LUX-5: Interstellar (LUX and the New TECH) by Ken Pence

Author:Ken Pence [Pence, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-28T22:00:00+00:00

Mining Negotiations

Lux walked into the office of China Molybdenum Company Limited (CMOC Group Limited) in Luoyang City, Henan China. The Pod had landed right out in front of the round entrance vestibule, and it elicited a great deal of interest. Lux set it so the shield was on as he and his bodyguards left the ship. He was met by underlings who bowed too much for his taste but led him through the spacious but plain building. A fit man in his sixties approached. He had a wide smile and glasses which was different than the dour expressions of the others around them.

“I am Gerry Yougui Wang, an independent Director of CMOC. Yuan Honglin, the Chairman, sent me to lead you to him and aid in any translation issues. I grew up in Canada but normally live in Hong Kong. The Chairman found your proposal very interesting.”

“These are my bodyguards. They will accompany me and just stand out of the way – an unfortunate necessity concerning the political climate. I would have sought you out and I’m glad you’re here due to your work with container ships and your focus on clean energy development,” Lux said.

“I’m honored you’ve heard of me,” Wang said and ushered him into the generic conference room.

The men sitting around the table looked positively stoic as he walked in. The chairman at the head of the table frowned when he saw Lux’s bodyguards walk in and take up a position near the door. The chairman started talking in Zhongyuan Mandarin. Anna translated for him through his comm, but Lux could pick up much what he said from context. The Chairman turned to Wang and spoke in the local dialect, “Tell him we greet him and find his proposal interesting though we would need exclusive rights as long as we are on that planet. His bodyguards offend me but ignore them. He is but a child in a man’s game. He won’t understand this dialect.”

Wang nodded and turned to Lux. “The chairman greets you but suggests you need no protection here. He also is dismayed that you only offer five years of exclusive rights with our enormous outlay in equipment.”

Lux looked at the chairman intensely for a few moments and then answered in Mandarin. “Chairman Honglin. I understand your dialect clearly and we don’t need translators if you can understand my Mandarin. Unfortunately, I have had many attempts on my life wherever I go, and most attempts have been made by Chinese, often from the Second Department. I have pressing time constraints, so I am unable to do the normal interplay of give and take. I am willing to extend your exclusive contract to ten years or offer free buildings, electrical power, and water at no cost to meet any requirements as long as you maintain the specified requirements. You choose. The rest of the contract is fairly clear and straightforward.”

The chairman looked at Lux and looked around the room. He began to laugh as did the others around him when they thought it was allowed.

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