurant with an elegant environment. Although the workshop was not far from the restaurant, we still took the rented magic Caravan, avoiding the scorching afternoon sun, headed for Nick's rune metal plate workshop.

Nick's workshop, which specializes in making rune metal plates, is a "mouth"-shaped yard surrounded by houses surrounding a small yard, and the yard inside is not too big. Nick pushed open the iron gate, Passed through a corridor and walked into the courtyard, which was full of thin copper plates one foot square, about [-]/[-]th of an inch thick, and there were thousands of them stacked against the wall. The top copper plate seemed to be watered by rain. However, there is a faint patina, like a green mark on the top of a male duck's head.

(End of this chapter)