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Chapter 397 A Conscience After Taking Money! (First Update!)

At the dining table, Fryn looked at the dazzling array of dishes, his eyes shining like two 100-watt energy-saving light bulbs. However, when faced with the knife and fork he held in his hands, he felt the helplessness of an eight-year-old child facing a large truck.

Left with no other choice, the group picked up their chopsticks and, like Parkinson's patients, shakily picked up food.

Across from them, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the dazzling array of dishes.

This is all his money!

For some reason, even though the hotel staff said it was Huaiyang cuisine, he couldn't find his favorite West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce after searching through the menu.

He couldn't find West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, and seeing Frain and his friends enjoying their meal across the way, he couldn't hide his disappointment.

So he ate the meal with a particularly bad taste in his mouth.

After finishing his meal and seeing the guests off, Lin Yi returned to the front desk alone to pay the bill.

This emotion reached its peak when he paid. As he took out his card to swipe the money, he urged, "You really should learn to make West Lake Vinegar Fish. It's a famous dish from Lin'an."

"Although it does not belong to the category of Huaiyang cuisine, the problem is that it is near Huaiyang, so it belongs to Huaiyang cuisine."

"I absolutely must learn how to make this dish!"

"If I have the opportunity to host guests here next time, I will definitely order this dish."

After giving instructions to the hotel staff and handing out red envelopes to the reception team, Lin Yi then called his security personnel to return to the hotel to rest.

Just as he returned to the hotel and before he could even open the door, Guo Song, dressed in his park workout clothes, emerged from the room next door.
"How is it? Have they...?"

Guo Song didn't continue speaking, but instead winked at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi rolled his eyes, swiped the door open, turned around and brewed a pot of tea. He carried the tea to Guo Song, poured a cup for each of them, and said unhurriedly:
"Two damn greedy bastards!"

"The EU only had a budget of 2500 million, I'll assume that's true for now, and then that old hag Catherine just asked for 50% of it."

"That's it!"

"Then there's America's side. That guy named Frain, after realizing that the authorities couldn't influence my attitude, directly asked me if I could get a kickback."

“I gave him 50%.”

"The deal he signed was for $6800 million. Giving him half of that would be $3400 million. It hurts my heart."

Speaking of heartache, Lin Yi couldn't help but rub the left side of his heart with his hand, but when he looked up, he found that Guo Song opposite him also had a heartache on his face.

Seeing his appearance, Lin Yi quickly got up and went around him:

"Grandpa, don't scare me!"

"I wasn't trying to scare you!" Guo Song waved his hand, sat up straight, picked up his teacup and drank half a cup of water before the pained expression slowly faded.

“$3400 million, that adds up to a little over one… No, wait!” Another scream rang out as Guo Song shakily raised two fingers on his right hand:

"It's 2.3 million RMB!"

"So much money, and this bastard just swindled it away with a few words!"

My heart is aching so much!

"2.3 million RMB, if given to the army, could arm a lot of people!"

"They can get their hands on a lot of tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks, those bastards."

After repeatedly confirming that Guo Song was healthy, Lin Yi sat back down opposite him and said, "Try a different approach."

"If the normal process is followed, $3400 million could be converted into weapons and equipment and end up in the hands of American soldiers, or in America's weapons and equipment arsenal."

"To become their fighting force."

"However, if this 3400 million falls into private hands, it will become a big house, a beach, sunshine, beautiful women, and big cars."

"These things are not suitable for the battlefield!"

After Lin Yi changed his mindset, Guo Song's pained expression disappeared, leaving only serious thought.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head and nodded gently to Lin Yi:

"you are right."

"I just calculated using America's military purchasing power: $34 million. Without considering maintenance, if we only purchase rifles, light machine guns, rocket launchers, and communication equipment, we can arm six light infantry battalions of 1500 men."

"It can equip two light infantry companies with Humvees, anti-tank weapons, and about 150 men."

"If it is not armed, it is roughly equivalent to 9 M777 howitzers, 435 Javelin anti-tank missiles, and 890 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles."

"But now, all $3400 million has gone into private pockets."

"According to relativity, this is equivalent to the enemy losing six battalions of light infantry, two mechanized infantry companies, one artillery company, and a bunch of anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons."

"The fact that they dared to be so blatant this time shows that they have done similar things before, and quite a lot of them, otherwise they wouldn't be so audacious."

You did a fantastic job this time!

"You need to sort out the whole thing later..."

"I remember your company used to sell things to Americans, right?"

"Yes!" Lin Yi nodded, admitting it without hesitation. After all, Guo Song and the others must have checked his information. They might have found something, but they might not have found anything.

Are there similar cases?

"Yes! And it's the kind that involves multiple layers of subcontracting!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Song clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Prepare a report, not too long, just two or three thousand words, enough to explain this matter clearly. I need it! Go and prepare it!"

After giving his instructions, he patted Lin Yi lightly on the shoulder and told Lin Yi to go and organize the report.

Back at his laptop, Lin Yi cracked his knuckles before placing his hands on the keyboard and starting to type.

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On the other hand, after leaving the Yanjing Hotel, Frain and his group did not immediately return to the American Embassy. Instead, they drove to a quiet street with no cameras and few shops along the way.

When the driver turned off the interior lights, Frain turned to look at the others:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the total is $3400 million. I will take $1900 million. This $1900 million includes $400 million from me, $500 million from the director, and $1000 million from other testing and acceptance departments."

“You will split the remaining $1500 million, $300 million each.”

"Now, we need to vote on this plan by show of hands. If we agree, then we will implement the plan; if we disagree..."

"Then let's keep voting until we get a vote!"

Upon hearing this, the remaining five people in the car lowered their heads and remained silent.

Taking kickbacks from procurement is a perfectly legitimate business.

They had considered that the manufacturers here might give them a kickback, after all, it was a $6800 million order.

According to their estimates, the manufacturer would at most treat them to a meal, give each of them a red envelope of twenty or thirty thousand US dollars, or give them some gold, jewelry, or watches.

But to their utter surprise, the other party was incredibly magnanimous. So magnanimous that they couldn't even imagine it.

The other party gave us a 50% rebate!
$3400!
If the $34 million is divided equally among six people, each person would receive $566.67 million.

This is a full $266 million more than the $300 million you would normally receive.

However, if this matter were to leak out and the Defense Logistics Agency and others found out, those people would not only lose money, but would also be locked up by the CIA tomorrow and hanged the day after.

They won't do something like earning money but not living to spend it!

After a long pause, the driver looked up and said, "Commander Frain, are you sure that if you take that $1900 million over there, you can feed the rest of the people and then they won't come looking for trouble with us?"

"That's several million dollars!"

“We usually dream of only a few hundred thousand dollars.”

After this person finished speaking, the others also turned their attention to Frain, not because they wanted to get more money, but to confirm with him whether he could feed the people above with the money.

Don't let them take all the money from them; that would be a waste.

Sensing what these people were thinking, Frain pounded his chest with his fist: "I can guarantee it!"

"Take the 300 million that is given to you without worry."

"I need to remind everyone that $300 million is a lot of money, unlike before."

“In the past, the amounts were small; buying some stocks or small items wouldn’t arouse suspicion.”

"This time the amount is much larger, so don't buy luxury homes or luxury cars."

"The correct way for you to use it is to increase your household expenses based on your current living standards, and then gradually transfer the money into your hands."

Everyone knew that Frain was doing this for their own good, so they didn't complain, but simply nodded in unison: "Understood!"

After reaching an agreement with the others, Frain looked at the driver and said, "Drive back to the embassy and arrange the transfer!"

Upon returning to the embassy, ​​Frain immediately reported the relevant intelligence to the Department of Defense Logistics Bureau via the embassy's encrypted phone line.

At the same time, he also used coded language to inform his superior, the director of the Logistics Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, about the kickback.

Upon learning of the large kickback, the director of the Logistics Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense was delighted and immediately went to the Ministry of National Defense with the relevant documents to report.

The application received the green light all the way and eventually reached President Barack. After reviewing the documents, he did not hesitate and immediately signed off on the allocation of funds.

After signing, he took the documents back into his hands and found the EU logo on them quite displeasing.

He put down the document, turned to Price, but his fingers were lightly tapping the EU on the document: "Give them something to do, so they don't have nothing to do all day long."

From the start of World War I, America's overall development plan was to disrupt the Great World Island, causing the countries on the island to fight each other, so that America, located outside the island, could profit from the chaos.

Therefore, cooperation among the world's three largest economies is the last thing America wants to see.

Price knew what to do, and nodded: "I'll arrange it!"

Turning his hand, Barack handed the documents to Price: "Go!"

Price left the Oval Office and drove straight to the George W. Bush Intelligence Center, where he met Navarro.

Upon meeting, Price wasted no time and went straight to stating his purpose:

“The head of the EU’s foreign intelligence agency, Catherine Abbotton, is very shrewd, and people like that are no good for America.”

"So find a chance to kill her!"

"Even if we don't kill her, we have to get her removed from her position as head of the European External Action Service."

"Otherwise, our operations in Europe will be hampered."

Faced with Price's request, Navarro hesitated for a moment: "Let's just kill her!"

"Taking her down smoothly feels like a waste of time. Giving her two bullets directly would save time and effort."

“I will arrange this. Please ask Mr. Price to tell the President that he will see the results he wants in two days at most.”

"I hope so!" With that, Price rushed off to the White House.

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Meanwhile, unaware that she had been tricked, Catherine was packing her bags, preparing to travel to her next destination—South Korea.

I had just finished packing my luggage and was about to leave the hotel when my phone rang.

When the call connected, it turned out to be a call from Sofia, the rotating president of the European Commission.

The other party told her two pieces of information. One was that the funds required for the agreement she signed had begun the expedited process and would arrive in the target account in just a few hours.

The other piece of news came from Japan.

Japan invited Catherine to Japan to make preparations for launching negotiations on a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union.

Upon hearing this news, Catherine wanted to curse, she really wanted to curse.

She prefers to go to South Korea rather than Japan.

During the years under America's leadership, South Korea and the European Union have long been inseparable partners, and since 2007, South Korea and the European Union have been negotiating a free trade agreement.

Most of the negotiations have been completed, and according to the planned schedule, the two sides will sign the relevant agreement in the second half of this year to start free trade between the EU and South Korea.

Once a free trade agreement is signed, both sides' markets will open to each other and tariffs will be reduced.

South Korea is small in size but has a large population, mostly high-net-worth individuals. Catherine believes that if EU products enter South Korea, they will definitely crush South Korean products.

In addition to general economic and trade cooperation, the two sides also need to cooperate deeply in military defense to ensure that their interests are not infringed upon by others.

It's safe to say that she would receive the highest level of hospitality if she went to South Korea.

As for going to Japan...

In recent years, the EU has become Japan's third largest trading partner, with bilateral trade in goods amounting to approximately 1100 billion euros.

Based on their extensive trade relations, both sides are also preparing for negotiations on a relevant free trade agreement.

The problem is, Japan, that stupid country, only wants to take advantage and doesn't want to lose out.

Whether it's agriculture or industry, this stupid country has serious trade protectionism.

In agriculture, the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) have created a whole host of regulations, and together with the Japanese government, they have also created a whole host of tariff conditions to block EU food and meat products from entering the Japanese market.

In the industrial sector, Japan has introduced a so-called displacement tax specifically targeting EU automobiles.

Meanwhile, the Japanese government subsidized Japanese cars, enabling them to be exported to the EU at an alarming rate, in order to damage the EU's domestic auto industry.

As for America, Japan's "father," Japan didn't dare utter a single word.

The thought of all this made Catherine want to kill those bastards.

But despite her thoughts, for the sake of the EU's interests, she decided to listen to Sofia and go to Japan first.

(End of this chapter)