Chapter 941: Investment Requires Caution and Night Raid

People across the entire Federation, from top to bottom, had a morbid fanaticism for "investment profit".

Especially after the economy improved, what people talked about most was how to obtain more profit returns through investment behavior.

Including those people at the bottom of society, they would also talk about some things regarding investment.

The relatively superficial ones were investment in stocks, or purchasing some precious metals.

What caused this phenomenon was actually still the core of federal culture, the "Federal Dream".

In every industry, there would exist those who forged the Federal Dream; they appeared in front of people too frequently, making many people think that they could also become one of them. For example, Enio's father, he always believed that he could become a person above others through sales.

Someone became a senior partner of a company because they sold a fishhook, and even established their own company and successfully went public, realizing a crazy leap from a worker to a capitalist.

There were also people who quickly realized the accumulation of their wealth because they bought a stock or performed some financial operations.

In the best-selling book of the federal financial industry, "The Empire of One Hundred", it detailed the inspirational story of a young man who never understood what finance was, took one hundred dollars into the exchange, and became a major shareholder of several listed companies, owning assets of hundreds of millions boss!

Almost every practitioner in the financial industry had read this book and was firmly attracted by the stories in the book, and then dreamed that they also had a day to realize this dream, and then walked into the Detlan Financial Street.

They also had many similarities with the protagonist in this story—

They were first of all a human being, and an adult, had their own ideas and desire to obtain wealth, as well as the most important point!

They all had one hundred dollars!

This was the reason why the financial industry started to be highly prosperous and developed in the past twenty years; building dreams here was too simple!

But they, or most people, didn't know clearly that behind the financial industry was the meat grinder of capital and the federal government.

They didn't know this point, and they didn't have channels to obtain more information. Limited by the news and intelligence they could know, they could be said to know nothing about this industry.

Lanse had also read many books about financial investment, especially about stocks, in the past.

Some character biographies, as well as some technical books, the writers told people how to analyze the market through price changes.

But they would definitely not tell people that market changes often had an absolute connection with policies.

Because the market is free, they couldn't tell people that the market actually wasn't that free, just as they couldn't tell people that the Federation actually wasn't that free either!

This place had become a paradise for capital and the federal government to harvest; the more prosperous it was, the faster the sickle.

As the best "sickle hand" in the Federation, Mr. Edward took the initiative to talk to Lanse about some inside information in the financial industry.

Of course, this inside information was not enough to serve as any handle or evidence to harm him or harm the Daoer Group; they were all things that other companies had already disclosed.

The simplest way to establish oneself as an "industry elite" in front of a stranger was to let them understand the so-called inside information of the industry's upper levels.

This was like... if you just said in pale language that your energy was very large, others might not necessarily believe it.

But if you could say some things about the President that the outside world didn't know, for example, scandals, secrets, etc., then your credibility would increase greatly.

At least before others had completely figured it out, not to mention maintaining respect, at the very least, it was maintaining an attitude of respect.

"You have to find a 'scapegoat' first; this person is best to be well controlled, because after something happens, he might need to endure some suffering!"

When President Edward talked about these things, he appeared very understated, "This person will represent your interests in the company; actually, we are all the same, we will also arrange for scapegoats to enter the board of directors and become shareholders."

"Their job is to take the blame for us; in this aspect, you definitely understand better than me!"

He made a small joke, which of course was also a fact, because the number of times gangs used scapegoats was definitely much more than those of them who engaged in finance.

Lanse had used it many times; there would always be people willing to pay with their own freedom to exchange for wealth, or something else.

"After I go back tomorrow, I will arrange a specialized team, and at that time they will follow you to Lapa."

"You only need to cooperate with them to do some small actions over in Lapa, and the rest will be left to us."

His tone carried unquestionable confidence, "You only need to give us an account number, and then wait to receive the money."

Lanse pursed his lips and clinked glasses with him; the two took a sip of wine, which counted as reaching an agreement on this issue.

Subsequently, Lanse asked a question, "I actually don't know much about finance; you know much more than I do, I have a question."

President Edward tried his best not to let himself show that kind of superiority, but he still couldn't help but show it naturally; after all, the financial industry sounded very simple.

As long as you go to the exchange to open an account, it counts as entering the industry, but the real financial industry and what is in the eyes of the public are completely not the same thing.

He nodded reservedly, "What you said is not wrong at all." He first agreed with Lanse's affirmation of him, and then asked, "Perhaps I can solve some of your doubts."

Lanse took another sip of wine, "The speed of harvesting retail investors is not faster than harvesting capital; perhaps we can consider putting the target on those capitals?"

"Of course, I am just analyzing this matter as a layman; if there is anything wrong, I hope you can forgive my shallowness in understanding finance."

President Edward looked at him with a smile, "Honestly, Lanse, when talking to you, I can't feel at all the things they told me; they said you are a terrifying gang leader, but damn it!"

"Look at our communication, this is a communication between two civilized gentlemen!"

He might have drunk some wine; his thinking and emotions all became active, "You raised a good question; if possible, actually we would rather harvest capital."

"The benefits of harvesting capital will be much greater than harvesting retail investors, but the risks we need to bear, as well as the trouble, will also be much greater."

"Unless it is...", his gaze passed through Lanse's shoulder and looked at the mainstream circle, looking at Senator Cleveland and them, "... so this matter can only be like this for the time being."

"Besides, I like this word you said."

"Harvest!"

This was not because Lanse had any moral cleanliness; ordinary people and "investors" are two types of people. In the Federation, as long as a person decides to listen to the stockbroker and enter this market, then they are meat on the chopping block.

Who harvests is not harvesting?

Lanse also wouldn't have any guilt; it was just that he felt that compared to harvesting ordinary investors, harvesting capitalists and capital groups was obviously more refreshing.

The social activities in the evening went relatively pleasantly; in the later time, people mainly discussed Slader, Dantela, and the war.

Yalan, as far as the current situation is concerned, is far from being a core affair in the federal government.

The next day, he left New Jincheng early because Diego's government army had already approached Saige City.

President Diego could clearly feel that the situation in Lapa was running wildly in the direction of losing control, including this "encirclement and suppression" of Pedro, he also made the final decision after careful consideration again and again.

The continuous emergence of anti-government armed forces sounded an alarm for him. It is said that the Presidential Palace has already been cleaned once, and twenty or thirty people who were inserted have been picked out and executed.

Behind these people, it is definitely not the anti-government armed forces; they do not have the foresight to be able to insert people into the Presidential Palace years ago or even longer ago, and they cannot do it either.

These people all came from other ruling groups in Lapa, including the privileged class.

This penguin president has already started to not feel at ease with the ruling group either.

This is a good thing, for Lanse, for the Federation.

Escorting Lanse back was a light warship of the Federal Navy, and it arrived at Zhuolan Port in the evening.

When the federal warship docked at Zhuolan Port, it also made President Diego nervous for a while.

He stood by the window of his office, where he could see the scenery of the port.

Behind the faint light, he could vaguely see a shadowy black shadow lying between the wharf and the sea surface.

His expression was very serious, and the thoughts in his brain were also a bit chaotic; things related to the Federation kept rising in his mind.

"These damn Federation people."

Diego of course knew that the mastermind behind all this was the Federation people, including Pedro and Luo Si, these two currently "strongest" anti-government armed forces.

Lapa does not ban guns, because ordinary people in Lapa have no chance to come into contact with guns at all, so the ruling group does not need to consider the issue of banning guns at all.

Although there will be some weapons smuggled in from the border, that is only a very small number, and most of them are homemade shotguns.

The news he inquired about is that these anti-government armed forces all use standard weapons, bolt-action rifles. The only ones who can provide them with so many weapons in a short period of time are the Federation people.

Lanse, and the Federation's visiting delegation.

A thought gradually emerged in his heart, and he couldn't help but say it out, "If we want to expel the Federation people..."

There were quite a few military officers in the office; they were all die-hard supporters of the Lavila family, and also the confidence for the Lavila family to rule Lapa.

Their gazes also fell on that black shadow, but these military officers didn't have that many thoughts in their hearts; they only had fear of the Federation's military strength.

They paid more attention to the war happening on the Tanfei Continent than Diego, and they paid great attention to the direction of every war.

So they knew very well what the consequences of expelling the Federation people might bring.

A group of military officers were silent. After about ten minutes, Diego's face was a bit flushed!

He felt that he, this president, had no status or power at all in front of the Federation people, but soon he breathed out a heavy breath, limited and a bit helpless.

Because in front of the Federation, he indeed had no weight.

"The battle over in Saige City... when will it start?", he turned around and looked at these military officers.

He had no way to deal with the Federation people, but to deal with a small character like Pedro, he could still do it.

He arranged this battle very sufficiently, arranging three thousand soldiers; this was the largest military operation in Lapa in the past twenty years!

Because of the special environment in the country, the number of troops in Lapa is not large, and all together there are only forty or fifty thousand people.

Seventy percent of these forty or fifty thousand people are supported by the Lavila family itself, even if each soldier only needs six federal Sol per month.

Almost thirty thousand people also need one hundred and sixty thousand federal Sol per month, not including their food and drink expenses.

Taking out almost one-tenth of the army at once to suppress Pedro's rebellion can indeed be counted as a large-scale military operation.

For this question, the military officers could answer.

"Mr. President, the battle will start around tomorrow morning. I believe our children will end the battle within twenty-four hours and bring Pedro's corpse to your presence!"

A major general officer stepped forward and said so.

Diego was very satisfied listening, "Now Lapa is facing the Federation's difficulties, and I have been thinking about this problem these past few days."

He walked to the side of his chair and sat down, his hands naturally placed on the armrests, "The expansion of the army you mentioned last time, as well as the new military equipment plan, I approved."

Now all the military officers showed surprised expressions on their faces. They had previously proposed to increase their part, not including the troops controlled by other ruling groups, just the thirty thousand or so people they possessed, to sixty thousand people.

That is, the number of people increased by double.

At the same time, they also put forward the idea of adding some new military equipment.

The last large-scale military purchase happened more than ten years ago; they purchased a large number of 1010 bolt-action rifles from the Federation.

At that time, as the most advanced weapon in the world in terms of performance and technical content, they purchased about ten thousand to arm the army.

And the remaining part was still using equipment from thirty or forty years ago.

These equipment are too old!

They had heard that the Federation now has semi-automatic rifles and automatic rifles that don't need to pull the bolt, as well as various new military equipment.

While the learning cost of these weapons will decrease, the killing effect on the enemy will also significantly increase.

If they can be equipped with these new equipment, it will definitely have a positive help for stabilizing the domestic situation.

Diego was just a bit worried.

In the past, he worried that the heavy cost of expanding the army would make him unable to breathe, but now, he worried that the Federation would not export these new weapons to him, but instead might provide aid to those anti-government armed forces.

"Mr. President, I guarantee that within two weeks, the domestic situation will be completely stabilized."

"We will warn everyone with the corpses of the rebels!"

Diego closed his eyes and nodded.

As for the Federation people?

Let them be!

At three-thirty in the middle of the night, which was a few hours later, Pedro woke up from his deep sleep.

Ever since he became the leader of the anti-government armed forces, he found that his sleep quality had improved a lot.

He could fall asleep anytime and anywhere, and he slept very deeply.

Even if he only slept for three or four hours, or four or five hours a day, he could maintain abundant energy.

He regarded this as a natural reaction after he reached middle age, but in reality, his body had undergone some adjustments without his own knowledge.

"How is it?", he asked his colleague as soon as he got up, "Have they approached?"

His colleague nodded, "Yes, they are five kilometers outside the city."

He washed his face while asking, "Do they carry military equipment like artillery?"

His colleague shook his head, "Not discovered for the time being, but it's not guaranteed that they don't have it."

"However, I think the possibility of them shelling the city is not high. A person who loves face like President Diego, it's unlikely he would do this."

Pedro gave a different view, "That's usually!"

"Now this battle relates to the future fate of Lapa, he will be very careful."

He paused as he spoke, "Have the brothers all gotten up?"

The colleague beside him nodded again to confirm, "Yes...", he said with some hesitation, "Do we really want to take the initiative to attack?"

Pedro wiped his face clean, "We haven't participated in any war, nor have we participated in any battle, and we haven't even had shooting training for long."

"Although I also look down on those government troops, I must also admit that they are much stronger than us in training, psychological preparation, and all aspects."

"If we line up with them and fight in the city, we are not necessarily their opponents."

"So we need to create an environment that is advantageous to us, and then solve this big trouble under the situation where we are in an advantageous position!"

"People will definitely be very panicked when they are woken up from their sleep, and the sky is so dark..."

Actually, there were some words he didn't say out, because even if he said them out, these people might not necessarily understand.

Only by taking the initiative to attack and obtaining a huge victory can we heavily strike the morale and authority of the government army, and at the same time improve our own fame.

He had already heard that Luo Si was also starting to resist the Lapa regime through armed means.

There can only be one president in the future, and it is very likely that he will be born among these people.

Taking one step ahead of others is taking many steps ahead!

A little past five-ten, he took some local mountain runners he recruited later and set off from the city.

Five kilometers is not considered far for them; whether it is the refugees who have run for so long or those mountain runners, they have already become accustomed to moving as quickly as possible in a short period of time.

Five kilometers is just thirty or forty minutes of time.

By the time they arrived at the scheduled location, it was only four o'clock.

The military camp of three thousand people was very quiet; the few soldiers on guard duty were also hugging their weapons and leaning against something, falling into a deep sleep at this time.

No one could perceive that danger was descending.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 942 =====