Chapter 1002 - SS Oleg (1/2)

Natasha didn’t tell Jiang Chen what happened even after they headed out. She just vaguely said that she had drunk too much yesterday then changed the topic. Although Jiang Chen was curious, he didn’t persist on the topic. After, he went to clean himself up.

At about eight o’clock, surrounded by hairy Russians in suits, Jiang Chen took Natasha downstairs and sat in the limousine.

While it didn’t feel the most comfortable being followed by a large group of security personnel, he understood that they were now in the midst of a special period and it was always better to be safe.

A call came to Jiang Chen from Xia Shiyu.

“How are you? Are you safe?”

“It’s fine. I have so many burly men looking after me when I go outside, and there are people to even go to the washroom with me.”

“Oh, then I’m relieved. You won’t do bad things then.”

Xia Shiyu was doing her hardest not to laugh.

Jiang Chen, who thought Xia Shiyu was laughing too hard, decided to tease her. With a smirk, he said. “That’s not necessarily true. Guess who the appointed security consultant is?”

Xia Shiyu thought about it for a second and wanted to say Ayesha, but she thought she could be regarded as a private bodyguard.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly thought of a name and probed.

“Is it… Natasha?”

Among all Russians, she knew Natasha the best. She remembered that Ayesha had mentioned to her that Natasha used to serve the KGB and later entered the diplomatic system.

Although her relationship with her wasn’t bad and the four of them even went on holiday together, this didn’t mean she was willing to add one more sister.

“The two beautiful women in the family aren’t enough for you to eat?” Gritting her teeth, Xia Shiyu couldn’t think of any way to control Jiang Chen. She pouted as she spoke with resentment.

“Ahem. She’s just a safety consultant; I have nothing to do with her. Don’t think too much. Well, let’s not talk about this. How about you? How many of our asteroids have been contracted out?”

She noticed that Jiang Chen didn’t want to continue with the topic. Although Xia Shiyu got jealous easily, she didn’t always persist on the same thing and understood priorities. She quickly shifted her focus to the more important issue.

“A total of five were contracted out, including Hua, Russia, the UA, Nippon, and India. NASA asked us to expand the asteroid contracting quota and replace the hard indicators with market bidding. The United Kingdom and France submitted an application to us.”

“NASA’s request can be ignored. Get them to finish mining the one on hand before applying for the second. As for the United Kingdom and France…”

As Jiang Chen was talking, he glanced at Natasha sitting opposite him.

Although she put her hands over her ears to indicate she wasn’t listening, Jiang Chen was not easily convinced.

He organized the wording in his head, avoiding all the sensitive information.

“The conditions for the United Kingdom’s application can be relaxed. Just hold France’s application for now. Once the EU mess is over, you can review their application.”

“Will this be brought to the WTO?” Xia Shiyu was somewhat hesitant.