Bloody Heart

The third meeting will start soon, and Wang Yao seems to have regained some confidence in the negotiation. The atmosphere at this time is a bit like before the first meeting.Similarly, Ivan's side is also making intensive preparations.

"Soviet," seeing Paul coming in, Ivan raised his hand and picked up a document and handed it to him, while lowering his head and writing something else, "this is the draft of the treaty." Paul took it, and inadvertently touched When it reached Ivan's fingertips, it was as cold as ice.

After getting back the documents, he stood still and quickly browsed the contents of the treaty.Halfway through the reading, he couldn't help but look up at Ivan. The latter buried his head and continued to write as if nothing had happened. His figure outlined in a light-colored windbreaker was like an indifferent sculpture.Paul had no choice but to look away and continue reading.

After reading everything, he rolled up the draft treaty and held it in his hand, and tapped it: "If it's not my illusion, the content of the treaty doesn't seem to be much different from the previous one?"

"This is the bottom line, Soviet." Ivan's posture didn't change, and his tone of refusal left no room for change.

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the rustle of Ivan writing.Soon he wrote the last sentence and put the cap on his pen, and at this moment the flattened draft of the treaty was just right in front of his nose.

"Then I said, no." Su Wei withdrew his hand, folded his arms on his chest, and looked down at him.

Ivan froze for a moment, then leaned back on the back of the chair, propped his elbows on the armrest of the chair, crossed his fingers in front of him, and said calmly: "You'd better give some more convincing reasons than last time. "

Paul said: "Wang Yao would accuse us of chauvinism in a big country and thus not accept these terms."

Ivan didn't seem to take this as a problem: "It's not that I can't force him to agree." The empire is good at this, his eyes said so.

The two looked at each other across the table, and Paul made a sound that was like a sneer or a dry laugh, and shook his head: "No, of course you can't, you know this best. We are now living in an unprecedented society full of rules. In this era, it means that compromise will be more important than ever."

"Compromise to what?" Ivan moved his upturned neck slightly, with a half-smile on his face, "To your revolutionary ideal?"

"Of course not!" Paul stretched his arms exaggeratedly, "I said, to the rules. Only proper compromise can get the greatest benefit, Lucia. You have used Wang Yao and Felix before Contrast, it's my turn today - Wang Yao is not another Dong/Ou. Dong/Ou dare not refute our request, but Wang Yao dares, and he is indeed qualified; because Felix is ​​a satellite, and he is an ally .Since we are allies, we must trust each other and treat each other as equals; at least this should be shown. Otherwise, cooperation will be out of the question.”

Ivan watched him for a long time before applauding lightly. "What an incisive insight, I can't help but look at you with admiration," he said with a smile on his lips, "Well, convince me, maybe there will be some amendments to the treaty. Of course, not now, this matter has yet to come. Have to think about it again."

Hearing what he said, Paul finally relaxed from that tense posture, and when he wasn't paying attention, his expression somewhat relaxed.Ivan saw all this in his eyes.He saw Paul put his hands down, resting on the edge of the table, and leaned forward to get close to him.There was a hint of teasing in Paul's tone: "Don't be sad, Comrade Reich. I know that you are the will of the country whose interests are paramount, but you still have to give each other a little bit of sweetness, don't you? Otherwise, we won't get anything .”

Indeed, Ivan thought, he had forgotten this before.He was preoccupied with how to strive for the best interests of the Soviet, how to drain the negotiating opponents, and he forgot the truth that what you give is what you get. "It seems," he shook his head, "I'm not that competent as a member republic."

Paul didn't know what he was thinking, so he was a little puzzled by the words: "No, you did it perfectly..."

Ivan stopped his next words with gestures, let go of his crossed fingers, and left his body from the back of the chair. "Even so, there is one thing I want you to remember."

He covered Paul's hand on the table, looked at the other side, and said word by word: "I am your alliance republic, and everything I do is for you, please believe me at all times." — my dear Soviet comrades."

Pavel saw that the ice caps on the purple sea of ​​ice had broken, and they were now like the Neva River at sunset.Purple, noble, quiet and peaceful, shines with the hazy brilliance of the setting sun, and the soft light of warm colors makes people think of some gentle things involuntarily.

He seems to be able to hear the former empire say that maybe the ideal is different from the reality, the ideal is always perfect, noble, and flawless, but the reality is always harsh and haggling and competing with each other.But this still cannot conceal that everything I strive for is paving the way for you to reach the highest ideal.

■

Three days later, Paul went to the delegation's residence to find Wang Yao, who handed him a new draft.After reading it once, he stuffed the draft back into Wang Yao's hands with regret: "This is not good, Ivan will tear it up after reading it."

Wang Yao said: "Didn't you call a few days ago to say that he agreed to back down?"

"That's right, but you think him too well." He glanced at the stack of papers, showing a look that couldn't bear to look directly, "You asked us to give up Lu/Shun—but you want Lu/Shun to do it again Well? It's a naval port, and you don't even have a navy!"

This sentence obviously offended Wang Yao, and his tone became cold: "The navy will have it soon; from your point of view, the ports on our country should be occupied by the two of you?"

Paul shrugged: "You don't have the ability to use it now, so what's wrong with entrusting it to us to operate for 30 years? An ice-free port in the Pacific/Ping/Ocean is something Ivan has dreamed of for so many lifetimes."

"That's my country!"

"Yes, yes, I know," the young man in black smiled as always, "but I am your ally, shouldn't we help each other? I am not the only one who asks you, I will also help you in construction Ah. Infrastructure, technological cooperation, and industrialization are all what you need."

Seeing what he said, Wang Yao didn't want to be so aggressive anymore, but he still didn't agree with it in his heart.He walked around in the same place twice, then stopped suddenly, looked straight into Paul's eyes: "Soviet, you don't intend to treat me as an ally at all, what you want is another Natalia, Irina Or Felix. The Slavic sisters want everything from you because they have an alliance obligation to you, and Felix and his neighbors keep quiet about you because they are afraid of your prostitution, but not me--sorry , I cannot accept this form of so-called alliance!"

After listening to his words, Paul's smiling mask gradually retracted. "Don't make it sound like I'm bullying you, Comrade Wang Yao," he looked at Wang Yao quietly, as if Ivan had looked at him quietly one day before, "I used these words to advise Yiwan three days ago Wan, now I use it to advise you as well—what you lose is what you gain. Since you admit that you need my help, you have to accept it, and you have to give something for it.”

"...I want to know, what were you doing before?" After a while, Wang Yao turned to look at him.

Paul tilted his head to signal that he needed an explanation.Wang Yao asked him: "I have been here for almost two months, and the negotiations have been held for several rounds, and there is no progress in each round. Every time I see at the negotiating table, Ivan beats him to death and does not back down. I had to bow my head under the low eaves, and left the conference hall in vain again and again. And what were you doing at that time? Why didn't you speak? I clearly saw that you were also at the conference. Now, it's you who came to persuade me I have accepted your unreasonable request. Comrade Soviet, are you simply a person who says one thing and does another? Or was your enthusiasm and friendliness to me before just a temporary expedient?"

After asking, he waited, and Paul didn't speak for a long time. "Answer me, Comrade Soviet."

The person whose name was called sighed heavily. "I tried." was all he could say.

What's wrong with saying that?He did try, he cornered Ivan in the conference room after the first session.But what followed was that he realized that he was wrong.He is the ideal, and Ivan is the reality; the ideal is far away, but the reality is close at hand.So only he moved closer to Ivan, and learned how to be a qualified national will while maintaining the national ideal.

What's more, after Ivan told him what he said three days ago, is there anything else he can say?He can only cooperate with Ivan.Striving for interests like him, the two spoke the same way and fired at Wang Yao.

Deep in his heart, of course he hoped that things were so simple: he and Wang Yao gathered together for the same ideal, he helped Wang Yao build the country, and Wang Yao supported him in everything; they defeated Alfred The West, led by the Red Flag, broke through the Iron Curtain and spread all over the world.Their shared ideals kept them close as brothers until the era of communism came and the country disappeared.

However, Ivan told him in such a gentle way, you are too naive.

So what can he do?That's all he did.He really tried.

Wang Yao didn't speak when he heard his answer, but just shook his head.Like disappointment, and like hating iron for nothing, Paul didn't figure it out clearly.He had no choice but to put on the delicate mask again, and spit out the familiar official words: "Please think about it carefully, Comrade Wang Yao. I will see you again at this time tomorrow."

——Since you are also the will of the country, it should be understandable.

■

Only the next day, the situation changed dramatically once.The stupid golden retriever on the other side of the earth even claimed without hesitation that he would use his best trade to buy Wang Yao, and then make him completely his own politically.

Alfred Jones... Paul's urge to blow him to death with a hose surged once again. "It's exactly the same as last time," he said sarcastically. "When our negotiations reached an impasse, this bastard came to act as a catalyst again. Is he Wang Yao's crazy suitor?"

Ivan glanced at him: "Although I know you're joking, it's really not funny at all."

"Yes, it's not funny at all." Paul put away his teasing expression, "What are you going to do this time, Lucia?"

He asked Ivan: "Do you want to waste it like last time? Alfred is not always so generous."

"No more." Ivan said with a sigh.

At the same time, Alfred's side was also in chaos.

"Alfred, have you eaten your hamburger in your head? Didn't you just provide Wang Yao with bargaining chips, put pressure on Braginsky, and force the two of them to sign the contract! You are the catalyst Ah, silly boy!" The scolding on the phone made Alfred's eardrums tingle, and he had to move the receiver far away.

"Wow, Arthur, you are so scary... I would have called you if I knew it... Then I am very busy with HERO, so I won't listen to your nagging, bye!" Said the perfect/Li/Jian boy quickly hung up Cutting off the phone also cut off the anger of the gentleman from the island country on the other side of the ocean.

"What the hell..." He stood beside the phone, scratching his hair in a sense of loss, "...I can't compete with Ivan, can't I compete with Wang Yao?"

It's just that it's too late for Alfred to regret it now. The next day, the news of his establishment of a spy school in Guan/Island reached Paul's ears.In this way, this became the last straw that stimulated Ivan to finally compromise.

After Wang Yao and Paul broke up unhappy, he had already lost confidence in signing the treaty, but two days later he suddenly received a draft brought to him by Paul, the content of which was almost the same as the one rejected by him.In the treaty, Paul and Ivan not only accepted all his previous demands, but also added some favorable terms.

Thank you Alfred, Wang Yao thought happily.

Valentine's Day on 1/9/5/0 is the same as every year, and the whole west is immersed in the romantic atmosphere of rose chocolate for a week.However, Alfred is really not in the mood for the holidays this year. His sentence "I chose to sign the alliance treaty on Valentine's Day to show off my affection" fully expresses the source of his resentment (of course, his "show affection" refers to Paul Er and Wang Yao, excluding Ivan).He had a hunch that after the signing of this treaty, he would lose his competitiveness in front of Wang Yao for quite a while.As for Arthur, even though he was spending the holiday with his family, he was still troubled by what happened to Alfred.As for the protagonists of the incident, they naturally don’t care about the holidays (not to mention they don’t have this custom), mainly because they are busy signing the treaty—that is, Alfred’s sour "show affection".

At 6 o'clock in the morning on this day, the "China/Soviet Union/Friendship/Friendship/Tong/Alliance/Mutual/Aid/Treaty/Treaty" was officially signed.This means that Paul will give Wang Yao multi-level and all-round assistance for a period of time in the future, and he will receive Wang Yao's "one-sided" support accordingly; China's Far/Eastern strategy will collapse in less than two years.Regarding the problems hidden behind this treaty and some differences exposed during the signing process, both parties to the contract naturally have their own calculations in their hearts.

In any case, at least on the surface, Paul and Wang Yao, the two great socialist countries, are about to start an unprecedented intimate relationship.This was the so-called "honeymoon period" between the Soviet Union and China.

——I don’t know if this generalization was influenced by the remarks of “showing affection”.

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