"I left too hastily just now and forgot about something!" Ye Chen returned with a smile on his face.

"What is it?" The group of elders looked at Ye Chen, feeling uneasy.

"The matter of cooperation!" Ye Chen said.

"..."

Ye Chen spoke so directly that the group of elders changed their expressions, each with a bitter smile.

They had extended a favor and received Ye Chen's promise, clearly getting the better end of the deal.

However, Ye Chen returned, clearly understanding and unwilling to suffer a loss, seeking to renegotiate the terms...

The elders couldn't escape facing Ye Chen's return!

Because Ye Chen was the key to the situation, they needed him. If Ye Chen got upset and went on strike, their efforts would be in vain!

"Ye Chen, didn't we already settle this?" Wen Xiangyou smiled kindly. "We give you special privileges, and you give us a commitment. Are you going back on your word?"

"Yes, I'm regretting it now, and I want to go back on my word!" Ye Chen said without hesitation.

"..." Wen Xiangyou's smile froze.

Ye Chen said he would renege without a hint of shame, his righteous attitude driving people crazy!

"Ye Chen, we agreed, why are you reneging?" Li Kuishou asked with a smile.

"I feel it's unfair, so I want to renege!" Ye Chen spoke straight without beating around the bush. "I can protect Huaxia, but what you've given is too little. You must give more!"

"We've given too little?" He Shanhe said. "Ye Chen, we know you have many women, so we opened special privileges for you to marry more wives! Out of over a billion people in Huaxia, only you have such privileges. What more do you want?"

"No way!" Ye Chen shook his head. "These privileges seem grand but are actually worthless!"

"I am an epic figure, standing at the peak of the universe, capable of destroying an entire realm!"

"I can marry as many women as I want, why should I need privileges from you?"

"The privileges you give are just icing on the cake, they can't motivate me to risk my life!"

The privileges given by the elders were indeed dispensable!

If Ye Chen accepted them, everything would be easy to discuss! But if he didn't accept them, they were worthless!

Just now, Ye Chen was preoccupied and didn't initially react!

However, Xu Qingling reminded him, making Ye Chen realize he's losing out!

"But, but we already agreed!" He Shanhe's voice grew quieter, obviously feeling guilty.

Strong individuals are unruly, adept at disrupting order and overturning rules! A strong person like Ye Chen is unbound by anything, let alone Huaxia's laws?

Thus, the so-called privileges are essentially irrelevant, merely icing on the cake at best! Seeing Ye Chen react, how could they not feel guilty?

"We've already settled, but now I regret it!" Ye Chen said. "You gave too few privileges, I need more!"

"Tell me, what do you want!" Li Kuishou compromised.

"I want money!" Ye Chen said directly.

"What do you need money for?" Li Kuishou asked incredulously.

A powerful figure like Ye Chen should view money as dirt, how could he desire it?

"I'm a big man with many wives, I have to support the family, right?" Ye Chen chuckled.

"Support the family?" The elders' faces stiffened, feeling it's laughable.

They had investigated Ye Chen and knew his background!

Wanshi Medicine and Ye Film Industry are Ye Chen's companies, fully owned by him! Just these two companies put Ye Chen's worth at over a hundred billion!

In addition, Ye Chen also holds Yanran International and has invested in many other industries; altogether, he's practically wealthy enough to rival nations!

Would someone so wealthy need money to support the family?

"You don't understand!" Ye Chen shook his head. "I indeed don't lack money, in fact, I have so much that it's frightening, but it's not earned by me!"

"Those women are too outstanding, each more capable than the last, constantly earning money for me, putting a lot of pressure on me!"

"Now, when I see them, I feel a sense of inferiority!"

"So I want several billion to give them as pocket money!"

Ye Chen created an image for himself as the king of the universe's gigolos!

But now Ye Chen has grown and no longer wants to be a gigolo! He now needs loads of money, to prove himself to those women!

"Several billion?" He Shanhe shouted. "Are you trying to scare us? Asking for several billion at once, who can come up with that much? Even if we emptied the treasury, we couldn't gather so much cash!"

Ye Chen doesn't want to rely on women, the elders can understand, after all, a man shouldn't depend on women!

They can give Ye Chen money, tens of millions or billions are no problem!

However, Ye Chen opened his mouth asking for billions, making the elders look like they just ate feces.

"What's wrong?" Ye Chen said. "Billions aren't much, can't you produce it?"

"Billions aren't much?" Li Kuishou looked at Ye Chen, anger glaring in his eyes, shivering all over.

"I don't want to say much!" Ye Chen said impatiently. "Will you give or not, just one word!"

"What can we give!" Kun Wuchang said. "You're asking for billions, not thousands, can we just give it?"

Billions are not thousands, the sum is too large, how can it be mobilized without reason, placed under Ye Chen's name?

The elders are national elders, highly authoritative, their word is law, but even they dare not do this! It involves too much, affects too greatly!

"I am an epic villain, ranked in the universe, and not worth several billion?" Ye Chen was displeased. "I take your money not to flee, but to risk my life for you, and you still hesitate?"

"Ye Chen, it's not about money!" Li Kuishou said in difficulty.

They can mobilize billions, but it involves too much, far from simple!

Money is the foundation of the nation, needed everywhere! Every penny in the treasury has its purpose, has to be publicly accounted for!

If they were to empty the treasury, giving Ye Chen billions, wouldn't Huaxia collapse?

The elders are revered but doing so would ruin their reputation!

Therefore, they dare not give the money nor wish to take the risk!

"Alright!" Ye Chen said helplessly. "Since you're in such a bind, I won't force you, let's part ways amicably!"

"Are you broke?" Kun Wuchang was almost furious.

Ye Chen's money is already piled high, yet he comes to ask them for money, isn't this deliberately causing trouble?

"Old man, I'm not broke!" Ye Chen said. "But if you don't give me money, why should I risk my life for you?"

"You're not risking life for us, but guarding all of Huaxia; it's an honorable mission!" Wen Xiangyou looked at Ye Chen, annoyed.

"I don't want a mission, I just want money! Money! Money!" Ye Chen seemed to be obsessed with it.

"Billions are too much, even if we can give, we can't give to you!" Li Kuishou shook his head. "Moreover, you yourself aren't broke, let's change to another condition!"

"Right, anything but money we can give!" Kun Wuchang muttered.

"Really?" Ye Chen laughed.

"..."

Seeing Ye Chen laugh, chills ran down the elders' spines; what was this kid plotting now?

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