This time, when Zhao Longfei made the call, he turned on conversation shielding.
Qin Siyang and the others had no idea who Zhao Longfei was calling or what they talked about.
After about ten minutes, Zhao Longfei hung up and lifted the shielding.
"Vice President Qin, I've got a transaction condition here, as thanks for letting me use your Crimson Crystal."
"What, you have news on the Blood Moon Tarantula or the Abyssal Hound? Or you can provide me with a large amount of Yellow-Silvee Star Ore?"
Zhao Longfei waved his hand, "Stop thinking about those two. Every faction in the Safe Zone is watching. Searching for the Blood Moon Tarantula and the Abyssal Hound takes a ton of manpower. As for Yellow-Silver Star Ore… no one has ever seen a second piece."
"You want to barter?"
"The Crimson Crystal is rare and hard currency. For barter, I've got nothing that would satisfy you."
"Then what are you planning?"
Zhao Longfei said, "The Zhao family has a batch of drugs made for Sequence ability users. We've stockpiled this batch for a whole year, and now we're ready to move it."
Zhao Sifang froze, "Director Zhao, our family sells medicine? How come I didn't know this."
"Just handle the Chamber of Commerce matters. Worry less about the family business."
"Oh…"
Gu Yunpeng was also a bit surprised.
Wasn't the medicine business controlled by the Lotus Cloud Chamber? His father never mentioned the Zhao family dealing in medicine.
"Director Zhao, this batch you mentioned, don't tell me the Zhao family produced it?"
"No. Medicine production is the foundation of Lotus Cloud Chamber. If we dared build a drug factory, Lotus Cloud would fight us to the death. Right now, both the Zhao Chamber and the Zhao family don't want to draw blades."
"Then where did these drugs come from?"
"While running the black market, we had our people keep buying from those who were selling medicine, accumulating it bit by bit."
"No wonder."
What Gu Yunpeng worried about was that the Zhao Chamber might be using the Gu family name to secretly run troublesome business.
The medicine trade definitely counts as one of the big troubles.
Now that he knew the drugs weren't actually the Zhao Chamber's own product, and that neither he nor his father had been kept in the dark, and the source was reasonable, he stopped asking.
Qin Siyang asked, "So you're giving this batch of drugs to me?"
Zhao Longfei snorted twice, "You really dare to imagine. How big a stomach do you think you've got? Enough to swallow medicine meant for tens of thousands of people? Even if I gave it to you, would you dare take it? Dare sell it?"
"Tens of thousands?"
Qin Siyang shrank his neck.
In the Safe Zone, only two sides can eat something of this scale.
The Church organization banned by the United Government, and the military.
Drugs aren't like Crimson Crystals. You can't make a contract with them.
Holding that kind of hard cargo in your hands is basically a death warrant.
Get it today, and by next week you'll have passed your own seventh-day memorial.
"If it's not for me, what are you saying this for?"
"Big Brother has already put out word to the commanders of several legions that we're selling this batch. I'm in charge of the actual deal. I just talked to him. We decided to let you sell the medicine with me."
The corner of Qin Siyang's eye twitched, "Huh? You're giving me nothing but making me help you sell medicine? Even sweatshops aren't this brutal."
"What are you rushing for," Zhao Longfei said, "During the sale, you're allowed to use public business for private gain."
"Can you explain that part a bit more?"
"When dealing with the military, you tack on conditions that benefit you. For example, your search for the Blood Moon Tarantula and the Abyssal Hound. Let the military help, way more efficient. I'm just giving an example though. That condition's too much of a loss."
"Oh…", Qin Siyang nodded, "Feels like… maybe I can accept that?" [T/N: Nope, NO WAY! NO, FU*K YOU!]
"Accept it? You really don't know how good you've got it. We provide the drugs, you reap the benefits. Isn't that catching a white wolf with empty hands."
"Director Zhao, don't twist it. I gave you a Crimson Crystal. You call that empty-handed?"
Zhao Longfei rubbed his nose, "Pretty much. Anyway, chances to negotiate terms with the military aren't common. Cherish it."
"Are they? I negotiated conditions with Chu Xiao'ang before."
"That was different," Zhao Longfei took a sip of hot water to soothe his throat, "Last time, the Titan Foxtail Inner Leaf Fragment was a private deal with Chu Xiao'ang. He was looking for you to save someone. It had nothing to do with the Chu Legion itself."
"In other words, he couldn't use legion interests to buy that fragment from you. If word got out, the Chu Legion soldiers would definitely feel resentful."
"But this time, the drugs are for ordinary legion soldiers, benefiting the entire legion. Which means when negotiating, you can leverage the interests of the whole legion."
"And now, we're giving that opportunity to you. For this sale, we just take the money. We won't negotiate any conditions with the military."
Qin Siyang still had no solid concept of this.
Leveraging an entire legion during negotiations? That sounded way too abstract.
"Director Zhao, what conditions were you originally planning to ask for?"
Zhao Longfei clicked his tongue regretfully, "Borrow a Sequence-ability division for two years and take control of the five districts adjacent to District 7."
Qin Siyang's eyes went wide, "Borrow a whole division to control… Wait, you're playing at that scale? Wouldn't the United Government oppose it?"
"Oppose what. We wouldn't be the first."
Zhao Longfei poured himself more water and said, "The currency plan has top priority. It's the simplest and most effective way to break the blockade of the three major Chambers. Whether the currency plan succeeds determines the Zhao Chamber's funding and income for a long time. Even if we want territory, we can't do it without financial and material support."
"So, to get your agreement and push the Zhao Chamber's currency plan, the territorial expansion plan is set aside."
Qin Siyang licked his lips, "Look, I'm just a lone orphan. I only need to feed myself. How could I handle something that big. Director Zhao, Principal Zhao, Second Uncle Zhao, can we change to another condition."
"No, can't change. This is the only condition we can offer right now."
"But… but I don't think my Crimson Crystal is worth that much…
Zhao Longfei nodded, "At least you've got some sense."
"So you mean…"
"If the currency plan rolls out smoothly and the Crystal Coin gets issued, you'll have to keep supporting it afterward."
'Keep supporting?'
Gu Yunpeng was completely lost.
Qin Siyang only had two Crimson Crystals. One was used to make the Crystal Coin. One he used in a trade. How was he supposed to keep supporting?
But Zhao Sifang and Qin Siyang both understood at once.
The Zhao brothers were dead set on making this currency plan work.
Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei were giving the opportunity to negotiate with the military to Qin Siyang in exchange for all the Crimson Crystals he had stored with the Zhao Chamber.
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