"Compensation? How to compensate? That's 100,000 human lives!" According to the previously discussed plan, Tang Cheng was the one who played a bad role, so he immediately asked Smith about it. "Besides, it is not a question of compensation, but that the Thai royal family also died in this epidemic. If the explanation is not clear, those Thais will think that we deliberately killed the Thai royal family! Smith, you are a soldier, you don't know anything. It’s politics, if this matter cannot be resolved, the consequences will be very troublesome!”
After Tang Cheng said this, Smith could only turn his head and look at Hans. The latter cursed secretly in his heart and could only persuade Tang Cheng. "Tang, Smith also came to us according to the orders of his superiors. How could he be involved in such a thing! However, since Smith can come to us on behalf of his superiors, it means that he has channels to convey his opinions! In this case, we Let Smith help and convey our opinions to see what his superiors decide!"
Smith was also a smart man, and he immediately understood the profound meaning of Hans' words, and immediately said that he could convey the meaning of Tangcheng and the others to his superiors. "Actually, we also know that the Japanese will definitely try their best to shirk responsibility for what happened in Bangkok, otherwise we would not follow the British path and expose this matter in the international court. Only by making this matter bigger will the international community Only then will society pay attention to this matter and will also be wary of the harmful effects of bacterial and viral weapons."
"Since you just said that the Japanese will make compensation for this matter, I don't want to embarrass you. Okay, you go back first and find out with your superiors what the specific compensation content is, and then we sit down again Discuss the specific details." Tang Cheng, who was originally prepared to put forward the conditions directly, suddenly felt something in his heart when the words came to his lips, and chose to wait for the other party to make the first move. Hans was puzzled, but he did not ask Tang Cheng in front of Smith.
After Smith left, Hans couldn't wait to ask about Tang Cheng, but the latter lit a cigarette and smiled. "Don't worry. Since the Americans have proposed to make the Japanese compensate, they must have already thought of a solution. Don't you understand the current situation in Japan! The Japanese have completely given up. They are now the piece of meat on the chopping board, and they can be cut by the butcher of the United States however they want. Americans who want to eat alone will naturally have to work hard to safeguard the interests of the Japanese in some aspects."
"Although European forces are currently concentrated in Asia, the British are still focusing on the Middle East and India, the French are focusing on Vietnam and Malaysia, and the Americans are focusing on the Philippines and Japan, and now they are also eyeing China. If we want to completely control Thailand , we must take advantage of the situation in South Asia that has not yet stabilized, and use the power of the United States and Britain to help us become the nominal controller of Thailand. As long as we can gain recognition from the international community, in half a year, I can completely stabilize Thailand. .”
"So, if we want to compensate, the Americans must propose it first. Only in this way can we have room for maneuver. If we act too aggressively, our existing great advantages may become troubles that restrict us." Tang When Cheng said this, Hans remembered that as a Burmese force, it was fundamentally unreasonable for them to intervene in Thailand's affairs. If the Americans want to interfere, they only need to send a fleet to Thai waters, and the current situation in Thailand will become chaotic.
That afternoon, Smith came to Tangcheng and the others again, and two plainclothes men appeared with Smith. The two plainclothes men who appeared with Smith did not take the initiative to identify themselves, and Smith did not take the initiative to introduce them. The appearance of these two plainclothes men made Tang Cheng and Hans look a little solemn, because they could see that the status of these two plainclothes men seemed to be higher than that of Smith, the mouthpiece. However, Smith did not take the initiative to introduce the two of them. Tang Cheng and Hans, who were suspicious, could only continue to act stupid.
"Tang, I have reported your intentions to my superiors. What my superiors want to say is that for all the dead people in Bangkok, Japan will compensate them at US$200 per person. In addition, the Japanese government will also give a sum of US$3 million. An interest-free loan will be used for the restoration and reconstruction of Bangkok." It stands to reason that the conditions offered by the Americans can be considered generous. With a compensation of US$200 per person, the total is US$20 million, plus an interest-free loan of US$3 million, which is US$23 million.
This is not the future. The purchasing power of the US dollar is still very strong. Even in the future, 23 million U.S. dollars is not a small amount. It’s just that the Americans don’t know that there is a counterfeit banknote factory hidden in northern Myanmar that makes a lot of money every day, so the US dollar is in the eyes of both Tangcheng and Hansi for 23 million U.S. dollars. After Smith finished speaking, the changes in the expressions of Tang Cheng and Hans were all seen by the two plainclothes men. The two of them were secretly frightened when they saw this, thinking that it was the conditions given by their superiors that the other two did not like. ?
"For the 100,000 people who died in Bangkok due to the epidemic, each person will be compensated 400 US dollars, and the amount of interest-free loans will be increased to 10 million US dollars. Moreover, the United States must take the lead and recognize our control over Thailand. In other words, Thailand will follow in the future The merger of Myanmar will be under the jurisdiction of me, the Governor of Myanmar." The conditions proposed by Tangcheng shocked Smith, because Tangcheng more than doubled the original compensation, and also asked the US government to annex Thailand for him Make an endorsement.
If it was just a matter of the amount of compensation, Smith could go back to his superiors to discuss it, but now it involves getting the US government to endorse it, and even the two plainclothes men are numb, because they are also unable to bear this responsibility. However, they also saw that neither Tang Cheng nor Hans, who didn't speak, were the kind of people who were tough to the end, so the conditions they proposed should be negotiable.
The conditions offered by Tang Cheng are naturally negotiable, but Tang Cheng also has a bottom line. He must take advantage of this opportunity to gain nominal control over Thailand. After some bargaining, Tangcheng did not change the last condition, but the compensation dropped from the initial US$50 million to US$30 million. Although this was still far from the conditions given by their superiors, neither Smith nor the two plainclothes men believed that Tang Cheng and the others could be forced too much at this time.
Two days later, Smith came again with the two plainclothes men. This time, they brought the attitude of the US government. Tang Cheng's guess was indeed correct. The United States is now focusing all its attention on Japan. As for the little Thailand, it is no longer in their attention. Americans paid attention to Thailand before, entirely because of the British. As long as the British intervened, Americans always liked to intervene. In short, even if it doesn't work out and the British guy is angry and arrogant, that's still good.
The incident in Thailand has been breaking out for such a long time, and the British have not really spoken for Tang Cheng and the others. The Americans now believe that the fact that Tang Cheng and Hans will appear at the International Court of Justice is simply caused by the British deliberately. To specifically target them. However, after several days passed, they did not find that Hans in Tangcheng was connected to the British, which made them more convinced of their previous judgment. Speculating that the British did not really support Tangcheng and Hans, the Americans immediately felt relieved. Tangcheng and Hans alone could not pose a threat to Japan.
Of course, they did not underestimate Tangcheng and Hans. After all, Tangcheng was the Myanmar headquarters enshrined by the British royal family, and Hans was also a British knight. Therefore, they still planned to adopt the previous attitude and use a gentle policy towards Tang Cheng and Hansi. After high-level discussions in the US government, they decided to lower the compensation to US$20 million, but they agreed to support Tangcheng's control of Thailand. But the premise of their support is that the British must first express their support for Tangcheng and promise that Britain will not interfere in all affairs in the area actually controlled by Tangcheng in the future.
The U.S. government would make such a decision, naturally to plan for the future, but they didn’t know that Tang Cheng saw through their intentions at a glance, and the U.S. government didn’t know that because of Thomas’ secret support, Tang Cheng had already obtained Supported by the British royal family and aristocracy. When Smith revealed the U.S. government's decision, Tang Cheng pondered secretly and knew that this must be the U.S. government's final decision. If he continued to be preoccupied, it might be counterproductive.
"Smith, I have long said that we are old friends. Since we are old friends, I will not embarrass you!" Tang Cheng had a faint smile on his face. Smith, who did not understand the situation, thought that Tang Cheng had really put him in trouble. As old friends, only Hans knew that when Tang Cheng had such a chuckle on his face, it was a sign that Tang Cheng would start scheming. Sure enough, Tang Cheng continued, "The compensation of 20 million is acceptable, but I only need 10 million US dollars, and I plan to use the other 10 million US dollars to purchase your retired transport ship."
Tang Cheng's words made Smith's mood instantly improve, because he came from the Marine Corps and naturally knew the value of those retired transport ships. If Tangcheng really plans to use US$10 million to acquire a decommissioned transport ship from the US military, the senior officials of the Navy will definitely wake up laughing from their dreams. Because Tang Cheng took the initiative to give in, the next thing would be much easier to handle.
Not only did Tangcheng obtain a memorandum of endorsement from the U.S. government, but through Smith, it also opened up a path to the U.S. Navy and ordered a dozen military transport ships that were quickly decommissioned from the U.S. military in the Pacific. Overall, Tangcheng's trip to Japan has achieved the expected results. Not only did it solve one of the biggest hidden dangers in the future, but through the reaction of the Americans, it was confirmed that the bacterial and virus experts of the Japanese army had fallen into the hands of the US government.
