Global Game: Ten Billion Spirit Energy Coins From The Start-Chapter 725 - : 722, Ransom Agreement_1
Chapter 725: 722, Ransom Agreement_1
However, today’s purpose is to negotiate for the release of prisoners, so too much time should not be wasted on this issue.
At worst, he could later mix poison in Lake insect juice and send it out, and see if the Blue Star people dare to consume it!
Langqi temporarily put this issue aside and told Su Yu seriously, “Your Excellency Su Yu, let us focus on the matter at hand.
We have a total of 18,624 soldiers in your hands, what kind of price do you need us to pay to release them?”
Over the past few months, the Blue Star people have captured 18,000 Skuru troops.
The essence of the Skuru army is actually not the same as that of the Blue Star army.
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The Blue Star army basically consists of young people who voluntarily join the army, then are promoted to high-ranking officers in the army through their own abilities and experience, completely disconnected from the lives of ordinary people. The officers do not understand the lives of ordinary people, and ordinary people do not know the names of high-ranking officers.
But it’s quite different on the Skuru star.
High-ranking officers in the Skuru forces are held by those who are above the fifth rank.
These high-ranking powerhouses have a great reputation and influence on Skru star itself, many of them are well-known and have deep connections with the people, and the people all know them.
Because of this, they have to ransom the soldiers and officers captured by the enemy, otherwise, it would easily aggravate domestic dissatisfaction.
Su Yu was very clear about this, so he looked at Langqi and Kole opposite him and said unhurriedly, “Speaking of ransom, why don’t we calculate it according to the price of the Mercenary Camp?”
“Mercenary Camp?” Langqi and Kole looked at each other.
“Yes.” Su Yu nodded, “According to the price of the Mercenary Camp, the ransom price of a 4th rank powerhouse is half a ton of Gold, and the price of a 5th rank powerhouse is 5 tons of Gold.
By the same token, a 6th rank powerhouse would be 50 tons of Gold, and a 7th rank powerhouse 500 tons of Gold. What do you think?”
“….” Langqi and Kole both took a deep breath, showing a bit of surprise.
Did Su Yu actually dare to set the ransom at such a high price? Was he crazy for money?
The number of Skru troops currently captured by Blue Star is a total of 18,624, including 1 legendary 7th rank powerhouse, 16 6th rank Sanctuary powerhouses, and 132 5th rank powerhouses.
If calculated this way, they would have to pay at least 2,800 tons of Gold! This is equivalent to one-fifth of their government’s total stock!
Moreover, this gold could quickly be converted into Blue Star’s combat power, they absolutely cannot accept it.
“Your Excellency Su Yu, ransom is not calculated this way.” Langqi said with a stern face shaking his head:
“According to the average ransom price on Skru Star, the ransom for a 5th rank powerhouse is about 50 million Solar Yuans, which is just over 0.2 tons of gold, we cannot accept the price of 5 tons that you have set.”
“0.2 tons?” Su Yu folded his arms, a sneer across his face. “0.2 tons is too little! Is this fair to our provision of good food and drink to the prisoners? Moreover, the situation is completely different now.”
Su Yu paused here and continued, “Now it’s a life-and-death battle between your planet and ours, quite different from your old ransom model.
Just think about it for yourself, if I let you redeem them at the price of 0.2 tons of gold for each 5th rank powerhouse, I would only get about 100 tons of gold in the end.
With these 100 tons of gold, we could only hire 20 mercenaries at the 5th rank, and our strength would increase very limitedly.
Meanwhile, if you redeemed these prisoners, you would gain 1 7th rank legendary powerhouse, 16 6th rank Sanctuary powerhouses, 132 5th rank powerhouses, and an elite force of 18,000!
By this calculation, aren’t we at a great loss? Why should we do this deal? Ladies and gentlemen in the live broadcast room, am I right?”
Upon hearing Su Yu’s words, the live broadcast room immediately started a flurry of comments:
“Right, it’s too much of a loss to exchange in this way.”
“It’s better to kill these prisoners than to let the Skuru people benefit like this!”
“Only idiots would be willing to exchange!”
“I think Boss Ke’s initial thought of ‘5 tons of Gold for a 5th rank powerhouse’ is feasible.”
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“I also think it’s feasible, so both sides can improve their strength at the same time without taking advantage of each other.”
Su Yu translated these comments into the Skuru language and showed it to Langqi and Kole across, letting them know the surging public sentiment of the Blue Star.
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Langqi was now also gloomy and felt the situation was tricky.
Indeed, their now ransoming prisoners was not quite the same as it was on the Skuru Star.
Putting himself in his shoes, if he were Su Yu, he would not be willing to sell the 5th rank prisoners at a price of 0.2 tons of Gold per person, because there was no doubt that it was aiding the enemy!
But the prices given by Su Yu were all too high, so high that they exceeded the bottom line given by His Majesty the Emperor.
So Langqi continued, “Your Excellency Su Yu, this is basically the price we pay for redeeming prisoners on Skuru Star, if you don’t believe me you can ask your ‘friend’ on Skuru Star.”
Hearing Langqi’s words, Su Yu chuckled.
He took out a reclining chair from his necklace, unfolded it and lay down, as if prepared for long negotiations.
Moreover, he took out a bottle of orange juice and took a slow sip before saying, “Let me tell you again, the situation now is different from before, it’s a life and death battle now, we won’t do anything that harms ourselves for your benefit.”
“Well then.” Langqi thought for a while and made a compromise. “Let me double the ransom money, 0.4 tons of Gold for one 5th rank powerhouse, how about it?”
Su Yu immediately shook his head, “Still not acceptable, it’s too much of a loss for us.
However, since you have shown sincerity, I also need to reciprocate with sincerity. How about this, I’ll reduce the ransom price by 10%, 4.5 tons of Gold for one 5th rank powerhouse, that should be acceptable to you now, right?”
“I’ve raised the ransom price by 100%, and you’ve only lowered it by 10%, you have no sincerity at all!”
“Isn’t that obvious! You increased the price by 100% and only increased it by 0.2 tons of Gold. I cut down 10% and reduced 0.5 tons of Gold. Which one of us has no sincerity?”
“But you started by asking for the moon! Isn’t it normal for you to reduce it by a lot?”
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In this way, Su Yu and Langqi began an intense haggling.
Fortunately, both sides have the intent to reach a deal and will try to control their emotions to prevent negotiations from breaking down, aiming to achieve results.
The negotiations lasted for more than two hours.
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During these two hours, both sides not only negotiated verbally but also sought a lot of “external assistance”.
Langqi called His Majesty the Emperor four times in a row to report on the progress of the negotiations and to ask for his opinion.
Su Yu also changed his negotiation strategy based on some reasonable suggestions in the comments.
Chairman Hu Jing, Commissioner Zhang, and other high-ranking officials of the joint government were all watching the live broadcast and also sent some special reminders to Su Yu.
After two hours of negotiation and mutual compromise, at around 2 pm, the two sides finally reached a consensus and came to a result that both sides could accept.
Langqi reported the result to the Emperor.
After receiving approval, the two sides officially signed the ransom agreement at Mount Fuji’s Spring Eye.
