flstandardbreds Chapter 179 Same kind?
Chapter 179 Same kind?
AA reluctantly boarded the shuttle, clutching a stack of documents about warp drive technology that Wade had given her.
"You could just transmit this to me via the brain network. Why print a paper version?" Ai AA asked, puzzled.
But the explanation Wade gave her was quite interesting.
“We need to consider all the circumstances. You never know who the Earth Alliance negotiator you are about to face will be. The other party may be a person from the Common Era. In the Common Era, paper documents would make people feel that you are taking it seriously.”
AiAA pouted.
"No wonder, my doctoral supervisor is a Chinese. Whenever he asks me to report on my work, he likes to look at paper documents. You Chinese are really strange, you still retain such a tradition."
"I simply don't trust Project Mewtwo. Using that stuff too much makes me feel like it will make me stupid."
“That’s because you don’t know how to use it!” AiAA retorted.
However, Wade was too lazy to waste any more words with her. After handing her a bunch of printed documents, he sent her to the negotiation location.
The Earth Alliance Research and Investment Department is located in Jinan City, China.
Or to be more precise, its headquarters are located in the entire Shandong Province.
This is quite interesting. As a former military province of China, Shandong rarely participates in commercial activities. Even its television advertisements feature fertilizers and excavators, giving people a sense of being out of touch with the times.
However, in the Deterrence Era, the concept of the nation no longer existed, and naturally, the so-called War Preparedness Province also disappeared.
However, Shandong Province has been a landlocked province for so many years, you can't just turn it into a major economic province all at once, can you?
Therefore, its economic recovery can only be achieved through gradual reforms. The investment department of the local government was established here with the same intention in mind, hoping to take this opportunity to boost the economy of the entire province.
After getting off the shuttle, AiAA was immediately greeted by the representative who was in charge of negotiating with the Star Ring Group.
She was a woman dressed in a black suit, with a white short-sleeved shirt underneath. Her appearance had very obvious features of the Yuan Dynasty people, with distinct features and a beautiful face. This kind of appearance was very popular among the people of the Deterrence Era.
"Stable!"
AiAA suddenly felt a little glad that she had listened to Wade's words and that her boss had guessed correctly. The person she was negotiating with was indeed a person from the Yuan Dynasty, and the other party was a woman. When it comes to dealing with women, AiAA had a whole set of experience that she had summarized herself. She could say that she had won this round.
The Earth Alliance representative in charge of negotiating with AiAA was none other than Cheng Xin, who worked in the Earth Alliance's Scientific Research and Investment Department.
The reason she was assigned to this mission alone was completely opposite to that of Ai AA.
She's too simple!
Before leaving, Wang Haisheng told Cheng Xin that the development of the curvature engine had always been one of Luo Congmin's supported projects.
We are no longer in an era of two major world powers. Building faster spaceships will not be labeled as "escapism." After experiencing the tragedy of an apocalyptic war, humanity has learned its lesson and will no longer actively interfere with the development of interstellar spaceships.
This is why the same deceptive flight plan as in the original storyline did not occur.
The Star Ring Group's R&D project has always been under the close attention of the Earth Alliance. However, the Earth Alliance does not want to develop this technology at the original cost, as that would make the already tight financial situation even worse.
Therefore, they have been observing the situation and waiting for Xinghuan Group to contact Dilian on its own initiative. Only by appearing so that Dilian does not sense their urgency can they lower the price of the project.
"Hello, my name is Ai AA, and I am a representative from Xinghuan Group. May I ask how I should address you?"
Ai AA was very lively. As soon as she came up, she took Cheng Xin's hand and said with a smile.
"Cheng Xin, junior agent of the Earth Union Technology Department."
Cheng Xin tried to soften her expression as much as possible. Although the Earth Alliance was the one who most urgently needed curvature technology, she couldn't show it.
However, Cheng Xin quickly realized that something was wrong. She noticed that the hand Ai AA was holding was intentionally or unintentionally touching the back of her hand. Instinctively, she withdrew her hand.
"Uh... I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Ai AA then realized her lapse in composure and smiled as she waved the stack of documents in her hand.
“Our boss said you should be more comfortable with paper materials, so why don’t we find a place to discuss this project in detail? How about a coffee shop?”
Cheng Xin nodded slightly. She subconsciously walked behind Ai AA. The other party's sudden action just now gave her a bad feeling.
"This guy...could he be into women?"
Since the beginning of the Deterrence Era, Luo Congmin has never stopped emphasizing humanities education, so gender distinctions still exist and are not as chaotic as in the original story.
However, an open-minded approach still led a large number of people to choose to form same-sex relationships.
Ai AA is one of them. Compared to men, her sexual orientation is more like Cheng Xin's.
So when Ai AA first saw Cheng Xin, she inexplicably developed a different kind of feeling for her.
This is why, even though she is just as good-looking as Cheng Xin, she still couldn't find a job.
After all, other bosses hire secretaries who do things when there's work to do and do things when there's no work to do. Since Ai AA isn't interested in men, naturally no male boss would choose to hire someone like her, except for Wade, who is an exception. He doesn't care whether Ai AA likes men or women, as long as he's easy to use.
If Lin Xuan knew about Ai AA's transformation at this moment, she would definitely be shocked and say something like, "..."
"As expected, it has to be you. Whether in the original story or now, AA's character design is absolutely amazing."
Ai AA's actions just now were actually a test of Cheng Xin, to see if the other party was one of her kind.
Cheng Xin was wearing a pair of straight-leg slim-fit trousers today, which made her legs look very straight. Married women or women with partners would never wear this kind of trousers.
Based on Cheng Xin's age, Ai AA deduced that Cheng Xin had probably never had a male partner.
If someone is this old and has never had a male partner, then he must be someone like me!
If Cheng Xin knew that Ai AA's deduction came about in this way, she would probably be furious on the spot.
She has indeed been single since childhood, which is incredible to people from the Deterrence Era. After all, in their time, a person would have at least 3-4 partners of the opposite sex before marriage, making them a "player" in every sense of the word.
It's clearly unreasonable that Cheng Xin, who is so beautiful, is still single.
So the moment Ai AA saw Cheng Xin, she instantly understood!