The meeting lasted for more than two and a half hours.
It extended a bit beyond the scheduled two hours.
The foreign guests from both countries left, while Jiang Chen was asked to stay behind.
"The trilateral free trade agreement is a cooperation that was envisioned decades ago. At that time, Jiang, you probably weren't even born yet."
An elderly man named Miao Yu had a look of reminiscence, "Back then, the international situation wasn't as complicated as it is now, but we were too poor. Others didn't want to interact with us, and later, to suppress our development, they imposed blockades on us, which led to this plan being shelved indefinitely."
Jiang Chen sensibly refrained from interrupting and listened quietly to the other's narration.
