Chapter 150 The Dragon City Rises

Longcheng Island, near a bridge opening.

Gu Baisun, with his hands behind his back, looked at Yu Zheng and asked softly, "Can we win Yang Dong over?"

"He... I doubt it." Yu Zheng shook his head.

"How can that be... you're practically half of Yang Dong's mentor. Won't he come with you?" Gu Baisun was a little surprised.

"These days, what's a mentor compared to money?" Yu Zheng sighed, a sarcastic smile on his face. "As far as I know, Yang Dong has probably already taken Tan Hengqiang's money. He can't leave even if he wants to now."

"Ah." Gu Baisun nodded slowly.

"Then let's settle it like this. I'll help Wei Xiangzuo get votes, and you'll deliver on your promise to me, how's that?" Yu Zheng asked.

Gu Baisun pondered for a long time, not directly answering Yu Zheng's question, only softly asking, "Uncle Yu, there's one thing we need to make clear."

"What is it?"

"It's like this, how do I give you the money for the people you bring in?" Gu Baisun paused. "Do I give it directly to you, or do you bring the people over and I give it to them in person?"

"Hehe, are you afraid I'll skim a little off the top?" Yu Zheng sized up Gu Baisun. "What kind of person do you think I am?"

"Uncle Yu, that's not what I meant, it's just...!"

"Kid, can I take this money myself? If you feel it's unfair, then we can split the money skimmed off the top, half and half." Yu Zheng replied with a smile, "That way, you won't have worked for nothing."

Gu Baisun was dumbfounded upon hearing this. The two looked at each other and grinned knowingly.

"Uncle Yu, you really are a shrewd one." Gu Baisun sincerely praised.

"Hehe, just kidding with you." Yu Zheng replied with his hands behind his back. "The people who can be pulled over are all considered friends. How can I skim their money? How would I face them in the future? If you trust me, then I'll handle the negotiations; it's more stable that way. Otherwise, if you contact them privately, it's easy for information to leak. But, if you don't trust me, then I'll call them out, and you can chat with them privately. But one thing: don't tell anyone how you and I negotiated."

Gu Baisun deliberated for a long time. "Forget it. Your prestige speaks for itself. I won't interfere. Just follow the price we agreed on. If you can negotiate a better deal, then the rest is yours."

"Haha, good." Yu Zheng nodded.

"Then that's settled. We'll take our leave first. We'll communicate by phone later." Gu Baisun extended his hand.

"Good." Yu Zheng shook his hand, and both revealed pleasant smiles of cooperation.

...

Half an hour later, on the way back to Huilongkou.

Guo Zhengdao, sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at Gu Baisun and said, "That old bastard is a complete weathervane. Won't he play both sides and run off with the money before the results are out?"

Gu Baisun waved his hand. "No way! Even someone like Yang Dong has a firm position at this time. How much courage does Yu Zheng have to play both sides? Is Lao Li's temper good, or does Tan Hengqiang not dare to kill him?"

Guo Zhengdao nodded slowly. "That's true!"

"But, that old bastard is still being careful." Gu Baisun pondered for a moment. "He's handling all the contacts, and I'm providing the money, haha, he gets to be the good guy."

"Then why did you agree to him?"

"Hey, if you don't give him some trust, can his position be firm?" Gu Baisun replied softly. "Treat different people differently. Let him talk first; there's no rush."

"Mm." Guo Zhengdao nodded.

Gu Baisun turned his head to look out the window. After thinking for a while, he took out his phone and dialed Wei Xiangzuo's number. "Hey, Brother Wei!"

"What's up?"

"Are you free? I'll come to your place and talk about the association's affairs." Gu Baisun asked.

"Yeah! Come on over." Wei Xiangzuo's answer was also very straightforward.

...

Old Triangle, in a Western restaurant in the capital of Hanoi.

Gui Mengjun looked back towards the entrance. When he saw the beautiful woman walking over, he was slightly stunned. "Hehe, why are you here too?"

"I'm here to have dinner with a friend." The beautiful woman walked over. "Is this a candlelight dinner?!"

Gui Mengjun stood up and introduced her to San Jie, "This is Mingming. Our families are old friends, and she's also one of our business partners, haha, a strong woman!"

"Hello, Miss Mingming." San Jie extended her hand.

"Hello." Mingming shook hands with San Jie, then turned to look at Gui Mengjun.

"Oh, this is my girlfriend, Su Miaomiao." Gui Mengjun said very directly, "She's the person in charge in Longcheng. She's here this time to talk about goods, and to get to know the family."

"Hehe." Mingming smiled. "Are you getting married? Congratulations!"

"You should hurry up too, don't stay single."

"Aiyo, I'm still early. In your words, everyone around me is too familiar; I can't bring myself to do it!" Mingming smiled charmingly. "Okay, you guys continue to be sweet. I'm going upstairs."

"Okay, talk later." Gui Mengjun nodded.

Mingming smoothed her hair, turned to look at San Jie, and said very politely, "Welcome to Hanoi. Whether from Mengjun's side or from the perspective of a partner, we should do our best as hosts. You go ahead and be busy. After you're done, I'll host a banquet for you alone and show you around."

"That's too much trouble."

"You're welcome. You guys eat; talk later!" Mingming shook hands with San Jie again before gracefully leaving.

Objectively speaking, the girls here in the Old Triangle are relatively small. In terms of modern aesthetics, they don't have much of an advantage, but perhaps due to their family background, Mingming looked very radiant. Whether it was her facial features, her height, or her temperament, she was very outstanding.

In terms of conversation, she was also very polite and showed no arrogance.

But for some reason, at their first meeting, San Jie's impression of her was just so-so, and she always felt that the other party was being hypocritical.

After the two sat down, San Jie looked at Gui Mengjun with a smile. "You guys are childhood sweethearts?"

Gui Mengjun was stunned for a moment. "Yeah?"

"Then do you know that childhood sweethearts have another nickname?" San Jie asked.

"What nickname?"

"Bare-bottomed buddies." San Jie blinked her eyes. "Is that the kind of friendship you guys have?"

"Hehe." Gui Mengjun grinned. "You have a good sense for things. I find women really amazing."

"I'm not eating." San Jie rolled her eyes and put down her knife and fork. "I want to go home!"

"Aiyo, there's nothing going on between her and me." Gui Mengjun immediately explained, "When I was young, our families did intend to arrange a marriage, but it didn't happen!"

"Why not? She's quite good-looking." San Jie was a little curious. "Tell me about it. What kind of tortuous love story is it?"

Gui Mengjun paused and picked up his glass of red wine. "There are many good-looking people, but there are too few people who can truly enter one's heart for a lifetime. Luckily, you...!"

"Stop, I'm going to throw up if you say any more!"

"Haha!" The two smiled, raised their glasses, and drank it all in one gulp.

Upstairs, Mingming sat in a transparent private room, watching the two people in the hall eating fruit expressionlessly.