For China, colonialism must be swept into the garbage heap of history. But what should the new world look like? What should the relationships between nations in the new world be like? From a realistic perspective, the relationship between China and the Soviet Union, and the relationship between China and North Korea, should theoretically be completely equal, but in practice, dealings would certainly differ.

Chen Ke had led China into a brand-new era, an era with no precedents to follow. Li Runshi believed that according to the laws of development in "On Contradiction", the emergence of any contradictions and problems was normal. And the ultimate solutions wouldn't appear before the problems did. This was the very issue being discussed within the concept of "Game Theory" proposed and constantly refined by Chen Ke.

Solving the problem of North Korea's shipbuilding industry was easy; China proposed a "step-by-step" approach for North Korea. First, based on North Korea's existing industrial level and its own needs, North Korea received technology transfers for building some small vessels. Since Japan didn't need to transfer its entire shipbuilding industry, Japanese Prime Minister Kita Ikki proposed making this part of the war reparations. Japan would officially complete its compensation to North Korea through a "package" compensation plan.

In fact, the Japanese side naturally felt quite aggrieved. Japan had indeed invaded Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War, but the Koreans didn't mention a word about how they had stabbed China in the back during that war. Even during the Japan-Korea Annexation, quite a few members of the Korean upper class had been in favor of it. Most importantly, what did the new Japanese government have to do with this? The vast majority of the new government's members had never even set foot on Korean soil. Kita Ikki had even strongly supported Korean independence.

China could only mediate. After multiple discussions and meetings, North Korea finally agreed to this proposal and began discussing reparations with Japan.

Just as this matter was settled, the US contacted China. Roosevelt's special envoy requested to come to China to discuss the future world situation with China. "Who are our enemies? Who are our friends?" One needed to understand this not just for revolution, but for other matters as well. In the eyes of the People's Party, the US reaction was actually quite slow. Of course, the People's Party had been working hard to make the US shift onto this track even more slowly. Now it seemed the US upper echelons had made up their minds to abandon isolationism and intervene in the world.

With airplanes, and after receiving consent from the Chinese side, the US envoy arrived in Zhengzhou, China, in just five days. As a gift, the envoy presented a copy of Time magazine from August 1940 to Li Runshi. On the cover of this issue, Li Runshi was the featured figure. The background was the Chinese flag, with Li Runshi's headshot in the center. The headline read "China's Future Ruler Finally Surfaces?" Surrounding it was small text: "Succession?", "Power Struggle?", and other such expressions of US skepticism regarding China's personnel transition.

Li Runshi didn't care about this gift, which was either a compliment or a provocation; the two sides weren't there to talk about this. The US envoy asked if China was willing to negotiate peace with Britain. If China was willing, the US was willing to act as a bridge.

"Is the British side willing to recognize the status quo?" Li Runshi asked. If the US and Britain hoped to gain through negotiations what they couldn't get on the battlefield, then Li Runshi could only regretfully refuse.

"On this matter, we hope China can show sincerity for peace." The US envoy naturally didn't expect China to spit out what it had already eaten; there was no such precedent in history. Nor did the US have any reason to seek "justice" for the British. "We hope China can end the state of war with Britain."

Li Runshi could understand this US attitude very well. It now appeared the US was determined to join the British side. Before joining, the US didn't want to confront a powerful country like China head-on without getting any benefits first. Even if war with China was unavoidable in the future, the US had to come and see China's attitude first.

During their conversation, the US attitude became increasingly clear. China had no intention of fighting across the Pacific. If possible, China hoped to maintain peace with the US. Among the countries that had established foreign relations with China based on the clear "Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence", the US was very, very near the top of the list.

The discussion quickly turned to the issue of Sino-US relations. On this matter, Li Runshi stated clearly, "China is a country guided by Marxism. Regarding capitalism, our view consists of two parts. The first part is that the capitalist system will definitely be replaced by a more advanced social system. In this regard, we, the People's Party, have always openly expressed this attitude. The second part is that we do not believe the capitalist system as it has developed to the present is its final form. As the development of a social system, the capitalist system will definitely eliminate slavery and feudalism. If the capitalist system does not defeat slavery and feudalism, but instead starts to adopt such social organization models itself, then we can only say that the capitalist system has been restored by slavery and feudalism. At least for now, the capitalist system within the United States has eliminated slavery. This is social progress..."

Later, Roosevelt's special envoy, who was also Roosevelt's former captain of the guard, Carlson, recorded the details of this conversation in a dedicated chapter of his memoirs. Carlson wrote: "...Before talking to him (Li Runshi), I was prepared to hear words attacking the capitalist system. Such words were almost inevitable, just as we vehemently attack the communist system at home. I had prepared myself with a tolerant mindset to face this kind of political theoretical propaganda. But when I actually heard China's new leader evaluate the capitalist system, I suddenly realized that perhaps we Americans practice our concepts of country and system according to our own traditions. But our understanding of the capitalist system we are implementing is not profound enough. We may emphasize the difficult choices made by great men in our international history, and the admirable wisdom and faith behind those choices, but we likely haven't truly understood the inevitability of those choices in the pursuit of justice and progress. During the conversation with the Chinese leader, I suddenly had various doubts, and also seemed to suddenly understand many things I had never been able to figure out before. So much so that for a short period during the conversation, I was completely immersed in my views on the world, forgetting the important mission I carried..."

Finally, Li Runshi presented four views to the US envoy. First, China did not intend to prevent the US from taking over a considerable part of the world influence Britain had already built. Second, China did not intend to become the new hegemon of the world. Not following the old path of feudalism, nor the evil path of imperialism. This was China's strategic cornerstone. Third, China was committed to eliminating the colonial system in this world, which had nothing to do with the war between China and Britain. Fourth, China was willing to join hands with the US to promote globalization, which also had nothing to do with the war.

Regarding the peace negotiations between China and Britain, Li Runshi also clearly stated that China agreed to conduct peace negotiations with Britain. The door to peace negotiations had never been closed. Of course, the fact that Australia and New Zealand had been incorporated into China could not be changed. China would not allow Britain to reimpose colonial rule on countries that had already gained independence and liberation during the war.

As for whether those independent countries would become China's colonies, or turn into another form of colony, Li Runshi suggested that if the US envoy had time, he could go and investigate. After all, no investigation, no right to speak.

In the end, Li Runshi said to the envoy: "If the United States, for its own national interests or due to various alliance reasons, ultimately chooses to go to war with China, we will not have any special thoughts about the United States. War has existed since the emergence of human society. We believe that war will eventually cease. So when that time comes, if we can still sit down with the US side to talk, what we will talk about will still be those four points."

After this intelligence was passed to Roosevelt, Roosevelt studied it carefully and immediately ordered Carlson to stay in China. His mission changed to visiting China and various places in Asia, and all intelligence Carlson saw with his own eyes was to be handed over to Roosevelt for personal review.

After confirming his reliable candidate, Roosevelt finally began to consider how to contact Britain about peace talks with China. The situation for Britain after the defeat of France was simply too difficult. Germany had expressed a strong attitude to Britain, hoping to make peace with Britain. This was something the US could not accept.

Once Britain made peace with Germany, the US could stop thinking about the possibility of entering Europe. As for whether Germany would go to war with the Soviet Union after making peace with Britain, the US side also felt completely unsure. If such a situation occurred, the strategy the US could choose would surprisingly be to unite with the Soviet Union and China to declare war on Germany and Britain. Judging from economic characteristics and geopolitics, after the result of such a war, the possibility of the US being besieged by the Soviet Union and China jointly was greater. Now, no matter what, the US had to prop up Britain. More accurately, it was to prop up Fatty Qiu's cabinet.

In this way, the possibility of the US being politically blackmailed by Fatty Qiu was actually quite high. The current situation probably only allowed for waiting. Germany's submarine forces were carrying out frantic strikes against Britain. Presumably, it wouldn't be long before Britain came begging to the US side.

Facts proved that Roosevelt was not wrong. Not long after he made this decision, the British side made a request to the US, hoping the US could support them with anti-submarine warships.