Accompanied by relevant personnel, Lin Zhiming got into the car and drove toward the city center.
"Mr. Lin, where are the other members of your negotiation team?" the accompanying person asked doubtfully.
"We don't have a team, just me." Lin Zhiming said.
"Only you?" The accompanying people were dumbfounded. For this negotiation, Stars and Stripes Country, Maple Leaf Country and Kangaroo Country have prepared many people, including some experienced negotiators, in order to be able to be better in the negotiations.
He was an expert in dealing with the negotiators of the Dragon Kingdom, and had a greater advantage and obtained more benefits. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhiming was the only one who came out.
"If there are too many people, it will easily interfere with me and be detrimental to my performance." Lin Zhiming explained with a smile.
In fact, the Dragon Kingdom assigned him a lot of negotiation experts, but he rejected them all. This time the negotiation was not so much a negotiation between the Dragon Kingdom and the Star Stripe Kingdom, but a negotiation between Lin Zhiming and the Star Stripe Kingdom.
Lin Zhiming has made sufficient preparations and knows clearly what his demands are. If he rashly joins others, it will be very detrimental to the negotiation.
In Lin Zhiming's eyes, he had mastered a weapon that could frighten the Three Kingdoms Alliance, which meant that he would definitely have an advantage in this negotiation. If there were too many people, it would be difficult for him to say the wrong thing and give others an excuse.
On the contrary, the gain outweighs the loss.
At 7:50, the car carrying Lin Zhiming drove into a place that looked like a park.
The car finally stopped at the door of an old building.
Lin Zhiming walked out of the car, and Will, who had been waiting at the door, immediately stepped forward.
"Mr. Lin!" Will shook hands with Lin Zhiming and said, "Our people have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Let's go, don't be polite." Lin Zhiming said.
"Okay!" Will nodded, and then led Lin Zhiming into the building.
This building not only looks old from the outside, but the decoration inside is also very old.
"This is the place where the Peace Charter was signed. The North-South negotiations were held here. This place is of great significance to us, so we chose this place as the location for this negotiation." Will explained as he walked.
Lin Zhiming looked around, and there were many busts of great people from the Star-Spangled Kingdom.
Not long after, the two walked into a conference room together.
There were at least dozens of people gathered in the conference room. When Lin Zhiming came in, everyone showed unfriendly expressions. Lin Zhiming could feel that the atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became tense.
Lin Zhiming smiled and said to everyone, "Don't be nervous, guys, it's just a negotiation. If the negotiation fails, the other half of the base will be destroyed at worst."
Lin Zhiming's words made many people tense up. Everyone knew that there was such a negotiation today because someone destroyed half of the Colorado base with a hammer yesterday.
"This is my leader, Mr. Bob. He is also the person in charge of this negotiation." Will pointed to a man and said to Lin Zhiming.
The man was bloated, wearing a suit, holding a cane in his hand, and had a very serious face.
"Mr. Bob." Lin Zhiming nodded to him.
"Since we're here, let's start talking." Bob said expressionlessly, with no intention of greeting Lin Zhiming.
Lin Zhiming smiled. He was very familiar with this kind of Western arrogance, so he didn't say anything and just sat in his own seat.
The table was a long table. Opposite Lin Zhiming sat a row of more than a dozen people. Behind these more than a dozen people, there were several rows of people also sitting, much like a support group.
On the other hand, although there were more than a dozen seats on Lin Zhiming's side, only Lin Zhiming was seated, and there was no one behind Lin Zhiming except for a few people holding cameras.
There are two national flags placed on the tables on both sides.
Lin Zhiming put his hands on the table and looked at the people in the Stars and Stripes Kingdom in front of him with a smile.
A photographer stood on one side of the table, holding a camera and taking a picture.
The photo was taken just between the people on both sides. On one side was a crowd of people from the Star-Spangled Country sitting at war with each other, and on the other side was Lin Zhiming, who was alone and smiling and calm.
This photo was made public many years later and won the Pulitzer Prize that year.
Fans of Lin Zhiming in Longguo gave this photo a nice name.
Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go.
As everyone took their seats, the negotiation began.
This was Lin Zhiming's first time to participate in such a high-level negotiation, and he was the only one here, but even so, his heart was still extremely calm.
"Hello, Mr. Lin." The actor A, who was sitting opposite Lin Zhiming, spoke.
"Hello." Lin Zhiming nodded to the other party.
"About this negotiation, first of all, I have something to say. Regarding what happened in the Grand Canyon yesterday, I think you need to pay the price for the damage to our base and the casualties yesterday. This is what we are doing here.
A basis for negotiations," said the actor A.
"One thing I want to say is that I personally have no knowledge of what happened in the Grand Canyon yesterday. I only heard about it last night. I am not aware of such an accident.
I really don’t want to see it, and I feel sorry for the victims and the dragon clan I belong to, but... I don’t quite understand why you need us to pay the price for this matter, does this matter have anything to do with us?”
Lin Zhiming asked doubtfully.
"Mr. Lin, since we have sat at the negotiating table, there is no need to continue to say those hypocritical words." Actor A said.
"I feel that my words are not hypocritical. Every word I say is the most sincere and absolutely credible." Lin Zhiming said.
After hearing Lin Zhiming's answer, several negotiators from the Stars and Stripes Country looked at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Although everyone knew that the Dragon Clan did what happened yesterday, there was no absolute evidence that it was the Dragon Clan. So they set a trap for Lin Zhiming as soon as they came up. What they wanted was to confirm that the Dragon Clan destroyed half of the base.
, then the Dragon Clan could be asked to compensate for this matter. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhiming denied the matter as soon as he opened his mouth. Such astuteness is definitely only available to professional negotiators.
"Gentlemen, I think we can talk about some more important things instead of waffling about things that don't have much practical significance. I know that you people from the Stars and Stripes like to waffle the most. Often a small thing can make you happy.
It took me a long time, but you have done a lot on this line back then. I came here today and I don’t want to waste too much time with you. I need to get the result I want, that’s all.”
Lin Zhiming said seriously.
"What is the result you want?" someone asked.
"The Dragon Kingdom joins the alliance of your three countries and enjoys the same rights as you." Lin Zhiming said.
"Then we also have something we want." Bob spoke at this time.
"What do you want?" Lin Zhiming asked.
"I want that hammer," said Bob.
"We in the Dragon Kingdom have many high-quality hammers. We can help you build as many hammers as you want." Lin Zhiming said with a smile.
"What we want is the artifact that fell from the sky that day. As long as you can hand over the hammer, then we will agree to your request. Otherwise, there is no need to discuss anything." Bob said with a straight face.
"There is no way." Lin Zhiming shook his head and said, "You should know that the hammer is what allows us to sit here and negotiate today, and it is also our foundation. If we give you the foundation, then we still have
What kind of capital is negotiating with you?"
"If there is no hammer, there is no alliance." Bob said.
"The hammer belongs to us and cannot be given to us," Lin Zhiming said.
With these two sentences from both sides, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
No one continued to speak. Lin Zhiming and Bob both looked directly at each other, with no intention of retreating in each other's eyes.
"Then there's no need to talk, the negotiation has broken down, let's see the guests off," Bob said.
"Okay." Lin Zhiming stood up with a smile and said, "It's a pity that the negotiations did not make substantial progress this time."
After saying that, Lin Zhiming turned around and walked out.
Seeing Lin Zhiming turn around and leave so adamantly, everyone present gave him a quick wink.
"Mr. Lin, stay!"
Before Bob could speak, Will spoke first.
Lin Zhiming stopped, looked at Will and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Mr. Lin, you are still young and too impulsive. Negotiations naturally require negotiation. How can it end just because there is no agreement?" Will said with a smile.
"Do you think it's necessary to continue talking?" Lin Zhiming said jokingly.
Will smiled awkwardly and said, "Talk, of course it is necessary to continue talking. Mr. Lin, please come back."
Lin Zhiming did not continue walking out, but turned around and walked back to his place.
"I also know how important the hammer is to you. With all due respect, you probably brought that hammer from that place, right?" Will said.
Lin Zhiming smiled and shrugged, but did not say anything directly.
"I know that the reason why you are obsessed with joining our alliance must have obtained some important information from your channels, so I won't hide it here. Our Three Kingdoms Alliance has indeed obtained access to that
It is the key to the mysterious Yuan Universe, and it is also charging. If you, the Dragon Kingdom, want to get a share of the pie, it is not impossible, but... you should know that the Yuan Universe represents countless treasures, and those treasures are absolutely priceless.
For example, if that hammer can enter the metaverse, it means the opportunity to obtain treasures. This is crucial to everyone, so you must show enough sincerity and not just threaten with that hammer.
We." Will said seriously.?
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