Charlie most believe in killing to avenge the kill.
Want to make those vicious people fearful, the only way is to be more ruthless and evil than he is.
Active in the Gulf of Aden pirates, their style and the active bandits are no different, killing is their means of survival.
In recent years, these pirates have become more and more rampant, the annual hijackings are growing, and in recent times has reached the level of almost daily attacks on cargo ships, but also repeatedly succeeded.
Charlie can often see the news of pirate robberies ships on the news, and they shoot hostages also happen from time to time.
So Charlie hopes that the Cataclysmic Front can show some momentum, so that those pirates get afraid of them.
Since it is a place outside the law, let’s see who is more ruthless than the other.
After a few minutes of flight, the plane was about to arrive over the Hamid base.
At this time, the sky in the Middle East was just getting light.
Joseph took advantage of the rising sunlight and looked at the several heights around Hamid’s base in front of him. He had been curious about what kind of iron barrel defense Hamid had that could make Cataclysmic Front bury several thousand mercenaries here.
However, when he looked around, he found that the several highlands, as well as the valley surrounded by the highlands, basically could not be seen as a military base, and it was hard to even see the soldiers.
The only large target that could be seen, was a lot of trucks transporting rocks and slag, constantly shuttling through the mountain pass.
Other than that, nothing could be seen.
And the more nothing could be seen, the more shocked Joseph became in his heart.
Because this proved that Hamid had turned all his strength into the permanent fortifications inside the mountain.
Even if tens of thousands of troops attacked, they could not find where the target was at all.
Moreover, no one knew how many fire points were hidden in these big mountains, not to mention how many weapons and ammunition, as well as food supplies, were stored here.
Just when he was shocked, the helicopter had already flown above Hamid’s valley and slowly landed on top of the valley’s flat ground.
The original houses and ruins in the valley were basically cleared away, and the entire valley has now basically turned into flat land.
And you can see that this place has been transformed into a training ground, there are playgrounds, target ranges, and various obstacle training courses.
Hamid had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Charlie get off the helicopter with another man, he immediately came forward and greeted him warmly: “Brother Wade! We meet again!”
After many days of absence, Hamid had gained some weight, so he could see that he had a good life recently.
Charlie said with a smile: “Older brother seems to be in a good mood, what good things have happened recently?”
Hamid said seriously: “No war is a good thing, and you see my place more and more like that, the safer the base repair, the more secure my heart is.”
Charlie nodded, and introduced him to Joseph beside him, and said, “Come old brother, let me introduce to you, this is the head of the Cataclysmic Front, Joseph Wan.”
After saying that, he also said to Joseph: “Joseph, this is Commander Hamid, your Cataclysmic Front had some friction and conflict with Hamid, but that’s all in the past, so let’s turn over the page and turn enemies into friends!”
Joseph took a step forward almost without thinking, took the initiative to extend his hand, and politely said, “Commander Hamid, I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Hamid looked at Joseph, his heart was more or less nervous and baulking.
Although he was somewhat inflated now, he really wasn’t so inflated that he dared to despise Joseph.
After all, tens of thousands of soldiers of Cataclysmic Front, and there were many experts,
Even if he had lost several thousand soldiers at the hands of Hamid because of his gullibility, but the strength of the Cataclysmic Front was there, and it was still much stronger than Hamid.
Moreover, Hamid had heard that the experts in the Cataclysmic Front were like clouds, and was worried that the Front would seek revenge on him in the future.
Now, Charlie even mediated between them, asking him to turn enemies into friends with Joseph, he was naturally willing to do so.
So, he hastily shook hands with Joseph and said excitedly, “Hello, Mr. Wan! You’ve been offended by the previous incident, please don’t take it to heart, Mr. Wan ……”
Joseph solemnly said, “Commander Hamid, please rest assured, since Mr. Wade has already said that he wants to turn over the page completely, I will never dwell on it any more.”
When Hamid saw that Joseph was so forthcoming and had respect for Charlie in his words, his heart was amazed, and he wondered why Joseph had such respect for Charlie.
At this time, Charlie smiled faintly and said with astonishing words, “Old brother, Joseph and the Cataclysmic Front under his command have sworn their allegiance to me, from now on he will be one of my own to you.”
With these words of Charlie, Hamid was dumbfounded!
He had thought that Charlie had come to reconcile this time, but never in his wildest dreams did he expect that both Joseph and the Cataclysmic Front had already pledged their allegiance to Charlie.
So he subconsciously asked, “Older brother …… Is this really true? You’re not joking with me, right?”
Just as he was incredulous about all this, Joseph also spoke up, “Commander Hamid, Mr. Wade is not joking with you, the Cataclysmic Front has indeed sworn allegiance to Mr. Wade!”
Hamid was horrified and looked at Charlie, murmuring and asking, “Old …… old brother …… how on earth did you do that ……”
Charlie laughed: “We’ll talk about these later, when will Sayid arrive?”
Hamid looked at the time and replied, “About ten more minutes.”
“Good.” Charlie nodded and said, “Then let’s wait for him here.”
Ten minutes later, another helicopter slowly landed in the middle of the valley.
Sayid, dressed in military uniform, jumped down from the helicopter with big steps, and as soon as he saw Charlie, he warmly greeted him,
“Hello, Mr. Wade! Finally, we meet again!”
Charlie nodded and smiled, exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and then introduced Joseph to him.
Sayid had never seen Joseph before, and suddenly learned that the young man beside Charlie was Joseph Wan, so he was a bit confused for a while.
Charlie patted Sayid’s shoulder and said with a smile, “This time, I asked you to come for a talk, because I want to solve all the problems between you and the Cataclysmic Front in one step,”
“Plus offer you a better option, why don’t we go to Commander Hamid’s conference room to talk in detail?”
“Yes!” Sayid hastily agreed.
When the four of them arrived at the conference room, Charlie opened the door and said to Sayid: “Sayid, those 15,000 prisoners of the Cataclysmic Front must be a considerable burden and liability for you, right?”
Sayid naturally didn’t want to admit this in front of Joseph, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, “Actually, it doesn’t matter, we have a special area for their imprisonment, everything is in order.”
Charlie laughed: “Sayid, today here, in fact, no matter I, or Hamid, or even Joseph, are no longer your enemies, but your friends.”
Saying that, Charlie added: “Since Hamid successfully defended against the attacks of the government army and the Cataclysmic Front, the other opposition forces have all started to vigorously strengthen their defenses,”
“And in the future, they will all develop their bases one by one in the mountains where they are easy to defend and difficult to attack,”
“It will be difficult for you to fight, and since you yourselves have no danger to defend, the situation will only become more and more passive in the future. “
Sayid’s face remained unchanged, but his heart was indeed worried about this matter.
Right now, the two sides are really in a stalemate, originally, this stalemate did not make the government forces too anxious.
After all, they always feel that the other side is in the defensive stage, even if they attack no door, at least the initiative position.
However, what happened in another country in the Middle East some time ago sent chills down their backs.
That country had just undergone a huge change, and it was the passive side that was playing guerrilla in the mountains that gained the ultimate victory.
This greatly stimulated their nerves and made them become nervous all of a sudden.
At this time, Charlie said squarely, “Sayid, if you are willing, the Cataclysmic Front can become your half ally in the future.”
Sayid was surprised and asked, “What is a half ally?”
Charlie smiled faintly and explained, “They will become the bulletproof vest on your body,”
“Although they will not participate in your offense, but if you face danger, they will fully assist you in defense and guard you against the opponent’s fatal strike!”
In addition, the great changes in that Middle Eastern country in recent days really made Sayid as well as his leaders worried.
However, when Charlie suddenly said that he could let the Cataclysmic Front help them collaborate in defense, Sayid’s first thought was that it was impossible.
He couldn’t help but say, “Mr. Wade, last time we met, it was you yourself who said that for the Front, the only situation that would be in the best interest is for our land to be constantly wounded and bleeding,”
“And now you are asking us to cooperate with them and have them come to assist us in defense, isn’t that a bit inconsistent?”
Charlie smiled blandly: “I naturally won’t deny what I said before, and I still hold this view, for the Cataclysmic Front, the more turbulent you are, the more they can benefit from it,”
“But have you ever thought that for you, the situation has changed drastically, before you conquered all the way and broke through the opposition,”
“Including Hamid, was the opposition, wasn’t defeated by you and could only cower and linger.”
But now you know the situation, you have seen the changes here, with Hamid’s level of defense, if he continues to oppose you, you are completely helpless to take him, not to mention that many of his colleagues who are like-minded with him, are desperately copying his work,”
“And when they build a solid defensive base in the mountains, your situation will be even worse.”
“If you want to attack, you will definitely not be able to attack; if you want to defend, you have no danger in the city, so your situation will only become more and more passive.”
Sayid’s expression was very grave when he heard this.
Since Hamid won two defensive battles, it showed the way for the other opposition, and it was also those two battles that made Sayid and his leaders understand that offensive battles are simply too difficult to fight,”
“One or two battles can not down the target is a small matter, their own casualties led to a large number of military disillusionment, this is the most difficult problem.
In such a war, just need to last another two or three times, the soldiers in the army will certainly be fearful of attacking the war to the extreme, and then later, no one dares to fight the attacking war.
Such a situation, for them, is indeed extremely passive.
Charlie saw that he did not speak, the corners of his mouth smiled and continued: “My idea is actually very simple, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front, a large part of the weekdays they are on overseas on missions,”
“But usually still need a fixed base to meet their life, training and rest and preparation, so I want to represent the Cataclysmic Front, to negotiate a solution with you.”
Although Sayid did not speak, but his eyes kept looking at Charlie, seemingly waiting for his content behind.
When Charlie saw this, he opened his mouth and said, “First of all, you provide the Cataclysmic Front with one hundred square kilometers of land as a rear base,”
“And in return, the Cataclysmic Front will help you train your soldiers without interruption, in addition to collaborating in defense when you receive an attack;”
Speaking of this, Charlie gave a slight beating and lamented, “I don’t think I need to point out how poor your soldiers’ training level is,”
“I don’t think I need to break it, the equipment itself is not good, if the training can’t keep up, your situation will only become more and more embarrassing.”
Sayid’s expression changed slightly, Charlie’s words, also did speak to the sore spot they had been in.
The overall combat level of the grassroots soldiers was very crotchety and was the key reason for their repeated defeats.
After all, their overall military level is very poor, the level of officers is not good, the level of trained soldiers is naturally even worse.
Charlie continued: “army combat power, in my opinion, generally depends on three aspects, first of all, naturally, the level of weapons and equipment,”
“Followed by the level of management to develop strategic tactics, and last but not least, the strength of the single soldier combat,”
“The level of single soldier combat of the Cataclysmic Front, you must have heard of it, I believe that with if they help you train your soldiers, in a short time, the level of your soldiers will have a qualitative change.”
Sayid’s face suddenly had a look of longing that could not be suppressed.
At this time, Charlie said: “In addition, in order to show the sincerity of the Cataclysmic Front, and to make you feel more at ease, I think you can choose a site for the base for them in the middle of your capital or in the northern mountains,”
“So that the Cataclysmic Front will be in the middle of the buffer zone, which is like an additional layer of barrier for you.”
When he said this, Sayid’s expression stretched a lot.
Due to the current level of development in the country is still very lagging, the war between them and the opposition, basically still in the category of close contact war,”
“Due to the lack of accurate long-range weapons, both of them no matter who wants to strike the other side, they must send troops to the city,”
“So if the base of the Cataclysmic Front is sandwiched between the two sides, it can indeed play a good buffer role.
Sayid finally spoke up at this time and asked Charlie, “Mr. Wade, how can we trust that the Cataclysmic Front will help us with the defense,”
“In case the Cataclysmic Front turns against us in the middle and unites with the opposition then won’t we be in more danger?”
Charlie waved his hand and said seriously, “This kind of situation can never happen in the Cataclysmic Front from now on!”
Saying that, Charlie looked at Joseph and said indifferently, “Joseph, you come and explain to Sayid why this situation cannot happen.”
Joseph nodded and said with a serious expression, “Cataclysmic Front has already started its internal transformation, from now on, our mercenary business will follow international regulations more,”
“That is to say, in the future, our mercenary business will only cooperate with the legal governments of various countries, other than that, any other orders will not be taken.”
Charlie looked at Sayid and asked with a smile, “Sayid, do you understand? Cataclysmic Front is next ready to completely clean up, so as long as he is in your country, he will definitely cooperate with you,”
“If he cooperates with the opposition, it is against the law, this kind of thing, Cataclysmic Front is absolutely not bothered to do.”
Saying that, Charlie continued: “And I’ll be honest, this opposition, in addition to Hamid, life is not that good, who is not tightening the belt to live a hard life?”
“Front’s annual revenue is more than ten billion dollars, what do you think this group of oppositionists will hire them?”
When Sayid heard this, he was already half convinced.
However, out of the basic principle of negotiation, he still wanted to hold up a little more, not to show a very satisfied signal so early, so that at least he could still fight for other benefits.
So, he said to Charlie: “Mr. Wade, I think just these conditions are not enough for us to take out a hundred square kilometers of land to the Cataclysmic Front,”
“Not to mention that the Cataclysmic Front still has fifteen thousand captives in our hands now.”
Charlie nodded, waved his hand, and said, “Sayid, you don’t need to play psychological warfare here either,”
“I called everyone together to talk about this matter because I hope that we can open our hearts and minds, openly and honestly discuss a solution that is beneficial to each properly, not to satisfy one party alone.”
Speaking of this, Charlie added: “Out of this room, I hope that you, as well as Joseph and Hamid, can each gain,”
“Hamid wants a stable development, Cataclysmic Front wants a rear base, and you want to reduce a strong enemy and add an ally.”
Sayid subconsciously asked, “Mr. Wade, why not add two allies?”
Charlie laughed: “Then you have to see how Hamid thinks.”
Hamid laughed at this time and opened his mouth, “What I want is to not interfere with them in the well, so that we do not interfere or attack each other,”
“And at the same time, I have to remain in the opposition camp, otherwise if I change my nature directly, the team below will definitely not be so well led.”
Charlie nodded and smiled, “In that case, old brother, you are apparently opposing, but actually neutral.”
“That’s right that’s right.” Hamid laughed: “I’m not going to hide it from you, old brother Wade, after being so nudged by you, I’m now addicted to digging caves and don’t want to fight at all!”
Charlie looked at Sayid and said with a smile, “Look, isn’t this also good?”
Sayid pursed his lips in silence for a moment, and then asked, “What about the captives?”
Charlie laughed: “This is simple, Joseph pays you compensation of ten thousand dollars per person, fifteen thousand people, that’s one hundred and fifty million dollars, with this money, it’s enough for you to expand the size of your army properly, and at the same time upgrade the weaponry.”
Joseph even thought that this matter would require more than one billion dollars to be settled, but he did not expect Charlie to promise the other party 150 million dollars.
Sayid obviously also has some disappointment, he also knows that Joseph is very rich, and has been thinking about whether to take this opportunity.
A fierce knock on Joseph, but 150 million dollars this amount, the less not less, but say more, is really not much.
So, he coughed twice and said: “Mr. Wade, the amount of $150 million, is not a little less? In addition, let us give a hundred square kilometers of land to the Cataclysmic Front.”
“The Cataclysmic Front must more or less give some rent, right? Otherwise, we can’t explain to the people ……”
Charlie said generously: “Let’s do it this way Sayid, you go back and talk to your leaders, in addition to the 150 million dollars of compensation, after you allocate the land to the Cataclysmic Front, the Cataclysmic Front will give you another 100,000 tons of wheat every year!”
“Isn’t it too convenient for you to buy grain? I happen to have my own shipping company, when the time comes, I will purchase grain in China and deliver and serve you directly to your port.”
Charlie knew that for Sayid as well as their leaders, the problem at hand was more than war, and it was a basic livelihood.
Originally, they were the only grain exporter in the Middle East, but the ongoing war had led to a steady decline in their grain production, and the shortage of grain had become a big problem for them.
One hundred thousand tons of wheat, whose cost is just over two hundred million yuan, converted into dollars is less than forty million, but for them, to go overseas to import food is not the same price.
Besides, their current financial situation is so bad that giving them a solution of 100,000 tons of wheat a year can really be of great use to them, and feeding more than 200,000 people is not a problem.
Sayid in his heart after running through all the conditions, deep inside has made his own judgment, he felt that this deal is very good value, and for his side, not only get a lot of benefits, but also a strong ally, it is definitely a good thing.
And he also knew very well that he was able to capture the 10,000 soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front, and not how strong his own ability, but completely rely on the help of Charlie.
So, at this time, he was too embarrassed to continue bargaining with Charlie, so he spoke: “Mr. Wade, I need to ask the leadership, if the leadership is okay, this matter is settled!”
Sayid took his satellite phone and stepped out of the conference room that was inside the mountain.
On the phone, he gave his leader the whole feedback of the situation.
The terms of the Cataclysmic Front’ coordinated defense, help in training soldiers, and the initiative to reside in the buffer zone made Sayid’s leaders very satisfied.
After all, this could really enhance their security very well, as well as ease their current anxiety.
The compensation of 150 million dollars and the terms of 100,000 tons of wheat per year made him even more delighted.
Moreover, there is a bonus clause attached to this, that is, the actual neutrality of Hamid.
Hamid is now in the opposition, the strongest one in terms of overall strength, if he does not initiate the attack, then the pressure on the government forces to defend will also be much easier.
Therefore, he immediately clapped on the phone and agreed to Charlie’s terms.
Sayed got the go-ahead and returned to the conference room with great joy and immediately said to Charlie as well as Joseph: “Mr. Wade, Mr. Wan, our leader has agreed to the terms just now, if there are no other problems, please come with me to Damascus to sign the agreement!”
Charlie looked at the time and smiled, “I have to rush back to China, so I won’t go with you.”
After saying that, he said to Joseph, “Joseph, you go and set the specific terms with them as well as when and how to pay, and also when to release the people,”
“As for the grain issue you don’t need to worry about it, let them see in which port it is more appropriate to receive the goods, then I will directly arrange the cargo ship to send the grain over.”
Joseph said, “Mr. Wade, how can I let you worry about the food, let me take care of it!”
Charlie waved his hand: “100,000 tons of grain is nothing to you and me, I have a ready-made shipping company, local friends are also cooperative, when the time comes, whether the acquisition or shipping should be relatively simple, so you do not need to get involved,”
“They gave you the land, you must also spend a lot of financial resources, material resources, and energy to build, you just take care of this piece, it’s fine.”
Joseph nodded gratefully and asked, “Mr. Wade, do you want to take a look at the site selection?”
Charlie waved his hand and said casually, “You definitely know more about fighting than I do, so let you decide on the specific site selection.”
“Okay!” Joseph said without hesitation, “Then any progress, your subordinates will report to you in time!”
This phrase of subordinate by Joseph made both Hamid and Sayid’s expressions flinch.
They themselves were curious, Charlie was originally on the opposite side from Joseph, he first helped Hamid to severely defeat Joseph.
And helped Sayid to capture 15,000 soldiers of Joseph, couldn’t figure out how Charlie suddenly started to help Joseph to solve the problem of the rear base today.
Now suddenly listen to Joseph call himself subordinate, the two’s hearts are appalled beyond measure, according to this meaning, the Cataclysmic Front should have become Charlie’s!
Just when the two were appalled, Charlie said to Joseph, “You go directly to Damascus with Sayid on his plane, I’ll go directly to Beirut after I have a few words with Hamid.”
Joseph respectfully said, “Yes, Mr. Wade! Then your subordinate will leave first!”
Sayid then came back to his senses, although he had countless questions in his heart that he wanted to ask Charlie, but he knew in his heart that this was not the time to ask these words.
So he took the initiative to say to Charlie: “Mr. Wade, then I will go back to Damascus first, thank you for your continuous help, and I look forward to seeing you again!”
Charlie nodded his head and smiled, “Okay Sayid, see you next time!”
Charlie and Hamid sent the two men to the door and watched the two take off in helicopter, Hamid then marveled, “Elder brother Wade, you are really amazing …… the famous Cataclysmic Front, how come they suddenly became your men?”
Charlie smiled and asked him, “Has old brother heard about the actions of the Cataclysmic Front some time ago?”
Hamid scratched his head: “My place is rather closed to information, until you said that you want to bring Joseph over to negotiate, I especially inquired about the recent situation of Cataclysmic Front.”
“I heard that they have eaten one of the top big families in China, forcing that family to give up half of their assets, I wonder if it’s true?”
Charlie proudly said, “Actually they didn’t eat that family, instead they were eaten by that family, and I, am the head of that family.”
After saying that, Charlie turned his head and looked at Hamid who was shocked and said with a smile, “Older brother, with the Cataclysmic Front around, you can just be the landlord at ease, no one can do anything to you.”
Hamid came back to his senses and hurriedly said, “Old brother, to be honest, I really can’t understand how to develop in the future, can you show me a clear path?”
Charlie laughed: “What’s so hard to understand? With your current situation, I’ll give you sixteen words.”
Hamid was busy asking, “Which sixteen words?”
Charlie put away his smile and said seriously, “Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, stifle your voice and make a fortune!”
Hamid muttered these words once in his mouth, and it seemed to be a bit of a feeling of clearing the clouds and seeing the sky, but it seemed to be a bit less clear.
So, he asked with a humble attitude, “Old brother, I have no problem with letting myself neutral, but I’m afraid that they will break those of my colleagues one by one, and finally I will be the only one left, and then they will definitely not tolerate me!”
Charlie nodded and spoke, “So, that’s why I want to talk to you alone.”
Hamid knew that Charlie must have something else to explain to him privately, so he hurriedly said, “Elder brother, I would like to hear more about it!”
Charlie opened his mouth and said, “I just said that you are actually neutral, just for Sayid’s ears, in fact, you and Joseph’s positioning should completely be a mirror image.”
“Joseph is neutral in favor of the government army, while you should be neutral in favor of those fellow members of yours.”
“Cataclysmic Front will only help them with their defense in the future, not with their offense, and the same goes for you,”
“To help your poor buddies with their defense, but you can’t do this blatantly, never directly intervene when they are at war, the best way is to help them strengthen their own defense before the war.”
“If they really fight, then you carry out the words I just said, never intervene.”
“So, in order to prevent your poor buddies from being broken one by one, you have to make all your poor buddies strong,”
“But you also have to remind them that since they have chosen to occupy the mountain asking, they must not be too greedy, run your own acre of land well,”
“Don’t think about fighting with them to the death, it is best if both of you can have a long-lasting stalemate, so that for you, In fact, both are the best situation.”
Hamid nodded gently and said under his breath, “I understand what you mean old brother!”
Saying that, he said with some worry: “But to be honest, these poor buddies of mine don’t have much money, let them carry out infrastructure construction in a big way, I’m afraid they simply can’t afford it.”
Charlie asked him, “Where does the daily funding come from for an armed force like yours?”
Hamid explained, “Most of the funding relies on overseas aid, and a small portion relies on some resources and outputs of the controlled areas, such as food, oil and so on, and can earn some money by offering these materials.”
Charlie nodded and said, “Then you can use your engineering team to make a deal with them and help them with infrastructure construction at a slightly lower price, and if they don’t have money, then let them trade for food and oil.”
Saying that he further instructed: “If your engineers help them build the base, you remember to package them as a civilian construction enterprise, so that Sayid’s side face is also better, some surface work you still have to do.”
“I understand!” Hamid said with some excitement, “I’ll start pushing this matter immediately!”
Charlie, Hamid admired him to the core.
Not only because he cured his leg, and not only because he guided him to resist the attack of the Cataclysmic Front, but also because of his ability to easily turn the tide in a difficult situation.
Before this, this country is seeing battles frequently, the warring parties are fighting a lot, and with the intervention of the Cataclysmic Front, Hamid and his camp are also in danger.
However, after Charlie’s instruction, the two sides had actually ceased fire for a long time, and during this time, everyone was considered completely relieved.
Now, Charlie had re-installed the Cataclysmic Front and placed him in a collaborative defensive position, which just made up for the weak defensive problem on Sayid’s side.
You know, if this problem is not solved, the Sayid side in front of the huge survival as well as defensive pressure, will be more eager to destroy all the opposition.
And now, the addition of the Cataclysmic Front immediately gave them great relief from this mood.
And then, considering that the Cataclysmic Front had already pledged allegiance to Charlie, Hamid revered him even more in his heart.
At this moment, Charlie opened his mouth and asked Hamid: “By the way, the guys I had sent here the other day, how are they doing now?”
Hamid smiled and said, “They are digging fortifications in the mountain, including those friends of Miss Watt, I have organized them into the digging class, and they are responsible for doing hard labor at the front of the tunnel every day.”
As they were talking, they heard a sudden muffled sound from the interior of the nearby mountain, followed by an earthquake-like shaking of the mountain.
Hamid hurriedly explained: “Brother, this is the tunnel cannon digging it, in the stone wall to hit the eye and cannon, the blasted stone is taken out, and then with the placement of a good anchor, the tunnel is basically completed.”
Charlie nodded and laughed: “This place is really good, put people in this place do not have to worry about them running, even if they run ran it is impossible to run out alive.”
“Yes!” Hamid laughed: “This is surrounded by mountains, it’s really not easy to run out, and even the farmers around here are my people,”
“There are still my eyes everywhere, as long as you send people over, they take the head to ensure that they absolutely can not run away, and absolutely no one can find it here.”
Charlie smiled with satisfaction: “That’s good, in the future, if I meet any unscrupulous, I will send them over to you as free labor.”
Hamid patted his chest and promised: “Don’t worry, I’ll take as many as you can get!”
“Well.” Charlie nodded slightly, looked at the time, and said, “Okay, old brother, I still have to rush back to China, so I won’t talk to you anymore, I’ll come back when I have the chance.”
Hamid was very reluctant to say: “Brother, at least have lunch before leaving? We can have a drink together! I bought some fine wine the other day, so I’m waiting for you to come and have a drink with you!”
Charlie smiled and said, “No, brother, I appreciate it, I still have more than four hours of flight back, and it will be nighttime when I arrive in China later,”
“I will come over often after the Cataclysmic Front has made a prototype of the base, so you and Joseph can also communicate more in private.”
Hamid had to nod and said, “Okay, since you are anxious to go back, then I will not keep you, next time you come, be sure to have a good drink!”
“Okay!”
A few minutes later, Charlie returned to Beirut alone by helicopter.
When he arrived at the airport in Beirut and was ready to transfer to the Concorde to return home, he received a phone call from Joseph.
Since Charlie had already made all the terms and conditions very clear to Sayid, Joseph signed all the agreements smoothly after meeting with them in Damascus.
Moreover, Sayid’s leader personally placed the map in front of Joseph and let him pick the right location directly from the map.
Joseph also kept the agreement and chose a relatively regular piece of land in the middle of Damascus and the opposition gathering area to be used as the back base of the front.
Although the overall area of that land was already nearly one hundred and fifty square kilometers, Sayid’s leader was still very quick to agree to it.
To him, this piece of land was just the best choice to build a buffer zone, and he would have much more peace of mind with the Cataclysmic Front stationed there in the future.
Other than that, it was the issue of the captives.
Joseph has already arranged with the financial staff of the Cataclysmic Front to complete the transfer immediately,
And Sayid has also personally started to prepare for the release of the prisoners, and it is expected that the 15,000 people will be transported to Damascus as late as this evening.
Joseph intended to let the 15,000 Cataclysmic Front soldiers take a week’s vacation first, so that they could return from Damascus by plane to their respective countries of permanent residence to have a good rest, and then rearrange their next tasks after a week.
Charlie did not have any opinion on his arrangement, so he let him make his own full arrangements.
Since then, all the important issues in the Middle East have been satisfactorily resolved, and as to how high Joseph can take the Cataclysmic Front, the future will mainly depend on him.
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On the other side of the world, Liang arrived in Washington with twenty boxes of JX Renewing Pills in a hurry.
After getting off the plane, he immediately contacted the public relations company responsible for pulling the strings and made an appointment with the head of the FDA for dinner.
The other party only promised to come out for a meal, without committing to solve any problems, and Liang paid $50,000 for this.
The public relations company earned 20,000 dollars, and the remaining 30,000 dollars went into the pocket of the person in charge.
This kind of thing, is very common gray operation there, in the middle of the normal and illegal ambiguous zone, so it is also the public officials’ means to generate income.
The first thing Liang wants to do is to push the JX Renewing Pills to the other side as much as possible in the time of this meal, and then try to convince the other side to try to do a drug test of the JX Renewing Pills.
If it is determined that there are no toxic side effects, you can do small-scale clinical trials, then they will soon be able to see the effect of the JX Renewing Pills.
Once they are sure that it has a really good therapeutic effect on cancer, they will naturally realize the great value of this medicine and also increase the awareness and recognition of JX Pharmaceutical.
In order to minimize the risk as much as possible, the PR company chose the place for the meal in a small restaurant they opened themselves.
This small restaurant is located in the suburbs of Washington and is advertised to the public as a full membership restaurant,
So it only serves its own members and has permanently closed the so-called new member registration channel, just to facilitate the PR company to organize and arrange this special meeting.
When Liang arrived at the restaurant, the person in charge of the meeting with him had not yet arrived.
A PR person dressed as a waiter said to him, “Mr. Wei, Mr. Smith is a little delayed and will probably take another twenty minutes to arrive, so please sit down for a moment.”
Liang nodded gently and sat down first under the other party’s arrangement.
Twenty minutes passed, but the other party still did not appear.
The public relations officer told him that the other party might take another twenty minutes or so.
Although Liang was a little anxious, but the mouth still agreed to sit down, but he did not expect that after waiting for an hour and a half, the other party still did not appear.
After waiting for two hours, the other party finally came late.
The public relations officer brought the other party to Liang and introduced, “Mr. Wei, this is Mr. James Smith.”
The one called James Smith was a middle-aged man in his forties, and when he saw Liang, he said with some embarrassment, “I’m sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Wei, there’s something at home that I need to take care of.”
James Smith looked quite a bit lousy, his hair was a bit messy, the first button of his shirt had disappeared, leaving only a short thread, and the tie also seemed to have been ripped open, twisted, and wrapped in the suit.
Liang was a little surprised.
He felt that a person of Smith’s level was definitely a member of high society in the United States, and probably a member of some top circles, after all, he had a lot of power in his hands and a high social status.
Like this kind of people, all to a gentleman, so the personal instrument is very concerned, in dressing and behavior they are very careful, even a hair strand will not be messy, and this James Smith looks, like a down and out insurance salesman after getting off work.
This led Liang to speculate that he should have encountered something difficult.
Just because he realized that the other party might have really encountered a difficult matter of no small magnitude, he was not angry at all because of the other party’s tardiness.
On the contrary, he nodded very understandingly and politely said, “It’s okay Mr. Smith, I don’t have anything else to do, there’s no rush.”
“Thanks!” James Smith said thanks and smiled politely before sitting down in front of Liang.
After the two of them casually ordered some meals, James Smith asked Liang: “Mr. Wei came so far from China, is there something important?”
Liang smiled, “Our JX Pharmaceutical, Mr. Smith should have heard of it, right?”
“I’ve heard of it.” Smith nodded and said, “You have a drug under review by our FDA, right?”
“Yes.” Liang said, “The review cycle has passed for quite a long time, and it has not yet entered the next stage, so I would like to inquire if there is any way to speed up the process.”
Smith said with difficulty: “Now the FDA is very strict on the review of imported drugs, the process is really long, and I can’t tell you clearly, after going through all the process, whether it meets our standards, whether it can be approved for marketing.”
Liang explained, “Mr. Smith, this kind of medicine, its ingredients are very safe, there are no toxic side effects, and the efficacy is very good,”
“It can be said that the effect is immediate, could this kind of medicine also be refused to be listed by the FDA?”
Smith nodded and said: “We have been receiving drug applications from Eastern countries in recent years, and the vast majority of these medicine you said,”
“Not only from China, Japan, and South Korea have submitted a lot, but the vast majority were rejected.”
Liang asked in disbelief: “Why is this?”
Smith said very seriously, “Mr. Wei, our Western requirements for testing as well as reviewing drugs are very different from traditional Eastern medicine, and one of the very important points is that there must be a clear pharmacokinetic test.”
“You must tell us clearly what is the active ingredient of this drug, for what reason, what kind of effect it plays, and you must also tell us whether this drug has toxic side effects in the body, in various organs, especially the liver and kidneys,”
“And how long is the metabolic cycle of its ingredients in the body, if these are not clear, there is no way we can allow it to enter our market sales.”
Liang said, “In many Chinese medicines, the composition of their prescriptions are very complex, so the internal composition is also very complex, unlike Western medicines which are mostly chemical drugs,”
“The active ingredient is often only one, such as penicillin, aspirin, a molecular formula can reflect its actual composition and formation, all the Chinese medicines are difficult to meet the requirements of the West, but this should not seek common ground while preserving differences?”
Smith shook his head and said, “Sorry Mr. Wei, this is something we cannot do to seek common ground while preserving differences, the rules are the rules, all drugs to enter the U.S. market, in principle, must meet all our rules, otherwise they cannot be marketed and sold.”
Liang was busy saying, “Our drug is extremely effective, which is recognized by all patients, and is a best-selling drug in many countries, as far as I know, many American patients are buying our JX Stomach powder by way of proxy,”
“But this method not only takes a long time, but also costs much more, and they all hope that the FDA will allow it to enter the U.S. market as soon as possible. “
Smith shook his head and said, “Many patients themselves can not tell whether your drug has a clear therapeutic effect or a strong effect of surface symptom relief,”
“If the former is okay, but if the latter, it is likely to also delay the treatment of the actual lesion.”
Speaking of which, Smith added: “It’s like there is a very hot selling hemorrhoid suppository drug from China, some patients in the United States through online shopping, as well as black market channels, buy these drugs,”
“Use them down also feel very good, and it has also been hoping to pass the FDA review, but we have not been through its application, you know why?”
Liang asked in disbelief: “Then why exactly?”
Smith said: “Because in our opinion, that kind of hemorrhoid suppositories, the use of some cool analgesic ingredients, this kind of ingredients can let patients relieve pain,”
“But it just can relieve pain, in our opinion, these ingredients not only can not really treat the lesion, but also probably will therefore cover up the disease, thus delaying the scientific treatment of patients,”
“So, we also issued a warning some time ago, reminding patients using this drug to pay attention to screening and not to ignore the core problem because of the relief of surface symptoms.”
“In addition to that, we have also studied that something combined with tablets that used to sell very hot in China, which is said to be a special cold medicine made with honeysuckle and forsythia with some western medicine ingredients.”
“But after our research, we found that in that kind of drug, what really plays a therapeutic role are two western ingredients, one is a common drug to reduce fever and analgesia, acetaminophen;”
“And another is a drug specifically used to relieve allergies, rhinitis, and symptoms such as sneezing and runny nose, paracetamol, the two of them combined, just to treat fever and cold and runny nose.”
Speaking here, Smith spread his hands, serious and with a few helpless expressions, “Mr. Wei, I am also not deliberately against you, or against the entire Eastern traditional medicine.”
“But think about it, if you, JX Pharmaceutical, also casually use some plant ingredients, and then with the Western medicine ingredient metformin that can control blood sugar,”
“And then just claim to the public that this is a kind of Chinese medicine that can effectively lower blood sugar, then do you think we are likely to approve this kind of drug to market?”
“This is why, we have been very, very cautious about Oriental drugs, medicine is a very rigorous discipline, must be clear, clear to be, can not be irresponsible recklessly pieced together.”
Liang also felt a little embarrassed, said stiffly: “Mr. Smith, I do not deny what you just said these things, there are a few so-called Chinese medicines, or the combination of East and West,”
“There are indeed suspicions of hanging sheep’s head to sell dog meat, but I think, you can not be all rejecting because there have been such cases, all the Eastern traditional medicine drugs are beaten to death, there are still many, many excellent drugs.”
Smith nodded: “I certainly do not deny this point, but I want to say that even excellent traditional Oriental medicine drugs must meet all our FDA requirements before they can enter our market,”
“So if your drug wants to enter the U.S. market for sale, you must let us first understand all its ingredients, as well as the use of each ingredient with potential dangers.”
Liang asked rhetorically, “Then if, as you just said, the ingredients of many proprietary Chinese medicines are so complex that they may not even be explained by a few ingredients, or even to dozens or hundreds, how can we determine them one by one?”
Smith shrugged: “If it can not be determined one by one, then we have to no way to pass.”
Liang asked again, “Even if you know that this drug is very effective, but just because you can’t fully determine the ingredients as well as the effects, you refuse to market it?”
“Yes.” Smith said categorically, “Our attitude is this, even if this drug is really effective, but before we do not figure it out absolutely, it can not be marketed.”
Liang couldn’t help but ask: “Then don’t you think, this is also the loss for the American people?”
“Loss?” Smith heard this and said with more or less a contemptuous tone, “Mr. Wei, to be honest, for all the Eastern drugs I know of so far, we have plenty of alternatives in the U.S., and safer, more efficient alternatives at that!”
“Whether it’s about headache, brain fever, or about all organs, blood vessels and the nervous system, including the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, what you have in Eastern traditional medicine, we have in Western medicine, and the Western treatment methods are much better than the Eastern treatment methods!
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