I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

The meeting room fell silent; neither side spoke.

Yang Chen leaned back in his chair, put his feet on the table, and leisurely smoked a cigar and drank tea. He wasn't in a hurry, so he just kept quiet.

However, the Kirill delegation was not so calm. They came with a mission, and if they failed to complete it, they would be punished when they returned.

Yang Chen had almost finished smoking half a cigar, but Kirill still didn't speak. Yang Chen stubbed out his cigar, took a sip of tea to rinse his mouth, then stood up and said, "You guys should go back and discuss it further. Let me give you one last reminder: don't come looking for me again if you're not prepared. Your time is worthless, but mine is. I make millions of Eagle Dollars every minute. Why would I waste my time here with you? Do you even know how much money you've wasted on me would be in terms of currency? You're out of your minds!"

Yang Chen gave them a stern rebuke without any politeness, then turned and left.

As soon as the door opened, Er Mao's representative, Virgil, immediately stepped forward and said to Yang Chen, "Mr. Yang, how is it? Can we sign the contract? My family is urging us to hurry up, so I hope you can expedite the process."

Yang Chen patted Virgil on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, since we've reached an agreement, as long as you don't deliberately cheat me out of your land and mineral resources, we'll naturally sign the contract. But if you have malicious intentions and try to manipulate the land and mineral resources, I will not only refuse to sign the contract with you, but I will also punish you."

Virgil quickly assured him, "Mr. Yang, please rest assured, we have come with sincerity and will absolutely not cheat you. Come on, let's go have a cup of tea and wait for news."

Yang Chen nodded and left with Virgil.

A heated discussion immediately broke out in the conference room.

“Yang Chen is determined to get our land in the east. He will not agree to any of our conditions unless we give up this benefit.”

“If Er Mao’s family offers him land and mineral resources in three other directions, he will definitely accept them. At that time, his land and mineral resources can form a huge defensive circle, and Er Mao’s people will be inside the defensive circle. No one can pose a threat to them. At that time, we will be even more passive.”

"The land in the east is absolutely not going to be sold or leased; don't even think about it. This is nothing compared to what's to come. We haven't reached that point yet. How about we try other avenues, like selling some oil and gas at a low price?"

Kirill sighed and said, "He doesn't care about those profits at all. He doesn't even care about the oil and gas industry. He just wants to rent the land in the east. Sigh... Forget it, let's go back. Let's accept the punishment. In short, we can't agree to his demands at this stage."

Everyone nodded, forced to suspend the negotiations.

Jiang Wenming offered his condolences to the Kirill delegation with great regret, and then led them away from the Sihai Group.

They went their own way, and Yang Chen didn't care at all; the black soil of Er Mao's family was more tempting.

After drone reconnaissance and on-site inspection, Xingchen Military Industry's engineering team at Er Mao's house sent a work report to Yang Chen.

There were no issues with the land and minerals. According to their estimates, the combined value of these lands and minerals was no less than 1 trillion Eagle Dollars. Yang Chen's offer was very precise, and the subsequent 30% dividend was equivalent to giving Er Mao's family a 30% premium, which is a common proportion in commercial acquisitions and other transactions.

In short, it's doable.

After reading the report, Yang Chen immediately called Virgil.

“Mr. Virgil, everything is fine, we can sign the contract now,” Yang Chen said.

While resting in the hotel, Virgil immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Okay, okay, we'll go sign the contract right away. See you later! Haha..."

Virgil immediately told his team to change clothes and rush to Sihai Group to sign a contract with Yang Chen as quickly as possible.

At noon, Sihai Agricultural High-Tech and Er Maojia's agricultural department jointly issued an announcement stating that Sihai Agricultural High-Tech has leased a total of 6000 million mu of land and 100 mineral sites in the northwest, south, and north directions of Er Maojia for 1 trillion Eagle Coins, for a term of 50 years.

This announcement shocked the world.

The total arable land area of ​​the Er Mao family is 6.4 million mu, which means that they have rented one-tenth of their arable land to Yang Chen. If the arable land in the areas temporarily occupied by Da Mao is excluded, this percentage would be even higher.

Of course, the sheer amount of farmland itself wasn't what shocked the foreigners the most. What they knew was that after leasing the land and mineral resources in these three directions to Yang Chen, the Starry Sky Military Industry Group would rely on these farmlands and mineral resources to form a four-directional defense perimeter, instantly making the heartland of Ermao one of the safest areas in the world.

Once the interior of Russia is safe and they have received 1 trillion US dollars in funding, they can continue to wear down Russia without being coerced by either side.

Netizens from all over the world flocked to the comments section of the trending news to watch the excitement.

Japanese netizens: What?! They're leasing him another 6000 million acres of land? Are they crazy? Are they going to lease all the land in the country to Yang Chen? Isn't this an act of treason?
A South Korean netizen commented: "Damn it, all that fertile land should be rented to our Great Korean Empire. We're a developed country; we can make full use of that land. Renting it to Yang Chen is just a waste. What kind of performance can a company from a backward developing country achieve?"

A Chinese netizen commented: "The Koreans are right. We should rent all the land to you and irrigate it with your Han River water. The crops will grow tall and straight, making full use of the excessive Viagra in the Han River water."

A netizen from the Sand Kingdom commented: Haha... That netizen from the Dragon Kingdom is so eloquent, he can insult people without using any vulgar language. However, I still have to object to your suggestion. What if the crops irrigated with Han River water also have excessive levels of Viagra? Then the people who eat the food grown in these fields will suffer. Those with female companions will be fine, but what about those without?
A netizen from India commented: "Didn't we just rent 10 million mu to him a few days ago? Why are we renting him another 60 million mu? Is he trying to rent all of Er Mao's fertile black soil to Yang Chen? 50 years! What will Er Mao's family eat for the next 50 years? He's ruining Er Mao's future for the next 50 years!"

A German netizen commented: "Besides the one-time rent payment, Yang Chen also gives them 30% of the net profit as dividends every year. Even with only 30% dividends, the profits from the termination of so many land plots should be enough to keep the Er Mao family's government departments running. Although we're unhappy that Yang Chen is reaping the benefits, we have to admit that the Er Mao family's move was truly brilliant. Not only did they get a large sum of money to repay their debts in a short time, but they also found a long-term source of funding and secured security from Xingchen Military Industry, ensuring the safety of their territory. A divine move; this operation was absolutely brilliant."

A French netizen commented: "We absolutely cannot allow Yang Chen to acquire so much land from the Russians. We've paid such a high price to support the Russians, only to get nothing in return, with Yang Chen reaping all the benefits. How can we accept this? If the Russians don't stop this wrongdoing, we'll send troops to help them. Whoever harms our interests, we'll fight them. Yang Chen is no exception!"

An Italian netizen commented: "We told you long ago not to cooperate with Yang Chen, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened! You've been betrayed! We paid a huge price to support Russia, and just when we were about to reap the rewards, Yang Chen intervened and took all the benefits. Russia is now completely subservient to him, and no other country can expect to get any advantage from him."

A netizen named Ermao wrote: "You hypocrites have been using us as cannon fodder to wear down Russia all this time. Do you think we don't understand the situation? Before, we had no choice but to let you manipulate us. Now we can choose Yang Chen, and you still want to point fingers at us? Save your breath! You just want money, right? Do we lack money now? We'll return all your aid in one go, and we won't even blink. We're with Yang Chen, and no one can stop us."

The saying "whoever feeds me is my mother" is perfectly exemplified here.

But that's normal; who wouldn't be happy to get milk?

The scene of a high-level meeting at Bald Eagle.

“Er Mao has rented another 6000 million mu of land to Yang Chen. This is never going to end! The money from these two land rentals will be enough for them to live on for a long time. They will definitely stop being coerced by us.”

"The key to this matter lies with Yang Chen. As long as he insists on developing agriculture in Er Mao's family, no one can stop him."

"We have to stop it, even if we can't. We've put in so much effort, and in the end we've gotten nothing, while Yang Chen has reaped all the rewards. How can that be allowed?"

"But we really have no reason to stop Yang Chen from engaging in normal business cooperation. We really have no right to stop Er Mao from leasing out his land."

The scene fell silent.

After a while, someone suddenly made a suggestion. "Yang Chen keeps saying it's a normal business cooperation, but business cooperation must pursue profit, that's a basic premise, right? Those 1000 million mu of land plus 50 mines will definitely not recoup the 3700 billion Eagle Dollars investment within 50 years. 6000 million mu of land plus 100 mines will also definitely not recoup the 1 billion Eagle Dollars investment within 50 years. Therefore, we have reason to believe that he is supporting the US military budget. Since they are supporting the US military budget, their cooperation is not a purely civilian business activity, but a military activity, so we can stop their cooperation through the United Nations."

Everyone was overjoyed; it was indeed a brilliant plan.

"Haha... Jason, your idea is brilliant! We'll push their cooperation towards a military aspect. As long as it's military cooperation, we'll have a reason to intervene and stop them from cooperating."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's contact Europe immediately and raise this issue at the United Nations together. Let's jointly stop Yang Chen and Er Mao from cooperating!"

"There's no time to lose, let's contact Europe immediately."

The head of the Bald Eagle's foreign ministry, Blüken, immediately called EU President Tusk and explained their brilliant plan in detail. After understanding it, Tusk couldn't help but praise it repeatedly.

"Haha... You guys really have a lot of capable people over there! This plan is brilliant! Let's do it this way, and we'll definitely stop their cooperation. They'll try to steal our benefits, no way!" Tusk said happily.

Brucken laughed and said, "This time we're on the same side, so let's not trip each other up. We must work together sincerely. I'll contact the Russians again; they'll definitely be willing to cooperate with us too. Haha..."

“Absolutely! They want to stop Yang Chen and Er Mao from cooperating even more than we do,” Tusk said with a smile.

"Haha..." The two of them burst into laughter.

At a regular UN meeting, the US, Russia, the EU, and their allies urged the General Assembly to stop Yang Chen's cooperation with Russia, because Yang Chen was using unreasonable prices to falsely claim it was a business partnership, but in reality, he was supporting Russia's military spending.

The representative from Bald Eagle analyzed, "If we calculate based on an annual yield of 500 kg of wheat and 500 kg of rice per mu (unit of land area), then one mu yields one ton of grain per year. 1000 million mu of land would produce 1250 million tons of grain annually. At 250 Eagle Coins per ton, the annual output value would be 25 billion Eagle Coins, totaling 500 billion Eagle Coins over 50 years. As for the 50 mineral deposits, let's say 50 billion Eagle Coins each. Therefore, the total value of the 1000 mu of land and the 50 mineral deposits is only 1000 billion Eagle Coins. Yang Chen's bid was 1750..." The first batch of land, 3700 million acres, was purchased for 2000 billion Eagle Dollars, a premium of 6000 billion Eagle Dollars. The second batch, valued at 7500 billion Eagle Dollars over 1000 years, plus 100 mines valued at 8500 billion Eagle Dollars, totaled only 1 billion Eagle Dollars. Yang Chen, however, provided 1 trillion Eagle Dollars, a premium of 1500 billion Eagle Dollars. Isn't this blatantly supporting the US military budget? This isn't purely a commercial transaction; it's military aid. Since it's military aid, it can't be handled like civilian aid; we won't allow them to unilaterally reach a cooperation agreement.”

Russia, Europe, and their allies all raised their hands in opposition to Yang Chen and Russia's agreement.

The Secretary-General asked, "Representative of China, do you have anything to say?"

The Dragon Kingdom representative smirked, a wicked smile playing on his lips, and replied, "I don't have anything to say. To be honest, I'm also curious why Yang Chen paid such a high premium for these lands and mines. How about I bring him over and let him talk to everyone? Is that alright?"

The Secretary-General asked, "Do any of the other delegates have any objections?"

Representatives from other countries shook their heads.

The secretary-general nodded and said, "Representative of China, why don't you bring Yang Chen in for a chat?"

The representative from the Dragon Kingdom immediately contacted Yang Chen via video link.

"Wow, if I'm not mistaken, the foreigners have complained about me again," Yang Chen joked.

The Dragon Kingdom representative laughed heartily and said, "They did a careful calculation and found that you paid too much premium for the land and minerals you leased from the Russians. The first batch was overpriced by 2000 billion Eagle Dollars, and the second batch by 1500 billion Eagle Dollars. Therefore, they believe that this is not a purely commercial investment, but rather a disguised form of support for the Russians' military expenses. I can't explain to them why you did this, so I brought you in to talk to them. Explain why you paid such a high premium to lease the Russians' land and minerals. Is it really to support their military expenses?"

Yang Chen laughed heartily and asked, "Who said I supported the military expenses of the two Maos? What's your reason? Tell me."

The representative from the Bald Eagle immediately stood up and repeated the data they had calculated, thus deducing that Yang Chen was supporting the military expenses of the Second Mao Army.

Yang Chen laughed heartily and asked, "Why do you think that one acre of land can only produce one ton of grain a year? If I produce two tons of grain, wouldn't the output value double? This is the output value of planting wheat and rice. If I plant some vegetables and fruits, wouldn't the output value be even higher?"

The bald eagle representative immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense. How could one acre of land possibly produce two tons of grain a year? Do you think we're all idiots?"

Yang Chen chuckled and said, "You're not an idiot, you're just a bit arrogant. Come on, let me show you the situation in our experimental farm."

Yang Chen called Guo Haizhou, president of Sihai Agricultural High-Tech, and asked him to contact the research team to broadcast live footage of the experimental farmland for the UN representatives to watch.

More than ten minutes later, the footage from the experimental farmland came out.

"Hello Chairman Yang, hello representatives from all countries of the United Nations. Behind me is the experimental farmland of Sihai Agricultural High-tech Group. We are currently using technologies such as temperature control, humidity control, and ripening promotion to cultivate a batch of experimental wheat and rice fields. Let me take you to see them."

Soon, the image of the rice experimental field was projected onto the big screen, and everyone could clearly see the huge rice ears hanging on the straw. The rice ears were obviously larger than ordinary rice ears, at least twice the size.

"This is a new rice variety that we developed under Chairman Yang's leadership. Roughly estimated, the yield per mu is at least 1 ton, which is twice as high as the currently commonly used rice varieties. If it is planted on the black soil of Er Mao's family, the yield will definitely be even higher. Let me show you the wheat ears, which are also very large."

The scene quickly shifted to the experimental wheat field. Although the wheat ears were still very green, it was clear that they were all quite large, estimated to be more than twice the size of common wheat ears.

"Wheat has a long growth cycle, and although ripening agents were used, the ears of wheat are still quite green. Some people might wonder if the large size of these wheat and rice ears is due to ripening agents. Rest assured, current ripening agents don't have that function. If someone could invent a ripening agent that doubles the size of crops, they'd be rich. We need to obtain experimental data as quickly as possible, so we used ripening agents. The later cultivation and market release of seeds will still rely on natural growth. We plan to use the first three years for seed cultivation before starting large-scale planting. Besides rice and wheat, we also cultivate common fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, watermelons, cucumbers, and Chinese cabbage. Mr. Yang, would you like to show these to the representatives?"

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Let's show them, otherwise they'll still be living in their backward world."

Representatives of various countries: “…”

Well, now the label of being backward has been pinned on these developed countries?

but!

There seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Compared to other countries, they are still a developed country.

However, compared to China, they are already a backward country.

The engineer then led the representatives from various countries to see the experimental field for cultivating fruits and vegetables. Seeing the watermelons covering the ground, the strawberries the size of fists, and the cucumbers as thick as arms hanging from the melon trellises, the representatives from various countries all showed expressions of shock.

At this rate of growth, doubling the yield per acre would be child's play.

The Dragon Kingdom representative laughed heartily and said to the Bald Eagle representative, "Hey! Bald Eagle representative, you're good at math, could you please calculate for everyone how much money Chairman Yang can make from these lands after the yield per mu doubles?"

The bald eagle representative: "..." (End of this chapter)