Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 1531 Negotiations Broke Down
I didn't understand what happened to them before, but looking at Essen's expression, it seemed that he didn't even want to talk to him, but said again: "Let Xin Sai'er come to see me, I only negotiate terms with him!"

The bearded man smiled and said, "Just talk to me. He's busy now, so I can decide everything on his behalf!"

Essen said dissatisfiedly: "How can I talk to you? What is there to talk about?"

The bearded man laughed loudly and said: "You know that there is nothing to talk about? Your life is in my hands now. You know me. I only recognize money but not people. How much do you think you can pay?" Money, let me let you go?"

Essen snorted and said, "I won't give you a single point! It's not that I haven't made a deal with you before. You are the least trustworthy one I've ever seen!"

The bearded man said indifferently: "Mr. Essen, you are a businessman, and I am too! Whoever pays more money, of course I work for whom? You can't blame me! The Kumba family is gone, and now it is Xin Sai'er's era has come! To be precise, my era has come! You should be happy for me!"

Essen snorted and said, "Your era? What era do you have! A treacherous traitor, if this country is handed over to you, it will be completely plunged into darkness!"

The bearded man suddenly put away his smile and said: "We are on our own land, but we are watching you foreigners, showing off your power here, using our own resources, earning our hard-earned money, and destroying our compatriots! I The first thing I did when I came to power was to understand that you foreigners can no longer be allowed to dominate our land!"

Eisen said disdainfully: "If you really use it for this purpose, I still think you are a hero. Unfortunately, we have already noticed your wolfish ambitions. You just want to use this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, to eliminate So heretics, take your post! If your support rate is not enough, you will assist Xin Saier! Now that you have occupied the presidential palace, what about the Xin Saier people? You won’t be unable to wait so soon, right? He If you die, you have no chance to rule this country!"

The bearded man frowned, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Essen, I think you have misunderstood me a lot! Why don't we cooperate again?"

Essen still wanted to deny it, but I persuaded him: "Don't worry, your impulsiveness will kill us! Listen to what he said first?"

Essen didn't say anything, the bearded man looked at me seriously and said, "Who is this?"

Eisen replied reluctantly: "I'm a partner!"

The bearded man snorted and said: "Right, listen to your partner's thoughts more, don't be so persistent! My idea is very simple, you help me gain control of this country, and I will let you trade freely across the border! Everything you want in this country!"

Essen asked puzzledly, "Didn't you get it now?"

The bearded man shook his head and said: "Not yet, there are too many heretics! I can't conquer so many people by force! I can't kill Xin Sai'er now. If he dies before the election results come out, the candidate won't It's me! Kumba will probably make a comeback!"

Only then did I understand that the leader of the opposition, Xin Saier, was just a puppet, and this coup was nothing more than a transfer of power from one warlord to another.

Essen thought for a while and said, "Then how do you ask me to cooperate with you now?"

The bearded man said excitedly: "Help me persuade Xin Sai'er, he is too idealistic, and the regime has not yet been consolidated, so he wants to amend the constitution, abolish the military control area, and need seven military control chairmen It is simply unrealistic to unify the management of the central government! If he does this, not only will his regime be unstable, but my power will also be reduced!"

Essen looked at the bearded man suspiciously and said, "Could it be the opposite? It should be that you want to amend the constitution so that the military management chairmen of the seven regions are all managed by your central government? That is, you want to rule the world. , just came from an unknown teacher, and wanted to use Xin Sai'er's hand to achieve your goal, but he probably wouldn't agree, right?"

The bearded man laughed embarrassingly and said, "You're still smart! That's true. Ming people don't speak secretly, so I'll tell the truth. It's indeed my idea. Think about it now except for the main city. It is under the jurisdiction of the central government, and other regions are highly autonomous, so what do we need the central government to do? I seized power, and if the representatives of their 7 regions disagree, what power do I have as the chairman of the military? So ah , We must unify the power!"

Essen said with some concerns: "What if they don't agree? Then you have to go to war? Then the civil war will start?"

The bearded man said with a smile: "They are all vulnerable paper tigers, just like Kumba. They have been entrenched in the urban area for so many years, and they are not retreated by me at one blow! They are all rumors, and their troops are all vulnerable. I'm sure, as long as Xin Sai'er announces the unification of the country and the abolition of self-government, I can take all of them in half a year!"

Essen snorted and said, "I don't think Xin Sai'er will agree, he doesn't want to see a civil war! Besides, I don't think you don't need Xin Xi'er's consent at all, you can do this? Afraid of being a teacher? Nameless? Then you don’t have to worry, even if you are a famous teacher, they won’t obey you easily!”

I sighed and said, "Haven't you understood? He's not asking you to persuade Xin Sai'er, but asking you to join in!"

The bearded man nodded his head and said, "Look at how smart your partner is! I need your financial resources to help me achieve my goal! I know that you are rich and powerful now, and you need money to fight wars. Then I will definitely not I will let you do it for nothing! As I said, once I achieve national unification, I will relax peripheral trade, and your business will be open to the outside world at that time! Of course, I will also share part of the profits. I think you Shouldn't you object?"

Essen was not as tactful as me, so he refused decisively: "I don't trust you if you can't get the trust. If I really take out the money and help you go to war, I will become the leader of this country." Sinner! As I said, I am a businessman, I am not an international war criminal! Moreover, I do not believe that after I help you achieve your goal, you will fulfill your promise! You have betrayed me once, and there must be another Second time!"

The bearded man hurriedly quibbled: "This time, this time is not counted! I have considered for a long time to choose between Kumba and Xin Saier, and I still think that Xin Saier's approval rate will be much higher! Moreover, Kumba these years You don't have enough respect for me, it's time to teach him a lesson!"

Essen cut it and said: "I spit on your shamelessness! Your hypocrisy! I gave you money! I asked you to suppress the armed opposition instead of helping them seize power and bring down Kumba! You not only betrayed Kumba, you betrayed me!"

The bearded man laughed loudly and said, "This is all a political struggle! Don't be so naive, okay? I will double your money, and now the opportunity is in front of you. Don't forget, you are a businessman." , What do businessmen pay attention to? Profit is all about profit! See which side the balance of profit is tilting, you should stand there! Don't be so stubborn! You will die!"

After speaking, he put away his smile and slapped a pistol on the table.

At this moment, Essen also showed his true colors as an overlord: "I thought I would die when I came here, but if I die, you will not end well either. My men will destroy at least half of your army! Kumba's The forces are still there, and they will continue to fight back! In addition, there is another unfortunate news to tell you, General Bion in the 5th district, and General Hesuai in the 7th district are my trading partners. If you die, it will seriously affect their income, and we have reached a consensus that once this negotiation breaks down, they will send troops to encircle your territory, you can defend this place, but you cannot defend your base camp!"

The bearded man stared at Essen and said, "Do you think I will believe it? Your threat is useless to me! They can't take care of themselves, and they still have the heart to hit me?"

Eisen snorted and said: "If their territory can be expanded, do you think they will miss this opportunity? I only need to eat half of your troops, and any force in any district will stare at you, even though you Now it is the most powerful of the 7 districts, but have you ever thought that whoever controls the central government is the target of public criticism, do you think they will deal with you?"

The bearded man hesitated. Only at this moment did I know why Essen dared to come here to negotiate. He has enough bargaining chips in his hand!

The bearded man thought for a while and said, "Since you don't want to cooperate with me, then why are you here?"

Eisen replied, "I'm here to find Xin Seer, not you!"

The bearded man said disdainfully: "What's the use of looking for him? He can't decide anything!"

Essen shook his head and said: "No matter what, he is the nominal presidential candidate now. As long as he can win in the second round, he will be recognized by the whole country as the legal person with the highest power in the country. If I don't look for him, should I look for you?" ?”

The bearded man sneered and said, "Every word he says has to go through me, otherwise he is dumb! Talking to him is better than talking to me! How, we have to talk to break the current deadlock!"

Essen shook his head, stood up and said, "We have nothing to talk about!" After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, and I immediately stood up.

The bearded man said with a dark face: "Do you think you can still go out? Will I let you go out?"

Essen shrugged and said: "I said, I'm dead, it's not good for you at all! At most, we will die together!"

The bearded man snorted coldly, quickly pulled out his pistol, and shot Essen in the back. Fortunately, Essen's reaction speed was extremely fast. The moment he heard the gunshot, he had already made the fastest reaction , the whole person rolled forward, and also took out a gun, aiming at the bearded man.

I was very curious about where he got his gun. He had just been searched, but he didn't have a gun!

In this case, of course I first found a place to hide, and slipped behind the sofa.

The two of them were holding guns at each other, and the soldiers who heard the gunshots rushed in, yelling at Essen to put down the gun, but Essen remained unmoved, and continued to threaten the bearded man: "Are you sure you want to be here?" Kill me here? Are you sure you can admit the consequences?"

The bearded man pointed at me who was hiding on the sofa and said, "At first I wasn't sure, but seeing him, I can be sure! You are dead, don't you still have your partner? I think he can replace you !"

Essen cut his voice and said, "Then you ask him, if he is willing, can he replace me?"

The bearded man pursed his lips and said, "Don't ask, I can make the decision for him, and I can't let him!"

At this time, I couldn't help standing up, raising my hands and saying: "I'm not his partner, I'm just an outsider, I can't replace him, and no one will listen to me! You should make another plan! Why don't you put down the gun first and listen to my advice?"

Essen shook his head, looked at me firmly and said: "You can't cooperate with a wolf, a wolf who doesn't keep promises, and you will only be eaten by the wolf in the end! I gave him money , but he didn’t do anything, more precisely, he not only didn’t help me, but also brought his army to deal with me, how could I cooperate with such a person?”

I rolled his eyes at him and said: "Then you have to see the current situation clearly! Why are you so stubborn, just promise him whatever you say! As long as we can go out, we still have a chance!"

Essen sighed and said, "He can understand Chinese!"

The bearded man laughed loudly and said: "Yes, I can understand! But, I appreciate you very much. How do you say in Chinese, the person who knows the current affairs is Junjie, agree to my terms, let's cooperate and make money together, isn't it? Is it good? He disagrees, how about you to be my partner?"

I ignored him, but said to Essen: "You still care about who is in power and who is in power? As long as it doesn't delay your making money? Why do you care about other people's internal affairs? As long as he doesn't go to our village to make trouble , Agree to withdraw troops, our goal will be achieved, let's go!"

But Eisen said firmly: "Anyone can be in power, but he can't! Once he really takes power, he will slaughter the heretics in his mouth, including us! He only thinks that his people are the only ones in the world. Humans who deserve to survive!"

I was surprised and said: "This is not anti-social, this is an anti-world personality! This is a bit abnormal!"

The bearded man may not have understood this meeting, he seemed a little impatient and said: "I don't have much time, how about asking you one last time?"

Essen clenched the gun in his hand, and the next second I knew he was going to shoot, and while he was shooting, both he and I would be turned into a hornet's nest.

I hurriedly stood between the two of them and said, "Why both sides suffer? Anything can be discussed!"

(End of this chapter)