A few months ago, assassins from the Iron Tomb found Fu Mingcheng and "invited" him and the Iron Tomb's higher-ups to participate in a remote negotiating meeting.
The meeting's content was simple: the Iron Tomb and Jianghutong would join forces. Jianghutong would use its vast intelligence network to provide the Iron Tomb with the necessary information, and the Iron Tomb would assist in dealing with some of Jianghutong's competitors.
This collaboration was one-sided; Fu Mingcheng had no choice in the matter—the assassins' blades were already at his throat.
If it were only forced collaboration, with assassins lurking at his side... Fu Mingcheng wouldn't have ended up pleading for Lu Yu's help.
The key issue was that the Iron Tomb's demands became increasingly excessive, severely threatening his interests and adversely affecting Jianghutong's interests, clearly intending to bleed him dry.
