Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

8pm.

In Locke's private sitting area, Niya was lying comfortably on the sofa, smoking a cigarette, and King Xue was sitting on a chair on the side, dealing with something on the light and shadow screen.

Locke was lying on his desk tiredly. They were all waiting for Mo Xiaolan and several other section chiefs to come over, because they had to discuss some things, mainly because Mo Xiaolan had mastered some things through various performances of the mission in recent days. Things need to be discussed with everyone.

After all, the formal talks between the two sides are almost here. After the grand dinner the day after tomorrow, the two sides will start formal talks at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

At this time, there was a noise in the corridor, and Mo Xiaolan came in in a wheelchair. Lilian bowed slightly, closed the door and left.

"Several other people are unable to come for the time being. Let's have a brief small meeting. Then I will compile the meeting contents into a report and send it to everyone."

Mo Xiaolan said, opening a light and shadow screen, and then played an image of Nigel and Helter having a quiet conversation in the cinema.

Based on sporadic lip readings, it was certain that they were speculating on the meaning of the horror movie that Le Xiao took them to watch.

Niya burst out laughing, Locke frowned slightly.

"You took them to Lady Rose's shop yesterday just to increase the confusion."

Niya nodded.

"Indeed, since they already believe it, wouldn't it be better if I add more fuel to the fire? It would make it more difficult for them to figure out our intentions. Wouldn't it be better?"

Mo Xiaolan chuckled and his expression turned serious.

"Please don't cause any more trouble, Niya. Judging from yesterday's situation, they have already begun to suspect something."

Nia asked as she sat up.

"What's up?"

Locke said with a sigh.

"Maybe they are suspicious of that girl Le Xiao. Maybe they are thinking about other things, not whether Le Xiao is qualified for this position."

Mo Xiaolan nodded.

"You caused such a stir yesterday. Some of the things they asked today were basically about products, not technology. They asked a lot of questions about products today. Why do you think they do it? What do they want to do?"

King Xue said while pressing his glasses.

"The first round of testing is basically over."

Everyone nodded. They could clearly see the movements of the envoys. What they wanted most was biological technology. Because this technology was related to the secret of the life span of Brilliant City, it was best to start with biological technology. of.

As for industry, because Tianji Space Country has its own industrial system, some of the industrial systems should even be more advanced than that of Brilliant City, because compared to the environment in space where a single oversight can lead to death, no matter how bad the environment on the ground is, it cannot be compared to the environment in the universe. Compared.

Judging from the changes in their micro-expressions after asking some questions, the industrial system of Tianji Space Country is quite complete and advanced.

Many questions may seem innocuous, but they are actually testing the current situation in Brilliant City, Mo Xiaolan said with his hands clasped together.

"They must have initially mastered some information. What they lack is biotechnology, and what we lack is a more high-precision industrial system. Because we have light and shadow materials, we can complete many mechanical equipment that are difficult to do in reality, but if In a different environment, without correct parameters and logical theories, many things would have to be crossed by feeling for stones.”

King Xue smiled.

"Indeed, that's why I think that the goods we started trading with them were their industrial products should be the core of the first formal talks."

Locke said after thinking for a moment.

“It’s about what the other person wants.”

Everyone nodded, Niya said.

"I thought they might want medicine."

Mo Xiaolan smiled.

"Give your opinion."

Niya lit a cigarette and then said.

“They can understand our medical situation through drug analysis.”

"There's no way to avoid something like this."

King Xue said and then said.

"Perhaps we can produce another drug for them that has nothing to do with our medical system. After all, our human genes are definitely different from theirs."

Locke nodded.

"So this item does not hold true. Drugs should not be traded in the short term. Next are some finished food products. They should be the first to propose this part of the transaction."

Everyone basically had the same idea. Bright City used some food stocks in exchange for stocks of domestic goods in Tianji Space. Their spaceship was still under maintenance and they would be able to officially enter the city in a few days. They would bring them there. The goods are brought to the talks, and then the two parties will be able to trade some goods.

The merchants have been looking forward to this meeting for a long time. Whoever can participate in the meeting will be able to make money, because these products from the Sky Space Country can set off a craze in the Brilliant City as long as the merchants find the right products. .

So the Angus family's banquet on the eighth day was actually a strategy thought up by Mo Xiaolan, which allowed people from the Sky Space Kingdom to contact businessmen, see their choices, and then directly select businessmen to participate in the talks from some businessmen.

In addition to some family businesses originally scheduled to participate, businessmen will also have the opportunity to participate in the first phase of bilateral trade.

Because businessmen are motivated by nothing, they will definitely try their best to leave a good impression when meeting people from the envoy, and may even start talking about business directly.

As long as you make good use of this characteristic of businessmen, you can see some of the intentions of everyone in the mission, which will be much better for the talks that officially start at noon the next day.

"Let's discuss it here first. Tomorrow is the last day of the visit. Angus's family is already ready."

After Locke stood up, everyone nodded. After a while, Locke walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the night sky outside, and sighed helplessly.

"I'm starting to get tired again. When can I leave with peace of mind?"

Locke knew very well that once the two countries started formal transactions, some problems would inevitably break out, and in his position, he would face the problems immediately.

Now Locke just wants to retire, spend time with his wife earlier, and communicate more with his children.

After a while, Locke sighed and said.

"We can only hold on for a while longer."

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Le Xiao and the directors were waiting for the envoys who were still holding a press conference.

Today is already the seventh day, and the last day is to visit the factory area. Today we need to take the elevator directly down, and the subway will take half an hour at the fastest.

The heads of several major factories were already waiting early in the morning. After a while, the envoys came out and everyone got on the lift.

In less than 10 minutes, the lift landed at the gate of a factory, surrounded by flowers and applause. After the envoys came down, the person in charge of the factory and local scientific officials came to greet them.

Nigel looked at the busy people in the factory, smiled and shook hands with everyone, and Hurt asked.

"Your Excellency Le Xiao, your factory also uses some large-scale light and shadow equipment."

Le Xiao nodded, and a supervisor from the factory's technical department came over to explain, and everyone walked into the factory gate.

On the assembly lines, workers are busy.

Many workers seemed to be in low spirits, probably because they were too tired recently. Helt couldn't help but think of their factories in Tianji Space Country, which were all fully mechanized.

The main work of cloning people is to mine resources and maintain the space station, which is a relatively dangerous and labor-intensive task.

In a factory in a human settlement, usually only a few people are needed to completely control everything in the factory.

Brilliant City is also capable of being fully mechanized, but doing so will cause a large number of people to lose their jobs. After these people lose their jobs, the economy will stagnate and decline. Many people who are unemployed will even cause various problems.

For Hert and Nigel, they both feel that this model has a drawback, and that is the mobility of workers. Once the market slumps and the factory does not operate at full capacity, a large number of workers will be unemployed at home. Once the economy falls into a downturn, it will be difficult to recover in a short time.

But if we adopt fully mechanized production, we must provide jobs for other people, but only manual labor is what most humans can do.

After the two visited for a while, they realized that there had probably been too many riots in this place, because some of the nearby street facilities seemed to be newly built.

Because the Sky Space Kingdom has a very funny memory implantation method, it can better control humans, put humans in the right position from birth, and make it easier to manage.

Because there are a large number of clones as experimental subjects, they have achieved great results in the memory implantation technology, so that they can stably produce clones to maintain human society.

But it is difficult for normal humans to control it by implanting memories, because this will directly damage the human brain. Although clones will have their brains damaged, most of them only have a lifespan of 2 years.

Basically, in the past few days, Helt and Nigel have figured out where their advantages are, and many of Brilliant City's disadvantages have also been exposed.

The order given by the queen is to take the lead in the transaction. Only in this way can the other party have to hand over the secret in the final transaction.

This kind of transaction to achieve the ultimate goal was established from the beginning.

Once the talks begin, the two sides will inevitably start gearing up. Hert and the others have already decided on the specific commodity transactions for the talks. The moment the goods are taken out, the game between the two countries begins.

The current situation is still not very clear. During their visits in the past few days, they did see a lot of practical commodities. Commodities such as light and shadow materials should not be traded in Bright City, because this is their energy core.

As for some other industrial products, many space countries still have them, so they can only buy food at the beginning, and the other party will not give them medicines.

The group visited three factories in the morning. At noon, they went directly to the nearby 5th Section Management Office for dinner and then continued the tour.

Le Xiao looked happy, because today would end early, and the members of the mission would return to the embassy to have a good rest. After all, tomorrow is the Angus family's banquet, and the banquet would start in the morning.

Le Xiao plans to go home and watch a few movies, and then eat and drink. Tomorrow will be another pleasant day. She does not need to participate in the talks, so Le Xiao still has a few days to take a good rest.

Seeing Le Xiao's delighted look, Wu Lei leaned over and said.

"I advise you not to backlog the work at hand, otherwise you will be busy from morning to night. When we get back later, we can quickly handle some work when we have time."

Le Xiao smiled.

"Oh, it's nothing. Anyway, it's basically relaxed now. The construction of cinemas has also begun. The mechanical ball thing is just like that now. It's impossible to implement it for the time being."

Wu Lei smiled.

"It's not impossible. If we really start doing business with Tianji Space Country, everyone will definitely be eager to earn foreign exchange. Some industries in the city will be short of people because products can be sold in large quantities, so if the labor force population decreases, Do you think the mechanical ball can be pushed out?"

Le Xiao scratched her head. It seemed to be true. If everyone didn't have to run around for a living, many people would not be willing to do these food delivery jobs because the income was actually very low.

Wu Lei continued.

"Let's deal with the problem of the mechanical ball first. One thing at a time. Once it's done, you basically won't have too much work to do. Then you can have a good rest, right?"

Le Xiao pouted.

"No, I'm too tired these days."

Wu Lei sighed and said.

"You are too tired from playing."

At this time, Feiya came closer and Wu Lei asked with a smile.

"Miss Feiya, this area is mainly used to screen out some unqualified products."

Feiya asked after nodding.

"Your Excellency Wu Lei, what is your current industrial output value in Brilliant City?"

Wu Lei immediately called a director from the General Affairs Department. The director also showed Feiya some data on industrial output in the past year. Many output values ​​actually declined because many manufactured industrial products have begun to be unsaleable. The market A large proportion of industrial products are already saturated.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the tour ended. Le Xiao was outside the embassy, ​​answering some questions from reporters, and people from the mission were also being interviewed.

Everyone will not have dinner together today because they are all very tired. After the press conference, Le Xiao plans to go home.

"where are you going?"

Wu Lei pulled Le Xiao and she asked doubtfully.

"I'm going home."

Wu Lei dragged Le Xiao and started walking.

"Now we are going to Angus' house. You are in charge. Tonight is the last drill. You have to go to the scene to check."

Le Xiao could only follow Wu Lei.

"I think this time it's fine. There shouldn't be any big problems."

Wu Lei glanced at the embassy and smiled.

"I hope so."