Chapter 722 Ransom Agreement

But today we are here to negotiate and redeem the captives, so we cannot waste too much time on this issue.

In the worst case, he would mix poison into the Lake bug juice and send it out to see if the Blue Star people dare to eat and drink it!

Lan Qi temporarily put this question behind him and said seriously: "Your Excellency Su Yu, let's get down to business.

We have a total of 18,624 soldiers in your hands. What price do you need us to pay before you are willing to release them? "

In the past few months, the Blue Stars have captured a total of 18,000 Skrull troops.

The nature of the Skrull army is actually different from that of the Blue Star army.

The Blue Star Army basically involves young people joining the army on their own initiative, and then being promoted to senior officers through their abilities and experience in the army, which is completely out of touch with the lives of ordinary people.

Military officers do not understand the lives of ordinary people, and ordinary people do not know who senior officers are.

But it's completely different on Skrull.

The senior officers in the Skrull army are all high-level experts of level five or above.

These high-level powerhouses have a great reputation and influence on Skrull itself. Many of them are well-known bosses. They have deep connections with the people and the people know them.

Because of this, the Skrulls must redeem the soldiers and officers captured by the enemy, otherwise it will easily intensify domestic dissatisfaction.

Su Yu knew this very well, so he looked at Lan Qi and Cole opposite, and said calmly: "Speaking of the ransom, why don't we calculate it according to the price of the [Mercenary Camp]?"

"[Mercenary Camp]?" Lan Qi and Cole looked at each other.

"That's right." Su Yu nodded and said: "According to the price in the [Mercenary Camp], the redemption price for a level 4 strongman is 0.5 tons of gold, and the price for a level 5 strongman is 5 tons of gold.

By analogy, a strong person of the sixth level is worth 50 tons of gold, and a strong person of the seventh level is worth 500 tons of gold. What do you think? "

"..." Lan Qi and Cole took a deep breath at the same time, looking a little shocked.

How dare Su Yu set the ransom price at such a high price? Are you crazy about money?

At present, the total number of Skrull's troops captured by Blue Star is 18,624, including 1 seventh-level legendary strongman, 16 sixth-level saints, and 132 fifth-level strongmen.

If calculated this way, they would have to pay at least 2,800 tons of gold! That’s equivalent to one-fifth of their government’s total inventory!

Moreover, these gold can be quickly converted into Blue Star's combat power, which they absolutely cannot accept.

"Your Excellency Su Yu, that's not how the ransom is calculated." Lan Qi shook his head with a dark face:

"According to our average ransom price on Skrull, the ransom for a fifth-level strongman is about 50 million Sun coins, which is a little more than 0.2 tons of gold. We cannot accept the price of 5 tons you set."

"0.2 tons?" Su Yu crossed his arms and sneered: "0.2 tons is too little! Is it worthy of us providing delicious food and drink to the prisoners? And the situation is completely different now."

Su Yu paused here, and then continued: "Now your planet and our planet are in a life-and-death battle, which is completely different from your original ransom model.

Think about it for yourself, if I let you redeem it at the price of 0.2 tons of gold for each level 5 strongman, I can only get about 100 tons of gold in the end.

With these 100 tons of gold, we can only exchange for 20 fifth-level mercenaries, and the improvement in strength is very limited.

And if you redeem these captives, you will get 1 seventh-level legendary strongman, 16 sixth-level saints, 132 fifth-level strongmen, and 18,000 elite troops!

Calculating it this way, didn’t we lose money? Why are we in this business? Everyone in the live broadcast room, are you right? "

After hearing Su Yu's words, the live broadcast room immediately started a dense screen-swiping mode:

"Yes, it's such a loss."

"I would rather kill these prisoners than take advantage of the Skrulls in vain!"

"Only a fool would be willing to change!"

"I think the idea of ​​'a fifth-level strong man in exchange for 5 tons of gold' that Mr. Ke just mentioned is feasible."

"I also think it's feasible. In this way, both sides can improve their strength at the same time, and no one will take advantage of the other."

Su Yu also translated these barrages into Skrull language and showed them to Lan Qi and Cole on the opposite side, letting them know about Blue Star's turbulent public opinion.

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Lan Qi was also sullen now, feeling that things were a bit tricky.

Indeed, the way they ransomed prisoners now was different from what they had done on Skrull.

Thinking about it from his perspective, if he were Su Yu, he wouldn't sell a level 5 prisoner for 0.2 tons of gold, because this would undoubtedly be an attempt to capitalize on the enemy!

But the prices Su Yu gave were too high, so high that they exceeded the bottom line given by His Majesty the Emperor.

So Lan Qi continued: "Your Excellency Su Yu, our Skrull planet basically pays this price for redeeming prisoners. If you don't believe it, you can ask your 'friend' on Skrull planet."

After hearing Lan Qi's words, Su Yu smiled.

He took out a lounge chair from his necklace and lay down on it, as if he was ready for a long negotiation.

Not only that, he also took out a bottle of orange juice and took a sip slowly, and then said: "Let me tell you again, the situation now is different from before. Now we are in a life and death battle, and we will not do this at our own expense." People's business."

"Let's do this." Lan Qi thought for a while and made a compromise: "How about I double the ransom amount and exchange 0.4 tons of gold for a level 5 powerhouse?"

Su Yu immediately shook his head: "No, we are still at a disadvantage.

But since you have shown your sincerity, I must also show my sincerity in return. How about this, I will reduce the ransom price by 10%, 4.5 tons of gold in exchange for a 5th-level strongman, you can accept this, right?"

"I raised the ransom price by 100%, and you only lowered the price by 10%. This is too insincere!"

"You are talking nonsense! You only raised the price by 100%, and only increased it by 0.2 tons of gold, and I lowered the price by 10%, and only reduced it by 0.5 tons of gold. Who is insincere?"

"But you are asking for too much! It is reasonable to reduce the price more, right?"

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In this way, Su Yu and Lan Qi started a fierce bargaining.

Fortunately, both parties were willing to reach a deal, and they would try their best to restrain their emotions to prevent the breakdown of the negotiations and try to achieve results.

The negotiations lasted for more than two hours in total.

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During these two hours, both parties not only negotiated verbally, but also sought a lot of "off-site assistance".

Lanqi called the Emperor four times in a row to report the status of the negotiations and ask for his opinion.

Su Yu also changed his negotiation strategy based on some reasonable suggestions on the bullet screen.

Speaker Hu Jing, Political Commissar Zhang and other senior officials of the coalition government were watching the live broadcast, and they would also edit some special bullet screens to remind Su Yu.

After two hours of negotiations and mutual compromise, at around 2 pm, the two sides finally reached an agreement and discussed a result that both sides could accept.

Lanqi reported this result to the Emperor.

After obtaining consent, the two sides formally signed the ransom agreement at the Fuji Spring.