Chapter 55: The Peak Hotel
Hugh took out the two press cards in his pocket and handed them to the soldier, who took the papers, looked at the long names on them, looked at the two people in the car suspiciously, and then carefully checked the portraits and relevant information on them, and returned them to Hugh: "You can pass, before the press conference, you can go to the hall to rest, where free drinks and snacks have been prepared, welcome to take them, I wish you a happy life!" ”
The soldier respectfully gave a military salute and notified his comrades to let him go.
After leaving the checkpoint, the slope of the road begins to rise slowly, and it is a road around the mountain, ring after ring, all the way to the first seaside hotel at the top of the mountain, because it is only five o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still two hours before the evening press conference, the road is sparsely trafficked, and the road is unimpeded.
Hugh drove the Jeep free light, driving on the mountain road, looking at the distant seaside scenery, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the clear blue sea, and the undulating waves, glowing with patches of golden yellow light.
As the road progressed, the position of the car from the sea level became higher and higher, and the palm trees below appeared smaller and smaller, and before you knew it, it had come to a position 800 meters above sea level, and the free light went around a corner of the mountainside, and found that the road was getting narrower and narrower, and could only accommodate two cars.
The outside of the road is surrounded by a series of conjoined crash barriers, which finally add a little sense of security to the driver of the vehicle, and below the guardrail is a steep cliff break, looking down the past, you can see the raging waves, rhythmically lapping the huge reef, turning into small pieces of waves and disappearing.
Hugh looked at the rocky waves below, and couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart: "If a pedestrian or a vehicle falls from here, it must be crushed to pieces, sinking to the bottom of the sea and burying in the belly of a fish, and not even a shadow can be found." Small beads of sweat broke out in Hugh's palms.
"Why did you choose the capital's seaside hotel in such a rugged and dangerous place?" Katyusha was incomprehensible about this.
"Eighty percent is the place where the government army sets up a Hongmen banquet, and when you see anyone who is not satisfied, you will send an invitation to come over, and find an opportunity to kill it and throw it away." Hugh guessed, half-jokingly, half-seriously.
As he spoke, the free light has come to the top of the mountain, which is a large open field, planted with a large number of artificial lawns, the original bare mountain top is dotted with greenery, on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain, surrounded by a forest with local characteristics, there are African ebony, African red sandalwood, large green stalk and African plane trees, together with the lush shrubs under the trees, acting as a protective fence.
On the lawn, six fat cows did not pay attention to the hay pile prepared for them on the side, but slowly wagged their tails and chewed the tender grass on the ground.
Hugh pushed the door and stepped out of the car, looking out at the sea level in the distance, only to see that his vision was almost level with the slowly setting sun, and the golden sunlight pierced through the gaps between the windswept trees on the edge of the cliff, and smeared on the lawn in front of him.
The sun, the meadows, the cows, it's a paradise.
Katyusha then stepped out of the car: "What a great place to watch the sunset. ”
The two turned to focus on the seaside hotel on the edge of the cliff, a snow-white rectangular building with two floors, each of which was filled with neat guest room windows.
There are no guardrails on the rooftop of the top floor, and dozens of modular metal brackets are sandwiched between light blue sheets, fluttering in the sea breeze at the top of the cliff. The left and right sides of the hotel are separated by a circular hall in the middle, and several hotel waiters are waiting for reporters at the entrance of the hall.
On the open parking lot on the left side of the hotel, the Maserati that had just been tracked were parked, and two military trucks, the tail of which was deliberately facing the cliff so that people could not see the stones in the carport from the front, and several soldiers were surrounding the truck with guns, and a cordon was pulled in front of them to prevent anyone from stepping into it.
Ignoring them, the two drove the car to a corner on the edge of the cliff, and sat quietly in the car waiting for the evening press conference to begin.
"Something has to be done to pass the time." Hugh took out the nanoladybug's remote control and manipulated it to fly out of the open Maserati window and into the hotel lobby to find out.
Ladybug flew over the heads of the busy hotel staff in the hall, passed through an open door, and entered the empty conference room hall, only to see that there were more than a dozen large round tables in the hall, a pot of flowers on the light gray tablecloth, and more than a dozen sets of tableware, it seemed that after the press conference, they would be arranged to have dinner here.
At the front of the dining table, rows of metal leather folding chairs are placed for reporters to use when asking questions. In front of the act is the official hosting stage, which is also filled with flowers and has a microphone in place.
A familiar conversation came from behind the podium, attracting the attention of the nanoladybug, which adjusted the angle in the air, and Uwanda, the chief of general logistics, and a military lieutenant appeared on the display of the remote control in Hugh's hand.
"In accordance with the President's instructions, at the press conference held tonight, I will write down all the provocations, non-violent non-cooperation, and threats to us, and there will be number plates on the press chairs." The logistics minister raised his hand and pointed to the digital tags on the rows of seats in front of the podium. "At the end of the meeting, the group was detained and the rest of the people were let down the mountain on the grounds that the road down the mountain was narrow and traffic control was required.
"Then wait for them to drive away and appear on the road below the cliff, you arrange a few soldiers to push the big stones on the military truck, roll down the mountain to kill the turtle grandchildren, and then announce to the public that the landslide caused a natural disaster and caused a tragedy, I will notify the following, casually hold a memorial service and a farewell ceremony for the remains, a little more grand, pull a professional crying team to come in, and play a good show of fake compassion of the cat crying mouse, hiding from the world. Isn't this the end of the matter?" The logistics minister revealed the conspiracy and contribution, and showed a sly smile.
"Yes, it's still the president. I will command it to go down. "The lieutenant accepted the order, but he still did not forget to pat the horse to curry favor with the leader.
Hugh flew the nanoladybug out of the hotel lobby and back into his hands. Hugh then turned off the remote control, put the nanoladybug in the box in his pocket, and turned to Katyusha to the side: "We have to intervene in it, we can't let the president's plan succeed." ”
"It is not so easy to avoid exposing one's accumulated crimes and hindering the footsteps of the United Nations peacekeeping force." Katyusha tightened the row of throwing knives on her waist: "As long as the United Nations armed forces come in, this president will have to work at both ends, facing the offensive of the ** armed forces, and on the other hand, he has to deal with the United Nations. ”