Soon, the US received news that China was preparing for negotiations.
The White House Oval Office.
A rare smile appeared on Biden's face. He had been exhausted by China's aggressive offensive over the past two years, and this time he had finally managed to turn the tide.
He smiled and said to the chief of staff sitting opposite him, "China has compromised this time and agreed to discuss technology transfer. Your move worked! Playing the island nation card really works!"
After speaking, Biden paused, a look of regret on his face, and continued, "However, the transfer fee is a bit high, and they only accept us exchanging resources. It would be better if we could buy it with US dollars."
He paused, then asked with an expectant expression, "Do you think we could go and talk about it again?"
The chief of staff inwardly scoffed, but maintained a reserved smile as he said, "Your Excellency, I do not recommend lowering the price. The possibility of China making any further concessions is extremely slim. These technologies are unavailable even with money, so a higher price is understandable. Lowering the price now might backfire."
“But we don’t have that many resources in reserve. Even if we start digging now, it will be too late,” Baiden said hesitantly.
“Your Excellency, we don’t have any, but our allies do, especially Australia, they have a lot of reserves,” the chief of staff said with a smile.
Biden nodded in agreement and then added, "Chief of Staff, you should also take care of the matter of borrowing resources from allies."
"Also, don't rush to agree to their demands from China. While you continue the negotiations here, the exercises in the island nation must also continue, and make the fire burn even brighter!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the President," the chief of staff replied, turning to leave.
However, he returned to Biden's office less than half an hour after leaving, looking rather grim.
Bai Deng had a bad feeling and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"
The chief of staff quickly said, "Your Excellency, I just received news that China is not only selling these technologies to us, but has also sent messages to several major countries on Earth, saying that they are willing to sell to us as long as the price is right!"
"What?! How could they do this?!"
Biden was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "How can China sell the technology it sold to us to other countries? Aren't they afraid we'll take action in this island nation?"
The chief of staff said with a wry smile, "China's main trading partners are our allies. If we stop them, our allies may oppose us or even turn against us. In that case, our financial system, which we have built up over half a century, may collapse. Without the financial support from these allies, we may fall into an economic crisis!"
Biden fell silent upon hearing this. He was well aware of the situation in the United States; its industries had essentially become hollowed out, and it relied entirely on its financial system to extract capital from around the world to survive.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly smiled and said, "
I think China is being too clever for its own good this time. We'll let some of our compliant allies buy it. Once they have the technology, we can easily make them hand it over with a single word. China has underestimated our control over these countries. This time, we'll make them suffer a huge loss!
"Your Excellency, you really have a way with things. I'll call a few allied presidents right now!" the chief of staff flattered.
...
Just as the US and China were repeatedly bickering.
Ye Chen and Li Muyue had ended their temporary vacation and boarded the spaceship amidst the somewhat reluctant and even resentful gazes of the women.
The spaceship's hatch slowly closed, shutting out the outside world. Li Muyue said with a half-smile, "This vacation was relaxing, but it also made me offend a lot of people for no reason."
"Oh, how so?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and asked in surprise.
Li Muyue pouted and said, "Didn't you see the way the women outside are looking at you? They practically want to eat you alive. If I weren't here, believe me, they would have dared to ambush you."
"Haha, it's not that exaggerated."
Ye Chen chuckled twice, then changed the subject, saying, "Everything inside the Dragon Palace base has been moved out. Once the production lines are assembled, as long as there are enough raw materials, the production capacity inside will exceed your imagination. As the general manager, you'd better think carefully about how to allocate these raw materials."
“We do have resources. There are so many planets in the solar system, enough for us to mine, but the mining speed definitely can’t keep up with the consumption of the Morning Moon Cave production line,” Li Muyue said with a frown.
Ye Chen smiled and said, "In the short term, we can only rely on the resources on Blue Star. This time, we can exchange the technology for a huge amount of resources. Once these resources are in place, we can produce more advanced spaceships. At that time, the efficiency of mining in the solar system will be greatly improved, which should be able to basically meet the needs of Chenyue Cave Heaven."
As they spoke, the spaceship arrived at the location of the Dragon Palace base.
The Dragon Palace base is now completely barren; everything inside has been moved to Morning Moon Cave.
Looking at the empty workshop in front of her, Li Muyue said with a hint of regret, "It's such a waste to just abandon this place!"
Ye Chen smiled, walked to the round platform where the stone beads were placed, and pressed a button.
The enormous entrance that had been standing to the side began to shrink rapidly and disappeared in less than ten seconds.
Ye Chen put away the stone bead and smiled, "For a Level 2 civilization, digging a base like this is about the same as digging the foundation of a small house for us. It won't take much effort. If you're willing, we can dig another one anytime, even in the deepest Mariana Trench on Earth."
Li Muyue rolled her eyes at him and said, "I was just making a casual remark. What's so fun about staying at the bottom of the sea?"
"Let's go. This place will soon be filled with seawater. After a while, when it's covered with mud, sand and coral, no one will know that a base was once built here."
As Ye Chen spoke, he pulled Li Muyue onto the spaceship.
Li Muyue also said with a playful smile, "Maybe ten thousand years from now, someone will discover this place and consider it a miracle in history!"
Ye Chen also laughed and said, "Then do you think we should leave some random information here, so that future generations will have a headache and create an unsolved mystery?"
"Come on, who knows how far humanity will have developed in ten thousand years? What you left behind will be deciphered in no time. Don't make a laughing stock for ten thousand years to come," Li Muyue laughed.
Ye Chen was speechless, then shook his head and directly ordered the spaceship to return to the Mousse headquarters.
He thought to himself, "At the current rate of development, it's not impossible for humans to live for ten thousand years. In fact, through virtual networks, it's even possible to achieve immortality of consciousness. I might still be alive ten thousand years from now!"
As the spaceship started up, a massive wave surged in from behind, quickly engulfing the Dragon Palace base.
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