559. Chapter 54 (2)
The other representatives mentioned by Beasley were also opposition forces in the Kovo area, which were not very eye-catching, but when the war in Kovo entered the final stage, these forces suddenly announced their unity, and the discerning people could see it very clearly, this is a force that someone is manipulating behind the scenes to prevent Shatov from being a dominant and secretly integrated force, in order to balance the growing power of the independent alliance headed by Shatov in an all-round way, and Shatov and others are also very aware of the tricks involved.
"Those people are opportunistic villains, seeing that the Milo clan is gradually losing ground in the Kovo region, they turned their heads and hugged your western thighs, now it's good, we have climbed the ice and snow and fought for so many years, and died so many people to get a piece of the fruit, they just want to get a piece of the pie, isn't this a villain's behavior? It's not in our interest, it's not in our interest, it's not good for the stability of the Kovo region, but you need people like to see it, and you can talk about what they have specific political demands and what you want to achieve in the end. β
Lodi, who has been working together for many years, knows very well what Shatov thinks and wants to say, and several private contacts with those participating groups have begun to show some gunpowder, and Lodi just took this opportunity to inquire about the real attitude of Western interest groups towards the talks.
"You should know very well that with the influence of these groups, even if they are tied together, they will never be able to compete with the status of the independent alliance, these are all well known, and their demands are also very simple, that is, they want to win more seats for themselves in future elections, and they can have more say in the formulation of major policies in the future, which is also a way of power separation recognized and acceptable by Western society, you know very well, Elections held in the current state of affairs in the Kovo region will not shake your dominance in the slightest, to put it bluntly, it is just a formality. β
Beasley duly gave the result they hoped to achieve in a few days, but this was also the most taboo option for Shatov and others, who knew very well that there were too many variables in the Western-controlled elections, and that the independent coalition under Shatov was not superior in other aspects except for military strength, especially in terms of popular support, even the Albanians living in the Kovo area were not convinced by a large part.
Beasley saw the dissatisfaction on Shatov's face, and he secretly laughed in his heart:
It would be naΓ―ve to want to fly freely uncontrollably as soon as the wings are raised, and if you want to gain a foothold in the Kovo region, you have to follow our baton, or a replacement will be in place at any time. β
Thinking this, Beasley waved his hand again and continued:
"These seem to be a problem, but many times it is a misunderstanding caused by insufficient communication, and this is not an urgent need to be solved immediately, in the next few days of communication, I think you will initially reach a consensus, in the end this is just some foresight, mutual communication, integration is a long process, urgent, now, we urgently need to solve some of the near worries buried in front of us."
"What exactly are you referring to?"
Lodi asked.
"First of all, it is necessary to appease the people of the Kovo region, where the fighting has been over for some time, with all due respect, I do not see any progress in winning the hearts and minds of the people, and there is no improvement in the reconstruction of the area and the restoration of order, and more importantly, the people there hardly know what specific program you have, and in these respects, the leaders of those factions are doing better than you."
"Then there is the guidance of public opinion, you are almost out of control of this piece, especially in terms of external propaganda, you have not been able to create a platform for yourself to be able to promote and introduce yourself to the world well, the outside world's understanding of you is completely based on the perception of those media reporters on you, they are saying their own things, each has different expressions, which is very unfavorable to your overall image, when it comes to external publicity, you should also pay attention, A series of interview shows in the recent period is very popular, and the host of this show doesn't seem to be so friendly to you, it's this woman on TV. β
Beasley said as he turned on the TV again, and the final frame of the channel switch was Rebecca's live connection.
"About this woman, we have talked a little once or twice together in the Kovo area before, but we haven't talked much into it, and the reason she caught our attention that time was because of her follow-up report on the incident that happened in the air force research and development base in the south, Lodi, your people later tried to give her some warning, but she was interrupted by unknown people on the way, and she was never seen in the Kovo area again, this time it was a report from the military that caught our attention, Some of this man's recent movements have caught our attention. β
Lodi stared at Beasley in front of him with some puzzlement, and asked with a slight mockery:
"You said the military had been keeping an eye on her, and now it's getting the attention of your intelligence services, all because of that affair between her and one of your junior staff officers? You're exaggerating, aren't you? β
"It's not as simple as you think, listen to me, recently, a crime prevention investigator in our logistics supply base stationed here has passed on some unusual developments about her to our intelligence agency, and I can only briefly explain to you the reasons why the military investigators are concerned about her."
Beasley again gave a brief account of Rebecca's dealings with one of the planning staff officers at the base, and at this time, Rebecca, who had just finished the on-site connection at the meeting site, was rushing to the crowd of protesters who had recently gathered here to do an interview.
"The military's security personnel are not just interested in her because of her affair with your base staff, right? Did the military find out something? And why did she inform you about her? β
Lodi, who already had a bad opinion of Rebecca, seemed to sense the inner meaning of Beasley's words.
"You're right, the military investigators don't mind the private affairs between men and women, and the initial attention to this woman is only for precautionary considerations, fearing that she is being sent by other organizations to deliberately infiltrate our military personnel, for this purpose the staff of the Detective Division followed her several times, and found no problems, and later when the two of them mixed together, they also took some targeted monitoring measures, but again, they did not find anything abnormal, The things that this woman was interested in were all limited to the realm of journalism, and our staff officers were quite disciplined, and they didn't have any outrageous questions and answers with each other, and the problem was discovered in the recent period. β
"In order to get a more thorough understanding of some of the specific circles of this woman's life and work, so as to find out whether there is any secret organization behind her that is secretly supporting her, the technicians of the Detective Bureau installed a bugging device in Rebecca's residence while she was away, and traced some of her external mail, which alerted the detectives to a recent email she received, which at first glance seemed ordinary, but said that if possible, they would meet here. However, our technicians traced it and found that the email had been sent from a business center in the southern capital, which had just recently been temporarily requisitioned by the Chinese side, and the investigators were alerted. β
Beasley's remarks clearly caught the attention of Shatov and Lodi, because the connection between the reporter named Rebecca and the temporary office could give rise to many associations, especially for Lodi, who had been remembered by the staff at the consulate for a time that was not so long ago.
Beasley went on to say:
"Recently, our monitors found that when Rebecca and the staff officer in our logistics base had a private conversation, there were many discussions about the air force research and development base in the former Yugoslavia, and in connection with our previous monitoring and sorting out, Rebecca has always been very concerned about the incident that happened in the air force research and development base, at first the detectives just thought that this was a reporter's instinctive reaction to a hot issue, and then the topic gradually faded, and our investigators did not pay too much attention to this issue, but recently Rebecca suddenly brought up the matter again, and claimed that she must reveal the truth about what happened in that R&D base during this meeting, and we can also see a general clue from the talk show she has done in the recent period, she is indeed deliberately bringing the audience in front of the TV closer to the state she wants little by little, so that her listeners and viewers feel that she wants to lift a deep hidden cover. β
Hearing Beasley's words, Shatov and Lodi couldn't help but glance at each other.
"It seems that this woman is not just able to toss, she also wants to make her famous in history, I used to think she was just a temporary trouble, but I didn't expect her to become a time bomb hanging over our heads, I knew so, we should have found an excuse there to dispose of her, so that she would have been in trouble afterwards."
Lodi was a little remorseful.
"Hehe, Lodi, what you think is still a little simple, you have to connect these things to analyze, and you will find out the hidden mystery here."
Beasley was very disdainful of Lodi's overly simplistic thinking and approach.