"I heard that there was a pervert in the international relations major, a doctoral freshman, a Chinese, and the first presentation on admission made Professor Kissinger listen to the case amazingly. ”

"It seems that the professor has also let go, and in the future, the perverted presentation paper report must be handed over to the professor himself in advance for inspection and help him revise and polish before he is allowed to formally defend. This is the first time that a professor has been present at the university for three years, and this is the first time that a student has been given this kind of treatment. ”

Later that day, the legend spread on the campus of Georgetown University after the report of the research group organized by Kissinger.

Although China has been open for several years, and there are some international students, they have all been in the field of natural sciences before, or at most business (most of the students who studied business came from Wanwan in the early years)

But in a school like Georgetown, which has a strong atmosphere of political and legal diplomacy, before being arrogant, there were really no other mainlanders who had been contacted by the students of this school.

Therefore, they can only rely on social stereotypes to recognize, and they have not been dominated by the well-known fear of "the yellow peril of the scholar" in later generations.

Now, let's start with Gu Biao.

Of course, there are people who are not convinced by doubts.

"Is it really so good for Chinese to read? impossible, aren't they very closed and have no free will." You say that the Chinese, the Soviets, are good at mathematics, and I still believe it. On how to play constitutional and people's pigs and mediate tricks, the Chinese know a fart. ”

"No way! This is impossible! They have been centralized for thousands of years, and they only have 'slaves or thieves' in their bones, and they can't even write the word "free people", and they never know what the art of compromise is! Absolutely impossible! Unless you tell us the contents of the subject report, everyone can judge it fairly!"

So say the skeptics.

But it is clear that this is unrealistic.

Those who know the way immediately refuted this ridiculous sophistry: "How can you know the contents! A layman like you can hear about it, but don't foreigners know about it?

Anyway, McCarron, Patrick, and Sarah are all convinced, and they are not dissatisfied with the professor's evaluation standards. A layman like you can't accept it!"

Just kidding, how could other PhD students let the content of the defense leak out.

This is the common benefit of all the students who attended the lecture on the spot, and they also hope to have a little more competitiveness in their future career from this highly confidential and only oral secret—although the harvest of this lecture is not much, but it will not be able to stand at least two years after that. If Gu Biao can maintain this state all the time, the accumulation of a lot will be enough for everyone to benefit a lot.

Leaking will only lead to the failure of the secret.

But they actually think too much, because of course Gu Biao can't have such a good performance every time.

This time he was amazing because he stood on the shoulders of giants. Next time, there is no guiding ideology of the "Starr Report" to copy, and it is all up to Gu Biao's own prophet who deduces from experience and experience, and at most adds a little bit of detail, will definitely not be able to achieve such a height.

However, this is enough.

This time, Kissinger can already justifiably reuse him.

At the same time, Kissinger also said that he would revise the materials in advance before the report every time in the future.

In this way, even if his level drops, others will only think that "there must be a lot of useful dry goods, and the professor has hinted not to say it publicly".

Gu Ao's prestige among his classmates was completely established.

Kissinger also invited Gu to his villa for dinner on Saturday night in the name of further academic discussions.

Gu Biao knew that this was the drama meat after "serving the public" was coming.

……

In the evening of the next day, Gu Biao pinched the time and began to dress up as early as half past four in the afternoon.

I shaved off a little bit of stubble and changed into a trench coat that didn't get soaked with snow that was not easy to get on me.

After everything was packed, he personally carried an 18-inch medium-sized suitcase containing the small gifts he had prepared for the visit, and put them in the passenger seat of the Firebird.

He secretly inquired with the seniors in advance, and in addition to Mrs. Nancy, the professor's family also has sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, all of whom live together, so Gu Biao prepared six small gifts - this is a common etiquette for Americans to visit other people's homes for the first time.

Gu Biao drove from the villa to the school, habitually parked the car downstairs at the Waltz Diplomatic College, and then dusted off his windbreaker and got out of the car with a gift box.

At this moment, he heard a woman's conversation above his head: "Gu, are you here to find the professor? Isn't he at home?" ”

Gu Biao looked up and saw that it was Senior Sister Sarah.

It turned out that Sarah was also checking information at school on Saturday, which happened to be on the second floor. Hearing the movement of a car below, I was curious and distracted to take a look. And Gu Biao's Firebird is a rare model, so despite the dim light and the face of a person can't be seen clearly, Sarah can still see the car and recognize people.

"I knew the professor was at home – it was too far for me to walk directly from my villa to the professor's house, so I drove to the school first. See you later. Gu Biao waved goodbye to Sarah.

"Wait for me in a minute, I'm going to leave too. It's cold, come with me to the school gate. Sarah said, going around the stairs and hurrying to catch up with Gu Ao.

As soon as she was side by side with Gu Biao, she asked curiously: "You have already driven, why don't you drive directly to the professor's house? The garage of the professor's house is enough to park a taxi for half a taxi." It's still snowing so much, what a strange person. ”

"We Chinese have a lot of taboos, this is a cultural difference, you can't understand. Gu Biao didn't want to explain more, so he coped with it, "By the way, what about your car, you girls, don't walk with me." ”

"Of course I won't walk with you, I stopped on the side of the road outside the school in the morning. Sarah said, gesturing to the school gate.

The two said some polite words and parted at the school gate.

The reason why he absolutely can't "drive directly to the professor's house" is that Gu Biao is of course concerned about historical issues.

Because two years ago, when the great man visited the United States, he had an itinerary before leaving Watsonton, which was to "walk to Kissinger's house and chat."

Since then, no Chinese have been to Kissinger's house, nor have they been before, and Gu Xiao has no other "etiquette" precedent to cite for the time being.

So, since great men can walk, if Gu Biao drives, what kind of system will he become.

He didn't want to leave an excuse for arrogance.

It's just that today is a bad day, it happens to be snowing heavily, and the difficulties can always be carried over.

After walking for more than a kilometer in the snow, Gu Biao finally rang the doorbell of the professor's house. Then he took the opportunity to dust off the snow in the folds of his trench coat.

Thankfully, there is no CCTV surveillance these days.

"Are you...... "The person who came to open the door of the hospital was a middle-aged man in his 30s, who should be Kissinger's son.

He hadn't seen Gu Biao, so although his father had ordered that there would be guests tonight, when he saw the other party's depressed appearance, little Kissinger still couldn't believe it, and he was afraid that a blind stream happened to hit the door.

"It's me, nice to meet you. Gu Biao said some brief polite words.

"Oh God, why don't you drive in such a heavy snow?" Kissinger Jr. raised his hand, looking unreasonable.

"We Chinese have our own etiquette. Gu Biao could only explain euphemistically.

Hurried a few steps, after entering the house, Gu Biao suddenly felt a lot warmer, he hurriedly greeted everyone, and sent a small gift, and then hung up the windbreaker.

Mrs. Nancy is about 45 years old, a dozen years younger than Kissinger. His wife is not bad at ability, and before marrying him, she was already a senior assistant at the Rockefeller Foundation.

As for little Kissinger, he was not born to Mrs. Nancy, but to Kissinger's ex-wife, so the mother and son are only 10 years apart.

The family also includes Kissinger Jr.'s wife, Rockwell, and a pair of grandchildren under the age of 10. The gifts that Gu Biao prepared for the children were a box of beautiful dominoes and a remote-controlled car model, which were the least valuable, but they took up the most space on the road.

"I should have thought of it a long time ago - the great man and Huang BU came on foot at that time, you Chinese, it's ......" Kissinger was the first to react to Gu Fu's concerns, and reprimanded him with a smile.

The menu for the family dinner is simple, the main course is a roast turkey, which is very winter-specific. There was no dry talk at the dinner table, and a group of Americans simply gathered around Gu Biao to ask some trivial things about their experiences - although they knew more about China than other Americans, after all, China was so big, there was still a lot for them to be curious about.

Gu Biao coped with it while observing, when he just entered the door, he noticed that there was a horse painted by Xu Beihong hanging on the background wall of the dining table, and several long scrolls should be genuine - Xu Beihong is a modern painter after all, not an ancient cultural relic, and the leader knows that Kissinger wants to collect two pieces to decorate, and it is normal to give a genuine handiwork, and it is estimated that the fake will not be able to take it.

In addition to this most conspicuous herd of horses, there are also three or four paintings of animals in ink, ranging from cranes to fish and shrimp.

Gu Biao felt that he could give them literacy for a while, and don't hang the ink paintings in the room with the live fireplace, it would be too dry.

Everyone was eating and chatting, and Kissinger only knew at this moment that Gu Biao's age - he didn't care about this issue originally, but he only knew that Gu Biao was very young and had already graduated with a master's degree.

"What? Gu, you are only 18 years old? 18 years old and graduated with a master's degree?" Kissinger Jr. and the others who watched the excitement were all surprised.

The elder Kissinger obviously thought more, and for the first time he asked in a sincere tone: "Gu, have you ever thought about becoming an American citizen? Don't worry, there won't be any recordings at home." You're only 18 years old, and you have such a talent, and you have such a good opportunity. If you are willing to become a U.S. citizen, you will definitely have a good chance of becoming Secretary of State in the future. ”

Gu Biao was taken aback by this shocking question, and hurriedly denied it: "No, no, I don't have any plans to enter politics for life." The business environment in my home country is gradually improving, and I hope to have the opportunity to live a more liberal life than I can in politics in the future. ”

Kissinger didn't know Gu Biao's true thoughts, and thought that Gu Biao didn't believe his judgment, so he insisted on adding:

"Why? Do you think what I'm saying is untrue? I can take myself as an example, I am a new immigrant, I came to the United States at the age of 15, I was 20 years old to serve in the military, I only became an American citizen, I served in the army for three years, and I also went through the last three years of World War II.

In the United States, only people born on their home soil can run for president or become vice president as a running mate. Secretary of State is already the highest position a newcomer can achieve. You don't look down on the Secretary of State, do you?

I can also tell you that in Georgetown, as long as you are the most proud disciple of a prestigious former secretary of state and have adequate resources, then you have a good chance of becoming a secretary of state in the future. American politics is not as open and fluid as you might think.

And racism is fading at a rapid rate that is visible to the naked eye, so you don't have to worry. Although the energy of Asian Americans in politics is weak now, in 20 or 30 years, when you should be the secretary of state, there will be a yellow secretary of state, ambassadors, ministers, and governors in the United States...... Well, the president is unlikely. ”

Gu Biao knew that what Kissinger said was true.

For example, just a few days ago, because President Carter was coming down, Brzezinski had just returned to Georgetown to teach.

And "Professor Brzezinski" also brought one of his assistants and female students, Ms. Albright, back to Georgetown to work as a teaching assistant. (It should be said that it is an assistant, because Albright has the rank of associate professor)

This Ms. Albright was admired by Brzezinski's mentor, and later met Clinton's senior, and had a good personal relationship, so after Clinton became president, she served as secretary of state for four years.

(Note: Zbigniewski, Albright, and Clinton are the people's pigs, and Kissinger is the nuclear file, so it is impossible for Kissinger's students to get high-level diplomatic office during Clinton's tenure, unless they wait for the little immortal to come to power.) ）

But Gu Biao was not interested.

First of all, there are many pockets of officials, especially American officials, who are stared at by so many people. Only businessmen can get rich before the age of 30 to the world, and in the industry of politics, even if you don't look at seniority, you will be a governor in your 30s, just like Clinton, it is already the sky.

Besides, Gu Biao knows where his skills are. The "flash of inspiration" that he could make Kissinger appreciate was actually obtained by hanging. After the foresight is exhausted, the real ability may not be able to catch up with the ordinary ambassador-level diplomat.

In this case, after having a lot of money, prestige and connections, it is safer to hide behind the scenes as a predator, and you can get away with it. You don't have to be afraid of being impeached if you play with a woman casually, no matter how much money you spend and brag about it, no one can say anything about you.

No matter how big the official is, he doesn't even dare to spend money blatantly, what's the point.

Kissinger persuaded again and again, looked at Gu Fu very resolutely, and made it clear that he did not give up because he was patriotic, but to live an arrogant and hedonistic life.

"It's a pity, then forget it - if you don't want to be in politics, I want you to be a real multinational businessman, without a motherland, mercenary. Alright, you can come with me to the study. ”

During Kissinger's persuasion, he had already used dinner, so he wiped his mouth, took Gu Biao into the study, asked his wife to make two cups of coffee, and began to talk secretly.

"If you are asked to go to Iraq in the next few days, do you dare?" After sitting down, Kissinger did not hide it and said straight to the point.

All the expeditions have been completed. Gu Biao's degree of self-preservation in terms of secrecy has been revealed enough.

"What? You don't want President Hussein to cooperate with you, do you? IMHO, that's a stupid idea. There are some things that more people know, and sooner or later there will be hidden dangers. Gu Biao replied calmly.

"Yes, very discreet. Kissinger praised lightly, "Of course I won't let foreigners get involved in any hands-on process, that's to give people a handle." Only a fool like Buyke Leng would encourage Li Gen to do this! I'm just adding a leak-plugging insurance to them.

You can guess so many steps ahead, and you can also guess the intention of the Presentation I arranged, I believe I won't say anything later, you also know roughly it, there is nothing to hide from you. Of course, when we get out of this door, we will still act as if nothing happened. ”

"As you can see, I would be a good 'international businessman', so you can talk about it in detail. ”

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PS: The above is already 4000 words, and there is no charge below, to clarify the question posted by a lot of book friends yesterday.

Many people think that Nixon was wiretapped, but this is a huge misunderstanding.

There was indeed wiretapping in the "Watergate scandal", but the wiretapping was not instigated by Nixon, and he was completely unaware of it, which is fully evidenced and absolutely innocent.

What really led to Nixon's impeachment was his later attempt to "cover the cover", that is, to use the power of the president to obstruct the investigation process of the judiciary. This involves "impediments to the independence of the judiciary", which is much more serious than wiretapping.

In other words, if the investigators had been allowed to arrest all the eavesdroppers and take away all the relevant evidence, the most that would have been a shame would have been a shame for His Majesty's laxity, and the president would have done so. Nixon obstructed law enforcement because he didn't want to lose his face, and as a result, he was condemned for the crime of obstructing law enforcement. (It's a bit like if you didn't drink and drive, but when the police told you to blow it, you insisted on not blowing it, and you got arrested for "not blowing" behavior.) The result of being caught is the same, but you can't say that "not blowing" is the same as "drunk driving")

Later, when he wanted to deal with Clinton's people, he also wanted to implicate him, saying that he "obstructed judicial independence" - because playing with women itself would not be impeached, and the key was that Clinton had perjured in answering the investigation.

In the United States, what really leads to the shaking of the president's status is often "obstruction of the independence of the judiciary and the legislature", because this infringes on the legal interest of "separation of powers", and Americans are very sensitive and feel that you are shaking the foundation of the country, and the crime is very, very serious.