"Governor Zhou, 500 million. As long as the Cheng Family is willing to work with the White City Alliance, I'm willing to give them 500 million every year." Governor Bai had no choice but to take a step back after hearing Governor Zhou's offer.
Although 500 million was a heart-wrenching amount, the White City Alliance would still be able to make a profit if they were able to fork out 500 million.
Furthermore, there was still a lot of potential in working with the Cheng Family.
Perhaps they might not be able to make a profit of a billion a year, but they might be able to make billions or even tens of billions a year.
After all, they would have to wait and see how things would turn out after the collaboration.
However, 500 million yuan was definitely within their acceptable range.
If their cooperation was really effective, then 500 million wouldn't be a big deal at all. Even 1 billion wouldn't be a big deal.
The problem was that a billion was a huge risk. They would still be able to make a profit if it was 500 million, but a billion would be a loss.
Therefore, from an insurance point of view, 500 million was still a possibility.
"900 million!" Governor Zhou said.
"600 million! Governor Zhou, this is my final offer. Any higher and the White City Alliance won't be able to afford it. "Governor Bai gritted his teeth as he bargained.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for another 100 million more than before. His heart bled.
Although he had casually increased the bid by 100 million during the Cheng Family's treasure auction, that was the capital he had accumulated over many years.
Furthermore, the auction was a one-time deal. However, this was a different story.
This was a long-term collaboration and he would have to fork out 600 million every year. This was not a small sum.
If he was not careful, he would lose money on this collaboration.
"Alright! Since Governor Bai has put it this way, let's make it six hundred million! " To Governor Bai's surprise, Governor Zhou did not persist on this issue and agreed to it all of a sudden.
"Governor Zhou, do you really agree to it?" Governor Bai was in disbelief.
Previously, Zhou Cheng had been very tight-lipped. He did not expect Governor Zhou to agree to this price.
At this moment, he suddenly felt like he had been tricked.
He was starting to regret his decision. If he had insisted on only paying 500 million, perhaps Governor Zhou would have agreed to it.
Unfortunately, he didn't manage to persevere. In the end, he relented and gave away a hundred million just like that.
An extra 100 million a year meant that it would be 1 billion in 10 years. Wouldn't it be better for him to keep so much money for himself?
"City Lord Bai is so sincere. If I don't agree, I'm afraid that City Lord Bai will really criticize me!" City Lord Zhou said with a smile.
Governor Bai regretted his decision when he saw Governor Zhou's smile.
Obviously, he had been tricked by the other party.
But now that everyone had already said so, could he still go back on his word? It was obviously impossible.
"City Lord Zhou, you can't make the decision on this matter, right? Don't we have to ask Master Cheng? "Governor Bai was furious, but what could he do?
It was his fault for not being able to hold on and falling into the other party's trap.
"That's for sure. However, seeing how sincere City Lord Bai is, I believe our Master will be very satisfied with the price!" City Lord Zhou said with a smile.
At this point, it couldn't be any more obvious.
Perhaps Patriarch Cheng had already handed over his bottom line to City Lord Zhou. Otherwise, why would City Lord Zhou suddenly agree to it so readily?
Obviously, the one billion that he said at the beginning was what he really wanted. It was clearly a bluff.
Furthermore, if Master Cheng had already handed over his bottom line to City Lord Zhou, what was his bottom line?
Could it be a hundred million from the beginning? Or two hundred million?
At this moment, he couldn't find an answer as he looked at City Lord Zhou's smile. The only thing he was sure of was that he had suffered a huge loss this time. He had fallen for City Lord Zhou's trap.
"City Lord Zhou, since we've agreed on this price, you can't increase it any further.
If you do, I will never agree to it. Even if the Cheng Family really wants to work with the Qicheng Alliance or the Handan Alliance, I will not oppose it! "City Lord Bai said.
Since he knew that he had been tricked, he didn't want the Cheng Family to scam him again.
After all, City Lord Zhou had said that the Cheng Family had to make the decision himself.
If City Lord Zhou returned from the Cheng Family and said that the Cheng Family still wanted to increase the price, he would really suffer a huge loss.
If that was the case, he would rather the Cheng Family choose to work with someone else than to allow the Cheng Family to raise such a price. After all, it would be too untrustworthy.
"Haha, don't worry, City Lord Bai. I believe that our Master will be satisfied with this price and won't increase it further!" City Lord Zhou was in a great mood.
The Master had told him that if City Lord Bai didn't agree to hand over the resources at the mission price, they could just raise the price directly.
At that time, the Patriarch had given him a price of 300 million per year.
But now, he had raised the price to six hundred million, which was double the price that the Patriarch had proposed.
Therefore, this time, he could confidently say that the Master would definitely not disagree with such a price.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, City Lord Zhou. I'll have to trouble you to make another trip to the Cheng Family. I hope that we can complete this collaboration as soon as possible!" City Lord Bai was getting angrier the more he thought about it, especially when he saw how smug City Lord Zhou was.
He felt that the price that he had offered was far higher than what he was offered.
However, he couldn't bring himself to say that. Furthermore, even if he asked, City Lord Zhou would never tell him what the price was.
Since it was pointless to ask, there was no need for him to ask.
All he could hope for now was to finalize the collaboration as soon as possible. Once the collaboration was finalized, he wouldn't have any regrets even if he had to fork out 600 million.
This was because he knew that once the collaboration was announced, it would definitely bring great benefits to the White City Alliance.
Even if the situation turned out the same as he had expected, he wouldn't lose out.
If the situation was better than he expected, then he would earn even more, and he wouldn't care about the 600 million yuan.
"Don't worry, City Lord Bai. Since I've agreed to it, there won't be any problems with this collaboration.
I'll make a trip back to the Cheng Family and explain everything to our Master. Please have a good rest here, City Lord Bai! "City Lord Zhou said before he left happily.
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