Someone praised Lin Qi for being wealthy, while Lin Qi really wanted to tell the Self-Government Party Chairman—
This amount of money really was nothing! Of course, to preserve their mutual dignity, he still smiled and expressed his thanks for the other man's compliment.
Thank you—a single word, elegant and gracious, with nothing anyone could find fault with.
This gave the Self-Government Party Chairman an... indescribable feeling. It was somewhat uncomfortable.
It was like the people in some remote rural village fighting tooth and nail over who would become village chief, unaware that beyond the village lay a much larger world!
The Lehrmar People had little contact with the outside world, so to them, "the world" had always been merely "the world"—a written term that did not truly represent anything! Until this moment! When Lin Qi said that he personally would invest fifteen million, nearly one billion Ares, the Self-Government Party Chairman felt a sour pang as he recognized the gap between them and reality.
"Then, this investment..."
The Self-Government Party Chairman wanted to make an attempt. If he could take control of the specific process of the investment and participate in it, it would bring tremendous value to the Self-Government Party.
The people would think that this investment had been won by them, which would increase their support. Besides... they would be able to skim off a portion of it.
Lin Qi seemed to have seen through his thoughts and picked up his words.
"I've just arrived here, so I'm not very familiar with the situation. Although this is our first meeting, I've heard a little about your circumstances."
"We can completely cooperate on this matter. You control the official resources and know this place well enough, while I have the money. What do you think?"
The next second,