1181 We’re Always The Realest and Liberated (1/2)
Huang Tianfu and the other two finally looked through the heretics' proposal more than half an hour later. They also came up with a preliminary conclusion.
Sun Zhuo noticed that Lin Huang did not participate in the discussion throughout the process. Instead, he delegated the task to the three Grand Dukes in relief.
He looked at Huang Tianfu and the other three and then at the three people he brought. He was getting more and more depressed upon recalling the bastards at the heretics' headquarters.
'We're both bosses. Why are we being treated so differently?'
After the three Grand Dukes were done with the discussion, Huang Tianfu went through the main points of the heretics' proposal with Lin Huang and informed him about the conclusion that they came to through voice transmission.
Lin Huang nodded after listening and said to Sun Zhuo, ”Presiding Judge, we've already come to a preliminary conclusion. Tianfu, please go on.” Then, he passed the stage to Huang Tianfu who nodded and projected the heretics' proposal from his Emperor's Heart Ring.
”The proposal that the heretics have provided is very thorough. It covers almost all aspects of the possible collaboration between Dynasty and the heretics that might occur in the future. They even gave very solid suggestions in some aspects which inspires us.
”In reality, this proposal is fantastic in the long run. However, we feel that this multi-faceted collaboration might be a little too rushed.”
At the moment, Sun Zhuo could not help but speak up, ”Maybe we weren't clear about this. This proposal itself is an idealized version of the final collaboration for both sides. Therefore, we included all possible collaborations as much as we could. The reason why we didn't include the details was mainly that we aren't sure what kind of collaboration Dynasty is looking at.”
”I was going to ask about the details because we didn't see it in the proposal,” Huang Tianfu responded, ”But we can discuss them now.
”I think financial collaboration can be the first step. Dynasty can give our collaborators access to our internal trading system at all times. We're ready for that. We can give the access tomorrow morning if we reach an agreement today.
”In reality, we synced our trading system a day after we signed the agreement with the Union Government five days ago. The trading rate throughout the past few days experienced a 50% boost and it's still growing every day.”
The four heretics looked interested as they listened keenly.
Sun Zhuo could not help but ask, ”If we sync our system with yours, can we get access to the Union Government trading system too?”
”We've thought about this in the beginning and discussed with the Union Government. They give our collaborators access but it's limited. Approximately 12% of products are banned sales. Even though the trading access is only 88%, it's much higher than the 61% the Union Government gives to the public. Moreover, since the collaborators will be given online access to the trading system, there'll be a 17% premium to the sales. It's considered as commission for Dynasty.”
”A 17% premium! That's a little high. Auctions usually only charge a 5% handling fee.” Zhou Tong gasped.
”17% isn't actually high because you're given insider prices. Even with the 17% premium, the price that you pay is similar to the price you find in the market. No matter whether they are auctions or black markets, there'll definitely be a higher premium compared to the price you find in the market. In reality, it's not us who set the 17% premium. We were asking for 10% from the Union Government in the beginning, but they're afraid of affecting the market price which might cause the butterfly effect and influence the entire market.
”Of course, the ratio isn't fixed whereby it will be adjusted following the market price. Moreover, we'll reduce the commission accordingly for organizations that we're closer with in the future, given the condition that the items won't be resold. There will be a more detailed condition by then.” Huang Tianfu provided a comprehensive explanation.
”How about the items from Dynasty? Can we enjoy insider prices too? What's the ratio of banned sales like?”
”It depends on the price the heretics are giving us. At the moment, we give the Union Government an insider price just like what the Dynasty members pay. There're no banned sales. We're not the Union Government. We have no military businesses. All of the resources are obtained from hunting and exploring ruins and sites. Therefore, there's nothing that we can't sell. The only difference between the Union Government and Dynasty members is that the latter has the priority to buy an item that they are keen to purchase at the same time.”
”I get it. Priority purchase. Right. We understand that.” Sun Zhuo nodded lightly when he heard the clarification. ”I'll discuss the price and banned sales with the headquarters later.”
”May I ask what's the banned sales ratio like working with the Union Government?” Zhou Tong asked all of a sudden. ”Of course, you don't have to tell me if it's too much to ask.”
Huang Tianfu looked at Lin Huang to get his approval. Lin Huang nodded at him since it was not actually a secret.
”The banned sales we're given is 3%.”
”Wow, this ratio is similar to the Hunter Association, isn't it?!” Xia Yu exclaimed.
”Not exactly. The Hunter Association has an even lower figure. No organization can compete with how close they are to the Union Government.” Huang Tianfu did not reveal more.
”Let's end the discussion of trading access here. We'll discuss the detailed conditions when the heretics have set the price. We'll give access within 24 hours as soon as the agreement is done.”
”Sure, let's end it here. We'll talk about the detailed conditions tomorrow morning when we're done on our side.” Sun Zhou never thought that they would set the first project so soon. In reality, the agreement was basically in place now that they were in discussion. He did not expect Dynasty to be so open before coming here. Not only were they sincere in the collaboration, but they were not perfunctory at all.
”Let's talk about the next project then. About the data access…” Huang Tianfu moved onto the second project directly.
Sun Zhuo stayed three days in Emperor City with the other three heretics. They spent most of the time in Dynasty's meeting room.
In reality, the meeting was mainly run by Huang Tianfu and the other two Grand Dukes. They went into detail about the few projects that could be accomplished in the first round of collaboration. They also raised many questions, even giving Sun Zhuo and the rest some solutions for their reference.
The people from the heretics witnessed the three Grand Dukes' professionalism, especially Huang Tianfu who was totally an all-rounder butler.
Sun Zhuo even had the thought of poaching Huang Tianfu back to the heretics quite a few times.