As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 352: Nothing Cannot Be Put on the Scales of Trade
Even though Zheng Li did not use verbal threats, everyone knew that angering him would result in his wrath.

Zheng Li has fully demonstrated his ability and willingness to deter.

Naturally, no one dared to offend this bad luck.

No matter how arrogant Goryeo was, they would not think that they could deal with Zheng Li on their own, especially on China's territory.

Gao Li's rationality and calmness made Neon's plan fail.

"Someone from Lion City contacted me through a very secret channel and said they wanted to talk to you.

The price offered by the other party was far beyond imagination.

I was shocked by their work.”

In fact, all senior executives in Singapore have Zheng Li’s WeChat.

After Zheng Li returned to China, Chen Yongcai often sent some interesting papers to Zheng Li.

Zheng Li would also reply with some content.

The reason why Singapore did not dare to send a message to Zheng Li on WeChat was because they were worried that China would find out.

They were not aware that Zheng Li had taken privacy protection measures for his chat records.

As long as he doesn't want, no third party on Blue Star can know his information.

"Do we really want to offer Zheng Li such a price?

Lion City’s century-old foundation is now being used to make wedding dresses for others.

Do we really want to go to this extent?"

Ho Ching could not understand Lee Hien Loong's decision.

Compared with his father, Li Xianlong can be considered a politician, but he is still far from being a first-class politician.

He studied mathematics at Cambridge and even graduated with the highest grade in his class. However, he did not continue to develop in the field of mathematics because he had to return home to inherit the family business.

As Lee Hsien Loong's wife and also a senior executive of Temasek Holdings, Ho Ching could not understand why the other party wanted to give the entire Lion City to Zheng Li as a condition of the transaction.

In Ho Ching's view, no matter how the situation changes, Singapore's status remains.

Lion City is just a city, but even with the resources owned by the Lion City government, it is enough to support the entire country's citizens.

Moreover, as the financial center of Asia, it has actually left Hong Kong, which has an equal status, far behind in recent years.

"Because the logic is different, if Blue Star still stays in the Blue Star era, then no one can shake the status of Lion City.

However, judging from Zheng Li's style of doing things and the other party's tendency to post tasks in the magic forum, it is obvious that Zheng Li is trying to push the entire Blue Planet into the cosmic age by himself.

After entering the space age, can Lion City really still rely on its past status?
Zheng Li's technological advantage over Bluestar is overwhelming, including the financial field that you are proud of, which can be easily knocked over like mud and sand in the face of technology.

The Swift international bank settlement system, which was previously dominated by America, was easily defeated by Zheng Li's currency bridge.

In the future, humans will really build cities on the moon and transport the moon’s resources back to the blue planet.

At the same time, large-scale immigration to Mars.

According to my estimation and that of my staff, it will take at most 20 years and at most 50 years for the interstellar living space on the Blue Planet, the Moon and Mars to be initially formed.

Similarly, this is a holistic project, which will be accompanied by a large number of technological iterations.

In the face of technological iterations of this magnitude, I have no confidence that Lion City will be able to maintain its current status in the next fifty years.

If we lose our status as an international shipping transit center and then lose our status as Asia's financial center, what difference will it make whether Lion City is in our hands or not?"

Although Li Xianlong has no political skills, his political sense is still very keen.

At the same time, due to his technical background, he has a very forward-looking judgment on the changes that scientific and technological development will bring to society.

Lion City restricts politics in the name of security, relying on the Internal Security Act, a legacy from England, which allows authorities to detain anyone deemed a security threat for up to two years.

“And more importantly, we can’t stay in power forever.

I can maintain my power, and so can the next one. But what about the one after that?

We are different from the Thai royal family. At least we cannot achieve hereditary succession in name only, although we actually operate that way behind the scenes.

But the political skills of future generations will not be able to maintain the current situation, and they will face a reckoning.

Especially with the integration of Blue Star technology and the technology of the Mage Civilization, the rapid development of science and technology will cause the situation to become unbalanced.

This will lead to continuing this situation and placing higher demands on our next generation.

It would be better to use Lion City as a bargaining chip to get what we want.”

In fact, the conflicts within the Li family cannot be reconciled.

Lee Hsien Loong's sister publicly sued him, posting on FB:
“The most important point I want to make is that if he can abuse his position of power to mistreat his brothers and sisters who are able to fight back, what else can he do to ordinary citizens?”

This kind of public questioning happened not once or twice, but many times.

His brother, as the head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and a well-known figure in Singapore, also followed his sister in suing Lee Hsien Loong.

He was even forced to leave Singapore and go to Hong Kong for fear of retaliation from Lee Hsien Loong.

Such internal conflicts almost eliminated the possibility of passing Lion City to his brothers and sisters.

As for Li Xianlong's son, one of him has albinism and autism. It is impossible for him to inherit his position based on his appearance and expression ability.

"Why don't you ask Hongyi for his opinion?

Have you ever asked him what he thinks?

He Jing's tone softened a lot.

As a senior executive of Temasek, he is definitely not lacking in thinking ability and logical judgment skills.

At least in terms of reason, Li Xianlong convinced her.

But giving up an entire country out of thin air still made her feel heartbroken.

Li Xianlong answered seriously: "I have communicated with him.

He also feels that he does not have this ability, but at the same time, he expressed his willingness to work as an executive at Kechuang Bio in the future.

At the same time, he expressed that he didn't want to be the third generation of the Li family.

It was precisely because of his wishes that I made this decision, naturally taking all factors into consideration. "

The reference here is to Lee Hung Ngee, another of Lee Hsien Loong’s sons, who has served as head of the Open Source Technology Department in the Lion City government for the past decade.

This department was set up specifically for him in 2019.

We have successively developed parking applications, shopping voucher apps similar to Dianping, vaccine appointment platforms, and so on.

Later he became the Minister of Transport of Singapore.

In short, based on Li Hongyi's self-awareness and career planning, he wants to be a product manager. After graduating from MIT, he also worked at Google for two years as a product manager.

He was forced by his parents to return to Singapore and then join the government.

The Open Source Technology Department was established to allow him to come back and do what he is interested in.

This sounds much more outrageous than the so-called carrot pit.

This is a piece of land planted specifically for you.

"Well, if that's okay with you, then I agree.

It’s just that during the final negotiations, I need to have the right to know and make suggestions on the conditions proposed by the other party.”

Li Xianlong smiled bitterly and said, "Well, whether the other party will appreciate it is still a question mark."

Zheng Li naturally didn't know about the conversation that took place in Lion City.

When Li Miaomiao heard the price offered by the Lion City representative, she was shocked.

Putting an entire country on the trade balance, this kind of thing, in the real world, she had only heard of conspiracy theories. And this was something that the Anglo-Saxons in conspiracy theories did. She didn't expect that she could actually participate in this level of transaction negotiations.

"Mr. Li, we are very sincere.

We are willing to give the entire country to Mr. Zheng.

Mr. Zheng will enjoy the jurisdiction of Lion City, the right of self-defense, etc., and a series of sovereign rights will be handed over to Mr. Zheng.

In other words, whatever power the Li family enjoys now will be transferred to Mr. Zheng.

At the same time, due to Mr. Zheng’s special status, he can even enjoy greater power.

The benefits he can bring to Singapore are enough to support the people of Singapore to allow his power to expand further on the basis of the Lee family. "

Li Miaomiao remained calm on the surface, but was actually very excited inside, "I will report this to Mr. Zheng.

What do you want.

Or what does the Li family want?"

The other party replied: "The Lee family needs Temasek's sovereign funds and Singapore's water and electricity companies."

These are all businesses that are sure to make a profit. Whether it is a water company or an electric power company, they are all part of the people's livelihood infrastructure.

But no one can escape this part of consumption.

You should know that when Li Ka-shing went to England, the first thing he bought was the gas and water company.

At the same time, the size of Temasek's sovereign fund is around 180 billion US dollars.

It has shrunk significantly during this period, and its previous scale was around 300 billion.

To be honest, at this price, Zheng Li only needs to sell part of his shares in Kechuang Bio.

Li Miaomiao asked: "Isn't 100% of the shares of Temasek Sovereign Fund owned by the Singapore government?
How can we transfer this part of assets to the Li family?

Or can Singapore sell the Temasek sovereign fund to us, and then we transfer it to the Lee family?"

"Mr. Zheng can inject his own shares of Sinopharm Biotech, which are of the same size as the Temasek Sovereign Fund, into the Temasek Fund, and at the same time transfer all the asset portfolios of the Temasek Fund to Mr. Zheng.

Mr. Zheng then combined these assets and packaged them into a new shell, which he gave to the Li family.

In addition, the Li family stated that if Mr. Zheng is willing to use Kechuang Bio's shares as a bargaining chip, then the price can be given a certain discount on the original basis.

However, it may take some time to discuss the specific details of the transaction.”

"For example, can we drive away the American garrison?

I remember that the American army had troops stationed in Lion City."

“It depends on the results of your communication with the American side.

We can’t do that.”

Singapore has the Changi Base, which serves as America's naval logistics operations center.

After listening to this, Zheng Li asked: "How can Lion City ensure the transfer of power?
I don't have any objection.

I am willing to accept it, but how can the other party guarantee that the power will be transferred to me smoothly and without error?

Moreover, this kind of thing cannot be guaranteed through an agreement.

How can they guarantee that I won’t turn against you once I gain power?”

Li Miaomiao replied: "I asked the other party.

The other party said that you need to purchase the corresponding assets first, and then transfer these assets to the Li family, and then the Li family will complete the transfer of power.

He also said that you don’t have to worry that the Li family will not admit it.

Because the consequences of not admitting your mistake are far beyond what the Li family can bear.

As for the transfer of power, the system in Singapore determines that the transfer of power can be completed."

(I can’t write more here, so I’ll stop here. If you are interested in the Lion City system, you can go and have a look, and you will understand why I say so.)
To Zheng Li, wealth is worthless, but the power of an entire city still has a certain appeal.

He can shape this place into the social form of the Mage Alliance according to his own wishes.

At the same time, Lion City is also very close to Kuala Lumpur. Li Miaomiao heard that Zheng Li was very interested, and then reminded: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if you accepted this deal?

The Chinese government will doubt your words.

You claim that you are not interested in power and that only knowledge is valuable to you on the blue planet.

This is inconsistent with your approach.”

Zheng Li stood up and looked at the endless, widely spaced, and vegetation-filled white buildings in the Suzhou Biomedical Park in the distance, and explained, “I’m really not interested in power.

But I am interested in enforcing my will.

And even if I completed the deal with Lion City.

I will not manage Lion City myself either.

Instead, according to my original civilized system, artificial intelligence will manage Lion City.

The human intervention factor is completely eliminated.”

Li Miaomiao thought that this was truly Zheng Li's style.

"You could have let artificial intelligence manage Kechuang Biotechnology at that time, so why did you find me and Cheng Gang?"

"Because it was abnormal, I still needed to hide my true identity at the time."

"What about now? We can get rid of all these executives and middle managers now.

Become the flattest enterprise in the entire Blue Star."

"There is no need for that now. Since the current organizational structure is running smoothly, we will not change it for the time being."

"What about the current management of Lion City?"

“Going to find a way out for yourself is just a job, and working means you are at risk of losing your job.

Mages are at risk of losing their jobs, let alone this kind of ordinary job."

Zheng Li said as a matter of course.

"Have you ever thought that if you want these people to kill themselves, will they cooperate with you?"

"I'm a mage."

Li Miaomiao was infected by Zheng Li's tone, because she had spent too much time with Zheng Li, and the times when Zheng Li showed his extraordinary side in front of her were very few.

Li Miaomiao often ignores the other person's other identity.

Yes, isn't it child's play for a mage to deceive people? Li Miaomiao reacted.

"Okay, you are really good. After you go to Lion City, will you come back?"

Li Miaomiao realized that after Zheng Li went to Singapore, he would most likely stay there.

This time it might really be goodbye forever.

Although she can still go to Singapore to see Zheng Li from time to time, there are many differences from before.

She felt a little lost for a moment.

Forming a closed loop, when I first started writing, everyone always asked why Zheng Li went to Singapore, it was for now.

The Li family wants to put Singapore on the trading scale. I can only say that those who understand will understand what I am going to write next.

However, due to the recent sensitive period, I will not write about domestic content. Today, the editor specifically reminded me of this.

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(End of this chapter)