1054: Establish cooperation and find buyers

As Li Changkong entered the shop, the Boss frowned and glanced over.

“Damn it, here they come again, here they come again! You unlucky guys come to my shop several times in two days. No wonder I’m so unlucky; my perfectly fine door was inexplicably smashed. I really should just hang a sign outside, like other shopkeepers, directly stating that you cursed people are not allowed in!”

“You came yesterday, then two others of your kind appeared in my shop, and after that, bad luck arrived. Is that situation going to repeat itself now?”

“Meeting you is the worst!”

Upon seeing Li Changkong, the Boss’s irritation seemed to find an outlet. He stood up, his mouth filled with curses.

“Besides me, two others visited you yesterday?” Li Changkong asked, somewhat understanding.

“Don’t ask this and that here. I’m not a tool for you to get information for free.”

“Your quota for buying spiritual lamps this week has been reached. If you want to buy, come back next month.” The Boss waved his hand impatiently, shooing him away.

Hearing this, Li Changkong took a deep breath: “I have a business opportunity that can make money. Do you want to cooperate?”

“Business?” Hearing this, the Boss looked at Li Changkong strangely, then burst into laughter: “Hahaha, don’t be funny, you guys. Your wine business has hit a dead end. Now you’re desperate and want me to help you make money? Cooperate?”

“Clang~”

There was a sound on the counter as Li Changkong threw a piece of iron Ore onto it.

This made the spiritual lamp specialty store’s Boss’s laughter stop: “What is this?”

“Aren’t you a Magician? You should be quite sensitive to the elemental power of nature, right?” Li Changkong said.

Hearing this, the Boss frowned, stretched out his hand, and picked up the stone.

Afterward, he couldn’t help but hold his breath, and his eyes lit up: “Where did you get this? Tell me the location, and I’ll give you five gold coins!”

“Qiao Yi, do you think I’m a fool?”

“An iron Ore, and you want to send me away with five gold coins?”

Li Changkong saw that the other party’s attention was drawn and asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Qiao Yi didn’t blush at all: “It’s impossible for you people to take on an iron Ore vein. I’ll give you five gold coins, let you make money, and also let you avoid the disaster of being discovered by others. Isn’t this a good deal?”

“If you say that, then this business seems impossible to do. It is estimated that that iron Ore is worth tens of thousands of gold coins... What a pity.”

“Wait!” Qiao Yi suddenly called out, stopping Li Changkong.

When Li Changkong turned back, Qiao Yi stretched out his thick, short index finger: “One hundred, I’ll give you one hundred gold coins, tell me the location!”

“One hundred gold coins is already a lot. Don’t be too greedy, otherwise, the person who destroyed your Village and demanded the location of the iron Ore might be me!”

Qiao Yi’s actions showed his meaning.

Facing such words, Li Changkong was not surprised.

In his opinion, the natives of this World basically had the same idea as Qiao Yi.

Even more so, after knowing the existence of the iron Ore from his mouth, they would directly imprison him and use torture to extract the location of the iron Ore!

After successfully knowing the location, the entire Li Village would face the crisis of destruction!

This situation was also what Li Bo was most worried about and could foresee the outcome of.

Facing Qiao Yi’s cold questioning voice, Li Changkong’s expression remained unchanged: “Regarding where the iron Ore is, everyone in our entire Li Village knows.”

“Of course, we also know that this is not something we can handle.”

“So, we were prepared to hand it over to Busen City early on. If it weren’t for me, the people in the Village would also go to hand over the iron Ore. Mr. Qiao Yi, just pretend that what I said before was a joke.”

Saying that, Li Changkong walked resolutely towards the door.

To make the other party restrain himself and cooperate willingly.

The most direct action is to create a sense of crisis for him!

Since you don’t want to share more benefits, then no one will get any.

In this situation, it depends on who is more greedy for money, and who is less able to tolerate the development of things.

“Stop!”

Qiao Yi’s serious voice came from behind.

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Li Changkong’s lips.

The fish is on the hook.

Why did he choose Qiao Yi as a partner? It was because this guy only had money in his eyes!

Compared to the disgust others had for the people of Li Village, although Qiao Yi was not friendly to them either, as long as there was money, this guy was a reliable partner.

“Friend, we can’t be so pedantic. If you hand over such a good thing, what benefits can you get? No benefits at all!”

“How about this, let’s cooperate on this business as you said before!”

“You are responsible for mining, and I will use my name to help you sell it. The money obtained in the end will be split two-eight, I get eight and you get two, how about it?” Qiao Yi faced Li Changkong’s actions and now took another step back.

Obviously, he was very patient when it came to making money.

If it were anyone else, they would only laugh at the people of Li Village for being foolish in offering the iron Ore, and might even have murderous intentions, destroying Li Village in advance and taking the iron Ore for themselves.

But Qiao Yi, who only had money in his eyes, in this situation, the only thing he could think of was win-win cooperation.

Capturing Li Village and interrogating them about the iron Ore would definitely yield greater profits because he could have everything exclusively.

But the risks involved were not small.

What if someone from Li Village escaped and reported the location of the iron Ore to Busen City, and in the end, he got nothing!

“No, we eight, you two.” When it came to talking about money, Li Changkong also began to state his position.

“You can’t sell those things. I’ll help you sell them, so the larger share should go to me!” Qiao Yi’s voice became anxious: “How about this, I’ll give up another ten percent, giving you thirty percent. I swear to Heaven, this is my bottom line!”

“If you agree, you will get a generous share, and the friendship of a Vog Country citizen, my friend.”

Qiao Yi’s voice removed the previous rejection, and his face was also full of smiles.

Sure enough, money was his Father.

For his Father, he could be friends with people the World detested.

Hearing this, Li Changkong did not answer immediately.

After a long pause, he finally said: “Okay.”

“Friend, this is the most, most, most correct choice!” Qiao Yi’s face was full of smiles, and he didn’t shy away from holding Li Changkong’s hand and shaking it vigorously.

“However, there is another condition.” Li Changkong’s words interrupted Qiao Yi’s excitement.

“During our transaction period, you must ensure that you provide our Li Village with thirty high-grade spiritual lamps every month.”

“This…” Qiao Yi’s expression stiffened slightly: “Does your Li Village need high-grade spiritual lamps? Isn’t that too wasteful? How about I provide you with thirty intermediate spirit lamps every month? How about it?”

“The cost price of spiritual lamps is only a few dozen silver coins. What is scarce is the channel, but for you, the channel is not a problem. Is this condition not acceptable?”

“Not at all!” Qiao Yi smiled and waved his hand: “Okay, okay, then it’s settled. You get thirty percent, and I’ll give you thirty high-grade spiritual lamps every month. You can’t tell anyone else about the iron Ore matter!”

“Naturally.”

In fact, in Li Changkong’s opinion, he could have negotiated a more substantial price and gained more profit for his side.

But given the current situation of Li Village, he couldn’t.

Giving up some profit could bind Qiao Yi more deeply, and more benefits could also make him more obedient.

If they talked about a fifty-fifty split, in that situation, the other party would likely have the idea of destroying Li Village and swallowing everything.

Even if he was concerned about Li Village leaking the news and didn’t act halfway through, he would directly make Li Village spit out all the gains when the iron Ore was almost fully mined!

Of course, Li Village would not be at the mercy of others at that time.

But compared to that risk, thirty percent is much more controllable after all.

Even if it’s thirty percent, that income is five or six times that of when they sold wine before.

Compared to just leaving it in the ground and watching, being able to sell it at this price is already something to be thankful for!

In the final analysis, Li Village’s current situation cannot handle too much of a share.

After settling the distribution, Li Changkong continued with the initial question, looking at Qiao Yi, the Boss of the spiritual lamp specialty store: “So, now can you tell me what happened to the two people from Li Village who came to your shop last night?”

“Them?” Hearing this question, Qiao Yi’s expression, which should have been mocking, now turned to sympathy under the circumstances of cooperation: “They came to my shop to buy spiritual lamps.”

“You also know the reason for the restriction, so I didn’t give them spiritual lamps.”

“After that, they just kept squatting outside the shop door, trying to figure out how to get spiritual lamps from me.”

“Friend, actually, I was already a little soft-hearted at that time.”

“At that time, I was about to let those two into the shop and give them the spiritual lamps.”

Li Changkong listened to Qiao Yi’s half-explained nonsense, his expression unchanged as he asked: “Then what happened?”

“Then…” Qiao Yi sighed and shook his head: “Then those two met the Renault Family who were passing by.”

“They recognized someone from the Renault Family who had the same skin as you, and thought of meeting them, hoping that person could help them get spiritual lamps.”

“Those few people did meet, but it seemed like some conflict occurred, and the result was that those two people from Li Village were beaten to death and left on the road…”

When Qiao Yi said this, he carefully glanced at Li Changkong: “That’s how it is.”

“I see.” He said, his expression unchanged. Li Changkong actually had a rough guess about this.

If those two hadn’t encountered danger, they would have definitely returned to the Village this morning.

Only by encountering an accident would they not have returned until now.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Li Changkong grabbed thirty high-grade spiritual lamps from the counter and then nodded to Qiao Yi: “Happy cooperation.”

“You can send someone to our place to collect the iron Ore tomorrow.”

“Hahaha, my dear friend, meeting you today is my luck!” The Boss, Qiao Yi, had a smile all over his face.