Chapter 626
Nuclear deterrence, like keeping an ace up one’s sleeve, only works if you hold onto it tight.
Take nuclear bombs, for example.
You’re a small country, but you have nuclear bombs. When a superpower shows its fangs, you adopt a do-or-die stance. Even top countries would think twice about whether it’s worth it.
Thus, the power of a nuclear bomb doesn’t lie in the destruction it causes after detonation.
Rather, it lies in everyone knowing that this thing could blow up at any moment.
When everyone knows you’re clutching a weapon that can instantly take hundreds of thousands of lives, that’s when it truly becomes a deterrent. Only then can you use it to take a seat at the negotiation table, have conversations and play the strategic game with your opponents.
Li Zhuang was Zheng Bihui’s man, the money and gold in the trunk were placed there by Zheng Bihui.
Song Guanchao knew about this.
And Li Zhuang was his trump card.
However, a trump card like Li Zhuang has a short shelf life.
Song Guanchao could use him to threaten Zheng Bihui and thereby gain some advantages.