After a quick minimalist lunch, the two changed their original tour plan and went to Belgrade's largest market for price surveys. After spending half a day, they finally confirmed the information they received from the waiter.

The food prices in srbija are really rising.

This price increase actually started only three days ago, but in just three days, the main food prices on the market have tripled.

This is very terrible. The increase is so fast that even local media and official institutions have not reacted. Judging from local news, most people still believe that this is because the heavy rainstorm a few days ago did not even transport food into the city.

But as a bystander, La Zirou made a judgment on this situation almost based on her intuition, and this judgment was proven to be extremely accurate in subsequent communication with relevant institutions.

In a conference room in the Chinese Embassy in SRBija, a meeting that brought together all the staff of the Chinese official srbija in SRBija is underway. There is only one theme of this meeting, that is, how to deal with the riots that are most likely to occur next, due to the rise in food prices.

In the conference room, a man stood in front of the screen, giving an introduction to everyone.

"........... Everyone has basically understood the situation. According to the results we just confirmed with Serbia, the recent rise in food prices in Belgrade is indeed related to the operations of several food suppliers."

"In recent days, these suppliers purchased a large amount of grain in the market and did not actually put it into food production. Instead, they sold the grain to brewers, who immediately started large-scale wine production, and in a very short period of time in the future, they would consume the food they stockpiled now."

"This kind of operation has almost no profit to them. They are not even trying to hoard profits, but simply want to raise the price of food and cause food shortages."

"Their motivation is so obvious that it can't be more obvious, but we have no way of doing this - we cannot directly interfere with Serbia's strategy."

"As far as we know, Serbia's official government will introduce a series of measures to deal with rising food prices in the future, but we can only be skeptical of the role of these strategies."

"So, what we have to do next is to be prepared to face the first wave of shock."

"After the first wave of shocks is over, my country's technical assistance to Serbia, especially in price regulation, can basically play a role."

After hearing his words, everyone in the conference room nodded together, and then someone asked:

"So what exactly do we need to do? Should we stand firm first, or should we actively cooperate with the Serbian side's actions?"

The man paused for a moment and replied:

"This is also the topic we are going to discuss today. I would like to ask everyone, which plan do you prefer?"

"Stable standby is the safest choice. If we choose this direction, we must organize relevant personnel contraction defense within the next time to avoid going out, and wait until this wave of impact has passed before returning to normal life and work."

"If we actively cooperate, then from now on, we will assign tasks to the departments we belong to. Each department must be responsible for the corresponding professional work to help Serbia cope with this impact to the greatest extent."

"This route is more dangerous and difficult, because once we get involved in the conflict, it is very likely that the well-known bad guy will turn his finger on us, and once this change happens..."

The man didn't continue to say it, but everyone understood what he meant.

More than 20 years ago, via also faced serious difficulties, and China chose to stand firmly on their side, and everyone knew the final result.

Although from an objective reality, China's overall strength is no longer comparable, China still faces the same opponent, and this opponent also continues their crazy and shameless style of doing things.

This is not the territory of China, who can guarantee that they will not repeat the incident that year?

What's more, they don't even need to do too obvious actions. As long as they instruct their allies to create some accidents in a hidden way, the lives and safety of everyone will be greatly threatened in this country where military strength is completely unable to compete with the surrounding powers.

This is not a matter of making choices easily, because no one will joke about their lives.

Everyone in the conference room fell into a brief silence. After a moment, someone spoke:

“I tend to be fully involved and cooperate.”

It was La Zirou who spoke. She stood up and walked to the screen, took the microphone from the man's hand, and continued:

"First of all, we need to clarify one question, that is, whether Serbia needs our help and whether we can help them. If they don't need our assistance, there is no foothold in what we are discussing now."

"However, I believe everyone knows the answer to this question."

"Srbija, although this country has been strong, after repeated divisions, wars, and disasters, their national strength and governance level have long begun to decline significantly. In this incident, the official slow response to the food market is proof."

"They lag far behind other countries at the same level in terms of organizational capabilities, public opinion propaganda capabilities, economic regulation capabilities, and industrial production capabilities. When facing a crisis, I even suspect that they cannot organize effective response measures."

"And we, although there are not many institutions and not large staff, we happen to have the capabilities they need."

"The professional experience we have accumulated in related fields over decades can completely make up for their current shortcomings."

"So, my answer to the question of 'whether it is necessary, can it be?'"

After saying this, La Zirou looked around and confirmed that everyone agreed with her point of view, then continued to speak:

"Now that the basic problem has been solved, we can continue to discuss the next issue, that is, the question of 'will or not'."

"I have two arguments on this issue."

"First, from the perspective of our cooperative relationship with Serbia, I think we should help them."

"I won't explain the reason in detail, but I can give you a few examples."

"In 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Serbia strongly condemned violence, opposed separatism, and supported the efforts made by the Chinese government to maintain stability. This time, the first international support my country received after the incident, and it was even earlier than Xiong Da's support for us."

"In 2014, Serbia's official public support for our country once again at a stage of extremely sensitive international situation. After that, Srbija was immediately subjected to the most severe sanctions and encirclements from Baiyou," he said.

"In 2019, Serbia announced its full cooperation with our Belt and Road policy, and at the same time rejected the EU's terms of joining, becoming the only island in this region that has neither joined the EU nor the Baiyou."

"Srbija has always been on the front line of the battle against Baiyue. They have never forgotten their hatred with the Ugly Kingdom and Baiyue. This national choice is extremely rare at the moment."

“It can be said that even based on this alone, we should treat them as closest allies and lend a helping hand when they need it.”

After pausing for a moment, after taking a sip of water, La Zirou continued:

"What I said above is based on historical judgment, and what I will say next is based on reality judgment."

"Although this time, SRBJA's food crisis, on the surface, is the West's encirclement of SRBJA, in fact, if we continue to explore this issue in depth, we can find that the other party's attempt will definitely not be as simple as SRBJA."

"A small country, even if they really compromise in the end and surrender to the Western system, how much benefits can it bring to the West? Why do they have to make a big fight for this?"

"This is a major doubt, and to explain this doubt, there is a simple logic."

"That's right, srbija is just a springboard."

"Their ultimate goal is to threaten us through SRBija."

"So, whether we choose to step in or not, in fact, from the moment they started to attack SRBija, their eyes were already on us."
Chapter completed!