Absolute control over the start, I will develop my own immortality

"There has been trade between Zhijin Tower and Jiulong Mountain for thousands of years."

Zhou Ming said: "After thousands of years, the specific terrain of this route must be well known to Zhijin Tower. If the plan I proposed is passed, then I suggest that Zhijin Tower can clean up along this route."

"That route?"

Venerable Qianlan shook his head: "That route leads directly to Jiulong Mountain, but our destination this time is Tianheng City. So we have decided to take a route that leads directly to Tianheng City."

Zhou Ming said: "Fellow Daoist, you are obsessed! The winning condition of this competition is to clear the Tiger Peak Forest, not to see who can open a road to Tianheng City first!

If we win in the end and take Tianheng City, then it doesn't matter which route we take. On the contrary, if we fail in the competition and Tianheng City falls into the hands of other forces, then it doesn't matter which route we take now.

Moreover, we have been trading along this route for thousands of years, and our familiarity with the terrain is our advantage. So why should we give up this advantage and take another disadvantageous route?"

Venerable Qianlan could not help but remain silent and began to think deeply.

"As mentioned before, if we want to do this, we will definitely be blocked by Tianheng City. Although my junior brother has a Taoist weapon to protect his body, it cannot guarantee absolute safety.

If we follow the route that goes directly to Tianheng City, then the people from Jiulong Mountain will need to work right under the nose of Tianheng City.

Fellow Taoist, do you think it is safe?

If that's the case, it would be better to just reject this plan and just pretend I haven't been here today."

"Hey! Why are you so anxious, fellow Daoist? This matter is of great importance and it is not something I can decide on my own."

Venerable Qianlan said quickly, "How about I report this matter first and then make a decision?"

"Oh, I was too impatient."

Zhou Ming quickly apologized.

Venerable Qianlan said: "Please stay in my building for a few days. After I report this matter, if there is any result, we can discuss it again.

Oh, by the way, if this matter is approved, what are the conditions?"

Zhou Ming said: "I don't have any other conditions. As long as there is an area in the north that we can develop, you can give me 50% of the income after the success!"

"Ok?"

Venerable Qianlan was stunned.

In fact, she just asked casually and didn't think she would get any answer.

All the previous bargaining preparations had been refuted by Zhou Ming one by one.

But at the moment this matter has not been fully implemented.

Any smart person would not directly propose a price at this time, but would wait until Venerable Qianlan reports the matter and receives instructions to execute the plan before proposing conditions.

By that time, the plan would have been approved, and Zhijinlou would accept the proposed conditions even if they were higher.

However, it is obviously not a wise move to put forward conditions now when the plan has not yet been passed.

Zhou Ming is a smart man.

So Venerable Qianlan didn't think he would make an offer at this time.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ming actually quoted a price at this time.

And at such a low price.

Fifty-five!

You know, at this moment, many forces that have joined Zhijinlou and are ready to help them clear out Hufenglin often offer a price of 60:40 or 70:30.

Six or seven of them!

Don't think it's expensive.

Firstly, Zhijin Tower is currently recruiting troops, and at the same time, rivals such as Yueshang Pavilion are also recruiting troops. If they want to compete, they naturally have to offer a high price.

Secondly, there is not much benefit from this matter at the moment. Only when Zhijinlou wins in the future, the so-called 60% or 70% will have value.

If Zhijin Tower fails, then let alone 60% or 70%, even 90% or 100% will be meaningless.

So this is actually a gamble.

Zhijin Tower is a gambling table, and those who are recruited here are gamblers.

If you want them to place a big bet, you naturally have to give them big benefits!

How can they place bets if they don't see more benefits?

And this is just the south, which is where Zhijin Tower can control and exert power.

If it were in the north, out of reach of Zhijin Tower, then all these risks, and even the resources invested in the process, would have to be supported solely by the forces behind Zhou Ming and Venerable Xuanfeng.

With such a huge investment.

At the moment, Zhijin Tower is out of reach and we can only rely on them.

Even if they offered 80% or 90% of the profits, Zhijinlou might agree.

However, what Zhou Ming proposed was 50%!

This naturally surprised Venerable Qianlan immensely.

However, she suddenly thought of the reason why Zhou Ming did this.

route!

If the development route proposed by Zhou Ming is followed, once it is successfully developed, the entire transportation route will be directly connected to Jiulong Mountain.

In terms of spiritual energy and importance, Jiulong Mountain is naturally inferior to Tianheng City.

But with such a route, and the one who controls this route is Zhijin Tower, then after the success, all forces taking this trade and transportation route must first go to Jiulong Mountain and then turn to Tianheng City.

In this way, Jiulong Mountain became an important transit point on the entire trade route.

This also means... development!

Therefore, Zhou Ming’s ultimate goal is to enable Jiulong Mountain to gain an opportunity for development through this incident.

To achieve this ultimate goal, he must facilitate the passage of the entire plan.

He can indeed ask for a high profit of 90%.

But doing so would inevitably arouse disgust among the higher-ups in Zhijin Tower.

After all, in this world, the will of high-level strongmen is sometimes more powerful than the interests of the forces.

For some things, even if it will harm the interests of the entire force, as long as a high-level strongman gives an order, countless people will still obey.

Therefore, Zhou Ming's move was actually to gain the favor of the top management of Zhijin Tower and thus make Zhijin Tower agree to this plan.

As long as he can agree to this plan and implement it, Jiulongshan will naturally get the best development opportunities that belong to him after it is successful in the future.

After all, Jiulong Mountain is the foundation of these two forces.

The area developed in the Tiger Peak Forest is, after all, just an enclave outside.

Even if it can be opened up in the future, it will not be their base after all.

It is obviously reasonable to give up outside profits for the development of one's own base.

Just as Venerable Qianlan approved Zhou Ming's plan, it was because she did not want the local forces in Beijie City to benefit from this matter and become competitors of Zhijin Tower.

For this reason, they would rather give up their interests to Jiulong Mountain far in the north.

From the perspective of Jiulong Mountain, the area around Jiulong Mountain is their "near", while Beijie City is their "far".

Such a choice is also to take the approach of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones.

The world is always a place of give and take. To gain something, you often have to compromise something.

"Fellow Daoist, you are indeed a smart man!"