Chapter 296: You Liar
Zhou Ming's words suddenly lowered the atmosphere in the room to a freezing point, and Lin Hong, the Chinese ambassador, and Majid, the acting president of Iraq, both stared at Zhou Ming in a daze.
They couldn't believe how Zhou Ming could say such a thing, if Zhou Ming had frankly admitted that he had gone to Basra and had video negotiations with US President Walsh would have been very surprising, then at this moment Zhou Ming directly agreed with Walsh's suggestion to help the Americans end the Gulf War, which is completely incomprehensible.
Especially for Majid, when he learned that Zhou Ming went to Basra behind his back and went to negotiate with the Americans, he was angry at being betrayed, so he would sit in the conference room and wait, and when Zhou Ming returned, he sent someone to bring him over.
Majid hoped that Zhou Ming could give him a reasonable explanation, but he didn't expect Zhou Ming to admit it so simply, without tactfulness and explanation at all.
"Very good!" Majid gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, I have always trusted you, I look forward to a very pleasant cooperation between us, and I also believe that no matter how disadvantaged the situation of this Gulf War is, you still have a way to redeem it, but now you are actually going to negotiate with the President of the United States to end the war, you liar traitor, you are really disappointing to me!"
In the end, Majid stretched out his hand to summon his guard soldiers, pointed at Zhou Ming and gave an order: "Go and drag that Huaxia out and shoot him!"
Seeing this, Lin Hong immediately took two steps in front of Zhou Ming and said to Majid: "Mr. Acting President, I think there must be some misunderstanding in this that you don't know, you also know that Zhou Ming has always been very dedicated to helping Iraq, and he also regards you as a friend, Mr. Acting President, don't you want to hear more about his truest thoughts?"
Majid waved his hand and said: "I'm sorry, I have already given you the opportunity to explain, but unfortunately you don't cherish it, now you can only go and repent to Allah by yourself!"
At this time, Zhang Lin also stood silently in front of Zhou Ming, put on a defensive posture, and faced those guard soldiers alone.
And just when the conflict between the guards soldiers and Zhang Lin was about to break out, Zhou Ming suddenly said to Majid: "Okay, don't make trouble." ”
Zhou Ming's words were very casual, as if an adult saw a child's naughtiness and said it, if it were replaced by ordinary people, he would definitely ignore it, and he might even get angry because of it, but Majid waved his hand very obediently and made his guards stop.
Majid looked at Zhou Ming and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Zhou Ming shook his head with a smile and said, "Actually, I am very puzzled, why are you so angry that I negotiated with the President of the United States to end this Gulf War, Mr. Acting President? Is it because I didn't greet you in advance, so you are angry at my betrayal, or do you not want to end this war?"
"Of course it's your betrayal of Iraq!" Majid said, "and what is going on now is the war between the United States and Iraq, and you are just an outsider and have no right to decide the end of the war!"
"Childish!" Zhou Ming commented to Majid, "If this is really a war between Iraq and the United States, as you said, then why did the President of the United States go to such great lengths to invite me to meet on the New Conway? Could it be that their brains are broken?"
Hearing Zhou Ming's rhetorical question, Majid was stunned at that time, indeed things are just like what Zhou Ming said, the president of the United States is not an idiot, a war that has nothing to do with Zhou Ming, he shouldn't have asked Zhou Ming to come over.
Suddenly, Majid suddenly thought of another point: "So this is a conspiracy of the Americans, is it deliberately trying to cause contradictions between us?"
Regarding Majid's brain, Zhou Ming could only smile helplessly: "It's not that complicated, if the Americans really plan to do this, I won't go to Basra, their idea is very simple, they just want to end this war, and in my opinion, if the United States has no intention of overthrowing the Hussein family's rule in Iraq, there is really no need for this war to continue, after all, with the strength of the United States, Iraq has no hope of winning." ”
"Mr. Zhou Ming, you said that the Americans have no intention of overthrowing the Hussein family's rule in Iraq?" Majid asked, grasping the key point in Zhou Ming's words.
Zhou Ming nodded and replied: "That's true, because it makes no sense for them to overthrow your family's rule, on the contrary, if they keep your rule, they can still stabilize the situation in the Gulf, and if they continue to impose all-round sanctions on Iraq, they can still get huge benefits by relying on the oil-for-food program, under this premise, why does he have to overthrow your rule?"
Zhou Ming saw that Majid seemed to be a little entangled, so he continued to say to him: "So now that I finally helped you reach this agreement, should you thank me well?"
"What? I have to thank you for carrying me behind my back to make an agreement with the Americans to end the war?" said Majid, who was completely confused by the logic.
Zhou Ming replied with a natural expression: "Of course, because with the end of this war, the United States continues to impose comprehensive sanctions on Iraq and the continuation of the oil-for-food program, whether all Iraqis can eat enough depends on the face of the Hussein family, in this case, the Hussein family's control of Iraq will reach a peak, and no one will resist anymore, because the price is starvation." ”
Zhou Ming continued: "In addition, due to the huge profits in the oil-for-food program, there will definitely be many foreign companies who will pay bribes to the Hussein family by any means in order to obtain qualifications and better conditions for participation, and this money will become your private wealth in your private account, and to some extent, this will be more than the wealth you have accumulated through legitimate oil exchanges." ”
Zhou Ming's statement is not groundless, because Zhou Ming clearly remembers that ten years later, Iraq, which has been continuously sanctioned by the United States for more than ten years, is already very poor, but when the US military broke through Badina and opened Salm's private vault, he still found hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, and in Salm's overseas bank account, he held tens of billions of funds.
There is no doubt that all this money has been accumulated by Salm through the windfall profits of the oil-for-food program, after all, if it is a legitimate transaction, this money needs to go to the state treasury, and only abnormal transactions can get all the money into his own pocket.
This kind of behavior is a typical traitor, but people are greedy, as long as they can live well, the others will die.
Majid's eyes flickered, obviously struggling internally, but in the end, Majid thought of something and suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhou Ming, I'm afraid things are not that simple, right?"
Majid was able to suddenly ask this question, which made Zhou Ming feel a little surprised, worthy of being the number two person in Iraq, Salm's most relied on think tank, and sure enough, there were two hits, so Zhou Ming said: "There are indeed other reasons, there is another force that intervened in the war, whether it is me or President Walsh, we are not willing to become pawns at the mercy of others, so ending the war now is the best result." ”
"What is the other force?" asked Majid, frowning.
Zhou Ming said to him calmly: "Have you heard of the outside world?"
Hearing this, Majid couldn't help but gasp, but still pretended to be calm and asked, "Which outside world is it?"
Zhou Ming looked at him meaningfully and asked, "Is there still a few outside worlds?"
Majid was silent, obviously Zhou Ming's rhetorical question had shattered his last illusion: "How can the outside world involve those guys? No, those guys were originally wandering outside the world and infiltrating the whole world, secretly dominating the whole world, so they must have taken a fancy to the war dividends of this Gulf War, and they must be ......like this."
The outside world was actually deliberately thrown out by Zhou Ming to Majid, just to see how Majid would react.
Now the results are obvious, judging by Majid's reaction, he clearly knows about this "outside world" and is quite jealous of it.
Zhou Ming thought for a while and asked Majid: "Then now, respected Mr. Acting President, do you still have any questions?"
This time, in the face of Zhou Ming's question, Majid suddenly wilted like a deflated ball, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Things have come to this point, do I have any other choice? It's just that how should this war end? Do you want me to announce unconditional surrender?"
Zhou Ming suggested: "I think it would be better for Salm to announce his surrender. ”
Majid was stunned for a moment by this suggestion, and then said to Zhou Ming meaningfully: "If you are a politician, I can believe that all your competitors will be played to death by you." ”
"Thank you very much, but politics is the expression of the economy, and I think it's a good choice to be a business tycoon. ”
With this sentence, Zhou Ming ended the conversation with Majid, and Majid went to prepare a press conference to find a way to end the war in the name of Salm, and the reason why he used the name of Salm is that he is still the nominal head of state, and secondly, to let him bear the blame, which can also make Majid have a better support rate in Iraq.
However, Salm was originally going to surrender to the United States, and now Majid is just helping him delay the time.
Majid left, and Zhou Ming was on the way to send Lin Hong to the parking lot, Lin Hong suddenly asked Zhou Ming: "From your performance in front of President Walsh and Majid just now, don't you know what the outside world is?"
Zhou Ming nodded and replied: "It seems that Ambassador Lin Hong can also see it, yes, I really don't know, but from the fact that it was the first time I was with a governor in the United States, combined with the performance of President Walsh and Majid, I think I am probably a little eyebrows." ”
"I'm sorry Comrade Zhou Ming, I only know that the so-called outside world is a somewhat incredible concept, only by understanding him, can we really understand the economic and political pattern of this world, and I am not particularly clear about the rest, so I can't tell you more details, but I think Yang Lao and they definitely know. Lin Hong said to Zhou Ming.
"It's okay, I'm sure I'll understand when it's time for me to understand, and it's not necessarily a good thing to know too soon. Zhou Ming said.
Lin Hong left with peace of mind, as Huaxia's ambassador to Iraq, now that Iraq is about to undergo such big changes, he must report to China as soon as possible.
And before Lin Hong's car left, Zhou Ming heard footsteps coming from behind him, Zhou Ming turned around, and saw a woman in a black robe standing behind him, although she was veiled, but Zhou Ming knew that she was the Kud princess Leia.
She gasped for a while before she said to Zhou Ming, "You liar!"