"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Looking at Zhang Yaping who seemed to have aged a decade, Jiang Chen smiled comfortingly and said softly.
Zhang Yaping's expression was full of bitterness. His lips twitched for a long time before he finally squeezed out a sentence.
"We failed … Sorry."
Five hundred people, five times the military force!
They never thought about the possibility of failure. Even if they had to exchange two people for one government force, there was no reason for them to lose. But they clearly overestimated the determination of the insurgents. Before entering the battlefield, their necks were harder than steel. When they fought, they only wished their parents didn't give them two more legs. The number of people who died in the crossfire was low, but the number of people who died on the way was countless.
In terms of equipment, the anti-government force's equipment wasn't bad. Although they didn't have armored vehicles, they had plenty of anti-armor weapons such as AT4 rockets. Not to mention light machine guns, grenades, smoke bombs … But these things didn't get to be used before they were abandoned on the way and became the government force's armory.
A complete defeat. There was no doubt about it.
The uprising failed. The Liberal Party couldn't even protect themselves under the full suppression of the Pannu government. Jiang Chen's five million USD investment naturally went down the drain.
Zhang Yaping felt guilty to the foreign businessman who lent him a helping hand, but there was nothing he could do.
"Do you know the reason for the failure?" Jiang Chen asked softly.
With a bitter smile, Zhang Yaping leaned against the wall of the warehouse.
"Lack of organization? Lack of training? "
"Your uprising was too hasty." As he said this, he added another sentence in his mind. [I'm really sorry, Robert told me.]
"Hehe, regardless … there's no point in saying this now."
"Have you given up?" Jiang Chen smiled.
"… The 12-hour civil war ended. Edward's government has already demonstrated the power of the Pannu military. I believe at least in the next ten years, no one will dare to rebel against his rule. "
"Of course I know that. I don't need you to tell me. What I want to ask is, have you given up? "
Zhang Yaping looked at Jiang Chen blankly for a long time before he shook his head with a bitter smile.
"How could I give up … But I have to learn to accept this reality. We thought that with 500 people equipped with advanced American military equipment, we would be able to easily behead Edward, but in the end … "
"There are no shoulds or ifs in history."
"I know, but I … I'm sorry, I let your investment go to waste."
Jiang Chen smiled. "Five million USD is just a small amount to me. I can still afford to go down the drain. Doing business is like gambling. As it turned out, I lost the first round. What I want to know now is whether you're worth it for me to continue betting on. "
Zhang Yaping was stunned.
"You mean …"
"I can sponsor you another five million dollars."
"That's a waste of money. Not to mention that President Edward has enacted a bill to restrict private parties, even if the Civil Liberal Party stands out, no one will respond to this banner."
Jiang Chen smiled.
This was the effect he wanted. A weak and easily controllable new regime came to power. In this way, even if they replaced President Edward, their prestige in the hearts of the people would not be high. This was because the previous regime was not overthrown by their own hands. It was the result of external interference. It was just like Iraq to the United States, a perfect puppet regime.
Zhang Yaping looked at the happy smile on Jiang Chen's face in confusion. He didn't understand what was so funny about it.
"I remember you studied in New Zealand, right?"
"That's right." Zhang Yaping nodded. He even considered escaping to New Zealand or Australia if the uprising failed.
"Have you heard of the word mercenary?"
…
The riot was over.
The gunfire in Coro City completely stopped and was replaced by the sirens of ambulances. Not only were the insurgents injured, but innocent citizens were also injured. The riot happened so suddenly that there was no time to escape. After the uprising failed, the cowardly insurgents rushed into the crowd, causing many ordinary citizens who didn't have time to escape to be injured or even killed by stray bullets.
Tonight was not destined to be peaceful.
Outside the presidential palace.
In the mansion that was modeled after the White House, Edward was sweating profusely in front of the cameras as he clarified the situation to the foreign media who were watching the show.
"Mr. President, what's your opinion on this riot?"
"They are just a group of thugs, and my army suppressed them! I repeat, they are all thugs! Other than that, I have no opinion, "Edward roared at the British reporter.
He had already lost count of how many times he had clarified. Were the brains of these Western media reporters filled with paste? Or were they all deaf?
"Really? But they are citizens of Pannu. You didn't send out the police, but directly sent out the army. Isn't this against your country's constitution? "
"I repeat, no! If there is, I will change it right now. "
"Is your country's constitution written on toilet paper? I mean the kind used to wipe your ass, "a UA reporter joked.
The crowd laughed.
Edward's face turned white from anger, but he couldn't do anything to these people.
The Pannu government's forcefulness was only aimed at the country. UA's aircraft carrier was parked a thousand kilometers away in Guam. They could launch a military operation to rescue their citizens at any time.
The only thing he was angry about was that he ordered the shutdown of all flights into the country two days ago, but the reporters seemed to have appeared out of thin air and appeared in his country.
After dealing with the reporters, the exhausted Edward returned to the presidential palace and sat down in his office chair.
But before he could rest for a while, another Han walked in.
Wang Tianfeng, the representative of Linhua Group. He came from a rather powerful family in Han called the Wang family. He was also the son of the president of Linhua Group, Wang Linhua.
"What's the matter?" Edward switched to a calm tone as he looked at the man standing in front of his desk.
"It's about the progress of the project." With fluent English, Wang Tianfeng went straight to the point. "The recent riots in your country severely affected our Linhua Group's progress …"
"If it's business, you can talk to Johnny." Edward didn't want to listen to this question anymore.
"But I haven't seen him recently," Wang Tianfeng said helplessly.
To be honest, he didn't want to come to this damned place. Even if he had to deal with foreigners, he preferred to go to Europe or UA. But Linhua Group's expansion overseas was the unanimous decision of his father and the board of directors. As the future heir of Linhua Group, he had to familiarize himself with the overseas business.
Using his father's words, it was a great opportunity to establish prestige in the company. Compared to Africa, which had a chaotic political environment, the calm Pacific Ocean island was undoubtedly much easier to do business here …
Yes, two months ago, this place was indeed calm and peaceful. But now, the riots almost stopped the progress of the project.
To be honest, compared to fighting to the death in the real estate industry, he was more optimistic about the future of the IT industry. But Linhua Group's failure to acquire Future Technology, as well as the sudden large overseas order, made the board of directors change their mind.
Thinking about this, Wang Tianfeng cursed the person named Jiang Chen in his mind.
He was just a dog raised by the Wang family. After appearing in the Wall Street Journal twice, he became like this.
At the same time, he selectively ignored the hard power of Future Technology and attributed all of Future Technology's domestic performance to his uncle Wang Dehai. He couldn't be blamed for thinking this way since the rise of Linhua Group relied on policy.
"You can't see him?" Edward raised his eyebrows in shock.
"I went to his mansion, but his security blocked me outside. And from the stance, the security level seems to be quite high? "
"What is that guy doing?" Edward raised his eyebrows.
There should be a limit to being afraid of death, right? The civil war was already over, but he was still hiding in the mansion.
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