Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 784: Call from the United States

It was night when Lu Shaohua called Li Zhijie and the others over, so after he finished talking, everyone dispersed. There was no other way, Li Zhijie and the others had been very busy these days, and they had to take some time to rest.

Yes, if Li Zhijie and his men didn't take some time to rest, they would have no time to rest, because the next day was the elections of the two countries in the west and the south, and the three giants of their Tiger Roar Base had things to do and would not have any time to relax.

However, Lu Shaohua is not that busy. He stays in the villa all day long and doesn't go anywhere. He just uses his brain. He doesn't need to do anything else. Occasionally, he can even take out time to spend on fitness equipment.

However, today is different. Lu Shaohua is not planning to exercise because the general election is tomorrow. Although he doesn't have to do anything, Lu Shaohua has decided to go to the secret base the next day and wait there.

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Nothing happened that night. When the sun rose the next day, Lu Shaohua got up, ran a few laps in the small yard outside the villa, and then exercised in the gym. It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that Lu Shaohua had breakfast and came to the headquarters of the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network below the secret base.

Since there has been a large amount of intelligence to be processed during this period, Li Zhijie and his subordinates have been very busy. Well, to be precise, Li Zhijie and his subordinates are too busy to handle it. So they have to call Li Shangkui and others to help.

Li Shangkui was also hardworking and took the initiative to take on the work without saying anything. He also brought Li Wusheng and others to the intelligence headquarters to help.

Yes, Lu Shaohua's people stay in the Tiger Roar Base and do not go out. His personal safety is absolutely guaranteed, and he basically does not need to keep bodyguards by his side. However, although it seems that there are no bodyguards by Lu Shaohua's side, it is not the case. He Qiang has always been by Lu Shaohua's side, but he is hiding and will only appear when there is an emergency.

Now that Lu Shaohua has come to the headquarters of the Huxiao Intelligence Network, He Qiang no longer needs to hide and follows Lu Shaohua. After Lu Shaohua comes in, He Qiang takes the initiative to help and finds a place to analyze intelligence with Li Shangkui and others.

"The election has started, right?" Lu Shaohua asked calmly.

In fact, the question asked by Lu Shaohua is very stupid. He doesn't even look at what time it is. How could the election not have started yet?

The fact showed that Lu Shaohua asked an idiotic question, because Li Zhijie quickly gave Lu Shaohua the answer. "It's been more than two hours since the start. Well, the voting time here starts at seven o'clock, and it's now nine twenty."

After a pause, Li Zhijie seemed to know what Lu Shaohua would ask next, and before Lu Shaohua could speak, he spoke first. "The voting ends at 2 pm. Due to the small population, the counting of votes may be completed quickly, and the results will be out at 5 pm."

Li Zhijie didn't say one more thing, which is that because of the current tense situation in Africa, the two countries holding general elections are eager to elect a president as soon as possible, hoping to stabilize the situation, so the date of the election or the time for counting votes will be shortened, which is why this situation occurs.

Come to think of it, the date for the re-election was announced on the day the president was assassinated, and it was set for three days later. That's pretty urgent, isn't it? Normally, the vote counting would take at least one night, but now it's done in three hours. You can imagine how anxious the two small African countries are.

"Are both countries the same?" Lu Shaohua asked another question.

"What a coincidence, isn't it? Haha, they have a tacit understanding." Li Zhijie sighed and said embarrassedly in a joking tone.

Yes, it's a coincidence in Africa, just like the plot designed in the novel, the presidents of the two countries were assassinated on the same day, and on the day of the assassination, they announced to hold a new general election, and the date was set for three days later. Then the voting time three days later was the same, the voting ended at the same time, and the time spent on counting the votes was also the same.

They are all the same, and it seems like a lot of coincidences, but there is a saying that goes, too many coincidences are no longer coincidences.

This is actually true. The reason why there are so many "coincidences" is entirely due to the arrangements of Li Zhijie and his team. They mobilized their energy to schedule the elections of the two countries to take place at the same time.

Lu Shaohua knew very well that the Tiger Roar Base was behind all these "coincidences", so he didn't say much at the moment. He just nodded, found a table and sat down in an open place, then crossed his legs and rested his eyes, looking as relaxed as he could be.

People who knew Lu Shaohua were no longer surprised by his behavior, so they didn't say anything. They just focused on their work, analyzing the intelligence that came in and working seriously.

In the blink of an eye, a morning passed. Lu Shaohua stood up and twisted his waist, then asked Li Zhijie and others to leave and go for lunch.

Li Zhijie is not an iron man. Even though he is a workaholic, he still has to eat. So when Lu Shaohua invited him to eat, Li Zhijie did not object. After analyzing the intelligence in his hand, he stood up and prepared to leave.

However, Li Zhijie did not leave immediately. Instead, he called someone over and muttered for a long time, as if he was explaining something, and then he followed Lu Shaohua to leave. Yes, as the boss of the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network, Li Zhijie had to explain his affairs before leaving even if he had to put down his work. Otherwise, what if something unexpected happened?

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It was a turbulent time right now, and Li Zhijie had a lot of things to do. Lu Shaohua certainly couldn't spend several hours on a meal like he usually did. In addition, Lu Shaohua himself was extremely concerned about the two countries that were holding elections, so it only took him half an hour to lead everyone back to the intelligence network headquarters in the secret base.

There was no surprise. Lu Shaohua sat there with his eyes closed and rested, just like he did in the morning, acting as if nothing had happened. But who knew what he was thinking at this moment?

At least, no one at the intelligence network headquarters knew what Lu Shaohua was thinking.

Lu Shaohua was indeed thinking about something, but he was not thinking about the election. The meeting between the two countries had long been forgotten by Lu Shaohua. What Lu Shaohua was thinking about now was about the Americans.

Everyone in the world knows that the Americans are now at the gates of the city, waiting for an opportunity offshore. Lu Shaohua certainly has ways to prevent the Americans from making any rash moves, but he has no way of making them retreat.

Yes, Lu Shaohua is thinking long-term. Now that the election is not over yet, Lu Shaohua has already considered how to make the Americans withdraw. However, after thinking about it, Lu Shaohua can't think of a good way to solve it.

In the past, Lu Shaohua naively thought that the Americans would automatically withdraw when they could no longer gain any benefits in Africa. However, seeing this situation, it became impossible for them to withdraw easily.

The reason was simple. Lu Shaohua blew up one of his battleships. The Americans seemed unable to swallow this anger and showed an attitude of fighting to the death, which made Lu Shaohua vaguely worried.

Death? Is Lu Shaohua afraid? No, Lu Shaohua is not afraid, because if the battle continues, the only casualties will be the Americans, and it will not have any impact on Lu Shaohua's Tiger Roar Base. However, it will have a great impact on Lu Shaohua's oil plan.

The Huxiao Base owns many oil fields in the Middle East. The developed crude oil will not be stored in the Middle East for a long time and will be transported to Africa. However, the Americans are now staying in the open sea, which has caused Lu Shaohua's transport ship to be unable to pass and is restricted. This is the impact.

But then again, Lu Shaohua does not regret blowing up an American battleship. After all, it is a great sense of accomplishment for Lu Shaohua to be able to praise the Americans.

It is precisely because Lu Shaohua does not feel any regret that he has a headache, because he must solve the problem of oil transportation, otherwise there will be too much crude oil stored in the Middle East, which is not a good thing.

"Ah..." Lu Shaohua sighed secretly in his heart, and then comforted himself. "If it really doesn't work, I can only ask the second prince to solve the warehouse problem."

There is no need to say much about Saudi Arabia's influence in the Middle East. Finding a warehouse to store crude oil is not a problem at all. It can be done with just a few words.

However, this is not the best strategy. On the contrary, it is the worst strategy. This is the strategy that Lu Shaohua has chosen to fight to the death with the Americans. If the Americans can be forced to retreat automatically, it will be the best strategy for the Tiger Roar Base and for Lu Shaohua's future plans.

However, it seems a bit difficult to get the Americans to withdraw voluntarily.

"If it really doesn't work, then let's just leave it at that..." Lu Shaohua muttered helplessly.

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Lu Shaohua thought hard for a long time but could not come up with a good idea. Finally, he gave up, brought his thoughts back to reality, and began to think about what would happen after the elections of the two countries. However, just as Lu Shaohua recovered, Li Zhijie came to his side after receiving a phone call.

"Brother Qian just received a call from American officials. They said they were talking to the boss of our base and wanted to discuss cooperation." Li Zhijie's voice was very steady, but anyone could tell that there was a lot of surprise in Li Zhijie's voice.

"Oh?" Lu Shaohua frowned, thinking about something with his eyes closed, and suddenly opened his eyes. It is undeniable that Lu Shaohua was also surprised, but soon, Lu Shaohua's surprised eyes disappeared, and after a while of thinking, he asked, "Do you have an appointment?"

Lu Shaohua didn't understand what kind of plane the Americans were making, but he did know one thing: the Americans wanted to talk to the Tiger Roar Base about those small African countries. As for how they would talk, Lu Shaohua couldn't guess.

"We are always available and left a number." Li Zhijie answered straightforwardly, pausing for a few seconds before adding, "Could this be their attempt to find out who is behind the Tiger Roar Base?"

The Americans asked to speak to the boss of the Tiger Roar Base, which gave Li Zhijie reason to suspect that the Americans might be testing the waters. As for the so-called cooperation, it was complete nonsense.

"It's possible."

Lu Shaohua agreed with Li Zhijie's point of view, but Lu Shaohua's mind was already active at the moment, and he could not think about that problem for the time being. Instead, he waved his hand to tell Li Zhijie not to speak, and fell into deep thought.

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