When Jing Jian came to Capitol Hill, there were more reporters than yesterday. Escorted by the security guards, Jing Jian buried his head in breaking through the encirclement of reporters, but at this moment, the corner of his eyes swept to Berisse, who was crowded into the crowd, and gave Smith a small note, and couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sitting on the hearing seat, Jing Jian was still pondering the contents of the small note. It wasn't until the hearing started on time and the opening statements ended like yesterday that the questions were quickly asked.

The first question was asked by a black congressman: "Mr. Bramble, may I ask you what your faith is?"

Sure enough, the comer was not good. There is a big trap in this problem, and Chinese who are generally not familiar with Western society can easily fall for it. As we all know, Europe and the United States pay attention to freedom of religious belief, but this freedom of belief is very different from the freedom of belief in Chinese society, and the biggest difference is that Chinese society has the freedom of non-belief, that is, the freedom of atheism. The child does not talk nonsense about ghosts and gods, a social custom formed by Confucianism in China for thousands of years.

In Western society, freedom of religious belief is that you can believe in any religion you want, and you can believe in anything anyway. But it can't be atheistic! Note that this is not a legal regulation, but a custom of the whole society. If a person makes his or her atheistic views public, he is often thought by the people in the society, "He must be morally corrupt if he doesn't even have faith."

There is no discussion of atheism here, just an introduction to an objective social phenomenon, and sometimes social conventions are so unreasonable. Therefore, Jing Jian fell into a certain predicament, if he admitted that he was atheist, then it would be equivalent to having a negative label of "moral turpitude"; if he did not admit it, he would definitely not let go of his identity as a "party member" and would become a "lie" again.

After a little consideration, Jing Jian still chose to tell the truth: "Sir, I am an atheist. ”

In fact, this is one of the disadvantages of hearings. If in court, such an irrelevant question can be refused to be answered by a lawyer after filing a protest. However, now it has become inescapable. Sure enough, hearing that Jing Jian was an "atheist" made the more than 100 members of the House of Representatives and the reporters and people in the audience in a commotion, and the presiding speaker kept banging the hammer to keep the venue quiet.

Hearing Jing Jian's answer, the councilor smiled slightly, and did not chase after him. Because the goal has been achieved, it leaves an impression on all people today: "Mr. Bramble, we all know the agreement at that time that you gave up the right to operate the Blue Star Network. However, after I took a closer look at this agreement, I had a few questions. Are you just giving up your privately owned 20.5% or so shares?"

"Yes. ”

"With your commitment to give up. Note that I'm referring specifically to your private part. As the largest shareholder of Bluestar, you own Iceberg Network, which owns two seats on the board of directors and the position of CEO?"

"I'm sorry, sir, Iceberg Network is a joint stock company, and I am only a major shareholder in it, and I also do not hold any position in the company. ”

"Well, you don't deny that you have an absolute controlling stake of 70% of the iceberg network, right?"

"Yes. ”

"So can you think that although you promised to give up the management rights of Bluestar, you indirectly controlled the business activities of Bluestar through Iceberg Network?"

"I'm sorry, sir, that's how the agreement was signed. ”

"I didn't say you broke the agreement, Mr. Bramble. What I need is a direct answer from you, do you indirectly control the Bluestar Network through the Iceberg Network? Yes or no?"

“……”

Those parliamentarians obviously came prepared, and did not entangle with Jing Jian in other aspects at all, staring at the "indirect control" of the iceberg network. Obviously, they want to take advantage of Jing Jian's promise to "give up the right to operate", not only want to give up the voting rights of the previous private equity, but also want to directly deprive the Bingshan Network of the voting rights, without giving Jing Jian the slightest chance to intervene.

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Seeing that Jing Jian fell into passivity, facing one question after another left and right, Smith and the lawyers at the bottom were all frowning, for fear that Jing Jian would say something that should not be said. And Cao Haiyan was even more nervous, clasping her hands, worried about Jing Jian......

Especially today, Jing Jian's performance is a little abnormal, and in the face of some obvious language traps, he seems to have stepped into it without a decision, causing the questioning to become more and more aggressive, and even the several parliamentarians he has installed cannot intervene to help.

"Mr. Bramble, we all know that you have the status of a Chinese reserve official, and you have no faith in yourself, and Bluestar is one of the most influential companies in the industry. It's very suspicious......"

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Just as several congressmen were attacking Jing Jian, suddenly, a congressional staff member hurriedly ran to the speaker's side and whispered a few words. The ensuing scene was even more messy, with aides to members of parliament constantly appearing at hearings and handing small notes to their own lawmakers. It was clear that there had been an unexpected major incident, and even the reporters in the spectators were talking to each other......

"Silence, silence!" the Speaker maintained order, he seemed to have no intention of continuing the hearing, and turned to Jing Jian, "Mr. Bramble, do you have any final statement?"

"Thank you, Your Excellency, and thank you, gentlemen and ladies. Jing Jian looked at what happened in the hearing, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally waited for this moment, "As we all know, I was born and raised in China, studied and started a business in the United States, and I have a deep affection for both China and the United States, and I hope that China and the United States can always maintain friendly relations." As a platform that allows everyone in the world to exchange ideas, Bluestar itself is of great significance. I am puzzled by the questioning of my personal identity, in this open, shared and free platform, with undeserved political significance......?

Hearing Jing Jian's final statement finally return to normal, Cao Haiyan, Smith and others were also relieved. However, some people still noticed the strangeness in this final statement, so why did Jing Jian stick to the "Sino-US friendship" in his statement? Although it ...... It can win some sympathy points, but it shouldn't be very useful, right?

However, at this time, only Jing Jian and some parliamentarians knew that compared to a major event in the world, this hearing had actually become irrelevant. Because in the Middle East, Iraq has just invaded Kuwait!