It was natural that most of them hardened their expressions because they thought his demands were rather excessive.
"What did you say? Four airships?"
He asked for four airships, the core forces of the WPU.
Naturally, many of the Congressmen voiced their dissent.
"Currently, there are only 5 airships that we can operate! Even if we can repair the damaged ships today, we have less than ten airships..."
"We can't give him the airships under any circumstances! Without airships, you can't defeat the monsters and cartels ing up from Mexico! We can't even organize a single fleet!"
Sungwoo was aware that the players of the WPU were very weak. So, if they lost the airship fleet, it was like them losing all their defense power. Besides, seven of all the airships that WPU once owned already fell into the hands of the World Tree camp.
It was only natural that the members of the Provisional Congress got so upset because they lost not only the three airships of the Baker Fleet including The Messenger and the three airships of the Washington Fleet that were taken today.
"Chairman, this is by no means a healthy alliance! Our people won't accept it!"
"Well, this is not an alliance relationship, but business, isn't it? I am already worried about how much more they will ask for in the future!"
Lots of Congressmen here and there strongly argued that they should not hand over four airships to Sungwoo, citing the specific logical reasons, but Sungwoo just sat silent calmly.
'Of course, my demand for four airships is excessive. But I should ask for more in order to get what I want.'
Actually, that was the basics of any negotiation.
After that, they continued to debate about the pros and cons of handing over the four airships for more than an hour, and finally, Sungwoo agreed to receive two small-sized airships and 200 million gold while pretending to make concessions to them.
If he had offered to receive only two airships from the beginning, he would have only been able to get only one.
'What a decent profit for my short trip to America!'
Recently, Sungwoo spent lots of gold, but he didn't make as much revenue as he expected, so it seemed that he didn't have to worry about financial difficulties for some time.
When the meeting was over, the lawmakers were exhausted; they felt unhappy but at the same time relaxed at the final deal.
"Oh, by the way…"
At that moment, Sungwoo opened his mouth.
The lawmakers hardened their faces again because they feared he might ask for something else, so they were pretty wary of him.
"I would like to stop by the Dwarf Workshop as a guest, and VIP at that."
His business trip in America was not over yet. He needed to check out something more.
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The "Hearst Workshop
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