Chapter 1472: Chapter 485: Traces of Chaos
"The Great Mage’s student, that mage ’Kongyu’?
No problem!"
Admiral Feonne only pondered for a moment before agreeing.
Feonne was determined to secure this deal. Before coming to negotiate terms, he had already prepared in advance, considering what conditions he could offer.
The internal operations against Fan Mao within the Saien Civilization naturally became his bargaining chip.
However, he initially planned to proactively put forward this information as one of the conditions he could offer, using the voluntarily provided intelligence to gain more concessions from Fan Mao.
Unexpectedly, before he could present this information, Fan Mao initiated the request, instantly devaluing it significantly.
The only thing Feonne couldn’t understand was how Fan Mao knew about this plan, which was aimed at him, a close ally of the Gemini Civilization and an 8th Rank powerhouse, considering it was a top secret within Saien.
Even those who knew about the plan were few. How could Fan Mao have known?
Even if Saien Civilization truly leaked like a sieve, this was indeed rather ridiculous.
However, Feonne decided not to dwell on this matter; what mattered most at this moment was to settle the current terms.
"I can call off this plan under the name of the Business Alliance, and promise to lean towards Lord Fan Mao in this matter.
However, just as Lord Fan Mao cannot openly cooperate with us, we also cannot openly support you. We can only cease helping ’Kongyu’ in this affair.
As for ’Kongyu’ himself, that will be for Lord Fan Mao to resolve."
"Then it’s settled.
As for the resources, I hope..."
Given this condition alone matched the value of her wind chime, Bai Yi certainly wouldn’t let the opportunity to gain more slip by.
After ten minutes of bargaining, Bai Yi nodded in satisfaction, extending her hand in a gesture of handshake.
"May our cooperation be pleasant."
"Let this first cooperation be pleasant, allowing Lord Fan Mao to witness our sincerity."
Feonne made the same gesture, and after a virtual handshake with Bai Yi, they ended the communication in a mutually satisfied atmosphere.
Their projections had just disappeared from Bai Yi’s sight when she let out a long sigh, the formal smile on her face relaxing as her lips curled up again.
Without a care for appearances, she summoned a vine chair from behind and lay back, musing:
"Finally sorted it out, these conversations really are exhausting.
Luckily the outcome exceeded expectations, and managed to sell the wind chime at a great price..."
The negotiation with the high-level members of the Business Alliance had been quite challenging for Bai Yi.
If not for her strong control over her body, along with Shang Ji directing from the side, Bai Yi felt she might have fallen in this battle of merchants long ago.
Shaking her head to dispel all the negotiations and considerations from earlier, Bai Yi turned to Shang Ji.
"What do you think? Did you notice anything?"
Having just been focused on serving as a negotiation tool, her observations were never as clear as the bystander, Shang Ji.
Knowing his role, Shang Ji didn’t hesitate. After organizing his thoughts, he said:
"From the moment you proposed postponing the trade of the scales, the emotion of that councilor and the opposing shareholders noticeably fluctuated, which basically verifies the intelligence obtained by the Magic Mirror.
There indeed seems to be internal discord within the Business Alliance...
The councilor, having long managed the Business Alliance, basically sees it as his possession, not wanting subordinates to reach his level.
Meanwhile, others don’t want Feonne to take up more resource shares upon promotion.
This is something we can utilize.
We can even separately approach both sides, dangling Feonne to make him offer more to curry favor with us for reclaiming the Divine Artifact.
On the other side, we can contact that councilor, making them also offer resources in exchange for delaying the artifact exchange.
Playing both sides, eating from both ends!"
With a sly smile, Shang Ji raised his hands before him and added:
"Furthermore, the Three Great Civilizations are officially against faith; such trade of a Divine Artifact, even they wouldn’t want it publicized.
Otherwise, even if the scale was forcibly taken from us, it surely wouldn’t end up in their hands.
Even if they noticed our maneuvers, Feonne would have to suffer in silence.
After all, he’s the one more desperate for the trade now; once the facade breaks, the trade will certainly not continue.
That’s precisely what the other two desire to see, and to maintain relations, he might even become more proactive..."
Running through Shang Ji’s plan in her mind, Bai Yi could already envision the possibilities he mentioned, offering a knowing smile and advised:
"But after all, this is the Business Alliance, and a professional commercial organization in the Starry Sky, still part of Saien’s official leadership, we shouldn’t push too hard.
When collecting resources, we should price them reasonably, to avoid making them suffer too much, or if they flip the table, we’d suffer too.
Only a continuous trickle lasts long.
I’ll leave the pricing up to you."
"Of course, that’s exactly what I think.
In this regard, I am a professional.
And, who knows, they might end up more anxious than us...
We might not even need to reach out; they’ll contact us privately on their own."
