Orevesky was shocked to his core. About this, he knew absolutely nothing and even cared less. Damn, were all those core buildings constructed on Zhang nglong's land?
"Well, I recently planned to build a holiday resort, and I think that area in Moscow looks pretty nice!" Zhang nglong began in a mocking tone, "Mr. Orevesky, please do
a favor and pass on the ssage that I want all the buildings on that site flattened within a week, as I'm planning to start construction then."
"Mr. Zhang, this..."
"If I don't see the buildings demolished after a week, then I will have to force the demolition. You guys will be responsible for all the consequences," Zhang nglong said, "I have the original property ownership and leasing agreents, and I am in the right here."
"I just planned to expand my foot-washing city to your country. Now that everyone's standard of living has improved, they need more enjoynt," Zhang nglong opened a map of Moscow on his computer, "I think Arbat Street is pretty good."
"Just wait a minute, I need to discuss this with the higher-ups!" Orevesky panicked right away.
If Zhang nglong actually brought in excavators for the demolition, wouldn't they beco the laughingstock of the whole world?
The area Zhang nglong ntioned contained so of Tsarist Russia's most critical core buildings and historical districts.
Including the Presidential Palace, banks, large state-owned enterprises, etc., even if they were to vacate the area, they couldn't possibly find a new location to settle in anyti soon!
Moreover, are those places sothing you can just move easily?
If a foot-washing city were to open there, the thought alone was sothing Orevesky could hardly bear to imagine. What a disaster!
"Mr. Novyed, this is Orevesky!"
"Mr. Orevesky, how did this ti's operation turn out?" the other side asked eagerly, as Novyed was specifically responsible for liaising with the psychic organization and superiors.
"Not bad, we brought back quite a lot of stuff."
"Pity, 90% of the haul was taken by the Huaxia people, they are the real winners this ti."
"It's not that simple now," Orevesky said, "Zhang nglong, I don't know what kind of Demon Art he used, but he sohow managed to awaken an Artificial Intelligence and started up this spaceship, and now they're preparing to take the spaceship back to Huaxia!"
"What? He started the spaceship?"
Novyed wasn't completely distraught that the Huaxia people took 90% of the warehouse's materials, as after all, the spaceship was still in their territory, and they could visit it whenever they wanted.
A spaceship that large surely contained more than just a few items, and now that there was hardly any danger, they could fully explore more.
So they weren't too heartbroken about Zhang nglong taking the warehouse's stuff, as the spaceship itself was the most valuable asset!
But now that he planned to haul away the spaceship overnight, what were they to do?
"No way, you absolutely can't let him take the spaceship away. Spare no expense to keep the spaceship here. If you let him take away the spaceship, you might as well prepare for a military tribunal!"
"You idiot, are you thinking with your ass?" Orevesky finally exploded after holding back his emotions all day, "You tell
to stop him, with what? With your disgusting brain full of crap?"
"Do you know how strong that robot is? Over a hundred of us attacked together, and couldn't even mark it. Just one robot killed dozens of our n!"
"Do you know how terrifying Zhang nglong is? That killing machine, you can't even get close to his body. He casually controlled over twenty units by himself, and you're telling
to stop him? You damn fool!"
Novyed was completely baffled by this explosive reaction. What had gotten into Orevesky, and why such a huge reaction?
He instantly turned cowardly, although nominally he ranked higher, he was well aware that these psychics never really took them seriously, and Orevesky was the most powerful psychic in their country.
"Mr. Orevesky, I apologize for my ignorance, but we absolutely cannot let him take the spaceship away. It's priceless!"
"Of course I know the importance of this spaceship! Otherwise, I wouldn't be willing to clean up such a ss for you!"
Unless there was sothing on this spaceship that could enhance their psychic abilities, these psychics would have no interest in it, even if there were a ti machine on board.
"This spaceship is within our borders, and according to the convention issued last century, it should belong to us."
"I've discussed this matter with him, but do you think Zhang nglong is a reasonable person?" Orevesky said helplessly. "He just told
that the land in the heart of Moscow belongs to him."
"If we try to take the spaceship for that reason, then he'll just bring in an excavator to flatten the buildings on that land, and then build a resort!"
"He's full of it!"
"You'd better find out if this is true. I wouldn't want one day to see even the Presidential Palace get knocked down!"
"Wait a mont, I'll ask!" Novyed thought carefully. This wasn't impossible—last ti half the world attacked Zhang nglong, they hadn't participated, not because the relations between their countries were good, but because they hadn't investigated these matters.
But now faced with a real issue, if they did not investigate thoroughly, sothing serious might indeed happen!
A few minutes later, Novyed's voice ca through the communicator.
"What's the situation? Is it true?" Orevesky asked.
"Yes," Novyed replied with a bitter smile. "This is a core secret, hardly known by anyone. Last century, due to economic tensions and the need for massive funds for national developnt, land was sold off for money. A Huaxia man surnad Zhang bought nearly one-third of the land in Moscow, which he later leased to us. We're still paying him rent each year."
"Is this person a relative of Zhang nglong?"
"Most likely!"
"It's your choice now!" Orevesky kicked the problem back to Novyed. "I think we'd better not ss with the age of this spaceship, or in the end, we might end up with nothing!"
"Don't forget the economic crisis a few months ago. Do you think our foreign exchange reserves can withstand him for long? Before you know it, the part of Moscow that belongs to him could grow from one-third to two-thirds, and we might even end up owing him hundreds of billions of US dollars in foreign debt."
"Don't tell
you don't know the nature of this Huaxia man. He never engages in losing deals; he's not even happy with small profits!"
"This..."
A few seconds later, there was a deep sigh from Novyed. "You decide what to do. As long as Zhang nglong is around, we can only submit."
...
"Did you find out?" Zhang nglong looked at Orevesky.
"I found out."
"So, do you want the spaceship, or are you planning to move house? I can give you a VIP card for the Intanet Ease Footpath when the ti cos."
"Mr. Zhang, please consider what I just said as nothing! You were the one who started this spaceship, and you can deal with it however you want. It's all up to you!" Orevesky could only resign himself to agreent.
"If only you had said this earlier, all would have been settled, right?" Zhang nglong scoffed.
"Mr. Zhang, our transport plane is here," Orevesky finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure of being around soone like Zhang nglong was simply too intense.
"Take care, no need to see
out!"
...
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