Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

The instructors who got off the plane were not American-supplied.

"Hello, we are here on behalf of the New York Democratic Party headquarters."

Democratic lawmakers on the plane revealed their identities.

This time, it wasn't instructors who sneaked into Taiwan using borderline identities, but rather individuals associated with the Democratic Party.

They made a promise to the top brass of the Taiwanese military:

"We can raise about $5000 billion to support Taiwan's war to defend its democracy, as long as Taiwan holds firm, like Ukraine... like early Ukraine, and defends absolutely against a Chinese military landing. That would be a huge victory."

Regardless of the exact amount offered, the figure must be large enough.

The Democrats are making moves, and so is the Pentagon.

Their actions could not be concealed from the Allied Forces, who had established a radar station in Okinawa.

The subordinate reported to Xiao Chu Zhang Da:

"A large number of US troops are being urgently mobilized."

"They are trying to enter Taiwan by transiting through the Philippines."

The staff officers asked:

Should we let them in?

Xiao Chuzhang gave a decisive answer:

"Let it go! This is the perfect time to catch a turtle in a jar. The turtle has jumped in on its own, which will surely bring us great fortune. What's wrong with that?"

There's a joke that over 1400 senior colonels are all eagerly waiting for the moment to earn their rank. Everyone wants to add some stars and merits to their ranks, so let the US military in. There are only a few US military bases in Asia. Even if the Americans had a hundred thousand abilities, they couldn't conjure up a combat-ready force.

The entire coalition forces are undergoing a major expansion.

30 South Korean soldiers, usually serving as debt collectors, were being conscripted and sent to small islands in Southeast Asia to prepare for island defense operations.

However, South Korean soldiers cannot be used for beach assaults.

For Chinese people, this is a crucial moment to earn honors and achievements. Everyone has their own fellow villagers and friends, and it is a wonderful time to charge forward side by side.

After some discussion, the coalition forces decided to recruit their old comrades from the country to form a general beach assault force.

They began recruiting and training soldiers domestically.

The recruitment method is very simple: hire people to make humorous videos and display them as in-feed ads.

As a result, the public soon saw extremely abstract recruitment videos on various platforms.

The program first showed footage of Taiwan on high alert, followed by footage of war and devastation in Gaza, Myanmar, and other places.

A military officer, suspected to be played by He Yang, stepped forward:

"Does this seem familiar? The same thing is happening everywhere. We might be next."

"Do you want to go beachhead?"

"Would you like the family tree to have a separate page?"

Do you want to be awarded the title of combat hero?

"Join the United Army! (Inspiring background music) Build a great China, create a super China. Join us, (unclear drumbeats) and become a superhero!"

The high-profile dissemination of the bizarre advertisement was quickly blocked.

His subordinates reported him to Li Xinghe.

With Natasha grabbing his pants and refusing to let him leave, insisting he answer the phone, Li Xinghe had no time to deal with these messy affairs:

"Huh? What kind of weird ad is this? I don't care about that now, Putin's calling me. Hey, don't pull my pants!"

Chapter 797: Japan-Russia Cooperation, Century-Old Fraudster Li Xinghe (6300 words)

Cabinet Office lounge.

The female special forces soldiers reluctantly closed the door, while Natasha, revealing her childlike side, clung to Li Xinghe's sleeve and wouldn't let go, even pulling at his pants.

There's only one reason: President Putin wanted to talk to Li, but Li felt it wasn't the right time.

The Taiwan Strait crisis is not over yet, and now the Russian government has more leverage.

But in front of the pitiful and adorable Natasha, Li Xinghe lost both his pants and his virginity, and naturally had to answer Putin's call as well:

"Mr. Putin, I'm Li, just call me Vasily or Niki."

"I heard you just had a son. You already have more than a dozen children?"

"Only 11."

Li Xinghe chatted with Putin about life in broken Russian.

After some conversation, Putin said:

"Lavrov is about to transit through Tokyo, and I hope you can help facilitate an economic cooperation treaty for Sakhalin Island."

The Sakhalin Island development project is the most suitable for cooperation between Russia and Japan. This island alone boasts proven oil reserves of 7 billion tons, coal reserves of 100 million tons, and natural gas reserves of 30 trillion cubic meters. With such abundant resources, economic cooperation between Russia and Japan began as early as 2000. However, the Japanese later discovered that the project was not particularly profitable, mainly due to the involvement and dominance of American capital.

"I will definitely complete it."

Li Xinghe sighed.

There's not much of a fuss about it; it's just that the Russian economy has collapsed again, so they're returning to the traditional approach of selling resources for money.

Russia's economy has been struggling since the war, and it is currently in a state of semi-dead industrial economy remnants of the Soviet Union. The military industry has just been revived, but it is rapidly dying due to the ceasefire in Ukraine. Even if it wants to switch to producing some civilian products, it is far inferior to its Chinese counterparts.

After facing economic sanctions from the West, the Russians, displaying their ancestral ability to regain their composure after being punished, finally began to consolidate their economy. This consolidation lasted a full eight years, followed by over four years of war in Ukraine. When the war economy reached its peak, a smooth ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was reached.

Once the war is over, the war economy ends immediately.

Then Russia's uniquely foolish economic thinking plunged the country into inflationary chaos. Even the presence of technocrats left over from the Soviet era was of no use.

Li Xinghe rubbed Natasha's round face: "You're really patriotic. If you had talked to me about economic development in a few months, the price wouldn't be this high."

Natasha knew what was going on, so she shyly lifted her little bottom:

"If all else fails... I'll have a few more for you. You'll lose out, but I'll make it up to you."

Li Xinghe rubbed the female spy's buttocks while pondering how to cooperate.

Some might ask, how come Russia seems more crippled even though it has won the war?

Because the Russia-Ukraine war actually lacks sufficient benefits.

It's likely that even the Russians themselves didn't expect that, despite the widespread distribution of Chinese capital and industrial goods in Russia, Russia's own light industry would remain in a terrible state, showing no signs of improvement. Moreover, given the rapid changes of the times, it's even inferior to light industrial products produced by North Korea, leading to North Korea selling its goods to Russia instead.

After all, North Korea's industrial production chain is still second-hand goods imported from China, which is much stronger than Russia's decades-old production chain.

This economic situation creates a cycle where the economy is barely better during wartime, but worse when there is no war. While the new money Russia issues during the war creates a group of decorated soldiers and generates bonuses, it essentially forces all of Russia to tighten their belts to support the war effort, digging into their savings for the military. However, the economic benefits gained from newly acquired land after victory are insufficient to bridge this massive inflationary gap.

Production cannot keep up.

In short, from an economic perspective, they're short of money, and their containers are either empty or only stocked with Chinese goods. They urgently need to introduce more competitive products, such as used Toyota cars, which are very popular with Russians.

Therefore, whether based on the current economic predicament or the need to maintain domestic market balance, Russia needs to quickly sell resources to recoup its losses and generate revenue.

However, if we consider it from a deeper political perspective, Li Xinghe prefers to call it:

"To prevent foreign economic colonization, but primarily to prevent the Tsarist faction from seizing power domestically."

This is a rather unique issue.

Although Putin won the war in Ukraine, the rise of the Tsarist faction has raised concerns about repeated power struggles. Putin remains essentially a secular liberal politician, and he doesn't want to see his Shiravic party overthrown by Tsarist elements.

Therefore, Putin could tacitly approve of continuing to strengthen economic ties with foreign countries, expanding cooperation with Japan, and even cultivating a pro-Li Xinghe faction.

We must rein in the increasingly lawless Tsarist faction, who, taking advantage of the post-war economic downturn, are constantly hyping up the idea of ​​"continuing the attack on Ukraine" and "making money by advancing into Europe."

The reason for seeking help from Japan is quite simple: Russia is unaware of Li Xinghe's relationship with China.

With its economy increasingly unstable and facing numerous problems, Russia needs the financial assistance of a universally recognized developed country, namely Japan and South Korea, to help it overcome its difficulties.

Fortunately, Japan also has Tokyo's financial center, which allows it to provide preferential treatment to Russia outside of the United States.

Shortly afterward, Lavrov entered Tokyo.

He was arranged to travel in a secret car to the Cabinet residence.

This legendary diplomat's humorous remark:

"I only received the President's notification halfway through the process. You should be aware of our cooperation, right?"

Li Xinghe took out a wad of cash:

“I have a lot of yen, and you have a lot of resources. You give me resources, and I give you yen. I have a lot of cars, and you happen to have my yen. You don’t lose, and I don’t lose; it’s a win-win situation.”

Of course, there is also a minor conflict between Russia and Japan, namely the territorial dispute.

The territorial dispute between Japan and Russia is nothing more than the Northern Territories issue.

When the Soviet Union was preparing to sweep southwards and conquer Japan, Japan did not commit the "one hundred million deaths for the Emperor" trope; instead, the Japanese elites smoothly knelt and surrendered to the United States. At the time the surrender document was signed aboard the USS Missouri, the Soviet Union had only occupied the Northern Territories, a little over 5,000 square kilometers of land.

These four islands, like the Ryukyu Islands, were considered undefined sovereign territory under the Potsdam Declaration. Russia now prefers to keep them as its own and refuses to cede them.

In this collaboration, Lavrov frankly stated:

"Russia could consider gifting the Wuyi Islands."

It wasn't about returning it; it was a gift of friendship, and also a kind of special insistence of the Russians.

The Okumai Islands, covering 102 square kilometers, are a small archipelago visible to the naked eye from the northeastern corner of Hokkaido. So small are they that there are no permanent residents on any of them. Therefore, these uninhabited islands have become the easiest bargaining chip for Russia to use in trade.

The Buwu Islands are an uninhabited archipelago, completely devoid of people. Li Xinghe suddenly had a brilliant idea:

“We can lease the island to the pro-independence government and let them draw a line on the island.”

Another option is to build the nuclear power plant on the same island as the political figures from both the pro-independence and pro-unification camps in Taiwan. This would force these politicians, who are constantly arguing about Taiwan's nuclear power issue, to live in constant fear of its safety. Their lives would be tied to the safety of the nuclear power plant.

He responded in kind:

"I'm not considering the two largest islands in the Northern Territories, Iturup and Kunashir. But could we add one more, for example, setting aside the sovereignty dispute and leasing back Shikotan Island?"

Shikotan Island has 255 square kilometers of land and more than 2,000 Russian residents, mostly elderly fishermen.

At 255 square kilometers, the land area is quite large. It is also suitable as a key pillar for the development of Hokkaido's offshore economy. Of course, the island's curved coastline is also suitable for a fishing port, and the island's completely pristine environment is even more suitable for building a new political prison.

This brings us back to the 2004 agreement that the Russian government and Japan attempted to reach, whereby two small islands would be returned to Japan, while the remaining two large islands would remain in Russia.

Li Xinghe also thought the agreement was feasible, but the Japanese at the time were rather dim-witted and insisted that Russia return all four islands, so the negotiations fell through.

Lavrov immediately shook his head:

“No. There are still 2800 residents on Shikotan Island. It would be difficult for us to make decisions here that go against public opinion.”

Public protests would provoke strong interference from the Tsarist Russian faction, which would then stir up territorial issues.

Li Xinghe offered an even higher price:

"I can take the lead in organizing Japan's five major trading companies to simultaneously enter the Russian Far East for import and export and economic development. I can also invest in an oil and gas pipeline, running south from Sakhalin Island to Wakkanai Port in Hokkaido, enabling fully automated crude oil and natural gas imports. I can also open containers for all Japanese-made technological products to Russia. What do you say?"

Lavrov was deeply moved:

"How much can you offer? 300 billion US dollars?"

Li Xinghe immediately started playing:

"$1000 billion. No, you should tell the Russians that I'm willing to offer a super-giant sum of 50 trillion yen, worth $3000 billion, to assist Russia in the comprehensive development of its Far East special economic zones. From Sakhalin's natural gas and oil to the forests of the Kamchatka Islands, from the Far East's coalfields and steel to fertile farmland, we can cooperate without limits, as long as the Russian Duma approves."

Of course, this number is pure boasting.

Regardless of the exact amount of $3000 billion, just tell me if that number is large or not.

This is enough to cover Russia's entire annual fiscal revenue.

Moreover, Russia would not grant Li Xinghe such a large economic investment zone; that would be tantamount to slow suicide.

Therefore, even Lao La avoided Li Xinghe's suggestion.

However, despite being tempted, he directly brought up the matter of borrowing money:

"Could you consider... um... borrowing it first..."

In short, don't talk to Russians about investment; just ask to borrow some money.

The Russian government is currently short of money.

Li Xinghe patted his chest and declared: