It was midsummer, but Special Envoy Zhang felt very cold in Lin Zhiming's office.
The coldness didn't come from the temperature, but from Lin Zhiming.
He never thought that someone could really make people feel like falling into an ice cave, he always felt that it was just some kind of description and metaphor.
But now, he really felt what it meant to be like falling into an ice cave.
Lin Zhiming just looked at him, making him feel as if he was in the twelfth lunar month of winter.
"Is this... the final decision?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Yes... we have been in tug-of-war with the people from the Tree of Life for many days over this matter. This is the final result of the negotiations." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Mr. Zhao nodded?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"He was very resistant at first, but later he finally agreed," said Special Envoy Zhang.
"How could he agree? Zhao Chuchu is his granddaughter!" Lin Zhiming asked with a cold face.
"In the face of national interests, blood relationships are not that important." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Tell me what national interests are involved in this?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"The Tree of Life has many large-scale production factories in the Dragon Kingdom, which directly or indirectly created more than 100,000 jobs. During the period when the Tree of Life was banned, more than 100,000 people had to stay at home. This
It’s one of them.”
"During the period when the Tree of Life was banned, all juice sales in various regions were terminated. This not only caused huge losses to the Tree of Life, but also caused huge losses to the local finances. It only took less than a week.
Time, the related losses have exceeded 100 billion, this is the second one."
"Because we banned the Tree of Life without any evidence, the Tree of Life has filed a relevant lawsuit with the WTO. The WTO has also made it clear that if we cannot give a convincing reason, then we will
The act of blocking the Tree of Life will be regarded as a violation of international trade laws, and the WTO will use this as a basis to impose relevant sanctions on us. Once the sanctions start, our losses will be calculated in trillions, and this is the third one."
"The Tree of Life is intertwined all over the world, and its main allies are Western countries, especially Western powers. After we banned the Tree of Life, Western countries used us as an excuse to interfere with the operations of private companies in the Dragon Kingdom.
To put pressure on us, once we continue to block the Tree of Life, the Western forces led by Stars and Stripes and the European Union will impose economic sanctions on us, and the losses will also be calculated in trillions. This is the fourth.
"
"The above four points are the most fundamental reason why we are willing to sit down and negotiate with the Tree of Life. Do you think this is a national interest?" Special Envoy Zhang asked.
"Forget it." Lin Zhiming nodded with an ugly expression.
"Similarly, in the above meeting, other people also told Mr. Zhao that I believe that Mr. Zhao needs to bear more pressure than you. After all, she is his granddaughter." Special Envoy Zhang
said.
"Then what?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Although the above reasons force us to sit down and negotiate with the Tree of Life, the Tree of Life has also paid a sufficient price."
"First of all, Tree of Life will handle all personnel related to the kidnapping of Ms. Zhao directly internally," Special Envoy Zhang said.
"They can find any number of scapegoats." Lin Zhiming said.
"Yes, there is nothing we can do about this, because we still have no way to figure out who is related to Miss Zhao's kidnapping, so even if they find a scapegoat, we can't do anything about it, but at least this represents their attitude."
"What's next?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Secondly, Tree of Life will no longer cooperate with companies in Dragon Kingdom, and the government will take over all the sales of juice. In the next half month, the government will set up an organization specifically to sell juice, which is tentatively named "Long Kingdom"
Juice." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Longguo juice? Is it the same as Longguo tobacco?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Yes, it is exactly the same at the administrative level. This will be the first official organization in the world with monopoly sales rights for fruit juice." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"So by then all the juice revenue will be taken by the government?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Yes, we were planning this matter long before the juice entered the Dragon Kingdom market, but the attitude of Tree of Life was very firm at that time. They demanded that private companies must enter the juice, so we did not take action at that time. But this time
Things gave us an opportunity, and we finally succeeded in getting the Tree of Life to give in!" said Special Envoy Zhang.
"Then you have to make a lot of money every year, right?" Lin Zhiming said jokingly.
"It's equivalent to three to five Lin Groups." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Apart from these?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Tree of Life has also opened up part of its juice technology to our relevant scientific research departments. In the future, we can use juice technology to develop our own products. Of course, it doesn't have to be juice, it may be other things." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Is there anything else?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"There is no need to elaborate on other details. You only need to know that the above decision was made at a great price by the Tree of Life. For us, such a price is enough to forgive the Tree of Life before.
Although we are very indignant about what we did, we must admit the fact that in today's world, no single organization or even country can compete with the Tree of Life.
It has grown into a towering tree that covers the whole world!" Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Isn't this also condoned by various countries?" Lin Zhiming said.
"Although these words are true, the trees have become a forest." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"How is Mr. Zhao now?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"Mr. Zhao stopped what he was doing due to physical discomfort, and the relevant work is currently being taken over by his deputy," said Special Envoy Zhang.
"It seems that the old man has no choice but to do it." Lin Zhiming said.
"The starting point of all the above is for the Dragon Kingdom. Once the "Dragon Kingdom Juice" is established and operational, it will provide greater assistance to our country's infrastructure construction and the improvement of people's livelihood!" Special Envoy Zhang said.
"I understand." Lin Zhiming nodded.
"There is another point, which is also very important. I was not sure whether I should say it before, but now that I have said it, let's just say it all. The reason why we are willing to forgive the Tree of Life is that there is another
The important reason comes from the people. During the period when the Tree of Life was banned, more than 100 million people across the country have petitioned, hoping that we can lift the ban on the Tree of Life. If time continues to drag on, we can visually estimate this number.
It can eventually reach about 300 million. When 300 million people petition for the same thing online, if you are not careful, the anger of these 300 million people will be ignited. And once the anger of 300 million people is ignited, then
This society will quickly fall into turmoil... At present, we have detected that the dissatisfaction between the Internet and the public about our ban on the Tree of Life has reached a very scary point, and some people have even begun to organize people to protest on the streets.
This matter." Special Envoy Zhang said seriously.
"I understand." Lin Zhiming nodded.
"Knowing fate, everyone wants to do whatever they want and want to be unbridled, but you and I should both know that absolute freedom never exists in this world. Even for a strong person like you, there are things that can check and balance you. In the same way,
No matter how powerful a country is, there are still things that can check and balance it." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"If there is nothing else, you can leave." Lin Zhiming said.
"There is one more thing, this matter... I hope you can be mentally prepared." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"You didn't ask me to be mentally prepared for that incident just now, but now you ask me to be mentally prepared. Is there something worse?" Lin Zhiming asked jokingly.
"This matter can't be said to be bad, it can even be said to be popular, but it may not be very friendly to you." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Oh? What is it that everyone expects and is unfriendly to me? I'm very curious about this." Lin Zhiming smiled.
"In recent months, we have often received feedback from the grassroots of the Dragon Clan. They said that with the popularity of juice, the general strength of Dragon Kingdom warriors has been greatly improved. Originally, the Dragon Clan could rely on its powerful strength to stabilize
These warriors, but as the warriors' strength increases, the dragon clan's deterrence and control power are reduced. They have become increasingly stretched when dealing with some cases of warriors. These grassroots have reported these issues to the upper levels, but you
The upper echelons of the Dragon Clan did not provide corresponding solutions, so these people had to feedback their problems upward through other channels, and finally presented them in front of the leaders. In yesterday's closed-door meeting, the leaders also discussed this matter.
After discussion, if the Dragon Clan cannot always have sufficient deterrence and control over the warriors, then the role of the Dragon Clan will gradually decline, and eventually one day the Dragon Clan will completely lose control of the entire martial arts world. Based on this, let me give you a
Suggestion, this suggestion is... let the juice enter the Dragon Clan." Special Envoy Zhang said.
"Wishful thinking." Lin Zhiming said with an indifferent expression.
"This is a long-term solution for the Dragon Clan. If the Dragon Clan still imposes a ban on juice, then when the warriors continue to become stronger, the Dragon Clan can only stand still. The final result is that one day the Dragon Clan will be far away from the warriors.
Leave it behind and know your fate. Not everyone can become stronger without relying on juice like you. The vast majority of people in this world are ordinary people!!" Special Envoy Zhang said seriously.
"If the higher-ups really want the Dragon Clan to lift the ban on fruit juice, that's fine," Lin Zhiming said.
"Really?" Special Envoy Zhang asked in surprise.
"Well, unless I don't become the director of the Dragon Clan, then you can do whatever you want to the Dragon Clan, and as long as I'm in the Dragon Clan, there's no way the juice will be on the Dragon Clan's table!" Lin Zhiming said with a sneer.