Protect Our Chief-Chapter 552 - 36: Shouzhe’s Counterattack_2

In Longzuo County, the Purple Mansion Qiaan Family is truly a giant family. Their commercial organizations are spread throughout the entire Longzuo County, firmly rooted and with extensive connections. The allied family clans like the Chen Family and Wang Family are far inferior in comparison.

"Let’s not rush this matter; we’ll discuss it together once our allied families arrive," Wang Shouzhe smiled calmly, as if he already had a strategy in mind.

Seeing Wang Shouzhe’s attitude, Chen Fangjie relaxed considerably, temporarily setting aside his concerns and began discussing family matters with Wang Shouzhe.

Chen Fangjie and Wang Luoyi have been married for many years and have three children so far. Apart from their eldest son, Chen Xiuwu, their eldest daughter is already fourteen, and they also have a six-year-old youngest son.

They are currently in Wang Shouzhe’s courtyard, accompanied by Liua Ruolan.

Wang Luoyi’s original courtyard has always been preserved by Wang Shouzhe, allowing her to bring the children back to the Wang Family to stay for a period each year. But as for brother-in-law Chen Fangjie, he doesn’t necessarily have so much leisure time.

The Chen Family has been rapidly developing, and he is currently the Clan Leader of the Chen Family, required to handle various matters, leaving little time for leisure.

Wang Shouzhe had long arranged for someone to make invitations, and as they chatted idly and waited, representatives from the related interest alliance of the Wang Family gradually entered the side hall.

Among them were Gongsun Yan, the Clan Leader of the Shanyang Gongsun Family; Liua Yuanhui, the Clan Leader of the Shanyin Liu Family; Lua Xiaoxiao, the Spirit Platform Realm "Elder" from Yingxiu Lu Family; Xu Anbang, the Patriarch of the Changning Xu Family; Lei Yangyu, the Patriarch of the Celestial Human Lei Family; and Xu Anze, the Patriarch of the Golden Sand Xu Family.

Because Wang Shouzhe is young and accomplished, many of the older generation of allied family clans have handed over the position of Patriarch to the younger generation, ensuring they have more common language and interaction with Wang Shouzhe.

Despite not being the Patriarch, Lua Xiaoxiao often represents the Lu Family in communication and collaboration with the Wang Family due to her close blood relation as Wang Shouzhe’s cousin.

All the families have marriage alliances with the Changning Wang Family, subtly united against external pressures, forming an alliance.

However, at this moment, while everyone exchanges pleasantries, the atmosphere remains subtly oppressive.

Evidently, the moves by the Qiaan Family have placed considerable pressure on their alliance.

Lei Yangyu of the Lei Family, being somewhat more influential, expressed his anger while sipping Spirit Tea, "Shouzhe, what does that young fellow Qiaan Xuerui count as? He dares to act arrogantly in our territory. If it weren’t for the Qiaan Family backing him, I would certainly teach him a lesson!"

The Patriarch of the Changning Xu Family, Xu Anbang, also expressed his concerns, "Shouzhe, our joint silk industry is based on low-price undercutting. The market has expanded significantly over the years. If the Qiaan Family suddenly raises their cut from twenty percent to fifty percent, our profits would become very slim."

"That’s not the worst part," Xu Anze, the Patriarch of the Golden Sand Xu Family, angrily continued, "The fear is if some get overly greedy like a snake swallowing an elephant; if we endure and accept fifty percent today, they’ll likely increase it to sixty percent in a few years. Are we to slave away for the Qiaan Family, ending up with them reaping all the benefits of our hard work?"

"But everyone, if we don’t agree with the Qiaan Family, what else can we do?" Gongsun Yan’s voice sounded low. "While we are slightly less reliant on the Qiaan Family for Foreign Cement and Foreign Glass, we heavily rely on them for grain seeds, silk, and other materials’ procurement and sales. If we can’t sell, won’t we end up with mountains of unsold goods?"

Wang Shouzhe sipped his tea unhurriedly, not even twitching an eyelid while continuing to listen to everyone’s grievances.

"Cousin Shouzhe." Now already in her thirties, recognizing as a mature beauty, Lua Xiaoxiao said coquettishly, "No matter what decision you make, my Lu Family will follow your lead."

Her words immediately drew everyone’s attention to the soul figure of the alliance — Wang Shouzhe.

All along, Wang Shouzhe has always been adept at creating miracles.

The allied families have developed so smoothly over the years, thanks to having someone like him as their backbone, working together for mutual prosperity.

This time, they hope Wang Shouzhe could think of a way to communicate with senior members of the Qiaan Family, through his network, to return to previous collaborative modes.

"To be fair, the Qiaan Family has unique platforms and sales channels," Wang Shouzhe smiled calmly, "Merchants pursue profits; it’s natural to seek greater benefits for themselves."

"Cousin’s intention is to compromise?" Gongsun Yan’s eyes slightly revealed disappointment.

But this was inevitable; the Qiaan Family is a prestigious Purple Mansion Family; who could oppose them?

"Compromise isn’t necessarily bad," Lua Xiaoxiao said, "Even though our alliance might develop slower, it’s better than severing our financial path completely. While compromising, we can explore new channels gradually, detaching from reliance on the Qiaan Family."

Wang Shouzhe glanced approvingly at Lua Xiaoxiao.

Though once a pampered girl in her youth, she gradually took on the family’s responsibilities, matured in thinking as she aged.

Lua Xiaoxiao’s words gained the agreement of the other Patriarchs in the marriage alliance.

Truth be told, none of them had the capital or confidence to directly confront the Qiaan Family.

"As I mentioned, pursuing profits is understandable; after all, I, Wang Shouzhe, am profit-driven too. If it weren’t for Old Qian leading ahead, honestly, I wouldn’t have wanted the Qiaan Family to earn that twenty percent commission from our revenue for quite some time," Wang Shouzhe’s expression gradually turned serious, "I’m sure you’ve all realized it. Regardless of the merits of your products, ’channels’ rule. No matter how good your product is, if the sales channel is monopolized, it won’t sell."