Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 902

Chapter 902: Chapter 367 Extortion_3 Chapter 902: Chapter 367 Extortion_3 The President of the United States, upon realizing they could not confront Dream Island with military strength, immediately began to change tactics and thought of courting Dream Island. If the United States and Dream Island joined forces, leveraging their combined economic and military technology strength, they would stand above all other nations in the world, gaining the greatest benefit.

However, Yan Fei had no interest in dominating other nations in the world; he simply wanted to develop the small place that was Dream Island and, along the way, make some money. Even if Dream Island grew strong under his leadership, he did not want to become like the United States, bullying the weak everywhere.

Yan Fei said, “Mr. President, we on Dream Island just want to do business peacefully and have no ambitions to bully anyone. However, if you don't compensate us for our losses, you will never have the possibility to stand above the world.”

The President of the United States did not expect Yan Fei to be unmoved by power and influence, and instead threaten the United States again, leaving him somewhat helpless. As a superpower, the United States naturally had its trump cards. If played, these would unquestionably destroy Dream Island's space-based missile defense system platform. However, due to certain reasons, their trump card was not yet ready, and if they confronted Dream Island at this time, a comprehensive strike from Dream Island might actually lead to the United States' destruction. By then, even if the United States revealed its trump card, it would be too late to turn the tide.

Therefore, after analyzing the comparative strength of both sides, the President of the United States immediately knew what he should do–the most correct approach for the United States now was to turn Dream Island from an enemy into a friend, avoiding an attack from Dream Island and overcoming this difficult situation first.

After some thought, the President of the United States said, “Mr. Yan Fei, I can decide to compensate Dream Island with 10 billion US dollars.”

Yan Fei firmly said, “A hundred billion US dollars, in cash, not a penny less.”

The President of the United States was also somewhat annoyed and said, “Young man, both you and I are businessmen, but business really isn't done this way. You ask for an exorbitant price, but don't allow me to offer payment right here?”

Yan Fei said, “I am a businessman, and a businessman who makes more money than you. I have my own business tricks, so I don't need you to teach me how to do business. Ah… right, you just reminded me, I think I should move my war machines to the US West Coast immediately, to threaten you a bit. But in this case, the cost of deploying the war machines would be at least another 10 billion US dollars, which will also need to be added to your compensation…”

Hearing the evident threat in Yan Fei's words, the President of the United States was incredibly frustrated; he had no way to deal with this stubborn young man who wouldn't take advice, he said, “Your demands are too high; I cannot make an immediate decision. I must have a meeting to discuss.”

Yan Fei said, “Then you need to hurry up; otherwise, when I wake up from sleep, I might feel that my current demands are too low, and increasing the price on the spot is also possible.”

The President of the United States: “…”

After hanging up the call with Yan Fei, the President of the United States immediately convened an urgent meeting, which included his cabinet staff and the titans of the US business community, to discuss how to handle this critical emergency facing the United States. When everyone learned that the United States was actually going to compensate Dream Island with 100 billion US dollars, they were somewhat dumbfounded. Ever since its victory in World War II, the United States had always been in a position to take advantage of others–when had it been the turn of others to take advantage of the United States?

However, after the Strategic Analysis Institute explained the difficult situation the United States was facing, everyone understood that the seemingly powerful United States was actually facing such a difficult dilemma and threat. But the situation was not as dire as Yan Fei had claimed, because the United States still had a powerful trump card, just not one it could play yet.

Even if Yan Fei implemented a blockade in space and dispatched artificial whales to the US West Coast, the United States would not truly be left without the ability to fight back; they were confident of bringing down Dream Island with them if it came to it. Yet the United States is a porcelain object to Dream Island's clay pot; those seated ruminated that taking the comfortable United States down alongside the destruction of Dream Island was still not a willing choice. After all, they were wealthy and were not yet ready to perish alongside Dream Island without fully enjoying life.

Still, the United States was not willing to simply compensate with a hundred billion US dollars, but despite continuous discussion and debate, the meeting could not come up with a solution to the problem. In the end, everyone turned their gaze to the President, hoping he could come up with a plan to resolve the issue.

The President of the United States glanced at the meeting participants, feeling somewhat disappointed, and pressed his temples, wearily saying, “Alright, you go rest next door, and I need some quiet here.”

Knowing that the President was about to come up with the final plan, everyone tactfully left the meeting room. Once everyone had departed, the President looked around, approached a side table, and quietly said, “I am now facing a tough decision, and I'm not sure what to do, so I hope you can give me a hint.”

After speaking, the President cautiously opened the drawer beneath the table, but to his disappointment, there was nothing inside the drawer–no envelope, no clue.

It turns out this was the President's secret; by chance, he found that whenever he encountered decision-making difficulties, an envelope would appear in the drawer of this table containing a piece of paper with a solution to the problem. If he followed the plan indicated on it, he would overcome his challenges and achieve great success–it was amazing.

However, an envelope did not always appear in the drawer. When there was no envelope, the President of the United States would have to figure out his way through difficulties, though his solutions were not as amazing. So, facing this enormous problem today, the President thought of the drawer, hoping to find an answer inside, but the drawer disappointed him as it did not hold the solution he sought.

The President of the United States hesitated for a moment, cautiously closed the drawer, and in his heart, he made an important decision…