Seeing that Zhao Shanhe's actions showed no hesitation at all, the faces of all the members of the Round Table Team were somewhat dark.
They admitted that the conditions they had previously presented were indeed exorbitant.
Without going into detail, the number of unemployed people alone is a grossly false figure.
After all, two hundred million unemployed people represent what kind of concept?
How many people are there in all in the Black and White Eagle Village?
Excluding children, students, the disabled and elderly who cannot work, how many people are left?
Even with 100% employment, all laborers added together cannot make up two hundred million people, let alone two hundred million. Not even one hundred million!
Now, they are boldly stating that two hundred million people are unemployed.
Is this not a lion's mouth opening?
And the losses of tens of millions of billions at a time, they have indeed suffered a lot during this period, but it is not necessary to mention losses of tens of millions of billions or even hundreds of millions of billions.
That's green currency, not the kind of Zimabwean currency that has dozens, even hundreds, of zeros after the number one!
Such a large loss, are they fooling around with Dragon Village like a fool?
This is an obvious problem that anyone with common sense can see.
But, when it comes to negotiations, isn't everyone supposed to talk slowly?
I've given the conditions, you have to negotiate!
How can we negotiate if you don't start the conversation?
Who does business and gets it done with a single slap of the hand?
What's with people quitting their jobs and leaving at the drop of a hat?
Until Zhao Shanhe's hand touched the main entrance of the meeting room——
"Wait a minute!!"
The leader, Smith, couldn't sit still anymore.
Although logic told him, and everyone present at the scene, Zhao Shanhe's departure from his seat at this moment was likely just a test.
Once they open their mouth, then they have lost!
But, knowing it how?
What if Zhao Shanhe is serious?
"Mr. Zhao, our conditions may be a bit high, but you should understand that our losses this time are too huge. We also need to give an explanation to the people. Otherwise, the angry and frustrated Black and White Eagle Village civilians will tear us apart!"
Before Zhao Shanhe could respond, Smith quickly opened his mouth and feigned helplessness.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shanhe's pace also halted for a moment.
Later, under the gaze of all the members of the Round Table Team, Zhao Shanhe directed his gaze towards Smith.
After deeply staring at the other party, he then spoke in a cold manner:
"Mr. Smith, we express our sympathy for your situation, but that is not a reason for you to act illogically and ask for exorbitant amounts. I have come to this meeting on behalf of Long Village with sincerity, and I also hope that your side can show sincerity as well, not treating us like fools as you are doing now! I must remind Mr. Smith and all of you that Long Village is not a philanthropist!"
"...?" Hearing this, the members of the Round Table Team couldn't help but clench their fists.
Their expressions were varying between dark and bright.
Including the leader, Smith, whose face looked somewhat unappealing.
Seeing this, Field on the side spoke again:
"Mr. Zhao, although our demands may be a bit beyond your psychological threshold, you should also be clear that our Black and White Eagle Village has indeed suffered huge losses because of you... "
"Stop!" Before Field could finish his sentence, Zhao Shanhe's voice rang out directly: "Mr. Field, please be careful with your words. I need to remind Mr. Field that the incident from start to finish is not something our Long Village initiated, and it has nothing to do with us!"
"Please do not distort the truth and attribute the responsibility for the matter to our Long Village!"
"You!!" After listening to what Zhao Shanhe said, Field clenched his teeth and the anger in his eyes couldn't help but reappear again.
Not the responsibility of Long Village?
Indeed, this time, all the matters are between them and the camels.
But, if it weren't for Long Village, they would be like this now?
Without Long Village, would a camel dare to make a move against them?
Even if the camel really dared, what ability does the camel have to counteract them?
Everything can be said to be because of Long Village!
And now, Long Village says it has nothing to do with it!
Anger chills the blood!!
"Mr. Zhao, whether this matter is related to your Long Village, you must be aware of it!"
"If it has nothing to do with you, where did the Tianlong and Yinglong fighter jets appear in the desert come from? Could they have been dug out of the desert, or dropped from the sky?"
"And there are the judges drones, falcon drones, various types of anti-aircraft missiles, air-to-air missiles... even ordinary artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and even the most basic rifles!"
"These things, could they all be produced by camels themselves?"
Speaking while doing so, Field took a document directly from the side and then slapped it hard onto the table.
Under the immense force, the document bag shattered, and the photos inside scattered directly onto the table.
Upon closer inspection, these photos are indeed pictures of the equipment that appeared in the desert.
From assault rifles to heavy machine guns, and then to various types of artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, anti-aircraft systems, drones, and fighter jets……
It can be said to be all-encompassing!
If no one explains who the users of these weapons are, people who have some understanding of these weapons would probably think of Long Village as the first choice!
Because all these weapons are, without exception, standard equipment of Long Village!
To some extent, this can be considered as evidence that is beyond doubt!
Facing all of this, Zhao Shanhe still maintained his composure, looking at the photos with a faint smile, and then spoke in a leisurely manner:
"Mr. Field, these equipments are indeed ours, but that was before the conflict between the camels and your side occurred. The camels had already purchased them from us, and after the transaction was completed, the ownership and use rights of those equipments were in the hands of the camels. We have no right to interfere with them, nor can we decide on their use!"
"Just like the firearms and bullets your store sells to customers; if your customers use those firearms and bullets to kill someone, does that make your store the perpetrator?"
Bang!!
As soon as Zhao Shanhe finished speaking, a tremendous explosion suddenly sounded.
At the same time, a voice filled with unhidden anger followed:
"You are changing the concept and twisting the words to justify yourself!"
The speaker was none other than the just opened-mouthed Field.
At this moment, his eyes were almost full of flames!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shanhe slightly shook his head and spoke calmly:
"Mr. Field, I am simply stating a fact, and this matter was known to your side when we signed the Desert Memorandum in the past. If Mr. Field is unaware of this, he can check the case files or we can also take some time to print copies of the original memorandum and send them here…"
"You!!" Field gritted his teeth.
He wanted to counter, but couldn't say anything.
As Zhao Shanhe said, before they had a massive confrontation with the camels, they indeed approached Long Village and signed the so-called "Peace Agreement," which Zhao Shanhe referred to as the "Desert Memorandum."
According to the content of the Memorandum, they lifted all blockades and controls on Long Village's civilian aspects, while Long Village had to ban all military support to the desert side!
The focus of this support is the import and export of equipment!
However, the Memorandum limited only the time after the signing of the memorandum.
The Memorandum does not apply to collaborations that were already in place before the signing of the Memorandum.
Long Village did indeed clearly inform them that they had signed numerous equipment import and export contracts with the desert side.
They were aware of this, so they couldn't find any problems.
However, as his gaze fell on a particular section of the document in his hand, Field's eyes lit up, and he spoke again:
"Mr. Zhao, I admit that you have a point. However, according to our investigation, the number of your equipment that appeared in the desert far exceeds the number of equipment import and export contracts that were disclosed when we signed the 'Memorandum' between you and our side!"
"Let's not mention anything else. Just the number of air defense missiles alone. You initially disclosed to us a total of only three hundred air defense missiles for import and export. However, in the previous desert, just the village of Shacamels alone used more than one thousand air defense missiles!"
"And the main battle tanks. The main battle tank export contract you publicly disclosed only mentioned the export of one hundred and fifty tanks. But now, the number of main battle tanks in the desert is at least over a thousand!"
"On this point, how do you explain?"
"Mr. Zhao, don't tell me that these missiles and tanks were grown out of the desert!"
At the end of his speech, Field pounded a fierce slap on the table in front of him, his expression cold and menacing.
The tone of his voice also turned incredibly cold.
Facing all this, Zhao Shanhe remained calm and composed. After taking a sip of water with a relaxed pace, he spoke:
"Mr. Field, what evidence do you have to prove that these equipment were exported by our Long Village to the camels?"
"Evidence?" Field couldn't help but laugh angrily, "Mr. Zhao, these equipment are all from our Long Village. Do we need evidence for that? There is no other village in the world that has such equipment except our Long Village!"
"Especially your main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and missiles. These are your iconic equipment, unique to the world, and the facts are right in front of you. How can you still deny it?"
As soon as his words fell, another voice followed: "That's right! Your equipment is easy to identify. Anyone with eyes can see it. Even if you want to deny it, you simply can't get away with it!"
Turning to look, the speaker was none other than a middle-aged man with golden hair.
Companioned by the voice of the middle-aged man with golden hair, it seemed as if a domino was toppled over. One after another, voices kept sounding out.
Every voice without exception was all about the equipment of Long Village, or even accusations towards Long Village!
Until the end, Smith squinted his eyes slyly, looking at Zhao Shanhe and said:
"Mr. Zhao, with the evidence clear, what do you have to say now?"
"Evidence clear?" Zhao Shanhe slightly shook his head, "Mr. Smith, I think your intelligence system should be thoroughly reviewed…"
Upon hearing this, both Smith and Field and others couldn't help but furrow their brows.
At this time, Zhao Shanhe continued: "Were your intelligence personnel not able to tell you the specific sources of these equipments?"
Sources?
Smith and the others were taken aback.
Suddenly, as if they had remembered something, their faces changed one by one!
However, gritting his teeth, Field still spoke:
"Mr. Zhao, the evidence is all in front of us. How can you still try to deny it?"
"Ho…" Zhao Shanhe smiled, speaking leisurely: "Mr. Field, it seems like your intelligence system really should be thoroughly reviewed. If you don't know, let me explain it to you in detail…"
"And then, you also demanded that we apologize to your Black and White Eagle Village for violating the agreement in the 'Memorandum' and illegally exporting equipment to the camels, and compensate you…"
"Whether or not to say more about what happened later is up to you, I think?"
"If you really don't know, you can also contact Mr. Yarst. I think he should be clear about these things…"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Field and the others turned ashen.
What about the subsequent events?
They certainly know about the subsequent events!
It was just Long Village denying the fact of exporting those equipments to the camels. Then, the little fat village stood out publicly and declared responsibility for that batch of equipment!
Then there was nothing else after that!
All that the Black and White Eagle Village could do was express strong dissatisfaction with Long Village, strongly condemn the Little Fat Village, issue a solemn warning to the Little Fat Village, seize a cargo ship that carried dozens of heavy cannons and tens of thousands of cannonballs, and impose a complete blockade on the Little Fat Village.
That time, Mr. Yarst was so angry that he smashed an old-fashioned phonograph to pieces!
It was Mr. Yarst's favorite antique phonograph, a masterpiece by a master from Europe over a hundred years ago. The records in the phonograph were also a precious record that had been preserved for over a hundred years!
In everyday life, Mr. Yarst wouldn't even allow anyone to touch this phonograph and its records. Even for cleaning, it was Mr. Yarst who would do it by hand...
"Mr. Zhao, do you really think we're all fools? You and everyone else must know if you have exported equipment to the camels! This is just a childish trick. Do you really think we're all idiots?"
Taking a deep breath, Field forced down the anger in his heart and spoke again.
"No, no, no..." Zhao Shanhe shook his head, "Mr. Field, if we did it, of course we wouldn't deny it. But if we didn't do it, why should we admit it?"
"I've already said that, just like a gun store sells a gun to a customer, can you guarantee that the gun will always be in the customer's hands?"
"In other words, you want to forcibly tie that gun to the customer, not allowing the customer to engage in any private transactions or gifts?"
"You're full of it! You're just making excuses!!" Facing Zhao Shanhe's metaphor again, Field slammed his hand down on the table and exclaimed in anger.
"Before Zhao Shanhe can respond, Field once again spoke: 'The GDP of Little Fat Village is only around 200 billion yuan. The equipment you export to the camels is estimated to be worth several trillion yuan. Even if they don't eat or drink and just use all their money, they can't afford to buy so many of your equipments!'"
"And Little Fat Village is the same. Their economic conditions are even worse, with an annual GDP of only 40 billion yuan, it's even more impossible for them to afford buying your equipment!"
"Does that mean your equipment is given away as charity?"
"Do you really think everyone is an idiot?"
