Tang Dao faced Laura Rockefeller, who was a little embarrassed, and confessed his identity.
"Chinese soldiers, again..." Laura instinctively wanted to say, so what?
But as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she knew that not only had she misunderstood Tang Dao's meaning, but she was also at a rare disadvantage in this purely business negotiation. It was not because of how clever her opponent was, but because she was released by her opponent intentionally or unintentionally.
Threatened by murderous intentions, he eventually lost his original calm judgment.
Including the simple six words Tang Dao just mentioned, in fact, it means more than just confessing her identity. The meaning behind it is that the Chinese military hopes to obtain benefits or assistance from Rockefeller Company. Her previous anger and embarrassment were completely false.
People always have to fill their stomachs first before thinking about other things, right?
After thinking about all this, Laura's face turned red instantly, and she was so embarrassed that she almost dug the sturdy soles of her riding boots out of the three rooms and two living rooms.
"It turns out that you are Chinese soldiers. Your firm anti-aggression war is indeed worthy of everyone's respect. However, the title of Mr. Tang is not suitable. I wonder if it is Lieutenant Tang or Captain Tang?" He reached out and smoothed the hair between his temples, trying his best to relieve the embarrassment.
Emotional Laura asked softly.
This can also be regarded as a kind of counterattack by Miss Laura. The subtext is that you are only a lieutenant at most, why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf when you come to me?
"I'm sorry, Miss Laura, I'm not a lieutenant." Tang Dao shook his head and looked at Laura with surprised sea-blue eyes. "You can call me Colonel Tang."
"This is impossible, you are only in your 20s at most." Laura subconsciously felt that Tang Dao was bragging.
The black bodyguard Lieutenant James Bond who was assigned to her by her family was adopted by her family since she was a child. After rigorous training, she was sent to the military to gain experience. With the support of her family's huge funds and background, it only took six years.
He was promoted to Navy Lieutenant.
Although there is also a relationship between skin color, it is undeniable that even a white person will never be able to become a colonel officer in his twenties, which can almost command an army division, a cruiser or even a battleship.
Qualified.
"Miss Laura, you know, although this is a concession, to us Chinese soldiers, this is an enemy-occupied area." Tang Dao looked at the foreign girl who was extremely surprised and had a very strange brain circuit with a deep look, very seriously
said.
Tang Dao's meaning is very clear. This is an enemy-occupied area. The greater my official position, the more dangerous I am. Am I stupid if I brag?
"Thank you, Colonel Tang, for trusting me." Laura reacted instantly.
She might have been a bit wrong before, but a beautiful girl who has received elite family education since childhood and graduated from a prestigious school, even if she is really stupid, she must be at the level of having seven or six apertures.
Of course, and more importantly, she thought of a young man who had driven the Japanese crazy in the past month and had the U.S. Intelligence Office in China give special reminders. He also had a surname of Tang and was also a young man.
Could it be possible that it turned out to be him?
But this time, Laura's mind was spinning very quickly. Tang Dao didn't say anything, so there was absolutely no need for her to declare this to her mouth.
In fact, from the perspective of human nature, it is actually beneficial to both the male and female parties involved if some of the thin films that seem to exist are not broken.
After all, ambiguity is the true beauty, and everything that is open and unobstructed will soon make people tired.
"Haha, does Miss Laura know why Tang dared to reveal his origins?" Tang Dao chuckled and took out a cigarette from his pocket, and gestured to Laura in a very gentlemanly manner.
"Why? Can I say that I am also curious?" Laura, who frowned slightly, extended her hand to signal Tang Dao to please, and looked curiously at the calm-looking young Chinese soldier who was lighting his cigarette.
Laura is 26 years old this year, which is already 27 according to the Chinese calculation of age. Since she was 16 years old, her grandfather, who carefully trained her, has frequently taken her to various social occasions. In ten years, she has seen all kinds of people in the world.
man.
Some of them are gentlemen, some are arrogant, some are indulgent, some are cunning, some are vicious, etc., but no matter what kind of qualities they are, these men all pretend to be in front of her, and some of them were discovered by herself.
Some of them were enlightened by her wise grandfather.
'The Emperor's New Clothes is an exaggerated satire of absurdity, but human nature is not simple but complex. It is everyone's instinct to put a gorgeous coat on one's ugly heart.' This is a meaningful motto of the grandfather, which makes Laura
I deeply agree.
But the man in front of her was different from the men she had ever seen. He seemed to have never concealed his inner feelings.
No matter from the beginning, he used the media to threaten Citibank, or he had murderous intentions in his impatience, or he openly lit a cigarette in front of himself.
There are green plants and flowers everywhere in the general manager's office. In fact, the details have revealed that this office has changed owners since she arrived here. There is no smell in the room that is filled with the fragrance of flowers. To some extent, it has already changed hands.
It meant that the owner didn't like the taste of nicotine. With the wisdom Tang Dao had shown previously, she didn't believe Tang Dao couldn't guess it.
But Tang Dao still went his own way, lighting up a cigarette and letting the pungent smell of tobacco fill the entire room.
This bastard smoker, doesn’t he know how to hide his desires?
Of course, compared to this, curiosity is much stronger.
Because when Tang Dao revealed his identity as an army colonel, he had almost placed his life and death in Laura's hands, and he was a creditor, a creditor worth tens of millions of dollars.
If Laura wants to get rid of this debt, the easiest way is to reveal this news to the Japanese army. By then, let alone a colonel, even a general will not be able to leave Jincheng alive.
The Japanese, who had just suffered heavy losses in the battle in southeastern Shanxi, could crush the young man in front of them to ashes.
"First of all, this is based on the loyalty of the Rockefeller family. I have never been to the United States, but I have heard many stories about my great-grandfather. For example, he also came to China after he retired..."
What Tang Dao is talking about is about the old Rockefeller. In time and space, the old Rockefeller really came to China. In the last few years of the Qing Dynasty in the early 20th century, he spent huge sums of money to buy a palace in Pingbeicheng.
Purchasing a royal palace only shows that the old man is rich and willful, but what the old Rockefeller did next was really a bit awesome.
During the renovation of the old palace, I unexpectedly found a cellar under the drained pond in the backyard, which contained valuable calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, gold and silver jewelry. Preliminary estimates indicate that its value is as high as tens of millions of silver.
This amount of money, let alone ordinary people, is not a small amount even for a wealthy man like Old Rockefeller. Moreover, it was the income from the house he purchased. It was normal for him to own it at that time. But there is a concept that Old Rockefeller insisted on.
The wealth you gain must be used there!'.
Therefore, the old Rockefeller invested in the construction of the largest Western medicine hospital at the time in Pingbei City, which was also the predecessor of the future Pingbei Xiehe Hospital. After more than ten years of investment, not only did the investment cost exceed the value of the "treasure" itself, but also exceeded
Quite a few.
Obviously, Laura also knew about what her great-grandfather had done. Listening to Tang Dao's story again, Laura's sea-blue eyes filled with tears, which was the memory of her deceased great-grandfather.
"I'm sorry for making you laugh, Colonel Tang." She reached out and rubbed her reddish eyes. After breaking her guard, Laura once again regained the aristocratic and charming attitude she had been trying to maintain.
"There, Miss Laura showed me the success of the Rockefeller family's education. Regardless of the past or the future, it is not unreasonable that the Rockefeller family has always been able to stand in this world where the jungle is strong." Tang Dao shook his head and answered with a serious face.
"Okay! Let's get back to the topic. Colonel Tang, just tell us how you need us to compensate for your losses. Just because you affirm and recognize my great-grandfather, I will do whatever I can."
La said.
"Actually, I've already said this before." Tang Dao suddenly smiled.
"You didn't..." Laura was stunned for a moment, then reacted. "You mean to help you win this war, no! no! Our American Federation is a neutral country and cannot provide any help to the warring parties.
This goes against the purpose of our country."
"Haha, can I give my own comments on the so-called neutral countries?" Tang Dao's mouth was full of disdain, and he continued before Laura could answer: "In my opinion, your federation just wants to borrow money from the country.
They are just businessmen who make a fortune from the war. As long as they can make money, the so-called neutrality is just a memorial arch built by a bitch at the entrance of the village."
The harsh outspokenness is like a javelin aimed at the daughter of the American conglomerate opposite.
Just when Laura opened her sea-blue eyes angrily, Tang Dao continued: "Otherwise, where did the swarms of giant ships loaded with iron ore and steel outside the Japanese port come from? Dear Miss Laura, don't tell
Me, those are cargo ships from other countries flying the flag of your federation."
Laura was speechless.
Because what Tang Dao said is true. In 1937 before the war, the United States exported strategic materials to Japan as high as 300 million U.S. dollars. In 1938, although the amount decreased slightly, it was still as high as 100 million U.S. dollars in the first half of the year.
It will never be less than US$200 million.
"Miss Laura, you are at the top of a large conglomerate in your country. Don't you know that the relationship between countries is far more subtle and cold than the relationship between people?" Tang Dao saw the foreign girl was silent and indifferent.
’s smile.
International relations has long been a subject. People are divided into good and evil, but there are some differences between countries.
Just like the military supplies trade between the United States and Japan and the aid to China after the outbreak of the Pacific War, it was neither malicious nor goodwill. It was just a transaction, just business.
In the early days of the outbreak of World War II, the formation of the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers was very complicated. It was not as imagined that Germany, Italy, and Japan just cherished each other and hit it off, and the United States, Britain, and France had a deep love for each other.
Before the Anti-Japanese War, the three major powers that most affected the progress of the Sino-Japanese War were the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Comparing the evolution of the relations between the three major powers and China and Japan, we can see that there is no consistent goodwill or malice, only complex international games.
Take the U.S.'s trade with Japan, for example. By 1939, Japan's total oil imports from the U.S. accounted for 80% of its imports, and steel accounted for 90%. This objectively supported Japan's invasion of China, but it also actually supported Japan's invasion of China.
supported Japan's launch of the Pacific War.
What's more, the United States not only exported military supplies to Japan, but also exported military supplies to its future enemy, the German Empire.
At this time, the United States was singing and dancing. Isolationism and pacifism were the mainstream on Capitol Hill. President Ross could not declare participation in the war, but high-level think tanks and military generals knew that war was inevitable and the United States could not survive alone.
Therefore, assistance to China began in 1938, with a loan of US$25 million that year, a loan of US$100 million in 1939, and in 1940, 100 fighter jets were provided to China to protect the Burma Highway.
This is the trade situation of the United States with Japan, China, and Germany respectively. There are those who are pro-Japanese, those who are pro-China, and those who are pro-Germany, because the United States is not a monolithic country. The fact is that the largest ethnic group in the United States at that time was Germanic.
Are the so-called good and evil obvious?
Let’s talk about the German Empire. As the two core powers of the Axis Powers in World War II, this one should be considered the most hardcore of the hardcore with Japan. However, the greatest international assistance China once received in its fight against Japan actually came from them.
Even in 1940, there was still arms trade between China and the German Empire. Otherwise, why do you think Rostav Krupp could so readily agree to the agreement with Tang Dao? That is because he has the will of the upper leadership, and he can do it
Doing so will earn more profits for the empire.
The reason for this is actually the same as within the United States. There are also pro-Japanese and pro-China factions in the German Empire. The pro-Japanese faction is represented by Air Force Minister Green, and the pro-China faction is represented by Foreign Minister Laite. The two factions may have the most unified views.
It was to oppose Japan's invasion of China, because China was the largest trade and arms partner of the German Empire in the Far East. Who would want to let the wealthy locals be killed by the Japanese?
It was not until the establishment of the three-nation axis of Germany, Japan, and Italy that China and the German Empire completely closed the door to cooperation. Closing the door cannot mean that the German Empire is malicious, and providing arms to China is not goodwill. After all, it is just trading and business.
The same is true for China's other powerful neighbor. On the one hand, they supported China's resistance to Japan, and even sent flying teams to aid China starting in 1938. They fought for three years. On the other hand, they were engaged in oil trade with Japan in an attempt to exchange oil.
Return to North Sakhalin Island.
Therefore, it is undoubtedly an extremely naive idea to one-sidedly distinguish the relationship between countries by good and evil. This is what Tang Dao wants to express.
He knew that the foreign girl in front of him, who had obviously received strict family education, could understand this truth.
It is normal for Americans to want to profit from the war. Tang Dao can provide whatever funds it has, as long as the Americans can transport supplies.
Laura was lost in thought, and it took a long time before she raised her head, with admiration flashing in her eyes: "Colonel Tang, I finally understand why you became an Army Colonel at such an age. Your knowledge is very broad. In the words of you Chinese,
Laura was very impressed."
"Then Miss Laura, your decision is..."
"I have to know what supplies your military needs. If it involves arms, please forgive Laura Rockefeller for being incompetent." The foreign girl who had already made her decision smiled.
His smile was bright, but also a little cunning.
Tang Dao had almost all the initiative in this negotiation, and now it was finally her turn to fight back.
