Chapter 3501 It’s over

The commander-in-chief on the other end of the phone felt like he was not feeling well.

What he hated most was the feeling of hitting someone with a big stick, and just when he was about to smash his opponent's head and make him bleed, the big stick suddenly turned into air.

The President couldn't understand why Bernard Elno dared to challenge his authority and asked him to fine him 50 billion US dollars.

It feels like threatening someone and slapping them in the face for not listening, but instead of begging for mercy, they ask you to shoot them to death.

Furious and embarrassed, he still regarded Bernard Elno's sincerity as a provocation, so he said coldly: "Okay, I understand Elno, you think you are a hero now, that I dare not do anything to you, and you don't have to be afraid of anything, but don't worry, I will make you pay the price!"

After saying that, he gritted his teeth and hung up the phone, immediately calling out to his staff: "Find a way to strengthen Bernard Elno's group and see if we can reasonably and effectively increase its tariffs. Once the White Horse Island incident has passed, we'll find a way to exploit his group. Ideally, fine him a large sum! I want him to suffer!!!"

One of the chubby, bearded guys spoke up, "Sir, the whole world is watching Bernard Arnold right now. If we rashly impose tariffs on his industries or investigate his group, it's easy for the outside world to think we're deliberately retaliating for the White Horse Island incident and the Blackwater incident. So I think we should wait for now."

"Wait? I can't wait even a little bit!" The commander-in-chief smoothed his smooth bangs and said through gritted teeth, "This old bastard didn't even give me the slightest bit of respect and even had the audacity to ask me to fine him $50 billion! I really can't issue a $50 billion fine, but at least he should be fined $500 million, right?"

The bearded man was silent for a moment, then spoke, "Why don't we pass a bill calling on the American people to minimize unnecessary luxury spending? To achieve this goal, we'll raise tariffs on all luxury goods, whether they're from France, Italy, or even Britain. As long as they're luxury goods, the tax will be increased by 50%."

"If anyone asks us why we're doing this, we say that luxury goods from Europe are draining the wallets of the American people. Americans should use their money to buy industrial products produced by our own manufacturing industry and make America great again, rather than using their hard-earned money to buy European-made junk luxury goods that are only one-fiftieth of the actual value."

The President's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea. After all, our supporters are all ordinary working-class people. Those high-income people not only don't vote for us, but they also mock us all day long on social media. I can use this opportunity to give them a slap in the face."

On the other side, after Bernard Elno hung up the call with the President, he felt extremely refreshed both physically and mentally.

He was like a player who found a bug in an online game to gain experience points, and he found the highest-level Boss to gain experience points. Now he was just waiting for the moment when his experience points would soar and the best equipment would be dropped.

Seeing him look so smug after mocking the President of the United States, his wife couldn't help but complain, "I advise you not to get too carried away with being a hero. You're going against the President of the United States for your ridiculous sense of justice. If he really sanctions you, you'll lose at least hundreds of millions of dollars a year, or even more."

"What do you know?" Bernard Arno snorted and laughed. Summer insects cannot talk about ice. His wife didn't know about the rejuvenation pill. If she knew, she would definitely be crazier than him. After all, the money she spent on maintenance every year was already an astronomical figure.

So, he closed his eyes, crossed his legs, and thought to himself smugly, "This time when I go to America, I'm going to give the President a hard time!"

……

While Bernard was still flying over the ocean, the sunrise of a new day arrived on White Horse Island in the Maldives.

Today is Ye Chen’s family’s last day on Baima Island.

According to the plan, they were to check out at noon and take a seaplane back to the capital Male. Then Ma Lan and Xiao Changkun would go to Dubai, and he and Xiao Churan would take an international flight back to China.

Ma Lan was naturally reluctant to leave.

The scenery here is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. Compared with the freezing cold weather in China and the hot and dry climate in Dubai, it is simply too great.

Fortunately, she now has a lot of US dollars in her hands, and the various shopping malls in Dubai still have great appeal to her.

As they were about to leave, Xiao Churan felt a little lonely. In her opinion, this trip to Maldives was her first and last time traveling with Ye Chen.

After returning, I will be ready to leave him.

Ye Chen noticed that she was in a low mood, and asked with special concern: "Wife, are you reluctant to leave? How about we stay here for a few more days?"

Xiao Churan forced a smile, shook his head and said, "No need. No matter how reluctant you are, you have to leave. After all, this is just a stop on our journey, not our life."

Ye Chen couldn't hear the deep meaning in her words, he just smiled and said: "If you want to come in the future, we can come anytime."

Ye Chen felt that Baima Island and JD Island would soon become industries under his actual control. Although he could not tell Xiao Churan, he could find various reasons to bring her here often.

So, he deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Wife, I heard that the boss of this group also believes in Feng Shui. I'll ask Miss Sweet to help introduce him. Maybe I can get the position of Feng Shui Director here in the future."

After hearing what he said, Xiao Churan smiled even more reluctantly and helplessly.

Thinking of Tawanna, she asked curiously, "Miss Sweet is also on the island. You've been her Feng Shui director for so long. You two haven't met since she came to the island, right? We're going back today, so we have to say hello to her."

Ye Chen has been trying his best to avoid meeting Tawanna with his wife, but what Xiao Churan said at this moment is human nature. According to the relationship between the characters he had laid out before, he and Tawanna have worked together. The two of them happened to land on the same island. It would be a bit unreasonable if they didn't meet to say hello.

So, he asked Xiao Churan: "Wife, why don't we go meet Miss Sweet together, say a few words to her, and then we'll go back."

Xiao Churan shook his head and said, "I won't make trouble anymore. Go and say hello to her."

Ye Chen said: "If you don't go, then there's no point in me going alone. Why don't we just leave and not let her know we've been here?"

"Forget it." Xiao Churan said seriously, "It's such a great fate that two people can meet at the same time on a small island thousands of kilometers away. It's really not appropriate not to say hello. If they find out later, they will definitely blame you for being unkind. You go ahead. I'm just packing up in my room."

Seeing that she said so, Ye Chen could only nod and said, "Okay, then I'll ask her on WeChat later."

In fact, Tawana also knew that Ye Chen was leaving the island today.

She missed Ye Chen very much, but because Xiao Churan was also on the island, she could only restrain the urge to see Ye Chen.

Because she was preoccupied with something, she was in a daze and not in the right state of mind.

Her parents were also in a state of disarray due to the impact of the terrorist attack that night. The three of them often sat together in a daze. Her mother even suggested several times that she wanted to leave the Maldives and return to the United States, but Tawanna never responded.

Two days passed as her parents finally recovered from the terrorist attack. Then her mother noticed something was wrong and said to Tawanna, "Honey, I think something is wrong."

Tawanna looked out at the glassy green sea and asked absentmindedly, "What's wrong?"

Mom said, "Look, what happened to us here is known to the whole world, and it has such a huge impact. There's no way Trevor doesn't know about it. You two used to be so inseparable, and you didn't bring him on vacation this time. I can understand why you said he was training for the competition, but when something so serious happened to us, he didn't come to see you. Isn't that a little strange?"

In the past, Trevor and Tawanna were really in love. They were like conjoined twins, spending all day and night together. They were recognized as a passionate couple in the entertainment industry.

But recently, not only have the two of them had fewer and fewer opportunities to appear in the same frame, but their daily communication has also become less and less.

His girlfriend had encountered such a big thing, but he didn't rush over to comfort her or even call her. This really made Tawanna's mother feel strange.

Tawanna didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Just before Trevor left China, the two had implicitly reached a consensus on getting married. At that time, she had already realized that it was impossible for her to be with Ye Chen, and she even wanted to seize the time to settle the matter and give up other thoughts.

However, as she came into contact with Ye Chen more and more, and Ye Chen saved her from danger time and time again, Tawanna suddenly realized a reality, that is, she would probably never be able to get rid of her feelings for Ye Chen psychologically in this lifetime.

For Tawana now, it doesn’t matter if she can’t get Ye Chen, but she doesn’t want to settle for anything less.

Trevor is that makeshift partner.

If you still want to make do, then suppress your true feelings and maintain an emotional relationship with him.

But since I don't want to settle for it, there's no point in continuing to waste time with him.

Originally, she had thought about breaking up with Trevor directly.

But after thinking about it, Trevor is the boyfriend she has been with for the longest time after all, and she doesn't want to appear too heartless. If she can let him let go on his own initiative, perhaps that would be the best outcome.

Therefore, Tawanna kissed Ye Chen passionately at the concert, and even sang the song "Assassin" on the island where she had kissed Ye Chen passionately, just to express her attitude to Trevor and let him know that she still couldn't let Ye Chen go!

Trevor never contacted me. Even when I encountered such a big thing, he still didn't ask a single question. It can be seen that he has understood my thoughts and decided to let go.

Now, her mother suddenly asked about Trevor. Tawanna hesitated for a moment and murmured, "Mom, Dad, Trevor and I are over..."