I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 571 Tough Negotiations

Just one day later, a five-member delegation landed at an airport outside Washington and headed straight to the negotiation venue prepared by the United States.

"We are not questioning your country's technological level, but you claim to have mastered the coordinates of a new habitable planet. You should at least prove it to us first, right?"

The American representative showed his true intention right from the start and made no effort to hide his impatience.

The Chinese representative immediately sneered: "A set of coordinate data only has a few parameters? Do you want proof? You are clearly trying to get something for nothing!"

Anyone who has studied mathematics knows that the coordinates of three-dimensional space have only three parameters. Whether the "celestial coordinate system" or the "earth coordinate system" is used to set the coordinates for an extraterrestrial planet, it is just a different way of notation.

Even if only one correct parameter is given, it can save America a huge amount of time and cost. All that remains is to search on this correct plane, and it will be found sooner or later.

But if you only give one or two independent numbers, America will never recognize it!
So it is not possible to give any coordinate parameters in advance.

Just as Tony Stark expected, the Chinese top brass knew very well that the star map they held was the only chance to turn the tables, so the tone of the negotiations was set to be tough from the very beginning.

Don’t be afraid of wearing shoes if you are barefoot!

Even if we have to fight a war first, we must use a tough attitude to force the United States to return to the negotiating table.

There's nothing we can do about it since we only have a star map but no spaceship manufacturing technology.

Only by adopting a desperate attitude can the United States be forced to hand over the spacecraft manufacturing technology after careful consideration.

Capitalist countries put profit first in everything. It is easy to guess the choice of capitalists: will they get another habitable planet, or will they destroy everything and get nothing?

On one hand, there are habitable planets within easy reach, and on the other hand, there is an unpredictable investment of time. It is even possible that the next habitable planet may not be found for hundreds or even thousands of years in the future. So what can be done even if the United States dominates the earth or directly destroys other countries?

Moreover, after a war, the Earth will most likely enter a nuclear winter. America will be equivalent to losing one Earth, and only having one "New America" ​​left. Who can guarantee that they can find the next habitable planet before the resources are exhausted?
The fire of interstellar civilization that was ignited with great difficulty may be extinguished because of this act of willfulness.

But if they have another habitable planet, it will greatly increase their possibility of continuing to find the next habitable planet, thereby completely transforming America into an interstellar civilization.

In addition, the Chinese deliberately revealed information that there are still other habitable planets, which is also a disguised way of telling the Americans that even if they cannot find new habitable planets in the future, they can still provoke an interstellar war to seize the resources in their hands.

In order to successfully obtain spacecraft manufacturing technology, the Chinese have calculated every step.

"I think you have invested a huge amount of resources in the search for new habitable planets in recent years, and you must have realized the difficulty. Do you want to get a new habitable planet right away, or wait for countless years without any results? You can choose for yourself!"

"No, no, no, you don't seem to realize the premise of this negotiation." The American representative was equally tough and aggressive: "Only when we confirm that the data you provided is true, can the negotiation be started."

"You just said that our country has invested a lot of resources in searching the universe. We have been observing hundreds of light years away and have not been able to find a new habitable planet. You are hiding on Earth using backward technology. How can we believe that you have really found a habitable planet?"

"Then there's nothing to talk about. Please take us back to the airport." The Chinese negotiator immediately stood up and walked out.

Naturally, we didn't go to the airport, but instead went to the hotel prepared by America.

The negotiations dragged on.

America also knew that it was impossible to trick others into handing over valuable coordinate data with words alone, so it was prepared for a protracted war.

But they also know that the Chinese people would not be bored enough to joke about such a big thing because it would be of no benefit.

If they are pissed off, America can really use this as an excuse to declare war on China. There is no need to start a large-scale war. It can directly use spacecraft to launch a round of orbital bombing, and the whole world will find it unreasonable.

Therefore, the Chinese are likely really lucky and have obtained the coordinates of more than one habitable planet.

If there was only one, they would not trade it. Instead, they would mobilize the whole country to master the spacecraft manufacturing technology, and then break through the American blockade to reach this habitable planet.

Only if you have the coordinates of more than one habitable planet would you be so eager to make a transaction.

After all, it is meaningless to see but not eat.

We will have to continue to endure America’s “blood-sucking strategy”, watch the loss of talent, and watch our national strength decline.

"spy!"

Someone in the White House shouted loudly: "While delaying the negotiations, mobilize all the hidden moles and get the coordinates from them at all costs!"

"We must never give up our monopoly on spacecraft, otherwise the Chinese, who own multiple habitable planets, will become America's biggest enemy in the future!"

This is of course as it should be, but those American senior officials who still have some sense know that the Chinese will absolutely protect this data as if it were their lifeblood.

Even if all the intelligence networks developed over the years were exhausted, there might not be any gains. Sure enough, after a half-month-long operation, the CIA suffered heavy losses but gained nothing.

"Perhaps this data is not recorded in any device at all. People with a slightly better memory can imprint these numbers in their minds, but we can't even find out who knows this data..."

CIA Director George Tenet was very depressed. In the past half month, they not only launched a covert war, but also started hot wars between intelligence personnel many times, but only suffered heavy casualties.

"We have no other choice unless..."

There aren’t many people who have a photographic memory, but there are quite a few of them. Especially in a country with a large population, it’s very easy to find a few such “human storage devices”!

There is no need to even tell them what these numbers are. They can be separated and asked to remember them separately. Even if someone accidentally remembers some numbers wrong, it will not deviate too much. It won't take much effort to continue searching along the other correct parameters.

Seeing that the intelligence war was ineffective, the United States had no choice but to start negotiations again.

"We meet again." This time, the Chinese representative looked much more relaxed. He smiled and teased the American representative: "The hotels in your country are quite comfortable to stay in, but the food is terrible!"

"Can we get a suite with a kitchen so we can cook our own food? This way, we won't die suddenly from eating problems in the next few months or even years."

The American representative wanted to rush up and hit someone, but he could only grit his teeth and maintain his professionalism, smiling back: "If you want to end the negotiations early, please come up with a sincere proposal!"

Finally, when it came to the key issue, the Chinese representative's expression became serious and he responded in a deep voice: "We can allow you to land in our capital in a new model spacecraft without disarming it."

"Our personnel will board this spaceship and deliver half of the coordinate data to you inside the spaceship. We will deliver the other half of the coordinates after you transfer the control system authority and we confirm that there is no backdoor left."

"We ask you to send important people to participate in this transaction. We will also have important people among our trading staff to ensure that both parties can maintain the necessary rationality..."

The proposal put forward by the Chinese representative was quickly conveyed to the White House, and think tanks in various departments began to work out every detail.

"These yellow-skinned monkeys are really smart! No wonder they have a saying that goes 'those with fur are smarter than monkeys.'"

"If we want to increase our military strength, we can only send out advanced spacecraft, which will eventually fall into their hands. If we send out old transport spacecraft, we will not be able to overwhelm their traditional army unless we send a large army to attack them. But this brings us back to the old topic of starting a war."

"After investigation, we found that their army had already entered a full combat readiness state half a month ago..."

"How about tampering with the control system and installing a self-destruct program?" someone suggested a bad idea.

"What about the hostages? What if they ask someone from your family to participate in the transaction? Will you also activate the self-destruct sequence?"

"The self-destruct program can be installed, but we must leave enough time for the hostages to evacuate..."

"How much time is 'enough'?" Someone immediately retorted: "I guarantee that they will warmly entertain the hostages until they dismantle the spacecraft into parts. As we all know, they are experts in this area!"

"Then let those involved in the transaction sacrifice their lives for the country!"

The person who spoke first was a general from the Pentagon. He said in a tough tone: "The Chinese are willing to risk their capital. Looking at their unscrupulous attitude, the people they sent out to participate in the transaction must have been prepared to die."

"If they can, do we Americans lack the spirit of sacrifice?"

"Anyway, as long as we get the coordinate data, we can even launch an orbital missile to blow up the spacecraft directly..."

Others shrugged it off and didn't bother to pay attention.

To put it simply, who knows which boss will be named?
If you have the guts, old man, recommend yourself!

The heated discussion was interrupted by a new piece of news.

"Oh no! The Chinese are contacting Morgan, Rockefeller, DuPont, and Mellon..."

"Damn it!" The general immediately cursed: "These traitors!"

The forces that possess spaceship manufacturing technology and can mobilize a spaceship independently are not only the U.S. federal government, but also the top ten financial groups.

As we all know, the top ten financial groups control America, but they are not equal to America.

If they could grasp the coordinates of a habitable planet on their own, they would be able to look down on the entire United States, especially the Western arms consortium, which has been suppressed by the Northeastern financial consortium in recent years and is more eager to turn things around.

"Tell the Chinese that we agree to the deal!"

(End of this chapter)