Chapter 155 Countermeasures

(Starting today, the double shift will be resumed...... )

Marulanda drove more than a hundred kilometers, of course, not just to eat a few dishes, in fact, he was a very frugal person, and he did not even accept the lobby to change him to a more comfortable car. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info He doesn't care about supplies at all.

Stopping Zhou You's intention to arrange food for him, he sat down in Sánchezga's seat with Guayata and Larina, who had accompanied him, and devoured the leftovers.

Seeing this, Sánchez arranged for the cook to cook a large pot of mushroom stewed puffer fish broth for the guerrillas who came with them, and baked a box of fresh bread and sent it to them.

After eating and drinking, Marulanda wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, is there a quiet room?" ”

A few people moved into a conference room next to it, which was not large, but it was located at the end of this row of houses, so it was a lot quieter. Lalina and Guayata waited for Marulanda to sit down before they sat down beside him.

As he walked around, he sat down across from Arango and Rhodes, and Sanchez sat at the end of the table and pulled out his notebook.

Outside the door, the rain was heavy, and there were guerrillas guarding the front and back, so I was not afraid of being overheard.

Marulanda took the initiative to bring up the leak on the Cuban side, saying: "Your meeting with Castro in Cuba has been closely watched by the CIA, and they have found some of your meeting minutes through hackers. For this, Castro entrusted me to apologize to you. ”

Zhou You shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is not without their smooth sailing, anyway, most of the responsibility for my current difficult situation lies with them." ”

"I know it's hard for you, but it's not as hard as you think. Although the situation of peace talks is not what the United States wants to see, it is impossible for them to resolutely oppose peace talks, because this will expose their usual hypocritical face. ”

Zhou You shook his head and said: "Although peace talks are the common desire of Colombians, this road is not easy to follow. President Uribe is resolute, he is very influenced by the Americans, and he wants to directly eliminate violent crime in the country, so I don't think you can solve the problem by sitting at the negotiating table. ”

Decades of hatred are not so easy to dissolve, not to mention that Uribe has always been resolute in asking the guerrillas to lay down their arms, which is almost impossible for the guerrillas to agree to. The disparity between the guerrillas and the government forces is not very large, and since the interests of the guerrillas are not consistent, it is even more impossible to make the guerrillas obedient.

In many parts of the South, where the guerrillas are in control, how can these interests be ceded?

Although Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru are all on the left, and the wing is in power, which puts a lot of pressure on Uribe, but Uribe's father died at the hands of the guerrillas, and with the support of the Americans, it is difficult for Uribe to bow his head.

In the previous life, it was not until Uribe stepped down and the milder Santos became president that the peace talks really progressed and the civil war ended. Santos was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but before the results came out, Zhou You was reborn, and I don't know if he won the award.

However, in this life, there is a butterfly that travels around, and the wind and rain he stirs up have affected the economic development of the whole of Colombia. Compared with 2002, Colombia's economic growth rate in 2003 reached 16 percent, and the economic growth rate in 2004 was not lower than that in 2003.

Therefore, even if he travels, there is no experience to follow, and what he can do now is to promote the development of the general trend.

Marulanda smiled and said, "As long as you are willing to talk, it is progress." At present, the major mines and oil fields have entered the production period, and the economic benefits are very satisfactory to all the people, at this time, Uribe has to sit at the negotiating table if he wants to sit firmly in the position of president. ”

Zhou You shook his head and said, "But now I am hated to the core. ”

Marulanda said sincerely: "Yes, I know that our friendship is not as good as the hatred of the Americans, you have more interests in the United States, and this matter will have a great impact on your business in the United States." So, I also bring my sincerity today. ”

Zhou You frowned and looked at Marulanda with some puzzlement. He smiled and glanced at Larina, who pulled a picture out of his pocket and handed it to Zhou You.

When you look at the photos, your brows are furrowed even tighter. The photo shows a woman in her forties, who stirred up the storm in Western society two years ago. He also knew that the presidential candidate had been kidnapped by the guerrillas two years earlier, and even the French government had asked Zhou You to help mediate, but Zhou You refused, because Zhou You didn't want to get involved in politics at all.

Ingrid Betancourt is a Colombian-French politician who is a former Colombian senator and anti-corruption activist, and a former presidential candidate of Colombia.

In 2002, Betancourt ran in the presidential elections as a candidate for the Green Oxygen movement. On 23 February of the same year, Betancourt and Vice-presidential candidate Ms. Clara Rojas were kidnapped by guerrillas while participating in a presidential campaign in the southern Colombian province of Caquetá.

During the campaign, many people advised Betancourt not to go to the danger zone, and in the face of warnings from the soldiers, Betancourt signed a pledge to bear the consequences and entered the jungle area. On 23 February, just days after peace talks between the Colombian government and the guerrillas broke down, Betancourt and his running mates were abducted at the same time.

Her abduction has aroused strong concern in the Western community, and countries such as France, Venezuela and some international organizations have been working for the release of Betancourt and other hostages. Even the French foreign minister at the time, who was Betancourt's gossip lover de Villepin, came to Colombia in person, but the rescue operation was never successful.

Zhou You knows very well that this is Marulanda selling favors to herself, which can be regarded as compensating herself a little. As long as he rescues Betancourt, he will gain the friendship of the French.

You must know that Bettencourt is also a distant relative of the Bettencourt family, the richest man in France, and has a super high reputation in France. In her previous life, after she was rescued in 2008, although the abductee was strong and gave birth to a son, she was still called Joan of Arc by the French, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy personally awarded her the highest honorary title in France - the title of "Knight of the Legion of Honor".

Although this incident cannot defuse the anger of the Americans, it can divide the camp of the younger brother who follows him. As long as Betancourt comes out, Britain, France, Spain and other countries will definitely not follow in the footsteps of the United States to deal with him. But in this way, you will have to go all the way to the dark and offend the United States miserably!

Zhou You did not answer directly, but handed the photo to Rhodes. When Rhodes and Arango, they immediately became excited, but soon, Rhodes frowned again.

Only Arango still said happily: "Evan, Betancourt's release will definitely be an important turning point in your acceptance by Western society. ”

Rhodes nodded and said, "Yes, Betancourt can be a good hand, but looking at the big picture, we have to keep going." ”

Zhou You knew that he had also seen this, and for a while, he only felt that he was distracted and couldn't make any decisions.

He has a lot of wealth in the United States, and these riches are too large to have a promising future, and it is difficult to sell them. If nothing else, Apple's stock is only a few billion dollars now, but in a few years, it will be worth two or three billion dollars, and the same is true for Google's stock.

However, if you don't give up, you have to be ready to face the anger of the United States, who knows what they will do to themselves!

Moreover, the news only leaked out today, and Zhou You has not had time to contact the United States, so he does not know what the US government means.

What's more, this matter is not something that can be decided by one person, and even if there is a result, it will not come out today. With Barron, Adelson, and the Walton family as a foil, Zhou You didn't think the American side would do things perfectly.

On the shore, many of my actions in the United States will be restricted in the future, this is certain.

At this time, Zhou You regretted that he did not arrange a lobby group in Washington, and if there was a lobby group to help him speak, it would have an important impact on the opinion of Congress.

"I need to think about this matter before I can give you an answer, and I now hope that your ability to send out a video as soon as possible to call for peace talks and to dilute my tandem role."

Marulanda smiled and said directly: "This is what I am willing to do, and even, we can do it right now." ”

Marulanda was willing to cooperate, and Zhou You's face eased down a lot. To be honest, his psychology has been very depressed today, you know, he is not facing others, but the world's biggest hegemonic country!

Moreover, he has too many interests in the United States, and he is reluctant to run if he wants to.

The two sides exchanged follow-up measures, and Sanchez had a DV brought in, and he personally took the camera and took a video of Marulanda.

In the video, Marulanda appeals to all the people of Colombia for peace and speaks highly of Uribe, while also expressing his opposition to the U.S. policy.

Finally, he thanked Castro for his willingness to act as a mediator, without mentioning any tandem action on the part of Zhou You, but only highly praising Zhou You's economic development plans in Colombia.

It was already past ten o'clock when the talks ended, but Marulanda did not stop, but slowly left in the heavy rain. In order to be afraid of the military's missile attack, he didn't even use his mobile phone, just for fear of being located.

If he usually meets Zhou You, he has to ask people to isolate all electronic products with lead boxes, and if it weren't for the heavy rain today, he wouldn't have met Zhou You so easily.

After he left, Zhou You contacted Barron and Adelson in the United States. They were all relieved on the phone, thinking that there was no need to worry about this matter, and at the same time agreed to help Zhou You arrange a lobbying team for public relations.

However, no one expected that the matter was not referred to Congress by the CIA. Because they know very well that if he travels around and is rich and powerful, he can enjoy super national treatment in the United States. If you want to deal with Zhou You, you can't rely on Congress, you can only rely on themselves.