my pokemon player.

Locke didn't continue to worry about Ryan's acting skills. The price had been negotiated anyway, and he wanted to confirm the cooperation as soon as possible.

"There's no need to eat. Let's discuss the specific content of the cooperation first."

Locke refused.

"There's no rush. Didn't I say that we can discuss it while eating? Why, is Director Locke in a hurry?"

Ryan asked, somewhat confused. Logically speaking, the main purpose of Guanhai City's visit this time was to reach cooperation with Yinghuo Town.

Now that the most important price has been confirmed, and more than half of the purpose of the cooperation has been achieved, why is Locke still in such a hurry.

"We're really in a hurry."

Locke hesitated for a moment, and finally told the reason for his anxiety.

"We are going out this time not only to cooperate with you on pharmaceuticals, but also to deliver support supplies to Tiezhan Town."

"Oh? Delivering supplies to Ironthorn Town? It seems they are about to attack Rose Town. I wonder what kind of supplies you have delivered to Ironthorn Town this time?"

Ryan frowned, as if he was very interested in the supplies.

"There are many types of supplies, gold coins are the most basic, there are also supplies such as medicines and weapons, and even supported him with a powerful Pokémon."

Locke replied.

Ryan's heart sank when he heard the words. This support material is really rich, and it is useful for the war. If Ironthorn Town gets this batch of materials, its strength will definitely be greatly improved.

He has always regarded Ironthorn Town as a potential opponent, and he also knows that there will be a battle between the two sides in the future. Now that Ironthorn Town's strength has been strengthened, this is not good news for Yinghuo Town.

"As expected of Guanhai City, the action is so grand. I feel a little moved when I hear it."

Ryan pretended to be joking.

"If Mr. Ryan is interested, you can join the mutual aid association at any time. We promise to support you with more supplies."

Locke naturally wanted Ryan to join the Mutual Aid Club, but he didn't look like Ryan was really moved.

Sure enough, Ryan shook his head and refused:

"Forget it, I'd better sell medicine honestly, and save some money for your chamber of commerce by the way."

"This money is nothing to the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce, and the materials for this support are not purchased by our Yaojin Chamber of Commerce."

"Didn't your Chamber of Commerce buy it? Who paid for it?"

"It's the largest chamber of commerce in Guanhai City—the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce. They also sent a director this time, so it's inconvenient for me to hang him out of the city and have a meal with you alone. Please understand."

Locke explained.

Ryan glanced at Locke with interest when he heard the words.

The director of the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce has been constantly disclosing information about this batch of supplies to Ryan since just now, and now he even bluntly says that these supplies have nothing to do with the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce. It seems that there is a story in it.

Ryan tentatively asked Locke a few more questions, and the other party also told Locke everything he knew, as if he intended to let Ryan know the information.

Through inquiry, Ryan gradually understood the situation of the supplies.

In fact, when Tiethorn Town expressed its willingness to cooperate with Guanhai City at the beginning, Guanhai City did not believe it. They had no choice but to be fooled by the nobles in the past few years.

Since Guanhai City was defeated in World War I, they have become more and more eager for noble power and are looking for nobles everywhere to cooperate.

But how could the nobles look down on lowly businessmen, and naturally they were unwilling to cooperate with them.

Therefore, Guanhai City ran into walls everywhere and worked hard for several years, but in the end no cooperation was negotiated.

At this time, a nobleman conveyed his willingness to cooperate with Guanhai City.

So they ran to the nobles to talk about cooperation, but they told them that if they wanted to talk about cooperation, they had to see the sincerity of Guanhai City first.

Of course, Guanhai City knew what sincerity meant. They invested a lot of money and materials in that nobleman, and then they were full of expectations to reach cooperation with this nobleman.

But when they proposed cooperation to the nobleman, the nobleman regretted that he did not want to cooperate.

This operation directly confused Guanhai City. What do you mean? It was you who said you would cooperate with us at the beginning, but now you are the one who regrets and says you won't cooperate. You are co-authoring to defraud us of our money?

After Guan Haicheng realized that the nobleman didn't really want to cooperate with them, he wanted to get back his previous investment.

But the nobles are all greedy, how could they spit out what they swallowed in their stomachs? Anyway, he just expressed his willingness to cooperate and did not sign any contracts. Those investments were also voluntarily given by Guanhai City, so why did he Want to pay it back?
Guanhaicheng, who always valued credibility, didn't expect the nobles to be so shameless. He obviously talked about honor all day long, but he did such a thing. Aren't he afraid of damaging his reputation among the nobles?
However, that nobleman is really not afraid of his reputation being affected. If he deceived other nobles, even if he cheated verbally without signing a contract, his reputation would deteriorate and he would be condemned by the nobles.

But he was cheating the merchants of Guanhai City, and the other nobles had no time to enjoy themselves, and they would not stand up for these merchants at all.

In the eyes of the arrogant nobles, those businessmen being cheated only showed that they were stupid and did not even sign the most basic contract. Didn't they deserve to be cheated?

Therefore, not only was the nobleman's reputation not affected, but this incident became his daily bragging topic, and he brought it up every now and then, vividly telling others how he played tricks on these businessmen.

And the merchants in Guanhai City have nothing to do with this nobleman. They can't talk or fight, so they can only swallow the bitter fruit silently.

They thought this matter was over like this. Although they lost some money, the money was not even a drop in the bucket for Guan Haicheng, so they didn't take it too seriously.

But other nobles who were short of money saw that they could get money from Guanhai City so easily, and their reputation would not be affected, so they started to follow suit one by one.

Guanhaicheng also knows that these nobles don't really want to cooperate with them, but they still have a fluke mentality. What if some nobles are willing to cooperate with them, what if some nobles are corrupted by money.

Therefore, Guanhai City invested in many nobles knowing that they would be cheated out of money, but none of these nobles was willing to cooperate with them.

Guanhai City was very rich, but they didn't want to throw the money to those nobles for nothing, so they decided not to show their sincerity anymore, unless they signed a contract, otherwise they would not give money.

The nobles saw that they could not get any money, so they stopped expressing their willingness to cooperate with Guanhai City, and the merchants in Guanhai City also fully recognized these nobles. They looked down on merchants from the bottom of their hearts, and they were even less willing to Cooperate with merchants.

So when Tieji Town conveyed its willingness to cooperate with Guanhai City, Guanhai City still didn't believe that Tieji Town would sincerely cooperate with them, thinking that Tieji Town was still the same as the previous nobles, and just wanted to cheat them out of money.

So Guanhai City established the Chamber of Commerce, the meaning is also very clear, don't you nobles want to invest, no problem, as long as you join the Chamber of Commerce, you can invest as much as you want.

They originally wanted to let Tiethorn Town know that Guanhai City would no longer invest in nobles at will like before, and they never thought that Tiethorn Town would really join the Chamber of Commerce.

After all, in the past, nobles were unwilling to sign cooperation agreements, let alone join any mutual business associations.

Therefore, Guanhai City did not have much hope for this matter, so it wanted to find someone to deal with it. The president of the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce was trying to expand his influence in the alliance, so he thought it would be useless to try anyway. Suffering a loss, he took the initiative to take on this task and sent Director Locke.

Who would have thought that Tiethorn Town really wanted to cooperate with Guanhai City. Faced with Locke's request to join the Chamber of Commerce, Baron Bach directly agreed, so readily that Locke couldn't believe it.

It wasn't until he formally signed the contract that Locke realized that he had made a great contribution and fulfilled Guanhai City's long-cherished wish.

He did not expect that the negotiation process would be so smooth, and he even thought that the attitudes of the nobles had changed, so he came to Yinghuo Town again, hoping that Yinghuo Town would also join the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, so that his achievements could become even greater. Some, but were rejected outright by Ryan.

Although there was no business meeting, he and Ryan also reached a willingness to cooperate in pharmaceuticals, which is considered a great achievement.

So Locke happily returned to Guanhai City and reported the results to the Chamber of Commerce.

After hearing the result, the members of the Chamber of Commerce couldn't believe it for a moment. It was not until Locke showed the contract that they confirmed that Ironthorn Town had really joined the Chamber of Commerce.

To be honest, they said they established the Chamber of Commerce to attract nobles, but in fact it was to strengthen the cohesion between the chambers of commerce. Even if there was no request for cooperation from Iron Thorn Town, they would still establish the Chamber of Commerce. They never thought about it at all. Some nobles will join in.

But the contract clearly states that Tieji Town has voluntarily joined the Chamber of Commerce. This is a big surprise for the Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, not all members of the Chamber of Commerce are happy about this, at least the members of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce are not very happy, especially the president of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce, who is both depressed and regretful.

Logically speaking, after receiving the cooperation request from Tieji Town, he, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, should send people to negotiate, and the people sent out are often people from the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce.

But he was frightened by the nobles and thought that Tieji Town just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to steal money. Coupled with the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce's repeated requests, he handed over the negotiation task to the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce and let them choose their own people to negotiate. .

He thought that if the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce failed to negotiate, he could take advantage of the situation to suppress the other party, but who knew that Tiethorn Town really joined the Chamber of Commerce.

The president of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce was stunned when he heard the news.

No, what about the honor and backbone of your nobility?It's all used against me, right?
I used to send people to discuss cooperation with you, but all of you were so proud that you were not even willing to sign a contract. Why did you so readily agree to join the Chamber of Commerce as soon as the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce sent people there? Against me?

If he had known that Tiethorn Town would join the Chamber of Commerce, he would have sent his own people there. Now it's all over, and all the credit goes to the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce.

Not only has it greatly increased the influence of the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce, but Tiethorn Town must be biased towards the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce.

By then, with the support of the nobles, the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce might be able to push him out of the position of president.

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still, and immediately sent someone to contact Baron Bach in Ironthorn Town, promising him higher benefits, making him favor himself, and at the same time, he used means to delay Yaojin Chamber of Commerce's support for Ironthorn Town time.

The Yaojin Chamber of Commerce was in joy at the time, and was still discussing the medicine, so it didn't notice the actions of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce.

By the time they realized it, it was already too late. Baron Bach would naturally favor whoever could give him more benefits. Anyway, no matter if it was the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce or the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce, they were all part of the Chamber of Commerce. Not a breach of contract.

Therefore, Baron Bach conveyed his new request to Guanhai City, requiring that the team transporting support supplies must include people from the Blue Sea Chamber of Commerce, and they wanted to discuss the details of cooperation.

The Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce also dispatched directors of its own department, and also took care of the support materials. It was obvious that it wanted to compete with the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce.

If it weren't for Locke's credit for facilitating the negotiations and relying on him to introduce people from the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce, the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce might not let him join the team.

After Ryan understood the situation, he understood in his heart that the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce was being plucked.

They worked hard to bring Tiethorn Town into the Chamber of Commerce, but they turned their attention to the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce. No wonder Locke exposed so much information, it had nothing to do with them anyway.

It seems that the factional struggle within this chamber of commerce is very fierce. It seems that it is strange that a group of shrewd businessmen gather together and do not scheming with each other.

"I see. In that case, why don't we invite the director of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce to have dinner with us? It's not good to leave him outside the city all the time. What's more, everyone is already at the city gate. It's not appropriate for me not to see him. Others will say I don’t understand etiquette.”

Ryan said.

"Isn't it appropriate? He has to guard supplies outside the city."

Of course, Locke doesn't want Ryan to have contact with that director. The Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce still doesn't know about the potion in Yinghuo Town. If they find out, they will definitely get involved, and other accidents will happen at that time.

The Yaojin Chamber of Commerce has already been picked once, and they don't want to be picked a second time.

Ryan also understood what Locke was thinking, he said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I won't trade with other chambers of commerce for the time being. I just want to get to know the director, take a look at the support materials, and see the great generosity of your chamber of commerce."

Seeing that Ryan had said such things, Locke had no reason to refuse, so he had to convey the invitation to the director for Ryan.

The director of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce was also curious about why Locke would visit the lord of Yinghuo Town alone, so he agreed to Ryan's invitation and came outside the castle with supplies.

Ryan saw these supplies outside the castle. Good guy, the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce is really willing to invest. There are more than a dozen trucks alone, all of which are pulled by dull camels.

The most eye-catching ones are the two iron cages. These two iron cages are tightly covered by black cloth. It seems that there are the Pokémon that Locke said, but didn't Locke say that there is only one Pokémon? Why are there two iron cages?
Before Ryan could think about it, the director of the Blue Ocean Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to say hello to Ryan.

"Hello, Lord Baron, I am Gavin, the director of Guanhai City Business Mutual Aid Association. Thank you very much for letting us enter the territory to rest."

"Hi, I'm the lord of Yinghuo Town, Baron Ryan. It's just a matter of lifting your hands to let you in to rest. You're welcome, Director Gavin. It's time for dinner soon. Everyone can have lunch together."

Ryan invited with a smile.

Gavin was naturally willing to dine with Ryan, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to inquire for information.

The two exchanged a few more words of courtesy. Gavin saw that Ryan was very interested in the Pokémon in the iron cage, so he wanted to introduce them to Ryan.

He ordered someone to pull the truck carrying the iron cage in front of Ryan, and then lifted up the black cloth.

Only then did Ryan see the Pokémon in the iron cage. His eyes widened slightly, and he couldn't help shouting the Pokémon's name.

"Is this Gardevoir?" (End of Chapter)