The emergency meeting ended quickly, and Brad sat alone in his office, thinking about the questions ahead.

The secretary knocked on the door and walked in, his face was very bad, and said: "Sir, it's too late over there, a large number of local police and fire departments have blocked the factory, not only the Taoyuan factory, but also the two factories in Taipei and Kaohsiung have been blocked, water and electricity have been cut off, the bottom workers of the factory have been dismissed, and all the management has been brought back to the police station to assist in the investigation." ”

After hearing this, Brad's heart sank and asked, "All Americans are the same?"

The secretary replied: "At present, the news over there has been blocked, but because there are too many people, except for some of the most senior management, other Americans and ordinary Chinese high-level executives have been sent to several local hotels, but they are not allowed to go out, which is equivalent to house arrest!"

Brad thought for a moment and asked, "When did the officials over there act?"

The secretary said, "Almost an hour ago!"

"That is, when ABC was just playing, and this time was too coincidental. Brad said with a deep look in his eyes.

The secretary said, "Sir, what do you mean......?"

Brad sighed and said, "It's not that simple to connect so many coincidences, and there must be someone behind it. ”

The secretary asked, "So what do we do now?"

"You immediately send someone to Wanwan to find out what is going on with all the American employees, and it's best to know what the Wanwan officials are going to do about this," Brad said.

In addition, I will make an appointment with Graves from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for me, and I will go to Washington in person, and I must find a way to bring our staff back to the United States. ”

"Okay, I'll go right away. The secretary didn't care about etiquette and trotted out of the office.

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"Goldman Sachs is playing really big! They actually persuaded the Wanwan government to detain more than 200 Americans, and even launched a judicial investigation, ignoring even the interference of the US Foreign Ministry. Xu Zhi said with emotion.

Yao Mingcheng smiled: "Yes, I was ready to work hard to shut down the RCA factory for a few months, but the relationship between Goldman Sachs and General Electric is obviously stronger. ”

Xu Zhi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Nothing will be in vain, they don't contribute to this matter, they still owe favors, and they will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future!"

It's been five days since ABC TV broke out about RCA pollution, but in the past few days, various forces have appeared.

Wanwan officials immediately blocked the three factories of the RCA, and almost all the American personnel were arrested, but for the sake of Uncle Sam, they did not go directly to the detention center, but were placed under house arrest in a hotel.

Needless to say, the three factories were naturally suspended, all bank accounts were frozen, all RCA employees' passports were sealed, and they were not allowed to leave Wanwan, and all the middle and senior managers with some positions were restricted to the city and were not allowed to leave, and they were ready to cooperate with the investigation.

The RCA also reacted quickly, holding a press conference that night, stating that it would be responsible for the local environment in Wanwan, but avoided talking about some details about the pollution.

Subsequently, the U.S. Foreign Ministry intervened and demanded that the government release the American nationals back to China, but the government refused, saying that if it was found that the American employees were not involved in the environmental pollution incident, they would naturally be acquitted.

The attitude of the Wanwan government is very tough, because the time is now in a special period, in 1979 when China and the United States established diplomatic relations, the United States naturally "severed diplomatic relations" with Wanwan, which caused serious dissatisfaction with the United States by the Wanwan authorities and some people in the people, and at this time, it was actually revealed that a large American company in Wanwan was frantically pumping more than 100,000 tons of sewage into the ground, polluting an area of up to 100 square kilometers, and even threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people above Taoyuan City.

Any politician would have seized this opportunity, and with the push behind it, countless environmental groups have sided with Wanwan and earned a sympathy card in the global news media.

The headquarters of RCA is even more lively, with several of the largest environmental protection organizations in the United States gathering together to "magically" enclose the entire headquarters building, and all kinds of protest horns and banners almost blocked the cars on the road.

The U.S. media also did their best, with various newspapers describing the process of contamination and the subsequent harm, and as time passed, a large number of cancer patients near the Wanwan Taoyuan factory also came forward to demand that RCA's executives pay criminal responsibility.

"Thousands" of cancer patients have been caused by pollution, and many newspapers have begun to exaggerate various figures in order to increase the "gimmick".

The Mexican authorities ordered the closure of the RCA plant in the country, and sent an environmental team to inspect the rivers and groundwater near the plant, and publicly stated that they would not allow the RCA plant to resume until it was confirmed that it was not contaminated.

Small factories in Romania and some other countries have not been affected, not because there is a pollution problem, but because Goldman Sachs' arms are not as long as they are, or they are not worth reaching out.

Under the blows of many parties, RCA's TV manufacturing business almost collapsed, and the reputation of the market brand began to become notorious.

"How's it going?" said Brad, sitting in his office chair, rubbing his head gently, the past ten days had been longer and more tiring for him than the past ten years.

The secretary replied: "Our people sent the groundwater samples to the nearest Japanese testing agency, and the results were very bad!"

Brad asked, "Is the toxic substance exceeded?"

"Yes, but not much. "But the most troublesome thing is that the area of pollution is too large, and the groundwater we pumped from 10 kilometers away from the factory still exceeds the standard," the secretary said.

Some of the heavy metals have also been found to be in excess of the heavy metal standards in land samples taken from parts of Taoyuan City, and Wanwan officials have begun to mobilize a large amount of drinking water to supply local people in urban areas, and have begun to destroy a large number of local crops, and some officials have even proposed to relocate local residents.

The Wanwan government has asked our company to pay for all this relocation and supplies. ”

"What are you kidding, who can afford to pay for this huge amount of money. Bled directly vetoed that since ancient times, if a city needs a large amount of materials or transfer due to an emergency, it requires the government's resources and funds as a guarantee, and if Taoyuan City really carries out population relocation, it is estimated that all RCA will be sold, and it will not be enough to toss back 5 billion US dollars.

"Now that the Wanwan government is detaining all of our employees, there has been news that the Taoyuan City court has initiated legal proceedings to hold the masterminds of this pollution accountable, whether they are American or not," the secretary said.

In the past few days, the family members of our colleagues who have been detained in Wanwan have also come to the company several times and asked the company to find a way to bring their families back safely, and I have temporarily comforted them.

But the most troublesome thing is the White House, many environmental groups have signed a letter demanding that our company be punished, and we still don't know the whereabouts of the White House.

And Wanwan because of the arrest of several EPA officials at the same time, may be suspected of accepting bribes, if our company does this, it will trigger the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the FBI may also investigate the company!"

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a criminal law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1977 to restrict U.S. companies from using individuals to bribe foreign government officials, and to make relevant provisions on the accounting system of U.S. listed companies, and any U.S. company, or other countries listed in the U.S., will be subject to a criminal investigation by the FBI once it violates, which is even worse for the RCA, which is already riddled with holes.

Brad shook his head, calmed down and said: "Let's take things step by step, the most important thing now is to ensure the safety of the American colleagues over there, as long as they can be successfully brought back, other things can be solved slowly!"

The secretary said: "But the Wanwan government obviously refuses to release people, what should we do?"

"It's useless what we do!" Brad shook his head: "This matter could have been resolved slowly, but there must be someone behind the scenes who controls everything, and as the matter gets bigger, it will soon turn into a political incident, and the only one who can save our colleagues is the White House."

You have to make another appointment with the Secretary of State for me, and the freedom of hundreds of Americans is at stake, and the White House has to do its part no matter what it says!"

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