Chapter 515: Chapter 513: Contradictions in Negotiations
The Tos Civilization thought this way not without any reason, the New Human Civilization was a relatively young civilization, having been at the trading market for only just over thirty years, and it had not accumulated much credibility.
Could they really be offering sothing for free? That was absolutely impossible!
Between civilizations, there were only interests, and what did past friendships amount to?
Moreover, the Tos People were cold-blooded animals, their emotions even more indifferent than other civilizations, and what they believed in the least was the so-called friendship.
In conclusion, they did not hold much expectation; even if there was suspicion of fraud, coming over to test the waters would not entail any losses, but what if… the other party was not committing fraud?
As if discerning so of the other party’s thoughts, Foreign Minister Chen Mu solemnly said, “We indeed have clues about Curvature Technology. Before disclosing the complete news, we believe, your civilization needs to pledge 5000 AmiBa Points in the trading market.”
“In case your civilization inadvertently leaks this crucial news, these pledged 5000 AmiBa Points will be transferred to the Human’s account. The secret must be kept for 3000 years.”
These were all counterasures that had been discussed in advance.
“At the sa ti, we believe that the price for this news is 2000 AmiBa Points. Your civilization will need to pay 2000 AmiBa Points afterward.”
Having heard this, the representative called “Thomas,” who resembled a large fish, was greatly startled and imdiately interjected, “Respected Human Civilization, this is absolutely impossible! We still don’t know what the news is, so it is not possible to pay any points.”
“Perhaps we need the Huantai Interstellar Trading Market to serve as an interdiary platform to evaluate this news. If the interstellar trading market believes that this information might indeed deduce Curvature Technology, then we can continue negotiations.”
“No problem,” Chen Mu nodded, uploading the already prepared data.
The Huantai Civilization was a Fourth-level Civilization and could easily determine the truth of this news.
And for the Huantai Civilization, this known piece of information was not worth much.
After a while, the representative from the Huantai Civilization, a Cocos-shaped Wart, said, “I’m sorry, but we can’t judge this news. Any clues about Curvature Technology are core technologies of the Fourth-level Civilization, and the clues in this area are very complex, encompassing all aspects of Physics.”
“You could deduce its clues from this small area, or from that small corner; it’s not unique.”
“In the trading market, just buying these seemingly correct clues would cost between 8000-10000 AmiBa Points.”
“To judge the accuracy of a curvature clue, and whether there is a chance of success, also requires a paynt of 1000 AmiBa Points. Otherwise, so interstellar civilizations would constantly submit their papers for us to judge their accuracy, which would waste a lot of energy of our entire trading market.”
“So, are both parties willing to pay 1000 AmiBa Points, to involve the interstellar trading market in this, to judge its rationale, and serve as an interdiary platform for this fair trade?”
1000 AmiBa Points!
Everyone widened their eyes, this was ridiculously expensive, far exceeding the previous expectations; the transaction fee of the interstellar trading market wouldn’t exceed 0.1% of the contract amount, but this ti, it was way too expensive.
This was the first ti Chen Mu had heard of such a thing, but upon further consideration, it seed reasonable… having soone else judge the correctness of your own creative idea, it was bound to involve a fee. Otherwise, with a billion creative ideas, having the other party judge a billion tis, one could thoroughly exhaust options just by brute force!
He licked his dry lips, asking, “Could it be cheaper?”
The Cocos-shaped Wart responded, “I’m sorry, but we cannot offer a discount due to our prior friendship; it is a matter of principle. Fourth-level Civilizations also have relevant interstellar conventions. A portion of the Fourth-level Civilizations do not want a large number of third-level civilizations to obtain Curvature Technology, because it is a fundantal superiority of the Fourth-level Civilizations… We cannot violate the corresponding interstellar conventions.”
Essentially, the gap between Third-level Civilization and Fourth-level Civilizations is the issue of mobility brought by Curvature Technology.
Fourth-level Civilizations could travel faster than light, while Third-level Civilizations could only move near cosmic strings.
As for other technologies, a slight increase or decrease in lifespan, or whether an electromagnetic gun is faster or slower, did not bring about a qualitative change.
Certain deeply rooted Third-level Civilizations could even surpass Fourth-level Civilizations in certain technological aspects.
At this point, the negotiations fell into a dilemma.
The Humans’ credibility was not sufficient to make the Tos Civilization pay the points and then hear the news.
This was the bottom line of the Tos Civilization; 2000 AmiBa Points was not a small number, their entire accumulation amounted to only six or seven thousand points.
This was an accumulation of 30,000 years!
What if they paid first and the news turned out to be false? These Tos People, even if committing seppuku, could not apologize enough to their own civilization!
On the other hand, letting the Humans reveal the news first and then making the other party pay was not agreeable to the Humans.
Since the interdiary platform was unwilling to intervene, it was difficult to ensure the interests of the Humans. After the other party knew the news, would they still pay 2000 AmiBa Points? Could the Humans force the other party to forget?
Of course not, this wasn’t so worthless cabbage; what if they reneged?
At most, the two parties would beco hostile and never deal with each other again… never dealing with each other in exchange for curvature news was a huge gain.
In the Huantai Civilization Interstellar Trading Market, the one thing you couldn’t buy was military force. You could rent a War Star for transporting goods, or rent a Fourth-level Civilization’s spaceship for delivering ssages, you could even purchase so Fourth-level Civilization’s war weapons, but you couldn’t spend money to buy military force to exterminate another civilization.
Maintaining peace was a fundantal condition for the existence of the trading market. At least superficial peace was necessary; otherwise, the whole world would have been in turmoil long ago, and who would co to trade?
So even if hatred occurred, it was impossible to fight within the trading market.
Following this developnt, those present began to discuss in low voices. Zhang Yuan frowned, unable to think of a particularly good solution for a while.
The negotiations had hit an impasse…
Previously, people thought that under the auspices of the Huantai Civilization, both parties would sign a contract, letting the trading market guarantee the enforcent of the contract.
The million years of reputation of the Huantai Civilization wasn’t likely to covet a few thousand AmiBa Points. Reputation was an intangible asset, easy to lose, hard to earn back. Although this also carried risks, people could generally bear it.
Now, to have this giant bug act as an interdiary, judging the truth of a ssage, actually cost 1000 AmiBa Points! This was too expensive, people simply could not afford it.
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