Opening game, American Tycoon

One bombing changed everything.

Almost immediately after the bombing ended, the phone in Brest's hotel room kept ringing. It was the calls from the oil companies. People who had originally dismissed him agreed to his bid one after another.

There is no way to tell those people clearly about the bombing.What will happen if they don't sell.

"If you don't sell it now, it will be nothing but a pile of scrap metal later!"

In Stanford's office, holding a wine glass in his hand, Brest said unabashedly.

"As long as the Imperial Air Force is willing, they can bomb those oil fields and turn all the oil fields into a pile of scrap iron, but..."

"It's just that for the empire, bombing the oil field is not worth the loss, is it?"

Stanford directly pointed out the reasons for their acquisition of oil fields.

"On the surface, you may have spent millions of dollars to acquire those oil companies, but a new oil well needs at least tens of thousands of dollars. Money is not the most important thing, the most important thing is time..."

Taking a sip of whiskey, Stanford said unabashedly.

"For the Empire, time is of the essence. You would rather spend money to acquire those oil wells than destroy them in a war and then spend a lot of time and money rebuilding them. Just like my railroad company, you need What is needed is a railway that can be put into service immediately, not one that takes a lot of time to rebuild, time..."

After a pause, Stanford said in a light tone.

"In a war, time is of the essence. You seem to spend millions of dollars, but you get oil fields that produce millions of tons of oil a year. You don't need to transport oil from home, tanks, planes You all need the fuel here, so you spend a lot of money to buy these. But the biggest question now is... how do you prevent all of this from being destroyed in the war?"

Stanford fixed Brest with a look that suggested he wanted an answer.

"Mr. Stanford, this is very simple..."

Feeling the coolness of the ice in the glass, Brest said.

"As long as we win the battle of San Francisco, then Los Angeles... I think here will choose to surrender, what do you think?"

Stanford was the same as the person sitting in front of him. Everyone knew what the other party wanted to say. When he heard this, he realized that this was the other party asking for his opinion, or telling him that you need to make a decision. chosen.He smiled, stood up, walked to the window, and looked down at the crowded street below.

"Then who will be the leader of this land after your victory?"

he said quietly.

"The collaborators, at least for a while, the collaborators will continue to hold power."

"And after that?"

"After that, the collaborators will be integrated into the empire and become a part of the empire's power class."

Even something as fair as an empire has its own special class, and the power class is only a part of it.

Bryant sat down in a chair and said his glass was empty.

"The empire has always been extremely kind to its collaborators. You should know that they have not only received wealth returns, but also gained political status. The empire is a very fair country, which is also well known. Maybe the empire and you here There are certain differences, but so what? The empire is fair, and for the vast majority of people, fairness is the most important thing. Under the rule of the empire, you can enjoy equal and fair treatment with the citizens of the empire."

Without too many promises or too much lobbying, Brest knew what the other party would choose. After all, Stanford had already made a choice.

"Well, can little Leland and his wife and children go to the empire?"

asked Stanford.Before making that choice, he had to send the children to the Empire, where their safety was truly guaranteed.

"As long as he wants."

Blaster laughed.

"We welcome his arrival at any time. You must know that the empire not only has the most advanced science in the world, but also has the best luxury goods in the world. I think the luxury stores in Nanhua must be looking forward to his arrival."

"perhaps."

Contemplating, Stanford kept his eyes on the street below.

"Sometimes I feel like I made a mistake by doing this. But if I don't, maybe I will make a bigger mistake, who knows? Hope... I didn't choose wrong!"

"Mr. Stanford, you have to trust your instincts."

"In my opinion, trusting intuition is better than trusting money."

Stanford joked.

Bryant grinned and laughed.

"Any direction in which money flows is in line with the rules of world development,"

he said,
"Usually."

"However, how many people can see where the money is going when it's flowing? Brest, how about another glass of whiskey?"

When Blaster answered, the American railroad magnate poured two more whiskeys.

"Thank you, money is flowing to the empire now, because capital will judge who is the ultimate victor. In fact, apart from intuitive experience, we all know that this war is destined to end in the defeat of the United States, and the West will happen Earth-shaking changes……"

Stanford has no doubts about Brest's judgment. He also has this intuition. This experience is based on years of business experience. He has been to the Empire and knows how powerful the Empire is. Of course, he also knows the West very well. Compared with the empire, although the western part of the United States is vast, it has a small population and undeveloped industry. Therefore, if there is a war, it will definitely be occupied by the empire.

If it weren't for this judgment, he wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with the Empire just because of the railway. Of course, even if he had chosen to cooperate with the Empire, it didn't mean that he would directly lead California to surrender.

As the former governor of California, Stanford will use his influence when necessary to leave Los Angeles and the rest of California intact to the Empire, in the name of the people, of course - for the safety of the people.

And he will also negotiate directly with the Imperial Army to ensure the rights of the people of California. Of course, all this is just superficial work, but there is always a process.

However, before that, the imperial army had to take San Francisco.

"San Francisco, when your army captures San Francisco, I think..."

Standing by the window, Stanford glanced at Los Angeles outside the window, and then said.

"Based on the safety of the people and their interests, I would agree to surrender."

"Mr. Stanford, this must be the most correct choice."

Brest stayed with him for another 10 minutes, and they discussed some things about the oil field. It was not until late in the evening that Stanford politely led Brest out, just like when he came in. Same.

After leaving Stanford's office, Brest had a smile on his face as he stepped into the elevator.

"What a cunning fellow."

He was talking to himself in the elevator.

"It seems that the imperial army is going to work harder..."