Chapter 138: A Rising Star in Politics
In fact, in the two months since Long You left Moscow, not only did some people talk about him standing up for a Chinese businessman and beating and insulting the tax police, but also a political star named Porter appeared.
According to the grapevine, Porter was not good-looking, of medium height, and he was originally in the State Duma, a voting machine who would only follow the crowd and do not speak or do anything. But in the last two months, Porter has suddenly become the leader of his small party, the Russian Happy Life Party, and then launched a coalition offensive to everyone's surprise. In just half a month, it has successfully completed the merger with the second largest opposition party, the Russian Victory Party, which is several times larger than the Happiness Party. After the merger, the party continued to be called the Russian Victory Party, but from then on, Porter became the second largest opposition party leader after the Russian Communist Party.
Although Potter is still 108,000 miles away from threatening the position of president of Lisboa, he has already made a blockbuster if he doesn't make a sound, so that all the big names in the political world regard him as a person who needs to be taken seriously.
Just the morning after Long You returned, when he was still lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, the conference hall next to the presidential office in the Kegong Palace was already busy.
The president and some of his most trusted subordinates were sitting on the couch looking at a secret document about Potter's activities in the last few days, who he had met, how many phone calls he had made, and everything else he could see.
"Mr. President, after our intelligence analysis, Porter has not committed any irregularities in the matter of the partisan merger. All of his accounts were under our inspection, and we checked the accounts of the original core members of the Victory Party, and we found nothing out of the ordinary. You see...... "A shrewd and capable middle-aged man reported to Mr. President with the papers in his hand.
There was no expression on Lisboa's cold face, but his sharp eyes looked back and forth at the middle-aged man's body, and then he replied decisively: "Continue to monitor...... All expenditures are made with special appropriations, and I don't believe that there is love for no reason in the world! The Victory Party didn't benefit a penny, and they supported the party merger for anything, and Trukaski actually abdicated and made the leader of the party for Potter, who was originally a completely inconspicuous little guy. There is an old saying in Huaguo, if something goes wrong, you will be a demon, and you must not be careless. ”
After saying these words, Lisboa glanced at everyone present again, and said faintly: "I know that some of you will think in your hearts that I am afraid of this guy Potter, and I may threaten my position as president in the future...... Hmph, to put it mildly, I really didn't take him seriously. ”
"Mr. President, none of us thought so......"
"Yes, Mr. President, we know that you are for the ...... of this country."
Hearing Lisboa's words, these people present were all frightened by his majestic appearance and hurriedly explained.
"Okay, even if I misunderstand you, but ...... Potter's affairs, you must not take it lightly! I suspect that he may be a puppet supported by Western countries, most likely a Russian traitor who is trying to subvert our country! ”
When these people heard this, on the one hand, they seriously thought about this possibility, and on the other hand, they had a little doubt about this statement of Lisboa.
After the Western countries successfully subverted the former red empire, they did not relax their vigilance against Russia, and the Western foundations that emerged one after another openly and covertly supported Russia's opposition forces in various names, such as the Chechen rebels, who had many shadows of Western intelligence agencies.
However, most of these activities are controlled by Russian intelligence services, and most of them are mainly financed, and it is almost impossible to find out anything unusual like Porter's.
Could it be that Mr. President made a mistake in judgment? Most people have this idea in their hearts, but in the face of the power of Lisboa, no one dares to open this mouth.
Lisboa saw everyone's expressions, and he touched his wrinkled forehead with a little distress, not knowing for a moment how to convince these people.
In fact, in his heart, he was not completely sure, but with his many years of experience in the KGB, he felt that something must be wrong. And even if he is wrong, it is just a little more of the state budget for him, which is really not worth mentioning compared to the harm that things may cause.
Just as Lisboa was about to dismiss the meeting, there was a sudden knock at the door.
"......Come in," Lisboa said, and now those who dare to come and knock on the door must be a very important thing.
Sure enough, the secretary of the president's office opened the door and hurriedly walked in, handing Lisboa a folder that read: This morning, four super-rich people announced a large donation to the Russian Victory Party for the next Duma elections.
Lisboa's sharp and majestic eyes stared at this document several times, and then tried to suppress his anger and said to everyone: "You all take a look, this Potter is really a good means!" ”
Everyone curiously read the document, and after reading it, the expressions on their faces were very exciting, as if they couldn't believe it at all.
"You've all seen it all, do you have any thoughts?" Lisboa had stabilized her mind at this time, and simply leaned back on the back of the sofa relaxedly.
"This ...... I agree with Mr. President, things are so strange. Did these rich people take the wrong medicine, and they didn't know that such an act was tantamount to provoking the authority of Mr. President? Where are we going to put the face of the unified party! A slightly older man with gray hair took the lead in supporting Lisboa's proposal.
"Well, we should step up surveillance, and the FSB is willing to deploy its best forces to carry out this task." The predecessor of the Federal Security Service was the KGB of the Red Empire, and now Russia's internal intelligence and counterintelligence work is mainly carried out by them. Now the director of the Security Bureau is also one of the most trusted people in Lisboa, and he took the initiative to take over the task at this time, which also made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Lisboa raised his hand and patted it lightly on the armrest of the sofa, and said to his most trusted subordinates, "Very good, I think I should be able to trust your ability to work." This is the first year of my second term, and I don't want anything unexpected to happen to the country. By the way, I'll tell you one thing at the end...... This is my second term, but it's probably not my last, you know? ”
After Lisboa said this, he left everyone and walked towards his office, leaving these panicked subordinates to sit motionless on the sofa.