My Master Knows It All

Chapter 1450: Chapter 343

Two people working together definitely need to predefine their respective shares.

“Let’s split it fifty-fifty, with each of us taking thirty percent. That sounds perfect,” Tao Zhenghe proposed what he regarded as the ideal distribution plan to Cao Zhen.

“Hold on a second. Let’s not even talk about whether you deserve half the share or not; how did fifty-fifty suddenly turn into thirty percent?” Cao Zhen looked at Tao Zhenghe with skepticism, “I really doubt if you’ve ever learned arithmetic or how you became the president.”

“The fifty-fifty split is between us two, but it’s impossible for just the two of us to fully launch our commerce association,” Tao Zhenghe explained. “Forget about the other continents for now, just consider our Eastern Province. Do you think relying solely on your Hundred Peaks Sect and our power, once our commerce association grows bigger, other forces won’t be envious?

If we want to succeed, we must seek out some powerful forces, essentially giving them shares equivalent to a protection fee. Not much, just find four Great Teachings and give each five percent of the shares so that if anyone tries to attack us, it would be like taking the meat from their mouth, and they would naturally intervene.”

“Four Great Teachings seem too many,” Cao Zhen slightly shook his head. “After all, we’ll recruit many people from various forces to join us; they also have their ways to protect themselves. So we only need to find two top-notch Great Teachings.”

Of course, he knew that their current strength alone was not enough to succeed. Ideally, they wouldn’t need anyone, but that would require having no offline presence and being able to create a website like Taobao.

This world lacks a network, and he couldn’t create one either.

Although they have talismans, they can only record some items they want to sell; talismans can’t replace the internet.

Even if he could use a treasure to create something like a network, what kind of treasure would be needed to support it? In his previous life, servers themselves could crash from too many users!

This cultivation world is extremely populated! If everyone uses it, wouldn’t the treasure shatter in seconds!

So, they must start with physical stores.

With physical stores, they definitely need strong backing.

Cao Zhen pondered briefly and said, “The Dragon Chant Sect and the Yin Yang Sect are quite suitable. We can cooperate with these two Great Teachings, giving each ten percent of the shares.”

“Two Great Teachings are acceptable,” Tao Zhenghe nodded slightly after pondering for a moment. “In the future, if these two aren’t enough, we can invite other Great Teachings. However, I’m not familiar with these two, you’ll need to negotiate with them.”

“For now, there’s no need to negotiate yet. Let’s achieve some results before we talk. Now we should discuss the distribution ratio.” Cao Zhen looked seriously at Tao Zhenghe, “Firstly, I handle the overall planning, and for the initial stage, the products for sale also rely on me.

I can refine various pills, create various talismans, and even make all sorts of automata, so I need fifty percent. The remaining fifty percent, you get thirty, and each top-notch Great Teaching gets ten percent. Moreover, if we need to partner with more Great Teachings in the future, the shares will be deducted from yours; my fifty percent remains unchanged.”

“Thirty percent is too little,” Tao Zhenghe pointed at himself. “I have many things to do; without mentioning others, I need to recruit members, manage, and investigate the market…”

“My disciples can handle those tasks. Don’t doubt it; my disciple Yi Sheng is next door, you can go talk to her, and then come back to me.”

With a wave of his hand, Cao Zhen said, “Okay, I’m really busy right now.”

Tao Zhenghe indeed felt unconvinced. He was a business genius or he wouldn’t have become the president of the Rare Treasures Commerce Association; could a disciple of Cao Zhen possibly understand business better than he did?

He quickly left to find Cao Zhen’s disciple.

Tan Xiangmin and Vice President Tan were waiting outside the door. Seeing the president walk out, they were about to ask how it went when their president quickly knocked on Yi Sheng’s door, leaving them to continue waiting outside.

Curiously, Tan Xiangmin asked his uncle, “Uncle, why did the president go to Yi Sheng again?”

Vice President Tan speculated, “I don’t know, perhaps it’s about the pills? These pills were originally refined by Yi Sheng, not Cao Zhen.”

They didn’t know what the president and Yi Sheng were discussing and hesitated to interrupt. So they kept waiting outside, wondering how long the conversation could really take?

At most, an hour.

In the end, they waited from night until morning, when they finally saw their president walk out of Yi Sheng’s room, muttering, “Genius, truly a genius. An absolute genius! I’m convinced, completely convinced.”

Then, the president ignored them, as if not seeing them at all, and ran into Cao Zhen’s room.

“I agree to thirty percent,” Tao Zhenghe said upon entering Cao Zhen’s room, immediately giving praise, “Sect Leader Cao, your disciple is simply a genius. Letting her be a cultivator is a massive waste, she should go into business to help me run the commerce association together.”