Chapter 223: How Do You Fancy a Partnership? (1/2)

Bai Xiaofei took the final two items on the table into his storage ring, and the mini warehouse of Zhuang Ming was thus emptied completely. Even after all that, they still owed Bai Xiaofei about 700 billion. Of course, 700 billion out of four trillion meant that a huge portion of the debt had been shaved off. But 700 billion was still a large sum of money.

Even a debt of one penny was able to trouble a hero, and this 700 billion was extremely tricky to solve. What made this worse was the fact that this 700 billion was in Amethyst Coins, the highest grade of currency of the continent, above gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins.

In other words, the present Zhuang Ming was in quite a predicament. What should he do now? It was precisely at such a juncture that a crafty smirk formed on Bai Xiaofei’s face.

Finally! The moment I have been waiting for is here!

“Deputy President Zhuang, if my guess is correct, you don’t have anything left to offer, right? If so, are you interested in listening to a proposal of mine?” Bai Xiaofei said, and to the side, Fang Ye’s eyes lit up. Although he had no idea what Bai Xiaofei was trying to do, as a merchant’s son and Bai Xiaofei’s classmate, he could already smell the scent of money in the air.

Zhuang Ming blanked out then frowned. He asked, “Proposal? What do you mean?”

Being in his position, he had only paid attention to some aspects of Bai Xiaofei and had no information about Bai Xiaofei’s talent in business. Thus, he lacked knowledge of Bai Xiaofei’s business acuity. This lack in knowledge was why he was completely at a reactive position when dealing with Bai Xiaofei.

“Looks like Deputy President Zhuang hasn’t been staying on top of things. Are you familiar with the term Blossom Ticket?”

It doesn’t matter if you can’t think of it. I can slowly guide you. But if you don’t even know what Blossom Ticket is, I will have no choice but to mock you.

Fortunately, Zhuang Ming’s lack of knowledge wasn’t that severe.

“Do you mean you are proposing a partnership between us?” A look of realization surfaced on Zhuang Ming’s face as he recalled the recent major event that had happened in the academy.

Ten different stores had suddenly grown in power, each emerging as a new force to be reckoned with. They had been mainly relying on the Blossom Tickets to forcefully surpass all the other stores doing similar types of business to them, and there were signs that these stores were all going to become the tyrant of their respective industry soon.

After some investigation, they found that the Blossom Tickets originated from the Blossom Ranking. But the information Zhuang Ming had only indicated that Bai Xiaofei was merely one of the participants in that business endeavor. But now that he thought about it, the information he had obtained had been somewhat inaccurate.

“Conversing with a smart person is always a pleasant experience. Why don’t we sit down and have a proper talk?” Bai Xiaofei said as he gestured for the others to sit. Zhuang Ming was momentarily stunned before he told the waitress to leave. He then sat down on the sofa opposite Bai Xiaofei.

“So you have been expecting that I wouldn’t be able to pay the debt?” Zhuang Ming asked. This was something he did not dare believe. As for Feng Wuhen, a curious look appeared on his face when he heard the question. This was a rare chance to gain more understanding of Bai Xiaofei.

“How is that possible? Even if I am a godly fortune teller, I won’t be able to know that in advance. Before this, I had only expected that the four trillion would be hard to get. The partnership with you is something I came up with when you offered to pay the debt with those items.”

Bai Xiaofei had no intention of hiding anything. Since he had decided to work with Zhuang Ming, revealing his capability would help secure him more bargaining chips. After all, the more capable he was, the more serious the other party would take him. That was crucial in a cooperative relationship.

Sure enough, after Bai Xiaofei said that, Zhuang Ming was astonished. Although this wasn’t something Bai Xiaofei had planned beforehand, coming up with it on the spot was already a considerably impressive feat. One ought to know that Bai Xiaofei was only a sixteen-year-old youth.