"welcome."
Although Tauren Ambassador Trust spoke in a very friendly tone, he did not stand up from the sofa at all. He even pointed to the double sofa opposite with his right hand holding a cigar in his mouth, gesturing for the two of them to sit down.
In the few seconds after Michaela nodded and walked towards the double sofa, she took the opportunity to scan the layout of the room with her eyes and noticed that the sofa and coffee table in the room had been moved. Several sofas that were originally against the wall had been moved by Trust. The orderer adjusted it to a layout with a single sofa opposite a double sofa, with a coffee table in the middle.
There is no doubt that Trust has been waiting for him for a long time!
After the two of them took their seats, Michaela took the initiative to introduce: "Hello, Trust, this person on my right is my permanent secretary Humphrey."
"Oh, permanent secretary!"
Trust glanced at Humphrey with interest, said "Hey" softly, smiled meaningfully, and said:
"I originally thought that the so-called permanent secretary was a title for a low-level civil servant. It sounded like a position responsible for serving tea and cleaning."
As soon as these words came out, Humphrey, who had been a leader in officialdom for hundreds of years, was actually evaluated as a low-level civil servant by a cow-headed man. As an old bureaucrat, how could he endure it? He immediately frowned and asked:
"what are you saying?"
Fortunately, Humphrey had rich political experience and deep knowledge of the city, so he only asked questions without getting angry. If he had been a guy with a hot temper, he might have started filming on the spot.
Michaela on the side also felt very strange. Even though she was the minister, why did Trust raise his hand to speak to Humphrey?
As a result, Trust's next sentence turned out to be: "But I can see that it is you, the permanent secretary, who is in control of everything here, right?"
Humphrey takes control?
Nothing wrong! As a minister, Michaela can't even write a government white paper. She is just a signing machine. Instead of permanent secretary Humphrey writing a white paper, Michaela signs a white paper.
Humphrey, who was praised, immediately backed down tactically and said "humbly": "Actually, it's not everything."
Hey, Humphrey, I'm not leaving yet!
Now, it was Minister Michaela's turn to glare at Humphrey.
But in the next second, both Michaela and Humphrey felt something strange. What did the trust want to do with its praise and disparagement?
Torina couldn't help but ask: "Michaela, is the cow head trying to drive a wedge between the two of you?"
That's right, this guy is really trying to sow discord.
Humphrey's expression twitched a few times as he wanted to understand. The previous feeling of being praised disappeared, and was replaced by the feeling of being played.
The tauren in front of me is a ruthless character!
However, diplomatic situations can only be handled through diplomatic means, and force cannot be used rashly.
Therefore, Michaela still smiled and said: "Truss, we in Silvermoon City welcome you. In addition, Chief Kane is really good at selecting people and chose your old friend to be the ambassador."
Of course, Trust heard that Michaela was trying to get closer to each other in an attempt to increase friendship points for subsequent negotiations, so he said easily:
"It's not difficult, Chief Kane just chose an amiable and friendly bullhead."
Protruding!
Are you a pretty amiable guy?
Trust pretended not to notice the change in Michaela's expression, Niubi let out a "hum" and said:
"Friend Michaela, I'm really glad that you're in charge of hosting me, but if you just want to have a casual chat with me, is there anything special you want to talk about?"
When the topic got to the point, Trust even raised his right hand and pointed at the documents on the coffee table: "I still have to spend some time to polish the goodwill speech that I will use in the afternoon."
In fact, there was no need for Trust to point it out. Michaela had already seen the speech scripts placed on the coffee table. The papers were deliberately spread out and the contents were actively exposed to remind Michaela of the purpose of this trip.
Seeing the other party speaking, Michaela immediately said: "Yes, Trust, we also saw the manuscript..."
Who would have thought that Trust, this guy, deliberately interrupted Mikayla and said in a meaningful way: "You must like it very much, right?"
Just kidding, why would blood elves like trolls?
Michaela immediately replied: "Truss, let me tell you the truth, we are already acquaintances."
Trust nodded and said, "That's right, old friend."
Michaela: "You must understand that a large part of the speech promoted trolls, which is very, very, very..."
"Embarrassing," Humphrey warned.
"right!"
Michaela then continued: "It's very embarrassing. It's not a secret that we blood elves and the Amani trolls have a blood feud, so I thought you could adjust the content of your speech."
"Adjust the content?" Trust pretended not to understand and looked at Michaela.
Michaela nodded firmly and said: "Yes, adjust the content and don't mention trolls."
Trust took a deep breath through his nose, as if he was making a difficult decision:
"Unfortunately, I think the troll content I mentioned is the truth. After all, the Darkspear trolls are also part of the tribe, and the troll civilization is indeed very long, whether it is the historical records of our tauren or the night elves. All historical records can prove that the troll civilization once dominated the entire Azeroth."
At this point, Trust Tactics paused for a few seconds, and then continued: "Could it be that your Silver Moon City government intends to suppress the truth?"
Suppressing the truth?
Protruding!
Isn't that what "The Sun" is best at!
Michaela affirmed: "Of course not."
Humphrey glanced at Michaela, and he knew that it was absolutely impossible to directly ask the Minotaur to change the content of the speech.
Ever since, Humphrey changed his angle and said using his best long sentences:
"Ambassador Trust, I would like to ask if there is any way to persuade you to change the wording in your speech, from specific examples to abstract concepts, such as focusing on the friendship between our blood elves and tauren. relationally. This way, the conceptual integrity of your topic is not compromised.”
Although Michaela was confused, she still agreed: "That's right."
However, Trust directly understood what Humphrey meant and said: "Michaela, you are the minister, so I want to ask you a question first."
Michaela spread her hands and said, "Please speak."
Trust put on a solemn look, as if he had encountered some kind of difficulty, and said in a solemn tone:
"You know, we tauren have always been engaged in planting and animal husbandry. We are a kind-hearted race that is honest, sincere, and careless. However, we have encountered a little problem recently."
"Our homeland of Mulgore has recently suffered from a severe drought, which has resulted in serious harvest failures in the planting and livestock industries, and has seriously affected the price of Treasury bonds in Thunder Bluff... Of course, it is definitely temporary, but we need a little bit. Investment helps us get through this.”
"I believe that the equally sincere and friendly blood elves will not reject our sincere plea. After all, we are all members of the tribe..."
After a strategic pause for a few seconds, Trust added: "Right?"
And “right?”
Both Michaela and Humphrey's expressions froze.
Your tauren still have the nerve to call themselves "a kind-hearted race that is honest, sincere, and careless"? Only asking for "a tiny bit of investment"? Do you think I'm a fool? Don't you realize that your so-called difficulties are all just bragging?
By the way, you are minotaurs, it would be strange not to brag!
Torina simply pointed it out directly: "Is this blackmail? You are also threatening to be 'a member of the tribe', and if you don't pay, you will put pressure on tribal relations. Michaela, don't agree!"
Is it really that easy to decide whether to agree or not?
Both Michaela and Humphrey know that if the tauren dare to come and blackmail you, they will catch you. The blood elves are not stable when they first enter the tribe, and if the blood elves want to hug the tribe's lap, they have to take it!
What a good plan!
There was no other way, Michaela had to ask with a straight face: "How much?"
"Just a little."
Trust Bullhead opened his mouth: "5,000,000 gold coins (five million gold coins), of course we won't ask for it in vain, this is a loan."
Torina exclaimed: "5,000,000!"
To put it simply, there are no paper currencies in Azeroth. The currency in circulation is physical currency, that is, gold coins, silver coins and copper coins. The exchange ratio is 100:1, that is, 100 copper coins are exchanged for 1 silver coin, and so on.
5,000,000 gold coins is not unaffordable for Silver Moon City, but it is not a small amount either.
Michaela was a little stunned when she heard the number. Humphrey was the first to react and covered his face with his right hand to remind Michaela: "Ask him about the repayment period."
Michaela also reacted and asked: "Excuse me, what is the repayment period?"
Trust opened his mouth and said: "The principal will be gradually repaid after 10 years, and it will be interest-free."
What does it mean?
Torina explained: "It is a 10-year interest-free loan, and the principal will not be repaid at once after maturity. At least it is better than free prostitution."
Yes, it’s a little better than prostitution for free…that’s weird!
"Ahem!"
Humphrey immediately started coughing, probably knowing that he was dissatisfied with such an outrageous request.
Michaela also said: "A 10-year interest-free loan of 5,000,000 gold coins is not a small number."
Seeing that the other party did not agree, Trust said: "I understand, in this case..." while pretending to be ready to put away the speech on the coffee table, indicating that the negotiations had broken down, you just wait!
Damn it’s not okay!
Michaela had no choice but to soften her attitude and immediately said: "Wait, Trust, we can still talk, right, Humphrey."
Feeling the minister's gaze, Humphrey first smirked at Trust in front of him, then covered his face with his left hand, covering his lip movements and said:
"Minister, no interest, still 10 years. Assuming the annual interest rate is 10%, then the interest alone in these 10 years is worth 5,000,000 gold coins. Do you understand? The Tauren want us to give them 5 for free. 000,000 gold coins!”
In fact, Michaela can also calculate interest, and it is more accurate. After all, Humphrey's calculation only considers the same simple interest every year, and does not consider compound interest. If compound interest is used to calculate, the actual amount will only be more than 5,000,000. many!
Michaela immediately said something through her teeth: "Ambassador Trust, it seems that you want us to give away 5,000,000 gold coins for free!"
The dissatisfaction in words is like a volcano that has been accumulated for a long time and can erupt at any time.
However, Tauren Ambassador Trust actually opened his mouth and said:
"But it's to your advantage."
What?
Taking our money and saying it’s good for us?
What kind of weird truth is this? It’s the most ridiculous thing in the world!
Michaela was already considering whether she should use corrosion to directly turn the tauren ambassador in front of her into pus.
However, no one expected that the Tauren ambassador's next words would be...
