The purpose of the banquet was to promote communication, and the fastest way to promote communication was through the exchange of benefits. Everyone who entered received a trading list, which contained the resources that each base could sell.
Of course, the top-ranked and most resource-rich provider is the unnamed organizer of this event. Everything from clothing, food, housing, and transportation to various forms of energy can be sold and traded. Although the quantity is limited, it is clear that their capital is unfathomable.
Everyone who attends the meeting will contribute some resources for trading, in order to demonstrate their strength.
The Qiushan base's roster contains only one item: an apple tree laden with fruit, along with a patch of unpolluted soil, priced at one ton of rice.
Apart from that, nothing else was registered. This apple tree does look tall and beautiful, and it bears a lot of fruit, but to be honest, it is somewhat rare, yet not particularly rare.
Li Ke asked Song Xian to register this because the apples in her space had a bumper harvest this year. There was an endless apple orchard, and she had plenty of them, so she just used them.
As Li Ke and his entourage entered the banquet hall, they attracted the attention of many people. However, it was only their attention; no one moved to approach and chat with them.
Li Ke didn't care and just let Niu Dazhuang and the others eat and drink to their hearts' content. They were just there to go through the motions at this banquet; they didn't want to suffer any losses, they just wanted to benefit from it.
After taking the food and drinks, everyone walked into the exhibition hall as if no one else was around, not caring about what others thought.
The exhibition hall featured both physical exhibits and video presentations, and Li Ke and the others were drawn to the videos in the exotic beast section.
The video introduces about thirty kinds of animals, including birds and beasts, which are much larger and more powerful than the normal animals before the mutation in terms of size and habits.
Li Ke couldn't be sure whether these strange beasts were naturally mutated or cultivated in the core area.
In the previous life, when the land was polluted and plants were almost extinct, birds and beasts also gradually disappeared and could not be found anywhere.
But after the mutated plants grew into a forest, the mutated animals also slowly reappeared and showed their tracks again. At that time, the uninformed humans only thought that animals also had their own way of survival.
These mutated animals are very expensive, and the quantities listed below are all one. Li Ke lingered here for a while, and some clueless people came to cause trouble.
"Chief Li, you've been watching here for so long, are you interested in these mutated beasts? But these mutated beasts are huge and violent, not many women like them." Song Yuquan came to Li Ke's side, and with a half-smile, he looked Li Ke up and down in a flirtatious way.
Li Ke smiled gently: "It's been more than half a year since we last met. You're still as talkative and eloquent as ever. It's a blessing for the Song family base to have you around."
Song Yuquan's eyes were sinister: "You're still so out of touch with reality, Li Jia. I advise you not to be so stubborn. One person can't beat a group of people."
Niu Dazhuang pushed Song Yuquan aside: "You know one person can't beat a group of people, yet you still dare to come over and shout. You're really brave!"
In Song Yuquan's eyes, Li Jia still had the status of a leader and base chief, while this newly emerged Niu Dazhuang was nothing.
He suppressed his anger and said with great disdain, "You dog, I'll let you bark for two more days. Let's see if you can still bark when you no longer have a master."
Niu Dazhuang pretended to lose his balance and involuntarily lunged forward, shoving a plate of pastries directly onto Song Yuquan's face.
He exclaimed in dismay, "What's wrong with you? We were enjoying the view here, and you had to come over and ruin all this good stuff!"
Song Yuquan had just wiped some of the pastries off his face and hadn't even had a chance to denounce Niu Dazhuang when he was countersued.
The Song, Qiu, and Jin families, seeing the farce unfolding here, slowly approached. The head of the Song family base was a middle-aged man around fifty years old with a somewhat serious expression.
After glancing at the disheveled Song Yuquan, he revealed his displeasure, then swept his gaze over Li Ke and turned to the culprit, Niu Dazhuang: "What's going on? You dare to cause trouble in the conference center?"
Niu Dazhuang retorted directly, "What's wrong with you? You just walked over here out of nowhere and started criticizing people. Besides, you weren't even here just now, so why are you acting all high and mighty?"
After confronting the head of the Song family, Niu Dazhuang saw a staff member rushing over and immediately said, "Are you in charge here? What's going on here? Are you letting mentally unstable people into this place? Food is so precious these days, look at what this person has done! I haven't even eaten much of this stuff yet, and he's already wasting it. He has to pay for it!"
Song Yuquan angrily pointed at Niu Dazhuang and said, "You clearly attacked me with food! You damned traitor!"
Song Yuquan was furious. He had never seen such a despicable person from Qiushan Base who didn't play by the rules!
Niu Dazhuang calmly said, "Are you out of your mind? You were the one who ran over and started yelling, then you bumped into my plate. I don't even know whose plate it is, or if you even tied it up properly."
Enraged, Song Yuquan pulled out his gun, pointed it at Niu Dazhuang, and shouted, "You're asking for death!"
Niu Dazhuang stood still: "You dare to fire a shot in the conference center?"
Song Wenguang, the head of the Song family, chimed in, "Yuquan, you're getting excited!"
The staff member standing nearby also stood in front of Song Yuquan's gun, frowning and saying, "Mr. Song, you don't seem to be in good condition right now. Would you like me to take you to rest for a while?"
Song Yuquan was furious, but he could only suppress his anger. He put away his pistol and turned to Song Wenguang, saying, "Yuquan lost his temper. I'll go out and calm down now."
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