Chapter 885: Arriving in Rapa

On a clean white sheet of paper, if there is a red color, then this red is the anomaly and will be eliminated.

But if the red covers the entire sheet of paper, and only a very few places are not stained red, then white is the anomaly.

Color is an attitude, an emotion. It is contagious, it spreads.

A ruling group that an ambitious man cannot overthrow, the people can. This is the power of the people!

Senator Cleveland "chewed" on the word "awakening" in his mouth. His eyes lost focus for a short time, but soon became clear again.

"You have found a good word to describe your plan. So you mean... you are going to Yalan personally?"

He asked a relatively key question, and this question seemed to be a question, but in fact, it was asking about another matter.

The entire plan was proposed by Lance, including the annexation of the Yalan region. He had a more complete and advanced line of thought than others.

If Lance didn't do it himself, and he instilled his ideas into others, and had others do it, could these people achieve the things he wanted to show?

Senator Cleveland thought it was very difficult. This was like the technique of a director. Some people like to put a few fingers together and press hard, to increase a continuous sense of pressure.

But there are also some who like to separate their fingers a little, to form a rhythmic, constantly changing pressure of strength and weakness.

Everyone has their own habits and techniques. What you are good at, what is practical, may not necessarily be easy to use for others, unless you do it yourself.

But this kind of thing is really not a simple matter. For any country to subvert another country through some means is confidential.

The political world of the Federation has been severely infiltrated by capital. "Congress has no secrets" is already telling people this truth. The political world, which has been corroded by capital into large and small holes, has already been accustomed to using the method of capital value to weigh a person, or a matter.

The more people who know, the greater the risk of leaking secrets.

Senator Cleveland was an ambitious politician. He was not just satisfied with the fact that he, and his friends, were a relatively strong political group in Congress. He wanted more!

This plan of Lance's might become the key for him to take another step forward, so he needed to find out whether this matter would be done by Lance personally, or if he was just providing a plan.

Lance was also considering. The receiver was so quiet that only a slight breathing sound could be heard.

After about a dozen seconds, he said, "I will go over personally."

The situation in the country was too stable for him now.

The soil for the breeding and expansion of gangs is chaos, but the current situation is too stable. Everything has to make way for the war.

For example, the conflict between him and the Perez family. If it weren't for the fact that the war had made Congress intervene, then in a gang war, he could have actually gotten more than he had now.

Prestige, wealth, status, power, and also a wider territory and influence!

But in order to make way for the war, the war had not yet broken out before it was stopped.

If he did nothing and just stayed in the country, then he could only continue to sell his wine.

A breach had indeed been opened on the Indeno State side, but this breach was not so easy to tear open. Once the firefight between the gangs broke through the tolerance limit of the local government and the federal government, then soon the government would intervene and mediate again.

In the end, it would still be reduced to holding on to a certain area and continuing to sell wine.

When a person is very poor, and his social status is not high, wealth is his value.

An ordinary person has a million, then his social value is reflected as a million.

But when a person has a hundred million, and he continues to make money, and has several hundred million, a billion, a dozen or so billion, his social value is not much different from when he had a hundred million.

On the contrary, it is possible that because he has too much money, his social value will be reduced, because there is a risk of being harvested.

Only the growth of wealth is not a good thing. Only when wealth and all other things grow together, is it a good thing.

Even if a wooden bucket has a board that can touch the clouds, it can only hold as much water as the shortest board can.

So, he also needed to evolve, to grow.

To solve the Yalan problem would bring him a huge growth in all aspects. He would become a problem-solver in the eyes of Senator Cleveland, and at the same time, his personal power and influence would also swell again.

This swelling, is the real swelling!

So, he was willing.

To go, not anything else.

The senator's tone immediately revealed a sense of relief. "I will keep an eye on the matters on the domestic side for you. You know, I have talked to you before. These are actually all small matters."

"If it weren't for some of the reasons we all know, I would actually have preferred you to come and work by my side, or I would have arranged another job for you."

Lance still politely declined. "Aren't all the people of the Federation in pursuit of the spirit of freedom?"

"Not to go to work is the freedom I am in pursuit of!"

Senator Cleveland was not angry at Lance's renewed refusal. Outstanding people always have more privileges than mediocre people. "Alright, I hope you can find the freedom and everything you want."

"Is there anything you need me to cooperate with?"

Lance also lit a cigarette. "We should deepen our understanding with the Yalan region, and strengthen our exchanges..."

At the end of July, and the beginning of August, after two talks, the United Alliance of Yalan Nations (Yalan League) was formally established in the Jede Republic, which was currently the strongest in terms of comprehensive strength in Yalan. The Jede Republic had a population of 41 million. Of course, this was an official statistic from ten years ago.

No one knows how many there are now. After all, in this terrible place, there is no government that likes to count this for no reason. Many families will also privately conceal the number of people.

The Jede Republic has the largest population. At the same time, the long coastline and the countless golden beaches, and also the hot girls have also made this place a famous tourist destination.

This place is actually about the same as the other countries in Yalan, but the ruling group here is relatively more united, so the integrity of the state power is relatively high.

They have a well-formed, non-warlord army, and also a complete social system that can operate normally. Besides the fact that the exploitation of the ordinary people is a little heavy, there are actually not many major shortcomings.

The president of the Jede Republic serves as the first chairman of the Yalan League, also for a four-year rotation, and it must be rotated.

It might seem very fair, but in fact, it is not fair at all, because there are eleven countries. Even if each country only takes a turn, then the eleventh country will have to wait for forty years.

But a small country is just like this. It has no say in any place, and it can't talk about fairness and justice.

After the establishment of the Yalan League, the Federation had expressed its "curiosity" about the Yalan League, and the Yalan League had also, at the first opportunity, arranged for a lavish visiting delegation to visit the Federation.

They knew very well why the Yalan League was established, and they also knew very well that if they did not keep in step with the Federation on some issues after the establishment of the Yalan League, they would inevitably be regarded as a provocation to the Federation, and would very likely face a war.

Not all of the ruling group were fools. Because they were rich, and had a high status, many of the members of the ruling group had received a higher education, and some would even go to the Federation or other countries to study abroad.

In a certain aspect, they actually would not show much of a gap with the mainstream society.

This was actually a major event. The Federation's government had also given the visit of the Yalan League the due importance. The Secretary of State had led a team to welcome the visiting delegation.

The two sides had held talks in New Golden City on a series of issues. Every day, the newspapers would report on some of the changes and progress of the events.

The chairman of the Yalan League had stated that the establishment of the United Alliance of Yalan Nations was not to compete with the Federation in terms of military, economy, or any other possible aspects.

The appearance of the Yalan League represented the progress and efforts made by the entire map of Yalan to integrate into the international community as soon as possible, to let Yalan form a united, unified political entity, and to get more attention on the international political stage.

They hoped to have more friendly exchanges with the Federation, to have exchanges that were not for the purpose of harm.

The Secretary of State had also given a positive response. In the Secretary of State's speech, he had said that the Federation respected the decisions of the various countries of Yalan, and also congratulated the establishment of the Yalan League, and sincerely wished that the Yalan League could from then on embark on a fast track of development.

The Federation was not a country full of ambition. They respected the sovereignty of other countries, and would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

The two sides could, under the condition of complete equality, to have more exchanges.

Economic, cultural, and all aspects of non-governmental exchanges, to achieve the purpose of mutual understanding.

The entire visit had lasted for a week, and some cooperation projects had been agreed upon.

The purpose of their trip was actually very simple. On the one hand, they wanted to show their unity to the federal government. Now they were not eleven individual countries, but a whole.

To make a move on any one of them, the other ten countries would all send reinforcements, making the invasion and annexation extremely difficult.

On the other hand, they were also expressing that they would not engage in military competition, armed conflict, and these things. On the contrary, they were willing to make a compromise within a certain range, for example, in their communication, they had agreed to open their market to the Federation, allowing individuals and enterprises of the Federation to enter the Yalan region to invest and do business.

The Yalan League had also taken the initiative to offer to sell Yalan's ores and metal ingots to the Federation at a price slightly lower than the international spot delivery price.

They had given so many benefits, and their purpose was only one—

To "euphemistically" refuse the Federation's request to station troops.

It seemed that the Federation had also received this signal, and no longer talked about the matter of stationing troops. It seemed that everything had been reached in a consensus amidst laughter.

When the news had been sent back to Yalan, many of the Yalan people had believed that they had, with their own wisdom and courage, to have refused the invader's invasion. Some had even believed that the Federation was actually not so remarkable.

"Victory" is just like this. It will always make people blindly arrogant.

During this period, Gomez's days could not be said to be not very good, but they were certainly not as good as before.

Rapa had also been affected in this "revolution." In the past, Rapa's foreign goods were "monopolized."

That is to say, all the imported goods were controlled in the hands of the Rapa Chamber of Commerce, and then the shops in each region, if they wanted to get these goods to sell, they had to have a quota.

But now, with the end of the Yalan League's negotiations, the eleven countries of the Yalan League would be open to the Federation's market, and imported goods would no longer be scarce supplies, so the Rapa Chamber of Commerce had lost its function.

In the past, in order for people to get some more goods from Gomez, they would find all kinds of ways to curry favor with Gomez, to give him money, or to provide him with women.

These scarce imported goods were not just for selling for money. For the middle and low-level privileged class, it represented a kind of "ability."

If you give a middle-level privileged class a thousand, he may not necessarily think that you are so remarkable.

But if you can give him a washing machine produced in the Federation that is worth five hundred, then he will think that you must be a capable person.

But now the market was open. It was said that soon there would be federal merchants who would bring goods over. These quotas, these goods, would soon be popularized.

He knew the merchants of the Federation very well. As long as there was money to be made, even if it was not much, they could accept it.

But Gomez could not accept this.

"If their goods appear in our market at will, it will be very difficult for us to make money."

"Our monopoly, our quotas, will become worthless."

The great president Diego was sitting in a large chair. He was wearing a military uniform. This was his habit.

He was not only the president of Rapa, but also the supreme marshal of Rapa!

He didn't really like people to call him "Great President." He preferred people to call him "Marshal" or "General." This habit was relatively common among dictators.

He needed to let people clearly realize that the reason he could rule here was definitely not because of politics, but because of the military power in his hands.

The great president Diego was a little fat, over two hundred pounds. His life was simple and unadorned. He just enjoyed everything that could be enjoyed.

Although at this time they were in a room, and there was no strong sunlight, the great president Diego was still wearing a pair of glasses, tea-colored glasses.

The eyeballs behind the glasses turned slightly, and his gaze finally fell on Gomez.

His voice sounded a little shrill, perhaps because of his obesity. "So you and the chamber of commerce are useless?"

When he heard this, Gomez's scalp tingled slightly. He quickly explained, "We ourselves also have some goods that need to be exported, to be exported to the Federation. This is also my responsibility."

It's unknown if it was an illusion, but after he had said this sentence, Gomez felt that in the small eyes behind the great president Diego's tea-colored sunglasses, some of the things that had made him uneasy had disappeared.

"You are still of some use!" The great president Diego laughed twice.

Just by laughing, all the fat on his body was rippling in layers, like a gentle sea wave.

After laughing twice, he stopped. "It's good to be useful. If you are useful, you have things to do. I can't stand people who are idle and do nothing."

"I know what you want to tell me, Gomez. This is not something I can decide. It's up to the Jede Republic and the chairman of the Yalan League, those people."

"They say to open the market, and we have to open the market. If someone doesn't open the market, then he is offending the entire Yalan League."

"So you don't have to think about this matter."

"Anyway, can't you still sell some goods to the Federation?"

"Just do these things well. Now you have to be a little more careful. Now is not the past."

When he had said these words, a deep dissatisfaction was also revealed on Diego's face, but he was helpless.

Let alone the fact that Rapa was not the most powerful country in the Yalan region in the first place.

Even if it was, it was impossible for it to fight against the other ten countries, at the same time.

The pressure that the federal people had brought them was too great. Now, whoever dared to destroy the situation that had been obtained through hard-won negotiations, would be the sinner of the entire Yalan region, and would be attacked by all.

As a hereditary great president, he also had some things in common with the gentlemen of the Federal Congress.

They were all seeking stability, and no trouble.

The wealth that he and his family had plundered here was enough for them to squander for a lifetime.

Gomez, who had come out of the Presidential Palace, had a very gloomy face. He had actually not been completely telling the truth just now. For the market to be fully open meant that the federal people could also get cheap goods from the hands of the pariahs, and then to sell them to the Federation.

The only thing he could do now was to barely maintain the Rapa Chamber of Commerce. After all, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Using his current title, he had to think carefully about how to profit from it.

He sat in his car and returned to his own villa. He sat on the sofa and drank two glasses of iced, freshly squeezed orange juice, but he still hadn't thought of any good countermeasures.

This matter was like a stone pressing on his chest, making him unable to breathe.

Diego was a capricious person. If he were to let him know that he was of no more value, even if he had an older sister, he would still be in great danger. After all, he had come into contact with too many matters concerning the ruling group.

For example, helping them to transfer their money to a foreign country.

Gomez had acquired an art trading company in the Federation. He would, by means of buying art, to have the funds flow into the Federation legally and in compliance, and then to store them in different accounts according to their requirements.

It could be said that now, the person who knew more clearly than the ruling group themselves how many accounts they had, and about how much money, was only Gomez.

Once he really had no more use value, his end could be imagined.

This was also one of the reasons why he was trying his best to become a traitor to his country. Compared to others, he actually had no way out.

Others might be a little poorer, but at least they could live to their old age.

And he, it was unknown when he would go to see God.

The people here in Rapa also believed in these things, like God. It was said that in the early days, the missionaries of the Federation had crossed the sea to preach in Yalan, and had lit the kindling of faith.

They, like the federal people, although they all believed in God, and would also ask God for help when they encountered trouble, if you really asked them to go and see God, they were also not willing.

Just as Gomez was racking his brains, thinking about how to continue his power and wealth, and how to make himself go further, the phone suddenly rang.

Gomez answered the phone very carefully, his tone very gentle, and his enunciation was also very clear. "This is Gomez."

He knew that a person had, because he had spoken loudly, had startled Diego, and Diego had had this person and his family all killed.

The voice that came from the receiver made him slowly open his mouth wide, and then his face was filled with pleasant surprise and a smile!

"This is Lance. I've just arrived in Rapa. How can I find you?"