The staff members who heard US President Joseph John's words inwardly cursed his shamelessness. This was clearly a method concocted by other countries, yet he was taking credit for it.
However, they didn't consider shamelessness a derogatory term at all.
"The President is indeed thoughtful."
"I wonder if Dragon Country will agree to this deal."
"I don't think Dragon Country will agree. After all, Dragon Country is doing this for war."
"It seems this transaction is going to fail."
The group discussed for a while and came up with another scheme. They decided to leak Dragon Country's actions to the news, making them public.
The media in Lighthouse Country were very adept at smearing Dragon Country.
Less than an hour after the order from the Ministry of Temptation was issued, the media in Lighthouse Country had already broadcast the news more than a dozen times. And with the rapid spread of the internet, it quickly reached every corner of the world.
At this moment, on the first floor of a skyscraper in Modu, Dragon Country, Su Han gazed into the distance from his window.
This entire floor belonged to Su Han's office.
One day prior, this office still belonged to the CEO of a multinational trading company. Within a day, Su Han had bought out the company. This elegantly designed office on this floor became Su Han's.
A bell rang as someone knocked on the door. A female secretary walked in.
"Boss, there's a situation. Overseas sellers are suddenly demanding settlement in grain, and the media in Lighthouse Country are all propagating that Dragon Country is suddenly buying a large amount of ore in preparation for war."
"Interesting, they want to settle in grain? It seems the Lighthouse Dollar can no longer entice them. Even during a famine, Lighthouse Country doesn't forget to stir up trouble?"
"Boss, it seems this transaction will have to be abandoned!"
"No matter, continue to negotiate with them and see if we can use one-thousandth of the settlement in grain."
"Boss, grain is now unified by Dragon Country. We don't have grain."
"We will soon."
The female secretary left immediately.
Soon, the female secretary returned.
"Boss, now that they've learned we're willing to settle in grain, several countries have come forward. The people negotiating with us now are their high-ranking officials. They want to meet our company's boss."
"Meet?"
"A video meeting."
"A video meeting? Heh. Then arrange for someone to impersonate me. I want to see what exactly they intend to do?"
Thus, Su Han left the office and went down to the next floor.
On the next floor, a large number of employees were busy. On the wall, there were several large screens used to monitor market price fluctuations.
Su Han looked around among the employees and found a middle-aged man with extensive investment experience to pose as him.
This middle-aged man's name was Huang Yuanlei. When the former owner of the trading company was still in charge, he had never been promoted. Although the former boss always assigned him to various international trade matters, he never promoted him. Now, with the new boss in place, he was being asked to impersonate the boss. Could this be considered important? Huang Yuanlei thought it was important.
After Su Han gave a few simple instructions, the staff present began to act.
Soon, Huang Yuanlei, the fake boss, was seated in a very expensive-looking chair in a conference room. Behind him hung something that resembled a famous painting.
Then, the video conference was connected, and the large screens that were normally used to display global market prices were used as tools for the video conference. A high-ranking official from the Mining Cart Country appeared on the giant screen.
Su Han and the other staff watched the large screen together in the lobby.
The scene from the Mining Cart Country and the scene of Huang Yuanlei in the office.
As soon as the official from the Mining Cart Country appeared, he immediately spoke in their language.
"Hello, it's so good to meet you, Mr. Su."
The official from the Mining Cart Country naturally didn't know that the middle-aged man in front of him was an imposter.
Huang Yuanlei did not use the current international common language but directly spoke in Dragon Country's language: "Hello. I am the new boss of this company."
The official from the Mining Cart Country was taken aback. Mr. Su actually spoke Dragon Country's language. Shouldn't he be using the language of Lighthouse Country in international trade? Why was he using Dragon Country's language?
The Mining Cart Country also used the language of Lighthouse Country, so they were quite willing to use it.
This situation was akin to a meeting between two heads of state. When two heads of state meet, even if they can speak the other's language, they must speak their own national language.
The arrogance of the official from the Mining Cart Country immediately surfaced. He immediately spoke in the language of Lighthouse Country: "Mr. Su, please speak in the language of Lighthouse Country. I cannot understand your language."
The Mining Cart Country and Lighthouse Country were allies, so they were quite resistant to Dragon Country in various ways.
Huang Yuanlei was stunned. What should he do? Dragon Country's language was also instructed by Su Han. He knew that the people he had met before were all businessmen. Now a foreign high-ranking official was saying these things. He had never encountered such a situation before, and he was unsure how to respond. If he followed the official from the Mining Cart Country's request, he would be violating the order of Boss Su Han. But if he didn't, would it cause some diplomatic incident?
Su Han, watching from the lobby, immediately understood Huang Yuanlei's thoughts upon seeing the hesitation on his face. At this time, people in Dragon Country still lacked some confidence in foreigners. So what if this person was a foreign high-ranking official? This was a commercial negotiation, and he was not an ordinary person. More importantly, it was clear that the Mining Cart Country was in need of them.
Su Han's voice came through Huang Yuanlei's earpiece.
"From now on, whatever I say, you will repeat it. Of course, still speak in Dragon Country's language!"
Then, Huang Yuanlei became a mouthpiece for Su Han.
"I don't care who you are. If you can't understand Dragon Country's language, find a translator. Aren't you a high-ranking official of the Mining Cart Country? I'll give you three minutes to find a translator!"
Then, Su Han unilaterally cut off the video conference.
After three minutes, when the video conference was reconnected, a different person appeared from the Mining Cart Country's side.
"Hello, I am the Deputy Prime Minister of the Mining Cart Country."
This Deputy Prime Minister of the Mining Cart Country actually spoke in Dragon Country's language.
"Hello!"
Then, they began to bargain like two merchants.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Mining Cart Country wanted to settle entirely in grain, and at a price lower than the international market price.
However, under Su Han's instructions, Huang Yuanlei initially proposed a grain transaction amounting to one-fifth of one percent of the total, and at a price twice that of the international market.
After a round of negotiations, no agreement was reached, and the talks stalled.