366: Chapter 366: Thoughtful

“Mayor Xu, that’s straightforward! In that case, quickly contact a few more Settlements, up to a maximum of 10. Because according to our estimates, the feed produced by one fully automatic fishing aircraft can supply up to 10 Settlements.”

“I have two personal suggestions for you,” Niu Xingwang added.

“Chairman Niu, please speak!”

“Firstly, it’s best not to partner with other Settlements in your own city, because the crystalss would still be coming out of your own pocket in the end. It’s best to contact other cities and discuss directly with their Mayors. There’s another benefit to doing this: it avoids various disputes later on. After all, a Mayor’s authority is relatively broad, and Mayor Xu naturally understands this point.”

Mayor Xu nodded, understanding his meaning.

Just like Jingmen City, besides the already merged Changjing Shelter, there are two other Settlements in the west of the city. Those two Settlements are, in principle, still under his authority, so their power is naturally insufficient.

“There’s also another reason. News has recently come that many cities are merging Settlements. What if your partner is swallowed up? Wouldn’t you suffer a huge loss?” Niu Xingwang added in a low voice.

“Exactly!” Mayor Xu nodded.

Niu Xingwang didn’t care if he would think of this point or not; he still had to remind him to avoid future trouble.

“The second point is, it’s best if the partnering cities don’t exceed 3 to 5. If a few cities share the cost, each one would only have a loan of a few million crystalss at most. I believe this amount is not a big problem for a city. Mayor Xu, what do you say?” Niu Xingwang asked him.

“Exactly. Chairman Niu is very thoughtful; we’ll do as you say!” Mayor Xu was completely convinced.

He couldn’t help but sigh that the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was truly thoughtful, considering all problems, which saved him a lot of worry. He also became more convinced that following the Chamber of Commerce’s footsteps was absolutely the right choice.

With the matter settled, Niu Xingwang bid farewell and left.

Mayor Xu quickly contacted several cities close to Jingmen City: Yunmeng City, Huangzhou City, and Hanyang City.

He planned to find three more, so that each would share a loan of 5 million crystalss on average, which would not be too much pressure.

These three cities had not yet obtained the cooperation quota from the Chamber of Commerce branch and had long been extremely envious. Now, hearing Mayor Xu say there was a Huatong Chamber of Commerce project they could cooperate on, they immediately became agitated.

Just like Mayor Xu’s attitude at the beginning, the Mayors of these three cities didn’t even let him finish speaking before immediately expressing their desire to cooperate, and they repeatedly urged him to make sure to include them.

Still not at ease, they hung up the phone and rushed to Jingmen City in a hurry, fearing they would miss the opportunity if they were a step too slow.

There was no other way; the Huatong Chamber of Commerce’s projects were just that popular.

In the circle of Mayors, many people had already paid the price for their hesitation once. Now, as soon as they heard anything related to the Huatong Chamber of Commerce, no one was indifferent.

After Niu Xingwang left Jingmen City, he went directly to Luzhou City in Wanhui Province.

Luzhou City has five Settlements under its jurisdiction:

Changfeng Shelter;

Ludong Settlement;

Luxi Settlement;

Chaohu Settlement;

Xiaogang Settlement.

Among them, Xiaogang Settlement is not managed by Luzhou City but directly by the council. This is because many important scientific research projects of Huaguo are located there. To this day, a regiment from the Central Military Region and two regiments from the Southeast Military Region are still stationed there.

The Settlement where Luzhou City Mayor Wang Lexin is located is Changfeng Shelter, which is one of the first batch of 20 cooperating Settlements.

So Niu Xingwang went directly to Changfeng Shelter.

Similar to the situation in Jingmen City, Wang Lexin also readily agreed to the cooperation.

After leaving Luzhou, Niu Xingwang’s last stop was Meilin Settlement in Mozhou City.

Although Meilin Settlement and the Huatong Chamber of Commerce no longer had a mutually dependent relationship, it was, after all, the birthplace of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce, and who knew how many eyes were on it?

Appropriately providing resources here was also very beneficial for stabilizing the Chamber of Commerce’s reputation and public image.

So, this project still had to reserve a share for Meilin.

As for whether Gong Kaiming wanted to take on this project, Oriental Chen’s original words were: “He has to take it even if he doesn’t want to.”

The meaning was clear: Meilin represented the face of the Chamber of Commerce, and it wasn’t up to Gong Kaiming to do whatever he wanted.

Around four in the afternoon, Niu Xingwang arrived at Meilin and landed directly on the helipad of the Chamber of Commerce branch.

“Chairman Niu, what a rare guest! Please, have a seat!” Gong Kaiming greeted him warmly.

“Mayor Gong, it’s been a while since I was here, and Meilin is becoming more and more prosperous,” Niu Xingwang said with a smile.

“This is all thanks to Chairman Niu!” Mayor Gong also laughed.

“Mayor Gong, I’m here today to discuss something with you.” Niu Xingwang didn’t beat around the bush.

To be honest, Gong Kaiming benefited from the Chamber of Commerce.

If the Chamber of Commerce hadn’t been founded there, Niu Xingwang wouldn’t even bother to come and talk to him.

“Chairman Niu, please speak.” Gong Kaiming had to take it seriously.