#436 - Trade deficit (asking for monthly votes and recommendation tickets)

And these few Silver Spear's conspiracies were naturally seen by Anduin using the monitoring spider.

When he learned that the Thunderbird had come to Egypt specifically to deal with him, Anduin couldn't help but feel a little speechless. This guy was quite vengeful, but after thinking about it, he realized that he was too.

But now that he knew the other party's plan in advance, there was no need for Hog to keep staring there. To avoid exposing him, he immediately ordered Hog to take back the monitoring spider and return to his residence in advance.

At the market site, with the help of the two female Aurors, the sales of his alchemy products were also very smooth. The wizards who came to participate in the conference were all people with status in their own countries, so they were very generous when buying things. When they take these products back to their own countries, it is equivalent to helping Silver Flash Trading Company to do a good publicity in front of international wizards.

Busy until late, the flow of people in the Kara Black Market gradually decreased, and Anduin's goods were almost sold out in just one day.

In particular, magic lamps and magic phonographs, these cheap and good props, were sold out, and many amulet accessories were also sold, and even several humanoid targets were sold.

However, there are also disadvantages to selling things quickly. He originally booked a stall for two days, but tomorrow he will have no magic lamps and phonographs to sell. For this reason, Anduin can only end his sales trip early.

After returning to his room, Aselia came to him not long after and reported to him the process of meeting with the two Silver Spears.

She behaved very honestly, explaining the whole process, location, and content of the conversation in detail. Although Anduin already knew it in advance, he still patiently let her repeat it again.

"This is the black market invitation. According to Sphinx, this black market is also his partner in Cairo, but the current location is no longer in Ebu Shawi. At the same time, Thunderbird hopes that I will trick you there at about ten o'clock the night after tomorrow," Aselia confessed honestly.

"Good job, I know about this, you can reply to him tomorrow, just say I agree," Anduin nodded after patiently listening to Aselia's account.

"Then what should I do then? Really take you there?" Aselia asked naively.

"Are you stupid?" Hog, who was fiddling with a fur ball toy, snatched, "Of course, ambush him there in advance. Who is like that idiot who really plays the duel set."

"That's right, you don't have to do anything the day after tomorrow, just pay attention to the movements of the Egyptian Ministry of Magic and whether the Sphinx has any abnormal behavior," Anduin nodded slightly.

"Sphinx? I don't know who he is, how can I pay attention to him?" Aselia frowned and looked at Anduin.

"His name is Sebastian, he is the honorary chairman of the Alchemy Research Center, a senior researcher, and he should also attend the banquet of the magic departments of various countries the day after tomorrow. You can just stare at the research center then," Anduin did this just to find something for Aselia to do. In fact, Hog will continue to monitor Sphinx for him then.

"You already know the other party's identity?" Aselia was shocked when she heard this. In fact, she still doesn't know that Anduin can use the mask to track people. She only feels that the energy shown by this young man is becoming more and more terrifying.

"Heh." Anduin looked at Aselia's surprised expression and didn't express too much, just chuckled, and then sent her away.

After only Anduin and Hog were left in the room, he didn't rest immediately, but Apparated to outside the tavern, then put on his flying cloak, cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, and sped towards Ebu Shawi.

He wanted to scout the location in advance.

The next day in the evening, Bianca knocked on Anduin's door wearing a standard banquet dress.

Anduin also appeared in front of Bianca at this time, dressed neatly and gracefully.

"Merlin's beard, if today's banquet is a social dance, wouldn't you fascinate those young witches?" Bianca teased Anduin, who was dressed neatly.

"Don't make fun of me, I'm still dressing low-key. I'm afraid the alchemy masters will think I'm a frivolous person," Anduin said modestly.

"You call this low-key." Bianca could observe with the naked eye the magical fluctuations constantly emanating from Anduin's clothes and accessories. Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary wizards, this is a young man wearing a set of dark formal wear, but in the eyes of those sensitive old wizards, Anduin is simply a human-shaped light bulb.

"Let's not talk about these." Bianca shook her head speechlessly, "Did you go to Kara Black to set up a stall again today? I think your business will soon develop abroad."

"Unfortunately, my stock was used up yesterday, so I basically stayed in the room today."

Of course, after I returned at noon, Anduin added silently in his heart.

"Why didn't you say it earlier, I should have taken you to visit several local Ministry of Magic officials during the day." Bianca shook her head with a regretful expression.

Then she carefully put her head to Anduin's ear and whispered, "The alchemy products you sold last night attracted the attention of many local alchemists, including the directors of those magic departments. Many of them patronized your business last night."

"In their exchanges, many wizards expressed their appreciation for your alchemy products, and they all have the intention to cooperate with you. Maybe the British International Magical Cooperation Department will be busy because of you."

Anduin nodded silently when he heard this. He had seen several wizards with special identities yesterday. They all exuded the aura of superiors or scholars. "Isn't the British Ministry of Magic very strict in controlling international trade? Will it be very troublesome to trade with other countries?"

"It was very strict before, but that was to protect the local economy." Bianca shook her head helplessly when she said this, "You may not be very clear about the ways of doing things here. In recent decades, Britain has not had any decent output."

"In addition to local magical animals, herbs and other raw materials, only the products of several flying broom manufacturing companies are decent, but not every country likes flying brooms so much."

"Like before, in order to support the flying broom industry, we even spent a lot of effort to promote the sport of 'Quidditch', and even the Ministry of Magic spent the efforts of several generations of ministers for the 'Quidditch World Cup' to be recognized by the Wizarding International."

"There is such a thing?" Anduin raised his eyebrows in surprise. He thought that Quidditch was popular purely because the sport was interesting enough.

"Who says no." Bianca sighed helplessly, "Look at which country has more than a dozen Quidditch club teams. In fact, many wizarding communities have their own unique and interesting sports. The reason why they are not popular is not because they do not involve interests, or are not valued by the local Ministry of Magic."

"So it was difficult for Britain to see alchemy products from other countries before, in order to prevent trade deficits, which led to the outflow of domestic wealth to other countries."

Anduin understood at this time that if international trade was completely liberalized, then those excellent alchemy props he saw in the Kara Black Market would soon collapse all local alchemy industries and seize most of the market once they entered Britain, then the local wizards' Galleons would be earned by foreigners.

"Trade deficit? You use this word very well, it is trade deficit, but it was not completely forbidden for products from other countries to flow in before. After all, our flying brooms have to be sold, don't they? It's just that the amount of admission each year is relatively small, and most of them are raw material transactions. We control the finished products very strictly." Bianca nodded with satisfaction when she saw that Anduin quickly understood the tricks.

"So my alchemy company is helpful to our Ministry of Magic's international trade?" Anduin asked tentatively.

"It's more than just helpful." Bianca glanced left and right, and after finding that there was no one around, she leaned closer and asked, "Let me ask you first, is the production efficiency of Silver Flash Trading Company's alchemy products guaranteed?"

Is this suspecting that my production capacity can't keep up? Anduin felt a little funny in his heart. The scale of his factory can be doubled or even several times at any time.

"If there are sufficient raw materials, I can produce the amount of products sold last night in just three days. If I invest some more costs, the speed will be faster." Anduin smiled.

"Are you sure?"

Bianca recalled what she saw and heard last night, and was secretly surprised. She knew that Anduin sold a lot yesterday. Due to the alchemy conference, the flow of people in Kara Black increased several times. Those alchemy props could be sold for at least a week in normal times. If the freshness brought by the initial listing is over, it can even be sold for a month.

"I guarantee it!" Anduin didn't say much, but his confident expression made Bianca sure that this was not bragging.

"Okay, if this is the case, then the British international trade treaty is likely to be revised starting this year. In fact, we also want to trade with wizards from other countries, and there is also a demand for products from other countries in the country."

"Because of the trade deficit, we can only be conservative. Now that we have your Silver Flash Company, we also have the confidence to compete, but we will not liberalize too much in the first year for insurance. After that, we may gradually increase the development efforts depending on the trade situation." Bianca said with some excitement in her voice.

"Will the magic departments of other countries agree? What do I need to do here?" Anduin asked.

"Trade is mutual. If we sell more things, we will naturally have to let in more products. As for the attitudes of the magic departments of other countries, you don't have to worry about it. They have long coveted the British market." Bianca curled her lips and sneered.