Chapter 319 Negotiation

Jia City, in a conference room.

Su Tianyu sat at the conference table, his face gloomy as he surveyed the room. He didn't see anyone from the Gustav family. There were only two senior generals from Jia City in the room.

Jiangzhou, Wu Han, and An Qiqi sat next to Su Tianyu, listening to the meeting.

Gustav had been defeated, but his family's power remained. Their eagerness to negotiate was simply to ransom him.

The black general, Akadi, sat opposite Su Tianyu and spoke first, "Commander Su, the Gustav family admits defeat and is willing to pay the price! They promise to pay war reparations as a ransom to bring Gustav back to Saint Paul City. The amount of compensation will not be small. At the same time, they will guarantee that they will no longer have any political or military cooperation with District One! From now on, Saint Paul City will enter a period of reconstruction, severing ties with District One. What do you think?"

Su Tianyu frowned. "Compensation? How much money are they willing to offer?"

"Three to four hundred million euros," Akadi replied.

Su Tianyu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is that all?"

"That's all." Akadi shook his head.

Su Tianyu looked at him with clear, cold eyes and interjected, "If it were you, would you agree?"

Akadi shrugged and said, "That's the thing, I can't put myself in your shoes, but I can offer a more neutral perspective. These are just objective suggestions. The specific decisions are still up to you."

Su Tianyu nodded.

Akadi continued, "Commander Su, I must remind you. Although you won this war, from a national perspective, the Allied Forces cannot conquer Saint Paul City, because it is fundamentally different from Bana City. The ruling family of Bana City is willing to cooperate with you and has reached a perfect consensus. Your relationship is very close, so you have a high degree of influence in Bana City. But Saint Paul City is different. First of all, this war has already brought irreconcilable national resentment and conflict! In the south of the city alone, hundreds of thousands of people have suffered from the war, been displaced, and become refugees. Their current hatred of the Chinese community is obvious. Secondly, Saint Paul City has a large number of private armed forces. Unlike Bana City, where the regime is unified, the forces are intricate and complex, and even Gustav cannot command everyone."

Su Tianyu remained silent.

Akadi continued to speak eloquently, "As far as I know, Gustav is a thorough warlord who completed his primitive accumulation through burning, killing, and looting. Although he himself has been captured by you, his family still firmly controls Saint Paul City. The remnants in their hands, if gathered together, will still form a strong military force. If you do not compromise on this matter and detain, or even execute Gustav… then, you are very likely to suffer crazy retaliation from the other side. Moreover, these people's retaliation will be more direct, such as carrying out terrorist attacks in Bana City or Dragon City… There is no way to prevent this, because it will be insidious and can happen at any time. Everyone in the beautiful and prosperous District One has already seen this, right?"

Akadi finished speaking, and everyone was silent.

Jiangzhou did not express his opinion, but turned to look at Su Tianyu and asked, "Xiaoyu, what do you think?"

Su Tianyu thought for a moment, then said to Akadi, "Mr. Akadi, thank you for your suggestion. Okay, I'm ready. Let's start negotiations. Have Gustav's people come."

"Okay." Akadi nodded happily, stood up and shook hands with Su Tianyu, "There are no irreconcilable contradictions in the world. I hope you can resolve your conflicts."

Su Tianyu shook hands with Akadi, ending the meeting.

After leaving, the group came to the corridor. Jiangzhou walked beside Su Tianyu with his hands behind his back and whispered, "The conditions they offered are too low. Why did you let them come? Do you… have other ideas?"

Su Tianyu turned his head and glanced at Jiangzhou, and said softly, "Brother Jiang, do you know how many years Lao Hei has followed me? He has been by my side since I was nothing…"

Jiangzhou was stunned.

Su Tianyu took a deep breath and continued, "In this battle… too many familiar faces are gone… Many things are not about money…"

Jiangzhou silently looked at Su Tianyu, then reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

The two didn't say anything else and left with everyone.

…

In the evening, the representatives sent by the Gustav family arrived in Jia City. Through the arrangement of Akadi and other generals, they met with Jiangzhou and the others.

In the conference room, Jiangzhou and Wu Han were the first to arrive.

The other side sent several officers, led by a brigadier general, who was about fifty years old. He wore a Saint Paul City military uniform and looked very serious.

"Thank you, Mr. Akadi, for giving us the opportunity to negotiate," the brigadier general said with his hands clasped, nodding to Akadi first, then turning to Jiangzhou and saying, "I come with sincerity, and I hope we can reach a consensus on cooperation."

Jiangzhou rested his chin in his hand, staring at him with cold eyes, without any reaction.

The brigadier general awkwardly withdrew his hand, glanced at Jiangzhou's side, and said, "The conditions we can offer are 400 million in war reparations, as well as corresponding military compensation. We hope that you can release General Gustav as soon as possible…"

"Bang!"

A loud noise interrupted the brigadier general's words.

The door of the office was kicked open, and Su Tianyu, with a flushed face and a pistol in his hand, walked in reeking of alcohol.

Everyone in the conference room looked at him in surprise, except for Jiangzhou and Wu Han, whose expressions didn't change much.

"Commander Su… are you drunk…" Akadi said with an embarrassed expression, standing up.

Su Tianyu bypassed Akadi and walked towards the brigadier general.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" The brigadier general looked at him and instinctively stood up, "We are here with sincerity…!"

"I'll be sincere, your mom!"

Su Tianyu quickly stepped forward and kicked the brigadier general directly in the face!

"Bang!!"

The fifty-year-old brigadier general fell sideways to the ground with a thud.

"Whirr!"

The other negotiators all stood up.

"Commander Su!" Akadi hurriedly pulled Su Tianyu, "What are you doing?"

Su Tianyu lowered his gun and expressionlessly pulled the trigger.

"Bang, bang!"

Two gunshots, Akadi's knees were shattered!

"Ah!!"

Akadi screamed and covered his legs.

Su Tianyu grabbed Akadi by the neck and hysterically shouted, "Terrorist attacks, huh?! Threatening me?! Why don't you dare to say it to my face?! You have to find someone to relay it?! You were shouting slogans before the war. Did the Allied Forces crush you?! Huh?! If you want to talk, kneel down first! If you don't obey, I'll beat you a second time!"