President Qing Ru wasn’t exaggerating.
It now appeared that Youhai Comrce had a significant way to go to catch up with Golden Sparrow Comrce, but it wouldn’t take long for the gap to close rapidly, due to Alchemist Jing Yan’s endorsent of Youhai Comrce, which would expand its business network in the near future.
Once Jing Yan joined Youhai Comrce, the effects were hard to predict at the mont, but they would certainly be powerful.
However, Jing Yan slightly furrowed his brow.
"President Qing Ru, I honestly don’t want to join any forces," Jing Yan didn’t want to be bound by any comrce.
He had declined invitations from the Holy City Holy Palace and even less so from the comrce of Pill Country.
For a pill master like Jing Yan, obtaining Spirit Stone resources was not difficult. As long as he refined elixirs when convenient, earning Spirit Stones would be effortless.
If he was willing, people seeking his alchemy skills would be plentiful.
"Mr. Jing Yan, if you join Youhai Comrce, our comrce will not impose any restrictions on you. You won’t need to do anything in the comrce. We only hope that you can serve as the honorary president," Qing Ru quickly added.
To put it bluntly, Youhai Comrce just wanted Jing Yan’s prestige.
Of course, it would be better still if Jing Yan was willing to refine elixirs for the comrce, but that clearly wasn’t realistic, and Qing Ru understood this.
"Honorary President?" Jing Yan looked at Qing Ru.
If there were no restrictions, it would be acceptable.
Jing Yan indeed had a good impression of Qing Ru.
Jing Yan understood Qing Ru’s intention of wanting him to serve as the honorary president of Youhai Comrce, essentially to leverage his prestige.
However, this prestige shouldn’t just be utilized freely. Serving as the comrce’s honorary president—what were the benefits? Without any benefits, Jing Yan would definitely not agree.
"Yes! Honorary President!"
"Mr. Jing Yan, as long as you agree, you can imdiately receive ten percent of Youhai Comrce’s shares!" Qing Ru dropped a bombshell.
Ten percent of the shares!
How much was ten percent of Youhai Comrce? Jing Yan wasn’t sure, but he knew it was a lot.
This was one of the Five Great Comrces of Pill Country!
Inside Youhai Comrce were dozens of directors, each holding certain shares. Normally, each person’s shares were just a few percent, rarely more than ten percent. Even Qing Ru herself only held a bit more than ten percent.
Ten percent of the shares was indeed a significant figure. This was sufficient to prove Youhai Comrce’s sincerity in inviting Jing Yan.
Like Dragon Soaring Comrce and others, although they wanted Jing Yan to join their comrces too, they definitely wouldn’t offer him such a large share. Even if they could afford this much, there would be many conditions.
"Jing Yan, I think Qing Ru’s proposal is very good, you might want to consider it," Zhou Shangyun also spoke up.
For Jing Yan, rely being an honorary president at Youhai Comrce could net him ten percent of the comrce’s shares—why would he refuse?
Zhou Shangyun hoped Jing Yan would agree.
"Hmm!" Jing Yan nodded to Zhou Shangyun.
"President Qing Ru, your proposal is very good!" Jing Yan said. "However, I have one condition."
"Please speak!" Qing Ru’s eyes lit up.
As long as Jing Yan agreed to join Youhai Comrce, let alone one condition, even ten conditions, she would try to et them. Qing Ru was indeed a far-sighted person; her role as the president of the comrce was no accident.
"I have a Pill Tower, this Pill Tower is known as Splendid Pill Tower, specialising in selling elixirs," Jing Yan voiced.
"Splendid Pill Tower? Splendid Pill Tower of Donglin City in Lanqu County?" Qing Ru’s eyes suddenly sparkled.
"President Qing Ru, you know of Splendid Pill Tower too?" Jing Yan was a bit surprised.
Splendid Pill Tower was rely one among many in Donglin City within Lanqu County jurisdiction, and unexpectedly, Qing Ru knew of it.
However, it should be ntioned that Donglin City had developed quite rapidly over the last few years. Just a few years ago, it wasn’t the lowest-tier city within Lanqu County. Although it still couldn’t compare with the top cities in Lanqu County, it could be regarded as a second-tier city, having expanded more than tenfold in scale. The city now had many Martial Artists at the Dao Spirit Realm.
And nowadays, Splendid Pill Tower was quite well-known. Many of the elixirs from Splendid Pill Tower were of a high quality and had already circulated beyond Lanqu County, throughout the Heavenly Origin Continent.
The only downside of Splendid Pill Tower was that their elixirs were predominantly low-level, with few interdiate elixirs. Thus, for Martial Artists beyond the Dao Spirit realm, Splendid Pill Tower still didn’t have much appeal. But this didn’t stop Youhai Comrce from being aware of Splendid Pill Tower’s existence.
"I’ve indeed heard of it; I never imagined that Splendid Pill Tower was actually owned by Alchemist Jing Yan!" Qing Ru exclaid. "No wonder the elixirs produced there are of such high quality!"
"Yes! Currently, the elixirs from Splendid Pill Tower are primarily low-level. However, in the future, there will definitely be a large number of interdiate and even high-level elixirs," Jing Yan nodded. "My condition is that I hope Youhai Comrce can form a partnership with Splendid Pill Tower. Splendid Pill Tower could be given priority to exchange its elixirs for materials from Youhai Comrce."
Hearing this, Qing Ru was relieved. She didn’t expect Jing Yan’s condition to be just this.
This condition wasn’t just without loss for Youhai Comrce but was beneficial. The high-quality elixirs from Splendid Pill Tower had a significant market. If they could acquire elixirs from Splendid Pill Tower, it would obviously be advantageous for Youhai Comrce’s business.
"This is completely no problem. I can send soone to Donglin City to contact the person in charge of Splendid Pill Tower right away," Qing Ru didn’t hesitate to agree.
"Then there’s no issue. President Qing Ru, pleased to cooperate," Jing Yan said with a smile.
"Great! That’s wonderful!" Qing Ru knew that Jing Yan had accepted her request.
Next, a directors’ eting would have to be called.
Jing Yan’s acquisition of ten percent of Youhai Comrce’s shares changed the share structure of the comrce. The directors’ shares would definitely need to be redistributed.
Naturally, Jing Yan would also have to attend the directors’ eting.
Jing Yan’s ten percent of the shares had to be squeezed out from other directors; naturally, their shares would decrease. However, anyone with a bit of foresight wouldn’t have too many objections. In the short term, their shares indeed diminished, but in the long run, they stood to gain much more.
Thus, the progression of this matter at the directors’ eting went very smoothly, with almost no voices of opposition.
After signing an agreent, Jing Yan officially beca the honorary president of Youhai Comrce, obtaining ten percent of the comrce’s shares. And as an honorary president, he wouldn’t interfere with normal operations of the comrce.
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