Time passed from noon on New Year's Day to evening, and from after lunch until dinner was served.
The attendants who had come with Hunter Tiger and Aldrich ate to their hearts' content, almost thinking they had arrived in paradise.
Yet the West Suburbs Alliance meeting still showed no sign of ending.
In fact, the specific trade items to be discussed had basically been settled. They only needed to send people from all three sides later to negotiate the details.
But Hunter Tiger didn't know whether he had never sat at such a formal negotiating table before. He was fulfilling his responsibility as an administrator.
By the end, he was practically the only one still talking.
Aside from trade and military-related matters, the three sides also held in-depth discussions on territorial development, basic education for residents, industrial upgrades and iterations, and all kinds of other fields.
If Liu Lu hadn't come over to remind them several times, it clearly looked as though they intended to talk through the night.
"Truly fascinating, Mr. Su Mo. Your insights are astonishing."
"To be honest, if we'd been born in the same shelter a few decades earlier, we'd definitely have become sworn brothers!"
Hunter Tiger showered him with praise and reluctantly stood up to end the meeting.
He had no doubt that the things discussed during the day were carefully prepared words from this Tian Yuan administrator, intended to curry favor with him, the Pingtan administrator.
There was no need for that, and it was basically impossible to do.
Unlike some insights that floated on the surface, certain deeper understandings could not be changed by a person.
Even if someone could disguise themselves for a short time, it was impossible to avoid raising suspicion in every aspect.
"It isn't too late. If you came