Chapter 6 (10) Going Back on One's Word (2)

  When Peng Haoming left Zhu Meier, he didn't go to find Zhao Gongrui immediately. Instead, he went to Zhao Gongrui's house at night, wearing a fishing vest, carrying a fishing box and a fishing rod, and knocked on the door.

  Zhao Gongfu saw Peng Haoming's outfit and couldn't figure out what he was up to. Peng Haoming said, "Let's go for a walk."

  "Fishing?!" Zhao Gong asked skeptically.

  "Yes." Peng Haoming raised his fishing rod.

  "Go fishing at night?" Zhao Gong felt that Peng Haoming's intention was not in the wine.

  "Just follow me and you'll see." Peng Haoming smiled, Zhao Gongfu had no choice but to follow up, several mercenaries looked at each other and followed closely with their guns loaded.

  Zhao Gongwu always felt a bit uneasy, constantly looking back at the hired soldiers following them. Peng Haoming comforted him, saying: "Don't worry, they won't kill you without an order."

  "Do you think Zhu Mei'er will accept my terms?" Zhao Gong asked straightforwardly.

  Peng Haoming didn't respond, and was struggling to climb up a small rock wall. Zhao Gonghui handed the fishing box up to him, and with Peng's help, climbed up as well, muttering: "How can there be fish in a place like this?"

  "There are surprises everywhere in the mountains, it depends on how you discover them." Peng Haoming said casually, Zhao Gong felt that there was a hidden meaning behind his words, but now didn't seem to be the right time to dig deeper.

  Two people walked on the mountain road in the dark night for more than an hour, and came to a canyon. A clear stream flowed through the canyon. Peng Haoming found a large deep pool with a considerable area, sat on a flat big stone at the edge of the pool, and prepared fishing gear.

  Zhao Gongyu shone his flashlight into the pool, but the beam of light couldn't penetrate to the bottom. Wherever the light shone, it only seemed green and oily, like jade on a sunny day.

  "Are there fish here?" Zhao Gong looked around, everything was dark and gloomy. The few mercenaries who followed him seemed to have discussed it beforehand, they didn't get close, standing or sitting more than ten meters away, smoking, which made the unease in Zhao Gong's heart spread.

  "This is the cold water that emerges from the underground river. Every year at this time, there will be fish swimming in this pool, waiting for the spring rain to come and flow down to another place." Peng Haoming skillfully hung a worm on the hook: "Any bait is not as practical as worms, I like using worms to catch fish the most."

  "Is it because the smell of meat will attract hungry fish?" Zhao Gong thought for a moment, now it's already winter, although winters in the south are not cold.

  "As long as it's effective, who cares?" Peng Haoming said, and at the same time, a fish had already bitten the hook. The cold-water fish wasn't very big, and Zhao Gongyu saw that the two or three finger-width wide fish seemed a bit pitiful to him. After leaving the water, the small fish struggled on the stone, but still couldn't escape being put into Peng Haoming's fishing basket.

  "If it doesn't open its mouth..." Zhao Gongfu was about to say, but suddenly felt that Peng Haoming had invited him fishing for no simple reason, and now it's best to wait for Peng Haoming to speak first.

  Peng Haoming caught over a dozen fish of varying sizes in less than an hour. As he looked at the time, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Mei Jie asked me to pass on a message to you."

  "What she promised has come true, Zhao Gongyu tried his best to suppress the tension and asked casually: 'Has she agreed to the terms?'"

  "She said she hates people who are insincere," Peng Haoming said in a calm tone.

  Zhao Gongwu felt the hairs on his body stand up, and he couldn't help but glance at the mercenaries tens of meters away. In this place, except for jumping into the water pool, there was no way to escape.

  "But..." Peng Haoming said slowly and deliberately again.

  "But what?"

  "If you weren't working with her, but with me..." Peng Haoming said half a sentence and then stopped.

  "Do you have the ability and resources?" Zhao Gongyu asked hastily.

  "No... I'm also working with Zhu Mei'er." Peng Haoming replied very honestly.

  "What cooperation is possible between us?" Zhao Gongyu felt his hopes were shattered.

  "Zhu Mei'er's current sales channel has shrunk severely, and some are not making ends meet. But I have the channels she urgently needs, and you have the formula she wants..." Peng Haoming glanced at the mercenaries wandering in the distance and lowered his voice: "You can consider it, I want your formula, and I'll give you 30% of the shares."

  Zhao Gongwu hadn't turned the corner yet, and this method sounded pretty good too. Let Peng Haoming be a buffer in between to avoid Zhu Meier's sharp edge, but immediately his self-protection consciousness reminded him that if Peng Haoming was sent by Zhu Meier to get the formula, he might not make it through tonight.

  "If you have any other conditions, you can mention them. Business is about negotiation." Peng Haoming lit a cigarette for himself: "It's still early before dawn, we have plenty of time, you can take your time to consider."

  Although Zhao Gongwu had not done any business, he had more than 50 years of experience after all. He naturally heard the threat in Peng Haoming's words. In this environment, Peng Haoming gave himself a condition with only one purpose - Zhao Gongwu could only cooperate.

  Peng Haoming didn't want to kill Zhao Gongfu hastily, because he still had great use value and could persuade Zhao Gongfu. If Peng Haoming occupied a larger position in Zhu Meier's heart, more importantly, it would allow Peng Haoming to gain more chips.

  "I want an independent production workshop. When synthesizing, everyone must evacuate." Zhao Gongyu knew that this synthesis method and formula were his last trump card, and once leaked out, it would be the end of him.

  "No problem." Peng Haoming had already discussed with Zhu Meier, and the production could be handed over to himself in charge. On this point, Peng Haoming could make decisions for Zhu Meier.

  "The price we agreed on, please pay as soon as possible. Once payment is made, I can start production immediately." Zhao Gongliu saw that Peng Haoming had agreed very readily and gritted his teeth to add another condition.

  "This money I can't take out, but...I can go talk to Zhu Mei'er." Peng Haoming said slowly, seeing the float move, he lifted the fishing rod and another fish was hooked.

  "One billion... isn't even a big deal for her..." Zhao Gonghui now regrets that he had set the price too low, to think that Zhu Meier could build such a kingdom in the mountains with just smuggling and drug trafficking, he should have asked for one hundred million.

  "Not bad." Peng Haoming smiled, taking the fish off the hook and throwing it into the fish basket.

  "Hmph, once my product goes into mass production, it'll make her at least hundreds of millions in a year! What I want is just a small fraction..."

  "5 million......" Peng Haoming stretched out his palm and shook it slightly.

  "What?" Zhao Gong was taken aback.

  "I'll give you 100 million to talk, but I want 50 million...". Peng Haoming looked at Zhao Gongyu with a sly gaze: "Once you cooperate with me, every year there will be at least 300 million. This 50 million is the guarantee for your cooperation with me, isn't that reasonable?"

  "Scoundrel..." Zhao Gongfu cursed in his heart, but he couldn't help but admire Peng Haoming's business acumen. He didn't spend a single penny, relying on his exceptional skills to get the 5 million yuan that rightfully belonged to him from Zhu Meier, and later used Zhu Meier's money and his own expertise to make even more...

  "It was a pleasure doing business with you..." Peng Haoming didn't give Zhao Gongfu much time to think, he wiped his hands with a towel and extended it to Zhao Gongfu.

  Zhao Gong hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand and shook it: "Cooperation... pleasant cooperation..."

  Whether it will be pleasant in the future, Zhao Gongyu doesn't know. But at least for now, he is not happy. He has no room for choice and can only take this path of cooperating with Peng Haoming.

  But Zhao Gong felt that cooperating with Peng Haoming was better than cooperating with Zhu Meier. He had been in contact with Peng Haoming for the longest time and felt that Peng Haoming was a pure businessman, whose purpose was to make money. Cooperating with businessmen only required considering the issue of money, but Zhu Meier was different. Her beautiful eyes were impenetrable, and Zhao Gong, who prided himself on his rich experience and ability to judge people, often felt a chill when facing her.

  At least, cooperating with Peng Haoming doesn't have to worry about the danger of life... At this time, Zhao Gongrui can only give up some immediate benefits.

  The business talk was over, and the two seemed to have run out of topics to discuss. After a while, Zhao Gongru opened his mouth and asked: "What is Zhu Meier's background? How can he achieve this at such a young age?"

  "I don't know and I'm not interested in finding out." Peng Haoming thought it was better if some things were not known to Zhao Gong.

  "Hmph... But she's just a ruthless and venomous woman, what can be done about it?" Zhao Gongyu said to himself.

  "I'd like to ask, if you knew your product would lead to the downfall of many families, wouldn't you feel uneasy in your heart?" Peng Haoming asked.

  Zhao Gong was taken aback for a moment, then replied: "As for those who made me lose my family and home, I don't think they have any unease."

  "Is this for revenge?" Peng Haoming asked again.

  "I suppose... although the target of revenge isn't who I wanted it to be." Zhao Gong spread his hands: "But what can you do? I also need a lot of money."

  Peng Haoming feels that he seems to be at peace, sometimes people don't need an answer, they just need someone to give themselves a reason to feel at peace, and the reason Zhao Gongyu gave himself seems pretty good.

  "If one doesn't strive for oneself, heaven and earth will be destroyed. Young man, when I was your age, my dreams weren't any less than yours, but what happened? Dreams can't overcome reality, and dreams also need money to support them. Without money, even the best dreams are useless!" Zhao Gonghui patted Peng Haoming's shoulder with some affection.

  "I don't have many dreams, I just want to quietly make a lot of money..."

  "I'm no exception either. It's just that sometimes reality is cruel, without money my wife and I quarreled and divorced, if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have impulsively set a fire and ended up with 8 years in prison." Zhao Gongrui began to recall his not-so-pleasant past: "But being in prison also made me realize that money is very important, it can buy everything..."

  Since he had already found a reason to comfort himself, Peng Haoming did not want to be friends with Zhao Gongyu, and he tactfully declined Zhao's attempt to continue the conversation.

  The next day, Peng Haoming went to find Zhu Meier. Zhu Meier had just gotten out of bed and was still wearing her pajamas when Peng Haoming entered her bedroom.

  "How was your conversation with him?" Zhu Meier asked lazily.

  "He doesn't want to work with you."

  "Is he trying my patience?" Zhu Meier stared at Peng Haoming with wide eyes.

  "He wants to cooperate with me..." Peng Haoming was not afraid at all.

  "I've said it before, I hate people who go back on their words!"

  "But I think this is better for you, you both need someone in the middle to buffer." Peng Haoming said: "Mei, calm down and think about it."

  Zhu Meier forced herself to calm down, this kingdom had already exhausted her mentally and physically. Perhaps Peng Haoming was right, she needed someone in the middle to act as a buffer, to help her block those overt and covert attacks.

  "What else?" Zhu Meier asked with a bitter smile.

  "He wanted to protect his formula and production process, wanting to complete the production alone. The original condition of 10 million remains unchanged, but... I said I want 5 million." Peng Haoming sat opposite Zhu Meier, staring into her eyes: "Meier, you're too tired, if you trust me, let me handle it."

  "Should I trust you or not, Peng Haoming?" Zhu Meier's heartstrings were plucked by Peng Haoming's direct gaze, and she quietly asked herself, but her eyes became clearer.

  Perhaps Peng Haoming is trustworthy, Zhu Meier told herself...

  "Alright, you handle everything then." Zhu Meier said resolutely, thought for a moment and continued: "Xin Yi is giving me a lot of pressure right now, I'll let Lin Chaohui go talk to him."

  "Hmm? I was thinking of talking to him too."

  "What were you and he talking about?" Zhu Meier became vigilant again.

  "Mei, relax, if you want to get rid of Xinyi, you have to wait until your strength is strong enough. Before that, we need to drag out the time..."

  "It's easy to talk, but behind the scenes is Long Kun......" Zhu Mei'er smiled miserably, as long as Long Kun was willing, the collapse of Zhu Mei'er's kingdom would be just a matter of time.

  "Don't worry, I can handle it." Peng Haoming said with confidence.

  "But I wish... Peng Haoming, can you hug me?" Zhu Meier said hesitantly in a soft voice.

  Peng Haoming felt a bit awkward, but seeing Zhu Meier's pitiful look, he still stretched out his arms and gave her a hug.

  Zhu Meier tightly hugged Peng Haoming, her head leaning on his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and murmured softly: "That year, when he left, I said, if you love me, just hug me... But he didn't, and then he never came back..."

  "Are you still thinking of him?"

  "I don't know, I just want someone to hug me right now." Zhu Mei'er's tears fell silently...