It doesn't matter if it's purchased in the United States, the important thing is that the prohibited materials were shipped to China, NB Electric has so much investment in the world, they have a way to deal with you. If it had been procured in the United States, Henry Pierce would certainly not be sitting here now, but would have been sent to federal prison by the FBI.

Over the years, I have been cautious, especially in intellectual property rights, I dare not have even a little slack, but I didn't expect it to be out of the basket.

Henry Pierce sighed secretly and asked thoughtfully: "Mr. Davis, Mr. Powell, there are thousands of pages of laws and regulations on high-tech export restrictions in the United States, and the law itself is not clear. Neither the list of the Ministry of Commerce, nor the list of munitions controlled by the State Council, lists which products produced by which company are prohibited from export, and it is difficult for importers to tell which product has military use from the product manual, name and number.

In addition, we do not purchase from the United States, and even if we do purchase from other countries, the corresponding procedures will be very complete, and there is no such thing as "deliberately filling in the final destination in the import registration form" or "deliberately changing the name".

What's more, if array processors are embargoed items, what about more than a dozen large medical diagnostic equipment manufacturers in the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and Germany selling their equipment in the Chinese market? Is it also suspected of sending embargoed materials to China? ”

Lawyer Davis shrugged his shoulders and said sympathetically: "Mr. President, I can understand your feelings, in fact, as you just said, there are laws on embargoed materials that are not clear. This leads to selective enforcement by the government. But this concerns China. You should be aware that it is a country that is being sanctioned.

As for their sales of medical imaging diagnostic equipment with array processors in the Chinese market. That is not a reason for your group to get away with it. One is that the quantity is smaller, the second is that it has the permission of the International Trade Commission, and the third is that the end use of the equipment and the end user are traceable. And both the White House and Congress need a big event right now to divert public opinion, and unfortunately, you have become the best target. ”

"Shifting public opinion?"

Davis said in a very exaggerated tone: "My God, don't you usually read the newspaper?" Now people only know that the Ludao clique endangers the national security of the United States, and no one is interested in paying attention to the Los Angeles riots anymore. Concerns about extremely sensitive racial issues. ”

Powell, a super lobbyist, added: "At the same time, your group's competitors want you to get into some trouble. I might as well give you a little inside information, but apart from CE, your Asian friends don't want you to join the Medical Imaging Equipment Club, and three blocks from here, there are four lobbying companies that are working for them, including a chief counsel for the White House Special Office for Trade Negotiations under the Reagan administration. ”

It was simply a game of "human rights and hegemony", Henry Pierce gritted his teeth in anger, and when he thought of the settlement money that was likely to be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, he shook his head again and again: "Mr. Davis, Mr. Powell." I don't think what we've done is more serious than Toshiba. ”

"Toshiba can get out, but it doesn't mean that your group can get out of it. Mr. President, I sincerely hope that you will dispel those unrealistic illusions. ”

"For what?"

"From the perspective of endangering national security, of course, their crimes are more serious than your group, but they have the support of the Japanese government, and they have the support of thousands of American importers and American employees and their families, do you?"

Powell, who has lived through the "Toshiba incident," paused, and then continued: "When their security breaches were exposed, there was also a political storm in the United States." They were widely criticized, and the Japanese government came under fire for failing to uphold an international agreement banning the sale of key military technology to the Soviet Union, with some conservative members of Congress even smashing Toshiba's tape recorders with sledgehammers on the floor of the Capitol.

They reacted swiftly, however, and far from showing the slightest hint of compensation, they launched a massive political offensive aimed at stifling the proposed sanctions. For example, the Japanese government warned the government of the United States that any sanctions would cause enormous, and possibly irreparable, damage to Japan-US relations. For example, Toshiba has hired a large number of insiders in Washington, including Leonard, a former aide to Nixon, former congressmen Jem Jones and Buton Waides, and so on.

While lobbyists are working on their behalf, state and local government officials are arguing about it. At Toshiba's behest, many mayors, state officials and governors with Toshiba subsidiaries in their jurisdictions have asked their representatives in Congress to oppose the sanctions.

Toshiba has even told its nearly 10,000 U.S. employees that congressional action would jeopardize their jobs. Congress soon received letters from thousands of Toshiba employees and their families, all of which demanded that Congress refrain from sanctioning their employers.

Toshiba also asked for help from American companies that use Toshiba parts in their products, and I remember Tektronix Electronics, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, and Compark organized a 'fire fighting team' to remove the sanctions that prohibit the sale of products using Toshiba parts.

But what about your group, who else will speak for you now but me and Mr. Davis? Of course, if your group is willing to pay a significant amount of PR costs, we can also launch a massive political offensive. But this is not enough, after all, things like this need wider support. ”

This old guy who walks the Capitol Hill and the State Department actually has a bit of a work ethic.

The charter was happy, and uncharacteristically said: "Mr. Powell's opinion is very pertinent, I don't think we have a better choice, but such a big matter needs to be decided by the board of directors of the group, or we will be here today?" ”

Lawyer Davis glanced at his watch, got up and said, "It's almost time, I still have to go to court." Mr. Chairman, Mr. President, Mr. Zhang, I am waiting for your call, but this matter should be sooner rather than later, and you must know that once the prosecutor formally initiates a lawsuit. That would be very detrimental to the subsequent reconciliation. ”

"Thank you. We're serious about it. And get back to you as soon as possible. ”

Sending away the two head snakes, Henry Pierce couldn't hold back any longer, stared into his eyes and asked, "Zhang, how can you do this?" What is the Group's Chief Legal Counsel and Mr. Wang, who provides perennial legal services for the Group, doing? Don't they know that this will cause great trouble? ”

"I'm sorry," Charters sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Henry, my dear friend, you may not believe me. No one knew that such a thing would happen in the Dao, and even until now they didn't know the ins and outs of the matter. ”

No one could have imagined that a component of a medical device that treats diseases and saves lives would be related to the embargo list, but this incident has happened, and it is likely to put the entire group in a situation from which it will never recover.

Henry Pierce sat down, lit a cigarette, and said with unusual solemnity: "Zhang, just three hours ago, FBI personnel just searched 12 boxes of documents from our company in Silicon Valley. And copied the data in all the company's office computers. They are in action, trying to gather evidence of our violations.

Furthermore. At the urging of that committee, the Department of Commerce, the State Department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Immigration, and Customs all got involved in the alleged violation of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, the Export Control Regulations, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Executive Order 13222, and the arms embargo on China. ”

The Yankees are really ruthless, in order to divert public opinion, they even buckled such a big hat. The charter nodded slightly, and asked in a low voice, "Have any colleagues been taken away for investigation?" ”

"Not for the time being, this may be related to the fact that there is no export record on the customs side, and now the focus of the investigation is abroad, once they find evidence, it will inevitably sanction us."

Liu Siwei, who had been silent, asked, "What if you can't find evidence?" ”

"That will only get worse, because there is no import and export record, which means that we are still suspected of smuggling."

"Isn't that a corollary of guilt?"

"It's an inference of guilt, but what can we do, tell the judge and jury at the hearing or even in court that the array processor in the more than 60 CT machines sold in the Chinese market fell from the sky?"

Speaking of this, Henry Pearce's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the hand of the charter and said: "By the way, it is impossible for the sky to fall, but it can be purchased from other sources, and if a Chinese import and export company is willing to stand up and claim responsibility for this, then this matter has nothing to do with us at all." ”

The charter was ridiculed, and he shook his head and said, "It's a good idea, but people won't believe it." ”

"Is it really a reconciliation with the Ministry of Justice?"

"I'll talk about it later, but I'm going to know what the reaction of the German side is."

Jack, who was in charge of liaising with the group's headquarters and European companies, immediately pulled out a stack of faxes from his briefcase and whispered: "Daniel is passive, and as a media registered and based in Germany, it is impossible for BNB News not to report it." In addition, Dr. Klinsmann asked me to inform you that the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is preparing an investigation into the NB laboratories in Berlin, NB Industrial Manufacturing and NB Instrumentation. ”

"Did the United States put pressure on the German government?"

"It's not just the United States that's pressuring, but some companies and associations in West Germany are also fueling it, and here's the list, and the doctor told you to destroy it as soon as you read it."

There is no doubt that the list was provided privately by Angra.

There was no expected Dongmenzi Kang Tseen, which surprised the charter. After all, NB Electric is involved in the large-scale medical imaging diagnostic business, and the most threatened German company is only one Dongmenzi.

He took the lighter, burned the list to ashes, and then turned around and said: "I have frightened the two of you in the past few days, rest first, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

Henry Pierce was in the mood to rest, and blurted out: "Zhang, tomorrow morning I will go to Congress for questioning." ”

"Henry, you have been in Hong Kong for so long, you should have heard a sentence, it is a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, go generously, if you have anything to say, if you really can't answer it, push it to the group, after all, the American company does not know about this matter."

"Well, that's all there is to it now."

Seeing that he was about to turn his head and leave, he suddenly remembered a very important matter, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the equipment that was sent for inspection now?" Is it still at the Food and Drug Administration? ”

Henry Pierce replied: "In order to be able to catch up with the Brazilian International Medical Equipment Show, as soon as the Food and Drug Administration finished testing, I had people disassemble and load the ship. But even if it's still in the United States. They wouldn't be interested in that CT either. After all, it was assembled at the Leipzig plant. It cannot be used as evidence that we are suspected of sending embargoed materials to China. ”

Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into the shade.

In order to provide a certificate of origin in Germany or Hong Kong for CT functions to be exported to Europe and the United States, NB Medical has set up an assembly and testing plant in Leipzig, Germany and Dapu Industrial Estate in Hong Kong. This means that any equipment with a certificate of origin from Germany or Hong Kong cannot be used as evidence by the U.S. government against NB Electric.

Since it cannot be used as evidence, they will naturally not dismantle it, but ask the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and other countries that have the ability to manufacture array processors to assist them in investigating the import and export records of NB Electric's procurement of prohibited materials.

It doesn't even matter if there is a record or not, the important thing is that the whole world knows that NB Electric has sold more than 60 double-slice and quadruple-scan CT machines in the Chinese market.

Where did the array processors used come from?

NB Electric does not have a defensible statement. That can also be condemned.

It's really smart but clever mistakenly, the charter smiled secretly, patted his arm, and said casually: "Okay, it's nothing, you guys rest first, and the chairman and I will study it again to see if we should take the initiative to reconcile with the Ministry of Justice." ”

"Well, if there's something calling me, it's right next door."

They just walked on the front foot. Liu Siwei sighed meaningfully: "The material is not fierce enough, and those who are making waves have not yet surfaced." ”

"Brother-in-law. Do you mean Oriental? ”

Liu Siwei snorted coldly and said in Cantonese: "Who else is there besides them?" ”

The charter does not speak Cantonese, so he simply said in Mandarin: "It doesn't matter who is behind the trouble, what matters is how to take advantage of this opportunity to solve the hidden dangers of the group once and for all." You're right, the material is not strong enough, let's just add some more material to make them more lively. ”

How could Liu Siwei not hear the meaning of his words, and raised his head and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"What else am I going to do?"

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

Liu Siwei took out Big Brother and pressed a series of numbers, and muttered to his friend on the other end of the phone in Cantonese.

Early the next morning, the most influential in the United States, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Al-Ahram, The New York Daily News, The Washington Post, The Christian Scientology Monitor, The San Jose Courier, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Daily News, The Business Daily, The Baltimore Sun, ...... and more than a dozen newspapers, and published an explosive news at the same time.

Zhang Yuanchao, the father-in-law of Liu Siwei, chairman of the board of directors of NB Electric Group, who is suspected of transporting embargoed materials to China, and Zhang Yuanchao, the father of Ms. Liu Zhanghui, the largest shareholder of NB Electric and the third largest shareholder of NB Electric, is not only the same person, but also a martyr of the Chinese Liberation Army, and Zhang Yuanchao's father is also a martyr.

The red family, which is like a fake, says that it has nothing to do with the Chinese government, and even does not believe in ghosts.

Looking at the newspapers subscribed to by the hotel, Henry Pearce, who was about to go to Congress for questioning, was completely dumbfounded, and was stunned for a while before he stopped talking and said: "Zhang, the trouble is even greater, these reports are likely to lead to no chance of reconciliation, you have to be prepared enough." ”

Good breakfast with fresh milk, oatmeal, cakes, and apples.

He picked up his cup, glanced sideways at the newspaper, and said indignantly: "Who took this photo, and he took me so embarrassed." ”

It seems that in order to make the report more shocking, the major media in the United States, which only received the written information of the shareholders of the NB Group provided by anonymous people, simply accompanied it with a photo that they thought was suitable after comparing the Hong Kong newspaper that had published the photo of the charter.

Doing so much work in one night is simply amazing.

Liu Siwei glanced at it and said lightly: "It's not good, I knew that you should have posed yesterday and let them take a few decent photos." ”

As soon as he sang and harmonized, Henry Pierce was completely convinced, put down the cake and said: "Chairman, Zhang, I'm going to Congress, you eat slowly, it's not far from the White House, if you're interested, you can visit it." ”

Looking at his departing back, Xia Yao couldn't help but remind: "Brother-in-law, Charter, President Henry is really angry. ”

"It's good to be angry, only when you're angry can you act like."

The charter took a small sip of oatmeal porridge, and said with a smile: "Congress must be very lively today, I wonder if those congressmen will throw newspapers on his head?" ”

"I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic."

"It's good to be messy, how can there be a good show if it's not messy? Sister, Xia Yao, wait a while, you two will go out the back door and go shopping, and buy me a decent suit. ”

Xia Yao didn't know why, and asked with a puzzled face: "Buy a suit, you want to be interviewed?" ”

"It's being questioned."

The game could have been played a little more exciting, but what was happening in Germany completely disrupted his previous plans, NB industrial manufacturing was fine, NB instrumentation was fine, but the Berlin NB laboratory could not withstand the investigation.

If the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution really wants to deal with NB Electric, it can always find some handles, after all, some joint research and development projects between the Berlin NB Laboratory and the Hong Kong NB Laboratory, especially in the Xiangjiang Experimental Center, are indeed suspected of conveying technology to China.

The charter smiled and said casually: "Things happen in China, you can't always let Henry be in front, and when he can't resist me, he will be in the limelight like him." ”

When he came forward, he meant that he wanted to show off the chassis, and Zhang Hui asked casually: "Then when do you plan to go to the Congress for questioning?" ”

"Just for a few days."

"It's better to settle it early, so that so many people don't have to worry about it, and your brother-in-law and I can also catch up with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Siwei asked curiously: "Charter, after the matter is over, will you and Xia Yao still go to the Arctic for scientific research?" ”

After weighing it, the charter shook his head regretfully and said: "No, there is such a big incident, and the headquarters and European companies are so affected, and they must return to normal as soon as possible." In addition, I also have to meet the second sister's doctor of bioengineering, and I am really a little unsure if I don't see people with my own eyes. (To be continued......)