Chapter 67 Shameless thief
Cimirot stared at Xu Yi walking forward with a faint smile, as his heart filled with hatred.
This fellow didn’t come early or late, he had come right when he was about to reveal the product, right when he was about to demonstrate the Gelert Chamber of Commerce’s new magic machine. This was simply counted as coming at the perfect time.
He had worked hard to get everyone’s appetite and now that he had gathered everyone’s attention on the new product, Xu Yi had stolen it away the moment he walked in, wasting the effort that Cimirot had put in before.
As thoughts passed through his mind, Cimirot took a deep breath and suppressed the hatred he felt. He forced himself to reveal an honest smile as he raised his voice to speak while walking towards Xu Yi, “Chairman Xu, I thought that you wouldn’t dare come.”
Wouldn’t dare?
Hearing this, everyone under the stage couldn’t help looking at Cimirot with strange expressions.
Wasn’t this Gelert Chamber of Commerce’s chairman too arrogant?
He actually said that Xu Yi wouldn’t dare? Why wouldn’t he?
Xu Yi didn’t care at all, as he walked through the path that people made and came to the stage. He looked at Cimirot in surprise, “Cimirot, long time no see. I never thought that you would become the chairman of this Gelert Chamber of Commerce, it really is surprising.”
Everyone around them was even more shocked.
The vice editor in chief of the ?Karma Times? Rhine couldn’t help asking Xu Yi, “Chairman Xu, do you and chairman Cimirot know each other?”
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile, “Yes, we used to work together at the Camilla Magic Tower and we used to be in the same lab.”
Speaking of it, Cimirot’s name was a bit similar to Great Magician Camilla’s. Back in the lab, there were many people who used to tease Cimirot about it.
Hearing Xu Yi’s response, everyone was stunned.
Although everyone already knew that before Xu Yi made the Frestech Chamber of Commerce that he worked under Great Magician Camilla for some time, no one would have thought that Cimirot would be someone who worked in the same lab as Xu Yi.
But with how the Gelert Chamber of Commerce treated the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and Cimirot’s attitude towards Xu Yi, it could be seen that there wasn’t a good relationship between the two of them.
Cimirot gave a slight nod and a soft snort before saying, “Chairman Xu, there are any things that can surprise you. When you see our company’s new product later, you shouldn’t be so shocked that your jaw drops.”
The people under the stage couldn’t help knitting their brows.
Not mentioning the other aspects of this Cimirot, just based on his aura, it was too petty.
Xu Yi had tried to bring up old relationships when he arrived, but every word he spoke had a hidden edge which made people feel uncomfortable.
“Oh? Let me guess, what is the new product you’ll be announcing. Un…..” Xu Yi acted like he was thinking for a bit before saying with a nod, “Alright, I’ve guessed it. The product that you’ll be announcing soon should be the Magic Kettle, is that right?”
Everyone was stunned.
It was fine if Xu Yi was casually guessing, no one would treat it as something real, but he had actually said the name of the product. Wasn’t this too much of a coincidence?
Everyone looked back at Cimirot and found that he also had a look of shock and disbelief.
This surprised everyone. Based on Cimirot’s reaction, could it be that Xu Yi was right?
Wasn’t it a bit jarring?
Everyone couldn’t help looking back at Xu Yi and found that his smile was filled with confidence. It was like what he said wasn’t a guess, but rather a fact.
Seeing this scene, the people with more active minds began coming up with guesses.
Based on the reaction of both sides, Xu Yi seemed to already know about the Gelert Chamber of Commerce’s new product, so he would be this relax appearing at their product announcement.
But how did he know?
Cimirot really wanted to ask this question, but at this time, he couldn’t ask this in front of everyone.
But even if he didn’t ask, the people under the stage saw that he didn’t reply, so some people couldn’t help asking. 𝐛𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐥．𝐜𝐨𝗺
Rhine asked in a loud voice, “Chairman Cimirot, please tell me, is the new product of your Gelert Chamber of Commerce really the Magic Kettle that chairman Xu just mentioned?”
Everyone’s eyes fell onto Cimirot.
Cimirot looked at Xu Yi in a daze for a while before he revealed a forced smile and took a deep breath.
He was very clear that he had prepared for this product announcement for over half a month. He had done quite a bit of groundwork, successfully pulling in the attention of everyone from Banta City and the surrounding cities, just to create a shock at this product announcement.
However when Xu Yi mentioned the name “Magic Kettle”, the surprise and shock of everyone at the product announcement had disappeared.
Thinking of this, Cimirot’s heart was filled with even more hatred for Xu Yi.
This fellow, why was it that everything he worked hard on was easily destroyed by him?
However, now was not a good time to show his hatred for Xu Yi. Seeing the gazes of everyone under the stage, Cimirot could only force himself to reveal a smile as he said with a nod, “Chairman Xu really does care about our company, you actually knew about the product we were announcing ahead of time. It seems like I must go back and ask who accidentally revealed this news.”
Everyone looked at Xu Yi again.
Although Cimirot had confirmed Xu Yi’s guess, the meaning of his words was that he was accusing Xu Yi of stealing the Gelert Chamber of Commerce’s secrets.
Xu Yi’s expression didn’t change and he didn’t react at all, as he pointed at the box that hadn’t been opened yet and said, “Chairman Cimirot, let us see the star of this product announcement first.”
Xu Yi didn’t argue back, so naturally Cimirot couldn’t keep going. He took a deep look at Xu Yi before turning to open the box, taking out a silver kettle that was used in many households.
Seeing the appearance of this thing, everyone didn’t need Cimirot to give an introduction to understand that Xu Yi’s guess was right.
The era defining new magic machine that Cimirot mentioned was really this Magic Kettle.
As expected, Cimirot raised this thing and loudly explained to everyone what use it had.
Although his words were excited and passionate, because Xu Yi had revealed the name beforehand and the fact that the Magic Kettle not using firewood to head up water wasn’t that special to begin with, people were very bored listening to him and couldn’t resonate with Cimirot at all.
Cimirot could clearly see the reactions that everyone had, but he couldn’t do a single thing.
If Xu Yi hadn’t appeared, perhaps with his eloquence and innovation of the Magic Kettle, he could have gotten everyone’s attention and have won fame for the Gelert Chamber of Commerce.
But Xu Yi had just said a few words after he had appeared and the influence this product announcement had hit rock bottom.
Seeing that everyone was not interested in his introduction of the Magic Kettle, Cimirot could only finish the long introduction that he had spent quite a while on preparing. In the blink of an eye, he suddenly asked Xu Yi under the stage, “Chairman Xu, do you have any thoughts towards the Magic Kettle? Could it be that you don’t think it is a pity?”
“What is a pity?” Xu Yi maintained his faint smile as he asked this back.
No one noticed that his smile was like watching a play, like he was watching a monkey dance in front of him.
Cimirot didn’t notice the deeper meaning hidden in his smile, he just said in a proud voice, “This Magic Kettle wasn’t that complicated to make, but your Frestech Chamber of Commerce never thought of it, rather our Gelert Chamber of Commerce came up with it first. As the chairman of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce that is recognized as the furthest in magic machine research, don’t you think that it is a pity?”
Xu Yi gave a shrug and said with a sigh, “I really do think it’s a pity, but what I pity isn’t that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce didn’t invent the Magic Kettle first, rather I pity you, Cimirot.”
Cimirot and everyone under the stage were stunned.
“Pity me?” Cimirot looked at Xu Yi in confusion, “What is there to pity?”
“It’s a pity that even though Great Magician Camilla praised your magic talent, you didn’t properly study magic. It’s a pity that you have many ideas on magic machines and your talent for studying magic machines is quite good, but you never truly focused on studying magic machines. It’s a pity that although your character has some faults, you weren’t a bad character, but you turned into a thief and a shameless liar.”
Xu Yi’s slow and clear words spread through the hall, stunning everyone.
The previous words could be considered Xu Yi feeling pity about Cimirot’s talents, but the final words were clearly a strict accusation of Cimirot!
Cimirot was stunned before angrily saying to Xu Yi, “Chairman Xu, based on what am I a thief and a liar? If you don’t have any proof, I must demonstrate my great dissatisfaction and file a complaint to the Banta City public court that you’re slandering me!”
“Proof?” Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “You really want me to take it out?”
Cimirot was a bit surprised. Seeing the smile on Xu Yi’s face, he found that he seemed to have fallen into Xu Yi’s trap.
But there was no way out for him right now, so he could steel his heart and say, “That’s right! If you can’t take out any proof, I will complain about your slander and I will have the public court give me justice!”
“Justice?” Xu Yi gave a cold snort, “You’re not worthy of saying that! If you want justice, then what about the justice for our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s researchers that worked hard to develop this Magic Kettle? They’ve spent large amounts of time and effort to develop this thing, but it was stolen by a shameless thief and now it is being declared as something that he developed himself in front of all these people! You really think this is fair?”
Chapter 68 Proo
Hearing Xu Yi’s harsh words, the people in the hall were shocked.
They thought that it was a grudge between Xu Yi and Cimirot, causing Cimirot to go against Xu Yi, with Xu Yi not showing Cimirot any politeness. But now it seemed like based on what Xu Yi said, this Cimirot had stolen this technology from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he was just a thief and a liar!
Everyone looked at Xu Yi in a daze before looking over at Cimirot.
The vice editor in chief of ?Karma Times? Rhine reacted the fastest, immediately asking Cimirot in a loud voice, “Chairman Cimirot, is what chairman Xu said true?”
The others also reacted at this time and began questioning Cimirot in loud voices.
“Chairman Cimirot, was the technology for this Magic Kettle really stolen from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce?”
“Chairman Cimirot, if this is true, the other magic machines that your Gelert Chamber of Commerce made, did it have the same quality and ability as the Frestech Brand because of this stolen technology?”
“Chairman Cimirot……”
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In everyone’s heart, they naturally believed Xu Yi.
This was because the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had clear accomplishments since they were established.
It could be said that without the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there wouldn’t have been magic machines.
After a year, in everyone’s mind, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was equal to magic machines.
If there was a problem with magic machines, they would choose to believe the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, believe in Xu Yi.
So after Xu Yi accused Cimirot and the Gelert Chamber of Commerce of stealing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s technology, everyone accepted it. They all began questioning Cimirot.
Cimirot looked at Xu Yi with a pale complexion.
Of course he knew that Xu Yi’s point was right and the questions of the people under the stage weren’t wrong.
The reason why the Gelert Chamber of Commerce could produce Magic Fans and Automatic Magic Rice Cookers of the same quality as the Frestechc Brand was because of the research Rem stole. When the Gelert Chamber of Commerce made these magic machines, they had very detailed data, so their magic machines produced were around the same as the Frestech Brand.
The Magic Kettle that he was prepared to release was naturally made relying on the research Rem stole and some research they did themselves.
It could be said that if Rem didn’t steal the magic machine research from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Gelert Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t have been able to make a single magic machine.
But now that he was being accused by Xu Yi and being questioned by everyone, how could Cimirot acknowledge this?
He looked at the people under the stage with an ugly expression and raised his voice to say, “That is just slander! That is just shameless slander! Chairman Xu, since we were old colleagues and you are the chairman of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, you must have some ideas on magic machines, so I invited you to our company’s product announcement. I never thought that you would shamelessly slander me in front of all these people! You really have disappointed me! You say that I am a thief and a liar, but where’s the proof? Even if you keep talking, but there’s no proof, you think people will believe you?”
“I’ve already asked you, are you certain you want me to take out proof?” Xu Yi said with a faint smile.
“Of course! Since you have shamelessly slandered me in front of everyone, could it be that you don’t dare take out proof?” Cimirot said in a sharp voice, “Come, if you can prove that I have stolen technology from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, then I promise that I’ll close the Gelert Chamber of Commerce. I, Cimirot will leave the magic machine industry and never appear in front of you again!”
Xu Yi looked at Cimirot like he found this funny, “Close the Gelert Chamber of Commerce? Leaving the magic machine industry? Cimirot, you really are good to yourself. Alright, let’s not talk about this first, you want proof? Good, then I’ll give you proof. Come, please hold up the Magic Kettle in your hands and don’t break it. Let me tell you, perhaps there are many things you don’t know about this Magic Kettle.”
“For example, the capacity of this Magic Kettle is one liter, which is equal to a kilogram of water. Don’t be in a rush to deny this, I know you want to say that the Magic Kettle in your hand can hold more than a kilogram of water, but you don’t know what the net at the top of the Magic Kettle is used for. Let me tell you, if you pour water into the Magic Kettle, when the water level is surface with the net, it will be perfectly one kilogram. Other than this use, this net will stop other water from entering the Magic Kettle to prevent it from impurities, keeping the water clean.”
“Other than this net, I think everyone should have noticed it. On the Magic Kettle in chairman Cimirot’s hand, the neck of the kettle is a bit longer than normal kettle. Actually in our Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s design, this neck just opens to a small opening and there isn’t this long neck that affects the beauty. I think everyone knows that our Frestech Chamber of Commerce cares very much about the design of our products. Our slogan is easy to use, but also beautiful.”
“Next let’s talk about the design of the container. Everyone can see that the container is a semi circle, but why is it designed like that? Actually it’s because…..”
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As Xu Yi pointed out the specialties of the Magic Kettle in Cimirot’s hand, listing specifications one by one, Cimirot’s face became uglier to look at.
Everyone’s face began to change from doubt to understanding.
Xu Yi’s analysis of the Magic Kettle was very accurate and very logical. Adding in the series of precise details that he said, it made everyone believe that he had a deep understanding of this Magic Kettle. It far surpassed the introduction Cimirot had given for this Magic Kettle.
As they listened to Xu Yi’s slow analysis, everyone became certain that this Magic Kettle really was developed by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. The Gelert Chamber of Commerce and Cimirot had stolen the technology of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and released it first.
After speaking for over ten minutes, Xu Yi finally stopped. After pausing for a bit, he looked at Cimirot’s pale face and said, “Chairman Cimirot, do you think I’ve given enough proof?”
Cimirot rolled his eyes and kept going, “How is this considered proof? You’ve just mentioned some characteristics of the Magic Kettle, how could that be considered proof that I stole your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s technology? If I had to say something, it must have been your Frestech Chamber of Commerce that bought off one of our researchers to tell you all these details. Now you’re coming here to accuse us of stealing your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s technology. Chairman Xu, I never thought that you would be such a shameless and petty person!”
Hearing Cimirot’s words, although no one under the stage believed him, they couldn’t help looking at Xu Yi and waiting to see what kind of response he would give.
“What? You’re not willing to admit it?” Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. He pointed at the Magic Kettle in Cimirot’s hands and said, “Alright, I’ll give you the final proof and let your heart die. Cimirot, you are a magician, so you should be able to activate the Magic Array at the bottom of the Magic Kettle without a Magic Crystal, right?”
Cimirot nodded in a daze.
“Good, then please raise the Magic Kettle so that it is facing everyone and use your magic to activate the Magic Array.” Xu Yi said.
“There’s no need for water?” Cimirot couldn’t help asking.
“No need.”
Cimirot knit his brows as he was filled with confusion, but he followed Xu Yi’s instructions and added his magic into the Magic Kettle.
The Magic Array of the Magic Kettle activated and after a while, the Magic Array at the bottom of the Magic Kettle began to warm up.
After waiting for two minutes, there were no changes with the Magic Kettle. Cimirot couldn’t help impatiently saying, “Chairman Xu, where’s your proof?”
Xu Yi said with a faint smile, “Be a bit more patient. You just need to wait around three minutes.”
Everyone stared at the Magic Kettle as they patiently waited.
After three minutes, there was a faint burnt smell that came from the bottom of the Magic Kettle because of the high heat. When everyone was about to impatiently question Xu Yi again, they suddenly heard a “pa” sound from the Magic Kettle. Everyone found that the little red window at the bottom of the Magic Kettle had faded and the Magic Array on the base stopped working.
Cimirot used his magic several times, but he found that there was no reaction from the Magic Array at the bottom of the Magic Kettle at all. He coldly looked at Xu Yi and said, “Chairman Xu, you want to tell me that there are deficiencies with our Gelert Chamber of Commerce’s Magic Kettle?”
“No, just the opposite. The Magic Array at the base of the Magic Kettle stopped because it is a preventative measure.” Xu Yi replied. “This is because if the Fire Magic Array at the base of the Magic Kettle keeps working and there is no water in the kettle, if this Magic Array is used for a long time, the Magic Kettle will be damaged from the high temperatures. With this design, if the Magic Kettle is accidentally turned on when it doesn’t have any water, it stops it from being damaged from the heat.”
Everyone suddenly understood and they couldn’t help praising how well thought out this design was.
Rhine couldn’t help saying, “This style makes me think of the magic machines the Frestech Chamber of Commerce made before. Those magic machines had many kinds of well thought out designs that people wouldn’t have thought of.”
Although he didn’t clearly say it, he already confirmed that he believed Xu Yi’s accusations.
Cimirot’s face couldn’t help becoming uglier as he said to Xu Yi, “Chairman Xu, this is indeed a well thought out design for our Magic Kettle. Since you’ve bought out our company’s researcher, it isn’t strange for you to know about this. But how could this thing be used as proof?”
“You’re still not giving up?” Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “Alright, now tilt the Magic Kettle over and show the bottom to everyone.”
Cimirot turned the Magic Kettle over in confusion and showed the base to everyone, while also looking over.
At the base of the Magic Kettle, although the Magic Array had stopped working, there were red lines that came together to form a design that everyone was familiar with.
Half flying wings, representing the Frestech Brand.