On Wednesday, Lin Qi heard some news.
The nephew of the Peng Joe Empire's emperor had also arrived in the Federation, and he was here as a tourist.
Lin Qi learned of this because the National Security Committee had already formed a surveillance team to closely monitor the man.
Besides that, Lin Qi also learned of an incident that was something of an open secret.
Quite a few Federation capitalists were in close contact with the Peng Joe negotiating delegation.
The National Security Committee, the Homeland Security Bureau, and other intelligence and security agencies had already obtained some of the contents of their conversations, but the whole thing seemed rather absurd.
Those capitalists were not selling out the National Interest. Instead, they were trying every possible way to get the Peng Joe People to agree to some of the demands put forward by the Federal Government.
On the surface, they seemed to be doing it for the negotiations and for the Federation, but many people knew what they wanted—an armistice.
United Development Company had already transferred its previously held rights concerning Nagaril's tariffs to the Federal Government.
The Federal Government had also provided some compensation. There seemed to have been no further in-depth discussion of the matter within the company, but everyone knew one thing.
Whatever compensation the Federation provided could never compare with the rights to those tariffs.
But they had no choice. It was still wartime, and a single signed order from the president could dissolve United Development Company on the spot. All they could do was accept the decision from above and transfer the rights.
It was not only United Development Company. Many companies had been harmed by the policies implemented by the Presidential Palace over the past few years! They were furious, but they dared not