After the restaurant, Pan Yunsheng brought the guards to the scene and asked the waiter to invite someone.

Youguo seemed to want to hear Pan Yunsheng's "story". In desperation, Pan Yunsheng could only patiently and walked around the dining table where Ji Youguo placed breakfast food, and took a few pastries and a glass of milk.

"Eat something first." After sitting down, Ji Youguo spread the napkin on his thighs, "Look at your expression, I didn't sleep last night, right? Fill your stomach first, and say something slowly."

Pan Yunsheng smiled and shook his head, and found that Ji Youguo had changed a lot over the years.

In addition, Ji Youguo is obviously much more gentle than before. He probably doesn’t need to deal with state affairs and has become more gentle.

After eating some east, Pan Yunsheng took out a cigarette.

"You can do it yourself, I'll quit." Ji Youguo smiled and said, "You don't know. I went to Huashan the next year before, and I couldn't even breathe when I climbed halfway. After quitting smoking, I've been much better in the past two years."

Pan Yunsheng lit, lit incense, and said, "I want to quit smoking, too, but I have to wait until after retirement."

"It's better to quit early, but in your case, I'm afraid you have to wait until after retirement."

"I'm here to find you today, actually..."

Ji Youguo pressed his hands and looked around.

Pan Sheng immediately understood and asked the guard to bring an audio jammer.

"Last night, there was a military coup."

"Coup?" Ji Youguo frowned slightly. "Why?"

"It's a long story." Pan Yunsheng smoked two consecutive cigarettes and said. "At the beginning of last year, an exploration team from the Sanjian Group made a major discovery on the Laochuan Plateau."

Ji Youguo's expression became obviously nervous.

"It's not a discovery like the Great Rift Valley in East Africa." Pan Yunsheng smiled faintly and said, "It is a rare mineral with extremely rich reserves, mainly rare earth ore, and other types of rare metal ore. It is estimated that the total reserves are five to ten times that of Baiyun Obo in my country, and the long-term reserves are likely to be between twenty to fifty times that of Baiyun Obo."

"God gives it!" Ji Youguo sighed, "May use it well, not only can old people get rid of poverty, but also enter the ranks of developed countries."

"It is true, the total mining value of mineral deposits has reached hundreds of billions of yuan."

Ji Youguo nodded and said, "+Yanbo won't miss such a good opportunity, he will definitely take action immediately."

"The negotiations have just ended. Yesterday afternoon, + Yanbo signed a 20-year investment agreement with the Lao government with a total value of 75 billion yuan, exclusively mined by the Sanjian Group. In exchange, the Sanjian Group will establish a mineral screening and refining factory in Laos, and will also establish a primary processing production base in Laos in the future.

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"Is this the direct cause of the coup?"

"So that's it." Pan Yunsheng hesitated for a moment and said, "The key issue is not the contract signed by Sanjian Group and the Lao government, but the mineral itself."

Ji Youguo frowned slightly and signaled Pan Yunsheng to continue talking.

"Last November, the United States developed a product with a performance comparable to that of a 2-level composite battery."

"So fast?"

Pan Yunsheng nodded. "It's not fast or slow, it's completely within your expectations. At the beginning of this year, Ford and Chrysler developed a fully electric vehicle with full intellectual property rights on this basis. The Military Intelligence Bureau managed to get a sample from the United States. The analysis result was that the elemental composition was very similar to our composite battery, but the atomic arrangement was different from the proportion of each element."

Hearing this, Ji Youguo also understood.

Composite batteries contain dozens of trace elements, most of which are related to rare earths. The United States has mastered the technology of producing "composite batteries" and must know that the Republic's composite batteries also contain a large number of rare earth elements, thus controlling rare earth minerals around the world at all costs.

Thinking of this, Ji Youguo couldn't help but sigh.

The Republic was originally the world's largest rare earth reserve country, with 80% of the world's rare earth mines, but because of its quick success and instant benefits, it did not effectively protect and utilize them. By the time Jiyouguo made great efforts to rectify, more than two-thirds of the rare earth mines had been sold to Western countries at the "price of cabbage". When the composite battery was put into production, the rare earth mines in the domestic production area could not meet the needs, and they had to spend a high price to import rare earth mines from abroad.

If so many rare earth mines on the Sichuan Plateau are explored, Laos will become the most "rich" country in the world.

The 0 times that of Baiyun Obo is equivalent to 90% of the world's proven rare earth ore. Not to mention that the United States has developed "composite batteries", even if it is not developed, as long as it knows that the Republic's composite batteries require rare earth elements, it will try its best to control Laos so that the Republic cannot use Laos' rare earth resources as it wishes.

"How is the situation now?" Ji Youguo's mood became much heavier.

"The coup has been suppressed, but I don't think things have ended yet. Vietnam has more than 100,000 troops in the western border area of ​​Nie'an Province, and I'm afraid it will send troops to Laos."

Ji Yuguo immediately frowned. "What does it have to do with Vietnam?"

"You don't know?" Pan Yun said

In the past two years, has there been no news?"

Yuguo smiled and shook his head. "I always do other things when I have time, and I don't care much about things outside."

"Vietnam has been working with the United States." Pan Yunsheng killed the cigarette butt and took out another one. "Short after you left office, the United States gave Vietnam a large number of second-hand arms, including four "Pelley-class frigates and two landing ships, with the method of "free assistance". At the beginning of last year, the United States provided Vietnam with a large number of second-hand weapons and equipment, including twenty-four F-16c/dd fighters and six E-2c early warning aircraft; at the end of the year, the United States also provided Vietnam with a large number of army heavy weapons and equipment, including 300 m11a11 main battle tanks, 360 m2/3 series combat vehicles, and 240 m1096, by the way of handling second-hand weapons. At the beginning of the month, the United States plans to provide Vietnam with a second-hand fighter jet and hundreds of second-hand helicopters this year."

"Beggar?" Ji Youguo smiled coldly.

"It's meaning. The US military has a large number of second-hand weapons that need to be processed and donated to other countries free of charge. This will not only expand the influence of the United States, but also save a lot of money on destroying or sealing second-hand weapons."

"So, is it going to the United States?"

"It's not just completely turning to the United States." Pan said, "After the outbreak of the financial crisis, investment flowing to Vietnam dropped sharply by more than 60%. Last year, Vietnam's economy not only did not grow, but shrank by about 4%, and is expected to shrink by 7% this year. In the next three to five years, it will be difficult for Vietnam's economy to improve. Under this circumstance, Vietnam has been developing resources in the South China Sea. Last year alone, it signed eight contracts with energy development companies in the United States and Europe, allowing Western companies to exploit oil and gas resources in the South China Sea, thereby obtaining about 20 to 3 billion US dollars in additional revenue. Vietnam is also developing tourism resources on the encroached islands, and can earn US$100 million to 200 million US dollars in tourism revenue every year."

"It's simply a robber!" Ji Youguo gritted his teeth and seemed very angry.

"There are a lot of domestic problems, so we have been restrained on the South China Sea issue." Pan Yunsheng sighed, "In fact, other neighboring countries such as the Philippines are also doing the same thing. Now is not the time to solve the South China Sea issue, so we can only put the dispute temporarily. Compared with other countries, Vietnam has done more than it is."

"What's too much?" Ji Youguo rubbed his hands and looked at the cigarettes placed on the table, and he was obviously a little irritable.

"Although the Vietnamese government did not come forward, Vietnam is secretly supporting state piracy."

Ji Guo's brow jumped a few times and said, "What does it mean?"

"In the past year, Vietnam has unreasonably seized at least 12 of our fishing boats. Although fishermen were released, the economic and indirect losses caused to us are very huge. In addition, some Vietnamese soldiers have plundered the merchant ships in the South my country Sea, especially our merchant ships."

"It's lawless!" Ji Youguo slapped the table, "If you can't bear it, you don't need to endure it anymore. You must use thunderous means to rogue countries like Vietnam!"

"The problem is that Lao Zhao is very hesitant on this issue."

"Hesitation?" Ji Youguo's brow jumped a few times, "No, it's not hesitation. If you believe in Lao Zhao's courage, I will not misjudgment.

If I was not wrong, Lao Zhao has been waiting for the opportunity. As you said at the beginning, there are a lot of domestic problems and we have to face the global depression. Our own problems are very serious. If the war starts lightly, the consequences will be unimaginable. Lao Zhao must want to do a good job in domestic infrastructure first and then use troops to the outside world."

"I know, I think so, but..."

"The plan will never keep up with the changes." Ji Youguo sighed, "I told Lao Zhao that in the short term, we should concentrate our efforts on solving the problem of 'population aging', lay a solid foundation for the country and nation, and achieve more remarkable achievements in future development. Perhaps, I was too optimistic at the beginning and believed that after the Fourth India-Pakistan War and the East China Sea War, our surrounding situation will be greatly improved. Perhaps, I was not considering it carefully at the beginning and did not make an accurate judgment on the negative impact of the global economic crisis."

"Old Ji, you..."

Ji Youguo pressed his hand and said, "The key is not to fight or not fight, but to fight what benefits will it be for our development, and what benefits will it be for our development if you don't fight. As a national leader, Lao Zhao has enough ability to weigh the trade-offs and make the right decisions. Don't worry, if I guess correctly, I'm afraid Lao Zhao is already making military deployments."

Pan Yunsheng frowned slightly, then nodded.

He did not fully believe that Zhao Rundong could make decisions so quickly, but he believed in Ji Youguo's vision and judgment. For decades, Ji Youguo had never made any mistakes in this regard.

"However, whether to fight or not, we should not only look at the immediate interests, but also look at the long-term."

Hearing Ji Youguo's words, Pan Yunsheng immediately focused his mind. On strategic vision and strategic judgment ability, not to mention in the Republic, I'm afraid no one in the world can surpass Ji Youguo. (To be continued, I know what happens next, please log in to **, more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!)
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