The others were also furious. After all, it was their elected president who was now siding with the negotiating opponent. What was the point of it?
Then one of the officials said, "Then I will take over the negotiations!"
Lu Yuan nodded and gestured for them to proceed: "Please state your requirements."
“Okay! We need a grain planting base of one million square meters, a dryland rice planting base of one million square meters, one thousand pigs, two thousand sheep, five hundred cattle, and a total of one hundred thousand poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese! Moreover, you have to provide us with all the grain for the grain planting base, and at least guarantee that our seeds can be used for five full-area sowing and planting! As well as supporting sprinkler irrigation equipment and water purification equipment!”
After hearing these demands, Lu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle. He exchanged a glance with Zhou Tong and then whispered, "Good heavens, I thought these people's demands would be incredibly high, but it turns out they're so meager! I was shocked! I thought they'd ask for a 100,000-mu (6,667 hectares) planting base and ten million pigs, cattle, and sheep. It turns out they've been living in this era for so long that they've forgotten about all those reserves from before!"
Zhou Tong couldn't help but chuckle: "Yes, after all, in the apocalypse, a thousand pigs, cattle, and sheep is quite a lot. Should we just agree?"
Lu Yuan shook his head: "Of course we can't agree to them right away! We have to negotiate a discount on these requests! Otherwise, they'll really think we're easy targets!"
Zhou Tong nodded and said, "That's right. Let's also support President Freeman and help him gain some power. Who knows, it might be useful to China in the future!"
“That’s right. Freeman’s influence here is practically nonexistent now. If this continues, we’ll have to negotiate with them directly in the future, which won’t be of any use to us. We need to support him!”
After discussing it for a moment, Lu Yuan looked up at the official and shrugged, "Sorry, your demands are a bit too harsh! We can't agree to them!"
The officials had just seen the smiles on Lu Yuan and Zhou Tong's faces. They had thought they had asked for too little, but they hadn't expected that Lu Yuan and Zhou Tong wouldn't agree.
After discussing it with the person next to him, the man finally spoke up and said, "So, how much can you give?"
Lu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "A 100,000-square-meter planting base for various grains, a total of 1,000 pigs, cattle and sheep, and 50,000 poultry!"
The other party was stunned after hearing this. They really couldn't accept this request because it was too little. Lu Yuan had reduced the planting base by ten times, which was far too little. Although there weren't many people in their country, it was still not enough.
However, Lu Yuan continued, "I can also provide another 100,000 square meters of grain planting base, 1,000 pigs, cattle, sheep, and 50,000 poultry, but these are my personal assets to President Freeman!"
The people below couldn't sit still any longer. They stood up and started shouting at Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan didn't pay any attention to them.
Freeman looked at Lu Yuan with gratitude, because he knew why Lu Yuan was doing this: Lu Yuan intended to support his power and prevent him from becoming their puppet in the future.
"Mr. Lu Yuan, thank you!"
Lu Yuan waved his hand: "It's alright! I hope you can cooperate with China for a long time in the future! If China encounters any problems, I hope Mexico can lend a helping hand! Although the situation in China may be much better, I'm talking about the future!"
Freeman knew exactly what Lu Yuan was up to, and he immediately nodded: "Mr. Lu Yuan, rest assured, as long as I am in power, I will never forget this history!"
Then, Freeman said something to his men, who fell silent after hearing it. Finally, the officials agreed.
"Alright, we accept your terms! But you have to help us provide the techniques for growing these food crops!"
"No problem! In that case, does that mean our negotiations have been officially successful?"
Freeman nodded, stood up with a smile, and walked up to Lu Yuan, shaking his hand firmly.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Alright, let's not delay any longer. Shall we go and see your satellite launch base?"
"Of course! Inspection is a must! I believe you can produce the grain!"
Having spent time in Lu Yuan's dimensional space, Freeman knew about the living conditions there.
During the two weeks he lived in that dimensional space, Freeman ate what was probably the best food he had in recent years, and he was confident that Lu Yuan could easily provide it.
Freeman then nodded to his men: "Alright, now contact our satellite base! Tell them to prepare for our arrival! We're on our way now!"
The official below immediately took out a walkie-talkie, said something, and then a hint of suspicion flashed across his face. However, he didn't show it too much, just nodded and hung up the phone.
"Um... Mr. President, we're a bit short-handed at the base. How about we wait a couple of days before going?"
Freeman immediately sensed something was wrong: "Has something happened?"
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