Song Mai spoke at length and in great detail, expressing all her thoughts without missing a single detail.

Meanwhile, everyone else listened very attentively, afraid of missing a single detail.

As they listened, the anger on everyone's faces deepened, and at the same time, their admiration for Song Mai grew stronger.

They felt that the Western government must have its own plans, and those plans were not simple.

They just couldn't understand what this scheme was all about. Now, after hearing what Song Mai said, they realized that the other party was even more sinister than they had imagined.

It's truly impressive that Song Mai can see through their complex schemes so clearly.

The young man spat angrily and cursed several times before he could vent his anger.

"Pah! What a piece of trash! Utterly shameless! A government of a nation? They're so greedy and wicked! Their behavior is just too disgusting! All they think about is how to benefit themselves. What about the credibility of a government? Don't they care at all?"

Others echoed this sentiment:

"Yes, I knew they were up to no good, but I didn't expect them to be this bad!"

"As expected, there's a reason why their development is so poor. They're all preoccupied with scheming and plotting, so they don't have time to think about how to strengthen and develop their country."

Lu Xun remained silent with a sullen face, clearly having taken Song Mai's words to heart.

Although he knew that Song Mai's guess might not be 100% correct and might differ somewhat from the Western government's plan, he still needed to report to the group. Most importantly, he wanted to know what that person meant.

This afternoon, when he was reporting to the group, that guy had an important meeting to attend, so he didn't participate in his online video report.

The other senior executives of the group only expressed their stance, stating that it was absolutely impossible to give the Western government 100 million to buy this land. As for other matters, they did not say anything, only that they would convey the situation to Master Yun after he finished his work, and that Master Yun would make the final decision. They also asked Lu Xun's project team to think of any other ways to resolve the current situation.

However, Lu Xun privately felt that even if the Western government's plans differed somewhat from what Song Mai had said, the differences probably wouldn't be too significant.

The anger he felt that morning was still burning inside him; his chest felt throbbing and he wished he could find that Basque and beat him up to vent his frustration.

He pursed his lips tightly and waited until everyone had finished speaking before looking at Ji Fenghe, who had remained silent the whole time.

Ji Fenghe was looking at Song Mai. The man seemed to have never expected that she could analyze so much from Basque's short speech that morning, even describing the Western government's plans, the benefits and interests that could be obtained, and the next steps in a very clear way. Even he could not have thought of it so clearly.

This made him look at Song Mai with a very complicated expression, a mixture of shock, admiration, and guilt for having been prejudiced against her in the past.

Regardless of whether she got into Yunxing through connections or by what means, she is indeed very capable. She is clear-headed, insightful, and has a unique perspective. She can see the crux of a problem in a way that even people in Yunxing cannot do.

Even without connections, her professional skills, work ability, vision, and analytical abilities would make it easy for her to get into Yunxing.

"Manager Ji, what do you think?"

Lu Xun's words suddenly interrupted the man's thoughts. Ji Fenghe shifted his gaze from Song Mai, his eyes becoming even more serious.

“I think Song Mai is right, and I agree with her opinion.”

Song Mai looked at Ji Fenghe with some surprise. To be honest, this was just something she had figured out in a moment, and it was also an idea of ​​hers. She just wanted to try to say it out loud, hoping it might help with the analysis. She didn't expect that everyone would agree with her analysis. Even Ji Fenghe, who had always disliked her, agreed with her analysis. How could he not be surprised?

The others echoed:

“We agree. I think it’s just like what Song Mai said.”

"I also think that Basques look like they're full of bad intentions."

Lu Xun opened his notebook, jotted down what Song Mai had said, and then said:

"Do you have any ideas? The Basques are sticking to their demand for 100 million. According to Song Mai, they will definitely delay us for a long time, dragging things out until they escalate and everyone knows about them. We don't have that much time to waste. After all, we are abroad. How can we just sit here and let them lead the charge and drag things out? Besides, dragging it out will only be detrimental to us."

After a moment of bewilderment, the young man finally spoke:

“Why don’t we choose another piece of land? There’s plenty of land, not just theirs. We don’t even have to choose a site in the capital of the Western Kingdom to build the factory. Aren’t there many other cities? As long as we’re free from Basque rule, I don’t believe people in other places would be able to scheme to this extent.”

But Lu Xun rejected his words without hesitation as soon as he said them.

"That's impossible. The group must have a reason for finally deciding on this piece of land out of all the available land. It must be because this land is the most suitable after careful consideration. First of all, choosing a location outside the capital is not a good option. Only the capital city can best combine factors such as high labor intensity, talent concentration, appropriate land area, and low transportation costs. For a country like Xiguo, which is not very developed, even if they wanted to choose other cities, the conditions of other cities would not meet their requirements at all."

After thinking for a moment, Song Mai made a small suggestion.

"But we can't keep dragging this out. The longer it drags on, the greater the losses will be for the group. The longer it drags on, the greater the losses will be, which is exactly what they want. Since they are so dishonest and have no intention of selling the land to us, and dare to scheme like this, they probably don't take Yunxing seriously. Fine, the more they act like this, the more we will let them know that Yunxing is not an ordinary company, nor can they be used or schemed against at will! As the group said, this land must be acquired for 70 million, preferably less than 70 million."

"Less than seventy million?"

The others were puzzled. The initial offer of 80 million had been reduced to 70 million, which was already back to the market price. Getting the Western government to agree was already harder than climbing to heaven. If they could finally buy the land for 70 million, it would be quite difficult. Why would they offer less than 70 million?