LRAB #755 - Chapter 755: Is this a dowry? It's a house search! Ten days? Not ten days!
#755 - Chapter 755: Is this a dowry? It's a house search! Ten days? Not ten days!
More than just the entire British Museum?
The Sovereign's Orb!
The Scepter!
The Anointing Spoon!
The Ring of the Monarch!
Oh, and the priceless Star of Africa!
This isn't just emptying the British Museum, it's also emptying the treasures accumulated by the English royal family over millennia.
"Despicable!"
Blair was beyond furious: "Using the Princess to blackmail England? Impossible!"
"It's not just about filming an advertisement," Xia Qingyan sneered.
"You... what do you want?!"
"The Prime Minister can figure that out himself."
"You..."
Blair's face was ashen, and he finally gritted his teeth and shouted: "England has more than one princess, at worst..."
At worst, they would disown Beatrice!
Even if they had to lose this princess, there was no way they would provide so much dowry according to the list.
Is this supposed to be a dowry?
It's robbery!
They are simply bandits!
But he doesn't seem to recall that England was no different from bandits a century ago.
Using their methods against them.
That's Chen Hao's goal.
Filming the advertisement isn't about making money. In fact, extorting so much dowry isn't really about the dowry itself.
How much are the treasures worth?
The sole purpose of all this is to wash away China's century of humiliation!
To repay them in their own coin!
Of course, Blair couldn't accept this condition, and he believed that the royal family would never accept it either.
Disown Beatrice!
Declare that she is no longer a princess, and whatever she does outside has nothing to do with the English royal family, without losing face.
Unfortunately...
Chen Hao had already anticipated this move and specifically instructed his sister-in-law.
Before Blair could finish speaking, Xia Qingyan's tone turned cold: "Your side sent Beatrice to China precisely because of her princess status, which secured the electricity cooperation opportunity. But if she is no longer a princess..."
Without the halo of a princess, is an ordinary-looking girl still worth anything?
Once disowned...
"Your side breached the contract first, so the agreement is no longer valid."
Xia Qingyan's next words completely broke Blair down: "We will announce that, given England's prior breach of contract, not only will the cooperation be canceled, but the associated fees paid by England will also be paid as compensation for the breach!"
No cheap electricity supply for England.
And the associated fees will not be refunded!
Who told you to breach the contract?
"No... no!"
Blair was terrified: "Miss Xia, I didn't say I wanted to breach the contract, I..."
He was almost crying.
"Five days, no more bargaining!"
Xia Qingyan hung up directly.
Five days.
Even the deadline was told to her by Chen Hao - first say three days, then extend it to five days.
As for why five days...
She wasn't sure either.
The deadline should be arbitrary, with no special reason, right?
Actually, there was a reason!
...
Time passed.
Unknowingly, four days had passed.
Blair lived through each of these four days as if they were years.
On one hand, the royal family still refused to take out those treasures.
It wasn't just about the value of the treasures themselves.
It was about national humiliation!
On the other hand.
The Parliament and senior officials also disagreed to use the British Museum as a dowry, for reasons similar to those of the royal family.
Besides the value of the cultural relics themselves, it also concerned England's face.
Use them as a dowry for the princess?
Don't even mention the princess.
Even if the Queen remarried, it would be impossible to use so many unparalleled treasures as a dowry!
Moreover, other countries aren't stupid. They would think that the dowry is just an excuse, and it's clearly to curry favor with the new master, offering the treasures of the entire country - how would England stand in the future?
Finally.
Blair, seeing that the fifth day was approaching, was forced to dial the White House number.
Thousands of miles away.
The White House.
Albert was in a good mood, the impending revenge felt so good.
Since taking over as President in a time of crisis, he believed that he was more hardworking, more low-key, and more able to endure than his predecessor.
But what happened?
Nothing could be changed!
He was still being completely suppressed by China, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger.
Now, the situation was finally about to reverse!
As long as China was finished, North America would regain its superpower throne, and even those betraying allies would lick their faces and come back...
Just then.
The landline on his desk rang.
"Albert, my old friend..." It was Blair's voice.
Albert was a little confused.
North America no longer had any friends. Even the few traditional allies had completely joined the Chinese camp after controlled nuclear fusion was proven - wouldn't it be courting death to be friends with North America?
He didn't expect Blair to call.
Albert was a little touched.
On the other end of the phone.
Blair told the whole story, trembling with anger as he spoke.
"F*ck!"
After listening to the whole thing, Albert was furious: "China is bullying people too much! Blair, my friend - you need help!"
"I need intercontinental missiles! And strategic bombers!" Blair gritted his teeth.
That's right!
England only had submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The Trident II model.
Which North America gave them back then.
England had neither strategic bombers nor land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.
This meant that England's strategic deterrence capability against China was extremely limited. Once there was a confrontational negotiation, they had no confidence or bargaining chips and could only be at the mercy of the other party!
He took the initiative to contact Albert to achieve a nuclear triad and then renegotiate the dowry with China.
At least...
He would have confidence and bargaining chips.
And be able to reduce the damn dowry, right?
"No need!"
Albert showed a strange smile: "Even if I give you intercontinental missiles, can you have more than China's missiles? As for strategic bombers... the whole world is under China's surveillance. They will be discovered as soon as they take off."
And then?
Facing the battle-defying J-40?
With the performance and speed of the J-40, even if England had bombers, they would probably be shot down by the J-40 before they even had time to fly out of their homeland!
"You mean... there's other equipment?!" Blair immediately grasped the key point.
"In ten days at most, the world will be reshuffled!"
"What do you mean?"
"When North America was in trouble, you were the only one who still contacted me, but some things can't be said!"
Albert looked smug and also had deep resentment: "Believe me, I hate China even more than you do!"
He was following the news from Area 51 every day.
Lawrence reported the progress every day.
Ten days!
Ten days at most!
But what he didn't know was...
Ten days?
He wouldn't have ten days.
While he was on the phone with Blair, Chen Hao had already boarded a military plane and was secretly heading to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
An hour ago.
He received a call from General Wang, claiming that the equipment had been manufactured and would be transported to its location in the next two days.
Finally, it could be deployed globally!
At two o'clock in the afternoon.
Chen Hao arrived at the Launch Center.
As always, although he only went to the Taiyuan Launch Center, this launch mission was being carried out simultaneously by the four major Launch Centers, and the scale of the launch... was even greater than any previous one!