Chapter 1403: Chapter 1398: Do Not Spread Dirt

Someone was getting anxious.

As the saying goes, those who are soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who are willing to die. So what kind of person is Ivan? He’s hard, reckless, and doesn’t care about his life.

It’s normal for Ivan to do nothing, but if he actually does something, that’s normal too. Therefore, one must adhere to the principle of believing that Ivan would pursue mutual destruction rather than ignoring him.

In light of this, Yang Yi’s role becomes important, his status elevated.

The line between the United States and Ivan can’t be too tight. The United States is a superpower; if pushed too far, and they decide to go for broke, Big Ivan’s side is definitely going to lose.

Therefore, we can’t go overboard, and both Big Ivan and Yang Yi understand this.

So what’s the next step? Of course, it’s to negotiate with Ivan, and it has to be a face-to-face negotiation. After mutual compromises, a new balance can be reached.

On the surface, it seems Big Ivan is dead, and his enterprise will be taken over by Ivan. However, Ivan is Big Ivan’s only blood relative, his only dear nephew, while Uli Yangke has been the most active and powerful figure within Big Ivan’s group in recent years.

Big Ivan couldn’t smoothly transfer his inheritance to Ivan, creating a situation where the branches are strong, but the root is weak. Uli Yangke is the branches, Ivan is the root.

Yang Yi thinks he can exploit the awkward situation between Uli Yangke and Ivan. Of course, this is the smokescreen Big Ivan released to the public, because Big Ivan isn’t dead. But since this smokescreen has already been released, it must be used.

Uli Yangke still looked angry and loudly said, “I can’t represent Ivan, do you understand? Because right now, he might not even trust me!”

Yang Yi lowered his voice and said, “Buddy, we’ve known each other for a while. We didn’t know each other until we had a fight, right? My people had some business conflicts with you, but now, although we’re competitors, we’re also in a position to cooperate, am I right?”

Uli Yangke was silent for a moment and then said softly, “You compromised, and Jethro isn’t a very ambitious guy, so we can actually get along well.”

Yang Yi said in a deep voice, “Buddy, if Ivan really detonates the nuclear bomb, then he’s finished, and so are you, right?”

“Do you even need to say that?”

Yang Yi whispered, “Then why not use a method that benefits everyone? As Big Ivan’s confidant, don’t you know where the nuclear bomb is hidden? Not even a little bit?”

Uli Yangke was silent for a moment, then he sighed and said, “I know what you’re up to. You want me to betray Ivan, help you find the nuclear bomb, and then you promise me Ivan’s position. Is that it? Don’t even think about it, stop dreaming, it’s not going to happen.”

Yang Yi hurriedly said, “No, no, no, that’s not it. Just want you to persuade Ivan. Of course, if you know where the nuclear bomb is, that would be great.”

Uli Yangke said, defeated, “Big Ivan trusts me because I stayed by his side during his most difficult times, and yes, it was me who managed to rescue him. But Big Ivan wouldn’t tell me where he’d hide the nuclear bomb; he’d only tell Ivan. You don’t understand how much Big Ivan values and desires a family. He always wanted another child, but he can’t have any more, so Ivan is all of his hope. And if Ivan is willing to die to avenge his uncle, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.”

This was Uli Yangke putting a bit more pressure on the United States side, but again, he wouldn’t let that line snap.

After finishing, Uli Yangke lowered his voice and said, “I know you definitely don’t want the nuclear bomb to be detonated, so you should be sincere. So…”

Yang Yi timely said, “You speak, as long as it’s something we can satisfy, we’ll do it immediately.”

Uli Yangke thought for a moment, then said in a low voice, “Actually, there’s nothing much I want, but I want to maintain the current situation, that is, I continue to manage the business in Africa and Asia.”

Yang Yi unhesitatingly said, “I can give up all the business in Africa and Asia! If you can’t get your current status and business from Ivan, I’ll give up mine, plus, the United States will support you to become the new arms giant!”

This offer and these words even moved Porter, who was listening to the conversation between Yang Yi and Uli Yangke. It was a sacrifice of personal gain for the sake of national interest.

Uli Yangke whispered, “Are you serious?”

Yang Yi did not hesitate and said, “I’ll give you everything, of course, I’m serious. I can get other benefits, so the arms business will be yours!”

Uli Yangke thought for a moment, still said, “No, I won’t take your land. In fact, I like money, but I won’t snatch it from a friend’s pocket. Uh, actually, I and Ivan haven’t reached the point of having to turn against each other.”

“Then what do you want?”

“Uh, conditions more favorable than before. Actually, I don’t need anything. As long as after Big Ivan’s death, you don’t think about taking the opportunity to get rid of me and Ivan, because… I can understand, if I were you, knowing there’s a nuclear bomb in my country, I definitely couldn’t sleep peacefully. My condition is that just like before, we don’t move, you don’t move.”

Yang Yi immediately said, “If you can make decisions for Ivan, then I can answer you immediately, no problem, buddy, promises don’t matter because we’re not naive kids. You can think like this, as long as we can’t find all the nuclear bombs, we don’t dare to do anything to Ivan, isn’t that right?”

Uli Yangke let out a long sigh and said, “You bring evidence to see me, and after I’ve seen it, I’ll hand the evidence over to Ivan. As long as he believes it wasn’t the United States, and you’ve found the real culprit, then we have something to talk about. But I warn you upfront, if you want to frame me to have Ivan kill me and thereby solve your crisis, you’re mistaken, you’ll regret it!”

Actually, Uli Yangke really pointed out something that could potentially happen, that the United States, in its haste to find the real culprit, might try to frame Uli Yangke, causing internal strife between Ivan and Uli Yangke.

Of course, such a situation can’t happen now.

Yang Yi said in a deep voice, “We definitely won’t do that; it would be foolish. When should we meet?”

Uli Yangke said in a deep voice, “Come to Cape Town to find me, bring your so-called evidence, whether you plan to forge it or have real evidence, it’s best if it’s believable. Otherwise, you’d better not come, to prevent worsening the matter.”