Chapter 926: Lesson

Lanse hung up the phone and had Andy come over again.

As soon as he entered the room, Lanse said, "Pay fifty bolt-action rifles to them first."

"Also give ten thousand rounds of ammunition, and some supporting equipment."

"Things like weapon belts, I'm not very clear, you should know something about it."

"Handle this matter as soon as possible."

Andy didn't agree immediately. Lanse looked up at him with some strangeness, only to see that Andy had an expression like constipation on his face.

"You seem to have a different view on my decision?"

Lanse's sentence was like a key, opening Andy's mouth.

"Mr. White, please forgive me for speaking more directly; I think now is not a good time to give them military equipment!"

Lanse pointed to the chair opposite him, signaling him to sit down, "Talk about your view."

He actually didn't like this Andy either, but being able to be selected to come here, perhaps he also had some merits?

Lanse wasn't very clear about this, but he was willing to understand it and listen to what "high opinions" this Mr. Andy had.

Andy brewed for a while, "Mr. White, now they haven't been forced into a dead end, which is different from our initial plan."

"We haven't been in an absolute dominant position in our relationship, which also doesn't fit the plan formulated by Congress."

"I think this is not a good time for us to support them with military equipment; we can wait a bit longer."

In the plan given to him by Congress, a concept was mentioned very broadly.

When these civilian resistance groups are forced by Diego's regime to the point where they have already developed clear anti-government ideas, but have no resources and can only flee everywhere, it is a good time to further deepen bilateral relations.

Because at this time they are in a dead end, the Federation's aid is particularly important to them; for this aid, they can agree to many conditions that are usually impossible to agree to.

For example, signing some contracts, clauses, promising that if they can overturn Diego's government, they will long-term lease part of their territory to the Federation, or carve out a piece of land here, allowing the Federation to station troops, etc.

Because as long as they are forced into a dead end, whether they are for survival or to overturn Diego's regime, they will be willing to pay any price!

In such a relationship, the Federation firmly occupies a dominant position, and everything will be decided by the Federation's will.

Andy had read the whole plan and felt it was very reasonable and full of wisdom.

It was of great help to their future control of the Yalan region.

But now Lanse supports these people with weapons in advance, their "master-servant relationship" will become an "equal transaction" relationship; they pay for some things and then obtain some materials from the Federation.

Don't look at the process being the same, the Federation transports some sensitive materials into their hands, but the result is absolutely different!

Andy's opposition wasn't completely unreasonable; at least in his position, denying Lanse's request wasn't completely unreasonable.

After listening to his statement, Lanse nodded, "What you said makes some sense, but Andy, the development of this world is chaotic."

"You knew a week ago that you were going on a business trip to Lapa, but there might also be some accidents in the middle, for example, they had new candidates, or you suddenly had something to do and couldn't come."

"The plan given to you by Congress is just the results we can obtain in an ideal state."

"This is like me putting my only chip on a number in roulette in a casino; I predict that if I can win, I will receive a huge reward."

"But that steel ball doesn't necessarily fall into the space I want."

Lanse paused; he took out his ivory cigarette case, took one, and lit it, "The situation now is the same; what you got is the work manual in the best development situation, but the promotion of the situation here is different."

"This person Pedro is a middle school teacher; I know you, and some people look down on him, feeling... just a high school teacher, what ability can he have?"

"But I want to remind you, this is Lapa, this is not the Federation; the difficulty of becoming a high school teacher here is equivalent to becoming a university professor in the Federation!"

"His learning ability, his ability to accept new things, his ability to distinguish and analyze, are not comparable to those high school teachers in the Federation."

"From the fact that he called me the first time, you should be able to distinguish this point!"

He used "should be able to," but the problem now is that Andy "cannot," so this is a relatively mild "accusation," he is accusing Andy of not clarifying the situation.

Andy had been listening, and at this time he couldn't help but retort, "Mr. White, I think what you said has nothing to do with what is happening now."

"He wants to get things from us, no problem, but it should be done according to our rules."

"He wants to trade equally with us, this is not what we want; what we want is to clearly make him bow his head."

"I think we can drag it out, find some excuses, for example, Lapa Customs detained our containers; he can't really go to Customs to seek an explanation."

"Or for example, we need to discuss the gains and losses of doing so, it will take some time."

"Diego's regime is forcing them very tightly, these people will soon be unable to bear it, and then we can master the initiative as in the plan."

Lanse looked at Andy again, "May I ask, what major did you graduate from?"

Speaking of this, Andy raised his chin slightly, "I graduated from the sociology major of Heleston!"

Lanse nodded, "I heard of Dog Heleston University, one of the alliance colleges, you are not a member of the Ark?"

This sentence made Andy's proud chin converge a lot; he was not a member of the Ark, not even a reserve crew member, because he wasn't excellent enough.

He had classmates who were, and were formal crew members, but he could only learn some things about the Ark from others' words when chatting.

He knew that this was a secret society covering the whole world; starting a hundred years ago, various secret societies and secret parties were emerging all over the world, and people were proud of joining these secret societies and secret parties.

He also wanted to join the Ark very much, but he wasn't excellent enough; the people of the Ark didn't take the initiative to contact him, and no one mentioned being a referrer for him.

"I... am not, but what does this have to do with what we are discussing?" After admitting he wasn't, his tone suddenly changed, becoming very stiff.

Lanse smiled and said, "I'm just curious, if you were excellent enough, you wouldn't ask these questions."

"I don't know whose route you took to come here, but I hope you can understand a truth."

"You came here to work, not to let you decide what can be done and what cannot be done here!"

"The report given to you by Congress that you admire, very unluckily, was written by me; I now believe that the problems we encountered cannot fit my previous judgment of the situation very slowly, so I made some modifications, that's all."

"If you want me to give you more explanations, I don't mind wasting some time to make it clear to you."

"Do you want it?"

Lanse's words made Andy's face quickly turn red; the report that had always been regarded by him as a work guideline that could not be violated was actually written by the gangster in front of him?

How is this possible?

His mentality had some problems in an instant; anger, panic, grievance, and even feeling that God was really unfair!

Countless thoughts and emotions flashed and collided in his body like lightning, and his body trembled slightly.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly stood up and said expressionlessly, "I know what to do."

After speaking, he left Lanse's room without looking back; he wanted to maintain his decency as much as possible, but he had already lost his composure.

Lanse looked at his departing background and felt that this person was a bit funny; he thought for a while and had Albert called over.

In this visiting group, Andy obviously respected Albert more, not only because Albert was still an "employee" of government agencies, but also because he was obviously higher than himself in political status and influence.

"I just saw Andy, his emotions seem to have some problems!" After Albert came in and greeted Lanse, he talked about this matter. They lived on the same floor, and he was smoking in the corridor, seeing Andy return to his room in an obviously wrong state, he realized that something must have happened.

Lanse briefly explained the matter, Albert was stunned for a while, and then fell into thought.

"I didn't expect Congress to arrange such a person to come over; I will talk to the senators about this matter and replace someone as soon as possible."

Originally, what they were doing had a certain danger, and it was also a bit... not so visible.

This kind of work should be united and unified from top to bottom, but Andy directly opposed Lanse's decision, which obviously made him no longer suitable for this job.

Transferring him away, or sending him back, was obviously the most correct approach now.

Lanse nodded, "You look at the arrangement."

Albert asked curiously, "A bit presumptuous, but I also want to know, why did you make such a decision?"

The two stared at each other for a moment; Albert's eyes were very calm, which was the way it should be, making Lanse not know whether he really didn't know or pretended not to know.

However, he didn't mind explaining to Albert.

"Pedro can take the initiative to contact us, which shows that he has actually seen through some of the relationships behind this famine and turmoil; it is we who led to the occurrence of all this."

"We came, and then the disaster descended, although saying so... makes me feel that I am not like a positive character."

Albert laughed twice, "The gentlemen in Congress certainly won't like this description!"

Lanse was also laughing, "But they can see it, Pedro can see it, so can those ruling classes, ruling groups, and their people see it?"

"Actually, the current Lapa is like the former Empire; the nobles had a peek at the rule of the royal family and everything the Emperor himself possessed."

"Then a group of mud-legged guys who didn't even have the means of production grew rapidly, and even forced the Emperor to flee in a sorry state from the Imperial Capital with his loyal soldiers."

"If it weren't for these mud-legged guys being too stupid, and having internal strife over who would preside over the surrender ceremony at the last moment, perhaps the political landscape of the Empire would have undergone huge changes!"

"Now the situation in Lapa is the same; Pedro can see it, so others must be able to see it."

"If at this time, someone from a minister contacts Pedro and says they are willing to support them with weapons, materials, everything, and can provide important intelligence."

"Albert, do you think he will still lean toward us?"

"Do you think other ruling groups will follow up immediately?"

"If this day really comes, and all this happens, what does it have to do with us?"

"Compared to accepting our aid as the black hands behind the scenes and signing various unequal treaties with us, these traditional ruling forces are obviously more recognized and welcomed by them."

"So some of our strategies need to be changed in advance to cater to the changing situation."

"But Andy doesn't understand these, he lacks enough political wisdom!"

The shock in Albert's eyes looking at Lanse could no longer be hidden!

He actually didn't see as deeply as Lanse imagined; he just felt that it was indeed at a turning point, so he was very careful and wouldn't make any active intervention.

Now that Lanse had explained things so thoroughly, he understood it all at once, and Lanse even used the Empire as an example!

Although the large-scale uprisings that occurred in the Empire had been suppressed, everyone still had fresh memories!

He frowned, "I will report this matter to Congress and then transfer him back."

Lanse knew this, so he didn't want to say it to Congress again, so he said it directly to Albert; as for whether he had any guesses or understanding before, he didn't care much.

"I'm worried that he might not follow my requirements, so you keep an eye on him."

"This matter relates to the execution and results of our entire plan, and no mistakes are allowed!"

Albert nodded, "I will keep an eye on this matter myself."

Then he got up to say goodbye, thinking about things while returning to the floor below.

Soon he came to the door of Andy's room and knocked; after a while, the door was opened.

Seeing that it was Albert, the team leader, the coldness on Andy's face eased a lot, "Anything?"

If it were before being "educated" by Lanse, he would definitely invite Albert in, but now he didn't have this mood.

He had been taught a lesson by a gangster, and he felt that his cognition of the world had problems now.

Albert looked inside, "Only you?"

Andy nodded, "I don't do those things."

This visiting group certainly didn't only have the two of them; there were some other members, some experts, some reporters, and people from all walks of life.

Cultural exchange, even if it's fake, has to be done as if it's real.

During this period, many visiting group members had begun to get used to life here; they all found companions, played around during the day, and played in their rooms at night.

Someone told Albert about this, and Albert scolded some people he could manage, and the situation improved a little.

It's just that these people didn't do these things in their rooms anymore, but turned to linger in the red-light district of Zhuolan.

Just like the red-light district formed outside the Jincheng military base, red-light districts specifically for entertaining foreigners gradually appeared around the Zhuolan Hotel.

Some young and beautiful girls took the initiative to engage in this work; they didn't even think that accompanying foreigners was a shameful act, but rather a glorious thing.

Making money and experiencing the customs of foreigners, how many people envied it but couldn't!

Andy stood at the door without inviting him in; he suspected whether Andy had also found a girl to come in. For the guests living here, they only needed to pick up the phone in the room and tell the front desk, and a girl would come up soon.

Albert's action made Andy realize something, and he immediately gave up the position at the door, "Please come in, it's a bit messy, I didn't tidy up."

After entering the room, the two sat down separately. The room wasn't actually messy; Andy's statement was just a supplement, or explanation, for not letting Albert in immediately just now.

"I just went to Lanse's side, and he told me some things about you."

"We haven't talked seriously since we came, Andy."

His words made Andy slightly nervous; the International Economic Cooperation Agency is a department directly under Congress. In other words, as an important member, Albert is directly responsible to the senators of Congress.

He can talk directly to the senators; perhaps he himself is not a very influential politician, but his influence is obviously much greater than his position.

Sydney, the former mayor of Jincheng, lost to his background of being too grassroots in the struggle with the local interest groups of Jincheng; he had no relationship with Congress.

So the moment the senator appeared, all his plans failed!

For grassroots political participants like Andy, senators are very far away; even if he met them, the senators might not necessarily talk to him.

But Albert was indeed real, and could influence those people; he immediately became nervous and straightened his back, sitting honestly like a Boy Scout.

"I... just worried that this would destroy Congress's plan...", he explained subconsciously, but then thought of the plan being written by Lanse, and his face had some subtle changes.

Albert stared at him for a few seconds, "Andy, you are not the formulator of this plan, nor are you the leader; you are just the lowest-level obedient, executor."

"Tools don't need to have their own thoughts; you can question, but you must reserve your opinions, rather than affecting work."

"Honestly, I'm considering whether to apply to transfer you back; I think you have already threatened our work safety!"

Hearing these words, Andy's face turned pale!

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