Cohen has been in China for more than half a month, and the task of the company sending him here is actually very simple, which is to persuade Zhou Ke to return to Canada, but now, simple things have become extremely complicated. And as time goes by, things seem to be getting bigger and bigger, and it's no longer something that he, a small employee, can control.

Just a few days ago, the general manager called and asked why the originally booked flight was suddenly canceled and why the people had not returned. Cohen heard it from the phone, a few days of waiting has made the general manager impatient, and even speaking is an attitude of asking the guilt, so he didn't dare to report the real situation, and ended up with an unfavorable end, so he made up a reason, saying that Zhou Ke's passport was lost and was being reissued, and it wouldn't take long to go back.

In fact, he can't be sure when he will be able to bring Zhou Ke back, the so-called 'it won't take long' is completely perfunctory, he pinned his hopes on a few days later, that is, the day the visa expires, hoping to forcibly bring Zhou Ke back to China.

In the past few days, Cohen has spent all the time in torment, and he doesn't want Zhou Ke to change his mind and return to Canada with him every moment, but the result is that he has never seen the shadow of the other party.

"Jefferson, tomorrow is the day Zhou Ke's visa expires, why don't you say Zhou Ke has come to reapply for a visa yet?" Cohen asked Jefferson. This is Jefferson's office, where he was every day during his time in the embassy. Even when Jefferson had a job, he would still be here, standing in front of the window, looking at the door of the embassy, like a woman abandoned by her husband, expecting Zhou Ke to change his mind.

"Don't come to make it up? Isn't that great? He doesn't have any documents on him now, and the visa date is coming again, so we can ask the Chinese side to arrest him tomorrow. Repatriate him directly. Jefferson said with a smile. Compared to Cohen's anxiety, Jefferson looked much more relaxed, looking like he was in control.

"We don't even know where he is now, how can we get him back?" Cohen said, "Also, when I was at the airport that day, didn't the man who came to pick up Zhou Ke say that? As long as he was in his company, no one dared to go in and arrest people. ”

"Don't listen to that guy, he's just scaring us. If he is really that good, why hasn't he come to our embassy to reissue Cohen's documents now? I also found a Chinese Foreign Ministry official to bring Zhou Ke to make up for it. Even so, isn't it rejected by us? Since then, he and Zhou Ke have not been seen. I think that the other party must only know that one person, but this person also failed to get the certificate, maybe they are struggling with the matter of applying for the certificate at this time, and Zhou Ke is hesitant and doesn't know what to do. So, you don't have to worry at all. Besides, now that Minister Rice is supporting us, you don't have to be afraid of anything. Jefferson said. He seemed to be full of confidence in bringing Zhou Ke back to China.

However, he didn't seem to know that the sea was usually calm before the storm came. Of course. The calm is only superficial, in fact it is a brew, a brew full of dangers.

At this moment, Jefferson's cell phone rang suddenly. He looked at it, immediately got up from his chair and answered the phone.

"Hello Minister Rice. We immediately passed. After saying that, Jefferson put down the phone, looked at Cohen across from him and said, "Cohen, Minister Rice asked us to go to Ambassador Joy's office, Ambassador Joy wants to see us." ”

"Ambassador Joy's office?" Cohen was stunned when he heard this, knowing that Joy was the highest-ranking person in the embassy, and he was able to meet the two heads of state directly, "Why did Ambassador Joy meet us?" ”

"I guess, it should be Zhou Ke's business. Minister Rice must have told Ambassador Joy about this, so Ambassador Joy will see us. Jefferson laughed and said, "Let's go, don't keep them waiting." ”

"Oh!" Cohen nodded, quickly stood up, and followed behind Jefferson. In fact, he has already lost his mind, he listens to the other party every time, and he will do whatever the other party tells him to do. In fact, since Zhou Ke's documents were lost, he has already handed over a qiē to Jefferson.

When the two arrived at Ambassador Joy's office, they saw Minister Rice waiting outside the ambassador's office from a distance, and Jefferson quickened his pace and said, "Minister Rice, we are here." I wonder what Ambassador Joy is asking us for? In his opinion, Minister Rice rejected Zhou Ke, that is, the person who stood on his side was his own person, so he was much more casual than when he faced Minister Rice before, and he dared to ask questions directly.

"You'll find out when you go in." Les heard the expressionless words behind him. Because he knew that the plan of the Chinese business delegation to visit Canada was cancelled, he was also in a very bad mood. And strictly speaking, this matter is still related to him, if he hadn't listened to Jefferson and rejected the Chinese official, maybe that official would not have objected to the business delegation's visit to Canada, and the plan would not have been canceled.

This is not a trivial matter, it is a major matter related to the relations between the two countries, and the prime minister will definitely reprimand them after learning about this matter, and other factions will also take advantage of this opportunity to make trouble. What he feared most now was that Minister Joy would betray him and let him take the blame, so that he would be the most unlucky. This worry made him start to hate Jefferson, and there was a fierce light in his eyes when he looked at the other party, why did he tell himself such an unfortunate thing in the first place? Why not just sue Sù Joey?

Jefferson didn't notice Minister Rice's attitude, he was now thinking only about how to behave in front of Ambassador Joy, and if he had taken advantage of this opportunity, maybe he would not be a little embassy secretary. With Pombec's support, it is not impossible to become a counselor, and maybe he can return to China directly and enter the Congress.

However, Cohen, who was depressed, noticed the change in Minister Rice, and was startled by the other party's gaze, and shivered unconsciously. What's going on? What's going on? Why did Minister Rice's attitude towards them suddenly change? Or is it that you are sensitive now? Just as he was about to get Jefferson's attention, Jefferson had already entered the ambassador's office first.

Ambassador Joy's office was very large and very clean, and this was the first time Cohen had met the ambassador, so he was very nervous. In fact, the main thing is to be a thief, after all, in Zhou Ke's matter, he deceived everyone.

He apparently didn't consult anyone in Pompeic. But he told everyone that he was the representative of Pombec, and what he meant was what Pombek meant. If this matter is exposed, then not only will he not be able to do Zhou Ke's affairs, but this kind of deception will definitely make him get out of Pompeik.

"Ambassador Joey, here we are." Jefferson looked at the man sitting behind his desk and took the initiative to introduce, "This is my friend, the representative of the Pombeck Company, Cohen." With that, he gave Cohen a color.

Cohen was still thinking about himself nervously. He didn't notice Jefferson's eyes at all, he was in a daze, and Rice's unfriendly gaze before had too much impact on him. After Jefferson saw it, he quickly pushed the other party with his hand, and Cohen looked at Jefferson bricks, and then he knew what was going on, and hurriedly said, "Hello, Ambassador Joy." I'm Cohen, the representative of Pombeck Pharmaceuticals. It's really a trouble for you to stay at the embassy for so many days this time. ”

Joey kept looking at Cohen, the Pombek biopharmaceutical representative was not what he had imagined. Be able to be a representative of Pombec. should be the elite of the elite, but from this Cohen, he didn't see the temperament that the elite should have. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, was this person really a representative of Pombeck?

"You're the Pombeck Biopharma representative?" Joey asked lightly. He didn't immediately get angry at the other party. Because if this qiē really meant Pombeck, then he had to think about it seriously, after all, there were people in the family behind Pombeck who were cabinet members.

"Yes. Yes, I am! Cohen said quickly, perhaps because he was too nervous, so his voice trembled.

"Are you really?" Joey asked again with a frown.

"Really. This, this is my work ID in Pombec. Cohen hurriedly handed his work ID to the other party.

"Ambassador Joey, he's a good friend of mine, he really works for Pombeck Biopharma, and I can assure you with personality." Jefferson said.

Joey looked at Cohen's papers, then returned them to the other party, and continued to ask, "I have heard from Minister Rice about your visit to China this time, Pombeck sent you to bring back the man named Zhou Ke, because this person involves some Pombeck secrets, what kind of secrets are they?" Is it important? ”

"We have a very important research project in Pombec that has been going on for many years and is supported by the Canadian government, and Zhou Ke is a core member of this project. Since he knew so much about the core of the project, if he leaked it, it would be a huge loss for us in Pombeck. Cohen said seriously, as a member of this project, although not the core, but also know the importance of this project, "After we knew that Zhou Ke came to China this time to join a company that was also engaged in this research, the company immediately sent me here in order to bring Zhou Ke back." However, in the process, I was hindered by this company and could not bring Zhou Ke back, so I had to find Jefferson and ask the embassy for help. ”

"Then did you report what happened here to the Pombek headquarters?"

"The report has been reported, and the general manager deliberately called me to his office before I left, and said to me seriously: I must bring Zhou Ke back at any cost." "I wouldn't have asked the embassy for help without instructions from the head office." "He's already deceived a lot of people, so he doesn't care about deceiving another person, as long as he can bring Zhou Ke back to Canada.

"Is this really what the head office of Pombec meant? Is it your general manager, or is it the board of directors? Joey asked with a cold face, "You know what? This kind of matter should be handed over to the domestic government, and the most formal and effective way is to negotiate with the Chinese side through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And you, but you came to our embassy, do you know what kind of impact this will have on our two countries? ”

"I, I'm ......!" Hearing Joey's reprimand, Cohen froze for a moment, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Ambassador Joy, Cohen, he came to China and encountered difficulties, who did he not look for in our embassy? This is also the ...... of our embassy's job! Jefferson said puzzled.

"Shut up for me." Joey looked at Jefferson fiercely and said, "You're a mystery, embassy worker. Who gives you the power to make decisions without permission? ”

"Ambassador Joy, we've asked Minister Rice for instructions." Jefferson said with an aggrieved expression.

When Les heard this, he gritted his teeth angrily, and he wanted to punch the other party immediately. He said coldly to Jefferson, "It seems that you haven't fully understood what Ambassador Joy meant. What Ambassador Joy meant was that this kind of thing should be handled at home, not brought back to our embassy, and although we still have to negotiate with the Chinese side in the end, we have no right to decide on this matter. And you said to me at the beginning. Pombek supported this, so I agreed not to reissue the person's documents for the time being. So far, however, we have not received any instructions from the country regarding this person. And you must know that on that day, it was you who offended the Chinese Foreign Ministry official named Yannan. Do you know? Because of this incident, the Chinese side has canceled the business delegation's visit to our country. He hastened to remove himself from the matter, to clear himself of responsibility, and to change the subject to another matter.

"What?" Hear the last words of Minister Rice. Jefferson was stunned. Counselor Frank had already reminded him of the Chinese business delegation, but he did not think that such a major event would be affected by the Chinese officials who appeared that day. You must know that a visit to Wèn is a big deal for both countries. How could an activity be terminated because of the words of a petty official? Unable to believe Rice's words, Jefferson asked Ambassador Joy, "This, is this true?" ”

"What do you think?" Joey said. "You are a staff member of the embassy, don't you know how much time and effort Minister Rice and I have spent to facilitate this business visit to the Chinese side? At this critical period, you have offended such an important person on the Chinese side. Do you know how harsh you made your mistakes? China has been preparing for the visit of the Chinese delegation for a long time. Now that the Chinese side has canceled this plan, is this the biggest sin? Do you know how much of an impact this will have on the relationship between the two countries, and on our economy? ”

"I, I really don't know." Jefferson stumbled and said that he finally knew the severity of the matter this time, which was not just a simple matter of refusing to reissue documents, but had risen to the level of affecting the relationship between the two countries. Jefferson panicked, but as if he had thought of something, he shuddered, glanced at Cohen beside him, and then said, "Ambassador Joy, it's okay, everything we do is for Pombek, and the cabinet members behind Pombek will definitely support us." ”

"Pombec? Do you know how many domestic companies are looking forward to the visit of the Chinese business delegation? They've got a couple of multi-billion dollar projects in place. Do you think Pombeck will be able to give them such a big benefit? If the other faction knew about this, let alone Pombek, even the prime minister would not be able to explain it to the parliament. When the time comes, will the Prime Minister attend the Diet hearing, or will you attend the Diet hearing? ”

Jefferson was stupid, and downright stupid. He always thought that with Pombek as his backing, he would have something to rely on, and Pombek would definitely see these things he did. However, the cancellation of the visit of the Chinese business delegation this time has dashed the expectations of many domestic enterprises, and he has seen the list of those enterprises, none of which is smaller than Pombec, so many enterprises combined, even Pombek cannot resist. With such a large piece of cake gone, the people who had been waiting at the table for a long time with knives and forks would be very angry. When the time comes, the problem lies with the embassy and with him, even the prime minister can't protect him, and the prime minister may be affected because of Pombeck.

It's a big deal, it's really a big deal.

"Poof!"

Cohen sat down on the floor, startling the rest of the room.

"What's wrong with you?" Jefferson hurriedly asked, he reached out to help the other party up, but found that the other party's body was very heavy and he couldn't help him up at all.

"I, you, I'm ......!" Cohen muttered inside his mouth, looked dumbfounded, and began to sweat all over,

"Don't ramble, just say anything." Jefferson said anxiously.

"I, actually, I lied to you. I didn't even report what was going on here to the general manager. Cohen finally couldn't bear the pressure anymore, and his whole body collapsed, and he said the words that he had been holding in his heart. What Ambassador Joy just said made him realize that the matter really could not be continued to be hidden, otherwise it would not be as simple as being expelled from Pompek.

"What?" Jefferson was so shocked that he jumped up in fright, and his eyes almost flew out of his wide open eyes.

"Before I left, the general manager told me that I wouldn't go back unless I brought Zhou Ke back." "I knew that if I couldn't bring Zhou back to the company, I would be fired from Pombek, and I could only lie to you so that I wouldn't lose my job at Pombek." Originally, I thought that as soon as the visa date arrived, I could take Zhou Ke back, as if nothing had happened, but I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I'm sorry! ”

"Poof!"

After listening to Cohen's words, Jefferson also sat down on the ground weakly.

It's over, it's all over! (To be continued......)