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三十六计英文-Thirty-Six Stratagems 06. Make a feint to the east while attacking in the west 三十六计
三十六计英文
07. Create something out of nothing
Get what you need by trickery or illusion. A British agent planted in Vichy
France had to procure his own funds. So he took on the persona of a carefree
playboy and befriended a wealthy young German officer who had an easy assignment
driving a German commander around and maintaining his staff car. The British
agent stole the car one night when the young man was drunk, and sold it to a
sympathetic French car mechanic. They stripped it of its military decoration
that night.
The next day, in a panic, the young German officer came to his British friend
and begged him for help. Somebody had stolen the staff car, and he would be
punished for being drunk on duty. He could buy a replacement, but the French
people wouldn't do business with Germans, and he had to get the car replaced
before it was missed. The British agent told the young officer that it would
probably be possible to get a car of the same make and model from the black
market, but it would be expensive, and he would have to act as go-between. The
officer said he could get any amount of money required, and so the British agent
asked for twice the amount of the value of the car. The young officer got the
amount for him, and the Brit went back to the French man and paid him exactly
the same amount for which he'd sold it.
He drove it back to the young German officer, who was grateful for the favor and
never knew that he had bought back his own car. The British agent, having
received twice the cash value of a luxury car, was well financed to begin his
espionage work.
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