Chapter 709 Cooperation Achieved
Seeing Gu Yuanshan's worried expression, I had a feeling he would refuse Pu Weichao's cooperation proposal. After all, even though the two teams were on equal footing, it was clear to everyone that if Gu Yuanshan agreed, the community would be on Linshan's pirate ship, and no matter how Linshan developed in the future, the community would have to bear the consequences.
Not to mention that Linshan now wants to unify the entire city of Hangzhou. With such a grand ambition, it might stumble in the next step. At that time, Gu Yuanshan, who cooperated with Linshan, will definitely suffer heavy losses.
But what if I succeed? Will my future life be good?
Gu Yuanshan dared not think about it. Now, he only had these two paths in front of him. I understand why Pu Weichao explained it so clearly to Gu Yuanshan. It was to make him hesitate and make him struggle. As long as the other party started to hesitate, Pu Weichao would have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and win him over in one fell swoop.
Sure enough, just as Gu Yuanshan was hesitating, Pu Weichao said, "I can tell you that the unification of Hangzhou is inevitable. Even if it's not the people of Linshan who unify Hangzhou, there will definitely be a group that will emerge and unify the entire city. Even if you don't choose now, you will probably have to make a choice later. In short, the choice is yours."
Gu Yuanshan gave a wry smile. "Could you give me some time to think about it?"
Pu Weichao said, "No problem, take your time to think it over, we're not in a hurry."
The three of us left our seats, went outside, and took a walk. As soon as we came out, we noticed that many people were looking at us with unfriendly eyes.
I stood at the door and whispered, "Why do I have a feeling they want to eat us?"
Pu Weichao said, "There's nothing we can do. They've been betrayed before, and that feeling wasn't pleasant. It's normal for them to be resistant to outsiders. No matter what happens next, getting this team to accept us won't be an easy task."
Yu Sheng asked, "Will they refuse us?"
Pu Weichao said, "I don't know. It's possible, but it's also possible that he will accept my conditions. I think Gu Yuanshan is actually aware that it's very difficult for people like them to survive here. In the future, humans will definitely occupy this world again, and they will face the same choice: to submit or to die."
"This is an unchanging truth since ancient times."
The people in front of us are very wary of us right now.
Not long after, Gu Yuanshan, who was inside the house, called us back.
Gu Yuanshan said, "To be honest, I really don't want to agree to your proposal. Even if Hangzhou is unified in the future, we can at least live on our own now. We don't need to rely on others, and we don't need others to interfere in our lives."
"But... I also understand that if I don't agree now, no one knows what will happen in the future. At least I can still take a gamble and place a bet now. Otherwise, if I become completely passive later, I'll be finished."
Pu Weichao said, "I'm glad you think that way."
Gu Yuanshan glanced at Pu Weichao, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You're planning to use this method to tie us to your pirate ship, and then slowly assimilate us, right? So that we'll work for you, right?"
Pu Weichao said, "Although what you said is a bit heartless, that's really what I meant. I don't want you to misunderstand, so I won't make any promises to you. I can only tell you that if you are unwilling to go to war, I won't blame you or have any complaints about you. The trade will still continue. After all, I don't want to see anyone die."
Gu Yuanshan said, "I'm relieved to hear you say that. Cooperation is definitely possible, but I need a draft contract outlining the details. I need you to write down all the specific terms clearly."
"no problem."
Gu Yuanshan got the answer he wanted and said, "But there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it?"
Gu Yuanshan glanced outside the house and said, "You saw it when you came in. The people here are very resistant to outsiders. So even if I agree to cooperate with you, the people outside may not agree. I need you to express your stance first and come here often to cooperate with me in practical ways. Only when they see real benefits can they trust you. If there are no benefits at all, I think cooperation will be very difficult."
Pu Weichao glanced outside the house. The people outside were still the same as before, and they were very hostile towards us.
"Okay, we'll take action then, don't worry."
"Yes, as long as you are sincere enough, I think they will lower their guard and accept you," Gu Yuanshan said.
"Okay, I understand." Pu Weichao extended his hand. "I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate with you." Gu Yuanshan also extended his hand to shake hands.
I saw them shake hands and realized that the cooperation had been reached. Yu Sheng's face was full of surprise. When he came yesterday, he had no power to talk back to Gu Yuanshan. He didn't expect that when Pu Weichao came today, the other party would agree to cooperate directly. It was too fast.
Actually, I think so too. Pu Weichao is really too amazing. He's so good at understanding people's minds. From the moment he came in until now, he's basically been setting the pace, and Gu Yuanshan can only listen.
Although the cooperation agreement has been reached, there are still many details to be discussed.
The rest of the process became tedious and boring. Gu Yuanshan and Pu Weichao started discussing the details of their cooperation inside the house, while Yu Sheng and I, feeling utterly bored, began to wander around the neighborhood. Luckily, Gu Yuanshan had sent someone to follow us before we started wandering around; otherwise, if we, two strangers, had appeared here, we probably would have already been beaten up.
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For the rest of the morning, including noon and afternoon, the two of them were in the room discussing the details of the cooperation. I would occasionally go into the room to listen, but in the end I stopped going in altogether, because the two of them were really arguing their point on some details, especially Gu Yuanshan, who was incredibly stubborn and wanted to fight for every single penny of his own interests.
Around 3 p.m., the two finally finished their discussions, finalized the cooperation outline, and we officially left.
On the way back, Pu Weichao said, "Now it's just Xiaonan's turn. Let's go there together tomorrow and see if we can take him down in one fell swoop."
I said, "Okay, but let me go over and ask them first. I'm worried they might have guns. When I went there before, I didn't see anyone except that man. It's better to be careful."
(End of this chapter)
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