Once, I wanted to be a good person-Chapter 791 - 194. The crowd stunned by Fang Ze’s strength (6000)_2
Chapter 791: 194. The crowd stunned by Fang Ze’s strength (6000)_2
What could Fang Ze say? He could only smile and say, “Of course, of course.”
Just like that, the women of the Jia Family had given Fang Ze a tough break at the very beginning, which really riled him up.
Indeed, after Li Xiang’s opening, Jia slowly began, “Nephew, two days have passed. How have you considered our cooperation?”
Hearing Jia’s words, Fang Ze maintained his vigilance and then slowly said, “Uncle, I have carefully considered this matter. I believe that cooperation between our two families is mutually beneficial, thus very suitable.”
Upon hearing Fang Ze’s words, Jia’s eyes brightened slightly, but then he heard Fang Ze continue, “But… cooperation is cooperation, conditions still need to be discussed.”
“My thoughts are quite realistic. I can allow the Jia Family to do business in the subsidiary cities of the Si Family, enjoy tax benefits, and also ensure the safety of the Jia Family’s commercial activities in the subsidiary and tax cities of the Si Family, and even sell a portion of federal quota items to the Jia Family….”
“However, equally, the Jia Family doing business in the Si Family’s subsidiary cities must abide by the city and federal laws, pay taxes according to the law, and the Federal quota items sold to the Jia Family must be purchased at the official original price.”
“As for what the Jia Family needs to offer… you must not only send enough management talent to assist and cultivate our Si Family’s talent, but you must also allow the Si Family to do business in Tang State and enjoy related benefits.”
“Of course, most importantly, there is mutual support among demigods. Before the Si Family has a demigod, when the Si Family faces a demigod-level threat, your family’s demigod must come forward to mediate and negotiate.”
Hearing Fang Ze’s conditions, Jia’s brows involuntarily furrowed deeply.
Strictly speaking, aside from the demigod protection clause, Fang Ze’s terms were all fair. But… that was the greatest unfairness!
What is the situation of the Si Family now, and what is the situation of the Jia Family?
The Jia Family was here to make money, not to do charity.
Even if the Jia Family was weaker, it was still much stronger than the Si Family, so the conditions for the Jia Family would be much more favorable than those for other nobles, but still, they needed to make a significant profit.
As a result, now that Fang Ze’s terms were broken down and examined, not only could the Jia Family not gain any benefit, but they would also have to bear losses? How could this be possible!
Thinking of this, Jia’s expression on his face also became a bit stiff. He looked at Fang Ze and then forced a smile, “Nephew, you’re really asking for the moon here.”
“With such conditions, why wouldn’t we seek cooperation with other nobles instead? Cooperating with other nobles wouldn’t even require the trouble of involving the family’s demigod.”
Hearing Jia’s words, Fang Ze just smiled and shook his head, “Because other nobles can’t offer me these conditions.”
Jia’s pupils slightly contracted. He was about to counter, but at that moment, Fang Ze directly said, “The Federation is divided into nine major regions. To cope with the impact of the coming of demigods, each region is completely independent and isolated from one another.”
“Under such circumstances, cross-state business is monopolized by the official Federation or a few major nobles, and it’s not our turn.”
“As for within the administrative regions…”
Fang Ze paused, then continued, “The Eastern Administrative Region is divided into seven states and hosts 13 demigods. The seven states are the Directly Governed State, Tang State, Tuoya State, Xida State, Yunlan State, Luoxing State, and Yingfeng State.”
“Among these, Tang State and Tuoya State, needless to say, are each dominated by two Absolute Pinnacle demigods; even the Federation dares not provoke them, so there’s no opportunity for you there. If there were, you wouldn’t have left Tang State.”
“The same goes for the Directly Governed State; three Ascension Peak demigods sit there. The three are united in a strong alliance; it is impossible for them to cooperate with you.”
“As for Luoxing State and Yingfeng State…”
At this, Fang Ze laughed, “The Jin Family and the Chen Family, although they are the only nobles in the state, because their family’s demigods are weak Mortality-Shedding demigods without noble allies, thus for many years, the entire state has been under federal control. Don’t even talk about you wanting to develop on their turf; they’d even like to develop on yours.”
After finishing, Fang Ze raised two fingers, “So, you only have two choices in front of you, one is Yunlan State and the other is Xida State. Both states have multiple noble families which slow down federal control, yet do not have Absolute Pinnacle demigods and so aren’t completely controlled by anyone.”
Fang Ze continued, “First, Xida State.”
“Xida State has three noble families: our Si Family, the Jiang Family, and the Bai Family.”
“Mr. Bai is a renowned Martial Arts fanatic with little pursuit of material desires or power. The Bai Family just sticks to their own plot of land, maintaining subsistence and staying out of worldly affairs, so they’re not likely to cooperate with you.”
“The patriarch of the Jiang Family is currently bedridden with not much time left to live, leaving the entire family preoccupied with their own troubles.”
“That leaves only our family.”
At this point, Fang Ze did not continue further, but paused briefly before directly starting on Yunlan State,
“As for Yunlan State, it’s a bit special. It has two Ascension demigods, but their relationship is very discordant. Cooperating with either one of them would mean directly getting involved in their strife.”
“Moreover, since your strength is far less than theirs, the terms of cooperation would similarly be very unfair.”
“So… in reality, you don’t really have a choice.”
