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Chapter 35
chapter 0031 part 1
**Chapter 31: Sacred Shield Brotherhood, Allies**
However, Tang Song showed a hint of reluctance at the appropriate moment.
"Mr. Tang, do you have any other questions?" West asked directly when he noticed.
Tang Song adopted the persona of a businessman and said somewhat awkwardly, "There is indeed one issue. I promised Father Declerck that I would maintain stability in New York, but during this time, my subordinates, facing the vampires' counterattack, have also suffered quite a few casualties."
"After all, none of us expected someone to be so insane as to try and summon an Ancient Evil Being," Tang Song said, trailing off.
West and Father Declerck's eyes revealed a look of 'As expected.'
Merchants pursue profit; they had anticipated Tang Song's increased demands before coming.
If it weren't for an extremely important change happening in the Vatican for their faction, which prevented the Inquisition from deploying personnel on a large scale, the major incident involving the evil being in New York would never have fallen to Tang Song, a mere Demon Hunter, to handle.
"I heard from Father Declerck that Mr. Tang wants to get into the arms business," West said. "I have a deal here. I wonder if Mr. Tang is interested?"
Tang Song's face appropriately showed a curious expression. "What kind of deal? I'd like to hear the details!"
"Several divisions of Italy's defense forces are currently upgrading their military equipment, and they are preparing to update some of their weapons and equipment!" West paused.
Hearing this, Tang Song personally got up and poured them each a glass of high-quality French Bordeaux white wine, saying, "No arms dealer would refuse this kind of arms business, but I heard that this kind of business has very high requirements!"
West laughed. "The Minister of Italy's Department of Defense has some connections with me, and the person in charge of military procurement is an old acquaintance of Bishop Grant!"
After speaking, he looked at Father Declerck.
Father Declerck understood it was his turn to speak and nodded, saying, "Mr. Tang, Bishop Grant is already aware of the situation here. As long as the matter of the Blood God's descent doesn't affect the Vatican, he will take responsibility for the procurement."
Tang Song frowned, took a cigar from Lane beside him, and gestured towards the two. "You don't mind, do you?"
West spread his hands, indicating he should go ahead and smoke.
Tang Song smoked the cigar and smiled. "Then, for this business, I'll take 35%. I will register the Arms Company as soon as possible. Of course, on the buyer's side, I will need Mr. West's strong cooperation."
West nodded naturally, and Father Declerck also agreed from the side.
This was natural. Even if it was only a partial equipment change for a country's military, the profit involved would still be tens of billions of USD. Tang Song taking 35% meant the rest of the cake would naturally be divided among others upstream and downstream.
As for how they divided it, Tang Song didn't care.
...
With the business settled, Tang Song casually asked West, "Mr. West, I heard that priests are ascetics. I wonder what your hobbies are?"
West seemed surprised by Tang Song's question, hesitated slightly, and then organized his words. "Well, I'm very interested in Ancient Castles in various countries... Every year I travel around the European continent. To be honest, I'm a crazy enthusiast of medieval Ancient Castles. I might visit people in those Ancient Castles across Europe and explore some strange sights."
Tang Song looked at the small silver cross exposed on West's chest, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Visiting strange people? He was going to inspect and monitor the vampires in the various Ancient Castles, wasn't he? Tang Song lightly clapped his hands, laughed, took out his checkbook, signed a blank check, and handed it to West.
"Mr. West, this is just a small token of my regard."
West smiled ambiguously and declined, "This, there's no need for this. Mr. Tang, we are already very grateful for your strong support in dealing with the Blood God matter, this..."
Tang Song said seriously, "I am a businessman, so businessmen always like to measure everything with money. I believe Mr. West is someone worth associating with. In the future, in business and in many other aspects, we will need the support of influential and powerful people like you. Are you not happy to accept such a small token?"
West licked his lips, glanced at Tang Song's eyes, and saw the cunning gaze of a complete shrewd businessman.
He smiled reassuringly, accepted the check, and put it into his wallet without hesitation. At the same time, he pointed at Father Declerck and said, "Then, I won't be polite either, Mr. Tang. For the next Republican Party election, I hope you can... well, the opinions of a big Boss with economic strength like you are very necessary for the Republican Party's help and support..."
Tang Song showed a look of understanding, calculated shrewdly for a long time, and then smiled.
Father Declerck and West both laughed and took their leave.
After Frank had seen the two off for a long distance, Tang Song rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "The Vice Chief Judge of the Inquisition, does he have such great power? He can even influence the Federation's political circles?"
The Inquisition was an institution established by The Church in the Middle Ages to judge heretics. Its purpose was to eliminate all anti-church heretics and people with heretical ideas. In the Middle Ages, the Inquisition had great power and could burn suspects directly without any trial. The witch burnings in the Middle Ages were their doing.
Although the influence of the Inquisition has declined now, the head of the Inquisition holds a position within The Church second only to the Pope. And West is one of the two Vice Chief Judges of the Inquisition. His status is second only to the Chief Judge and the head.
The Vice Chief Judge of the Inquisition is an Important Figure. No wonder his energy intensity is so high.
After sending off West and Father Declerck, Tang Song sat on the sofa and slightly narrowed his eyes, a unique divine sense flashing past. Unlike Father Declerck, he felt an energy on this Vice Chief Judge that was very similar to the cross on Father Declerck. However, in terms of energy, this so-called holy power on West was at least ten times that of the cross on Father Declerck.
Could this be the confidence of the Inquisition in sealing the Blood God?
Lane frowned. "Currently, the Vatican's influence is mainly in the realm of faith. On the political level, many countries won't comply with them. Perhaps they approached you this time for certain interests. This West, his strength is probably not weak."
Tang Song corrected his view. "Not just not weak, but very strong. Don't underestimate him. If a conflict really arises in the future, and you still hold the notion that he is merely not weak, you might as well kill yourself early... Of course, I won't let a conflict with them happen... Haha, they are using us, so why shouldn't we use them?"
Lane showed a look of understanding.
Tang Song said fiercely, "Hmm, go prepare to find a few arms companies to cooperate with. Forget Stark Industries, they are too expensive. We need the kind that is good quality and cheap. Only by keeping costs down can we earn more! Hammer Industries is good! Although the quality is a bit worse, I'm sure the Italian soldiers won't mind."
**Chapter 31: Sacred Shield Brotherhood, Allies**
However, Tang Song showed a hint of reluctance at the appropriate moment.
"Mr. Tang, do you have any other questions?" West asked directly when he noticed.
Tang Song adopted the persona of a businessman and said somewhat awkwardly, "There is indeed one issue. I promised Father Declerck that I would maintain stability in New York, but during this time, my subordinates, facing the vampires' counterattack, have also suffered quite a few casualties."
"After all, none of us expected someone to be so insane as to try and summon an Ancient Evil Being," Tang Song said, trailing off.
West and Father Declerck's eyes revealed a look of 'As expected.'
Merchants pursue profit; they had anticipated Tang Song's increased demands before coming.
If it weren't for an extremely important change happening in the Vatican for their faction, which prevented the Inquisition from deploying personnel on a large scale, the major incident involving the evil being in New York would never have fallen to Tang Song, a mere Demon Hunter, to handle.
"I heard from Father Declerck that Mr. Tang wants to get into the arms business," West said. "I have a deal here. I wonder if Mr. Tang is interested?"
Tang Song's face appropriately showed a curious expression. "What kind of deal? I'd like to hear the details!"
"Several divisions of Italy's defense forces are currently upgrading their military equipment, and they are preparing to update some of their weapons and equipment!" West paused.
Hearing this, Tang Song personally got up and poured them each a glass of high-quality French Bordeaux white wine, saying, "No arms dealer would refuse this kind of arms business, but I heard that this kind of business has very high requirements!"
West laughed. "The Minister of Italy's Department of Defense has some connections with me, and the person in charge of military procurement is an old acquaintance of Bishop Grant!"
After speaking, he looked at Father Declerck.
Father Declerck understood it was his turn to speak and nodded, saying, "Mr. Tang, Bishop Grant is already aware of the situation here. As long as the matter of the Blood God's descent doesn't affect the Vatican, he will take responsibility for the procurement."
Tang Song frowned, took a cigar from Lane beside him, and gestured towards the two. "You don't mind, do you?"
West spread his hands, indicating he should go ahead and smoke.
Tang Song smoked the cigar and smiled. "Then, for this business, I'll take 35%. I will register the Arms Company as soon as possible. Of course, on the buyer's side, I will need Mr. West's strong cooperation."
West nodded naturally, and Father Declerck also agreed from the side.
This was natural. Even if it was only a partial equipment change for a country's military, the profit involved would still be tens of billions of USD. Tang Song taking 35% meant the rest of the cake would naturally be divided among others upstream and downstream.
As for how they divided it, Tang Song didn't care.
...
With the business settled, Tang Song casually asked West, "Mr. West, I heard that priests are ascetics. I wonder what your hobbies are?"
West seemed surprised by Tang Song's question, hesitated slightly, and then organized his words. "Well, I'm very interested in Ancient Castles in various countries... Every year I travel around the European continent. To be honest, I'm a crazy enthusiast of medieval Ancient Castles. I might visit people in those Ancient Castles across Europe and explore some strange sights."
Tang Song looked at the small silver cross exposed on West's chest, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Visiting strange people? He was going to inspect and monitor the vampires in the various Ancient Castles, wasn't he? Tang Song lightly clapped his hands, laughed, took out his checkbook, signed a blank check, and handed it to West.
"Mr. West, this is just a small token of my regard."
West smiled ambiguously and declined, "This, there's no need for this. Mr. Tang, we are already very grateful for your strong support in dealing with the Blood God matter, this..."
Tang Song said seriously, "I am a businessman, so businessmen always like to measure everything with money. I believe Mr. West is someone worth associating with. In the future, in business and in many other aspects, we will need the support of influential and powerful people like you. Are you not happy to accept such a small token?"
West licked his lips, glanced at Tang Song's eyes, and saw the cunning gaze of a complete shrewd businessman.
He smiled reassuringly, accepted the check, and put it into his wallet without hesitation. At the same time, he pointed at Father Declerck and said, "Then, I won't be polite either, Mr. Tang. For the next Republican Party election, I hope you can... well, the opinions of a big Boss with economic strength like you are very necessary for the Republican Party's help and support..."
Tang Song showed a look of understanding, calculated shrewdly for a long time, and then smiled.
Father Declerck and West both laughed and took their leave.
After Frank had seen the two off for a long distance, Tang Song rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "The Vice Chief Judge of the Inquisition, does he have such great power? He can even influence the Federation's political circles?"
The Inquisition was an institution established by The Church in the Middle Ages to judge heretics. Its purpose was to eliminate all anti-church heretics and people with heretical ideas. In the Middle Ages, the Inquisition had great power and could burn suspects directly without any trial. The witch burnings in the Middle Ages were their doing.
Although the influence of the Inquisition has declined now, the head of the Inquisition holds a position within The Church second only to the Pope. And West is one of the two Vice Chief Judges of the Inquisition. His status is second only to the Chief Judge and the head.
The Vice Chief Judge of the Inquisition is an Important Figure. No wonder his energy intensity is so high.
After sending off West and Father Declerck, Tang Song sat on the sofa and slightly narrowed his eyes, a unique divine sense flashing past. Unlike Father Declerck, he felt an energy on this Vice Chief Judge that was very similar to the cross on Father Declerck. However, in terms of energy, this so-called holy power on West was at least ten times that of the cross on Father Declerck.
Could this be the confidence of the Inquisition in sealing the Blood God?
Lane frowned. "Currently, the Vatican's influence is mainly in the realm of faith. On the political level, many countries won't comply with them. Perhaps they approached you this time for certain interests. This West, his strength is probably not weak."
Tang Song corrected his view. "Not just not weak, but very strong. Don't underestimate him. If a conflict really arises in the future, and you still hold the notion that he is merely not weak, you might as well kill yourself early... Of course, I won't let a conflict with them happen... Haha, they are using us, so why shouldn't we use them?"
Lane showed a look of understanding.
Tang Song said fiercely, "Hmm, go prepare to find a few arms companies to cooperate with. Forget Stark Industries, they are too expensive. We need the kind that is good quality and cheap. Only by keeping costs down can we earn more! Hammer Industries is good! Although the quality is a bit worse, I'm sure the Italian soldiers won't mind."
