Voyage of the Stars

Yue Yuan's words came out of his mouth, were converted into electrical signals through the microphone, and then translated into electromagnetic wave signals recognizable by the Nair civilization by the interactive system, and finally turned into a language understandable to the Nair people.

The appearance of the voice finally reduced the noise in the Nair meeting room. At the same time, the great governor of the first star region of the Nair civilization also came to his senses, and saw him raising his smooth and dark head. , looked at the big screen where the human was with his pair of compound eyes that could not see emotions, and then vibrated the vocal organ in his abdomen.

"Bennel is the Grand Governor and the highest officer of the Second Star Territory. Here, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the arrival of human civilization. According to our etiquette, we should have held a grand banquet for our guests, but what happened? There are huge racial differences between the two sides, and the food we think is probably not in line with the taste of the guests, so I can only express my regret."

After saying this, the Grand Governor turned back and raised his chela to issue a warning to the two Nair people in the venue who were still whispering. He heard it. These two people seemed to be surprised that human voices appeared from their mouths.

In fact, the Grand Governor was also quite surprised, because in the home planet of Nair civilization, only those ugly, soft and stupid creatures could make sounds in this way.

However, the Grand Governor also knew that now was not the time to think about such things, so he raised his chela and clicked it a few times to silence the Nair people who were still discussing in low voices in the venue, before continuing to speak in the direction of this human being.

"Well, I'm sorry for human civilization, let's get straight to the point. You can relax about the supply of materials. After receiving the communication notification from the Great Fire Star, we have made some preparations in advance, so now the Pot Cover Planet No. 5 I have already stocked up a lot.

However, we don’t know exactly what kind of materials you need or how much of each material you need, so we ask you to make a detailed list so that we can transport them here to you.

Well, by the way, you are also a civilization that has mastered heavy nuclear fusion, and you have the experience of traveling in the universe. You must also know that energy fuels and various ores are actually not valuable. Of course, our Neer civilization also knows, but even if these things are no longer valuable, Even if they are everywhere in the universe and are worthless, they still cost money to mine. Therefore, we charge the cost of mining and transporting these various mineral resources and common silicate and other stones used as fuel. I hope you can Understand our difficulties. "

The words of the Nel Governor did not reveal any dissatisfaction with the appearance of human beings, but as for the supplementary supplies, he only talked about the fuel and various minerals needed for heavy nuclear fusion, but said nothing about the fuel for cold nuclear fusion. Not mentioned.

The meaning is self-evident. Heavy nuclear fusion means burning stones, and the fuel can be dug out of sacks. However, cold nuclear fusion requires superb price technology to produce, so he plans to sell the cold nuclear fusion fuel at a different price. mean.

As for why the 'price' standard was not mentioned directly, it was because neither he, the Great Governor, nor other Nair experts and doctors knew what standard should be used for pricing between two different civilizations.

After all, it was all bragging to tell humans that the Nair people had dealt with other civilizations. In fact, they had never seen aliens other than themselves, let alone exchanges and trades.

This is the first time in their history that they have had such contact with humans, but what they said before has been blown out. Naturally, it is impossible for them to ruin their own reputation. They still need to save face.

So he planned to let the humans make a so-called list first. As long as the humans listed it, he would have a reference, and then he could exchange his mineral resources or other technologies that he wanted to exchange. Set a base price so you can save face.

Of course, it is not just a matter of face. The Grand Governor knows very well that humans must not let humans know that this is the first time that the Nair people have come into contact with aliens. Otherwise, they may be deceived by humans in terms of trade rules.

Because it was real-time communication, it was no different from face-to-face communication. Therefore, Yue Yuan responded directly as soon as the words of the Nair Governor came.

Yue Yuan and everyone present naturally did not know that the Nair people were dealing with aliens for the first time, so they did not think about it. However, they also knew the principle of seizing the opportunity, so he pondered for a while and then said: "There is a charge. It is reasonable. The space exploration fleet of our human civilization has traveled north and south, and has encountered many civilizations, and has also supplied supplies to them. Their practices are the same as yours, and they only charge for mining, processing, and processing of minerals and fuels. The cost of transportation.”

Speaking of this, Yue Yuan smiled and looked at the great governor of the Nair people: "If you can say this, you understand the basic rules of trade between different civilizations. Yes. As you said, we will give you Provide a detailed list of supplies and include a value reference for each resource on the list.

At the same time, I think your Excellency the Great Governor should also be very clear that seeking supplies is only one of the purposes of our coming. In addition, we also want to conduct technological trade with you. Therefore, when we draw up the supply list, we also A list of technologies that can be sold will be drawn up, and of course there will also be some technologies that we want to acquire. "

"As a matter of trade practice, you should also provide us with a list of the technologies you can sell and the technologies you wish to acquire from us while we provide the list. After that, both of us can proceed based on each other's lists. The next round of consultations will ultimately achieve a win-win result."

After hearing what Yue Yuan said, the great governor of the Ner people did not answer immediately. Instead, he said please wait a moment, then turned off the microphone, and then started discussing with the Ner people from all walks of life who attended the meeting.

Seeing this, Yue Yuan also turned off his microphone, and then asked everyone to analyze the possible answers of the Nair people, as well as the human side's response.

After a while, a signal came from the Nair people, indicating that they could continue to open the microphone to communicate.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief of Human Civilization, you are right. We also conducted the same process when communicating with other civilizations before. Then we will limit it to three days. After three days, we will each draw up a list and hand it to the other party, and then enter Next round of consultations,” the Grand Governor said.

In fact, the Grand Governor did not want to agree to make a list, but when he just discussed it with other Nair experts, many experts believed that if he did not answer, there would be a risk that humans would discover that his group had not actually come into contact with other alien civilizations. Therefore, in After some discussion, he decided to come down.

As for the list and pricing, just leave it to the experts when the time comes. Those experts also said that even if the reference value obtained is unreasonable, it can be said that this is the case with other civilizations in the past. Anyway, if you ask, it is a cognitive bias caused by species differences, and there is absolutely no flaw.

"That's very good. Let's talk about it in three days."

After that, the humans discussed the specific time and procedures for submitting lists to each other with the Nair people, and then ended the first video call.