Minister Liang was inwardly falling apart. If he had thought a moment ago that Shen Bing was genuinely praising his thoughtfulness, that notion was now completely gone.
What did he mean, he would not extend into foreign waters? Was he planning to cover all of Singapore with those metal boxes his company had developed?
That was a backhanded compliment of the highest order.
Shen Bing could play dumb, but he could not! If everyone played dumb, he would go down in Singapore's history as a villain.
"Mr. Shen, this isn't a question of whether you extend into foreign waters. Even if you stay within Singapore's waters, covering too large an area would have an extremely detrimental effect on our country," Minister Liang said.
Silence came from the other end, leaving Minister Liang deeply uneasy. He could not help it; he was afraid of angering Shen Bing, who never played by the rules.
After a long pause, Shen Bing suddenly spoke. "Minister Liang, our original agreement didn't include any such restrictions."
"Uh..." Minister Liang had no way to voice his misery. "Mr. Shen, we admittedly failed to consider this properly at the time. We also didn't expect your company's technological capabilities to be so formidable that you could invent something so sophisticated."
Shen Bing said casually, "So you were trying to screw me over? You assumed I didn't have this kind of land reclamation technology, then gave me a coral reef where reclamation was impossible?"
Although there was not the slightest anger in Shen Bing's voice, Minister Liang shuddered.
He was panicking! Over the past couple of days, hospitals in other countries had already obtained permission from Phantom Immortal Technology to offer Cancer Cure No. 1, and domestic calls to introduce the drug were growing louder. Now there was the ClearSight