Li Chang'an couldn't possibly show any willingness to negotiate over the shares of the Night City Military Technology Group. This was his bottom line, one he had to hold firmly from the very beginning.
He had no doubt that if he showed even a hint of hesitation, the sharks lurking beneath the surface, smelling blood in the water, would swarm without a second thought to carve up the entire Night City Military Technology Group.
...
The stars were scattered, the moon hung high.
Li Chang'an saw off the last of the arms-manufacturing families who had come to Cangxuan City to negotiate.
Overall, he had shown a willingness to negotiate on matters of arms production and had made enough concessions on some of the less critical core issues.
The ultimate goal was to sow discord among these factions, ensuring they would no longer be a united front against Cangxuan City as they had been in the past.
It was an overt scheme.
