Chapter 250 Friends with Benefits
Hongsavadi.
Yangon.
The news of the successful launch of the satellite was soon announced through television and the Internet.
Suddenly, people in the streets of Yangon were discussing this matter.
Lai Shengli, who had just come out of the Commodity Trading Center and was about to return to the COFCO branch, met Ahasi, the president of the Persian International Trading Company.
"Lai, long time no see."
"I heard that you went back to Persia? Back so soon?" Lai Shengli asked with a smile as he walked.
Ahasi just replied ambiguously: "Something happened at home, and I have already dealt with it. I just got off the plane this morning and rested for half a day."
Suddenly, many young people from Hongsavadi not far away cheered loudly.
Ahasi asked curiously, "Is today a festival?"
"It should be to celebrate the successful launch of the satellite by Hongsavadi." Lai Shengli taught himself some Burmese and could understand some of the words.
"What?" Ahasi thought he had misheard: "Satellite? Hongsavadi launched a satellite? Is it a collaboration with your country's Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation?"
Lai Shengli shook his head: "No."
"No? They launched it with their own technology?" Ahasi was extremely surprised.
"I don't know either. Maybe it's another technique she got from Lucia." Lai Shengli spread his hands and joked.
"How about we go to the Rangoon Hotel and eat and talk?" Ahasi suggested.
Lai Shengli was also off work, so he naturally had no objection and nodded: "Okay."
Several people walked to the Rangoon Hotel, and along the way they could hear many people talking about the satellite and the Assam War.
After a while, they arrived at the Yangon Hotel where they often ate and found a private room on the second floor facing the street.
After ordering the food, Ahasi opened his laptop and quickly checked the news about Hongsavadi launching a satellite today.
After reading the relevant reports, Ahasi looked up with a strange expression: "Why does the failed launch seem a bit strange?"
"Haha...Ahasi, you may not quite understand the Eastern way of implicitness." Lai Shengli replied with a wry smile.
"Implicatively? What do you mean?"
“You could slightly replace the satellite with something else and maybe it would make sense.”
Replace it with something else? Ahasi thought for a while and finally reacted: "Missile?"
Lai Shengli smiled but said nothing.
Ahasi said enviously: "This technology is great. It can actually circle the earth. This means Hongsavadi can cover the entire world."
"The advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious. Even if the super cannon can move, its speed must be very slow. Their situation is very dangerous." There was a hint of worry in Lai Shengli's eyes.
Ahasi was naturally well aware of the dangerous situation that Lai Shengli mentioned.
Hongsavadi caused trouble in Ceylon, causing European and American financial institutions to lose tens of billions of US dollars. This incident further made Europe and the United States dislike Hongsavadi even more.
America has always regarded Honsavadi's gold standard currency as a thorn in its side.
Coupled with Ceylon's foreign debt and the launch of satellites by Giant Cannon, it will inevitably further stimulate America's sensitive nerves.
Given America's ruthlessness, Hongsavadi's situation is indeed very dangerous.
And Ahasi was very clear that, judging from Lai Shengli's attitude just now, the relationship between Hongsavadi and its northern neighbor was limited to business cooperation, and there was basically not much intersection in other aspects.
Thus, once America took action, Honsavadi could only rely on the cooperation of Ceylon, Siam and Luzon.
Ahasi is not optimistic about these mobs. After all, America is the world hegemon. Once it frees up its hands, ten Hongsavadis will not be able to withstand it.
This is also the general idea of the outside world.
Regarding this point, the outside world does not believe that the environment in Hongsawadi is safe just because Hongsawadi successfully launched satellites and intercontinental missiles.
On the contrary, outside concerns about Hongsavadi's security have further intensified.
This concern is reflected in the rush to buy special medicines and food.
Now, the orders for Qingye Group’s special medicines have been scheduled until 2023, and the orders for grain and agricultural products have also been scheduled until July 2023.
Obviously, the outside world is worried that if Hongsavadi is hit by war, the supply of medicine and food to the outside world will definitely be interrupted.
Although COFCO and China Petroleum have already strengthened the transportation layout of Southern Yunnan Province and Hongsawadi Shan State.
This is the strategic preparation of the northern neighbor, to strengthen its influence in Shan State while preparing for the future. Once America takes action against Hongsawadi, even if it cannot preserve the entire Hongsawadi, it must preserve the Shan Plateau.
Lai Shengli has some public relations tasks involving some people in Shan State.
However, his mission was extremely difficult to carry out. The influence of the three major groups in Hongsavadi was too strong, and other small forces had long been wiped out.
What is even more embarrassing for the northern neighbor is that the force that dominates the Shan Plateau is precisely the Aoba Group, not the other two groups.
Li Qingye, the founder of Qingye Group, is a hurdle that cannot be overcome.
Many people are already having a headache now.
Of course, this embarrassment and headache did not affect Lai Shengli. After all, Lai Shengli was just a regional manager. His main task was to maintain the food channels in Hongsawadi. Other things were secondary.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes, and then the waiter came over with the food cart.
Seeing the delicious food on the table, Ahasi smiled and said, "Let's eat first."
"Then I won't be polite." Lai Shengli picked up the chopsticks.
While Ahasi was cutting the lamb chops, his mind was full of thoughts.
Ahasi was appointed as the president of the Persian International Trade Company. He came from a large family in Persia and was a man who loved Persia. His hatred for America was no less than his hatred for the Kingdom of Judah.
Hongsavadi's experience gave him an opportunity.
After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Ahasi understands this truth very well.
Therefore, he believed that Persia could consider secretly forming an alliance with Honsavady and turning Honsavady into the former "Annan". It would be best if it could drag America into the quagmire of war for ten or eight years.
This would give Persia a respite.
As for how many people would die in Hongsavadi, Ahasi actually didn't care. This was not Persia, and in his eyes, these Hongsavadi people were not Persians.
This is also the common thinking of some West Asians and Europeans. Except for those among themselves, no one else is actually treated as an equal.
It can be seen from many things that people like Ahasi are mainstream in many places.
For example, if you help him, he will not really thank you, but will think that it is God's grace, and then thank you superficially.
Now Ahasi can use Hongsavadi to buy time for Persia without any psychological burden. In fact, in his inner mind, he does not take Hongsavadi's people seriously at all.
Just like he and Lai Shengli are brothers now, but this is just to maintain a superficial relationship.
The two of them ate their meal with their own thoughts in mind while chatting about all kinds of strange stories.
And the other side.
Inside America, a report from the head of NRO also attracted the attention of the City on the Hill Council behind it.
With the tacit approval of the Hilltop City Council, the Pentagon also let go and began preparing a plan to hunt down Hongsavadi.
But will things really go as they wish?
