Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Yi's feigned gentle smile turned dangerous the moment Xu finished speaking.

Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

Pretending to be stupid at this point is definitely not an option.

A look of surprise flashed across her face, then turned to hesitation, tinged with regret: "Do you still want to become a shareholder in my exchange? I've regretted refusing you before, I never expected you to bring it up first!"

Yi pressed down on Ao, who was about to speak, and his tone softened: "What do you mean?"

Li Zhi sighed: "I won't keep you in suspense any longer. My teacher Celia and I just met with Saint Yimingchun at the fruit shop at No. 129 Yuling Avenue. We want to build the exchange in Saint Shadow City, but you know how expensive the shops are there..."

Yi's eyebrows twitched slightly: "Ming Chun has already agreed to open the exchange in Holy Shadow City? I remember you're only level 4 now."

Xu: "And it's only the lowest level, C, in the Holy Shadow City's admission rules."

Li Zhi's face showed a hint of resentment, which slowly turned into bitterness: "It is precisely because of this that I cannot obtain independent ownership of the exchange. Mingchun said that I must register the exchange under the name of a qualified shareholder, but from the moment the idea of ​​the exchange came about, it has been my life's work. How can I let it be registered under someone else's name, even if that person... is my teacher."

Yi became interested: "You mean, next spring you'll be allowed to register the exchange under Celia's name?"

Ao frowned: "I think that's unlikely. Celia and Mingchun have always been at odds, why would she help Celia?"

Yi shook his head: "This is a matter of the previous generation. Grudges are grudges, and interests are interests. It's obvious who Celia is helping and who a new race that doesn't even know if it can reach C3 level in the future is.

As Yi spoke, he looked at Li Zhi with amusement, waiting for her reaction.

Li Zhiru was as she wished.

His face instantly showed a mixture of humiliation, resentment, and anger.

Yi smirked: "So, that's why you want to kick my niece out? And make me join your exchange, becoming one of the Feathered Spirit Clan's shareholders?"

Li Zhi paused for a moment, then looked into Yi's eyes: "I hope you can stand against my teacher Celia and contribute 50% of the funds to buy the land for the exchange."

Yi toyed with a jade leaf: "Oh? How many shares can you give me?"

Li Zhi: "I can only give you 20%."

Ao: "You're offering half the investment, but only 20%? A new race like you, who do you think you're making a deal with?"

Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "Count, let me be frank. The exchange is my life's work. Even if I have to turn against the Forging Clan, I can't let it fall into someone else's hands. Celia is my teacher. I don't want to fight against her, but I really don't have the strength, level, or assets to compete with her. I can only bring someone in to keep her in check..."

"However, I will not bring in someone who is qualified to take over the exchange again, and I hope you can understand."

Li Zhi's words were reasonable and well-founded.

Whether considering the balance of power between the two sides or the interests of themselves and other shareholders, it appears to be a well-thought-out decision.

Yi pondered for a moment: "Then how much would it cost to buy the land for the exchange?"

Li Zhi remained expressionless: "The total cost of purchasing the land is 60 gold coins, but you only need to pay 30 gold coins."

Xu slammed the book shut in her hand and it fell to the ground.

Ao's voice rose slightly: "60? Which piece of land did you buy? You didn't buy Saint Shadow University, did you?"

Yi looked at Li Zhi scrutinizingly: "As far as I know, there are very few plots of land in Shengying City that can be sold for more than 60. I don't know where the plot of land you mentioned is."

Li Zhi: "At the north entrance of the trading area facing the parliament hall."

Ying had mentioned this location briefly before.

But it wasn't to choose a location for Li Zhi's transaction; rather, it was when choosing a location that he complained about, saying that the location had never been sold because it faced the parliament hall.

Yi turned his head to look at a Feathered Spirit behind him.

The Feathered Spirit Clan member took out a thin panel, clicked a few times, and whispered a few words in Yi's ear.

With Li Zhi's current hearing, he couldn't hear a single word clearly, probably because he was using some kind of prop.

Yi: "You want to buy that piece of land? It covers an area of ​​over 8000 square meters, and it faces the council hall directly. It's under the surveillance of Qiyuan, and all merchants avoid it like the plague. You actually want to spend 60 to buy it?"

Li Zhi looked astonished: "That place is actually being monitored by Qi Yuan?"

Ao: "You know nothing, yet you want to buy that land?"

Li Zhi said nonchalantly, "It's my fault for not investigating enough, but I don't think being monitored by Qi Yuan is a big deal. Qi Yuan can't see inside the exchange, and with Qi Yuan's surveillance, people might actually be less likely to have any ulterior motives, right?"

The Feathered Spirits in the room had different expressions, but their eyes were all on Li Zhi.

They seemed to be speculating whether this new race of hers truly didn't understand, or was just pretending to be crazy.

Li Zhi was well aware of the merchants' concerns about Qiyuan.

They also knew that if the exchange were really under Qiyuan's nose, the trading volume would definitely decrease significantly.

—After all, she was going to resell weapons from various races!

But dragging things out and leaving people speechless is also a way to do things.

Li Zhi took a sip of water, silently waiting for the Feathered Spirits to kill a few more brain cells trying to figure out her thoughts.

When it was almost time, she looked back at everyone curiously and asked, "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Yi: "It's impossible for me to come up with 30 gold coins."

Li Zhi looked disappointed, but a glimmer of hope rekindled within him: "What about the 28 gold coins?"

Xu sneered, "What's the difference between this and 28?"

Li Zhi: "A difference of 20,000 gold coins! For a newly emerging race like ours, we have to be extremely careful with every copper coin. Some people might not earn 20,000 gold coins in ten years. How can there be no difference?"

His eyes gleamed with disdain.

Li Zhi waited and watched Yi.

Yi: "Impossible. Even if you gave me half the shares, they wouldn't be worth that much money."

Li Zhi: "Then 27?"

Ao: "Are you kidding me? I'll give you 10 gold coins at most."

Yi coughed.

Ao shut his mouth.

Li Zhi: "10 really won't do. The full amount is 60. My teacher, Celia, said she would contribute 25, which is why I initially asked you to contribute 30. Our goal is to compete with Celia. How can you compete with her with only 10?"

Yi changed his posture. "How about this, why don't you tell me how you plan to operate your exchange? Explain in detail so I can judge whether it's worth me spending so many gold coins."

Li Zhi noticed that the guards who had been standing behind Yi had unknowingly moved to the doorway.

All import and export routes were blocked.

Yi had no interest in knowing how the exchange operated.

She must have other motives.