Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 541 - 515: My Stomach Hurts a Little

Provincial Government Building, meeting room.

Six negotiation experts were flipping through documents, whispering to each other, exchanging opinions in low voices.

Even though nothing could be seen on the surface, from subtle deep breaths or the frequent wiping of palms on pant legs, and the unconscious shaking of legs, one could see their nervousness.

Among these people, some had presided over large business negotiations. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Some were international affairs officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Some were micro-expression analysis experts.

They had seen countless big scenes and had robust psychological resilience.

But facing possibly the most powerful human in history, an existence equal to the Barbarian God, this kind of nervousness still inevitably spread out.

The meeting room was quite silent, with only the sound of papers rustling and quiet murmurs.

This negotiation was too tricky.

First of all, the value of the Divine Flesh was simply immeasurable, pricing it was a major challenge.

It had never appeared in the market before, and only once on the black market, priced at one billion dollars per pound, approximately 0.9 jin, but this type of goods is extremely rare, and the price driven by extreme market demand has no reference value.

This time it wasn’t ten or a hundred jin.

Nor was it one or two tons.

But five hundred tons, one million jin, at this price, it amounts to 110 trillion dollars.

No country could afford such a colossal price, unless it sold the entire Great Xia Country.

But pricing it like pork, that would obviously be inappropriate.

A person who can rival a True God is enough to make any country handle with care, the only way is to use items of equally incalculable value to execute this deal.

However, the key is, what thing... or how many things can match the value of these full 500 tons of True God’s blood and flesh, or meet the other party’s psychological expectations!

With each passing minute.

Suddenly the door opened, and a middle-aged man said, "The person is here, everyone get ready, there are about 5 minutes left!"

"Minister Zhang, rest assured, it’s fine," said an official from the Ministry of Commerce after looking at his watch and taking a deep breath, though a layer of cold sweat had already seeped onto his forehead.

...

In front of the Provincial Government Building, a military vehicle quickly drove up.

"Screech..."

The car tires scraped against the ground, producing a sharp noise.

A soldier quickly got out of the car and opened the door.

Chen Shouyi got out of the vehicle, followed by Bai Xiaoling.

He glanced around, and security was tight, soldiers were everywhere.

"Sigh, why make this so complicated!" Chen Shouyi remarked, wasn’t this a simple transaction, in the past demigod corpses were dealt the same way, even he was affected by this atmosphere.

No one responded.

He glanced at the timid Bai Xiaoling and found her listless, causing him to be speechless internally.

He suspected asking her to negotiate on his behalf might have been a mistake.

Just as they stepped out of the vehicle, a group of people warmly welcomed them.

After some introductions.

Chen Shouyi shook hands with a few key figures.

The visitors were of high rank.

A deputy-level senior official from the Ministry of Commerce, a Major General from the military, and an accompanying deputy senior official from Jiangnan Province, clearly showing great seriousness regarding this transaction.

They had to be serious.

Five hundred tons of True God’s flesh, just mentioning it could scare you to death.

Once acquired, for the entire precarious situation of Great Xia Country, it would be like a shot of adrenaline.

After some pleasantries, they quickly got down to the main topic.

...

Inside the meeting room.

"Sister Bai is my liaison, let her discuss with you," Chen Shouyi said, stepping aside to reveal Bai Xiaoling, who was as timid as a quail.

"President Chen, pardon my boldness to ask, is she fully authorized by you?" one of the negotiators asked cautiously.

"Pretty much!" Chen Shouyi replied, "Of course, I still make the final decision!"

The negotiation experts gave each other a look, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief; even if the talks collapsed, there was still room for maneuver.

Moreover, this young girl seemed to emit an aura of weakness, which should be easy to handle.

"I...I..." Bai Xiaoling forced a smile, yet looked like she might cry; even the lowest-ranked here was at the division level, the one leading the negotiation was a deputy ministerial bigwig, her slender little shoulders really couldn’t bear this.

President Chen overestimated her too much.

Before coming, she had repeatedly said she didn’t know how to negotiate, couldn’t negotiate.

At most, she could only haggle, and this was such a big matter, such a grand setting.

Yet President Chen insisted on pushing her to come.

She would mess everything up.

When that time comes, selling her to work for President Chen as a lifetime servant wouldn’t even be enough repayment.

"So... sorry... everyone... leaders, sorry President Chen, I... my stomach suddenly hurts, I need to go to the bathroom." She stuttered, bowed, and quickly slipped away!

Slipped away...

The atmosphere suddenly got a bit awkward.

Everyone looked at each other.

Chen Shouyi’s face was sweaty, such a grown-up, yet utterly unhelpful, but... he himself had never negotiated either, he couldn’t even haggle.

Let him kill barbarians, and slay demigods, those he excelled at.

But negotiation was simply not his forte.

"Is there anyone else authorized to negotiate on behalf?" Zhang Deqing, who was hosting the meeting, asked.

Who else could there be?

It could only be him stepping up himself.

"No one else, it’ll be me!" Chen Shouyi said with a calm expression.

"President Chen is a pillar of the nation, before coming, the president specifically instructed me, as long as it doesn’t violate the constitution and the Anti-Heresy Law, any condition can be discussed," Zhang Deqing smiled while saying this, secretly observing Chen Shouyi.

Seeing Chen Shouyi without any unusual reaction, he breathed a sigh of relief.

What he feared was a figure like this beginning to pursue belief like the Barbarian God.

At that time, how to manage and respond would be a huge challenge; on one hand, such a figure couldn’t be classified directly as an enemy like the Barbarian God, and on the other hand, it’d be impossible to agree to open up belief.

Whether the Barbarian God from the otherworld or the homegrown human becoming god, there was essentially no difference for Great Xia Country.

Humans are capable of change, no matter how pure one’s nature, no matter how beautiful one’s initial intent, when one holds supreme power, and through belief, gains the people’s hearts, the whole society will inevitably step from a human society into a dark theocratic one.

But compared to choosing the Barbarian God as an option, this choice seemed relatively better.

However, this was a hopeless last-resort option; as long as humanity had a glimmer of hope, they would never want to become a pawn for the gods, providing power.

Because they are humans.

They are the terrifying upright apes.

Thousands of years ago, they gradually wiped out the saber-tooth tigers, the mammoths, and various subhumans, ultimately standing atop Earth’s food chain.

Chen Shouyi was unaware of the other party’s complex psychological thoughts, curiously asked, "Any conditions can be proposed?"

"Yes," another negotiator said.

"Then using these 500 tons of Weak Divine Power True God flesh, exchanging for one or two Divine Artifacts shouldn’t be too much, right!"

"This..." Zhang Deqing opened his mouth, wasn’t the protocol to first have a rough value estimation both sides could accept, only then proceed with the deal once each was satisfied?

Skipping the valuation and directly naming a price was simply too crude.

A negotiator beside him quickly tugged his arm.

Zhang Deqing’s sluggish thinking finally sobered, repressing his excitement, some stuttering spoke, "If... if it’s just one, umm... it’s still acceptable."

Saying this, he felt slightly embarrassed and added, "You can pick whichever you want!"

How can this be called excessive, it’s not excessive at all!

Compared to these 500 tons of True God’s flesh, what are Divine Artifacts, those Divine Artifacts left to collect dust in the labs, haven’t been studied thoroughly.

"By the way, do you also take bones?" Chen Shouyi, observing their reactions, felt like he was short-changed and, moved by the thought, asked again.

Zhang Deqing excitedly said, "Yes, yes!"

The bones contain marrow, which is even more precious than the flesh, of course, they’d take it.

"Then add one more Divine Artifact!"

PS: I have a lot of family visiting, the next Chapter will be out tonight.