Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 124 - The President is Quite Funny

Chapter 124: Chapter 124: The President is Quite Funny

Chapter 124 -124: The President is Quite Funny

Gu Pan listened to her husband’s words and laughed. He understood himself, his mind was clear, and although she often took the lead in negotiations, he was certainly her best partner, who could take control at critical moments.

Lu Ruisheng received his wife’s admiring gaze, and the corners of his mouth lifted in happiness and pride.

Fu Chenyuan watched the two exchange tender glances and felt a pang of envy. The apocalypse had come, yet their marital affection remained strong—truly rare. His own parents’ marriage had been a business arrangement, devoid of affection and full of discord. Since childhood, he had grown up listening to their arguments.

As he grew up, he found himself in the same situation, married into a powerful family. After the apocalypse, instead of thinking about how to face it together with him, his wife was anxious to return to her parental home.

Later, his wife was infected with the plague at her parental home and passed away. He did not seem to feel too much sorrow.

Their relationship had never been like that of the couple opposite them, supporting each other, complementing strengths and weaknesses, working together for life. It was a vision of companionship Fu Chenyuan longed for but could not have.

Seeing Fu Chenyuan lost in thought, Gu Pan asked, “Mr. Fu, what do you think of my husband’s opinion?”

Fu Chenyuan snapped out of it and said, “It’s fine, you name your price.”

Lu Ruisheng looked at Gu Pan; the decision was still up to his wife.

Gu Pan thought for a moment and said, “I really don’t know how to price it well. How about this, we give you a rough plan, you set the price, and then we’ll refine it according to your pricing.”

Her words were clear: the more you give, the more detailed and complete the plan we provide will be.

Fu Chenyuan looked at Lu Ruisheng and smiled, “Your wife really is a master negotiator. You two, one in literature and one in martial arts, are truly enviable.”

Lu Ruisheng smiled as well, “Thank you for the praise, Mr. Fu. My wife has always been so outstanding.”

Gu Pan was actually a bit surprised to be praised.

Fu Chenyuan continued, “Then you prepare the plan, and we’ll discuss the price.”

Lu Ruisheng nodded, “Okay.”

After the agreement, Fu Chenyuan did not linger long and stood up to say goodbye.

After seeing off Fu Chenyuan, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng went back inside to talk.

This matter did not waste public resources and belonged to them personally, so they just needed to say hello to the team members. After all, their neighbors could see their interactions, but they didn’t need to go into too much detail.

They planned to distribute a valuable jade item to each person after exchanging the jade, as an emergency asset that could be traded for crucial supplies. Having too many was impractical for carrying and safekeeping without “Space,” and items could easily be damaged during travels or in a war.

After discussing this, Gu Pan took out paper and pen from “Space,” and the two went to their room, pulled the curtains, turned on the lamp, and started writing the plan for Fu Chenyuan.

The draft did not need to be detailed. They would wait to see the other party’s pricing before fine-tuning it.

After writing for a while, the two went out for a patrol.

When the sky was just beginning to lighten, Chen Shaonan and the others returned. Today they had found a domestic oil press. Their current targets in scavenging were different from others; they weren’t looking for food or daily necessities, but various petroleum and diesel fuels, along with small machinery and such.

Because they didn’t lack food, and going out to look for food now without good luck would hardly yield much, they needed to get ahead of these people. They started collecting items that would be difficult to produce in the future but would be needed later, anticipating these items could play a more significant role in the future.

Of course, large machinery was unrealistic, but the smaller ones could all be brought in. They could use more trucks when heading to the base since they had oil. Transporting these items to the base, they believed, would lay a solid foundation and status there, more useful than bringing food.

They didn’t have to keep their actions secret from those around them. Although others didn’t understand their thoughts, seeing that they didn’t lack food or clothing, whatever they did was justified—might equated with right.

Gu Pan felt this was good—once the current supply of practical oil was gone, using beans to extract oil would be highly valuable.

Naturally, she also told her people that these items would be more valuable if brought to the base later on. They didn’t lack food, so it was better to prepare for the future. Everyone agreed.

After putting things away, Gu Pan roughly explained the business with the Inner Circle.

She didn’t say too much, only that they were just starting to make contact.

Everyone didn’t ask too much—it was Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng’s skill. It was up to them to decide. This had been previously agreed upon by everyone: personal affairs that don’t use communal resources belonged to individuals, allowing everyone their personal space and privacy. Even as a team, not everything could be shared transparently.

After discussing these matters, everyone went back to sleep.

In the afternoon, not long after Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng woke up, Yuan Jiang arrived.

After sitting down inside, Yuan Jiang spoke first of his purpose, “Miss Gu, Mr. Lu, we want to exchange a few weapons with you.”

Gu Pan guessed a bit upon hearing this and asked, “Are you planning to leave?”

Yuan Jiang nodded, “Yes, we’ve decided to leave.”

“But if Old Master Lin goes with you, isn’t he afraid of being a burden to Lin Feifei’s family?” Gu Pan felt that regardless, Old Master Lin was Lin Ran’s father and Lin Feifei’s grandfather. Even if he didn’t want to care for them, he wouldn’t involve them—how had they resolved this?

Yuan Jiang didn’t hide anything, “Grandpa Lin spoke with the people from the Inner Circle. They’ve agreed to let us leave, but within a year, we still need to come back and pay protection fees, or they will punish Uncle Lin’s family. We think this condition is acceptable.”

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Gu Pan knew there must be more to their exchange conditions than just this. Fu Chenyuan wouldn’t let them go so easily for such a small gain. There must be something else that Old Master Lin could use as a bargaining chip; after living there for so many years, the old master was certainly no ordinary person.

But that wasn’t something they would tell them, so there was no need to delve deeper. Of course, she also admired Old Master Lin’s ability and found Lin Feifei’s family rather ridiculous. Honestly, if they had taken good care of the old master, he would have found a way to keep them well-fed, but they had driven the old master away, which showed he was too disappointed in them.

Gu Pan didn’t care too much about this, although she was a bit curious. After gossiping enough, she asked, “How many do you want to exchange? And what will you trade?”

Yuan Jiang said, “Two handguns and fifty rounds of ammunition. We’ll use food to trade.”

Gu Pan was surprised upon hearing this, “Food?”

Yuan Jiang nodded, “At the same price as outside, thirty pounds of good rice for one handgun, five pounds of rice per round.”

The current market prices were different from what they had expected. The price of handguns wasn’t as high as anticipated, but the price of bullets was much more than expected.

But at this time, any situation was normal; it was the apocalypse, after all. Who needed reason?

They would simply follow the market prices, and these market prices were also prone to change every few days, without any pattern to follow. It was a relief that Gu Pan and her people didn’t lack resources, or such fluctuating prices could drive one mad.

She looked at Lu Ruisheng, “What do you think?”