Of course, Li Yulong's original purpose was not to seek cooperation with Chen Xin, but simply to exchange for a ground source heat pump from him.
However, it was obvious that all of his wishful thinking had been seen through by Chen Xin, and Chen Xin's counter-general army also put him in an extremely passive situation.
However, although Chen Xin saw through Li Yulong's thoughts and purposes, he still agreed to cooperate with him after some persuasion by Li Yulong.
Leaving behind the materials he brought in exchange, Li Yulong left with satisfaction. Although Chen Xin did not immediately give him the ground source heat pump equipment, he was able to get his promise to cooperate. For Li Yulong, what he brought was It’s worth giving these things away for free.
After Li Yulong left, Chen Xin and Qin Lan returned to the shelter to continue their previous work.
"A Xin, why did you agree to Xiaolong's proposal and cooperate with him?" Qin Lan asked Chen Xin curiously while handing the wrench to him: "As you said, you can definitely cooperate with the SWAT team. Why work with him when you go around him to do this?”
Chen Xin took the wrench, screwed a part, and then answered Qin Lan's question: "Because I'm lazy and don't want to be directly involved in this matter. There are too many things that need to be done to build a market, and it's a lot of work." Labor is totally unnecessary for me.”
While answering Qin Lan's question, Chen Xin picked up another part and installed it on the equipment being assembled.
This is a ground source heat pump being assembled. Because there are no system drawings, Chen Xin can only assemble it manually. All the system can provide at this time is the refurbishment and specification adjustment of parts so that he can put these together. Things fit together instead of not fitting because they are the wrong size.
"And there are specialties in the art industry. I don't think that I, a book writer, can be better at running a market than someone like Xiaolong who inherited his father's business and came from a merchant family." While Chen Xin was busy with the work at hand, he still Answering Qin Lan's doubts: "As for cooperating with the SWAT team, do you really think the SWAT team is suitable for this?"
Qin Lan is not a fool. Chen Xin has said it so clearly. Of course she can understand what Chen Xin means.
"Indeed, the SWAT team is not suitable for intervening in black market affairs. We can only do this in cooperation with the city government." Qin Lan nodded while acknowledging Chen Xin's statement.
The interests involved in the black market and the impact it has are great, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can affect the power structure of this city.
If it were the kind of doomsday where the country collapses in movies and TV shows, who could control such a black market? It could even be said that he could control the entire city in disguise.
Under the current situation where the government has not collapsed and the city government can still ensure its control over the entire city, this matter can only and must be done by the city government. The SWAT team can intervene and share some benefits.
But if the SWAT team comes to do this, then the SWAT team and the city government are really competing against each other.
After understanding the relationship, Qin Lan did not continue to ask questions. Although Chen Xin could indeed cooperate with the city government on his own and use the SWAT team as a guarantee to do this, if he did not want to do it himself, he would have to cooperate with others. Cooperation is the best way.
"Well, that's the thing. I'm not familiar with the people in the city government. Even if you cooperate with the city government through your SWAT team, it is still the weakest of the three parties. If you want to maintain your own interests, you must spend a lot of energy. Zhou Xuan, I don't have the time or energy to do this kind of thing." Seeing that Qin Lan understood what he was thinking, Chen Xin told her his next plan: "My next plan is to pick up my dad. When mom comes back, nothing else matters compared to this."
"Axin, are you going to pick up your uncle and aunt? Then how do you plan to go? Do you need my help?" When Chen Xin mentioned that he was going to pick up his parents, Qin Lan also became concerned about this matter.
"Can you walk away from the SWAT team?" Chen Xin looked up at Qin Lan and saw her resolute expression, so he said: "Theoretically, with the help of the railways that are still in operation, we can take a train through four provinces and reach Anhui. It is the best way to save time and energy, but it must be difficult to take the train now, let alone bring my parents back from Anhui Province.
And more importantly, my parents and relatives are all in my hometown in the mountains. Even driving there used to take an hour to walk on the mountain roads. Now the mountains are probably blocked by heavy snow, even if I can take the train. It was also troublesome to pick up my parents when I arrived in Anhui Province. "
Regarding what Chen Xin said, Qin Lan nodded understandingly. Chen Xin's place was still just a suburb of the city, and the roads had become much more difficult to walk under the snow. It was conceivable that if he wanted to drive into his hometown, it would be difficult. How difficult.
"Then you plan to drive there by yourself? But if you drive there by yourself, your car..." Qin Lan was not optimistic about Chen Xin's SUV.
Chen Xin nodded matter-of-factly and said affirmatively: "My car is definitely not good. If you want to drive across four provinces, you must at least have a car like Xiaolong."
"So you are working with Xiaolong to exchange his car?" Qin Lan heard what Chen Xin said and guessed his purpose.
"Of course it would be good to replace it, but I prefer to modify one myself. His car is just a recreational vehicle, which is not particularly suitable in this environment." Chen Xin shook his head, and of course he didn't care about Li Yulong's car. I am greedy, but I have no intention of getting it.
Li Yulong's RV was remodeled from a truck chassis. When it was originally remodeled, it was designed for luxury and enjoyment, so the living facilities on board were very comfortable, but there were no measures to deal with the extremely harsh environment now.
Now it doesn't matter if you drive it in the city like this, but if you want to travel long distances, this car will not be so suitable.
Chen Xin would like to modify a similar vehicle himself, but be prepared and protected against harsh environments, and then drive such a vehicle to pick up his parents.
To realize such a plan, Chen Xin will definitely need a lot of resources. These resources can be exchanged through the SWAT team, but obviously the efficiency will be very low and the collection speed will be very slow.
So this is one of the reasons why he is willing to cooperate with Li Yulong. He can collect resources through Li Yulong, instead of struggling to build a market by himself and then slowly collect resources from the market.
And before setting off to pick up his parents, Chen Xin must first complete the upgrade of the shelter so that the shelter can accommodate more people.
Otherwise, he would bring his parents back, but there would be no place for them to live in his shelter. That would be the most embarrassing thing. (End of chapter)