Myanmar.
At Su Yu's home.
Like last night, Su Yu is pacing in his study with a furrowed brow.
Logically, today's progress with Ling should have made him happy. After all, it shows Ling's strong desire to cooperate, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many clear conditions. At the same time, Ling has also agreed to the majority of his demands.
But Su Yu can't seem to muster a smile.
The reason? Ling insists on using the Asia Dollar as the currency for internal trade settlements.
He's no fool, he's well-educated, and he clearly knows that changing the currency of a trade settlement has deep impacts on a region. If he agrees, his own territory's economy will literally be hitched to Ling's chariot, and he would not be able to break from the entanglement.
If they were to settle trades using other currencies like the US Dollar, he and Ling would be on equal footing, with the possibility of ceasing their relationship at any time.
