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Those few had all asked for a pile of this and that. After adding it all up, my shares amounted to only ten or twenty percent, and my face turned ashen as I sat below them.
Seeing that I was displeased, Fengyu forced a bitter smile. "Tuming, we've all had our say. It's your turn now, after all. You're the one in charge."
"Tuming, we're all working for the Ghost Dao and struggling for its survival. It's only right that we ask for a little share of the profits. Of course, we're not insisting on this exact amount. We can reduce it somewhat. That's reasonable enough, isn't it?" Luofu said with a hearty laugh.
"We know you've worked hard too. Running such a huge enterprise isn't easy, right? But we're no different. We spent a thousand years or more accumulating these materials to reach this amount. No matter what, you have to let us make a little profit from this deal, don't you?" Taizhi chuckled.
The Great Ghost Emperor also saw the displeasure on my face and said coldly, "Tuming, you've only been here a short while. Among everyone present, the one who has contributed to the Ghost Dao for the shortest time is Luofeng, and even he has been at it for eight hundred years. The road ahead is long, so don't chase quick success or immediate gains. Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish; if you take the people's wealth and fat, you must gradually return it to the people. You understand that principle, don't you?"
I narrowed my eyes and swept them across the eight Ghost Emperors and Great Ghost Emperors before me. "You eight families are taking eighty-five percent of the profits and leaving fifteen percent for me. Do you intend for