So, the negotiation officially begins!
The first person to speak was Li De, the lord of Yuxi City, that is, me. As the first step in recruiting talents, the first thing to talk about is of course benefits. I picked up the book next to me, took out the ear drafts that had been typed in advance, and explained to Fang Shisan:
"Any conditions you have, Yuxi City can consider. Any concerns you have, Yuxi City can eliminate. In addition to giving you absolute trust, Alaya and Felita will also accept your dispatch during wartime. One It is a genius assassin who has completed the fifth level of kendo and is only a thin line away from the sixth level of kendo. The other is a magic fortress of mixed blood of the demon race and fifth level of magic. I don’t need to say this. You also understand the importance of this strategic resource. Although the formation of the army is In order to maximize the power of the whole, but adding personal force as a variable can greatly improve the flexibility of the army formation, allowing you to have more cards to play... Do you admit this? Think about it, Fang Shisan ?”
Fang Shisan shook his head, clasped his hands together, and said:
"I've said it before, no matter how high the salary you offer, I won't go with you. Because I'm the daughter of Lord Zhaochen, from Skystar City—"
Fang Shisan didn't finish speaking, I interrupted and shouted to Alaya:
"That Fang Lita is always crying, is it annoying? You go, stop his mouth first, prevent him from biting his tongue, and then knock off two fingers. See if he still screams."
Before Fang Shisan could stop it, Alayya's long sword fell, and the sound of bones breaking was heard clearly in everyone's ears. Fang Lita's mouth was covered with a rag, but he still let out a dull hum. The sound was not loud, but it made people shudder like claws scratching their hearts. Fang Shisan hurriedly shouted:
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Panting heavily, she struggled to compromise. Although she still didn't let go, she reluctantly said:
"… let me consider it."
I nodded and continued:
"Then I would like to introduce to you the benefits of our Yuxi City. Double salary at the end of the year is indispensable. In addition, there is a three-month performance bonus. As long as there are no major problems, it is easy to get sixteen months of salary every year. If you are in the city lord's mansion, you will eat meals with me every day. If you are not here, you will be given extra subsidies. Overtime work will have extra overtime pay. For accommodation, we will choose a room in the city lord's mansion in Yuxi City Here you are, you can choose your maid. As for the guards, your safety is absolutely guaranteed in the city lord's mansion. If you are not there, you can send ten people from the army to protect you. These ten people are also arranged by you, reliable Just do it."
Fang Shisan thought carefully for a while, and said:
"There's nothing wrong with that, but I still..."
Fang Shisan still didn't finish speaking, I interrupted and shouted to Alaya:
"Why is Fang Lita always twisting and turning there, like a bug, can't he be more stable when he is tied up? Alaya, go and take his arm off for me, and break the shoulder blade directly Just do it."
This time Fang Shisan hastily shouted:
"wait for me-"
Of course Alaiya would not listen to her words, so the sound of bones breaking resounded again.
Fang Lita cried until he collapsed.
Fang Shisan was trembling all over, clutching the bed sheet tightly with both hands, biting his lip at first, but his teeth pierced his lip because of his trembling, and the dark red blood dripped onto the bed bit by bit. I yawned and said lightly:
"It's much quieter... What did you want to say just now, Fang Shisan?"
Fang Shisan took a deep breath and replied coldly:
"I said I'd think about it."
I smiled and said:
"Well, that would be great. Let's continue talking. Before that, Fang Lita seems to have something to say... Alaya, please take the cloth out of his mouth."
Aleya grabbed the corner of the rag, dragged out the saliva-stained rag, and immediately threw it to the ground, as if she didn't want to get a little bit of saliva. Fang Lita howled desolately, as if he was venting the pain of broken bones. After a while, he was panting, and suddenly the other party Shisan yelled:
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault, you useless sister! If it weren't for you, Skystar City wouldn't have been lost at all, how could I have become what I am now! If it weren't for you, I would still be the city lord somewhere, Even if there are no ten cities, it’s much better than being a prisoner now. I shouldn’t have treated you well in the first place, and I shouldn’t have saved you, you trash who has done more than succeed in successes and failed in failures!”
Fang Shisan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and sadly called his brother's name:
"Atta..."
Fang Lita said loudly:
"Don't call me by that name, do I know you very well? Get out of here, I don't have a sister like you in Fang Lita! Get out! Hehe... On the surface, you look like you are for my own good, but who knows that you are secretly What did you do? Maybe you guys conspired to lie to me, you shameless—"
I said lightly:
"Okay, it looks like dogs can't get ivory out of their mouths. Alayah, gag him."
Fang Lita could only make a humming sound.
I turned to Fang Shisan and continued:
"Fang Shisan, I am deeply sorry for lying to you in the past. So as I said before, I can consider any conditions you offer. But I have never regretted going to Tianxing City, and I have never regretted staying in Tianxing City." You work under your hands. Although you said a fake name, used a fake identity, and arranged a fake background, I have seen your joys and sorrows by the side, and accompanied you through the peaks and valleys. These memories are all It’s true. I’m waiting for you to be the first general of the Policy Mansion that day, and I’ll be your deputy. This promise is also true and effective. How many nights I’ve stayed by your side, listening to you tell your stories, telling them to You listen to my stories, those are also true feelings."
I sighed, then took Fang Shisan's hand and said:
"If you want, I will sit on the bed and read for you every now and then, and I will push a wheelchair to take you to many, many places. Mountains, seas, forests, rivers, even if you can't see them, I will take you there Those places. When we grow old, maybe one day I won’t be able to walk and will be sitting in a wheelchair. Someone will push us to the boundless sea of flowers and be buried in the land full of birdsong and fragrance of flowers.”
Fang Shisan's expression was obviously shaken, he kept shaking his head, not knowing whether to persuade me or himself, he shouted in a low voice:
"Stop talking! Don't…"
I stopped talking, looked at Fang Shisan who was struggling fiercely in my heart, and suddenly said to Alaya:
"Is Fang Lita sick? Can't move and just keep humming? This is too annoying. Go and remove his jaw for me."
Alaya replied:
"Yes, master."
Fang Shisan said sharply:
"Wait! Wait a minute!"
She couldn't see anything, but she still threw herself in the direction of Alaiya's voice, clutching desperately with both hands. I don't know if it was because of good luck, but her hand touched the corner of Alaiya's clothes, and immediately clutched it desperately, begging:
"Wait a minute... please. Let me think, let me think."
Alaiya looked at me, and I looked at Fang Shisan without saying a word.
Fang Shisan was silent for a while, gritted his teeth, and said to me:
"Okay... don't you think about any conditions? Let my brother go, and return the three cities of Tianxing, Jiangxing, and Lixing! As long as you can... I will go back to Yuxi City with you. Otherwise, even if you I will not agree to threaten me with Ata, and I will be ready to be buried with him."
I stared at Fang Shisan for a while, then said contemptuously:
"I don't know how much effort I spent on Yuxi City and Qianyuan City. I, the city lord, personally risked the city to take it down. If I say it will be returned, I will return it? Now the lives of your brothers and sisters are in my hands. As long as I say If you say that, your younger brother will fall to the ground, I don't believe you really have the heart to see that scene."
Fang Shisan remained silent, she also knew how harsh this condition was.
Perhaps, she is not fully sure that I will agree. If it was He Yue, she would definitely behave more calmly at this time. Only when you show calmness and don't care, can you have a chance of winning when negotiating. For someone like Fang Shisan, it can be seen at a glance that this is definitely not her bottom line.
In fact, her minimum requirement might just be to make Fang Lita a rich man.
But do I really need to lower the price to the other party's psychological bottom line? In the end, I lied to Fang Shisan after all, and I owe her that. In that case—
I sighed and said:
"Okay. Who told me to be the stupid son of the landlord's family. Alaiya, let Fang Lita go. Tell Heyue...we don't want these three cities."
Fang Shisan had an unbelievable expression on his face.