Ulysses was obviously very knowledgeable about his character, and the constant bad news made his brain tingle, but after fifteen minutes, he had barely calmed down.

Joseph did not go, sitting on the reception sofa in the presidential office, looking at Ulysses with some unconcealed worry in his eyes, the outside world is sarcastic Vice President Joseph is Ulysses' No. 1 lackey, but in fact, the private relationship between the two is extremely strong, outside of business, it is a real old friend who has known each other for many years, a series of recent events have made Ulysses extremely passive, the pressure is like a mountain, and the presidential position is also shaky, but even in this case, Joseph will never give up on Ulysses, I have to say that his firm attitude misleads a considerable number of smart people, so that Ulysses's position is shaking left and rightThis kind of firm support can easily make the outside world think that Ulysses has not reached the point of exhaustion, and that Ulysses still has hole cards, but in fact, this insistence is Joseph's insistence purely out of personal feelings.

Such an attitude has even gone beyond the realm of loyalty.

"Mr. President, do you want to inform Secretary Edra now that the call with the Divine Empire is on hold?"

Joseph came to the water dispenser in silence and got two glasses of water, one was handed to Ulysses, looked at the ashtray full of ash in the other party and the cigar in his hand, frowned slightly, and took the initiative to speak, breaking the silence.

"Hold?"

Ulysses raised his head in some surprise and wondered, "Why postpone?"

"It's just my personal advice. ”

Joseph said lightly: "From the position of an old friend, I suggest that this negotiation be postponed. Your emotions are not suitable for negotiation at all now, after all, what you have to face next is not the leader of a small country, and the thing that can make the other party ecstatic by throwing a few bones is not at all in line with the current identity and status of the Shenzhou Empire, and you are about to face the top leader of a superpower, Mr. President... No, Ulysses, you have to stay calm. ”

"Oh, calm down. ”

Ulysses nodded: "Of course, I'm calm. ”

He smiled, his expression had completely calmed down, but there was still a hysterical glint in his eyes: "But Joseph, do you know what it means to us once the negotiations are suspended? Now every minute of delay, we have the potential to cause even greater losses, the Myers Arms Institute, the Borat Industrial Zone, the Morin base, the Kathrot, don't you know what this means?" Lin Xuanyuan doesn't have any scruples at all, as long as he wants to kill, he won't pay attention to any civilians and troops, in the eyes of that kind of person, except for what he cares about, everyone else is just a bunch of weeds, if we don't talk to the Divine Empire, can we talk to Lin Xuanyuan? What are we talking about? Talking about human rights? Or talking about morality? These things can't stop him at all! The behavior of the Divine Empire must be stopped, even if we temporarily back down this time, it is better than going to war now!"

Joseph looked at Ulysses, but his eyes were not focused on Ulysses at all, his eyes were in a trance, and he said softly: "Except for what he cares about, everyone else is just a pile of weeds?" ”

"Except for what I love, everyone in the world is a dog!"

Ulysses said a sentence coldly in not too standard Chinese, a little tongue-twisting, and then sneered: "This is what the emperor said when he was young, look, an emperor, a Lin Xuanyuan, how similar?" Lin Xuanyuan is even more excessive than the emperor, and compared to the emperor when he was young, he now has more capital, whether it is resources or strength, he can be more crazy than the emperor when he was young, he must stabilize him, even if it is temporary, the person who fights him will appear soon, as long as Lin Xuanyuan's position can be determined, then we will no longer have any scruples. ”

"So you want to negotiate with the Shenzhou Empire, in order to stabilize Lin Xuanyuan?"

Joseph asked rhetorically.

"Is there something wrong?"

Ulysses spoke calmly.

"If you stabilize Lin Xuanyuan, you may need to negotiate with the imperial family, the Divine Empire... There is no point in negotiating with them. ”

Joseph shook his head.

“……”

The hideousness in Ulysses' expression flickered away, and he was a little annoyed, not at Joseph, of course, but at the royal family.

Negotiate with the royal family, this matter, Ulysses has tried no less than 100 times, but since the first conversation broke up, the royal family has never paid any attention to the United States, it seems that the man who is recognized as invincible in the world by the royal family really doesn't care about his brother's life or death, and then Lin Xuanyuan's wanton killing in the United States, this matter can be seen as a signal for the Shenzhou Empire to start a war, but it can also be regarded as the royal family's crazy revenge for Wang Fuyu's capture.

Ulysses didn't want to make the emperor regret it completely, and with his current capital, it was easy for him to do this, as long as he killed Wang Fuyu, he didn't believe that the emperor could really be indifferent, but as soon as Wang Fuyu died, the whole thing would have become a dead knot, and the emperor would only be more crazy and more unscrupulous to fight with the United States to expand their losses.

Wang Fuyu can't be killed, and naturally he can't let it go, and if he doesn't, the losses of the United States will continue to expand.

In this case, negotiating with the Shenzhou Empire and putting pressure on Lin Xuanyuan and the imperial family through the Shenzhou Empire became the only feasible way.

Ulysses is a politician, a politician, but he is definitely not a saint, an American president who can say in front of his opponents what those damned civilians are, maybe out of impulse, but it can also be understood as what he has always thought in his heart.

More than 50,000 civilians were killed, industrial areas were destroyed, weapons research institutes exploded, tens of thousands of soldiers died...

These are the things that can make Ulysses crazy, but they will not lose their minds like crazy, as long as they can be exchanged for the benefits worthy of these things, Ulysses believes that there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

"If it was placed in the past, it would definitely not have any effect to put pressure on the royal family through the Shenzhou Empire, although most of the previous royal family foundations were in the Shenzhou Empire, but they were relatively independent, and it was not easy for the Shenzhou Empire to interfere, but now it is different, the royal family has the intention of returning, the in-depth cooperation between the Shenzhou Empire and the royal family is about to begin, and the two sides can be said to be in the honeymoon period, although various calculations are indispensable, but in contrast, the relationship has begun to improve, even if this improvement is temporary, at this time, the royal family must also consider Lin Qingtian's attitude。 ”

Ulysses was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.

Joseph nodded, shook his head again, and said softly: "Although what you said is very reasonable, I still insist on my opinion, I don't think that your negotiations with the Shenzhou Empire will play a role, and the Shenzhou Empire is also very tough this time, the conditions they put forward must be difficult to accept, and the outcome of this time is very likely to be unhappy, and the contradictions in the future will be even more difficult to mediate." ”

"But there is always something to talk about. ”

Ulysses smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Before we talk about it, at least there is hope, how to talk about it, we have to talk about it to know, right, old man?"

Joseph sighed softly, the vice president, who was once considered by the outside world to be very likely to ascend to the high position of president after Ulysses stepped down, also had great expectations for the position of president, but now seeing Ulysses's situation, he suddenly found that the pressure behind what he had expected was also not easy.

"Maybe you're right. ”

Joseph shrugged his shoulders and drank the water from his glass: "There is always something to talk about." Although I still don't think it will be too useful. ”

He sat on the couch and lit a cigarette himself, apparently not intending to leave until the conclusion of the high-stakes negotiations.

Ulysses sighed and shook his head, picked up the phone and dialed a number, and waited for the other party to connect, before he said calmly: "Edla, have you communicated with the Shenzhou Empire?"

"Still waiting for news. ”

On the phone, U.S. Secretary of State Edla's steady voice rang: "I have notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Shenzhou Empire, and it is estimated that there will be news soon, Mr. President, do you want me to urge?"

"No, I don't. ”

Ulysses shook his head without hesitation, this kind of negotiation, if he is too eager, if he is too low, he will only be looked down upon, no matter what, the United States is now the world's number one power, no matter how big the loss is now, there is always the confidence to be reserved.

"Okay. ”

Edra replied in a polite tone, waited a few seconds, and after not hearing any other instructions from Ulysses, carefully hung up the phone.

Ulysses picked up the cigar on the table, took a big puff, threw the phone on the desk, and said with a sneer: "Pretend!"