Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1501 - 1501 862 Shallow Foundations Easily

Chapter 1501: Chapter 862: Shallow Foundations, Easily Undermined Chapter 1501: Chapter 862: Shallow Foundations, Easily Undermined Chapter 0862: Shallow Foundations, Easily Undermined

“Yes, yes, yes, that’s exactly what I mean,” Lu Songsheng hastily took over the conversation, continuing to fabricate, “The president mentioned this to me a long time ago and specifically instructed me to separately keep the portion of the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm’s benefits that should belong to Qi, temporarily safeguarded by our Wanjie Commerce. We were just waiting for the right moment to transfer the benefits we were safeguarding to Qi. Now that everyone is here today, and Qi is also present, we can formally transfer these benefits to Qi. It’s not a lot, only three shares of the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm benefits…”

Zhu Chaolun interrupted Lu Songsheng, “Vice President Lu, you remembered wrong, it’s not three shares, it’s five shares.”

Lu Songsheng slapped his forehead, “Oh, look at my memory, I was wrong, it’s indeed five shares. Now I will bring all five shares of the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm benefits that Wanjie Commerce was safeguarding and hand them over to you, Qi. Additionally, each year from now on, Qi will receive five shares of the benefits from the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm until its resources are completely depleted.”

Zhu Chaolun and Lu Songsheng were putting on a show while Yi Xuwen secretly scoffed. Over the past three years, he had sent people several times to negotiate with Wanjie Commerce and had personally taken the initiative multiple times. Back then, the statements from these two presidents of Wanjie Commerce were not like this at all; they always firmly said that they had already given everything due to Qi and there were no extra rewards. Now understanding the interests involved, they suddenly brought out such a significant portion of benefits. If only they had known this earlier, why go through all this trouble in the first place?

Zhang Chenghua was squinting his eyes by the side; to date, he had not agreed to give Qi any extra reward for his contributions in the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm. Whether it’s three shares or five shares mentioned by Wanjie Commerce, it was Wanjie Commerce’s own money, and it had nothing to do with the Ink Flood Dragon Association. He really wanted to call Zhu Chaolun and Lu Songsheng “shameless,” but he couldn’t bring himself to say it aloud. Letting Qi acknowledge mistake from the profits the Ink Flood Dragon Association had gotten and compensate him from that share was even more impossible. The benefits the Ink Flood Dragon Association obtained from the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm were very clearly allocated; they could not spit out the benefits right into their mouths, sending it back to Qi.

All eyes in the council hall were focused on Qi, waiting for his response. Whether or not Wanjie Commerce’s proposal could obtain Qi’s agreement would, to some extent, determine the future destiny of Wanjie City.

Every look had a different meaning; the people of the Ink Flood Dragon Association scrutinized disdainfully, also carrying a hint of resentment.

The reason for the resentment was because Qi was blatantly taking their benefits right from their mouths. Although, up until now, the Ink Flood Dragon Association had not relented, Qi’s approach was seen as utterly rebellious by the people of the Ink Flood Dragon Association. At any other time, they would have relentlessly suppressed him, but now, because of the upcoming grand competition and for the greater good of Wanjie City, they had no choice but to hold their breath. However, the resentment would not dissipate.

The people from Wanjie Commerce had more of an expectancy, a hope that Qi would accept their goodwill, forget past grievances, and even if it meant Wanjie Commerce had to incur some loss of benefits, it was acceptable. Losing a bit here was okay; Wanjie Commerce would find a way to compensate by doing business in other areas. Now the most crucial thing was not to let Qi harbor any negative opinion about them.

The people from National Master Manor all hoped that Qi would immediately agree, for Qi had personally promised that all extra benefits obtained from the Fiery Cloud Secret Realm would be used for the many disciples of National Master Manor. Mansion Master Yi Xuwen and Second Elder Li Che would certainly benefit as well.

As for individuals like Gao Wenlin, the master-apprentice pair Liang Hansen, people from Jufeng Tower like Lu Lai’en, Zhang Baolin and others, their gazes were the most complicated.

If they had not witnessed it today, they would not have believed it possible for someone like Qi to operate in such a manner, boldly demanding entitlements from two of Wanjie City’s top powers, the Ink Flood Dragon Association and Wanjie Commerce. He basically took the stance that if they did not give him what was due, they should not blame him for turning hostile. This maneuver was simply remarkable.

This was an unprecedented event in the history of Wanjie Commerce. If anyone among them dared to do so, without thinking, they would definitely be crushed immediately by the Ink Flood Dragon Association and Wanjie Commerce. Yet when Qi did it, nothing bad happened; Wanjie Commerce voluntarily made concessions, even if it meant cutting their own flesh, all to keep Qi satisfied. Such an event was unheard of and unseen before, always leaving them feeling as if they were in a dream.

Could this perhaps be the confidence brought about by power?

Beyond disbelief, individuals like Gao Wenlin also showed a mix of worry and anticipation. The worry was for Qi’s safety; Qi’s actions were essentially standing up for their interests. If the benefits for Qi could be guaranteed today, it meant that the benefits that ought to belong to them in the future might also stand a chance of being claimed. The outcome of today’s event would greatly influence their way of handling things in the days to come.