Chapter 304: Chapter 304: Discussing Terms
Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng also stood up, bidding goodnight to Wang Youcai, and then they went back to their room.
They slept well that night and got up at dawn the next day.
Gu Pan decided to skip having breakfast prepared by Wang Youcai’s people because they wanted to leave early, so she took out so dry food from her bag and told Wang Youcai they would eat on the road.
Wang Youcai didn’t object, and sat in their car as they headed to the base together.
Since they left early, they arrived by noon.
The guards were particularly courteous to Wang Youcai, quickly summoning soone to lead them inside.
The person who led them in today was still Captain Jiang. Captain Jiang didn’t expect these two to be so capable, arriving with Daoist Master Wang. It was known that the top brass and so important figures at the base paid high prices for Daoist Master Wang to read their faces—always picking up and dropping him off by car. His presence with these two younger companions today proved their noteworthiness.
The route Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng took with Wang Youcai was different from usual. After reaching the first gate, they took another path, walking for three more minutes before arriving at an office area.
After entering, Wang Youcai led them into an office.
Inside was a man in his early forties, dressed in a suit, his hair ticulously combed, exuding a fine deanor and looking quite authoritative.
He looked at Wang Youcai with so surprise, “Master Wang, what brings you here so unexpectedly.”
From observing, Gu Pan could tell that this man was a leader here, and his attitude towards Wang Youcai confird Wang’s esteed status. She had heard that large families often took Feng Shui seriously, and this man seed to particularly care about it.
Speaking to the man, Wang Youcai said, “Mr. Gu, these two young friends of mine have sothing to ask of you.”
On the way here, Wang Youcai had told Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng that they were eting soone nad Gu Ci— this was him.
So both of them politely greeted him: “President Gu.”
Gu Ci looked at Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng, “The presence of two such distinguished young people here, brought by Master Wang himself, shows so capability.”
Lu Ruisheng replied modestly, “It is Master Wang’s kindness.”
Gu Ci shook his head, “You’re too modest.” Then he asked them to take a seat on the sofa.
As Wang Youcai was here to facilitate, he naturally started the conversation, “President Gu, my two young friends have friends in the boxing gym, and they want to bail them out.”
Gu Ci pondered for a mont, “To bring Master Wang here ans they are no ordinary fighters. But Master Wang, you must understand what these star fighters an to us—it’s big business and complicated to operate.”
Wang Youcai showed understanding, “I know, I understand all this, hence I brought them here not to straightforwardly beg for favors but to discuss terms.”
Gu Ci appeared surprised, “Terms—Master Wang, you should know these terms aren’t simple.”
Wang Youcai nodded, “I know, and they are aware too. Why not hear their sincerity? These two young friends are ones I trust, and I hope, President Gu, that you can, for my sake, offer them a chance to negotiate.”
Gu Ci smiled, “For Master Wang to vouch for them ans they are almost my own kin, and that’s fate. I will give you a chance to show your sincerity.”
Gu Pan felt unexpectedly fortunate due to sharing the surna, thinking luck was on their side.
Wang Youcai said, “Then I’ll wait outside while you talk,” being sensible about what he should or shouldn’t listen to.
Once Wang Youcai left, Gu Pan started, “Mr. Gu, we’re thinking this: since fighters continually generate inco for you, in negotiating their release, we would also use resources that could continue to provide you with inco.”
Gu Ci’s expression subtly shifted, his interest perceptibly deepening.
He fiddled with the ring on his finger, “So what sustainable resources do you have?”
Gu Pan responded, “Petrol and diesel. Your facilities here have high power output and high consumption; I think you’d need these.”
Gu Ci didn’t give a definitive answer but asked, “Anything else?” This was indeed precious, but he had ways to obtain it.
Gu Pan added, “Fertilized eggs—if you raise them well, they can continuously supply at and eggs and can also reproduce.”
Gu Ci stopped playing with his ring and looked at Gu Pan, “You can get fertilized eggs? You should know how hard these are to co by at the base.”
Gu Pan replied, “That’s why this is our greatest gesture of sincerity. Twenty quail eggs—a professional here can verify the authenticity. You should know that the base only managed to secure forty-eight; twenty should sufficiently prove our sincerity, right?”
Gu Ci’s eyes narrowed slightly, “You know the consequences if you deceive .”
Lu Ruisheng stated, “We’re friends who have t Master Wang, and he knows our circumstances. If we deceive you, you can also find us within the base. I trust your capability to handle two people in the base—it wouldn’t be hard.”
Gu Ci found he really had no counterargunt, “But I can’t give you both father and daughter together; you can take one first, and once the eggs hatch, release the other.”
Gu Pan’s heart sank; father and daughter—what about Guo Gang’s wife, Zhang Xiumin? She asked Gu Ci, “Only father and daughter?”
Gu Ci nodded, “When these two were sold here, I personally handled it and rember well—it was just the father and daughter. The father fought twice a day at first for his child, and later, as he gained fa, it reduced to once every three days.”
Lu Ruisheng asked, “Can we see them first?”
Gu Ci hesitated, “Bring the fertilized eggs, and naturally, you will et them.”
Gu Pan thought for a mont, “President Gu, we can also provide an incubator and expertise in hatching. We have experience; we’ve successfully hatched quails before. We’re willing to share all our knowledge. You know how important the incubator and expertise are; the increase in hatching success rates you can achieve, I’m sure you can imagine that, would make this a profitable deal for you.”
Gu Ci considered for a while, “Fine, when can you bring the fertilized eggs? I need soone with expertise to verify they are indeed fertilized before I release anyone. I accept your request because I trust Master Wang’s character. Don’t make things difficult for him.”
Lu Ruisheng promised, “We won’t. If we were ungrateful, we wouldn’t be going through so much effort to save our friends.”
Gu Ci couldn’t argue with that. In the apocalypse, really few went to such lengths to save friends, let alone with sothing as valuable as fertilized eggs or even fresh eggs—many haven’t eaten or even seen eggs in years.
He said, “Alright, go and prepare your things. I’ll also find an expert to verify the goods.”
Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng checked the ti, “President Gu, wait an hour, we can be back within an hour.”
Gu Ci was surprised, “You have such rare items in your car?”
Gu Pan replied, “No, they’re hidden nearby; we can retrieve them quickly.”
Gu Ci chuckled, “You two are quite unique.” For once, he was short of words to fully describe these intriguing young people.
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