After seeing this, Duan Hengye, as a spectator, couldn't help but hug the pillow in his arms a little tighter, then he moved closer to the holographic screen in front of him.
Of course, Duan Hengye's eyesight was fine. His action wasn't because he couldn't see the screen clearly, but because he was subconsciously focusing on the screen.
This is the first meeting between the upper echelons of the Yetian Empire and the League of Lisheng in recent years. Other than Meng Jinhuai's one-sided suppression, the scene of hostility that people imagined didn't appear.
However, Duan Hengye noticed that although the League of Lisheng's leader had a smile on his face, when he shook hands with Meng Jinhuai, his expression clearly froze for a moment.
Obviously, the other party noticed that he was at a disadvantage.
Before this meeting, the two countries had just ended a war. That war was unilaterally started by the League of Lisheng, and it ended with the Empire's victory. Not only did Meng Jinhuai participate in that war, but he was also the main force that defeated the other side. They should be sworn enemies, but now, the two of them acted like they didn't know about this matter.
Of course, this conversation was purely to follow social etiquette. After a few simple words, the two sides sat down again.
Now, on Duguang Planet, Duan Hengye was on, it was already 10 o 'clock at night. Probably because the sofa was too soft, Duan Hengye, who was watching the live broadcast, couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.
After realizing that he wasn't in a good state, Duan Hengye stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, then he sat up again and looked at the holographic screen.
At this time, the main event of the meeting finally began.
In people's impression, as the Marshal, Meng Jinhuai, was the symbol of the Yetian Empire. Although he wasn't the actual ruler of the Empire, people could read the next goal of the Empire from his recent behavior.
The same was true for the League of Lisheng, the old rival of the Yetian Empire.
After the meeting began, an official of the League of Lisheng stood up from his chair and began to read the agenda of the meeting to everyone. While speaking, the man in a black suit habitually looked at Meng Jinhuai. However, what surprised him was that Meng Jinhuai didn't seem to have any reaction to his speech.
The speaker was not the only one who had noticed this. Everyone else had noticed this as well. In fact, the League of Lisheng obviously knew that they were in the wrong, and that their strength was inferior to the Yetian Empire, so before coming here, they made preparations in advance and thought about how they should deal with the Empire.. of the Empire's aggressive's attitude...
But what they didn't expect was that when the meeting just began, before they could figure out the attitude and bottom line of the Yetian Empire, the Marshal, Meng Jinhuai, as the first person to attack them was "ignored".
After seeing that Meng Jinhuai didn't respond to him, the staff member turned his gaze away awkwardly. Then, he suddenly forgot the diplomatic demeanor that he learned before and began to read the content of the meeting on his optical computer.
Although nothing happened yet, just Meng Jinhuai's reaction and the awkward response of the League of Lisheng made the Yetian Empire's citizens feel relieved.
After seeing this, even Duan Hengye couldn't help but laugh.
Thinking back carefully, this seems to be the first time Duan Hengye saw Meng Jinhuai use emotional violence. He didn't try to hide his attitude. On the contrary, as long as one had some understanding of Meng Jinhuai, they would be able to see that he was obviously perfunctory and indifferent to the situation.
After seeing Meng Jinhuai's expression, Duan Hengye's mood inexplicably switched from a serious state to a relaxed one.
The Marshal had a noble aura, and now that the light in the room shone on the medal on his military uniform, the medal emitted a cold light. At this moment, Meng Jinhuai looked elegant and murderous …
Tsk tsk … Duan Hengye couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know if it was because his "filter" was a little too wide, but now he actually felt that Meng Jinhuai was in a different dimension from the others.
Of course, Duan Hengye wasn't the only one who felt this way. What he didn't know was that while the live broadcast was going on, the netizens on Star Web had also taken screenshots of the video and uploaded them one by one to Star Web.
Although most people didn't realize that the Yetian Empire had been ruled by a luxurious royal family for a long time, compared to other countries, the general culture of the Yetian Empire was a bit "superficial".
There were too many legends about the Marshal's strength, so many that people didn't have time to pay attention to his appearance. But this time, after seeing Meng Jinhuai's silent and mocking eyes, the netizens finally remembered to study his appearance.
Of course, this was only the behavior of some people. Now, more people were concerned about the progress of the meeting.
Speaking of which, this was the first time everyone saw Meng Jinhuai in a meeting. Unlike what they imagined, Meng Jinhuai didn't say much until the end.
It must be known that this Star Web Conference was of great importance. As the losing side, in order to reduce the compensation, everyone from the League of Lisheng had prepared a long "defense" and spoke a lot. Compared to them, the people from the Yetian Empire were much calmer and less talkative.
Especially Meng Jinhuai … he was like the background of today's meeting. At the beginning of the live broadcast, many of the Star Web media's hovering cameras were simply aimed at Meng Jinhuai's face, afraid that they would miss any of his words and micro-expressions.
But not long after, these media were disappointed to find that not only did Meng Jinhuai speak very little, but even his control of his expression was so perfect — there was no change at all. Not only were they unable to analyze his expression, but even if they threw two pictures to the AI, it wouldn't be able to detect any difference.
Therefore, after a while, the media's cameras finally moved away from Meng Jinhuai's face and began to film the League of Lisheng officials who were having a wonderful debate.
As the main guest of this meeting, Meng Jinhuai's seat was very conspicuous. Although the hovering cameras were no longer focused on him like before, during the process, they would inadvertently capture the Marshal.
In Duan Hengye's view … compared to the staff who were having a wonderful debate, Meng Jinhuai really looked like an audience member who had mistakenly entered the meeting …
Unlike the netizens who had never seen Meng Jinhuai's private work and meetings before, Duan Hengye had participated in military meetings before. He knew what Meng Jinhuai looked like when he was in the middle of a meeting.
Of course, the Marshal was not someone who would perfunctorily do his work. Duan Hengye could see that the Marshal's reaction this time was actually intentional. No matter what the Senate's attitude was, the military had to express their contempt for the League of Lisheng.
The meeting had now been going on for more than an hour. After the staff from the Yetian Empire and the League of Lisheng gave a brief statement, the people's memories of the inexplicable war from the last time were rekindled.
For the people of the Yetian Empire, that was not a good memory. Because of the many things that happened in between, some people seemed to have gradually begun to forget the fear of the war. But now, as the memories came to an end, the anger in their hearts once again came to an end.
The safety of the Empire was threatened, the Marshal's mecha was besieged … and then the assassination of Duan Hengye at Amro University. At this time, no one on the Star Web cared about Meng Jinhuai's appearance anymore. Everyone was focused on the meeting itself. Translator's Note: Editor's Note: This chapter was sponsored by
After the two sides finished their statements, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze. For a moment, no one at the conference table said a word. The sunlight outside the window was divided into pieces by the tree branches, then fell into the room.
This scene was supposed to be warm and cozy, but everyone at the scene smelled something fishy in this scene …
Meng Jinhuai clearly did not say anything, but in the silence, everyone's eyes unconsciously fell on him, then cast expectant looks.
It wasn't just the staff from the Yetian Empire, even the League of Lisheng were like this.
During the meeting just now, the president of the League of Lisheng spoke a lot, as if he was deliberately controlling the pace of the meeting. But now, after the silence, the people realized that even though Meng Jinhuai didn't speak, the key figure of the meeting was always Meng Jinhuai.
Even in the tense back and forth just now, no one had succeeded in wresting the initiative from Meng Jinhuai's hands. Now that so many people at the conference table were looking at him, Meng Jinhuai couldn't possibly not feel it. But with so many people looking at him at the same time, the Marshal's expression was still the same as before.
Is Meng Jinhuai really not planning to say anything at the conference table today? After seeing his appearance, even the audience couldn't help but have this kind of doubt.
"Meng …" The League of Lisheng officials who were a little impatient finally couldn't help but speak up. But at the same time, Meng Jinhuai's hand, which had been gently resting on the table, began to tap on the wooden table.
Although the sound of his fingertips tapping on the table wasn't loud, it was particularly obvious in this silent conference room.
Even the live broadcast audience, including Duan Hengye, had a feeling that the other party's fingertips weren't tapping on the table, but their own hearts.
After gently tapping the table a few times, Meng Jinhuai finally looked at the president of the League of Lisheng. This time, the Marshal's expression changed. Meng Jinhuai slowly put away the faint smile on his face, then moved his hand to the front of his body. Meng Jinhuai's expression was particularly serious, as if the person with the smile just now wasn't him.
"Are you done?" Suddenly, he once again smiled at the president of the League of Lisheng, then asked. When Meng Jinhuai said this sentence, his tone was particularly cold, which formed a strong contrast with the expression on his face. Even though his words were ordinary, after hearing them, they instantly made people shudder.
"It's … It's over." Involuntarily, even the president of the League of Lisheng stuttered, then followed Meng Jinhuai's train of thought and answered his question.
Politicians and people like Meng Jinhuai, who came from the battlefield, were different. Their temperaments were very different. If a politician was like an ice cube, then Meng Jinhuai was like a sharpened knife.
Normally, the smile would turn into a scabbard to wrap the sharp blade. But if Meng Jinhuai wanted to threaten them, no one would not be intimidated by his aura …
After hearing the answer from the League of Lisheng, Meng Jinhuai nodded with satisfaction, then said, "The result of this incident has already been decided by the Interstellar, but this is not the focus of this meeting. So I really don't understand why the League of Lisheng is wasting so much time to sort out the process of the incident with us … "Although Meng Jinhuai's expression was serious again, his tone was still a bit careless.
This feeling didn't sound very obvious, but in the ears of the sensitive politicians, it was like a thorn that kept poking at their hearts.
For people like them who needed to be recognized at all times, ignoring them was a punishment.
After Meng Jinhuai said this, he paused for a moment, then continued, "On behalf of the Yetian Empire's military, I think that the next step is to directly discuss the compensation for the defeat."
The meeting room once again quieted down. In fact, during the "debate" just now, the Empire's staff didn't want to chat with them. Now that Meng Jinhuai, the Empire's marshal, brought up this matter, the staff members who wanted to get to the main topic as soon as possible breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it was obvious that the League of Lisheng was deliberately delaying the progress of the meeting, and at the same time, probing the Empire's "bottom line" on this matter. But obviously, they didn't expect the marshal, Meng Jinhuai, to be so direct and straightforward.
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye saw the League of Lisheng's chief grit his teeth, then quickly tapped on his holographic screen.
"Okay, Mr. Marshal," he slowly squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
More than an hour after the start of the meeting, the two sides finally got to the main topic.
Perhaps because of this, Duan Hengye noticed that the tone of their voices was a lot faster than before. Unlike the discussion just now, which was obviously probing and delaying, every word from the beginning of the meeting now carried an undetectable sense of danger.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Meng Jinhuai sat up straight this time, unlike the "onlooker" state he maintained earlier. Although he still didn't speak much, he would always speak at the most critical moments.
If everyone had only felt a sense of oppression from Meng Jinhuai's body earlier, then the current him had completely displayed the aura of a great general to the extreme.
The meeting went on for a lot longer than expected. Unknowingly, it was already late at night on the planet where Amro University was located.
Recently, Duan Hengye had been sleeping and waking up early. So at this time, although he was still curious about the meeting, Duan Hengye began to feel uncontrollably sleepy.
After a while, Duan Hengye's head began to droop. It seemed like he was extremely sleepy.
At a place where the camera couldn't capture, the Alliance President slowly clenched his fist. Although he hadn't been the Alliance President of the League of Lisheng for a long time, he had many opportunities to deal with the royal family of the Yetian Empire.
Although he knew that after the change in the Heavenly Ye Empire, his conversation with the other party wouldn't be as easy as before, he didn't expect it to be so troublesome …
They underestimated Meng Jinhuai.
A long time ago, the people of the League of Lisheng knew that Meng Jinhuai and the Empire's military would participate in this meeting. But looking at the current situation, they had never seen Meng Jinhuai participate in any related activities. It was obvious that they had underestimated the Grand Marshal. Unexpectedly, Meng Jinhuai wasn't as inexperienced in negotiations as they thought. On the contrary, he displayed talent that wasn't inferior to his military prowess.
This time, they weren't facing the royal family, but the uncompromising Senate and Nan zhuxing.
Although Meng Jinhuai had always been very polite, the officials of the League of Lisheng present today had a common feeling — if they were careless and said the wrong thing, Meng Jinhuai could sneer at them and threaten them with force at any time …
In fact, the League of Lisheng had been paying attention to news related to the new top-class mecha. They knew that as long as they waited for the day when the top-class mecha entered service, then at that time, Ye Tian's advantage would be even stronger. If they also launched a sudden attack, the Lisheng Alliance might not be able to escape unscathed like last time …
The final negotiation was held here to give the League of Lisheng an opportunity.
If it were a normal person, after discovering this point, they would definitely use it to their advantage and start behaving themselves with their tails between their legs. But the League of Lisheng didn't do that … Or rather, although they appeared to have taken a lot of steps back on the surface, they were still unsatisfied with the current situation.
Generally speaking, this negotiation didn't go well. Everyone in the audience could see that in the later stages of the negotiation, the atmosphere in the venue could be described as "tense".
Meng Jinhuai no longer leaned forward with his arms on the table like he did at the beginning. Instead, he slowly leaned back in his chair. His brow bone was high, so when he leaned back, he was hiding under the light source. The light from the ceiling of the conference room shone down on Meng Jinhuai's head. Then, his eyes were buried in a layer of deep shadow.
Meng Jinhuai was wearing a black military uniform, and the word "dangerous" was clearly written on his face.
In the past, Meng Jinhuai often participated in public galactic events, but in those events, he was usually high and mighty. He rarely revealed his true emotions. But this time, through his performance in the meeting, the image of the Great General was finally clear.
At the end of the first meeting, as expected, the League of Lisheng compensated the Yetian Empire with a large amount of money and resources. However, they still didn't mention whether they would return the planet they took away during the chaos many years ago …
Everyone could see that at the end of the meeting, the League of Lisheng was quite "shameless". Involuntarily, Meng Jinhuai's face became more and more ugly. This ugly expression didn't mean that he was angry or angry, but that all the disdain in his heart was written all over his face.
This meeting went on until the wee hours of Planet Duguang. While waiting for the meeting to end, Duan Hengye unknowingly fell asleep. Although the sofa in the living room wasn't very big, it was still big enough for a person to snuggle in. When Duan Hengye woke up in a daze, he found himself lying on the sofa.
Although Duan Hengye's body was a lot better after being detoxified, after a night like this, he couldn't help but sneeze loudly.
Duan Hengye sat up from the sofa. He didn't wash up like before. Instead, as soon as he woke up, he turned on his photon computer and looked at the results of yesterday's meeting.
As expected, the entire galaxy was discussing the meeting that had just ended a few hours ago. By the time Duan Hengye woke up, the discussion had already been going on for a long time. Everyone had reached a general conclusion — — they felt that the first meeting was just the beginning.
Although this was only a discussion among the netizens, Duan Hengye who had read the original article knew that they were right. The newly powerful Yetian Empire wouldn't be satisfied with such a small compensation. They would continue to make moves on this matter. The ambitious League of Lisheng didn't want to be left behind. They didn't want to miss out on this opportunity before the Yetian Empire rose to power.
After thinking up to this point, Duan Hengye closed the discussion interface on his photon computer and opened up the mecha model.
According to the outside world, the test flight was about 60% complete. However, the staff involved in this project knew that the progress was much more than 60%.
After confirming the remaining projects, Duan Hengye decided to adjust the project and put the mecha into service as soon as possible.
While he was making this decision, Meng Jinhuai began to adjust the schedule again. The Yeti Empire Mecha Research Institute and Nan Zhuxing were waiting for this last test flight to officially welcome the mecha "Nan Wei" into service.
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