The atmosphere was heading towards an awkward silence.
Don Jian chuckled awkwardly, breaking the tension.
Damn it.
This foreigner, who was foolish and rich, had promised him.
If he introduced Meng Hao, he would receive a 500,000 USD introduction fee.
And if the business negotiations went perfectly.
He would additionally receive one-thousandth of the transaction amount as a reward for his introduction… along with three green cards to the United States.
This fawning Don Jian.
Was the dog-like creature Meng Hao spoke of, who would grovel and become a lapdog for a US green card.
However.
Don Jian had no conscience.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have managed to run a state-owned factory into the ground.
His entire focus was on that one-thousandth commission and the green cards.
One-thousandth commission.
If based on Bob's withdrawn acquisition offer of fifty billion USD just now.
One-thousandth of that would be fifty million USD, equivalent to 350 million Great Xia currency.
Plus three US green cards.
This was…
He could spend the rest of his life in the US without worry.
But.
The key was.
Meng Hao had to agree.
In the current situation.
Let alone Meng Hao agreeing, the deal might even fall through.
"Oh dear, oh dear."
"Business deals may fail, but friendship remains."
"There's no need for things to get so tense."
"Young brother Meng Hao, Uncle is speaking from experience, fifty billion is an astronomical figure that can buy many small countries… Mr. Bob, you are also something else, to want to buy a man's factory and technical staff right off the bat."
"In our Great Xia, there's a saying, you don't sell the goose that lays the golden eggs… a steady, long-term flow is the best strategy!"
Oh?
So Meng Hao refused to sell the factory technology because he wanted a steady, long-term flow.
A hint of relief flickered across Bob's obnoxious face; he was swayed by Don Jian.
...
Meng Hao was already getting impatient.
He looked down at his phone.
Compared to this.
Qin Muyan's livestream was much more interesting.
Those viewers were talented and witty, very amusing.
But.
What was going on with this wooden door in front of the livestream?
This environment looked so familiar.
It seemed to be right outside the conference room!
What was Qin Muyan up to?
Leading millions of fans to eavesdrop on his business discussions?
However.
The soundproofing of this wooden door was too good.
He couldn't hear anything from inside the conference room at all.
Never mind.
There was nothing to talk about with these two fake and real foreigners anyway.
If not for maintaining basic politeness, Meng Hao would have already asked them to leave.
Since Qin Muyan, that cunning girl, was so interested in his business talks, she should just come in quickly.
Completely ignoring the two foreigners, who were mumbling to each other and seemingly discussing something.
Meng Hao gave Cheng Hua a look.
Uncle Cheng Hua, though old, was still spirited.
Understanding Meng Hao's intention.
He cautiously and stealthily walked to the door and then yanked it open.
Qin Muyan, who had her ear pressed to the door with a million viewers, lost her balance and almost fell into the conference room.
Seeing Qin Muyan's disheveled state.
To Meng Hao, it added a bit of fun to the boring "business meeting."
"By the way, is eavesdropping fun?"
"If you want to listen in, just knock and come in."
Receiving Meng Hao's permission.
Qin Muyan, her face previously flushed with embarrassment, puffed out her chest and waved her fists in the air.
She then casually sat down next to Meng Hao.
"Wow."
"Brother Hao doesn't mind eavesdropping at all."
"Then this Mech Ji is still pretending to take a huge risk by sticking her ear to the door, deceiving our feelings!"
"Well, pretty women are indeed deceptive."
"..."
After a brief commotion in the livestream.
Everyone's attention quickly shifted back to the business meeting.
...
Seeing someone suddenly barge in.
The white devil Bob was displeased.
"Mr. Meng Hao, I am the Deputy Procurement Minister of Joint Military Technology under General Atomics…"
"What is the meaning of you suddenly bringing in an outsider to our meeting?"
"This is a great disrespect to me…"
Outsider?
Are you kidding me?
In comparison.
You, these fake foreigners, are the outsiders.
Looking at the arrogant Bob.
Meng Hao casually replied.
"Oh, she's my assistant, she's late, that's all… If Mr. Bob feels this is disrespectful, then this negotiation can end here!"
He was just looking for a reason to end this tedious, boring, and uninteresting meeting.
This white devil actually delivered the reason to him.
Seeing the deal about to fall apart again.
Don Jian shamelessly and doggishly tried to mediate.
"Oh dear."
"Mr. Bob didn't mean it that way."
"President Meng, we were just discussing, how about we pre-order one hundred power mechs first… the kind parked outside your place."
"If you're not convenient to install weapon systems, could you provide the mech blueprints, technical parameters, underlying design ideas, and core control operation code… we can modify them ourselves after purchasing."
"You know, General Atomics is a world-class military enterprise!"
What nonsense?
Provide mech blueprints, underlying design ideas, and other technical parameters?
Is this guy not awake, or is he dreaming?
If these things were handed over.
Wouldn't that be equivalent to directly transferring all the core technology of the mechs?
"Are you two fools?"
Meng Hao retorted casually.
Compared to Meng Hao's displeasure.
The viewers in the livestream were completely exploding.
"Holy crap, this foreigner is from General Atomics?… Isn't General Atomics a well-known US military enterprise?"
"Is Huarong Industrial so famous that foreigners are coming to buy from them!"
"Speaking of which, aren't they going a bit too far, asking for technology transfer right off the bat?"
"Brother Hao, jokes can be made, and comments can be spammed… but if you were to make such a decision to transfer technology for money, to help the US against Great Xia, then we can only apologize… Brothers, if Brother Hao dares to agree, we'll report him on the national website!"
"If he doesn't agree to sell, then they are not a military enterprise, we'll be witnesses… If he dares to sell even half a unit, then he's definitely a traitor selling out to a military enterprise, don't blame us for being ruthless… Everyone, get your Weibo, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, Toutiao, and other social media accounts ready, as soon as Brother Hao agrees, we'll spread it all over!"
"Damn traitor, damn traitor… a walking 500,000 USD, 500,000 USD…"
Looking at this wave of taunting that was clearly meant as a joke.
Meng Hao's eyes almost rolled to the heavens.
Did these guys, who were always looking for trouble, really think he was so foolish as to sell his country for glory?
"Let me state again, our Huarong Industrial is a private enterprise."
"If you intend to modify our products into military-grade products."
"I'm sorry, we don't sell!"
Meng Hao refused decisively.