The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

47: Chapter 47 BargainingHowever, Wen Yiluo quickly composed herself and offered a slight smile.

”Clan Leader Jiang, our Ten Thousand Treasures Tower is very professional. Professional matters should be left to professional people. I believe that with our Ten Thousand Treasures Tower joining, your market can develop rapidly. I wonder what concerns you still have, Clan Leader Jiang?”

Despite her words, Wen Yiluo was already cursing in her heart. She somewhat understood Jiang Chen’s attitude; it was possible he had no intention of letting the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower establish a presence at all.

But she had come in person. If even this failed, she would start to doubt her own charm.

”Miss Wen, I won’t hide it from you. My Jiang Family will handle the Qingyun Mountain Market ourselves; there’s no need to trouble you. However, if it’s a partnership, I think we can talk.”

Jiang Chen slowly stood up, his low voice echoing in the hall.

”Clan Leader Jiang, as far as I know, your Jiang Family has fewer than seventy members capable of cultivation in total. Do you know how many people a market requires? For a single branch of my Ten Thousand Treasures Tower alone, nearly fifty staff members are needed. Even if you commit everyone, how will your Jiang Family develop in the future?”

Hearing Jiang Chen’s refusal, Wen Yiluo did not directly rebut him but instead asked with feigned confusion.

As for the land reclamation token mission, now that the Jiang Family had built the market, the mission was complete. However, how it developed in the future would depend on Jiang Chen’s attitude.

If the other party was unwilling to be mediocre, then simply holding onto Qingyun Mountain would certainly not be enough. As long as they had a bit of ambition, they would continue to expand.

Furthermore, the current Qingyun Mountain possessed an advantage that other cities could not match. As long as those Hunters came, this Qingyun Market could develop at lightning speed. This was also why she was willing to come to the Jiang Family at Qingyun Mountain.

If the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower could establish a presence in the Qingyun Market, their profits in the Yuan Kingdom would increase by at least ten percent.

Don’t look down on ten percent; one must know that the daily revenue of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower in the entire Yuan Kingdom was over a hundred million Spirit Stones. Aside from some locations where particularly powerful families resided, the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower had a presence in over ninety percent of the markets in the entire Yuan Kingdom.

What she hadn’t expected was that a mere Qi Refining Family would dare to refuse her kindness—oh, wait, they were already a Golden Core Family now, so that was fine.

Thinking of this, Wen Yiluo felt a bit better. She couldn’t help it; although she was already at the Foundation Establishment Realm, this Clan Leader of the Jiang Family, who was even younger than her, was actually a Golden Core True Person. This made her have anger she didn’t dare to voice, feeling quite stifled.

”How does Clan Leader Jiang think we can cooperate?”

Since the person opposite her was a Golden Core True Person, she wouldn’t gain anything even if she were forceful. It was better to just cater to him. As the saying goes, if taking the initiative gets you nowhere, then just let the other party take the lead and cater to them.

Hearing Wen Yiluo’s words, Jiang Chen was momentarily stunned. He hadn’t expected this woman to be so easy to talk to. However, he cast a meaningful glance at the person behind Wen Yiluo; although he hadn’t heard the old man’s previous voice transmission, it hadn’t escaped his eyes.

”In that case, let’s have a good talk. Someone, bring tea.”

Jiang Chen gestured for her to take a seat and then called out toward the hall entrance.

”That... Clan Chief, I’ll be right back.”

Just as Jiang Chen finished speaking, the Grand Elder hurriedly stood up, spoke to Jiang Chen, and left the hall.

The main reason was that they had just settled in, and aside from Jiang Family members, there were no other maids. He had to go and serve the tea himself.

Soon, he found an eleven-year-old girl named Jiang Minxuan, one of only two female Disciples in the Family—oh, the Clan Chief’s sister didn’t count, she was too small.

Since the guest was a woman, having a girl serve the tea wouldn’t seem abrupt. Originally, Jiang Xueqin would have been the most suitable, but she was currently in secluded cultivation waiting for the Qingfeng Martial Meet, so he could only have Jiang Minxuan do it.

It seemed that next, they not only needed to bring the ordinary Jiang Clan Members here but also buy some maids; otherwise, they would have to do everything themselves. How would they have time to Cultivate then?

As for the previous maids, they had been dismissed the day before leaving Tianlin City. Had they known they could choose an Ancestral Land so quickly, they would have kept those maids.

Before long, the Grand Elder led Jiang Minxuan into the hall. Coming for the first time, Jiang Minxuan was somewhat fearful and trembling, but she managed to endure it and finally placed the tea on the table next to Wen Yiluo.

Afterward, Jiang Minxuan left the hall without looking back, vanishing from everyone’s sight.

Jiang Chen gave the Grand Elder an appreciative look. Indeed, the older one gets, the better one understands social graces.

”It’s like this: our Qingyun Market has just been built, and everything is waiting to be done. Given my geographical location, I’m sure you understand the future prospects without me saying anything; otherwise, you wouldn’t have come in person, would you?”

Jiang Chen looked at Wen Yiluo and said with a chuckle.

”Indeed, our Ten Thousand Treasures Tower is very optimistic about your Qingyun Market. This location is practically an earthly paradise for Hunters.”

Wen Yiluo did not disagree. For those low-Realm Hunters, traveling from the cities to the Deep part of the Great Wilderness and passing through safe zones wasted a lot of time.

But for the current Qingyun Market, it could save these people a vast amount of time. With time costs saved, the remaining time was their harvest time. Comparing the two, anyone would know which to choose.

”Since Miss Yiluo understands, I’ll be blunt. You know the situation of our Jiang Family; for now, we cannot produce things like Medicinal Pills or Spiritual Qi items. So, I think we can cooperate in this regard. What do you think?”

Jiang Chen spoke with a beaming smile.

Hearing that Jiang Chen only wanted to cooperate on Medicinal Pills and such, Wen Yiluo was not very satisfied. Although the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower could provide sufficient resources and the profit was considerable, a partnership meant sharing the profits. This made her feel like she could have earned it all, but now she could only earn half—something no one would be willing to do.

”Then how should the profits be split?”

Though dissatisfied, Wen Yiluo didn’t raise it immediately. Instead, she wanted to see how the profits would be allocated. If the shareable profit was substantial, she might reluctantly agree.

”No, no, no, I think Miss Yiluo has misunderstood. My meaning is that my Jiang Family will buy up all your Medicinal Pills. As for how we sell them, that will have nothing to do with you.”

Jiang Chen waved his hand and said.

”You...”

Hearing Jiang Chen say this, Wen Yiluo could no longer sit still. She stood up abruptly and glared at Jiang Chen, who looked completely innocent.

”No way. My Ten Thousand Treasures Tower could never agree to such a partnership. You must realize your Qingyun Market is too far from the cities. Transporting goods is constantly dangerous; our risk is very high.”

Wen Yiluo calmed down and then spoke firmly.

If it were an ordinary market with no prospects, a buyout wouldn’t be impossible; the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower did that in some places.

But the Qingyun Market was different; its future value was immeasurable. If they agreed to this plan now, they would only earn a meager profit, while the Jiang Family could earn several times more off the back of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower. Wasn’t that asking the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to do all the work for the Jiang Family’s benefit?

”Then what do you suggest?”

Jiang Chen looked at Wen Yiluo and asked.