Next, the Feige Council conducted several more rounds of voting.
The first round, the vote on 5 trillion, did not pass.
Many Planetary-level Councilors did the math and felt that price was still outrageously high, so they did not vote in favor. The approval rate in the first round was only 34.6%.
After that, Su Yu made some concessions and slightly lowered his asking price.
Ultimately, in the sixth round of voting, the offer of "4.2 trillion" finally swayed the councilors and officially passed with a 50.5% approval rate.
"Everyone, I hereby announce that the proposal has officially passed." Seeing the approval rate exceed 50%, Acting Speaker Lemo could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He announced, "Now that the proposal has passed, it has been decided that the Feige Council will purchase the Level 4 AI 'Blue Whale' from Councilor Su Yu for 4.2 trillion.
"Once it is confirmed that 'Blue Whale' has no connection whatsoever to hostile forces such as the rebel organization or the Crystal Blue Community, and that it is a creation of Sheng Ge, the transaction will officially take effect.
"Afterward, ownership of the Level 4 AI 'Blue Whale' will be transferred to the Council, and it will immediately be put into use at the hub and throughout the hub's jurisdiction."
"..."
The councilors below murmured among themselves, but most expressed satisfaction.
Su Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief as well.
Indeed, his initial price of "5 trillion Saint Silver Coins" had been rather greedy.
But he had still managed to get 4.2 trillion in the end. His efforts had not been in vain.
"Thank you all very much for passing this proposal." Standing on the podium, Su Yu thanked those below. "I will hand AI Blue Whale over to the Council