Qu Jianlei felt emotional, but at the same time, he could sense that the Five Friends Alliance truly had far greater resources than Duan Bowen.
However, he still had to emphasize, "Fellow Daoist, Red Leaf Ridge doesn't make money selling detectors in Dongsheng."
"I understand that," True Immortal San Shi nodded crisply. "What we value isn't the items' value itself."
It was not as though he had never done business before. No matter how enormous the profit margin, there was always a limit to how much money a product could make.
"Gaining goodwill is worth far more than the goods themselves. Isn't that right?"
Then he smiled. "For now, we merely hope to obtain Red Leaf Ridge's authorization to conduct this business in Central Province."
Qu Jianlei did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at Duan Bowen. "I'll trouble Fellow Daoist to assess whether the Five Friends Alliance possesses the corresponding strength."
You still need to ask me? True Immortal Bowen was slightly surprised.
However, Red Leaf Ridge had always developed in Dongsheng and knew little about Central Province. That was indeed a fact.
So he considered his words before saying, "Without your authorization, I don't think highly of their chances."
In other words, he believed that even with Red Leaf Ridge's recognition, the Five Friends Alliance would face no small amount of pressure if it took on this business.
But he would not make it any clearer. Whether to support them or not was something Red Leaf Ridge had to consider. It had nothing to do with him.
Qu Jianlei nodded thoughtfully. "The most we can do is grant authorization."
As for Red Leaf Ridge publicly stepping forward to endorse the Five Friends Alliance, that was impossible.
The main reason Qu Jianlei was willing to consider granting them authorization