Volume 10: Our Journey Chapter 321 King meets King
Before daybreak, the director of the Labor Department and the grassroots chief came running and knocked on Xiao Yun's door.
Mr. Hodgson and the members of "J" went to the Grand Canal construction site to watch the excitement... uh, to conduct a field investigation. The mobile house was temporarily Xiao Yun's single room. When the grassroots patriarch came over, he had just got up.
"The cooperation with the Tiger Tribe has two aspects: political value and economic value. Third, it still depends on this Yale boss."
Xiao Yun put down the cup of soy milk, threw a piece of fried steamed bun into his mouth, chewed slowly, and said slowly: "Ted Zhongzhang is a standard old-style middle-level military officer. He only looks at things at the simple and intuitive level. If we do a good job in arranging the Tiger Tribe, Ted Zhongzhang will be willing to cooperate. But this Yale Dazhang is different. He was promoted to Dazhang of the Tiger Tribe during the era of the Tiger King, and was entrusted with the important task of the future of the Tiger Tribe by the Tiger King. We can't treat him as a simple military officer. He is a political creature."
The Grassroots Chief nodded thoughtfully.
When the Grassroots Chieftain was the Director of the MSG Factory, she was also the Head of the Inland Sea Transport Fleet. She had close contacts with Valentine and had met the Tiger Tribe several times. After following Xiao Yun for more than ten years, she had learned to judge people, but the Grassroots Chieftain, who focused most of her attention on doing her work, really didn't have that much time to think about people... Now that Xiao Yun mentioned it, the Grassroots Chieftain suddenly realized that the Yale Tent did leave a good impression on her, but how could someone who could work under the Tiger King be a simple person?
In the early days when we were ignorant and didn’t understand the situation on the grassland, we all crossed the river by feeling our way along the tiger tribe. The research and analysis of the tiger king was one of the important courses in social studies. It is true that the tiger king had a bad experience, but he was not a fool with muscles in his brain!
" Excluding the newborn cubs and the old and weak, there are still more than 4,000 adult tigers capable of fighting under the Yale tent." The Grassroots Chief understood something and said slowly, "No matter how difficult their situation is, this team will be a force that cannot be underestimated wherever they are deployed."
Xiao Yun smiled and nodded. The grassroots chief was really a master. He only needed a little advice to turn around... If the tiger leader changed his stance, or was a little cruel to his tribesmen, this tiger in desperate situation would still have the ability to devour people.
It is not uncommon for the so-called "superiors" to be ruthless to their subordinates other than themselves - Liu Bang could be so ruthless that he would abandon his father, wife and children. The Japanese military government during the Shi Lezhi period often shouted "one hundred million deaths in honor", which did not include those military leaders who could stay in the rear area, drink sake and play with geishas no matter how tense the war was.
The grassroots tribe leader was not as relaxed as Xiao Yun. When she realized this, her brows were tightly furrowed.
Anyone with eyes can see the excellent performance of the Ted Zhongzhang branch at work. The total production value of the tiger tribe's vermicelli factory is not lower than that of the Austin flour factory. This time, the invitation to the tiger tribe for a friendly visit is to appease the tiger heads on both sides, so that the tigers in the grassland and the Bolton Territory can agree with the new values of the grassland, put aside their past grudges and work together with peace of mind. On the other hand, the grassroots chief actually wants to get some more tiger heads to the grassland to make vermicelli...
After all, whether it’s sweet potato flour or potato flour, as long as it’s produced, there will be no worries about sales!
The tiger tribe is much easier to settle than the dragon tribe!
That old dragon, Austin, wanted to beat him up countless times despite his good temper as a grassroots patriarch!
After Xiao Yun said this, the Grassroots Clan Leader knew that this matter could not be rushed...
"Let's meet them first." The Grassroots Chief suppressed the little regret in his heart. "They arrived last night and worked all night at the canal dock. They helped unload the goods from the MSG factory in the second half of the night before they rested. Ah Yun, do you think we should meet them at noon, or wait until Ted Zhong's tent comes over in the evening?"
Xiao Yun: “…”
The grassroots chief said that it was so natural for the canal dock to recruit tiger guests as labor on the spot that he didn't know how to complain for a while...
"Forget it. I'm the one who started this trend. Besides, loving labor isn't a bad thing." Xiao Yun thought to himself and ignored the reception standards that the Prairie Kingdom, as a formal country, should have for visiting teams. He nodded and said, "We don't need to wait for Ted to come over. We can meet him after they've rested."
Xiao Yun was somewhat curious about the Yale Tent. The reason was that this guy was the last person among the surviving tiger heads to have seen the Tiger King. When he first crossed over to this world, the Tiger King of the Tiger Clan was like a big boss to Xiao Yun, who intended to revitalize the Snow Wolf Clan. Even though the Tiger Clan declined later, Xiao Yun still left a corner in his heart for the Tiger King... He was crossing the river by feeling the stones, so it was impossible for him to have no feelings at all.
It can be said that Xiao Yun's ability to quickly adjust his mentality from the Earth's workplace ecology to the competition mode was inseparable from the warnings from Elder Gwendolyn and the Tiger King - if you fall behind, you will be beaten. Everyone can say this, but people who have not experienced it personally cannot truly understand how much content is contained in these simple six words.
When he actually saw the Yale tent, Xiao Yun almost instantly understood why the Tiger King would entrust the future of the tiger tribe to this man.
Tigers, lions, and cats are all feline beastmen, but they are quite different in appearance. Compared with the latter two, tigers always have a domineering aura when they go out... Even the leopard, which is the most similar to tigers, does not have the brave and cold aura of tigers. Especially the eyes of tigers, with light golden or light blue pupils, and relatively small, deep and dark pupils. Even if the tigers themselves are not hostile, they will make people feel cold and look away.
It took more than a year for the tiger tribe in Ted's tent to be accepted by other tribes except the snow wolf tribe. It had a lot to do with their difficult appearance... The cold-eyed sturdy man's casual glances seemed to carry murderous intent. It would be a miracle to be able to talk and laugh casually with such a person.
The female workers of the wool spinning mill who were initially assigned to go to the cat tribe farm to collect hair all walked around the tiger tribe...
But the Yale chief was different. Although he also had the fierce and iron-blooded appearance that was the hallmark of the tiger tribe, Xiao Yun discovered that he was an orc with wise, compassionate and gentle eyes. When entering the meeting room, the tiger chief would even hold up the door curtain for two more seconds for Baixiang, a small cat.
"Long time no see, Yale tent." The Grassroots Chief smiled and stood up to greet, "This is our sage, Ayun."
There is no need for much introduction to Ayun. The title of Sage Ayun is enough to explain a lot - this is a status higher than that of the tribal elders. For example, Tea Bear has dozens of elders, but there is only one sage.
Xiao Yun calmly looked at the tiger leader who was looking at him, then stood up with a smile and stretched out his right hand.
The Yale tent was somewhat surprised at the excessive youth of Snow Wolf Clan Sage Ayun. This surprise soon turned into amazement. He said nothing, but stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xiao Yun, then lowered his head slightly, and seemed a little embarrassed, but still insisted in a rather low voice and said heavily: "Thank you all for taking care of the Tiger Clan members."
Xiao Yun quickly interpreted the personality label of the tiger tribe leader in his mind, and smiled more modestly and politely: "The grassland people are originally one, and the tiger tribe and us are interdependent. It is natural for us to take care of each other."
Grassroots Chief: “???”
She glanced at Xiao Yun in surprise. Why is your attitude different from what we agreed?
These words only sound polite, but they are actually slapping the tiger tribe in the face...
Xiao Yun looked straight ahead, feeling even more ashamed and embarrassed in the Yale tent. After wiping his hands on his pants uncomfortably, he began to ease the atmosphere, asked everyone to sit down, and changed the topic to the rubber raw materials provided by the tiger tribe over the years. He thanked the tiger tribe for their efforts and contributions to the common cause of the grassland, and looked forward to the prospects of future cooperation, so that the tiger heads could regain some confidence...
Yale’s big tent is a true gentleman who has high empathy and subconsciously considers others. A gentleman can be deceived!
White Bear General Wood would also consider the overall interests of the White Bear tribe, but his starting point was based on two premises: one was that he was trapped and had no choice, and the other was that he could benefit himself - the respect and admiration of his tribe members for him was also "benefit". If Wood was regarded as an enemy by his tribe members, or if he had more choices, it would be questionable whether he could sacrifice himself for the interests of the tribe.
In short, White Bear General Wood's surrender "performance" can move his people and young people like Hal, but Xiao Yun has reservations about this general's "tragic" act...
Yale was willing to put himself in a lower position when he first met someone just because his people lived in someone else's territory (parents whose children went to other people's units to cause trouble, disrupt order, and offend leaders and colleagues while their children were working normally definitely did not love their children). Combined with his previous consensus with the Tiger King and his behavior of sacrificing his own honor as the head of the Tiger tribe so that more people could survive, Xiao Yun believed that the communication with this head could be carried out by following (pinching) his weak spot...
People who are not at that level will think that empathy is a sign of weakness, but in the opinion of Xiao Yun, who has more than ten years of complex workplace experience, if a person shows no empathy and is proud of it, then even if you are a very close partner, a colleague on the same front, or even a direct supervisor with such a person, you must be extremely vigilant when interacting with him.
Why are many wealthy people and celebrities keen on doing charity? It is to show their empathy and sense of social responsibility...
In other words, through a quick interpretation of the Yale tent, Xiao Yun believed that the tiger chief was a leader who could elevate the level of cooperation between the two sides, so he pretended to be humble but actually made the other party lose face in the opening in order to invisibly seize the initiative in the negotiations between the two sides!
This is the same as the fact that women who care about men’s income and personal family situation, and intentionally or unintentionally argue over the family’s financial power are the ones who truly consider whether to marry him... ahem!
For example, now, Xiao Yun only talked about the brilliant prospects of cooperation between the two sides in the rubber industry, and never mentioned the tiger tribe in Ted's tent, just waiting for the other party to bow down again and give in again...
Several tiger veterans who came with the Yale tent were very happy to hear this. They were the direct beneficiaries of the planting of battle trees, and they lived a richer life than in the royal court era by providing natural rubber to Huoyan City. Although they were quite embarrassed when they entered the door, after Xiao Yun "promoted" the rubber industry that was related to their vital interests, their level made them temporarily ignore the existence of another tiger tribe, and even accepted the invisible cooperative status of the grassland tribe headed by the Snow Wolf tribe as the main one and the tiger tribe as the auxiliary one.
The smile in the Yale tent was a little stiff. Xiao Yun's interpretation was not wrong. He did have the wisdom of a political creature. When he was just an ordinary elite warrior of the Tiger Tribe and could not reach too high a level, he had already vaguely realized that the Tiger Tribe's policy of abandoning its old allies was problematic , and he was worried about it.
And now, in the face of the sage Ayun's acting, which seemed absolutely impeccable on the surface, the Yale tent could also keenly perceive the other party's true intentions... The snow wolf cub opposite, who might have just reached adulthood, or even not yet, was waiting for the fishermen to take the bait under his polite smile.
Yale Great Tent had already sacrificed the honor that the Orcs regarded as more important than life for his people. He bowed his head again, not because he couldn't do it, but because he hoped that his bow would be more valuable and could bring real benefits to his people.
After hesitating several times, Yale hardened his heart and took the initiative to say, "Mr. Ayun, the Grassroots Patriarch, can we meet... Ted?"
Xiao Yun's smile became even kinder, and the tiger-headed man lowered his head!
He did not mention Ted's military position in the middle account, which was a clear statement that the Tiger Clan that had become the past did not need to continue to mention the past official positions!
"Of course. Ted's Central Account will come over from Farm No. 1 later." Xiao Yun said with a smile. The Tiger Tribe took the initiative not to mention their past official positions, but he could. This showed the respect of the grassland tribe for the Tiger Tribe. "Knowing that you were coming, Ted's Central Account would come here once a day to wait for news. He came once yesterday." This clearly showed the close connection between Ted's Central Account and Huoyan City.
The voice-over is: We respect the past honor of the Tiger Tribe, there is no harm in following us!
