(1st Update)

"President Yanayev, you have to believe that we are here in good faith. In order to resolve and respond to the Vantaa incident, after full consideration, it was agreed that the two countries should put aside the conflict and coexist peacefully. ”

Yanayev, the olive branch thrown by Bush, did not feel much of a felt, after all, Uncle Sam's shamelessness is obvious to the whole world. However, Bushpi's smiling expression made Yanayev a little disgusted, but he forgave him when he thought that the other party might be in a highly tense nervous state for several days in a row because of the red mercury nuclear bomb.

"So at what price do you intend to pay to get your people back? As we have previously emphasized, Vantaa, as an economic fraudster, will pay a price if he can still be the top leader of the CIA. ”

At the negotiating table, Yanayev did not intend to throw his chips first, and waited for Bush to play his cards first.

Bush tapped his thumb and forefinger lightly on the table, he looked at the other party's unhurried appearance, and slowly threw out his own conditions, "We are willing to pay 400 million in exchange for Leo Vanta, who is imprisoned in the KGB, what do you think?" ”

Yanayev frowned, according to the official exchange rate ratio of the dollar to the ruble is 1:1.66, and the 400 million rubles are probably more than 200 million if they are converted into dollars.

Seeing that Yanayev did not react, Bush was a little anxious, the bottom line of the United States is 600 million, and he did not want to expose the maximum limit too early, so he added another sentence to urge Yanayev to make up his mind as soon as possible, "President Yanayev, 400 million US dollars is already the maximum range we can afford, if your country feels that this price is not suitable, I can only regret that the negotiations have not reached an agreement." ”

"Huh?" Yanayev was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't hear what Bush was saying, and he didn't understand until the other party repeated it, "You mean you paid $400 million in exchange for Leo Vantaa?" Four hundred million dollars? ”

Bush's attitude towards Yanayev was a little inexplicable, and he asked, "Yes, President Mofiyanayev thinks that the price of $400 million is not suitable, so how much do you want?" Make your request and see if we can accept it. ”

Yanayev thought that the Americans would settle with him in rubles, but he did not expect that the wealthy US government directly used US dollars to settle the settlement, so that according to the official exchange rate, it would be 660 million rubles, which was a timely aid to the financially troubled Soviet Union. Think about this month in history, when Gorbachev went to a Western conference in financial difficulties and could not even afford to live in a hotel, and Yanayev could still try his best to pull out the money swallowed from the mouths of Western countries.

"No, I don't think it's up to par, but with President Bush coming all the way from Washington to Moscow, we can reluctantly accept it." Obviously, it had exceeded Yanayev's psychological expectations, but he still pretended not to be very happy to accept the conditions put forward by Bush.

The arrogance of the Soviets made Bush lose his mind for a moment, and then he realized that the price proposed by the United States had exceeded the expectations of the Soviets, but what he said was equivalent to spilling water, and Bush could not go back, but he could put forward additional conditions to Yanayev, "Of course, we also have one condition, the Soviet Union will either sign a non-proliferation limitation treaty with us on the miniaturization of nuclear weapons, or share the technology of nuclear weapons miniaturization, and you can get this money." ”

Yanayev deliberately pretended not to understand what Bush was saying, "I'm sorry, what nuclear weapons miniaturization NPT, I don't know what you're talking about." Besides, the USSR no longer had any subsequent models for subsequent development in addition to nuclear artillery shells. How can we sign a non-proliferation treaty with you when we don't even have something of our own. ”

"The red mercury bomb, what we want to limit is the spread of the red mercury bomb."

Bush's voice was a little hoarse, but he still said word by word the name of the Cold War artifact that had tormented him for several days. Even Yanayev did not expect Bush to tell this secret so directly, and it seems that the United States is indeed under the deterrence of the red mercury hoax.

Yanayev still doesn't show his hole cards, "Red mercury nuclear bomb? Isn't that a rumor that your American military deliberately fabricated Soviet weapons in order to defraud funds? Why, now the United States has paranoia of victimization and thinks that we, the Soviet Union, have this weapon? ”

Brent, who was on the side, couldn't look at it, and directly punctured the dumb riddle between the two, "President Yanayev, I am Brent, the adviser to the President of the United States, and we now have detailed evidence that you have the kind of weapon called the red mercury nuclear bomb." You can choose not to admit it or think I'm alarmist, but we will never allow this world-destroying weapon to be in your lab. It shouldn't exist, neither the Soviet Union nor the United States. ”

"If there really is any country that is obsessed with turning it into a weapon of panic to control the world, then we in the United States will unite other countries against the evil countries that possess red mercury weapons."

Yanayev clapped his hands and expressed his appreciation for Brent's righteous and awe-inspiring speech. It seems that these Americans are developing in the direction of the script designed by Ogarkov, and even when Yanayev saw the script provided by Ogarkov for himself, he mistakenly thought that the Soviet Union really had this kind of weapon, which was too real, and even all kinds of small details were fully considered, so Bush and his team were put in a passive situation.

"I'm sorry, but I'm proposing a temporary meeting to take a break, what do you think, Mr. Bush?" Yanayev pretended to discuss it with the team, reinforcing Bush that the Soviets had the weapons in their hands.

"Yes, President Yanayev." Of course, Bush was full of promises, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, saying that the fact that the Soviet Union did not choose to keep pretending to be crazy and stupid but stopped the parliament for internal discussions in the middle of the meeting proved that the Soviets did indeed have a red mercury nuclear bomb, and that their attitude might not be as resolute as they imagined.

While Bush was thinking wildly, Yanayev, who had temporarily left the conference room, came to another room, where only one person sat in a chair and stared at every move in the conference room on the screen.

Seeing Yanayev's appearance, the young man quickly stood up, bowed slightly and said respectfully, "President Yanayev." ”

He was the unparalleled warrior of the future Russia, Surkov. Known as the leaders of the new generation who are most likely to take over the banner in the hands of the previous generation of think tanks, there are also Soviet planners. Now in a high-level role in the Ministry of Culture, he is a little younger and less talented, but his unbridled thinking just makes up for it, and at the same time lacks the shackles of empiricism.

Yanayev said very little, and he asked Surkov directly, "Do you think we should negotiate peace, or continue to be perfunctory." If we continue to persevere, the political benefits that may be obtained will be even more substantial. ”

"It depends on whether His Excellency the President wants to keep the pulse of the Soviet Union on its moribund pulse or destroy it completely. If you refuse, then the next US will do all kinds of small actions against us, contain the actions of the weakened polar bear, and then use the economic problems to dismantle us little by little, they can gamble, but we don't have real red mercury to save our lives. If they choose to agree, red mercury, a disguised trump card, can continue to be used to blackmail Americans and keep them awake at night. ”

Surkov pointed out the mistake in Yanayev's thinking, Yanayev frowned, he didn't expect that there was another layer of purpose in it. Conditionalities in non-proliferation treaties that can be used as bargains.

"You mean that we are willing to sign a treaty with them, but there must be conditions attached to us, right? It's like pretending to be reluctant, but in fact you have a large enough share. ”

Surkov nodded and said seriously, "That's right, in this way, the red mercury nuclear bomb will also become a life-saving charm in the near future, used to ensure that the Soviet Union survives economic difficulties." In doing so, whether it is a military strike or a financial war, the Americans will not dare to act lightly. ”