A few days after the mission stayed, the two sides negotiated the terms, and Luo Zhengdao found Drake King and Brando Scarlet and instructed:

"The two of you prepare your luggage and go to the Yaling Empire with Your Excellency the Marquis, do you know what to do?"

The short and fat Drake looked extremely excited at this time, marrying a big country like the Yaling Empire would be of great benefit to the restoration of the human resistance, he excitedly touched his chest with his hand, leaned over and said:

"Yes, Your Highness, we will definitely fulfill the mission you have entrusted us with and welcome the bride back safely."

Looking at the two subordinates, Luo Zhengdao smiled slightly, hugged and said goodbye to them respectively, and said:

"Well, I wish you all a nice journey."

Regardless of the investment project, the first step is to weigh the value and not to make a decision, and the necessary prerequisite for making a decision is to consider the return on investment and potential risk factors.

The bearded old man in the old world, who was good at objectively analyzing the laws of the economy, once said that businessmen dared to trample on the laws of the world in order to triple their profits, and did not hesitate to go to the gallows for this, and it happened that too many businesses in the world had a return rate of more than three times. The reason why many people are addicted to gambling all day long, so much so that they lose their money, is because they feel that it is difficult to find a more promising project than gambling in terms of small and large money-making opportunities. The legalized national lottery is also a type of gambling, and although anyone with a little mathematical knowledge knows that even without considering the human factor, the probability of winning the jackpot is very small, and there are still countless people who insist on buying lottery tickets.

In the eyes of those speculators who are lucky, the loss of buying lottery tickets is a few dollars at most, and once they win the lottery, they have the hope of winning tens of millions of dollars. Although they know that this industry is shady, and the dark box operation is a well-known secret, but for this slim chance of getting rich overnight, they also have to fight, and this kind of dick mentality is really hopeless.

In the face of harsh realities, luck is a common problem for mortals, and this is true for individual investments, and for national investments, the two are the same at the level of reason.

Use the Generation. Assuming that the investment object is a dou who can't be supported, no matter how wealthy the owner will be discouraged, if the junk stocks are not cut in time to stop the loss, it is a big hole that is not filled! Of course, on the other hand, if the party receiving the grant can prove that he has a great future, the most frugal and stingy financier will not be able to help but pay out of his pocket. No one dislikes a business that can make a steady profit without losing money, and projects with low risk and large returns are even more striking, and the return expectation and risk coefficient of an investment are the key links to attract investors.

Luo Zhengdao's fleet has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the rookie navy of the Second Goblin Empire, although this loss is disproportionate compared to the Goblin's almost infinite recovery power, the glorious record proves the fact that Will Needham is by no means incompetent, so there are good prospects for a return on investing in him. Because of this, not only the Yaling Empire, which had invested a huge amount of money in Luo Zhengdao, was busy deepening the cooperative relationship, but even the Elven Federation, which had always been turned away with beautiful women and a lot of gold coins and materials, refused to give up.

The elves always seem to believe that as long as the hoe is swung well, there is no corner of the wall that cannot be dug down, and they obviously have Gaude Needham in their hands, and they want to add an extra bet to diversify the investment risk.

The elf delegation with the banner of trade promotion on the back foot had just been treated away and sent off the Yaling mission, and the elf delegation with the banner of trade promotion on the back foot stepped on the land of the Chuanshan Islands in a grand manner. Could it be that the Elven Federation will not give up if it is not ready?

"What exactly do you want to say, Your Excellency? Please don't go around the bush anymore. ”

If the Yaling Empire is an aristocratic oligarchy, and the power of the country is in the hands of a few hereditary nobles, then the Elven Federation is the standard consortium government, and whoever chooses the position of the grand leader cannot avoid the influence of the consortium from playing a role, and the congressmen who can be re-elected for a lifetime are also more connected and potential real power than those who have to get out of the table after two terms.

Suddenly hearing Luo Zhengdao's lukewarm question, this personable elf senator did not feel offended, and he said with a bright smile:

"I'm sure Your Highness won't like to be used as a marionette by the Yaling Empire, right?"

Hearing the sound, beating people without slapping their faces, scolding people without revealing their shortcomings, and being poked in front of the tiger's skin, Luo Zhengdao naturally didn't have a good face, and sneered at each other and said:

"Your Excellency is joking, Yaling is our close ally, and they have provided a great deal of assistance to the restoration of the Empire of Light."

Obviously, it's just a matter of fooling a layman with this kind of nonsense, and it's a bit of a contempt to be in front of a senator. Despite the contempt for his intellectual intelligence, the elven gentleman was still polite, and he said unhurriedly:

"Hehehehehe, the conditions that Yaling can provide for you, the Federation can also provide. It's just that His Royal Highness the Regent, you seem to have some kind of prejudice against our federation? ”

Luo Zhengdao would not make such a childish mistake of principle, Piri smiled and said:

"No, I'm not prejudiced against any AIA, I just don't like the proviso."

There is no doubt that it is true that Luo Zhengdao looks down on the Elven Federation, not because they are stingy or harboring evil intentions, but because they are not determined to fight the Second Goblin Empire to the end.

Luo Zhengdao can fully foresee such a scenario, assuming that one day in the future, there will be a strategic stalemate like the meat grinder of the Old World War, and every day watching his country lose blood and weaken, the Yaling Empire, which is slightly inferior in terms of economic strength, can hold out for a little longer than the Elven Federation. The root of this problem is not on the material level, but in the fact that the conflict between the Elven Federation and the goblins does not involve fundamental interests, so they are a group of outright speculators, ready to protect themselves as slippery merchants.

In the foreseeable future, the hostile relationship between Luo Zhengdao and the goblins is irreconcilable, and the two sides must die to end the dispute, how can he be idle and bury mines for himself? Aren't you afraid to sell the elves at a price?

The limited cooperative relationship with the elves maintained in the past few years was, on the one hand, out of consideration for counterbalancing the infiltration of Yaling's forces, and at the same time, it was not without the idea of taking advantage. For Luo Zhengdao, taking advantage of the ambition of the elves and blackening them to order money by the way, he will not feel guilty at all. The Elf Federation took the initiative to send his face to the door again this time, seeing that the big fat sheep himself was so enthusiastic, how could Luo Zhengdao be embarrassed to refuse to slaughter him? The indifference and uncooperative negative attitude he is showing at the moment is nothing more than a small means to refuse and welcome.

In a cooperation of unequal strength, as the weaker party is too enthusiastic, it will inevitably be suspected of hidden tricks, but put the attitude a little more indifferent to make it easier to fish and take the bait, this hand is called wanting to catch the old man.

The Elven Federation, which has never been short of money, highly admires the technological research and development capabilities and innovative ideas of human resisters, and not every armed organization can use the relatively limited resources at hand to create a differentiated competitive advantage, which is an extremely rare talent, and it can even be said to be a genius.

A series of new inventions, such as pirate ironclads, pirate fighters, and metal ammunition, which dominated the seven seas, were not revolutionary innovations, and many projects were only unexpectedly successful because their research and development ideas were different from the existing lineages of the new world. However, it was the combination of these seemingly unrelated innovations that provided Luo Zhengdao with the material conditions to defeat the goblin fleet many times. Just as it is common for a chef to take the exam for dishes of high level of cooking skills, it is easy to stew fresh soup with a lot of seafood and shark fins, and if you want to cook green vegetables and tofu to achieve the same good taste, that is the big test to show the level of chef's skills.

Having said that, appreciation is appreciation, and there are only naked interests between national polities, and every action must ultimately be attributed to practical interests. The Elven Federation will not support someone unconditionally because they appreciate someone's talent and the miserable situation of human exiles, everything has a price, and Luo Zhengdao is no exception.

At the end of the Cold War in the old world, the situation changed, before the end of the bear's life, the relationship between the bald eagle and the rabbit was so good that he was about to wear a pair of pants, and when he found out that the hairy bear who had flaunted his might and was dying, the bald eagle, who never knew how to spell the word kindness, did not hesitate to turn his face and stab the knife in the back, and began to play with his allies with his ancestral stunt. With a large amount of green paper allocated by the CIA in its arms, the Eagle Family Foundation ran to the rabbit's house to fund various strange non-governmental organizations, and almost made the rabbit who had not yet realized the danger go on the road with the woolly bear.

The so-called people are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be stabbed, when some things are mentioned, they are really full of tears!

A few years later, the financial tsunami hit, and the bald eagle suddenly found that his financial resources were a little unable to hold the plate, so he simply repeated the old trick and trumpeted the flickering rabbit to stir up the foundation with it, no, it was the time to engage in G2 together. The rabbit who eats a trench and grows a wise man is very decisive and decisively ordered X, thief eagle, you give Lao Tzu a rough roll.

Seeking skin with the tiger and being honest are all necessary skills for politicians to survive in the circle, which is like a new thief before his debut, at least he has to exercise the basic skills of his finger dexterity, and you can't even learn the basic skills of this trick, so it's better to change careers as soon as possible! Lest you be caught and beaten to death, it won't be worth it.

The elf senator opposite maintained the same professional smile as a politician, and Luo Zhengdao unceremoniously accused:

“…… I do not see in these conditions the sincerity of the Federation, only greed and lust, and I need no more. ”

Although the elven senator prides himself on being well-informed and eloquent, it is rare to encounter a case as tricky as this one, and the moody human regent tells him that he is not sure whether the other party is deliberately selling off or really trying to turn the other cheek. Considering the strong demands of the consortium behind the scenes, His Excellency Senator Elf had no choice but to lower his body at this time and said:

"Hey, these terms are just intentions, the specific terms can be discussed, don't rush to make a conclusion! His Royal Highness the Regent. ”

If you spend a lot of money, you will definitely be able to get back a bright future, and the money owners who are not bad for money are naturally willing to use money to solve disasters for themselves, and the Elf Federation obviously thinks the same. No matter how cold Luo Zhengdao's attitude is, the elf will pounce on him with enthusiasm, lest he miss this high-quality investment project. This regent is far more difficult to deal with than Baron Ning Qi, and he must compete head-on with Yaling, who has taken the lead, but if he doesn't intervene in something profitable, he is really sorry for the tyrant demeanor of the big dog.

The tricky part of the elves is where to start when faced with a negotiator who is shrunk into pins and needles like a hedgehog? It gives me a headache when I think about it!