Chapter 908: Secretary of State Begging for Mercy
When the latest revelations came out, at this moment, the paper finally couldn't contain the fire, and the whole Europe was shaken, and the official media that had been not reporting on the matter issued angry questions, and the French Reuters news agency directly said: "Monitor allies? Is this the superpower we trust? "Expressed his own shock for the title. γReading.comγ
The next day, the angry European Commission officially issued a statement saying that it had made representations to Washington about the report, and the United States said it would verify whether the situation was true.
EU officials have criticized the United States one after another. In the interview, German Justice Minister Schnerlenberg said that it is unimaginable that the United States regards the EU as an enemy, and it is simply a reappearance of the "Cold War."
Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Asselborn has publicly expressed his anger that US espionage has "gotten out of control": "The United States should strengthen its monitoring of its own intelligence system, not its allies."
"The U.S. is doing this because it's fighting terrorism, but EU diplomats are not terrorists, and the U.S. must immediately stop eavesdropping." European Parliament President Martin Scholz also expressed shock at the incident, saying: "We still need more detailed information...... If this is true, this is a big scandal...... This will have a serious impact on US-EU relations. β
The chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee, Brock, also criticized: "This is intolerable! The United States, which once claimed to be the land of freedom, has now completely abandoned that designation. β
A Green MP of the European Parliament denounced it loudly: "This is a breakdown of the rule of law. The EU should take the United States to an international tribunal and teach it a lesson." The party's parliamentarians also demanded that the EU immediately stop negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States.
The entire European government officials have fallen into great anger and disappointment, which has plunged the White House into a huge diplomatic crisis, and they only realized at this moment that Gu Xiaofan's intelligence is far beyond their estimates, and the "Prism Project" can no longer be concealed.
In desperation, President Barack Obama finally openly admitted the authenticity of the "Prism Project" in an interview, declaring: "This is to prevent terrorism, and we are monitoring foreign targets."
A day later, the U.S. government was forced to voluntarily declassify three documents related to Gu Xiaofan's reported "Prism" network surveillance program and the telephone surveillance program, two secret intelligence surveillance programs.
Everything is out of control, American diplomacy is embattled, there is internal turmoil, and the government's trust has collapsed, and the impact on the country is incalculable......
And all this is caused by one person......
At this time, when these people in it remembered Gu Xiaofan again, the first picture in their minds was the clown's line: "I want to see the world burn~"
This guy is a veritable devil!
At this time, the devil was just finishing his rehabilitation exercise, and was "walking" with Liu Shishi on the streets of Los Angeles in the afterglow...... His left leg, with every step, seemed to use all his strength.
"Gu Xiaoqing, if you are tired, take a rest first......" Liu Shishi next to him also finished two sets of physical training, panting with sweat.
"It's okay, exercise more, my injury can get better quickly~" Gu Xiaofan gritted his teeth and persevered, enduring the pain and continuing to walk, he knew that no one could help him at this time, although the "superstar" function of the system was repairing his injury, he still needed to exercise himself to speed up his recovery.
Just as Gu Xiaofan gritted his teeth and walked to a flower bed, a black car suddenly stopped in front of him.
A black man in a suit got out of the car and made a "please" gesture to Gu Xiaofan: "Mr. Gu, get in the car and talk." β
"Who are you?" Liu Shishi looked at this uninvited guest vigilantly.
Gu Xiaofan gently pressed Liu Shishi's hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Sister Shi, let's get in the car." He doesn't even have to bring bodyguards now, because he has FBI people "watching" him all day long when he is outdoors.
As soon as Liu Shishi got on the bus with doubts, she saw a white woman who looked to be around 50 years old sitting in the side by side seat in the back seat, and she couldn't help but be so frightened that her heart was about to stop...... Mom, she's not dreaming, is she...... Is it U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?
"Mr. Gu, I've taken the liberty to disturb you." The female secretary of state politely took the initiative to shake hands with Gu Xiaofan.
"Where, it's my pleasure." Gu Xiaofan looked very polite, her face was unusually calm, and her tone of neither humility nor arrogance surprised the female secretary of state, she originally came in person to prepare to cause a certain impact on Gu Xiaofan's psychology, so that she could talk about the conditions, but she didn't expect Gu Xiaofan's young man's reaction to be so calm.
"I know that Mr. Gu, your time is precious, so I'll get straight to the point." The female secretary of state smiled directly:
"After our investigation during this time, we have confirmed that there is no problem with Heiyu's acquisition of Warner Group, and 'Didi Dache' is also a very forward-looking high-quality Internet software, and the federal government has decided to support such an innovative ...... after research."
Gu Xiaofan squinted his eyes and didn't speak, he knew that the other party was showing him favor, but he had completely taken the initiative, and he wanted to listen to the other party's offer.
Seeing that Gu Xiaofan was unmoved, the female secretary of state could only continue:
"We are also aware that there have been some changes in your company that have led to the replacement of journalists on various occasions, and we have decided to rearrange the seats for our journalists and fully support your journalists' coverage on the Middle East front, as we have done before...... Offered the most helpful ......"
All the conditions have been laid out, and the government has finally shown its sincerity, but Gu Xiaofan still seems to be unmoved, just looked at the female secretary of state, sighed and said:
"It's an attractive condition, but I'm afraid I can't accept ......"
"Why?"
"Because I'm definitely not going to hand over my informant."
The female secretary of state suddenly felt a little numb in her scalp, she had already given way to this, what else did she want? Is this Chinese really going to confront the U.S. government to the end......?
Just when the female secretary of state felt helpless, Gu Xiaofan suddenly smiled and said: "But this informant friend of mine is relatively timid, if I explain the current situation to him, he should no longer talk nonsense, I will advise him to continue to work, never get involved in these revelations, and be an honest man......"
The female secretary of state immediately understood what Gu Xiaofan wanted, and he wanted to keep his hole cards for self-protection, so she looked at Gu Xiaofan sincerely: "Mr. Gu, you don't have to worry that we will break our promise, what I promised will definitely ......"
"Madam Secretary of State......" Gu Xiaofan raised his hand to interrupt her: "Your term of office should be coming soon, right?" Can you guarantee that you will continue to be appointed Secretary of State for the next term? β
The female secretary of state was silent for a few seconds before she looked at Gu Xiaofan deeply and said, "Then Gu Xiaosheng, how can you guarantee that you will do what you say?" β
"Madam Secretary, I'm an artist." Gu Xiaofan showed a bright smile:
"As long as others don't look for trouble and let me concentrate on my artistic career, where will I have the time to do anything else? You know, I've just bought a mess right now, and I've got a lot of things to do, and the summer season is coming soon...... I don't really have time to waste on these boring things......"
...... boring thing? The female secretary of state couldn't wait to go up and tear Gu Xiaofan's mouth in her heart when she heard this...... It's just boring to get the president's approval rating to drop by 7 percentage points in two weeks!?
But no matter how angry she is, there is no way, the situation is stronger than people, if this incident ferments again, then it will affect the Democratic Party, and it will be more troublesome for her to run for president next time.
"Alright then, let's just settle it."
After the female secretary of state said this sentence helplessly, the car stopped on the side of the road, Gu Xiaofan also knew that this negotiation was over, and after waving goodbye to the female secretary of state, he just got out of the car, and suddenly remembered something, lowered his head and poked his head back into the car: "Madam Secretary, the advertisements for the first two episodes of "House of Cards" seem to be because of your policies for us to receive the contract we deserve, right......?" β
"......" The female secretary of state's face finally changed, and there was an angry look in her eyes, but she had to squeeze out a smile and said: "This is indeed our responsibility, related expenses, I will ask the finance department to compensate your company's ......"
"It's a word, remember to arrive within a week." Looking at the female secretary of state's expression that was more ugly than crying, Gu Xiaofan nodded with satisfaction this time and closed the car door.
Liu Shishi, who had always been frightened and stunned, exclaimed as soon as she watched the car drive away. "It was Hillary just now!?"
"yes." Gu Xiaofan held on to his crutches, and also exhaled loudly and said, "Mother's ...... It's really scared to death...... "In fact, his heart was about to jump out just now, after all, he is the Secretary of State of the United States, fortunately, his acting skills are good, and he is stiff.
"Does that mean we don't have to worry about the government getting us in trouble anymore?" Liu Shishi finally realized what happened now, and the dignified secretary of state actually bowed his head to them and compromised?
"Of course~ It would be good to do our performing arts industry wholeheartedly in the future~" Gu Xiaofan showed a relaxed smile on his face, the most troublesome thing was finally solved by him, this is really not easy.
"Hahaha~ The acquisition of Warner is simply too correct a decision, with a media mouthpiece like Time Magazine in hand, the US government is also afraid of us for three points~" Liu Shishi finally couldn't help laughing loudly, but half of the laughter was worried:
"I just don't know if Hillary is talking or not...... We can only pray that our informant will keep a low profile and that someone else will be caught......"
Gu Xiaofan smiled hesitantly, looked at the afterglow of the Los Angeles sky, squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry, they won't be able to find that informant in their lifetime, now...... It's time for us to worry about our summer vacation......"