Wei Jie

Chapter 1290 Renegotiating the Price

  With Wang Zhengjun's cry, many members of the Wang family gathered around, all feeling dissatisfied with the upper echelons' arrangement.

  "At least let everyone go into the city to rest first, right?"

  "Coming here just to prepare for war? The higher-ups don't treat us like people!"

  "Damn it! Why can't we enter the city?"

  Wang Xiao stood to the side, listening to the crowd's indignant discussions, and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, stop shouting. The order has already been issued. What's the use of arguing about it?"

  Everyone quieted down, their gazes focused on Wang Xiao.

  After considering for a moment, Wang Xiao said, "How about this? Anyway, the war hasn't started yet, and the situation isn't that serious. Let's take a voluntary approach and sign up to enter the city. Ask everyone, those who are willing to temporarily leave the unit and don't want to be separated from their families can sign up. The rest of us will stay here with me."

  Wang Zhengjun thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Alright, that's all we can do."

  The Wang family members began to get busy, with each company organizing sign-ups, counting numbers, and preparing to connect with the people from the municipal government.

  ...

  At the same time, Bana City.

  In the Bana City Chief's office, Bruna was also not resting, dealing with a mountain of official duties at her desk. Her face was equally haggard, her eyes bloodshot, and she was constantly drinking coffee to stay awake.

  "Knock knock knock!"

  The office door was suddenly knocked on. Bruna, while reviewing official documents, called out without looking up, "Enter!"

  "Creak—"

  The secretary pushed the door open, holding a document in her hand, and gently placed it on Bruna's desk: "Chief... there's an urgent document for you..."

  "Hmm?"

  Bruna picked up the document and saw the large characters printed on the file bag: "New Alliance Agreement Terms."

  Bruna frowned slightly and subconsciously asked, "Who sent it?"

  The secretary carefully replied, "This is the suggestion from Legion Commander Bo Ang... sent by the Blackwater Legion General Staff Department."

  Bruna's face turned a little unsightly, and she waved her hand, saying, "You can go out first."

  "Yes." The secretary hurriedly left the office.

  Bruna took a deep breath, opened the file, and flipped through the detailed content written inside.

  In this New Alliance Agreement Terms, scattered and fragmented, were dozens of new contracts listed, mostly new treaties proposed to Dragon City and the Hua region from Bana City's perspective.

  These new terms included the proportional adjustment of the canal usage fees from before. After the adjustment, Bana City would take the lion's share, and the benefits divided by other allies would be reduced by almost half.

  At the same time, Bana City would strip the stationing rights of other allies, not allowing any external military forces to be stationed in the city, only allowing defense zones to be set up outside the city.

  Third, in the field of economic trade, the Old Triangle region would have to provide Bana City with an agreed amount of goods and materials every year.

  The introduction of these terms almost overturned the series of conditions that had been agreed upon with the Hua region and Dragon City and other allies before.

  In summary, it was just one sentence... to have autonomy!

  Bruna frowned tightly after reading these terms.

  "Swish swish!"

  Soon, she flipped to the last page. On this page, what was written was no longer related terms, but a passage written to her personally by Bo Ang.

  "From the moment I was born, I have been living by relying on others. I know what that feeling is like. It makes people lose faith, lose dignity, and also lose the right to be human. This is just like the situation in our hometown. The suggestion I give you can take these back for us. Of course, the final decision-making power is in your hands, my Chief."

  Bruna's heart felt heavy, and she couldn't help but pick up the document, her eyes complex as she looked through the terms on it again.

  After a long time, the office door was knocked on again.

  "Knock knock knock."

  Bruna called out in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Enter."

  The secretary walked in again and reported to Bruna: "Chief, a call from the Dragon City Mayor's Office..."

  Bruna put down those documents and said with slight weariness, "Connect it."

  "Yes!"

  The door closed, Bruna quickly adjusted her emotions, and picked up the telephone on the table: "Hello, Honorable Mayor Li."

  Li Mingsheng's steady voice came from the microphone: "Chief Bruna, calling late at night, I apologize for disturbing you."

  Bruna quickly said, "Mayor Li, you're still so polite. Please tell me what's the matter."

  After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Li Mingsheng got down to business: "It's like this, regarding the relevant issues of Bana City, we need further communication on our side."

  Hearing this, Bruna couldn't help but sigh: "We do need to communicate properly. Mayor Li, I also need to explain to you. Due to the recent tense situation, some different voices have been raised within our Bana City. Someone has proposed to renegotiate the terms of our alliance..."

  Li Mingsheng's voice remained steady: "Please continue."

  Bruna deliberated for a moment and opened her mouth, saying, "Sitting in my position, I can clearly feel every subtle change in the direction of the wind in Bana City. There should be quite a few people with this kind of thinking, do you understand my meaning?"

  Li Mingsheng was silent for a moment, and slowly said, "I understand your meaning."

  Bruna quickly said, "Mayor Li, to show our sincerity, we can negotiate this matter as soon as possible. Please believe me, from my personal point of view, I am very willing to maintain our precious friendship forever."

  Li Mingsheng said briefly, "Of course, I also hope so."

  "Okay, then we'll communicate in a timely manner if there's anything."

  "Okay, that's it for now."

  The two hung up the phone.

  Bruna leaned back weakly in her chair, and her whole person fell into silence.

  ...

  Dragon City, Administrative Hall.

  Li Mingsheng hung up the phone and turned his head to look at An Zecheng, who was sitting on the sofa next to him: "You heard it, they want to renegotiate the price."

  An Zecheng propped his chin up and thought for a moment, saying, "It's reasonable, after all, they are outsiders. It's not impossible to take the opportunity to raise the price. For them, the entire regime of Bana City is almost a puppet regime. Come to think of it, it's not much different from us, they are just trying to fight for their own rights."

  Li Mingsheng nodded slowly.

  An Zecheng paused for a moment, and then said, "If that's really the case, it's easier to solve. What I'm afraid of is... this is just an excuse for them to delay."

  Li Mingsheng pondered for a long time, and sighed: "Forget it, I'll take a trip to Bana City."

  An Zecheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately stopped him: "Absolutely not!"

  ...

  At the same time, Dragon City An Family Military Hospital.

  In a ward filled with the smell of disinfectant, a young nurse who was accompanying the patient was leaning against the patient's bed, dozing off.

  The instruments in the ward ticked and ticked, the sound was very hypnotic.

  Just then, a crisp sound suddenly rang out!

  "Pa!"

  The nurse suddenly opened her eyes and found that the urine bag hanging next to the hospital bed had fallen off and dropped to the ground.

  The nurse frowned, bent down to pick up the urine bag. Just then, Bai Hongbo's palm, lying on the hospital bed, suddenly moved slightly.