Arms starts with hyenas in the Middle East

Chapter 418 Everyone has their own agenda
"Haha, you are right, Leslie. I also think Ryan is a good choice. The Habsburg family is fully capable of taking over. However, someone from the British Empire has already contacted me. They want to continue to cooperate with us. Well, you know, it is not easy for me to refuse them. I am afraid you need to talk to them. Well, maybe Ryan will also need to come forward."

Sean showed a mocking look on his face. He could guess what Leslie was planning with just his toes. He wanted him to bear the pressure alone?
It’s simply wishful thinking!
Sean is not the kind of guy who likes to suffer losses. Although the old saying goes, suffering losses is a blessing, unfortunately, he doesn't like blessings.

"Well, it seems we can only express our regret to Ryan."

On the other end of the phone, Leslie was ready to give up immediately when he saw that Sean was not taking the bait. It was simply a joke. Sean even wanted to transfer the pressure to him. If he really took the bait, he would be a big fool.

"That's a shame."

Sean shrugged. It didn't matter if the other party didn't recruit him. He didn't expect the other party to fall into his trap. After all, businessmen are shrewd. If Leslie was really that kind of young man, old Capet would not train him as his heir.

After hanging up the phone, Sean had a sneer on his face. He was still trying to set him up. No one was a good person. Who didn't know who was who?

However, Leslie's call did give him some ideas. His eyes rolled and a bad idea popped up.

Since Leslie could set a trap for me, I could naturally make things difficult for him as well. After all, there is a saying that goes, it’s the way of the world and courtesy and reciprocity are the norm.

Sean picked up his phone, found Ryan's number in the address book, and dialed it. If he wanted to make things difficult for Leslie, it was better to do it sooner rather than later. No matter what deal these two guys reached in private, it was ultimately just a matter of interests. And these interests were in Sean's hands, and he had the final right of interpretation. Since Leslie wanted to join forces with Ryan to mess with him, it was not impossible for him to join forces with Ryan to kick Leslie out.

The current Capet family is not the former Capet dynasty. It is hard to say whether their collateral branches, the Bourbon family and the Braganza family, still have close ties with them, but it is not impossible for them to join forces with the Habsburgs to deal with him.

beep...beep...

"Hey, Sean, any good news for me?"

Ryan's voice came from the other end of the phone. One could tell from his tone that he was in a good mood. Apparently, he and Leslie had already discussed the distribution of interests in Mali, but they probably hadn't talked on the phone yet. This was Sean's purpose, to create a time difference and catch the other party off guard.

"Yes Ryan, I have good news for you, but there is also bad news. Are you ready Ryan?"

Sean showed a smile on his face, but there was still some embarrassment in his tone.

"Oh, really, Sean? Tell me about it then, maybe it's not bad news."

Ryan could naturally hear the embarrassment in Sean's tone. After a quick thought, he knew that something had gone wrong with the Mali incident. It was just that Sean was concerned about the British Royal Family. In his opinion, this was not bad news because the pressure would not be on him.

"Well, in that case, let me tell you, you know, me, Leslie, and Prince William, the three of us have cooperation in Mali, and the interests there are huge, very huge!"

Sean considered his words and spoke slowly.

"Yes, of course, I am very aware that it is almost your private territory, but unfortunately, Prince William is very unlucky and I am very sad about it."

Ryan's heart moved, knowing that the real show was about to begin, and he responded with a sad tone.

"We are saddened by Prince William's misfortune, but we cannot let Mali's interests slip away. So after discussing with Leslie, we decided to invite you to take over William's original share, and we will continue the unfinished cooperation. Believe me, my friend, the benefits are huge enough even for the Habsburg family!"

What Sean said was not an exaggeration at all. Mali has been in a unified state for a long time. Except for the fact that public security is still not very good, the situation is basically stable. Sean and his people need it to be stable, as it is closely related to their interests. So as long as Augusta does not have an attack and does not have some inappropriate thoughts, Sean will make his position as prime minister very stable. There will even be no problem for Sean to become the new president next year.

And how much of the benefits in Mali as a whole belong to these three parties? The benefits generated by medical care, education, water power, electricity, natural gas, infrastructure, transportation, and other things that are closely related to people's lives are very huge. And this is not counting the underground resources of Mali, gold, iron, bauxite, diatomaceous earth, rock salt, phosphate, etc. Just talking about gold, it is not for nothing that Mali is one of the three largest gold producing countries in Africa.

Even though William's share is the smallest among the three, that is only relative. In fact, the benefits are very considerable. Thirty percent of the underground resources, education, transportation, finance, heat, and gas, all of these are his.

"Oh my god, is this true, Sean? It's my honor. I think our cooperation will be very pleasant!"

Ryan's breath was caught, he was not a rookie who knew nothing. Since he wanted to get in, he would naturally conduct an investigation first. He knew too well how much interest William had in Mali. That was a share of interest that was enough to take the Habsburg family to the next level. If he succeeded in getting it, I believe even old Habsburg would be moved!
"Ryan, I also hope that we can cooperate happily, but unfortunately, some people don't seem to want us to cooperate happily. So, unfortunately, Ryan, it is difficult for us to truly reach a cooperation!"

Sean's tone was full of helplessness and regret, mixed with a hint of dissatisfaction and anger, as if he was really dissatisfied with the result.

"who is it?"

Ryan frowned when he heard that. The happy smile just now froze on his face, and his eyes flashed with ferocity. As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents. For capitalists like them, it is more than just killing their parents, it is even more irreconcilable than killing each other.

Anyone who dares to stop the capitalists from making money will be killed!

"You know, Prince William represented the cooperation between the British Royal Family and us. Now he is dead, but you should know that the British Royal Family will never give up such a huge benefit. Even if the Royal Family can give up, the other members of the British Royal Family will never give up. They will find ways to reach cooperation with us again. Whether it is me or Leslie, we don't have the strength to say no. Even with you, I am afraid it is impossible for the British Royal Family to give up."

Sean's tone was heavy, as if a mountain was pressing down on him.

"Okay, yeah, I understand, but Leslie said you'd take care of this."

When Ryan heard this, he immediately sneered. He was wondering what was going on just now, but it turned out to be just this?

In his opinion, Sean might not know that he and Leslie have reached a consensus to push Sean, a peasant, out as a scapegoat. In this way, he and Leslie will operate the RFG Group and turn it into their industry. They will control the RFG Group to safeguard their interests in Mali. As for Sean?
How could a peasant like him be equal to the nobles? Why?
The rotten leaves in the mud should rot and die in the mud, instead of thinking about how to crawl out of the mud all day long!
"In fact, I would like to, but unfortunately, I can't do it, and Leslie knows that I can't do it. So according to Leslie's idea, we push you out and let you compete with those gentlemen of the British Empire for this piece of fat meat. And you, the Habsburg family, will definitely not be willing to give up this piece of fat meat that is already in your mouth. Then we can fan the flames and reap the benefits. In the end, we can even tear a piece of meat from the Habsburg family. But I think that's not a good idea. You know, I'm always sincere to my friends and will never do anything that harms the interests of my friends."

Sean curled his lips with a hint of teasing on his face. These guys from old aristocratic families were the most shrewd, and fickleness was also their usual tactic, so he was not afraid that Ryan would not believe it. Because whether Ryan believed it or not, the PY transaction between him and Leslie was bound to have cracks, and it would be best if they could turn against each other directly.

"Damn it, this can't be true!"

On the other end of the phone, Ryan's eyelids jumped when he heard the words, and his heart was in turmoil. He carefully reviewed the PY transaction with Leslie. He had a deep understanding of Leslie, because they were the same kind of people, capricious, and betrayal was normal for them. For the sake of profit, they would do anything. Leslie might say one thing to him in front of him and another behind his back.

And something Sean said touched him. If Leslie could really get a piece of meat from their Habsburg family, plus their interests in Mali, the Capet family might really be able to prosper again in Leslie's hands, and their Habsburg family would suffer a great loss. The most important thing is that there are only benefits and no disadvantages in Leslie's doing this, which is completely in the interests of the other party, so whether it is true or not, he has to treat it as true, so he has to reconsider some of the agreements he had previously reached with Leslie in private.

"You know it well, Ryan, this is the truth!"

Sean shook his head. Of course he knew this was not true, because he just made it up on the spur of the moment. But for this kind of thing, it didn't matter whether it was true or not. What mattered was that it had to be in the interests of Leslie. As long as it was in the interests of Leslie, it was true. He just gave Ryan a little sense of crisis.

"Damn it, Sean, I think we could meet."

Ryan's face looked grim. After thinking for a while, he spoke carefully.

"That's no problem, I'll wait for you in Abu Dhabi."

"it is good!"

After hanging up the phone, Sean grinned and murmured: "Haha, Leslie, you asked for this. If you knew that you had screwed yourself, I'm sure the expression on your face would be very interesting..."

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

"Enter."

Lin Ke pushed the door open and entered the office, and said to Sean: "President, the British royal family has sent a letter. They want to invite you to discuss cooperation matters at Windsor Castle in London next Monday. What do you think..."

"Just tell them I'm very busy and ask them to come to Abu Dhabi by themselves. I'll be waiting for their people here."

At a time like this, there is no way Sean would go to London. If he discusses cooperation on someone else's territory, he will naturally be at a disadvantage. Sean is not a fool. What if the other party wants to redistribute the interests? Will he give in or not?

Although he can be like a mad dog, he has to do so in order to live a better life. He is not like when he had nothing and had to be hysterical about everything he did.

"Ok, I see."

Lin Ke nodded and walked out again.

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On the other side, Ryan had just hung up the phone with Sean when his phone buzzed again. He picked it up, sneered, and then picked up the phone.

"Hi Ryan, I'm Leslie, something went wrong and there might be some trouble right now."

Leslie's slightly regretful voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Oh, really? What exactly happened? Maybe we can think of a solution?"

Listening to Leslie's slightly regretful words, Ryan put on a sneer on his face, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. What Sean said might not be true, but Leslie's words were also worth pondering. In short, no one was a good person, and what anyone said might be false. Of course, the most likely possibility was that it was half true and half false. So since Sean said so, it proved that Leslie probably had arrangements or tendencies in this regard. If he didn't know, he would have been on guard. But now that he knew, the other party's performance was like a frustrated clown in his eyes.

"Sean, don't fall for it. I'm afraid you can't enter this project, Ryan. Otherwise, you may have to face the British Royal Family alone. These guys who look like gentlemen on the surface but are actually bandits at heart are not easy to deal with."

Leslie didn't know that Sean had just talked to Ryan on the phone, and had also set him up, otherwise he would never have said this now.

"Haha, don't forget, Leslie, we are also bandits. It would have been fine if we didn't have the chance before, but now, with the meat right in front of my mouth, it's really difficult for you to let me give up..."

Ryan's facial muscles twitched, and he became more certain of what Sean had just said. This Leslie really had bad intentions. Who didn't know who he was?

This piece of meat is already at their fingertips, how could people like them be willing to give it up?

Quitting when faced with difficulties?

Retreating is the hardest thing for them!

Leslie's words were obviously a trap for him. On the surface, it seemed like he was trying to make him retreat, but in fact, it was a provocation, instigating him to confront the British Royal Family!

(End of this chapter)