(Originally, the third update was sent six hours ago, but I couldn't send it out because I fell asleep at the end of the code.) ）

"It's amazing, the Americans reacted a little faster than we thought, what do you think about this, Surkov?" U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Jr. F. Matlock's request was thrown aside by Yanayev, who sat on the throne, the symbol of the supremacy of the Soviets, stared at the paper with a few words, and closed his eyes to think about what to do. The words on paper are also very simple, and Bush has the most concise words to implicitly express his full anger.

"Dear Comrade Yanayev, we have an American citizen who was illegally detained by the KGB in the USSR, and I ask you to believe that he is just an ordinary person who has traveled to Moscow and is not a criminal you want to arrest. If you can, please meet with our ambassador to the USSR, Mr. Matlock, who will answer everything for you and apologize for the inconvenience caused to your country. ”

This diplomatic rhetoric is typical of the three hundred taels of silver here, and an ordinary American citizen would attract the attention of the president? Everyone knows that this guy is an American spy, but according to the procedure, these lines that are estimated to be disgusting to themselves are even more complete to the opponent they deal with.

"Americans don't want to make a big deal, they want to keep a low profile." Surkov, who personally tailored a-for-tat plan for Yanayev, took the next step for the president, "As long as we obediently hand over Vantaa to the Americans, this matter will be over, but no one can guarantee that the United States will not continue to do such dirty things tomorrow." This time it's rubles, next time it's financial fraud, and there's always a way for them to find a gap in our fragile economy. ”

"If we don't hand people over and make the news of the $14 deficit public, the result will be that the Soviet Union has not lost the slightest bit, while the United States has lost this $1.4 billion dollar black hole, which will cause quite a financial sensation. This is the last thing Americans want, and the embarrassed Americans will also do everything they can to sanction us, such as shorting the London gold market and using the export gold we rely on as a heavy weight on our shoulders. As a result, the Soviet economy was worse and the US economy was greatly damaged. To be honest, if it were me, I would choose to compromise with the Americans, after all, the fragile economy of the Soviet Union could no longer withstand the toss. I don't know what you think of the president? ”

"Neither the first nor the second is the best option, and we can have a third option, where the Americans learn their lesson and weigh themselves before the next financial war." Yanayev pondered for a while before he said to Surkov, "We can get the Americans to pay a ransom for Leo Vantaa." ”

Hearing that the president of a country was going to demand ransom from another country like a kidnapper, Surkov's expression was a little embarrassed, and he said euphemistically, "President Yanayev, isn't it a little bad to do this." Because in this way, we will be put in an immoral situation of kidnapping, and may even allow the other party to catch the handle and fight back against us. ”

Yanayev, who was originally holding a teacup, heard Surkov's words, put down the cup and said to him disdainfully, "Handle? To hell with it. Anyway, we have no friends in Europe anymore, and in their eyes, we are naked bandits, crazy Ivan, terrible devils, communist heretics. Why should we please these people when others already see us in this way? Since they don't want to, then we don't need to curry favor with the idea of peaceful coexistence with them, for the West, a collapsed Soviet Union is a good Soviet Union. ”

"The corrupt capitalist world only deserves to tremble in the face of communism, and we need no pity for them. These countries propose the so-called welfare state not because of the conscience of the group of capitalists, but because of our fearful existence. ”

Yanayev never wanted to greedily cut much meat from American financial institutions, but getting President Bush angry again was what he wanted. For so many years of damage inflicted on the Soviet Union by US imperialism, Yanayev wants Bush to return it with interest.

With his pockets in his pockets, Yanayev stood in front of the window and looked out at the brilliant lights outside, the land he loved, the Soviet motherland, facing the most difficult situation of internal and external troubles.

Yanayev turned around and whispered to Surkov, "We have started the 'red mercury hoax' before, and I think the Americans have fallen into the trap by now, and they will mistakenly think that we have red mercury nuclear weapons." Why do you say I dare to ask them for ransom in the open, that's my bargaining chip. Americans don't know the details, and it's easier to compromise at the negotiating table. ”

"And is 100 million dollars more? It's not a lot, and those Wall Street greedy financiers can scrape together the money with a little anonymous coffer. But $1.5 billion is an unobtainable shot in the arm for us, with which the Soviet Union can survive for a while. Surkov, the atmosphere of the economic upturn that I asked you to create in the newspapers was nothing but a self-deceptive illusion, but the Soviet economy is still in the midst of low growth. I am simply using a series of so-called diplomatic victories to divert the attention of the people at home. ”

Yanayev looked at the pale Surkov and patted him on the shoulder, "This is the most difficult moment for the Soviets, so whether it is oil or arms, I will scrape together enough funds to survive the current predicament of the Soviet Union, and wait for Ryzhkov's economic recovery plan to be effective." ”

Many things were achieved at the expense of other things, such as the hapless American tourist Vantaa who was suffering inhumane treatment and torture in a secret KGB stronghold at this time, and Plekhanov greeted them in advance, and had to use torture methods that could not be found by people, so waterboarding and intimidation were brought to the stage against Vantaa.

After several hours of waterboarding, Vantaa remained silent. KGB agents then threw pictures of his daughter in Pennsylvania to Vantaa, and threatened that the KGB agents were already lurking in the United States, leaving Vantaa to choose his daughter's life and death.

"Is there a difference?" The tortured and dying Vantaa smiled disdainfully and said, "I have become an outcast, I said that the Americans will kill me and my daughter, I don't say, you will kill me and my daughter." Die in this filthy prison, at least I can still be treated with a state funeral. ”

Plekhanov was smoking a cigarette beside him, and when he heard Vanta's words, he dropped the cigarette butt and walked directly to the other party, grabbed his hair and looked at Vantaa's eager eyes for relief, and asked, "You really can't see the situation clearly, Leo Vantaa, didn't you think that when you tell these account passwords, you and your daughter will be heroically protected by the Soviet authorities for the rest of your life?" ”