After Lin Qi came out, the National Security Committee's operations chief walked up to him. "What did you talk about?"
He was curious why Lin Qi had stayed in the room for so long. Something they had not anticipated must have happened during that time, though the general direction could still be confirmed.
That was, Isabella would certainly do everything she could to persuade Lin Qi to support her. Within the Federation, the only major capitalist she knew was Lin Qi.
Of course, Lin Qi would never admit that he was a capitalist. He was a patriotic merchant...
At that moment, the National Security Committee only wanted to know whether Lin Qi had agreed to anything she asked, or whether he had done everything but agreed to nothing.
"I agreed to support her in rebuilding her own power. She convinced me with certain conditions."
The operations chief rolled his eyes. That persuasion must have been rather dry at first, but as the force of her persuasion grew, it had become smoother and smoother. It might even have gone through a stage of heated arguments before they finally collected themselves and calmed down.
Lin Qi noticed his expression and stopped. "You don't believe me?"
The operations chief stopped as well. His face clearly said, I really fucking don't believe you, yet he said the exact opposite. "No, I believe you. The conditions she offered must have been very generous."
Lin Qi continued walking, and the operations chief followed closely beside him. "Iron ore, copper, silver, and oil. Those things are already enough."
"Those things don't sound particularly special." After thinking for a moment, the operations chief offered his own opinion. "We're already mining quite a lot of resources, and the country isn't short of those materials either."
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