Chapter 2396: Negotiation
Three days later, the King of the East China Sea saw Bai Chen.
But in the past three days, he has almost forgotten what he is doing.
Staying in the most luxurious hotels, enjoying food and service, and visiting many places, and even experiencing things that ordinary people can't experience, such as the production line of a spaceship, or the production line of a television.
"Your Majesty, please be seated. β
Bai Chen and the King of the East Sea sat opposite, unlike the last time they met Ah Hao, they were invited to the house, and this time they met at the Sky Tower.
The East Sea King can see almost the entire Sky City from the glass wall, this is a steel jungle, but there is no cold of steel, every corner is full of greenery and vitality.
Whether it is the grandeur of the atmosphere during the day or the bright lights at night, every corner here is unforgettable.
The king of the East Sea thought that he was a relatively self-controlled person, but after living here for a few days, he suddenly found that it was not because he was self-controlled, but because his past life was too boring.
Sometimes, he even found that his life was not as good as that of ordinary residents of Sky City.
At least ordinary residents have weekends, but he has to be busy all year round.
At the same time, he also found that the goods he brought were not many at all.
Red blood is a relatively sought-after commodity in Sky City, and as for seafood, Sky City has no shortage at all.
And he didn't have to worry about the price, there was no need to negotiate the amount of goods he brought here, and any private supermarket in Sky City could eat these goods.
Of course, there is no advantage in price, and it can be said that there is almost nothing to be made on this trip except for earning a little hard money.
This is completely different from the original expectation of the King of the East China Sea, the original Chaos City, because of the chaos, so all kinds of materials are extremely scarce, so when the King of the East Sea came in the past, the negotiations with the various clans were all sitting on the ground.
But now, he found that in Sky City, any medium and large merchant made more money than him.
This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the King of the East China Sea.
As one of the kings of the Sea Clan, the Sea Clan has always been known for its endless wealth.
But now he found that his wealth was actually only obtained by working as a 'coolie'.
And the dazzling projects of Sky City are also fascinating to watch.
He could even imagine what kind of wealth he would gain if he introduced something into the Sea Clan.
The King of the East Sea looked at the human boy in front of him and kept looking at Bai Chen.
It was this human boy who destroyed the former chaotic city, leaving not even a trace of it.
It was also he who personally created such a Sky City, and the current Sky City is enough to bear the word magnificent.
"The king has been in Sky City for a few days, are you still used to living there?"
The king of the East China Sea was a little distracted, and he was not used to it...... The King of the East Sea felt that he was almost unable to adapt to life without Sky City.
"I love life in Sky City, I'm serious, definitely not a compliment. The East Sea King looked at Bai Chen seriously: "So I want to introduce some concepts and techniques from Sky City." β
The King of the East China Sea looked at Bai Chen, and the last sentence was what he really wanted to express.
If you want to introduce concepts and technologies, you can't do it without the support of Sky City, even if the East Sea King wants to paint a cat and a tiger, he can only draw a skin, but the inside is more than a thousand times different from Sky City.
The King of the East Sea is not without ambition, on the contrary, he is a very ambitious person.
The success of Sky City also made him see his own hope.
"Lord Castle, what do you think?"
"I'm afraid it's hard for me to answer the king right away, because there are some things that need to be kept secret by Sky City, and this is to ensure the commercial advantages of Sky City. β
"That's understandable, but I hope we can deepen our cooperation. β
"In what specific aspect of cooperation?" Bai Chen asked.
"I know that you have signed a Sky Alliance agreement with twenty-one surrounding cities, and you have also provided technical support to them. β
"Does the King want to join the Sky Alliance?" Bai Chen looked at the East Sea King in surprise, if this was the case, Bai Chen would be very welcome.
However, he also knew that this was impossible, the territory and territorial waters of the East Sea King were more than ten times larger than all the city-states of the Sky Alliance combined, how could the East Sea King join the Sky Alliance and dominate the Sky City seat.
"No, I want to be an equal with the Sky Alliance, not just Sky City. β
"As the lord of Sky City, I welcome any form of friendly alliance. β
Bai Chen's answer was very official, in fact, if this sentence was delved in, it would mean that he didn't say anything.
"But I still need to understand what the king wants. β
"If you talk about influence alone, the Sky Alliance city-states together are not as good as the East China Sea territorial sea countries, but the Sky Alliance city-states have technological advantages, which are incomparable to the East China Sea territorial sea countries. β
"I hope to be able to introduce all the advanced technologies and concepts of Sky City to build factories, airports, and even the entire Sky City model, and in return, I will also let the merchants of my territory and territorial waters come to the Sky Alliance City-State for commercial trade and investment, and at the same time, I hope that my people can get the same treatment as the merchants in the Sky Alliance City-State. β
"This ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to accede to the king's request. Bai Chen refused as embarrassed.
"What's the matter? Could it be that the city lord thinks that my Eastern Sea Territorial Sea Country is not qualified to form an alliance with your Sky Alliance City-State?"
In the eyes of the King of the East China Sea, the other party not only rejected his friendship, but also rejected his own gifts.
Bai Chen shook his head: "Of course not, if the king wants to build a city-state that is the same as Sky City, or a similar city-state, this is very simple, the Sky Alliance city-state can provide any support, but the technology, we can't come up with it." β
"I can pay for it. The King of the East Sea said.
"King, did you know that there is a place called the Patent Office in our Sky Alliance city-state?"
"This ...... What kind of place is this?" asked the East Sea King, puzzled.
"Here, all the current advanced technologies and technology owners of the Sky Alliance city-state are stored and recorded, and all the merchants in the Sky Alliance city-state who want to use these technologies must first negotiate with the owners of the technology, buy the technology or borrow the technology, for example, this TV, the technology owner is me, and then a businessman wants to borrow the technology, and after negotiating with me, he will adopt a long-term account sharing situation, for example, a TV can sell nine Tianjing, of which the profit is five Tianjing, and this profit will pay me two crystals in royaltiesγ β
"And what if it's a one-time buyout?"
"This is a sky-high price, at least the few patents for sale currently listed, all of which are more than 10 billion Tianjing buyouts. β
"And what do you mean?"
"If the king is sincere, I can provide two cooperation plans for your reference. β
"Tell me about it. β
"The first is to join the Sky Alliance and become a part of it, then the territorial waters of the East China Sea will have the same preferential policies as other alliances. β
"This is impossible, the territorial waters of the East China Sea are much stronger than the Sky Alliance city-states. β
"Don't be busy refusing first, first of all, the Sky Alliance city-states are not small at all, and we are still in the early stages, with their own development, I believe that more and more city-states are willing to join the Sky Alliance, and secondly, our wealth, we may not be as good as the East China Sea territorial sea country now, but it won't be long before our wealth will accumulate to an amazing point, and to tell the truth, our wealth belongs to peaceful plunder, and no one can stop it, including the East China Sea territorial sea country, will be the object of our plunder. β
The King of the East Sea frowned, a little dissatisfied in his heart, and a little uneasy.
But he couldn't refute it, because Bai Chen was telling the truth, but everyone knew about this kind of thing and didn't say it.
"Of course, what we plunder is your resources, and what we export is our technology, technology is such a thing, what we need is brains, not money and resources, so we have endless wealth, and your resources are limited, if you can't catch up with us or get close to us, then your territorial waters in the East China Sea will be plundered by us endlessly. β
The King of the East China Sea fell silent, if it was really as Bai Chen said, one day, the territorial waters of the East China Sea would definitely start a war with the Sky Alliance, and on that day, whether the East China Sea Territorial Sea Country could still defeat the Sky Alliance, it was two different things.
"What about the second cooperation plan besides joining the Sky Alliance?"
"That is, we provide technology and jobs, you provide people and land, and then invest and build, you don't have your own industry, and there are advantages and disadvantages to this cooperation program. β
"This cooperation plan doesn't seem like there's anything worth considering for me, right?" said the East Sea King with a frown.
"Not really, because the technology is controlled by us, and you have been on the weak side of the cooperation, unable to take the initiative, and if the cooperation changes, then you will have catastrophic turmoil. β
"That means that the territorial waters of the East China Sea can only choose to join the Sky Alliance?"
"This is the best cooperation plan, you rent technology, and then research more advanced technology yourself, and then use it to lend to others, which can put yourself at the same height as Sky City, instead of being used as a marionette by us, and the Sky Alliance is not a political alliance, it is to carry out commercial and technical cooperation, for example, if we are attacked by something, you don't have to worry about being implicated, and in the same way, if you are attacked or attacked by others, we will not care. β
"What benefits does it do you to join the Sky Alliance?"
"You can treat this alliance as a commercial plunder, the first one to join must be the most profitable, when our alliance is launched, you have to ensure the safety of investment in the territorial waters of the East China Sea, and then our merchants will be stationed in the territorial waters of the East China Sea in large numbers, and while helping you build, you will also pay part of the wealth. β
"That means that we are the ones who suffer?" The face of the East Sea King became even more ugly.
"No, you can think about it, it's like a shop opening, you always have to invest before opening, right? This part of the wealth is earned by us, but once you gain a firm foothold, you start to make money with us, you will transform from a self-help person to a predator, think about how big the Northern Continent is, how big is the territorial waters of your Sea Clan? How huge and amazing wealth is there?" Bai Chen paused, and then said: " People don't just look at the eyes, just like me, in the eyes of people I don't know, I'm just a child, how similar to the current Sky City, but do you really think I'm a child?"
The King of the East Sea suddenly figured it out, yes, this human child is so similar to Sky City.
Outsiders always think that Sky City is just a child, just like when they first came to Sky City, they still regarded this place as the former Chaos City.
But with the continuous in-depth understanding, you will truly realize that Sky City is not a child, it is simply a terrifying devouring monster.
Everything will be swallowed up by Sky City!
In fact, there are only two choices for the territorial waters of the East China Sea, either to go with it or to destroy Sky City now.
However, destroying Sky City is obviously not a good choice, after all, the Sea Clan still has a natural enemy in the Northern Continent, the Mountain Clan.
If the Sea Clan shows hostility towards Sky City, it will inevitably be counterattacked by the Mountain Clan, and when the time comes, it will lead to an alliance between the Mountain Clan and Sky City.
Rather than sit back and wait, let yourself be one of the monster's kind, and devour everything else with it. (To be continued.) )