Faced with Achell's inquiry, Qin Shan did not respond directly but turned his gaze to Modalarhan and the other camel representatives beside him.
Having looked around at the crowd, he continued:
"This cooperation is not just Mr. Achell and your camel, but also the prince and you can participate..."
Upon hearing this, Modalarhan and the others were all moved in their hearts.
Although we don't know what kind of cooperation Qin Shan is talking about, based on our past interactions with Long Village, this cooperation is undoubtedly a project with significant implications.
Thinking about the things that Long Village brought out before, all the camels in their hearts were somewhat eager.
"Mr. Qin, just say it straight out, what kind of cooperation is it?"
One of the camel representatives couldn't help but speak directly.
Upon hearing this, Qin Shan smiled and continued:
"This cooperation has been publicly announced before, and I'm sure all of you are aware of it—it's the South Sky Gate!"
South Sky Gate?
Hearing that name, everyone present was momentarily stunned.
However, immediately afterwards, information about the South Sky Gate spontaneously popped up in everyone's minds.
"Qin, are you saying that we can also participate in your South Sky Gate plan?"
After a moment, the burning-eyed Modalarhan took the lead and spoke up.
They certainly know what the South Sky Gate plan is; as early as several months ago, Long Village had released relevant information through that "retired old man."
Although this plan was once considered to be something like the "Star Wars" plan of the former Black and White Eagle, used to deceive people.
However, over the past time, Long Village has already produced a large number of things from the South Sky Gate plan.
For example, the twin-tailed unmanned bomber!
For example, the Judgment Drone!
For example, electromagnetic cannon, power armor and so on!
Although according to the "sci-fi movie" content of the South Sky Gate released by Long Village, these weapons are only a fraction of what the South Sky Gate entails.
But even if these are only a few rare feathers, they can still make the whole world pay attention to them!
Before this, Modalarhan had even taken the initiative to want to join Long Village's South Sky Gate plan.
However, Long Village had never given a positive response.
And now, Long Village is actually inviting them to join the South Sky Gate plan themselves?
Facing the excited Modalarhan, Qin Shan smiled slightly and then continued:
"We have now reached a cooperation on the South Sky Gate plan with the Polar Bear side, and we are officially inviting Prince, Mr. Achell, and all of you present to join this plan. I wonder if any of you would like to?"
Inviting camels to join the South Sky Gate plan is a plan that Qin Shan and Qian Zhi Zhong, as well as those above, have already determined.
Before, he still planned to find an opportunity to talk about this plan with these camels.
Never expected this time a camel would suddenly "attack the palace," Qin Shan directly took out this plan.
A camel can buy a missile, but now if the desert is unstable, it is not in the interest of Long Village.
Whether it's the desert camels or the camel, Long Village has a lot of interests there, and it's not good to help either side.
So Qin Shan temporarily put aside Achell's question and then proposed the South Sky Gate, putting aside problems while pulling funding cooperation. Of course, in addition to these two purposes, he also wants to bind the camels together again through the South Sky Gate.
Kill three birds with one stone!
More accurately, it's a stone that kills four birds!
To some extent, this can also be seen as a warning!
Of course, it's not a hard warning like that of the Black and White Eagle Village. It's more of an indirect message to the camels: don't think of splitting up just because things have just stabilized, or even if they haven't stabilized yet.
Even if they do want to split up, they have to do so at a certain level, and not mess around.
Otherwise, if I'm not happy, just watch others go to the South Sky Gate...
Although the South Sky Gate that Long Village has thrown out is just a South Sky Gate in name only.
But even if it's just a name without substance, there are still a lot of cutting-edge technology and even black technology included!
Such as the nuclear reactor and space elevator we showed to the Polar Bear Village before.
With so much cutting-edge technology, who can ignore it?
If a camel still has other thoughts and wants to start its own business with the presence of the South Sky Gate, then Long Village can only fulfill the camel's wishes.
In the worst case, after withdrawing those interests from the camel, let the camel go on its own.
Long Village has always adhered to the principle of not interfering with others' internal affairs. What choice they make is the camel's own business. As for the consequences after the choice, it has nothing to do with Long Village, after all, it's the camel's own choice. Long Village is not a babysitter, nor a servant; it can't blushingly go around helping others with this and that...
"Mr. Qin, can you explain the South Sky Gate plan to us in detail?"
Just as Modalarhan was about to agree with Qin Shan's proposal, Acher, the camel representative beside him, suddenly spoke up in a somewhat doubtful manner.
Hearing this, the other camel representatives nearby all directly looked at Qin Shan, waiting for his response.
They are different from Modalarhan. Unlike the mysterious and powerful Long Village, they have more reverence for it rather than blind trust.
Facing the gazes of the camels, Qin Shan didn't hold back and directly spoke up:
"A Qing, bring up the South Sky Gate plan documents..."
Hearing Qin Shan's voice, all the camels present were startled.
Before anyone could say more, a voice indistinguishable from that of a normal person resounded in the office, "Command accepted, identity verification completed, authority review passed, data retrieval completed..."
At the same time, a series of deep blue lights quickly converged in the office.
"This is... holographic projection?"
Watching the beams of light in front of him and the book-like object that rapidly coalesced, the camels' eyes twinkled.
They were not strangers to holographic projections. Not long ago, Qin Shan used this technology to demonstrate the [Chiyun]. And strictly speaking, many of those present had seen this technology over a year ago.
However, at that time, they had seen it at Xinghe Technology.
That time, Su Heng showed them the information of the "Origin" space station...
What caught the attention of the camels was the sound that suddenly echoed, which was no different from that of an ordinary person.
Noticing the reaction of the crowd, Qin Shan directly spoke up:
"Let me introduce to you. The person who just spoke is A Qing, an artificial intelligence from Qingzhou Port..."
As one of the most important black fish ports in Long Village, Qingzhou Port naturally had equipped an artificial intelligence as soon as Su Heng exposed it.
Although it is only a secondary artificial intelligence, which is one level higher than the artificial intelligence previously present in the foreign affairs reception hall.
But it is enough to ensure the operation of Qingzhou Port and assist in handling the affairs of Qingzhou Port. As for "displaying its powers in front of others," that is more than enough!
After hearing Qin Shan's words, the camels' eyes flickered even more.
In particular, Modalarhan, staring at the virtual image in front of him, his eyes began to shine.
Numerous thoughts flashed through his mind.
Acher beside him, though not as eager as Modalarhan, also had thoughts racing through his mind. But some of the ideas he had originally held had quietly vanished at this moment.
He had only a basic understanding of technology, especially artificial intelligence.
But even with only a scattering of information, he could tell that the artificial intelligence in front of him was not simple!
Intuition told him that if they missed this opportunity for cooperation, the camel group might suffer a heavy loss!
At this time, Qin Shan's voice echoed once again:
"This is the general project content of the South Sky Gate. You can check it out by yourself. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me..."
As he spoke, the virtual model that looked like a book in front of the crowd unfolded, and then dozens of identical "books" flew directly towards them.
In a blink of an eye, dozens of virtual books were suspended in front of everyone.
On the books, characters were clear and legible.
These characters not only include Long Tribe characters, but also a camel script translated by A Qing, a smart AI, to allow camels to read directly.
Although most of the camels here can speak Long Tribe language...
Looking at the floating books in front of them, the camels couldn't help but show a look of deep amazement.
At this moment, they gained a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence and holographic projection technology!
Displaying his powers in front of others!
The mere tip of the iceberg that Long Village displayed so casually is already strikingly noticeable!
At this moment, the camels even had a feeling that they were not facing people from the same planet, but rather advanced civilizations from outer space!
And they were just a bunch of natives!
Thinking of these things, the camels fell silent.
After a long time, the crowd finally managed to suppress their inner turmoil and followed Qin Shan's guidance, touching the virtual books as if flipping through a real book.
More than an hour passed, and the camels finally finished reading the contents of the books in front of them.
After finishing reading the booklet, the camels fell silent again.
Especially Acher, at this moment, his heart was heavy.
After a while, Acher couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile. The original thoughts he had in his mind were completely dispersed at this moment.
Regional overlord?
Desert king?
After reviewing the "South Sky Gate" plan, Acher suddenly felt that their ideas were rather laughable.
They were still thinking about being petty-minded overlords on the ground when Long Village's eyes had already turned to space.
Even according to the information revealed at the end of this document, after the completion of the Phase I plan of South Sky Gate, Long Village will launch Phase II plan.
And the target of this Phase II plan is the moon, which is nearly 400,000 kilometers away from Blue Star.
Colonizing the moon!
Acher sighed again.
At this moment, he deeply felt the gap between his own group and Long Village.
This gap was much larger than the one between them and the White and Black Eagle Village!
"Mr. Qin, how do we join the South Sky Gate plan?"
Taking a deep breath, Acher suppressed his inner turmoil and spoke directly:
He had made up his mind to join Long Village's plan at all costs.
Even if the village doesn't know about this now, he will go back and try his best to persuade the village to join in.
One step wrong leads to a hundred steps in the wrong direction!
It was because they didn't follow Modalarhan as closely and cling to Long Village's leg as much as he did, that now in the desert, the gap between them and the sand camels had been widening!
If Long Village doesn't intervene, with the current power of the sand camels, they might be able to push them aside with ease!
They had already missed too many opportunities. If they don't cling to Long Village's leg now, then when the sand camels follow Long Village to colonize the moon, they may still be natives on Blue Star!
At the thought of this, Acher couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine...
Hearing Acher's question, Qin Shan nodded secretly.
Until he had achieved his goal of putting aside Acher's previous questions.
No matter what kind of disagreements there are among these camels, at least in the short term, they won't cause any trouble.
This is undoubtedly the best news for Long Village.
A stable desert, or even a stable Blue Star, is what Long Village desires the most.
As long as everything is stable, with Su Heng present, given some time, Long Village will definitely step into space!
Take on an unprecedented path of glory!
At that time, Long Village will once again stand at the top of the world, with all nations coming to pay homage! ！
At the thought of that scene, even Qin Shan couldn't help but be moved.
Fortunately, Qin Shan isn't an ordinary person, and he quickly suppressed his thoughts, before gradually opening his mouth and explaining the cooperation method in front of everyone's gaze.
There are many ways to cooperate, but ultimately it can be boiled down to two characters - pay!
After all, apart from money, camels don't have much else to offer for cooperation.
No, more accurately speaking, the camels at present have no money at all. Apart from the Sand Camels, the other camels can be said to have nothing left except for oil.
If it wasn't for the fact that petroleum not only can be refined into various fuels but also can be refined into a variety of chemical products, which have huge practical value for Long Village, the camels wouldn't even have the last cooperation condition...
Facing the conditions proposed by Qin Shan, the camels were all deep in thought.
After a short while, Modalarhan was the first to speak up:
"Qin, 100 billion! We will directly invest one hundred billion Long currency equivalent oil into your South Sky Gate plan!"
One hundred billion is not a small number, it's even an astronomical figure!
For an ordinary person earning a salary of $10,000 per month, it would take them not to eat or drink for one billion months, which is approximately 8 million years!
How long is eight million years?
The recorded history of humanity so far is only a few thousand years, which is less than one-tenth of eight million years!
Not only for ordinary people, but even for Modalarhan, such a large amount of money is not something that can be casually produced.
But Modalarhan had a strong premonition that if they don't trade oil and gold, especially oil, now, it may not be worth anything in the future!
As far as he knew, Long Village seemed to be building nuclear power plants on a large scale and also promoting partnerships for new energy vehicles.
If these things are widely promoted, their oil will not necessarily become worthless, but they will no longer be able to obtain wealth without limit!
If there is no oil and no other pillar industries, the sand camels and even the entire camel nation may have to eat sand in the desert!
This would be a disaster for the entire camel nation!
...
While Modalarhan was surrounded by camels, the numbers for one hundred billion made everyone's heart race.
Especially Acher, he had never expected that Modalarhan would make such a quick decision and that his first offer would be for a one hundred billion investment!
However, considering the content of the "South Sky Gate" plan and the cooperation between Long Village and the Polar Bear Village that Qin Shan just revealed, it is understandable that they were surprised.
Acher couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency rising in his heart.
The Polar Bear Village has also joined this plan and made such a significant investment.
Now that the Sand Camels have joined, it is expected that Qin Shan will agree without a doubt in the following!
If they, the camels, do not join, how will they keep up with Long Village's pace in the future?
Thinking of this, Acher wanted to speak up directly.
However, at the tip of his tongue, he couldn't say it out.
He was different from Modalarhan. Modalarhan had absolute authority in the sand camels, while he, merely a representative of one camel.
Let alone such cooperation involving amounts in the trillions, even cooperation in the billions requires him to apply to the village, and only after obtaining the village's approval can he be qualified to represent the village in cooperation.
As for the previous two hundred XH-2 missiles, it was because he was very clear that the village had such thoughts, plus facing regional status threats from the sand camels, so he dared to speak up...
"Mr. Qin, I need to go back and discuss this with the village. I apologize for the inconvenience..."
After much hesitation, Acher finally opened his mouth and said.
Upon hearing this, Qin Shan nodded slightly, "You can go and discuss it with the village. I'm not in a hurry..."
"We also need to discuss this with the village..."
As Qin Shan's words fell, the other camels exchanged glances with each other and began to speak up one after another.
Regarding this, Qin Shan answered one by one...
……
While Qin Shan was negotiating the South Sky Gate cooperation with the camels...
On the other side, a confidential phone call quietly reached Su Heng's mobile phone from across the ocean.
"George Wood?"
Looking at the name displayed on the phone in front of him, Su Heng was somewhat surprised.
The name on his phone has not appeared in several months...
If it wasn't for his good memory, he would almost have forgotten this idle piece that has no use to him now...
"What could this guy want to call me about?"
After thinking for a moment, Su Heng still answered the phone.
"Mr. Su, there is someone here who wants to see you..."
As soon as the phone was connected, George Wood's voice came through immediately.
Without a single word, George Wood was very clear about Su Heng's character from their past contact. He never liked unnecessary words.
Especially to someone like him...
George Wood was very clear about his own position and also knew about Su Heng's current terrifying strength and energy...
"Want to see me?" Su Heng's eyes flickered, thinking for a moment, Su Heng said calmly: "Who is it?"
"Preston!" George Wood didn't beat around the bush. He said directly in response to the question.
