The eighth act was taken as a swindler
"Infected with pus? Leprosy? Is someone in Luo's family sick? But you don't look like it......" Xu then furrowed his brow, starting to think. To say that there was no effective medicine for infections and leprosy, the current medicines were mostly just barely better than nothing, completely useless! This was basic knowledge! Looking at Luo's attire, he clearly wasn't someone who lacked common sense.
So much for Roger's question!
Xu Zhuanggui gave Roger a meaningful glance, stroked his goatee, and smiled: "Mr. Luo, do you have some kind of miraculous medicine that can cure these terrible diseases? If so, it would be a fortune worth pouring out! These are all life-threatening illnesses, even if one manages to survive with a hard life, at most they'll be left with half a life hanging on. If it really can save lives, then no matter how much money it costs, people will buy it! However, if the price is too high, there will be fewer buyers, and those who are poor will not be able to afford it even if they want to. So, in order to make a big profit, we need to consider the cost and think carefully about pricing."
Roger didn't expect that Xu would infer so much from his one question, guessing everything he wanted to ask.
Although he had a good impression of Xu, Roger still understood the phrase "wealth is not revealed" and immediately said: "I don't have that kind of thing, I just returned to China after studying in the US. The Americans have just invented an effective medicine for these diseases, and I'm familiar with the inventor. I was thinking about whether to take down the agency rights for this medicine in China. You know, it's a lot of money, and if I want to raise funds, I'll have to borrow money. What if the medicine doesn't sell well after borrowing money? So, that's why I asked."
After listening to Roger's words, Xu Zhuanggui seemed to have seen a ghost, his expression was extremely awkward, and he secretly thought: "I often sneak into the Americans' newspaper to read, how come I've never heard of this! According to reason, as long as this divine medicine appears, there is no reason why it shouldn't be published in the newspaper! Is this kid a scammer, using the guise of divine medicine agency rights to swindle people into investing and then abscond with the money? But what does this old fool have to cheat?"
Shaking his head, Xu the shopkeeper really couldn't understand what Roger meant by those words. As the saying goes, "No good deed goes unpunished," he hastily cupped his hands and said, "Sorry, I just remembered that there's something else I need to attend to in the store, I'll take my leave first..."
As soon as the words were spoken, Xu Zhuangcai got up and wanted to leave. He took a step back, but then returned, grabbed the wine jug and poured it into his mouth "gulp gulp" before finally leaving the store with satisfaction...
"Damn, aren't you taking me for a fool!? Hiding from the plague god and running so fast!? However, it seems that people in later generations who have seen scams all have this kind of eyes......" Roger was depressed and scratched his head. When he looked at the time, he didn't stay any longer and went straight to the American Consulate after settling the bill.
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"Consul Tangni, hello, I'm Roger, just back from the US, this time..."
As soon as they met, Roger's self-introduction was interrupted by Tan Ni before he could even finish.
Consul Tang apparently had no enthusiasm for small talk, gesturing to the sofa beside him and saying somewhat impatiently: "Lately my mood hasn't been very good, and soon I still have to send my wife to the dock to take a boat back to our country. My time is limited, so yours is too. If you have something to say, just say it directly. Those tedious formalities of your country can be skipped."
Since everyone has said so, Roger didn't stand on ceremony either. After sitting down on the sofa, he got straight to the point and said: "Actually, I was entrusted by the Qiongya government to discuss this matter. They think that a compensation of one million is completely unacceptable."
"Excuse me, did I hear that wrong? Or is it that in your China, killing people doesn't require compensation? I don't want you to come here just for this kind of nonsense. So, you'd better say something new and interesting, my time is very precious." Tan Ni said coldly.
"Alright, I'll say something fresh." Roger shrugged and said, "Someone was killed, so naturally compensation is needed, that's not debatable. However, it's the killer and the insurance company compensating the victim's family, which is a personal matter, not something one government should compensate another for, I think we both understand this point."
Tan Ni smiled and said, "What you say is not wrong... but we, the US government, are different from those generals of yours in China. We are responsible for our citizens, we need to protect them. Since our citizens have encountered problems in Qiongya, we will hold General Deng accountable!"
"But I've said it before, the government can apologize and actively apprehend criminals, but there's no responsibility to pay compensation! We didn't lose a war!"
"Of course, you haven't been defeated yet, but that's just for now. After all, your Deng Benying general is just a local warlord, while we are the mighty United States! Now, we're demanding he pay us $10 million in reparations."
Tanny smiled and patted Roger's shoulder, saying: "My friend, I don't know why they entrusted you to find me, but apparently they didn't have much hope either? Hehe, it's obvious that you're too naive about diplomacy."
Let me tell you, diplomacy is not about being reasonable, it's about doing business! If you want to do business, you must have capital. Without capital... a street vendor selling hot dogs has no qualifications to compete with Morgan! This is what they mean by "weak countries have no diplomacy". On the diplomatic stage, the dignity of weak countries is not even worth as much as a prostitute's underwear. Think about how China was treated at the Paris Peace Conference.
"You don't have the qualifications to negotiate terms with us now!"
He sighed helplessly. Although Tan Ni's words were extremely unpleasant to hear, Roger had to admit that everything he said was true. However, there was one thing that was very strange about him.
According to history, this time the Americans did not get $1 million after all. Of course, Deng Benying eventually gave money, but how much was it? Only a mere $30,000! Yes, the price plummeted from $1 million to $30,000!
It's not even like they're selling street goods at a night market, is it?! Moreover, as Tan Ni said, this is completely an unequal negotiation. The Americans are obviously blackmailing, and Deng Benying really doesn't have the qualifications to negotiate prices.
So why did this 10 million end up paying only a symbolic 300,000? Roger could think of only one possibility.
