Chapter 345: Whoever is in charge, you have the final say
Before she could make it to the next night, in Sheriff Lagrange's office, the phone was blown up.
First the mayor of Vancouver, then the senior RCMP leaders from the capital Ottawa, and finally the Canadian diplomatic authorities (the CBSA is the border police force that detects smugglers, so it also accepts the dual leadership of the Canadian foreign affairs department, which is different from the criminal and public security police. )
There is only one meaning: release the people immediately and calm the incident.
Mayor of Vancouver: "Bastard! What did you do intelligence work before you acted! You didn't even know if the ship was registered in Seattle and was owned by a U.S. citizen, so you rushed out!"
RCMP Superintendent: "What? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs directly ordered you to carry out a secret mission? Check the deportation of undesirable people? Have you encountered any undesirable people?"
As far as I know, your persona non grata is very peaceful, and you've been entertaining the chairman of UTC in Seattle for the past few days, talking and laughing with each other!
Add some unknown people from the outside: "You can find a way to solve this matter yourself, Lagrange, I will give you a thorough explanation, this matter will end with you, don't get involved any further." You just say that you are sincere in your own meritorious service, and if the evidence is insufficient, you act rashly. Someone will find a way to keep your treatment for you.
Just now, Secretary of State Haig personally held a press conference on this matter in the U.S. House of Representatives, and condemned us. Immediately, immediately, clean up!"
As a result, Mr. John Connor, a former fourth-class Ma Run and a patriotic bodyguard, was unconditionally released before he was detained in Canada for 36 hours.
Including the issue of his shooting, although it will not be erased, it will have to be handed over to the jurisdiction of the US courts, which the US Secretary of State personally mentioned in his condemnation, characterizing it as an infringement on the independence of the US judiciary.
This is because this was a shooting on US soil, so how can it be left to the Canadian courts and the criminal investigation system? Doesn't this mean that the United States has lost its power and humiliated the country and recognized its extraterritoriality? Or does it mean that it recognizes that those US territories are not US territories?
How can the great United States, which claims to have the international obligation to lead the free world, tolerate such a shameful humiliation?
A Ma run is a small matter, but the judicial independence of the United States is a big matter, and no one dares to let go easily when it rises to this height.
What's more, Secretary of State Haig was not a pro-British, pro-Canadian, polite diplomat to his younger brother - he was a four-star general who commanded the Vietnam War, and he had a military background.
Later, because of the domestic anti-war and the fact that he was not well respected by the people in the army, Haig entrusted Kissinger's favor and first became an "assistant" to Kissinger, the "presidential assistant", and finally climbed to the top of the diplomatic hierarchy.
But no matter what, he must maintain the dignity of his past resume, emphasizing that American soldiers were not wrong in the Vietnam War, they are patriotic and carry out orders, and they must protect their calves.
Otherwise, some people will say that Haig forgot his roots.
In fact, Haig did it even better.
He even flew to Seattle to greet John Connor after he was released.
This is, of course, a kind of showmanship, a politician acting for his public image. It can greatly win a good reputation for him, and it seems that "the secretary of state who was born as a general will not forget his roots and will not give up any of his subordinates who have made contributions to the country."
Well, it's roughly the same as the military colonel in the "First Blood" movie, who greeted and supported Rambo.
It can only be said that reality is sometimes more exciting than movies.
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"I really didn't expect things to turn out like this. Aren't Canadians slaves of the United States, and why would the United States punish its own minions in a high-profile manner for such a trivial matter? Those who are in high positions should know in their hearts that it is not a big deal. ”
In the palace of Rudder Bonito Island, Ye Kun couldn't help but feel full of emotion after reading the reports from the outside world.
To be honest, she had a considerable degree of doubt about the effect of assisting Gu Biao in arranging the bait at first.
She underestimated the Bretonians' hatred for Gu Biao, and felt that it was possible that the other party would be cautious.
Second, she also underestimated the intensity of the reaction of the Americans.
Gu Biao opened a bottle of champagne and poured it for Ye Kun: "Americans need Canada as a slave, but they also hope that Canada can ask for instructions on everything and be a slave who is directly subordinate, not a slave who is a slave to a slave."
What Americans want to see is that both Bretons and Canadians are directly in the interests of the United States, especially at the diplomatic level. Instead of engaging in some small actions of private contribution, Westerners have a tradition of feudal decentralization, and they will care about this if they know that 'my vassals are not my vassals'.
Therefore, I am just a person who has attained the Tao and has little help for those who have lost the Tao. I'm pandering to the interests of the Americans, so why not offend the Canadians? Besides, I've been in a relationship with the chairman of UTC in Oakville these days, and I'm dealing with business friendships.
Oakville was Haig's best buddy, and he asked Haig to step down as secretary of state and become a director in charge of public relations at UTC. As long as Haig moved the idea of inquiry, and found a pair of confessions from Oakville, I was completely innocent. People always tend to trust their friends, which is a preconceived suspicion of neighborly stealing. ”
Ye Kun could only admire, and then stuffed the champagne.
In this part of Seattle, there are too many rich people and the water is too deep. The key is to see whether they will operate those "revolving doors" that shuttle between the three worlds of politics, business and academia.
Gu Biao has obviously obtained his essence, so he plays like a fish in water and is at ease.
And even if she has been a diplomat in the United States for two years, it is estimated that the inside story of her connections is not clear to Gu Biao.
Because Ye Kun only knows some connections in the political circles, he has little understanding of the interaction and shuttle in the business world.
For example, those high-ranking members of the U.S. Congress, including Secretary of State Haig, and others, who are their own good buddies in the business world who are rich and strong? I think that compared with you, my vision is still too narrow, and I am not a good diplomat at all. ”
Ye Kun's submission this time was very sincere, because she saw the gap thoroughly and sincerely.
Gu Biao smiled casually: "Then you are actually a little reluctant to seek the near and far, if you want to know this, usually ask your colleagues for advice, they know a lot - for example, if you get Ambassador Yang to talk to him every day, you must know more than me." ”
Ye Su smiled bitterly: "I'm just a second secretary! Deputy Director of the Information and Liaison Office! There are dozens of people in the embassy who are more senior than me, how can it be my turn to communicate and report directly with people like the ambassador every day." ”
This difficulty is similar to asking a division chief to report directly to the minister every day.
Gu Wei chatted with Ye Kun for a while, and a female secretary came in to report: "Boss, Mayor Howard of Vancouver, through Chairman Oakville, I hope to see you." ”
Ye Kun hurriedly changed to a more dignified sitting position.
Gu Biao thought for a moment and ordered: "No, let Shulhoff come forward." I still want to catch my fish, I want to be beautiful. ”
Of course, Gu Biao will not be suspicious of the scheme, and will not give people the impression that "as long as Gu Biao relaxes his mouth in this matter, no one will continue to hype up the heat in the future".
If the other party wants to persuade the media not to break the news further, then he should also persuade Schulhoff and Harvey Weinstein, so that it is logical, and it seems that Gu Biao is very clean.
The female secretary did as she was told.
Ye Kun watched from the side, and gained a little more experience.
In her work, she has always been more polite when she encounters occasions when foreigners are soft and begging for mercy. Of course, this also has to do with the fact that she has never encountered such a difficult problem.
It seems that in the future, I will learn from my classmates to be as principled and firm.
Half an hour later, the female secretary returned again, this time bringing Schulhoff.
Schulhoff reported: "Boss, Mayor Howard is here to show goodwill, he said that the chief of the Vancouver City Police Department, as well as the director of the Border Authority, have been removed. Let's hope we stop hyping up the 'Vancouver is not friendly to Hollywood investors', and if we can agree, they can show you the list of candidates for the two new directors, and whichever one you think is more pleasing to the eye, let whoever is in charge." ”
To be honest, if this is placed in a small city with a population of more than 300,000 in China, it is just a county seat. It's just that Canada is vast and sparsely populated, so it's already a big city.
In China, the directors of public security bureaus in small county towns, or the directors of district bureaus in large cities, that is, cadres at the township section level, are worthless. offended Gu Biao, and casually got rid of the two township-level directors and replaced them with the ones he looked at, which was not a good condition.
After all, Gu Biao's own connections, level, financial resources, and business influence are all there.
However, the Vancouvers are so soft this time, obviously because of other important considerations - Mayor Howard is most afraid of leaving a bad impression on Vancouver as "rude to Hollywood investors".
As mentioned earlier, the later Vancouver has invested heavily in transferring and absorbing the low-end and low-value-added industries eliminated by Hollywood, and it is also very successful, hollowing out 60% of Hollywood's low-value-added links.
The entertainment industry is the lifeblood of Vancouver, attracting talent from Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
The impact of this incident on US-Canada relations actually has nothing to do with Vancouver locally, and people sitting in the position of mayor are most concerned about the economic interests of the city's concubines.
"How do I know how much sincerity they have? Or are they soft on the surface, but secretly hate me even more?" Gu Biao gave a very realistic question.
Schulhoff replied: "Mayor Howard said that this operation has nothing to do with local interests, and the BSA and the RCMP do not fully accept the leadership of the city, although the local government can decide on the leadership of the bureau, but in the work, it is necessary to accept the vertical instructions of the relevant foreign affairs departments."
He also said that whether Mr. Gu was persona non grata or not, it had nothing to do with the Vancouver film industry. ”
As soon as Gu Biao heard it, it was obvious that this was a private disposition: The interests of this city have nothing to do with the interests of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is not that I want to deal with you.
Gu Biao nodded slightly: "Then how did you reply to him?"
Schulhoff: "I said that we didn't have any animosity, and we didn't do any deliberate propaganda to convince them that it had nothing to do with us. If the news didn't die down quickly, it might just be Harvey's side who did it spontaneously to promote the movie. ”
Gu Biao couldn't help laughing: "You have pushed this pot well, so let's take care of Harvey's attention, don't fan the emotions of the Hollywood investment circle, and fan the ordinary American people who don't know the truth."
In order to hype up the box office of movies and the popularity of game consoles, it is good to make consumers angry, and as for the mood of the capitalists, it will not affect our sales - oh, of course, don't calm down too quickly, that would be too fake, it will take a month to slowly subside. ”
If Vancouver's criticism of the film industry is temporarily victimized, it will also hit Vancouver's housing prices - you know, a considerable part of Vancouver's housing prices are also supported by Hollywood visitors.
As long as the illusion of "Hollywood visitors hate Vancouver", then the confidence in the property market will fall a little more, hedging the gains brought by Gu Biao and Huo's secret rubbing a large number of closings.
Movies, games, real estate, Gu Biao doesn't want to let go of any benefits.