Chapter 153: Support all non-illegal business practices

The northwest administrative district of the northern Russian capital of Krisko is not as prosperous as the Gele Street where Zhou Ming and the others are located, but it is a very important place in northern Russia because it is full of large and small embassies, including the Chinese embassy. ≧,

A Hongqi sedan with diplomatic plates pulled into the Chinese embassy. This was the car of Zhang Hui, the Chinese consul in Northern Russia. He parked the car, got out, and walked into the embassy to find the office of the embassy director. A bespectacled man with a crew cut sat in an office chair, looking very scholarly. This was the embassy director, and also the Chinese ambassador to Northern Russia, Liu Wen.

'Hello, Minister, I'm here,'

Zhang Hui entered the office and greeted Liu Wen very respectfully. In the domestic system, many people prefer to address people by their job title. In particular, calling someone minister gives them more authority than calling them curator or ambassador. Liu Wen was originally the deputy minister of foreign affairs, so Zhang Hui continued to use this title.

Liu Wen waved Zhang Hui to sit in front of him. As Zhang Hui's superior, Liu Wen went straight to the point: 'Comrade Zhang Hui, I think you understand the importance the state attaches to the two young comrades Du Peng and Zhou Ming. This morning they went to the Red Square Building to conduct a transfer transaction, and then the American ambassador, Mr. Robert, also went to the Red Square Building. Do you know about this, Comrade Zhang Hui?'

Zhang Hui nodded and said, 'I just heard about this as well, but the involvement of the US ambassador is not surprising. After all, the Americans have always enforced double standards.'

Zhang Hui paused for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Minister, has the Central Committee given any instructions this time?'

Liu Wen replied unequivocally, "That's right.'

But Liu Wen's answer ended there, and Zhang Hui had to speculate: 'Last time you said that the Central Committee attached great importance to the two young comrades Du Peng and Zhou Ming. So this time, is the Central Committee determined to support their actions and intervene in this incident?'

Liu Wen shook his head and said no. This answer made Zhang Hui feel a little surprised: 'So the Central Committee is insisting on reform and opening up and intends to abandon them? But isn't Comrade Du Peng the grandson of Chairman Zhongyuan? No matter what the situation is, we still have to take care of them on our side, don't we?'

Liu Wen still shook his head and said no, which made Zhang Hui suddenly confused. No matter what, we still have to take care of things on our side, right? What exactly did the Central Government want to do?

Liu Wen saw that he had had enough of the suspense and then revealed the mystery to him: 'I received a personal phone call from Chairman Zhongyuan earlier, saying that our embassy must maintain a completely neutral attitude in this matter, abide by the principle of non-interference in all commercial activities, and adopt a legal stance towards Comrade Zhou Ming and other comrades from Hongcheng in their business activities in Northern Russia.'

The diplomatic rhetoric was very convoluted, but Zhang Hui, as the consul, understood it at once and exclaimed in sudden enlightenment, 'I see. We protect and support commercial activities, we do not participate in the political activities of any other country, and we also adhere to our consistent non-aligned attitude.'

The support they receive from the central government is very clear, and can be summed up in four words: playing dumb.

For China, we don't know anything about Project Dota, we don't know anything about Mr. Meta, and we don't know what the United States has done to the North Russian economy. We only know that Zhou Ming, a Chinese businessman, is now engaged in purely commercial activities here with two Hong Kong businessmen. And as an open and free country, we will certainly support all commercial activities that do not violate local laws.

In addition, Liu Wen did not mention Du Peng's name, which is more in line with the speculation of not involving politics. Whatever Zhou Ming does here, it will be regarded as commercial activities.

Of course, regarding this commercial activity does not really mean to ignore it. After all, the embassy has the responsibility to protect overseas Chinese, and the consulate also has the responsibility to deal with the commercial activities of Chinese businessmen in foreign countries. Zhou Ming's identity and behavior are in full compliance with the standards, so if the United States wants to do something excessive, then they can also take all necessary measures.

This argument is a bit of a bully, but in diplomacy, such actions are perfectly normal. Just like the Chinese People's Volunteers forty years ago, we were a volunteer military group of more than two million people who volunteered to help the people of the peninsula, and had nothing to do with the government. What can you Yanks do to me?

Knowing the attitude of the Central Government, Zhang Hui immediately stood up and said, 'Minister, in that case, I will go to the Red Square Building immediately, because the Consulate has received a report from Comrade Zhou Ming that their business activities may be threatened by some unknown groups, and our Consulate needs to deal with it.'

After saying this, Zhang Hui was about to leave immediately, but Liu Wen waved his hand: 'Don't worry, Chairman Zhongyuan has given me another task, and Chairman Zhongyuan has repeatedly told me that this task is just as important as what I said before, or it can be said that this task is even more important.'

Zhang Hui stood there with a solemn expression on his face, and Liu Wen said to him, 'If possible, safely send Zhou Ming back to the country at the right time.'

To be honest, Zhang Hui was a little surprised by this task, but after Liu Wen's subsequent explanation, he understood that this task was indeed very important, and even related to the future development of the country.

Zhang Hui, a former soldier, stood straight like a benchmark and saluted Liu Wen, saying, 'Please rest assured, I promise to complete the task!'

...

On the other side, in the office of Sean, the key account manager of the Swiss bank office in the Red Square building, the American ambassador Robert had just left. Looking at the back of Robert's leaving figure, everyone in the office was so surprised that they couldn't help but gape. You have to know that that was the highest-ranking American ambassador, not just any random passer-by. Even the president of Northern Russia had to be polite to him, but Zhou Ming directly asked him to leave.

Of course, this does not mean that this Mr. Ambassador will retaliate against Zhou Ming based on his status. In fact, he does not have the authority to do so, and his status will not allow him to do so either. But everyone is a member of high society, and who would not give someone face? Where would anyone act as recklessly as Zhou Ming and just slap him in the face and ask him to leave?

'Haha! Zhou Ming, you are fantastic! When we want to do something, and what method to use to do it, why should we let these Americans here give orders?' Du Peng said excitedly. He had a hot temper and was similar to the other young masters in that they all had a bit of a character that feared nothing.

Like Du Peng, Su Han and Katerina were also very happy for Zhou Ming, but Su Han was simply happy for Zhou Ming, while Katerina was also happy that Zhou Ming had avenged her country and nation, even if it was only verbally. However, she was also very happy that she had been able to make Robert, one of the main culprits for ruining the former Soviet Union, lose face like that.

Compared to these people, Zhou Ming did not have any overly intense reactions. He seemed to have not even bothered about what had just happened, and just turned to Sean and said, 'Mr. Sean, how is my transfer transaction going? Now that the idle people have all left, I don't think anyone will come and make a noise again. It's just that the confidentiality of your private banking services is not very good, Mr. Sean.'

As the key account manager for Swiss banks in Northern Russia, he has basically met all the big shots in Northern Russia, whether they are well-known or invisible tycoons, and he has even seen many conflicts between big shots, but never anything like Zhou Ming and Robert.

Sean also muttered in his heart: Please forgive me for putting Zhou Ming's name before Mr. Ambassador. This is really because of Mr. Zhou Ming's performance today, which is so unexpected and so compelling.

In addition to Zhou Ming's performance in front of Robert just now, Sean also felt a little helpless when Zhou Ming said those words now. After all, there can't be many people who can call the American ambassador a casual person, but there are definitely only a handful of them.

No matter what he was thinking, on the surface, Sean still had to reply to Zhou Ming, 'Please rest assured, Mr. Zhou Ming, all transactions are directly faxed back to our headquarters for processing by the Swiss Bank. No matter what happens here, it will not affect the work process there, and the paperwork will be completed quickly.'

'I have full confidence,' Zhou Ming nodded, 'because the worldwide reputation of the Swiss Bank must have been accumulated through the best service and work attitude.'

Soon, Sean's office phone rang. Sean answered it and after a while came over happily to announce to Zhou Ming, 'Mr Zhou Ming, we have news from headquarters. Your transfer has been made, but given the large amount, there will be a certain protection period for this transfer. After this period has passed, the transfer will be considered completely complete.'

At the end of his speech, Sean thought for a moment and added: 'Of course, it is impossible for our Swiss bank to prepare so much capital in Northern Russia. If you want to transfer it, Mr. Zhou Ming, you must go through the headquarters.'

Zhou Ming smiled and thanked him: "Okay, I know, thank you very much, Mr. Sean.'

Then Zhou Ming turned to Du Peng, who had also just finished a phone call. He came over and said to Zhou Ming: "It was Consul Zhang Hui's phone call. He said to go to the consulate.'

'Now?' Zhou Ming asked, and Du Peng nodded and said yes. Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, "I understand, we'll be right there.'

After saying this, Zhou Ming led Du Peng and the others to leave. Before Zhou Ming left, Sean called out to him and asked, "Mr. Zhou Ming, are you really going to be able to mobilise that 100 billion?'

Zhou Ming was a little surprised by this last question from Sean, but he immediately shrugged and replied, 'I don't know, it depends on my mood.'

After hearing Zhou Ming's answer, Sean was stunned for a while before shaking his head with a bitter smile: Mr. Zhou Ming from China seems to be an extraordinary character!

Sean thought to himself, and at the same time asked his secretary to go out and close the door before he picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number: 'This is Sean, get me line one...'