Bloom Dunton, 3700 Canal Avenue.

Georgetown University, in the office building of the Waltz School of Foreign Service, in a high-end reception room.

This is the heart of the United States.

Along the Potomac River and Canal Boulevard, 1,200 more to the east, about three kilometers, is the North Gate of the White House.

As of October 1980, Georgetown University's Wales School of Diplomacy had five former secretaries of state teaching on the job, and countless had retired and died.

So, even as a professor at Columbia, Mr. Tillerson still had a pilgrimage mentality when he stepped into this office building.

Georgetown University is at the bottom of the rankings not because it doesn't have a strong program in diplomacy and international relations. On the contrary, it is only because of the small scale of the university and the partial discipline that it cannot enter the Ivy League.

But in its area of expertise, it is absolutely unbeatable — just like there is no university in the United States that tries to catch up with West Point in the field of military expertise.

Pushing open the door to the meeting room, Tillerson saw a familiar face,

Slightly curly short hair, shiny and full forehead, square but slightly honest, not annoying double chin.

It was His Excellency Henry Alfred Kissinger, former Secretary of State.

He is known as the person who knows China best in the United States.

Little did Tillerson know that the man across from him would later be called a "living fossil" of Sino-US relations.

Because his life is very hard, he met the great leader and prime minister from 71 to 2018, when he was 96 years old, and he came to visit the leader at that time. As of the age of 96, he has visited China more than 80 times, and as for how long he will live and how many times he will eventually visit China, even the master who created this plane is not known for the time being.

"Your Excellency the Former Secretary of State. Tillerson hurried two steps to show his respect, then pulled out a videotape and an academic journal and placed them on the table before he began to state the matter.

“…… I think you'll be interested in this stuff. The first 80% of the prophecies have come true, and I have direct evidence that these prophecies were made before the event happened, with rigorous deduction, and definitely not a shotgun method to spread the risk.

I don't want to help or deal with any particular politician, I just want to make a contribution to the country, so as not to leave behind the handle of secret diplomacy after some foreigners speculate about our possible countermeasures. ”

In one go, Tillerson rounded up his motives and stated the case in passing.

Although from the rhetoric itself, "stating the motive" is "incidental".

However, everyone is an old man, and those who engage in diplomacy still can't understand this twist and turn.

His Excellency Kissinger was always very calm and very polite to listen to what he had to say, like an indifferent lion, only occasionally giving him a look to imagine whether he understood.

Until the end, he said unhurriedly:

“…… I understand your intentions, and you're doing the right thing. Secret diplomacy cannot be generalized. But if there is diplomacy that does not have secret risks, it is necessary to share the risks at the source. ”

His Excellency Kissinger's words are very principled and outlined. Pay attention to not being in their position and not seeking their own politics, and never express their opinions on specific issues.

Professor Tillerson crossed his hands and asked embarrassedly: "Do you think, based on your experience, the members of this research group will be suspected of spies? I am only a columbia, and there is no secret channel, I only know that this Chinese has bought some high-tech equipment, do you want to warn the CIA people......

"What are you kidding! Put away your persecution paranoia. His Excellency Kissinger chuckled, "This scale, even in the realm of diplomats, is quite normal. People's main business is only to predict China's policy situation and make profits in advance.

What country's diplomats don't do that? What does our 'Center for Strategic and International Studies' do? Isn't that what it does? Do you think I'm a spy?"

A mouthful of cannons left Professor Tillerson speechless.

The "Center for Strategic International Studies" mentioned by His Excellency Kissinger is the same department in which he currently works, and is a research institute at Georgetown University's Wales School of Foreign Service. After Kissinger stepped down as secretary of state and was rehired by Georgetown, he went to this institute to become director.

Although he has carried out many secret missions in his life, and even made plans and calculations against other countries in the rear, he has never felt that he is a spy, and he is also very sensitive to the boundaries between diplomats and intelligence officers.

Analyzing and deducing intelligence is the legitimate job of a diplomat, so how can you say that you are a spy just because you are involved in conspiracy and calculation? Only those who steal intelligence are called spies! Only analysis does not count!

Just like in the field of litigation for profit, it is also full of deceit. But just because a lawyer used a drug trick doesn't mean he's a detective. The so-called gentleman doesn't use his brain, the one who steals is the detective, the barrister who only uses his brain, even if you are vicious, you can't slander him as a detective.

The difference between a detective and a lawyer is the difference between a spy and a diplomat.

So Professor Tillerson's suspicious remarks just now trying to make a profit angered him.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know the relevant practices, but you are smiling. So, what do you think needs to be informed about this news?" Professor Tillerson tried to remedy the impression in the mind of His Excellency Kissinger.

In this regard, His Excellency Kissinger leaned back slightly, straightened his tie, and asked solemnly: "What file are you asking this question for?" ”

"I'm for America, and I'm putting the national interest first. "Professor Tillerson still has that emotional intelligence.

Kissinger lit a cigar: "Then don't do anything, don't ask, leave it to me." If you feel uncomfortable, you can bring the video to Brzezinski when he asks him. As for how much he can comprehend to deal with it, it's up to him, and I don't think it will be of much use.

It's too late for him to turn around, not only will Li Gen's people give him resistance, but so will Vance, who has already been taken down. The current people's pig stalls are simply divided in the field of diplomacy, struggling in vain, and will only damage the country's diplomatic reputation and be laughed at by outsiders, I hope you know the severity. ”

Tillerson knew that when he decided to come to Nutton, it was already a point of no return.

So he accepted the persuasion sincerely.

……

"Li Gen, Li Gen, the roots of his ears are too soft, in the end, he is an actor, so easy to be persuaded by others. He thought that his plan was seamless, but as a result, the speculators on the other side of the ocean saw through it. ”

After getting Professor Tillerson away, His Excellency Kissinger's expression sank suddenly, very serious, and his heart was also complaining.

In recent years, the diplomats of the United States have really become more and more flyy, and sooner or later something serious will happen.

After pondering for a while, Kissinger called his old friend at the CIA, and a mysterious person across the street picked him up.

"Check whether the oil funds flowing into Xiangjiang in recent months have been more profitable than the transactions represented by a trader named Liang Jinsong. ”

The United States also pays great attention to the protection of privacy of the rich, and most banks will keep the money secret for their customers.

However, the transaction records of securities and futures exchanges are data that can be checked.

The other party quickly gave Kissinger the result, and did not send a fax, but personally brought a piece of data to visit Georgetown University - anyway, it was all in the city of Nutnutton, not far away.

"Thank you. Kissinger looked at the data and got the conclusion he wanted.

It can be confirmed that the guy named Gu Biao is the one on the other side of the Pacific Ocean who really saw through Li Gen and Brzezinski.

And his immediate boss, and even the other guys who signed the paper, are not deficient, at least not as sharp and resolute as he is.

Papers can be academically faked, but real financial speculation cannot be faked.

And judging by the results, the young man was very greedy.

He has an extremely inflated selfish desire for money, and even prefers to be promoted slower for the sake of money, and is not in a hurry to make meritorious contributions.

If such a dangerous guy stays on the other side of the ocean, Li Gen will be stunned and stunned to carry out the behind-the-scenes deal with the Iranians to the end according to the plan of buying Keflen......

What if the Chinese feel that it is profitable to poke out and hurt the international prestige of the United States?

Thinking of this, His Excellency Kissinger couldn't help but carefully examine Gu Wei's resume.

Foreign Affairs Review is an academic journal founded by China's Foreign Affairs University to publish graduate theses. Judging from public information, China's Foreign Affairs University adopts a 3+2 academic system to award master's degrees to outstanding five-year graduates.

Judging from his resume, although this Gu Biao has only been in his fourth year, there is no doubt that the Foreign Affairs University hopes to award him a master's degree this year......

His Excellency Kissinger secretly made up his mind, picked up his pen and began to draft an academic invitation.

The specific content is nothing more than "after reading the inaugural issue of the Foreign Affairs Review, I praised the academic level of some of the articles on international relations topics."

We hope to invite two recent master's graduates from the research group to study for a two-year Ph.D. degree at the Waltz School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. ”

At the end of the invitation letter, Kissinger also signed his personal wishes, expressing his desire to serve as Gu's doctoral supervisor.

As long as you get that dangerous guy to the United States, and then discuss how to divide the spoils or buy him to shut up, everything can be considered in the long run.

In the end, the secret deal between the United States and Iran did not hinder the Chinese. Even if the Chinese have some extremely keen eyes, it is better to block them with some benefits, or even pull them down to break the dirty water, than to tear each other down.

For example, when the Iranians handed over people, they asked someone to go to Iraq to bring a message to General Hussein or something. The two lines go side by side, and no one knows the existence of the other side......

Gu Biao didn't realize that he had become a character like General Tang, and all parties knew that he was a selfish guy, so he needed such a "man of temperament" to talk.

After writing it, His Excellency Kissinger was in no hurry to send it out. He felt he could wait—until early November, when Lee Gen really won.

Send it now, but it will give more people a handle.

Kissinger, who has been secretary of state for many years, certainly knows how to minimize risk.