Galaxy Domination Guide

Bai Zhongqi used his smart device to communicate with Han Jiaxue, and the two of them agreed on a consistent view, setting the final negotiation strategy.

"The price is too high, we cannot accept it. However, Bupinga is willing to pay in a variety of ways, we can pay part in cash and provide other items. Are there any other goods you would hope to obtain, we also support barter trade. For some in-demand goods, we can offer you a sizable discount," they stated.

Han Jiaxue pretended to communicate with Bai Zhongqi, then said, "We can reduce the cash to 500 Pulun, plus long-term trade membership with Bupinga."

He Qiu cringed in pain, helplessly said, "Guest, this requirement is even higher than 1000 Pulun. We usually charge up to a million Pulun for accepting new civilizations as members of the Federation, not to mention that we need to conduct trades of a certain amount and scale and perform complex and complete qualification reviews beforehand. We never casually offer membership to any civilization from start to finish."

Han Jiaxue checked Bupinga's public data and declared, "But I see that fifteen civilizations were granted membership by you."

He Qiu rightfully said, "That's correct, those fifteen civilizations are high-level civilizations that have traded with Bupinga and are certified by the Galactic High-level Governance Council as above level 25 civilizations."

At this point, He Qiu tentatively said, "If your civilization's level is also above 25, and after certification by the Galactic Council, we would readily offer membership too. For this astronomical intelligence trade, we would also be willing to take 1000 Pulun as payment."

Bai Zhongqi would not let the Galactic Council validate his civilization. The complete technological version of the Iridium Star Civilisation in the First Universe could reach a level 27 civilization, but in this universe, the Iridium Star Civilisation does not hold such a high rating. Strictly speaking, the civilization Bai Zhongqi belongs to now is the Star Alliance civilization (Iridium Star-Earth Alliance Civilization), or more bluntly, the Earth civilization. Merely in terms of technology alone, Earth's comprehensive rating could reach level 24 civilization, but including factors like Administrative Star, population, diplomacy, and others, Earth civilization is probably around a level 15 civilization.

This of course is not reliable, as Earth, in aspects like Administrative Star, population, and economy, has dragged down the level of the civilization. Even if Bai Zhongqi had two years' time, he could elevate Earth's civilization to around level 17, roughly on par with Teizene.

However, whether it is Iridium Star-Earth Civilization or Teizene Civilization, the military power of the civilizations cannot be simply summarized by civilian ratings. These two militarily strong civilizations could easily overthrow civilizations just over level 20.

Han Jiaxue completely ignored He Qiu's words and threw out a new proposal: "Then 600 Pulun, plus ten energy wallets, an eight percent discount on all transactions with Eagle Shield Civilization for the next three years, and detailed intelligence of several nearby star regions."

This time, He Qiu truly felt overwhelmed by these "Eagle Shield" people; he almost convulsively said to Han Jiaxue, "Please have mercy, guest. Any condition you propose is worth far more than hundreds or thousands of Pulun. We might spare three to five energy wallets for the customer, but an eight percent discount on all transactions for three years, if large, might cost over a million Pulun, which is too high a condition that the Federation simply cannot agree to. As for detailed intelligence of nearby star regions, these are also priced goods and fairly sellable. The price of one star region is between 1500 to 4000 Pulun, but considering the level of detail, these prices are very reasonable. If you need a larger data version of the intelligence package, our complete intelligence package costs from 300,000 to 1,000,000 Pulun per star region, depending on which star region it is."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhongqi couldn't help but gasp. It was expected that Bupinga sold intelligence, but the exorbitant prices were somewhat shocking.

He quickly found information goods about the Box Star Territory on the trade consulting platform; the price was 1800 Pulun, and the complete intelligence package was incomplete yet priced as high as 750,000 Pulun. That is, acquiring an intelligence package would require the energy output of several planets for one year; this price was simply outrageous.

Naturally, the data volume of such intelligence packages was also astonishing. Virtually everything that any civilization within the star region did at any given time, how they did it, who participated, and what consequences it led to were included. Almost clicking on any noun provided relevant links, making it seem too trivial even to describe it as an encyclopedia.

Bai Zhongqi could not afford the price of such intelligence packages; the basic intelligence packages were enough for him. Especially recent movements in Teizene, any military changes, and the situations of its vassal civilizations were all included in the basic intelligence packages.

Bai Zhongqi also understood, although basic intelligence packages like these are priced quite high, they actually don't cost much, and Bupinga people would definitely agree to use some such conditions to offset a thousand or even a few hundred Pulun.

After discussing with Bai Zhongqi again, Han Jiaxue finally put forward a condition that didn't seem so exaggerated:

The Bupinga Trade Services Federation would exchange 100 Pulun, 2 energy wallets, and 3 star regions' basic intelligence packages for first-hand information about the Supernova Explosion event on Chrysanthemum Hunting Star from the Eagle Shield Civilization.

Upon hearing this condition, He Qiu was almost moved to tears. Previously, Han Jiaxue looked totally uninterested in making a deal; she could afford to be uninterested, but He Qiu could not, as this was an essential step for his advancement.

This condition was acceptable to the Federation; items like energy wallets and basic intelligence packages of star regions cost them almost nothing, and the actual payment of 100 Pulun was not a big deal. As long as the other party came to do business on Bupinga, paying 100 Pulun, it was likely that they would soon spend it again on this commercial planet.

Indeed, as Han Jiaxue had indicated, intelligence about the Supernova Explosion event on Chrysanthemum Hunting Star was too important for Bupinga. Actually, He Qiu's negotiation bottom line was a price of 3000 Pulun, with instructions to use other means of payment as much as possible to offset the cost. Ultimately, paying 100 Pulun also satisfied the Federation side.

Bai Zhongqi also sent the acquired intelligence back to Earth, but he did not plan to leave Bupinga immediately. On this commercial planet, there might still be other opportunities to get more useful items.