"Hey - hahaha - here comes the red wine -"
Dolap's voice came from outside the door. This time he did not teleport directly into the conference room, but walked in from the door.
He carried a yellow insulated box to the table and carefully set it down. The bottom of the box was lined with ice, and four bottles of red wine lay quietly inside, surrounded by ice. Then, Delap pulled out two goblets from the box. These too had clearly been frozen for a long time; the cold glass walls quickly formed a thin layer of moisture upon contact with the air.
"This is good wine. I usually can't bear to drink it." Dolap put the four bottles of wine on the table one by one, and talked about how hard it was to get these red wines.
"You don't know, this is a product of the Mars Vineyard. Only 40 million bottles were produced this year. Every bottle here is priceless. It belongs to you. I won't even let anyone else see it, let alone drink it."
As he spoke, Dorap picked up a bottle of wine. The red liquid slowly flowed down the wall of the glass, and it looked crystal clear under the light and very beautiful.
Bai Yi glanced at the packaging of the red wine, and as expected, it was a brand he had never seen before.
Bai Yi took a sip from the glass, and Felix followed suit. The taste of this wine was different from the ones Bai Yi had drunk on Earth before. Those wines he had drunk before were always slightly bitter, but this one was a bit sour, but not in the sour, rancid way that something had gone bad. Instead, it had a yeasty smell, like bread, which reminded him of a drink he had in his previous life.
"It's a...wonderful taste." He originally wanted to say a very abstract taste, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words.
He glanced at Felix out of the corner of his eye and saw that the latter also had a strange expression on his face.
"As long as you like it." It wasn't known whether Dolap really didn't notice or was just joking. He put away the cooler box with only ice cubes left and said to Bai Yi, "Then I won't interrupt your conversation. If there's anything else, please let me know."
He then handed Flix a small white card. "Mr. Flix, this is your temporary pass. With it, you can use the transport system inside the spacecraft. After the meeting, you can return directly to your office or wander around the available areas on the spacecraft."
"Well, I'll take my leave then."
Dolap bowed again and walked out, closing the door behind him.
The contrast of a green goblin making such a gentlemanly gesture was a bit amusing to Bai Yi. He didn't mean to discriminate against them, but simply because of the influence of many video works in his previous life, he had a preconceived prejudice against this species.
Oh, but the Larons are not goblins either.
But, it does look alike.
Bai Yi stopped dwelling on this question and put the glass of strange-tasting red wine aside. He said to Felix seriously, "Where were we talking about just now?"
After Polap left, the conversation continued for more than an hour. At the end of the meeting, Bai Yi slammed the table and said loudly.
"I think I understand now."
He looked as if he had suddenly understood something.
"As president, you have a responsibility to the people. You can't blatantly do something like taking the good and discarding the bad. So you need someone who can do the dirty work for you. This person can't be related to you, but it's best if they have some leverage over you."
"So Liu Shasha wasn't actually kidnapped, but you sent her away on your own initiative. If I'm not mistaken, you were also involved in the blackout."
Felix said nothing, which was considered as his tacit agreement.
"But there is a problem here. Are you playing such a big game?" Bai Yi stared at him straight, as if he wanted to see through the soul of the middle-aged man in front of him from his eyes.
"Aren't you afraid of getting yourself killed by going against me?"
Felix shook his head.
"In the current situation, people are the most important. I have integrated all the elites in the southern hemisphere, which will give our country unprecedented advantages in our new homeland. Those countries that have always wanted to challenge our hegemony and replace us will no longer be able to achieve their goals. They can only bow down to our great country. This time, I will make Ake great again."
He raised his right hand and pinched his thumb and index finger together.
"No one understands the United States better than I do!"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Bai Yi quickly interrupted Felix's impassioned speech, "This is not the place for you to fight for votes."
"Ahem, sorry." Felix coughed a few times. "It's my occupational illness."
Bai Yi's eyes rolled and he suddenly changed the subject.
"Is the wine good today?"
"Um...excuse me for being blunt, but it tastes a bit strange." He obviously didn't expect Bai Yi to suddenly ask this. "How should I put it...although I can taste the alcohol, it doesn't really taste like alcohol."
"I'm glad you like it." Bai Yi happily stuffed the remaining bottles of wine into his arms, "Take them back and share them with everyone. I won't see you off. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Flix: ...
After leaving the Candela, Bai Yi quickly returned to New Mars.
The air of the new Mars has been completely stripped away. Without the atmosphere as a carrier, the dust that originally floated in the air has also fallen to the ground. Due to the lack of diffuse reflection, the sky of the new Mars looks black at all times.
During the day, the starlight shines directly on the ground, and the white alloy emits a strong reflection, while the places not directly hit by the sun are abnormally dark. This strong contrast creates a pale beauty, and the whole world is like a black and white sketch with extremely high contrast.
In this black and white world, a red dot moves. It is the master of this world, the owner of the new Mars planetary fortress spacecraft, the ruler of this star field, and the border defender number 9527 of the Galactic Alliance - Bai Yi.
He was wearing a red robe, which was very long and dragged down to his ankles. It was now moving with his movements without wind.
This was a gift from Dolap, a traditional handicraft from his hometown of Lalong Star, and part of their intangible cultural heritage. The fabric of the robe was very strange, feeling neither silk nor cotton, very smooth but not as elastic as silk.
Dolap said this was a type of silk produced by a large insect called a Pandora. However, Bai Yi had never seen this type of insect before. He did some research online and it looked like an enlarged version of a silkworm.
In short, he really liked this gift. At least it was much better than those bottles of red wine.
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