Chapter 34: Urgent

'Agreed? He actually agreed to resign?'

In the presidential office of the Northern Russian White House, Nikolayevich, the youngest president of the Northern Russian Republic and the one leading the confrontation between Northern Russia and the Soviet Union, was sitting on the sofa in the reception area. He was holding the phone in his hand, his face full of surprise and a little dazed, muttering to himself as if he had heard some incredible news that had left him dumbfounded.

However, Nikolayevich's daze only lasts a moment, and then his hand can't help trembling. Finally, he jumps up suddenly and shouts at his secretary, who has stopped thinking, 'Kinoski, did you hear the phone call? Did you hear the news? Our President has agreed to resign, and he is also going to dissolve the Communist Party. Our victory is at hand!'

Nikolaevich shook Genosky while he was talking, and the poor secretary-comrade was shaken so much that he was in a state of blank confusion, unable even to do anything about the saliva that Nikolaevich sprayed in his face.

Genosky was like this partly because he was talking to his leader, and partly because, like Nikolaevich, he had no idea what was going on.

What just happened? Nikolajevic had followed Zhou Ming's advice and called the Soviet president, who was on holiday, to demand his resignation and the dissolution of the Communist Party.

This phone call certainly seemed strange to Genoski, because normally such a phone call is a sign of a coup d'état, but Nikolajevic's coup d'état against the Soviet president was a joke!

First of all, let's not talk about how the president of a union republic can force the hand of the president of the union. Let's just say that the strength of the two sides is not on the same level. You have to know that, even now, part of the Soviet army is still surrounding the White House. With just one order, they can storm in at any time and arrest all of them, and they won't be able to resist.

Their lives are in the hands of others. Under such circumstances, what can he use to force the palace?

Well, perhaps the Emergency Committee has announced that it will assume presidential powers, but this does not mean that Mr. President has completely lost his influence, because according to some sources, several core members of the Emergency Committee visited the president at his vacation villa the day before the coup.

No one can say for sure what is going on in politics. Maybe this coup was masterminded by the president himself.

But in any case, judging from the current situation, it is clear that Nikolajevic is not on the winning side, but the president has inexplicably agreed to it! It is completely baffling what is going on in his head, how he can make the biggest concession of removing his own power when he is in a dominant position.

'Congratulations, Mr Nikolic, this victory belongs to you, Mr Nikolic, and even more so to the great North Russian Republic!'

Zhi Nuosi said subconsciously, and Nikolic's face suddenly turned awkward after hearing this, because he saw Zhou Ming sitting directly opposite him, and remembered that this had nothing to do with him at all, and it was entirely Zhou Ming's advice that had made it possible.

Of course, if it were just that, Nikolajevich would not have minded, but the key point was that these thoughts of Zhou Ming gave him a feeling that Zhou Ming had the entire Soviet Union situation under control. Whether it was his reaction to the troops surrounding the door earlier, his reaction to the coup d'état by those high-ranking officials, or now his grasp of the mentality of the Soviet president, there was an almost demonic precision to it all.

No matter how bizarre everything was, it was always following the script he had written, and this kind of plot development was really terrifying, and it also made Nikolajevich feel scared from the bottom of his heart.

It was precisely because of this fear that he immediately felt embarrassed after hearing his secretary's subconscious congratulations.

So he immediately changed his words and said to Zhou Ming, 'I think our success this time is in any case inseparable from Mr. Zhou Ming's help.'

Nikolaevich's words came as a bit of a surprise to Zhou Ming, but his thoughts were not difficult to guess. People are most afraid of things that are beyond their control, and now that he has helped him do so many things that are completely out of his control, how can he not subconsciously feel scared?

However, under this idea of his, perhaps there are some things that he can start on his own.

With this in mind, Zhou Ming said, 'Mr. Nikolic, there is no need to say more than that, and it is of no use to me either. However, I do have something very important to discuss with you, Mr. Nikolic. But before that, I hope that you can answer me a question first.'

'Please ask, Mr. Zhou Ming, I will definitely tell you everything I know,' Nikolic said.

'Do you know about Project Dota?' asked Zhou Ming.

Upon hearing this question, Nikolic's expression instantly stiffened. He looked at Zhou Ming in disbelief and asked, 'So Mr. Zhou Ming is also one of the executors of this plan? No wonder you can grasp everything so thoroughly. It seems that this plan is really not simple!'

Nikolic's reaction was very intriguing. His lack of direct denial clearly indicated that he was closely related to this plan, and he might even be a very crucial link.

However, judging from what he said, he was not very supportive of the plan, and seemed to have a strong resistance to it. But this is normal, because people betray their class, but the class will never betray their class.

'To be honest with you, Mr. Nikolic, when I came over here, I was indeed invited by this plan. The translator lady beside me was also assigned to me by this plan. However? Just five hours ago, I was just removed from the list by this plan,' said Zhou Ming.

'Delisted? Why?' Nikolaevich asked subconsciously.

Zhou Ming, however, said, "Mr. Nikolaevich, I don't think this question is important. Don't you think the most pressing issue is what I want to do after being delisted?'

'Then I don't know what you want to do, Mr. Zhou Ming?" Nikolaevich asked.

Zhou Ming's mouth slightly upturned, from the performance of Nikolic, his thinking has been following his own, this is a very good performance, Zhou Ming then said: 'I want to say what I want to do depends entirely on your attitude, Mr. Nikolic.'

'My attitude? I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou Ming, I don't understand what you mean,' Nikolic said.

'It's very simple. It's Mr. Nikolic's attitude towards this Dota project, or rather, what role does Mr. Nikolic play in this Dota project? Can you tell me?' Zhou Ming said.

Facing this question from Zhou Ming, Nikolic was silent at that moment. This silence was also within Zhou Ming's expectations. After all, he was the president of Northern Russia, and it was still quite difficult for him to answer this question, especially without nonsense.

Zhou Ming understood Nikolajevich's situation, but at this time, he did not intend to give him much time to think, because the more you think about something, the more trouble there is. In comparison, it is much better to strike while the iron is hot. So Zhou Ming immediately finished the cup of coffee in front of him, then raised the cup and said to Nikolajevich's secretary, 'Mr. Genosky, please help me get a refill of coffee. Thank you.'

Kinowski mechanically came over and took away Zhou Ming's cup. At this time, Nikolic also received Zhou Ming's signal and said to Kinowski as he was about to leave the door, 'Make a good cup of coffee for Mr. Zhou Ming and use the coffee beans we received last year.'

Anyone who understands this sentence knows that he has something to say to Zhou Ming and it is not convenient to have outsiders present, even if this person is his secretary.

Kinowski nodded obediently and left the room. Nikolaevich then glanced at Kareina and ** respectively.

Zhou Ming, of course, understood what he meant, so Zhou Ming said, 'I'm sorry, Mr. Nikolaevich, but one of them is a translator and the other is a bodyguard, so they can't leave.'

Nikolaevich thought about it for a while, and then nodded and accepted their presence before telling his story.

Whether he meant to say it or not, his story didn't sound like anything extraordinary to Zhou Ming. It was just a series of coincidences.

First of all, his background was not good. He was from a rural area in the Urals, in northern Russia. The countryside was already the poorest, and even at the time of his birth, there were still serfs in some remote places. The status of the peasants can be imagined. Moreover, since the early years of state-building, the main focus was on industry, which further intensified the exploitation of the peasants. Nikolayevich, who was born a peasant, was full of resentment towards the country.

In order to change his fate, he was admitted to university, where he was exposed to Western ideas. He met an American classmate, who later entered the US government and began a career in politics.

At first, the West's contact with him was very offensive, because he was young and full of enthusiasm for building his country. At the same time, the Soviet Union was also very strict at that time, and he was afraid of being purged as a traitor.

However, as the economic situation in the Soviet Union deteriorated, coupled with internal political disputes, Nikolajevich himself was also marginalized in the political arena due to some advanced ideas, which made him somewhat disheartened. It was at this time that the Western countries contacted him again and would provide him with various assistance.

Nikolaevich was no longer young at this time, so he accepted this help; of course, he also knew about the Dota, this grand plan to plunder the country's wealth.

'I was so naive at that time. How could there be free funding in this world? I should have thought that they had a premeditated plan,' Nikolaevich said with annoyance.

'So if I say that I have an idea to counter this Dota plan, what do you think, Mr. Nikolaevich?' Zhou Ming asked him.