Chapter 330 Negotiation Storm
Xu Ying was packing his luggage, preparing to end his border work of more than half a month.
Outside the window, the newly migrated snow leopards were leisurely basking in the sun on the rock wall, and a herd of wild horses were running freely on the grassland - this harmonious picture made her smile with relief.
Suddenly, the ringing of a cell phone broke the silence.
"Stationmaster Xu, the situation has changed!" Director Yi's voice was filled with urgency. "The Mobei Kingdom has sent a diplomatic mission to negotiate at the Ecological Corridor headquarters tomorrow. They specifically requested your attendance."
Xu Ying paused. "The ambassador from Mobei? What do they want to discuss?"
There was the sound of shuffling papers on the other end of the line. "What else could it be?" Director Yi sneered, "They're probably here to get those animals they moved."
"Heh," Xu Ying stuffed the folded clothes into the suitcase. "They didn't seem to feel any pity when they abused animals, and now they want to go back?"
She looked out the window at the furry creatures who were finally living a peaceful life, her eyes determined, "You wish!"
Director Yi sighed. "Tomorrow's negotiations won't be easy. Mobei has recently been making a big international fuss about us 'stealing' their wildlife resources, and quite a few Western media outlets have already picked up on the story."
"I understand." Xu Ying took a deep breath. "Let them come over."
After hanging up the phone, she reopened her suitcase and took out the formal suit that she had kept at the bottom of the box.
The gerbil boss jumped onto her shoulder and said, "Is a fight coming up? Do you want me to call my brothers to help?"
Xu Ying was amused: "Tomorrow will be a fight of words, not a fight of fists." She gently tapped the gerbil's little head.
As night fell, Xu Ying stood at the window, looking at the flickering lights on the border.
Tomorrow's negotiations are destined to be a tough battle.
The next day.
In the conference room, Enhesulun, the ambassador of Mobei State, sat upright.
The thin old man was wearing a dark gray suit, with a pair of sharp eyes under his gray eyebrows, and he exuded an aura of majesty without even being angry.
At the start of the negotiations, Su Lun aggressively slapped out a stack of documents: "A large number of wild animals from our country have illegally crossed the border and are stranded in your country. We demand their immediate repatriation!"
His voice was as rough as sandpaper, and the translator was busy interpreting simultaneously.
Director Yi placed his fingers together on the table and said calmly, "Mr. Ambassador, these animals are migrating voluntarily. The Earth belongs not only to humans, but also to them."
"Then drive them back!" Su Lun tapped his fingers heavily on the table.
"This will cause stress reactions in animals and endanger their health," Director Yi frowned.
Xu Ying interjected, "If you want the animals to return, you should first improve your country's ecological environment." She flipped through the documents in front of her: "Desertification, poaching, habitat destruction."
Director Yi agreed, saying, "Your country should focus on combating desertification and planting trees. We are willing to provide a batch of saplings, their desertification control strategies and experience, and a team of experts."
"This is our Mobei Nation's own business!" Su Lun suddenly raised his voice, his face flushed. "It's none of your business to point fingers!"
Xu Ying closed the document slowly. "Why would the animals go back to die? In such a terrible environment, they and their offspring will suffer immensely."
"The little animals have brains too."
"I've heard there's a very popular animal language communicator in your country who claims to be able to communicate with animals without any obstacles. I think it must be this lady in front of me."
Su Lun turned to Xu Ying suddenly, a gleam in his eyes: "You are the stationmaster Xu who can speak 'animal language', right?"
He sneered, "The mass exodus of our country's animals probably required your 'guidance'."
"Oh, this is so unfair." Xu Ying spread his hands innocently. "I'm just a small webmaster who loves animals. If you want to blame someone, blame your country's poor ecological environment. The animals are just voting with their feet."
"Nonsense!" Su Lun snapped a stack of photos. "The infrared camera captured different species coordinating across borders. This is definitely not something animals could come up with! There must be someone behind the scenes, and the animals can only follow your instructions!"
Xu Ying glanced at the photo and chuckled, "This shows that animals understand win-win cooperation better than some people."
She stood up and said, "Today it's wild horses and snow leopards that are leaving, tomorrow it might be birds and wild beasts. Mr. Ambassador, instead of asking us to force the animals back to Mobei, why don't we think about how to keep their hearts?"
Su Lun's face turned from red to blue, and his fists clenched until they cracked. The atmosphere at the negotiation table instantly dropped to freezing point.
Ambassador Enhesulen's face was gloomy. After answering a phone call, he suddenly slammed the table and said, "Since your country insists on detaining our wild animals, Mobei Country has decided to unilaterally stop exporting oil to Long Country!"
The threat was powerful.
Although Mobei possesses abundant oil resources, its domestic refining capacity is severely insufficient. Over 90% of its crude oil is transported by rail to Longguo refineries. Due to its short transportation distance and low costs, Mobei crude oil has consistently maintained a price advantage in the Longguo market.
However, surprisingly, after hearing this threat, the members of the Longguo delegation did not panic, but smiled at each other and all looked at Xu Ying who was sitting in the C position.
Xu Ying stood up calmly, a relaxed smile on his face. "Ambassador Su Lun, we fully respect your country's decision."
She flipped open the folder in her hand. "What a coincidence! Our country recently discovered a new oil field, with preliminary proven reserves of approximately 50 million barrels."
She paused deliberately, watching Su Lun's increasingly stiff expression. "Since your country wants to keep the crude oil for its own use, we certainly understand. After all..."
Xu Ying added meaningfully, "Resource sovereignty is indeed a country's internal affairs, and we foreigners are not allowed to meddle in it."
These words were like a beautiful counterattack, returning Su Lun's previous remarks intact.
A few restrained chuckles suddenly rang out in the conference room, and Su Lun's face turned from red to white. He obviously did not expect that Longguo was so prepared.
After hearing what Xu Ying said, he froze in his seat, his sharp eyes widening, his lips trembling slightly: "When did this happen?"
Xu Ying elegantly adjusted her collar and smiled modestly, "About the past half month~"
She waved her hand dismissively, "We hadn't planned to announce it so soon. After all, in our vast Dragon Country, discovering an oil field isn't exactly big news."
Just then, Su Lun's assistant hurriedly handed over a document.
Su Lun flipped through the information quickly, his face becoming more and more unsightly - the information showed that Longguo had indeed discovered a new oil field with astonishing reserves in the northwest desert.
His hands began to shake unconsciously.
(End of this chapter)
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