In the end, Cardias basically agreed to Xiao Ran's conditions. However, after discussing Anaheim Company's shares, Xiao Ran ultimately decided to reduce his stake to 65%. Anaheim Company would temporarily hold 15%, while the remaining 20% would be distributed among the various interested parties. None of the other conditions changed; everything would proceed exactly as Xiao Ran had said. Anaheim Company's leadership would remain unchanged and stay under the control of the Bist Family.
Sixty-five percent might have seemed like a considerable reduction, but those shares were practically worthless to Xiao Ran. They merely served as a rope tying him to Anaheim Company, binding them to the same war chariot and forming a bridge for them to advance toward his goals together. Whether he held 60% or 50% made no difference to him. Yet by giving up something unimportant, he gained the Bist Family's full support, including access to the network of connections the Bist Family had built.
Xiao Ran also told Cardias about the plan he had devised—the very same plan he had previously told Char. He would use Char's identity to secure the Earth Federation's assistance, overthrow the Zabi family, and establish a New Zeon that outwardly obeyed the Earth Federation. That was the first step.
The second step would proceed at the same time. First, Anaheim Company would begin manufacturing and mass-producing MS units exclusively for their "Resistance Organization." With Char's and Anaheim Company's strength, they would secretly recruit ace pilots from Zeon and the Earth Federation to form their own forces. After eliminating the Zabi family's influence and gaining complete control over New Zeon, they would ostensibly obey the Earth Federation and disband their military, only to rebuild it elsewhere and lower the Earth Federation's guard.
Then, at the right moment, they would reveal the truth