Song He nervously picked up the call. "Speak!"
"The sovereign wealth fund of Fjord Country just urgently contacted us. They want to buy an entire Space City. They're offering a direct investment of two trillion for the next Space City, so we shouldn't make it available to the public," Wei Liqun said. "I'm calling to ask for your instructions."
"That much?" Song He raised an eyebrow. "They only have a little over ten trillion in total, right? Can they really come up with two trillion all at once?"
"They said they can pay the full amount within forty-eight hours," Wei Liqun said. "If you agree, they can also impose zero tariffs on Chenghuang's products for the next ten years."
"I don't trust them. What if these people promise zero tariffs, then the next group takes over and goes back on the agreement?" Xiang Xiaotong spoke up. "We've suffered from this kind of thing before. We can't negotiate long-term deals with partners who lack continuity. If we suffer a loss once, that's their fault. If we suffer a loss twice, that's ours!"
"Unless we write it into the contract as an additional clause, but there's no time for that now." Song He blinked. "The market in Fjord Country is so small that the total sales wouldn't amount to much anyway. Our goods aren't hard to sell. We can just raise the price to cover the tariffs. Their additional clause isn't attractive enough."
"Then should I turn them down?" Wei Liqun asked. "Tell them to try competing for it themselves?"
"Sure. Tell them there'll be plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future, and that we'll give them priority for the next investment opportunity. This time, though, it's simply too late. The investment projects were announced to the whole world in advance,