Two Realms: Don’t call me evil!

Beautiful Country, Black Palace!

Judien pushed the intelligence onto the table and said, "Mr. President, this is the situation. On the day you completed your inauguration, the Jeko Group announced the completion of the Kra Isthmus Canal."

Behind the Resolute Desk, the newly inaugurated President of the Beautiful Country, Jasmin, picked up the intelligence and read it word by word.

There was detailed intelligence and analysis on the Kra Isthmus Canal, including pictures taken by reporters on the scene, satellite overhead pictures, and the possible consequences of the completion of the canal.

After reading it all, Jasmin put down the information expressionlessly and said in a deep voice, "Is the Jeko Group's move to provoke me? I used to think that the Jeko Group acted arrogantly, but now it seems that I have underestimated them a little."

Jasmin didn't expect that he had just become the President of the Beautiful Country, and the Jeko Group gave him a warning.

The Kra Isthmus Canal was not completed early or late, but was completed on the same day when he attended the inauguration ceremony and officially became the 48th President of the Beautiful Country. It is obvious who this is aimed at.

"The Jake Group behaves in this way, otherwise it would not have become our biggest concern."

Judien shook his head. He knew the Jake Group best and had dealt with it for many years.

Under the leadership of Su Jie, the Jake Group grew from a small local warlord in Zen Country. It never relied on courtesy and humility, but on strength and tyranny.

If a general force develops like this, it is very likely to cause public anger and be destroyed halfway. The Jake Group is also the same, and has provoked many enemies.

But unlike the normal development trajectory, most of those who oppose the Jake Group are killed by the Jake Group.

Because in addition to being tyrannical, the Jake Group's military force is the foundation.

Even if others don't like the Jake Group, it is difficult to do anything to the other party.

"Now that the Kra Isthmus Canal has been completed, has any country expressed its opinion?"

Jasmin did not continue to dwell on this and asked about the Kra Isthmus Canal.

"China, Bear Country, Saudi Arabia, Iran."

Judien read out the names of dozens of countries. These countries are basically those that frequently travel between Eurasia, especially those that have frequent oil trade.

The opening of the Kra Canal means that the sea voyage is shortened by more than 1,000 kilometers compared to the Strait of Malacca, saving nearly a week.

A large ship will save a lot of shipping costs when it goes through the Kra Canal.

The shortened time can also improve the operating efficiency of the ship.

Originally, he could only travel back and forth between Eurasia ten times a year. Now that he has saved time through the Kra Canal, he can travel back and forth one or two more times a year. This extra operating efficiency is all money! Not to mention that many goods have time requirements, the sooner they arrive, the better.

"So many countries"

Jasmin frowned. The Strait of Malacca is the busiest strait in the world. About 100,000 ships pass through the strait every year. Up to 70% of East Asian energy is transported through the Strait of Malacca, accounting for a quarter of the world's maritime trade.

Now that the Kra Canal has been involved, the importance and strategic position of the Strait of Malacca has been greatly reduced.

"Many countries are watching, including the EU, Sakura Country, and South Korea. They are considering whether to join the canal."

As Judien was talking, his cell phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

Taking it out, Judien saw a message from a subordinate, which happened to be about the Kra Canal.

"What?"

Jesmin saw Judien's face change, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Mr. President, the Jeko Group has just announced the charges for the Kra Canal. They will charge friendly countries based on the tonnage of goods. Depending on the size and type of the ship, the charge will be 4-8 US dollars per ton of goods, and the average charge will be 5 US dollars per ton of goods. Assuming that a large ship carries 100,000 tons of goods, the average price of a ship's passage is about 500,000 US dollars, but the Jeko Group has also listed many countries such as the United States, the United States, the United States, the European Union, etc. as unfriendly countries, and the fee will double, costing 1 million US dollars."

Judien showed the information on his mobile phone to Jasmin, and the appearance of this news made him feel relieved.

"Originally, I was thinking about how to force those countries to pass through the Kra Canal. Now it seems that we don't need to bother. The Jeko Group has helped us."

Jasmin couldn't help laughing. Seeing that the shipping companies in the European Union and the United States were so targeted, he didn't have to force them to issue orders.

Moreover, his administrative orders can only control the United States at most, and shipping companies in other countries may not comply.

Making profits and saving costs is the instinct of a company, or every capitalist. It is difficult for shipping companies to resist the temptation of the Kra Canal, which saves shipping costs and shipping time.

But now it is different. Once the differentiated charges of the Jeko Group are announced, most of the European and American shipping companies that want to sail through the Kra Canal will not accept such naked robbery by the Jeko Group and will go through the Strait of Malacca again.

"The Jeko Group made a bad move. They thought that with the Kra Canal, they could control everything. Then the high charges would definitely prevent too much loss of ship traffic in the Strait of Malacca."

Judith smiled. He was originally worried that the shipping volume in the Strait of Malacca would decrease by 70% to 80%. After all, the Kra Canal is too convenient.

But the shady operation of the Jeko Group made Judien see a turning point.

Such extortion will only cause disgust among European and American shipping companies, lose a good opportunity, and be collectively boycotted by all European and American shipping companies.

"Go ahead and expand. There is a saying in China. If you want to destroy it, make it crazy first."

Jesmin turned the blue star instrument on the table and stared at the Indochina Peninsula area where the Jeko Group's sphere of influence was located, and said mockingly.

If a force does not have enough foundation and suddenly becomes strong, its mentality will expand rapidly and become arrogant. This is true for countries and individuals.

In Jesmin's view, the Jeko Group is now in the category of not being able to see itself clearly and being overly confident and arrogant.

"I just took over. How did Lawrence let you CIA do on the Thousand Islands Strategic Alliance?"

After laughing a few times, Jasmin suddenly changed the subject.

When Judien heard Lawrence's name, his eyes flickered slightly, and the atmosphere on the scene became a little awkward.

Because when Lawrence was still in office, Judith was a staunch supporter, and he personally led a team to California to arrest the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles who were against Lawrence, offending the Democratic Party behind them.

If he had not changed sides at the last minute and chose to join the Democratic Party, he would never have been able to sit in this position.

And the black material that Lawrence exposed at the end of the campaign was Judith's work.

For a person who was an agent and became the director of the CIA, loyalty is relative.

If Lawrence's big ship had not capsized, he would have stayed on the ship loyally.

But once the ship is flooded and sunk and cannot be saved, smart people will find another way out.

Judith is a smart person, so he kept his official hat.

"Don't worry, I'm not settling scores, and I'm not interested in that. The only ones who hate you are those senior officials in California."

Jasmine knocked on the table. The reason why he continued to employ Judith was that he surrendered quickly and that he had been engaged in work related to the Jeco Group during his tenure as CIA director. He could be said to be the person who knew the Jeco Group best.

If Judith was removed, they would not be able to find someone who knew the Jeco Group better.

Not everyone can be the director of a special agent organization like the CIA.

"During Lawrence's tenure, we gradually increased our support for the Thousand Islands Strategic Alliance and actively wooed those member states to get closer to us. For example, we lobbied a group of senior officials of the ruling party in India through bribery and other means, asking them to pick faults and make trouble on the issue of the Kra Isthmus Canal. In Temasek, we have prepared a coup and arranged for a pro-American regime to come to power. In Johor."

Judith had a calm expression and slowly described the CIA's operations on the Thousand Islands Strategic Alliance.

The Thousand Islands Strategic Alliance is the noose that blocks the exit of the Jeko Group at sea, and the CIA has put a lot of hard work on it.

A large amount of funds and personnel are invested in order to activate it at a critical moment, so that these countries can stand on the side of the United States and block the expansion of the Jeko Group.

"Very good, the Jeko Group is now taking bigger and bigger actions, and we have to prepare in advance."

Jasmin was very satisfied with Judien's work and took out a document from the drawer.

Judien's pupils shrank when he saw the document for the first time.

In addition to the four big words "Top Secret" on the cover of the document, there is another line of words below, a white paper on the strategy and tactics of the Jeko Group.

Looking up, Judien and Jasmin looked at each other.

In Jasmin's smiling eyes, Judien picked up the war planning white paper and opened it.

But there was no detailed combat plan written on it. Instead, it was in the name of responding to the threat of the Jeko Group, the expansion of production lines and arms purchases of major military giants in the United States. Judien was a little frightened when he saw that number.

Judith understood that whether to go to war with the Jake Group was not the point. The point was that the military-industrial complex could use this name to reasonably and legally ask the United States to increase its arms purchases in case a war really happened.

Jasmin represented the interests of the military-industrial complex, and it was normal for the other party to do so.

"Mr. President, should we go to war with the Jake Group?"

Judith could not help asking, and his heart began to beat. If the United States was willing to personally go to war

"It's not the right time yet. The military still needs to study and discuss this white paper. Now it's just a framework. War requires many things to be considered, and more plans must be made. It can't be decided on a whim."

Jasmin waved his hand, signaling Judith not to get excited.

Although going to war with the Jake Group is in the interests of the military-industrial complex, which means they can sell more arms, Jasmin is not blindly following the interests of the military-industrial complex.

The Jake Group is not a simple person either. It is an opponent that the United States should also pay attention to.

If the war goes badly, it will be him whose approval rating will drop. He still wants to be re-elected as the next president of the United States.

Even if the war is to start, there must be a suitable time and excuse.

"I understand."

Judien understood what Jasmin meant. The CIA is the president's sword. Jasmin showed him this white paper in the hope that the CIA could act as a fuse to ignite the powder keg of war at some point, or as a blocker, so that the situation can be controlled as much as possible in Jasmin's hands.

As for Jasmine, although his campaign team seems to be serving him, in fact, many people represent the interests of the behind-the-scenes capital consortium, and sometimes they must disagree with him.

On the contrary, Judith, the director of the CIA, betrayed the Republican Party and had a gap with the Democratic Party. He was helpless and could only rely on himself as the president. His existence could be used by Jasmine for his own use.

"I trust you very much, Judith, and I believe you will not let me down."

"Mr. President, I will always be loyal to you."

Judith nodded solemnly. Although he betrayed Lawrence not long ago, he had no choice but to do so.

Now that the tougher Jasmine has taken over, he can only maintain his status and glory by surrendering to the other party.

Kra Isthmus Canal.

The sun was shining brightly, and a large oil tanker flying the flag of the Sakura Country slowly arrived at the entrance of the Kra Isthmus Canal.

Captain Junpei Ishioka stood in the main wheelhouse and saw many ships from China and Mao Xiong in the distance sailing on the newly completed canal.

As the first captain in Sakura Country to try out the Kra Isthmus Canal, Junpei Ishioka came here on the freighter Koshin Maru.

This cargo ship comes from Sakura Country Mitsui Lines Co., Ltd., which is one of the largest shipping companies in Sakura Country and a Fortune 500 company in the world.

At the entrance, a guide boat has already come out.

Because he had registered in advance, Ishioka Junpei was not surprised and quickly guided the ship to get closer.

As the escalator was lowered, a Jieke Group pilot climbed up onto the Hongshin Maru, a large cargo ship with a total length of 366 meters, a width of 48.2 meters, a maximum draft of 16 meters, a maximum load capacity of 147,000 tons, and a capacity of 13,000 standard containers.

"Hello, I am Junpei Ishioka, captain of the Koshin Maru, a company owned by Mitsui O.S.O.K. of Sakura Country."

Ishioka Junpei greeted him in fluent English, smiled actively, and held a wad of bills in his hand, ready to look familiar.

"Sakura Country's ship is on the unfriendly list. You know the rules."

The pilot wearing the uniform of the Jieco Group glanced at the other person and pushed the other person's hand away with a somewhat meaningful tone.

"What rules?"

Junpei Ishioka just arrived today and has not yet learned about the latest announcement on the Kra Isthmus Canal.

"To pass through our Kra Isthmus Canal, your ship, the Koshin Maru, needs to pay a vessel toll of US$1,630,000."

As soon as the pilot finished speaking, Junpei Ishioka's mouth opened wide, as if he was petrified.

Because the price is too expensive. Their ship traveling through the Panama Canal will only cost hundreds of thousands of dollars at most. The price of the Kra Isthmus Canal is no different from robbery.

"What are you talking about? You are trying to steal the $1,630,000 navigation fee! How did you calculate this price?"

After Ishioka Junpei reacted, his face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

"Ha, if we wanted to steal money, we would have detained you a long time ago. The fee is just like this. You can leave as much as you like."

The pilot snorted coldly, threw a quotation to the other party, and said: "In addition to navigation fees, you also have to pay port fees of US$13,000, port authority fees of US$2,700, management fees of US$8,575, berthing fees of US$5,890, and garbage fees. 1,000 US dollars, escort tugboat 26,150 US dollars, lighting fee 30,360 US dollars.”

Every time he mentioned a number, Ishioka Junpei's face became uglier, and the hand holding the quotation was trembling slightly.

He has been a captain and has been sailing in the wind and rain on the ocean for so many years. This is the first time he has seen canal management fees being ripped off so harshly.

This fee is almost a clear sign telling you that this is a black shop, and you must either pay the money honestly or don't even think about it.

After taking a few deep breaths, Ishioka Junpei pointed to other ships passing by on the canal and asked through gritted teeth: "What about those ships? Did those ships also pay that much money?"

"They, they are a friendly country, and the cost is only half of yours."

The pilot's words directly allowed Junpei Ishioka to completely break his defense.

"Okay, okay, I think your Jieke Group is ruthless, so it's okay if I don't leave here."

Ishioka Junpei's teeth were almost broken. This kind of differential treatment made him feel particularly humiliated.

"Get out of here, we don't welcome you Sakura Country here. If you don't leave, some countries will use our canal."

The pilot raised his chin proudly without even looking at the other person.

"Just leave."

Ishioka Junpei took two steps, suddenly realized what was happening, and said with a black line on his face: "Wait a minute, this is my ship, and you are the one who wants to leave."

"I still think it's dirty."

The pilot curled his lips and turned around to disembark.

"Sooner or later, you will regret it. You are treated differently and have double standards. Not to mention that our Sakura Country will not recognize it, and other countries will never recognize it."

Junpei Ishioka shouted at the pilot to express his anger.

"Differential treatment? When we put up a sign saying Sakura Country and dogs are not allowed to cross the river, then that's called different treatment."

The pilot sneered at Junpei Ishioka, turned around and climbed off the ship neatly.

"Asshole, Baga!"

Hearing these words, Ishioka Junpei became red-hot, jumped up in anger, and raised his middle finger at the pilot's back.

"I swear, this Kra Isthmus Canal, even if I drown in the vast ocean, I will never come again in this life, you can just play with yourselves."

Junpei Ishioka secretly made up his mind that he would never come here to feel humiliated again. He would continue to go through the Strait of Malacca.

Because compared with the sky-high tolls charged by the Jeco Group, although the Strait of Malacca has an extra 1,200 kilometers of voyage and the shipping time will be longer, the overall cost is still much cheaper than the Isthmus of Kra Canal.

In this comparison, he certainly wants to go through the Strait of Malacca and is unwilling to be bullied by the Jeco Group.

As the Jeco Group announced the charging standards for the Isthmus of Kra Canal, the global shipping industry was shocked.

In Blue Star, no canal has ever charged such double standards. The behavior of the Jeco Group is definitely discriminating against those hostile countries that are against it and setting double prices.

Many world-renowned shipping giants and small and medium-sized shipping companies have criticized the Jeco Group and denounced it.

‘This is a shame for the shipping industry. People in the global shipping industry have joined hands to resist the unfair treatment of the Jeco Group. We want fairness and equality. '

'Jeko Group is not doing anything. They are a cancer. Wherever they go, they cause harm. Now they are harming our shipping industry again. They have come up with this kind of double-standard charging. It is better not to build the Kra Canal. '

'As long as the Jeko Group does not restore equal charging, we will not use the Kra Canal. Let's see when you can recover the cost of building the canal. Who can survive? '

Many seniors and celebrities in the shipping industry have stood up and criticized the Jeko Group, accusing the Jeko Group of messing around in the Kra Canal and destroying the fairness of international shipping.

But it is worth noting that all those who have made accusations are from EU countries, or the licking dogs of beautiful countries such as South Korea and the Sakura Country.

As for shipping companies in friendly countries such as China and the Bear Country, no one has accused the Jeko Group.

Because of the opening of the Kra Canal, their ships have indeed enjoyed convenience when they can sail here.

The price is only half of that of European and American countries. They save shipping costs and shipping time, and at the same time, they gain greater competitiveness in market competition than European and American countries.

Because they are both traveling between Eurasia, others can travel a week faster through the Kra Canal than through the Strait of Malacca. Many sea freight goods have a demand for time.

In the past, cargo owners could only find some more expensive express ships, or use other modes of transportation to transport.

But now the time saved by the Kra Canal makes those cargo owners who have high time requirements prefer shipping companies from China, the Bear, and Saudi Arabia.

Western countries such as the United States have not thought about fighting back. They have also set high double-standard charges on the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal, targeting the Jeko Group and the countries of the Indochina Peninsula.

But the United States seems to have forgotten that their sanctions on the Jeko Group have never ended.

The Jeko Group has no goods that can be sold in large quantities to European and American countries, and there are no ships going out to sea, let alone passing through the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.

The real special products of the Jeko Group are all smuggled.

A small bottle of Tianyuan series product concentrate is hidden in a ship and shipped to Mexico or EU countries, and then diluted and assembled locally to become bottles of Tianyuan hair growth liquid, myopia pills, weight loss pills, and whitening liquid.

Such small targets are mixed in a cargo ship with a displacement of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons, and you can't investigate them at all.

If they are really found, the Jieke Group can afford the loss.

The profit of these products is too high. Even if only one-tenth of them are smuggled to arrive, the Jieke Group will make money.

What's more, the success rate of Jieke Group's smuggling is infinitely close to 100%.

As for the blood trafficking ships, they collect blood all over the world for the Jieke Group, and most of the Jieke Group implements payment only after delivery.

You transport the blood to the sphere of influence of the Jieke Group, and then pay the money and deliver the goods.

If something happens to the blood trafficking ship halfway, the loss is the responsibility of the ship owner himself.

Most of these ship owners have good backgrounds, they are well-connected in both black and white, and have great magical powers. They have avoided a lot of risks by their own operations.

Some countries simply do this business themselves. In the face of huge profits, the benefits far outweigh the risks. These blood-trafficking ships are not afraid of investigation and continue to transport blood to the Jeko Group.

As for countries such as the Indochina Peninsula, because they are younger brothers of the Jeko Group, the EU has long cut off most of their imports. Now their exports have long been transformed into developing domestic demand and turning to China, the Bear and Central Asia to do business.

It can be said that the actions instigated by the United States to charge high canal tolls for the Jeko Group are purely flattering, and the impact on the Jeko Group is infinitely close to zero.

Without equal game, shipping ships from Europe and the United States can only detour through the Strait of Malacca and continue to take this traditional route.

In this canal game, the happiest ones are Temasek, Johor and Java, the three countries along the Strait of Malacca.

They originally thought that their shipping business would plummet with the opening of the Kra Canal. However, due to the two-way toll collection by the Jeko Group, the ships from EU countries still went through the Strait of Malacca. Although their interests were partially lost, it was far from unacceptable and far from their initial bad expectations.

They originally thought that when the Kra Canal was opened, only about 20% to 30% of the ships passing through the Strait of Malacca would remain.

Especially Temasek, their entire country can be said to be dependent on the Strait of Malacca. Without the Strait of Malacca, their country would almost lose the meaning of existence.

"This is a new life for Temasek, and the Kra Isthmus Canal will not threaten our position.

This also shows that the Strait of Malacca is still the most important golden waterway in the world and the maritime lifeline of East Asia.

We at Temasek are at the heart of the Strait of Malacca and are destined to be glorious and prosperous for a century.

On the contrary, the stupidity and arrogance of the Jieko Group is making them more and more alienated from the mainstream international society. They are destined to be unable to maintain their power rule for a long time. They are destined to disintegrate and collapse in the future. Victory will definitely belong to the great Temasek. 》

On January 21, 2029, Temasek's largest official mouthpiece, Temasek National, published a news article announcing Temasek's victory in this canal game in advance.

The people of Temasek rushed to buy this issue of the newspaper, and at the same time they ridiculed the JC Group's saucy operations.

When the Kra Isthmus Canal was being built in the past, the Jeco Group bullied Temasek. Even their president went to the Jeco Group in person to work under Su Kit, with a smile on his face, and he had to pay a large amount of compensation to get through that incident. Troubles.

However, many of these Temasek people have subconsciously ignored that it was Temasek who sank the ship at the Kra Isthmus Canal pier in the first place, which led to the retaliation from the Jacko Group.

They only remember that the Jieco Group bullied them and extorted US$1.743 billion in so-called canal terminal repair fees and lost work costs.

People mostly help relatives but not others, and the same is true at the national level. People in Temasek are jubilant and unilaterally believe that they have won.

It's just that Temasek didn't know that they were happy too early.

Because just three days after this news was issued, a ship arrived at the narrowest point of the Strait of Malacca without flying any flag to indicate the identity of its country.