"Oh? I wonder what kind of business it is?" the woman behind the screen asked curiously.
Chen Xuan laughed and didn't rush to answer. Instead, he said, "Of course, both parties need to be sincere to do business. My personal visit to the gang leader has already shown enough sincerity. But the gang leader has been avoiding me until now. Perhaps this sincerity is a little lacking?"
A soft laugh came from behind the screen: "It's just a habit I've developed over the years. I hope Chief Chen won't take offense."
As soon as she finished speaking, a beautiful and charming figure slowly walked out from behind the screen.
Chen Xuan's eyes lit up immediately. The woman in front of him was dressed in a fiery red outfit. Her top was very short, revealing her flat and firm abdomen. She was fair and charming. Although she looked delicate and weak, the first thing that came to mind was that her waist must be very flexible. He imagined that when she sat on him, her movements would be both graceful and explosive.
Her clothes were not only very short at the bottom, but also had a very low neckline, which created a deep ravine around her towering snow-capped peaks, subconsciously drawing people's eyes to that area, but you could not see anything at all.
But the more it's like this, the more it makes people itch to try it.
The only regret was that the other person's face was covered by a red veil, which covered most of their face, making it impossible to see their appearance.
However, those beautiful big eyes suggest that the face beneath the veil will not disappoint.
Chen Xuan thought that with such an amazing figure, whether he was handsome or not didn't matter anymore.
At the same time, she was also a little puzzled. Logically speaking, smuggling gangs who live outdoors every day should have skin that is closer to a wheat color, but her skin looked as if it had been soaked in milk. She looked more like a lady from a wealthy family than a gang leader.
But then I thought about it again. This leader of the Giant Whale Gang has always been mysterious and never shows himself in public. It's normal that he hasn't gotten a tan from the sun.
Seeing the fervor in his eyes, the girl in red didn't seem to care, a seductive smile playing on her lips: "Is that enough to show my sincerity?"
"Of course it's enough." Chen Xuan thought to himself that if you pulled your clothes down a little more, it would show even more sincerity.
"Then I wonder what kind of business Chief Chen intends to discuss with me?" The woman's voice was charming, and coupled with her alluring and seductive appearance, it was enough to make anyone's heart flutter.
"This woman is just as good as Qiu Honglei from Shenxianju before." Chen Xuan swallowed hard, wishing he could immediately go up to her and ravage her.
However, given the reputation of the Giant Whale Gang, he was somewhat wary and dared not act rashly without knowing their background.
"I've come today to discuss the matter of investing with the gang leader." Chen Xuan's gaze roamed unabashedly over her pert buttocks, secretly adding to himself, "I want to invest in both."
"I wonder what Chief Chen is referring to?" the woman asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Of course it's the smuggled salt business. Does the Giant Whale Gang do other businesses?" Chen Xuan leaned back on his stool leisurely, admiring the beauty in front of him.
Doing business with such a beautiful woman is truly a pleasant experience.
The woman frowned and said in a deep voice, "For many years, Black Wind Stronghold and Giant Whale Gang have kept their businesses separate. What do you mean by that, Chief?"
The salt smuggling business is extremely profitable, and she could keep it all to herself, so naturally she was unwilling to share it with others.
“Don’t worry, leader. I’m not here to steal your business, but to cooperate with you,” Chen Xuan explained.
The woman asked疑惑地问道, "How do we cooperate?"
Chen Xuan said, “In some ways, the business your gang does is riskier than our Black Wind Stronghold’s. Whether it’s the imperial court or Lord Mingyue, they all want to get rid of you as soon as possible. But the things you buy are no worse than official salt, and even better. The reason for this difference is that you don’t have official salt permits, so the same salt becomes smuggled salt.”
"Could it be that you can obtain salt permits?" the woman immediately realized.
Chen Xuan smiled slightly: "Otherwise, why would I dare to come to the island and bother the gang leader?"
“The imperial court has extremely strict control over salt permits, and there is a quota every year. How could you possibly…” The woman finally realized halfway through her sentence, “I heard that the eldest young master of the Wang family was arrested. It must have been the work of the chieftain.”
Chen Xuan was somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect that the gang leader would be so well-informed about the city while he was on this deserted island in the suburbs."
The woman smiled faintly: "There's nothing we can do. In our line of work, if we weren't well-informed, we would have died countless times already."
Chen Xuan thought about it and agreed, then said, "That's right. I have a way to get a batch of legitimate salt permits from the Wang family, so I want to use these salt permits to invest in the private salt business."
The woman pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "It is indeed quite tempting. I wonder what percentage of the shares Chief Chen wants?"
Chen Xuan laughed and said, "Since everyone is so sincere, of course it's a 50/50 split, so no one loses out."
The woman sneered upon hearing this: "So this is a 'no one loses out' argument. The chieftain only needs to provide a batch of salt permits, and does nothing else. Moreover, these salt permits are a risk-free business, yet you're asking for five cents right away. Isn't that going too far?"
Chen Xuan also put away his smile: "The gang leader is wrong. The salt trade is inherently very profitable. The biggest difference between private and official salt is whether or not there is a salt permit. Now that I have provided you with a legal channel, how is it excessive to ask for 50%?"
“That’s not how you do it,” the woman said in a deep voice. “Our smuggling of salt and the official salt trade are two separate things. You’re taking half of the profits out of thin air, and in the end, our income is even less than that of directly smuggling salt. What’s the point of all our hard work?”
Chen Xuan shook his head: "Don't think I don't know the market, Chief. Private salt costs twenty or thirty coins a pound, while official salt usually costs 100 coins a pound, and sometimes it can even sell for 150 coins. There's a six or seven-fold difference in profit between them, so how could there be no profit to be made?"
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