Chapter 2133 - 2133

President Liu doesn't lust for power or cling to power, and he's very humorous as well—truly noble and upright, genuinely admirable.

For the Wale Republic to have a president like this is a blessing for the people!

Of course, some analysts think that Chi Zhongshui really ought to take a break for one term after his second term ends, then run again and become president, starting his third term.

That way he'll serve 12 years as president, non-consecutive, and it won't violate the constitution. That, too, is what the people want.

But who can really know? Liu Zhizhong's thoughts are no longer focused on the Wale Republic.

Right now, the Wale Republic's economy is on the rise, and it's already secured a fallback enclave overseas. The overseas oil and gas resources will make the whole country so rich it practically oozes oil and explodes.

So Liu Zhizhong is thinking that before his second term here ends, he absolutely has to launch a second September Revolution and first finish the biggest matter in the Eastern Pot before talking about anything else!

As for some third term in the Wale Republic—forget it! He's built the country; as for managing it and guarding the legacy, let those who come after take that on. You can't work yourself to death, can you?

As long as the people remember me, Chi Zhongshui, that's enough. Why would I need to sit in this presidential chair until I die of old age?

He's even thought it through: if the Eastern Pot's second September Revolution succeeds, he might not even need to be some sort of supreme president over there. He could stay behind the scenes, or not—either way works.

To live as a free and easy person and enjoy the fruits of the revolution—what's wrong with that?

Actually securing a permanent benefit for the people of the Eastern Pot, that's what someone with his kind of pure-hearted idealism wants to do!

But right now, there's still a lot of work on his plate. After all, Valle's overseas enclave has discovered massive energy reserves, and Liu the President has to put in plenty of effort on the coming extraction/development and operations.

At this moment, the Evil Luo Country is truly in deep trouble, like snow on top of frost! On the battlefield they're fighting like soggy mud; they can't advance, can't retreat, and suffer over a thousand casualties every single day.

The energy boom in Valle's overseas enclave has dealt the Evil Luo Country's economy a vicious blow as well.

How to put it?

The once-grand, now run‑down big-apartment Evil Luo Empire has no real technology, no real economy; when it talks about military, it's just bragging like crazy—and trying to sound terrifying.

In reality, with the war dragging on like this, the Evil Luo Country's arms export orders are getting fewer and fewer. It can't even afford the maintenance on its own fighter jets; it can't buy the critical chips, so what maintenance are we talking about? They talk every day about tossing gas canisters—chances are they can't even toss them. How many gas canisters they actually have, what the numbers are, what their real combat capability is, where they're deployed—aren't all those satellites up there seeing it crystal clear? Heh heh...

The more weak and pathetic they look on the battlefield, the fewer people want to buy their weapons, and there goes another revenue stream.

Economically speaking, they've always been overly dependent on the energy market—oil and natural gas.

But in the international energy market, the Evil Luo Country is being sanctioned to the point of rage and frenzy and has no way out.

Some countries even buy from them at low prices and sell at high prices, raking in the profits while the Evil Luo Country takes the losses and howls.

War is a money game! Without money, what do you fight with—your skull?

The energy money they're supposed to make, they're not making. Relying only on that little pile of "grandson" orders won't sustain even a few days of anything.

What's infuriating is that the energy boom in Valle's overseas enclave has pushed international energy prices down again—way down!

Now the Evil Luo Country has to lower the prices on the oil and gas it exports to the Allies, which means its losses are even more miserable.

The only thing that can still prop it up for a while are the "grandson" orders—those are high-price contracts!

Honestly, if the Evil Luo Country were truly free to lob gas canisters, the first target wouldn't even be Kekistan; it'd be the Wale Country!

To wipe the Wale Republic off the face of the earth—that's what would make the Evil Luo Country feel at peace inside. But does it dare?

The Wale Republic doesn't have gas canisters right now, but that doesn't mean it won't have them in the future. And it certainly doesn't mean it's afraid of the Evil Luo Country.

Good relations with Yirelie and military exchanges with the United States have given the Wale Republic formidable three-service combat power, along with precise decapitation capabilities—believe it or not.

In any case, Valle's stealth bombers alone are enough to make people choke on a potful.

With the Wale Republic's military strength, plenty of countries are green-eyed with envy and purple with jealousy, heh heh...

Of course, the Evil Luo Country has no justification to go to war with the Wale Republic. To attack a civilized, free, and just nation that now ranks near the top in global economic output—how many balls would the Evil Luo Country need?

The Wale Republic's powerful allies are far too many—way beyond what the Evil Luo Country can afford to provoke!

At most, the Evil Luo Country can imitate the Eastern Pot and rant about the Wale Republic's economic invasion of Balse, its deceptive purchases of their land, its theft of their massive energy reserves—and that's it. Anyway, ranting isn't a crime; the worst it does is make them lose face. And it's not like they haven't been losing face day in, day out—they're already used to it!

Now Valle is growing stronger and stronger. With the king-bomb card of energy in hand, it's truly "congratulations from all directions, the world rejoices and comes flocking"!

Liu Zhizhong is also "happy with a tinge of sorrow," feeling that diplomatic meetings are piling up more and more, haha... Day after day like this, the life of the rich is really suffering!

But global politics needs communication and interaction; otherwise, how do you show off the big vision and grand strategy?

He certainly knows that some visits and invitations are about friendship and shared values; others are purely profit-driven. Who doesn't know that the Wale Republic's energy will soon take up a huge share of the international market? Who doesn't know Valle's energy will be cheap and full of benefits?

Even the top dogs in the Eastern Pot's commerce department shamelessly brought along the big bosses from the energy department and went to Valle to "exchange experiences"—but really, weren't they just trying to score some sweet deals?

What do they call this in the Eastern Pot? "Both unite and struggle"—politics may differ, but business still has to be done; everyone's got to eat.

The Eastern Pot may be weak in other areas, but in energy extraction it still has some clout and capability. Most importantly, the Eastern Pot's bid prices are low!

What does low bidding mean? It means lots of "cows and horses"—and those cows and horses earn low average wages! If you want to grind them, you grind inward, and grind them so hard they're thankful for it every day!

However, for the sake of energy, for the sake of earning some back-breaking infrastructure money from extraction, the Eastern Pot slogged all the way to Valle and ended up not getting any sweet payoff.

Because the Wale Republic explicitly rejected the Eastern Pot, saying that the energy extraction business is already in cooperation with Balse's energy department. The money and jobs available will still be given first priority to Balse. After all, heh, you casually bought up their land and then discovered it was oil‑rich beyond belief—aren't you going to soothe their national feelings a bit?

In international politics, sometimes you still have to act like a decent human being. In essence, that's what it means to talk about justice and morality!

And so, naturally the Eastern Pot, despite having all this pent‑up strength and countless energy "cows and horses," still couldn't get any contracts—absolutely fuming...