Chapter 436: Mutual Temptation
Cheng Yu didn't refuse, and sat down directly opposite Lawrence, without even looking at Cindy.
Lawrence noticed this small change, he smiled and poured some red wine into Cheng Yu's glass, and then said, "Mr. Cheng, try our Chilean red wine." Unfortunately, I still have a lot of good red wines on my estate, but once this happened, I don't know if I will be able to drink those red wines again in the future. Hidden for many years, alas......"
Cheng Yu picked up the red wine glass, shook it, tasted it, nodded and said, "The red wine is good." ”
"When exactly does Mr. Cheng plan to tell me the truth?"
Cheng Yu looked at Cindy, who was already sitting next to Lawrence, and didn't make a sound, but held the wine glass and kept shaking it, as if she was seriously tasting the quality of this bottle of red wine.
Lawrence's heart moved, and he thought to himself, Do we have to break up Cindy in this matter? Could it be that the British don't take a fancy to Cindy, but to me?
If you ask yourself, Lawrence doesn't think he has much value to be remembered by the British, and if he does, it seems that it can only be an experiment being done in the future territory.
After hesitating for a moment, Lawrence felt that he had fallen into such a field, and when he asked those people for help today, those people only said indifferently, and had already asked him not to mix in political matters, and to do experiments with peace of mind, as long as the research and development was successful, his glory and wealth would definitely be indispensable.
In the end, he didn't say that he would help him solve the problem, but just gave him a sum of money.
Those people seem to want him to cut off Chile more, and it would be best if he could stay on this island forever and keep an eye on the research and development.
Lawrence even felt that the gang might well think that what happened to him was a good thing.
After all, this basically cut off Lawrence's way back to China.
And now, Cheng Yu seems to have given him another choice.
Of course, it is also possible that this choice is only to make him surrender to the British, but after taking refuge in the past, it is likely that the same demands will be made for him, and it will not allow him to return to Chile as a legal person.
For someone like Lawrence, who can't go back to Chile just for the money, he doesn't think it makes much sense.
Chile is not a very beautiful place, but Lawrence's age does not mean that you can give it up.
"Cindy, why don't you go and bring some food to Peng, he's been running around with me all day and he's hungry. ”
Cindy said angrily: "Mr. Bill, you know that I even have the heart to kill Peng now, and you don't know Peng's attitude towards me, why do you still ask me to bring him food?"
Lawrence smiled slightly, but his tone was one that could not be denied.
He said, "I didn't let you meet him, I just asked you to send something over and let the people at the door take it in." In addition, in my room, they are very badly cleaned, I think, you should know my preferences very well, you will be able to clean up the room to my satisfaction, and then I will live here for a long time. ”
Cindy finally understood that Lawrence was going to talk to Cheng Yu alone, so she had to stand up, and when she walked behind Lawrence, she glanced at Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu pretended not to see it, but deliberately made a gesture of waving his hand, saying, "Please take this dish away, the taste is too sour." ”
Cindy saw that Cheng Yu meant to let her leave, so she packed up some food, and took the dish designated by Cheng Yu and brought it to Peng Bo.
After Cindy left, Cheng Yu took the initiative to reach for Lawrence, Lawrence touched him, and Cheng Yu drank it all.
Immediately, Cheng Yu picked up the wine bottle, took the initiative to add new wine to Lawrence, and poured some himself, and then said: "Mr. Lawrence is here this time, do you already plan to live permanently?"
"Hehe, isn't this due to Mr. Cheng, or the people behind you?"
"Looks like Mr. Lawrence thinks I'm not coming from the right place?"
"Then it depends on what Mr. Cheng wants to negotiate with me, if the result of the negotiation is something that both of us like to see, this naturally cannot be said that Mr. Cheng is not coming in the right way. ”
Cheng Yu laughed and said, "It seems that I really have to think carefully about the words, and I must let Mr. Bill like it first." ”
Lawrence picked up a knife and fork, cut some meat, and put it in his mouth.
"Let's start by introducing yourself. I, since Mr. Cheng came to this island with great painstaking efforts, then I think you should have enough understanding. However, I still don't know anything about Mr. Cheng. ”
"Call me Alan. Cheng Yu said.
"Okay, Alan, then please call me Lawrence directly, Mr. Allen. ”
"Lawrence, what do you think of Cindy?" Cheng Yu also ate something, and continued to pick up the wine glass and shake it, as if asking casually.
Lawrence smiled, pretended to think, and said, "You should be able to tell that I really dot on her, otherwise, she would be a dead person by now." Alan, why are you still reluctant to be honest?"
Cheng Yu waved his hand, meaning to let Lawrence calm down for a while.
"If Cindy dies, that means you have to kill me, right?"
Lawrence didn't give any response to this question, but it is clear that the answer is obvious.
Cheng Yu didn't expect Lawrence to answer, and continued: "But I believe that Lawrence, you are a very cautious and very smart person, and you will not make decisions easily when you don't know whether a person is a friend or an opponent. ”
"That's why you dared to bring Cindy here to find me? As long as I don't attack you easily, even if I really want to kill Cindy, I'll put up with it first. ”
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "So, Lawrence, do you want to kill Cindy?"
Lawrence took another bite of meat and said, "Can we not always dwell on these meaningless topics?" I know Alan, you have your mission, but I also have my attitude. I'm a person who prefers to get straight to the point. ”
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Okay, since Lawrence you have said this, I can tell you that you guessed correctly, I am indeed British." But it is up to you to decide whether or not I can continue to talk to you. ”
"Oh, I must have been very clear, or I wouldn't have invited you to this dinner, nor would I have split Cindy as you wanted. ”
"But we need you to do one thing for us. ”
Lawrence fell into deep thought.
He actually knows what Cheng Yu's first condition is.
The words that Cindy said to him were obviously not untargeted, whether she really knew anything about Cheng Yu's true identity or not, at least, her thoughts should come from Cheng Yu's intentional or unintentional indoctrination.
After spending many years with Cindy, Lawrence actually knows Cindy very well, even better than Cindy herself thinks.
Under the premise of this understanding, Lawrence could easily judge that the words that Cindy said to him on the way up the mountain just now were by no means something that Cindy could think of.
Maybe Cindy really wanted to kill Peng Bo, but she couldn't make that judgment, this woman's scheming was not as deep as she imagined.
So, the next thing is a good judgment.
It was Cheng Yu who asked her to do this, first to test Lawrence, so as to know what Lawrence's attitude was.
If Lawrence didn't want to compromise at all, or was absolutely unwilling to cooperate with the British, then Lawrence might have given up even if he had invited Cheng Yu for a drink on the beach.
But Lawrence still let Cheng Yu come, which shows that he is also likely to accept it.
After weighing it up, Lawrence said, "About Peng?"
Cheng Yu nodded, shook his head again, and said, "It can be said about him, but it can also be said that it has nothing to do with it." Because he's always just a pawn, it's Cindy who matters. ”
"Cindy isn't really a good politician, so you should have someone else. ”
"But now, among the candidates in front of us, Cindy is relatively more suitable. Moreover, I am just an executor, I don't need to be responsible for the whole thing, I will implement what the above tells me. ”
Lawrence nodded, he felt that Cheng Yu was telling the truth.
"Alan, you're really confident, aren't you afraid that I'll keep you here forever?"
"Do you think that since I've arrived on this island, your future territory will still be a secret?"
"But you should also know that I am behind the Americans. ”
"Then it's up to Lawrence, how you choose. I think what the Americans are doing to you today may have made you a little worried, after all, they have no intention or simply no ability to follow your train of thought to protect you. Right?"
This sentence is also a kind of temptation of Cheng Yu to Lawrence.
Before that, Cheng Yu didn't know who the financiers behind Lawrence were.
This is revealed by Lawrence himself.
American!
Of course, Cheng Yu didn't know it through Lawrence's straightforward expression now, but on the beach, Cheng Yu already had a general understanding.
At that time, Lawrence said that Cheng Yu's accent was pure American English, and Cheng Yu knew that Lawrence must have a lot to do with Americans.
Otherwise, for a native Spanish speaker who can only speak English normally, but is not very proficient, the difference between American English and the orthodox London accent is not as great as one thinks.
At the very least, American pronunciation or American grammar, or even American vocabulary, doesn't really tell the whole story.
For a person who obviously does not look American, a normal person would never dare to make the judgment that the other person is speaking pure American English.
Lawrence did.
This shows that he knows a lot about American English, at least, he often has access to people who speak American English.
Therefore, Cheng Yu judged at that time that the financier behind Lawrence must be an American.
But even if he knew that it was an American, Cheng Yu didn't know whether this matter was related to the U.S. government or just some boring rich madmen.
But Cheng Yu has a simple reasoning.
If Lawrence's financiers are related to the U.S. government, or the U.S. military, then even if those people can't keep him legally in Chile as Lawrence thinks, they can at least arrange for him to go to the United States. After a while, it doesn't even take too long, a month or two is enough, and you can arrange an American identity for him and let him return to Chile as an American.
Lawrence could have completely disappeared from this world and been replaced by an American named Lawrence.
But from the attitudes shown by Lawrence, Cheng Yu can see that those Americans did not do this.
So, just like what Cheng Yu asked just now, do you not want to do it, or do you not have that ability?
Cheng Yu also wanted to make more temptations.
Lawrence thought for a moment and said, "Ability, if you are more positive, you can still have it." ”
Cheng Yu understood.
This has fully shown that the financiers behind Lawrence are really just a group of rich Americans.
These maniacs!
If it were really the U.S. government and the military, Lawrence would not have said that there would always be more positive abilities, but would show a little anger, indicating that those people were not willing to do these things for him.
"What Americans can't do, we can do for you. Cheng Yu appropriately threw out the first "promise".
Lawrence's heart moved slightly, which could be seen by Cheng Yu from the beating of his eyelids.
"So, what Cindy told me about those proposals was actually instructed by you, right?"
Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders and said, "What did she tell you?"
"Let me hand over Peng, take the mayor's shooting, and frame the mayor's self-directed and self-acting, and then try to kill me. ”
Cheng Yu smiled, and said in his heart, why are you in such a hurry as this two-hundred-and-five-year-old Cindy? Why can't you sleep with him first, and then pretend to be aggrieved and pitiful to win his sympathy and trust first? How did this woman get favored by the British? Would they actually praise her as a political star, and the party that praised her were all people with bad brains?
Seeing that Cheng Yu didn't speak, Lawrence said again: "But in this proposal, I don't see what benefits I can get." Could it be that I'm doing all this just to make sure Cindy won't betray me again in the future?"
Cheng Yuxin said that you really want me to help you wipe your ass.
He said, "It depends on what you need Lawrence." Like going back home legally, like getting more support, like experimenting that you can't stop now?"
"Yes, but first, I have to be able to return to my home country legally. ”
"What about being a British citizen and investor?"
"Acceptable. ”
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "This shouldn't be difficult." ”
It can be seen that Lawrence is really moved, he did such a crazy thing on this island, obviously not to stay in this ghost place for the rest of his life.
The so-called future territory is also meaningful on the premise that it can come and go freely.
Next, Cheng Yu threw him to Cindy's painting cake again, and also painted it for Lawrence.
Lawrence remained cautiously silent throughout the conversation, but it was evident that he was quite moved, just not as obvious as Cindy.
This shows even more that the gold owners behind him are completely something he can put aside.
As for the bright prospects described by Cheng Yu, Lawrence doesn't care very much, after all, it takes years or even more than ten years of operation, and he has no problem living until that time, but whether all these operations can be implemented smoothly is very problematic in itself.
After contemplation, Lawrence threw out his first question.
"If my guess is correct, Alan, you should be from the Labour Party, right?"
The obvious answer is that there are only three major political parties in Britain, the Conservative Party, which has long dominated the political arena, and the Labour Party as their opposite, or perhaps the most formidable rival, even if this rival is not yet so full-fledged.
The third is the Liberal Democrats.
This party is very strange, and they are more similar in concept to the Labour Party. As the third largest party in Parliament, they did something unexpected in 10 years, they reached an agreement with the Conservative Party to form a coalition government, so as to obtain five cabinet positions, and became a coalition party for the first time.
Cheng Yu thought about it for a while, and felt that if he admitted to be a Labor Party, he seemed to be a little risky when he didn't know much about Chile's internal affairs.
He only knew that Chile had good relations with the British, but he did not know whether the Chilean government had better relations with the Labour Party or with the Conservatives.
On the surface, Chile should have a better relationship with the Conservative Party, which is the largest party in Britain and the ruling party for 10 years.
However, 10 years ago, the Labor Party was in power for 13 years, so the relationship between the Chilean government and the Labor Party was not necessarily bad.
There is even a possibility that both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party actually have a good relationship with the Chilean government, and if Cheng Yu complies with Lawrence and says that he is a member of the Labour Party, he is likely to fall into his trap.
Lawrence wasn't a very easy person to get along with, in any case, he was a scheming old fox.
Therefore, Cheng Yu showed a hint of embarrassment and said: "Maybe you have to disappoint Lawrence, I don't serve the Labor Party, but the Liberal Democratic Party." Our party leader was very distressed, and although he was similar in concept to the Labour Party, he had to compromise and reach a superficial agreement with the Conservatives. In order to become the ruling party, we are also quite helpless. ”
Lawrence nodded slowly, it seemed that he recognized Cheng Yu's words.
"So, you, the Liberal Democrats, also want to cultivate forces in Chile that you can control?"
"I guess it's an experimental contact.
At least, when we signaled, the leader of Cindy's National Renewal Party was quite moved, and he has been trying to establish more stable ties with us, but we are more conservative.
After all, Chile and my country have always had good relations, and we dare not venture into it.
But if it's really possible to promote something together, I think, it's extremely beneficial for both sides.
And Lawrence, you, will also gain more benefits by serving as a bridge between the two sides. ”
"But I still don't think Cindy is the right fit!"
"I said, at the moment she is. It is not excluded that there will be a replacement of candidates in the future. ”
"But once Cindy is no longer the person you think she is, I'll ......," Lawrence dragged out a long note.
Cheng Yu secretly scolded the old fox, but on the surface, he chuckled lightly and said: "Even if Cindy is no longer the recognized candidate, she must be in a relatively good position." Lawrence, our party and factions always work in parallel on multiple fronts, and we can't hang ourselves on your tree. ”
Lawrence's eyes flickered, almost completely agreeing with Cheng Yu's words.
Cheng Yu did not overemphasize the importance of Cindy, which won Lawrence's trust. And if Cheng Yu swears, Lawrence is likely to pull out his gun directly.