Conditions for Cooperation

An unexpected name.

"Lan Feifei?"

She was the auctioneer at the Triangle Auction House who was once known as one of the top ten beauties in the game.

Why did she add me?

Xiao Fan frowned and pondered for a moment before accepting the friend request.

The next second, a message came from the other side.

"Your Jiu Chen Jiuchen, it's been a long time. You are even more handsome than before."

That familiar tone...

Xiao Fan twitched the corner of his mouth. Were they that familiar?

He had only met Lan Feifei once before, at Auction, when he was still an unknown newbie who hadn't even left the Novice Village.

He had visited the Triangle Auction House for the transaction, and under Qin Muyu's instructions, he had not revealed his name or ID.

However, the clues to the Resurrection Art were traded at the Triangle Auction House. Once he successfully created the Resurrection Art, Lan Feifei would definitely know that he had been to the Triangle Auction House.

But Xiao Fan was certain that Lan Feifei had no idea who he was; she was just saying that to get closer to him and pave the way for what was to come.

"Is there something you need?" Xiao Fan asked directly.

Lan Feifei replied instantly, "Your Excellency Jiu Chen, to be honest, I added you on my master's orders to cooperate with you."

Owner?

Xiao Fan suddenly remembered that Qin Muyu had once told him that the real backer behind the Triangle Ranking was the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce, a top-tier power with a profound history and a century-long heritage. The Baisheng Chamber of Commerce was spread across three countries, with a deep and intricate network of roots, making it extremely large.

Could the "master" Lan Feifei spoke of be the true owner of the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce?

Lan Feifei's next words confirmed Xiao Fan's guess.

"My master is the president of the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce. He originally intended to speak with you in person, but this update only lasts one day, and there are too many things to do with the server merge, so he couldn't make it in time and sent me to negotiate with you."

Looking at Lan Feifei's message, Xiao Fan rolled his eyes.

"No time" is just an excuse.

To put it bluntly, these inherited powers consider themselves to have profound foundations and look down on me, a commoner, even though my strength is far beyond their reach.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan was reluctant to talk to Lan Feifei anymore. But he was curious about what kind of cooperation Lan Feifei was talking about, so he replied and asked.

What do you want to collaborate on?

After sending this message, Xiao Fan waited a long time before receiving a long string of text from the other end.

Xiao Fan read ten lines at a glance and finished reading in no time.

"What a great collaboration."

A cold glint flashed across Xiao Fan's face. He couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to the other person and simply turned off his phone.

Just then, his aunt called him for dinner, so Xiao Fan went out of the room.

Lan Feifei hadn't received a reply from Xiao Fan. At first, she thought Xiao Fan was carefully reading the collaboration details she had sent.

After waiting for half an hour and still not receiving a message from Xiao Fan, she realized something was wrong.

"Great God Jiu Chen, are you still there?"

"Great God Jiu Chen?"

"Great God Jiu Chen, if you feel there's anything inappropriate, please let us know, and we can discuss it further."

Lan Feifei sent a series of messages, but they all went unanswered. A faint look of impatience and displeasure appeared on her delicate face, and a subtle shadow of gloom flashed across her eyes.

"I really don't know what the guild leader is thinking. No matter how bad Jiu Chen's background is, he is now the number one player on the server, a player that the Dragon Nation carefully cherishes, the undisputed number one genius in the game, and his future is limitless. Isn't this kind of cooperation an insult?"

Lan Feifei was furious.

Although the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce has a history of over a century and spans three countries, and its president has connections with a large family in Jing City, they have mostly conducted real-world business and haven't really expanded into the game.

After all, the game environment of <Cloud Sea> was not suitable for the injection of merchants.

As the game content of the Dragon Nation Server continues to be updated, their server has become suitable for forces like the Merchant Guild to survive.

But how should I put it?

The development of Dragon Nation Server is too fast. In just six months, they have reached Chengdu, leaving the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce with no time to react or deploy.

Actually, the Chamber of Commerce had been preparing to enter the Dragon Nation Server a while ago, but the server merge happened not long after the preparation.

The remaining three servers will all be merged into the Dragon Nation Server, at which point the various national factions on the servers will become intricately intertwined.

The president of the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce realized that this was a great opportunity for their chamber to gain a foothold and grow stronger amidst the chaos.

However, the biggest problem for Parkson's merchants right now is that they have a reputation but no real estate.

Their headquarters need to be located within a secure city, and then they Auction.

With the reputation the chamber of commerce had built up, and with a little more effort, they could definitely make Baisheng Chamber of Commerce the number one chamber of commerce in the game.

The Dragon Nation Server now has four secure cities. The base controlled by the Bai Family was ruled out first, as a place that is not even a city is not worthy of their merchant guild.

What remains are the two Level 5 City controlled by the Dragon Nation, Yanhuang City and Dragon City, as well as the Level 5 City of City of Kings controlled by Shen Long.

The president of the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce looked down on Shen Long's City of Kings, feeling that its reputation was not good.

Since they aim to become the number one merchant guild in the entire game, their headquarters certainly can't be located in a city like City of Kings.

After much deliberation, the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce set its sights on Dragon City, which was controlled by the Dragon Nation.

Logically, they should seek cooperation with the official authorities of the Dragon Nation, but the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce felt that going directly to Zhou He would inevitably result in significant losses.

So they went to Xiao Fan.

Given Xiao Fan's relationship with the authorities, Zhou He would definitely not refuse if he asked.

Moreover, Xiao Fan's background is ordinary, so getting him to talk is much easier.

The president of the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce didn't even want to come in person; he only sent Lan Feifei, the beautiful face of the chamber.

Lan Feifei didn't have much hope before she came to find Xiao Fan.

A boy from an ordinary family, who rose to the top of the Combat Power Leaderboard in the game in just eight years—would such a person be seduced by beautiful women?

"Damn it, you're so stingy, and you make me come here to get all these dirty looks."

Lan Feifei's chest heaved violently, her face filled with anger.

At this moment, she knew without even thinking that Xiao Fan, after reading the cooperation agreement, no longer wanted to talk to her.

But what could she do? She was just a poor, struggling working woman.

Thinking of this, Lan Feifei sent another message to Xiao Fan.

"Your Jiu Chen Jiuchen, if you are not satisfied with the terms, we can discuss this further."

Xiao Fan returned to his room after dinner, picked up his phone, and saw this message.

"They're still sending messages even after all this?"

Xiao Fan quickly replied.

"Conditions? You call that conditions? Does your esteemed chamber of commerce think I'm a fool? Trying to get something for nothing from me, Jiu Chen? In your next life."

Xiao Fan almost laughed when he heard about the terms offered by the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce.

The condition was that he help find a permanent location for the capital of Baisheng Province in Dragon City and Yanhuang City. In return, Xiao Fan would not be charged any handling fees by the Chamber of Commerce when he auctioned any items thereafter.

Damn it, even if Baisheng Chamber of Commerce hadn't even established itself in the game yet, Xiao Fan still thought they were daydreaming.

After sending that message, Xiao Fan immediately blocked Lan Feifei to prevent her from harassing him again.

"Your Jiu Chen Jiuchen, we can talk some more."

After Lan Feifei sent the message, all she saw was a red exclamation mark.

Xiao Fan actually blocked her.