“We really don’t need you to do anything. If you discover anything that could affect the peace between the Six Realms and the Ocean Realm, we would be extremely grateful if you could quietly let us know,” Haoda Shi said sincerely. “After all, we are considering the long-term peace between both sides!”
“You’ve come to the wrong immortal. I’ve only come to the Ocean Realm to investigate media channels and plan to do business with you. I have no way of knowing what you’re talking about.” Wang Yao was about to ask more questions about what he meant by things that would affect the peace between the Six Realms and the Ocean Realm when he suddenly remembered something from the past.
Back then, Wang Yao was playing along with Qing Ning in the demon realm, and was eventually criticized by Lü Xian for being "opportunistic." Now, he has no intention of cooperating with Hao Dashi at all, yet he's having such a heated discussion here. Isn't he making the same "opportunistic" mistake again?
So he quickly found a way to save face, not wanting to get entangled with Haudas any further on this matter.
"It's alright, it's alright, it's alright if you don't notice. Just consider this a small token of our appreciation. Tell me what you want?" Haodashi was completely unaffected.
"Um... if you insist on giving it to me, I... I won't be polite..." Wang Yao thought that since this person was so insistent, why not take advantage of a free gift? This wasn't some kind of "opportunism"; he originally came to the foreign territory with a mission.
"Sure, sure, I love your 'you're welcome' attitude." Haodashi blushed with excitement upon hearing this.
"Look... could you give me one of your spy clubs, gossip clubs, or eavesdropping clubs? You already have so many, giving me one wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?" Wang Yao asked Haoda Shi inquiringly.
"Uh..." Haoda Shi's mouth gaped open for a long time after hearing Wang Yao's words. "You...you want...what use is this to you? It's better...it's better to get something else?"
"Why? I came to Yangjie to find a suitable media channel. You have it, and I want it. Isn't that great?" Wang Yao deliberately widened his eyes in surprise.
“These media channels of mine are actually not worth much, and they are very troublesome to manage. They are also prone to losses. If you go there, it will only lead you into endless troubles. I am doing this for your own good.” Haodashi was indeed quick-witted and came up with a reason in a short time.
"How much do you think my gossip club, chatter club, and eavesdropping club are worth? Wouldn't it be better if I paid you?"
“If you give me money, I’ll have to rebuild the team from scratch, that would be a real hassle. I’m only interested in the media outlets you have; I can use them in my work,” Wang Yao insisted.
"Wang Xian, don't you... have any desires of your own that you need to satisfy?" Haoda's face finally darkened. He looked Wang Yao up and down, as if trying to find a flaw in him that he could exploit.
"I want your media channels, that's what I desire," Wang Yao said, still feigning ignorance.
“First of all, the decision to establish a friendly relationship with you, Wang Xian, is a unified decision made by the entire upper echelons of the Ocean Realm. I am just an intermediary. It’s not very kind of you for you to directly ask for the properties under my name,” Haoda said with a forced smile.
"Secondly, when we in the foreign community give gifts to friends, they are generally consumer-type gifts. As for commercial properties, especially the ones I own, since they involve the core interests of the foreign community, it's fine if you really want them, but there must be additional conditions."
"What are the conditions?" Wang Yao asked.
“We can give you shares in the Scouting Society, the Listening Society, and the Gossip Society, but you cannot hold controlling stakes, participate in the daily operations of these media outlets, or use them to do anything that would harm the Western community,” Haoda said solemnly.
This was a last resort for him. If they hadn't been so desperate to find a way to get to Wang Yao, why would he have gone through all this trouble to negotiate with him? He could have just seized on Wang Yao's weakness and made him surrender without a fight.
"Then what's the point of talking about it? I'm here for a reason, of course. If I can't use it, then what's the point of coming here?" Wang Yao shook his head repeatedly in dissatisfaction.
"Wang Yao, let's be frank. You're not actually the vice chairman of the board of directors of the Six Realms; you're the director of the newly established Women's Federation of the Six Realms in Heaven! The media channels are not your purpose for this trip at all, as can be seen from your previous experience in the Six Realms..."
"You've always been hostile to our Ocean Territory. Has the recent events at Golden Horn Bay stirred something within you? You've only come to the Ocean Territory to gather intelligence in preparation for war with us. Is that it?" Haodashi suddenly asked with a ferocious expression.
"Uh..." Wang Yao was truly stunned by Hao Dashi's words. He never expected that his identity was no longer a secret, and that the foreign community had conducted a thorough analysis and judgment of him, Wang Yao, although their information was not entirely accurate.
However, this would make his mission quite troublesome.
"What exactly do you mean by all this?" Wang Yao asked, composing himself.
"What do you mean? I want Wang Xian to know that our goodwill towards Wang Xian is clear and straightforward. We don't want any unpleasantness between us. Otherwise, given what Wang Xian has done to my Ocean Realm in the past, do you think you can return to the Six Realms safely?"
"I hope Wang Xian understands that you only have two paths to choose from now on: one is to cooperate with us, and the other is for you to find a way back to the Six Realms yourself," Haoda Shi said decisively.
"Oh... this is still the most satisfying!" Wang Yao nodded, finally revealing his true colors.
In the end, it was his own decision to visit the Western Realm as a private immortal that caused all this trouble. He thought he could keep it a secret from the Western Realm, but in fact, his identity had already been completely transparent to them.
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