In every city and even a small town in the United States, almost everyone is talking about this matter with a newspaper in their hands, and it may be an exaggeration to say that there are people who will talk about this matter, but it can be regarded as eight or nine inseparable, and in the end, even the old continent, which was plagued by war, and Japan, which was licking its wounds, turned their attention away, and the matter was so big that I am afraid that even Yan Shao, as the initiator, could not have thought of it.

However, in this way, the ban that Yan Shao was originally worried about is impossible to pass.

The reason is simple, because the reputation of the bill has been completely discredited, first the parliamentarians were bought by the steel companies, then they were bought by the Japanese, and then a series of rumors spread from the newspapers, which were either famous or unknown.

After some time, almost the whole of America was alarmed by these rumors.

Although there are too many rumors, and most of them are not very reliable, but in the case of such a big thing, the possibility of the original agreement wanting to pass guò is equal to zero―――――― the probability of such a bill passing guò is very high, even if there is no 90%, there is 85%, after all, everyone can see the benefits of bills to pass guò, but now............... According to the estimation of the Special Affairs Bureau, I am afraid that there will be no more such a bill in half a year.

Pity the few congressmen who put forward the bill, although they did not have hostility to China in their hearts, but the reason why they put forward such a bill was entirely for the sake of their own country's interests. Now they have to be investigated because of these rumors to find out whether they have been bought.

But all the same. Because the matter is a bit too big, people with a discerning eye can see that there must be someone behind it. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for such a big problem to arise not long after the bill was first proposed.

Inside the White House, USA. Many officials in the White House are scrambling over this.

Was the president of the United States at the time, Woodrow? Wilson, although he didn't have any evidence in his hands at the moment, he could vaguely guess who was behind it.

"Chinese..."

muttered, he still has a good impression of Yan Shao, after all, the funds funded by Yan Shao played a great role in his election campaign. But he was in favor of the ban. Because the benefits of doing so are clear. As the president of the United States, Wilson must think about the interests of the United States. But now it seems that this ban is basically impossible to pass guò.

Come to think of it. Wilson smiled wryly.

"Go, call Director Parker..."

"Yes..."

In his heart, Wilson can be said to have decided that the Chinese did it. Because he knows very well that this bill is specifically aimed at the Chinese, and now this kind of thing has happened. The Chinese are undoubtedly the most likely to do it.

Wilson supported the bill. It is because he sees the threat that China poses to the United States.

Today's United States is not the superpower of later generations, perhaps in terms of industry, the United States is the world's best, but in terms of economic and military strength, the United States does not have much advantage compared with powerful countries such as Britain and Germany. Especially in the military aspect, this point only needs to refer to the military strength of Britain and Germany, and the military strength of the United States.

If war breaks out between the United States and Britain and Germany, I am afraid that he will not have to wait for his strong industrial capabilities to be brought into play. It's already a complete defeat on the battlefield―――――― there's no way, the gap is too big. Especially at sea.

However, the geographical location of the United States is very strange, from a general point of view, the United States is bordered by Canada to the north, Mexico and other countries to the south, and the sea on both sides of the United States has almost no external threat.

On the other hand, the sea is on both sides, which means that the United States will be attacked on both sides. In the past, the United States only had to deal with the threat of the East Coast, that is, Europe, so most of the navy was concentrated on the East Coast. However, since the rise of Japan, the United States has had to concentrate some of its forces on the West Coast, especially in Hawaii.

God knows, before the opening of the Panama Canal, what trouble will be in place if the United States is really attacked. Even a repeat of the predicament faced by the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War is not out of the question. Fortunately, before the opening of the Panama Canal, the United States had not encountered any major wars.

But even so, dealing with threats from Europe and Asia at the same time is still a very tiring task for the United States.

This is one reason why the United States will be friendly with China, because it needs a country like China to contain Japan, so that the United States can focus more on Europe.

Who would have thought that China had not only completed the task, but also done it very well, and that the strongest army in Asia, was actually crippled in a battle in Shandong. And China, the once old empire, has replaced Japan as a more threatening country than Japan.

Of course, at this time, China did not appear to be as aggressive as Japan, after all, China's strength was still very limited, and there were many domestic problems that had not yet been solved. Until these problems are resolved, there is little chance of making some moves externally.

But this does not mean that the United States will sit back and watch China's rise, after all, the emergence of each great power means that the United States has one more competitor. Even if it is just to reduce one competitor, it is worth some action by the United States, let alone for national security considerations.

However, even if he knew that the Chinese did it, Wilson did not know what kind of response to make.

War? Basically, there is no need to think about this, not to mention for the time being, the anti-war situation in the United States is already very high, and the achievements of the Wehrmacht in Shandong alone are enough for the Americans to weigh up the ―――――― Navy, and the scale of the US Army is not very large, and the combat effectiveness is not very high.

Economic blockade?

The problem is that at present, Chinese goods are basically exported to Europe, and it is useless for you to block them. In fact, this is true not only in China, but also in the United States, after all, Europe is a mouth-watering gold mine for all businessmen.

Of course. It is also impossible for everything to be exported to Europe, and there are some things that the United States occupies an absolute position, for example. The automotive industry...

The U.S. accounted for more than 50% of all sales, especially after the outbreak of war in Europe, and the U.S. market became particularly important to the U.S. market. The problem is that the auto parts needed by the Yushi Group are all imported from the United States, and the Yushi Group is damaged, and those factories in the United States may also close down.

In this way, it is still possible to injure 1,000 enemies, not to mention 800, but 500 to lose yourself.

This kind of thing if Wilson dared to do it. The pressure on him is definitely not small, and it is because of this that Wilson feels a headache.

"Anyway, at least find some evidence first...", rubbing his somewhat aching forehead. Wilson said helplessly. "As long as they can find evidence, even if they want to deny it, they can't do it, so no matter what they do, they can have some chips in their hands..."

Just as Wilson was thinking so, one was wearing a black suit. Strong physique. A middle-aged man with short hair and a Chinese face walked in from outside.

"Mr. President..."

Seeing Wilson sitting behind the desk, the middle-aged man hurriedly said. Behind the middle-aged man, the waiter helped close the door. Only Wilson and the middle-aged man were left in the room.

"You're here—" Wilson nodded at Parker, and then got straight to the point. You've probably heard about the recent events..."

"That's right." Parker nodded. "I suspect the Chinese did it..."

"I suspect it too, but there's no evidence," Wilson smiled. That's why I came to you..."

Hearing Wilson say this, Parker's eyes lit up.

Bureau of Investigation. Parker is the current Director of the Bureau of Investigation. Of course, this bureau of investigation is definitely not the FBI. It is also known as the FBI, because the FBI was officially established in July 1935, and the CIA was founded even later, in July 1941. Joseph? Donovan is the director. Donovan asked for $450,000 from the Budget Bureau to start work in several dilapidated buildings near the White House. The formal work was sabotage, espionage, counterintelligence, and deployment, and implementation of covert operations, which later became the basic scope of operations of the CIA.

However, although the FBI and CIA have not yet been established, this does not mean that there are no similar agencies in the United States, as is the case with Parker's Bureau of Investigation.

In the 19th century, government agencies often hired private detective firms such as Pinkertons to solve crimes. It wasn't until 1908 that the illegal sale of land in the western region of the United States angered then-incumbent President Theodore Brown. Roosevelt, who authorized Attorney General Charles? Joseph? Charles J. Bonaparte set up a small detective agency to investigate these crimes. In May 1909, the agency assumed its official name: The Bureau of Investigation (BOI).

It should be noted that this Bureau of Investigation is the FBI, the predecessor of the FBI, and on July 1, 1935, the BOI was officially renamed FBI, which is the so-called FBI.

In other words, it was fitting for Parker to investigate the matter.

It's just that...

"Even if it is really investigated that it was done by the Chinese, if you want to re-introduce this bill, I am afraid it will be impossible to reintroduce this bill in half a year to a year..." After Parker left his office, Wilson looked down and thought carefully. If the war that took place in the Old Continent had ended before the bill was proposed, then the bill would still be of no use at all, and conversely, if it dragged on for a long time, even if the war had not ended, it would have played a very delicate role..."

Thinking of this, Wilson sighed softly.

At the same time, Parker, who walked out of the White House, had a special look on his face, from the beginning, Parker didn't feel that his investigation bureau was used to investigate those trivial things, and now...

"It's finally time for a chance to prove yourself..."

Clenching his fists, Parker couldn't help but get excited.

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Rumors are rumors after all, and after spreading for a while, the U.S. government has taken some initiatives. At the same time, after finding out that the parliamentarians had not been bribed by the capitalists or the Japanese in the country, the atmosphere gradually calmed down.

But. The matter was not yet over, although under pressure from the US government, the major newspapers had to end their coverage of the incident ahead of schedule. But the ordinary Americans below are still talking about it, and many Americans are convinced that there is indeed such a thing, just to avoid losing face, so the government will find a way to cover it up.

In any case, after a while, these rumors gradually dissipated, as many things in the past.

At the same time, it would have been a good chance to pass the bill. It is also because of these rumors that the opportunity to pass guò has been completely lost.

After learning that the motion was rejected, Yan Shao and Elano held a small celebratory banquet at home. Small indeed. Because there were only a few people celebrating at the entire banquet, there were only a few of them, and there were only six people when they were all added together―――――― including Fumiko.

In a way, this celebration is equivalent to the family.

Since it is a celebration of his own family, of course, the banquet does not need to be too extravagant. It's basically a table. Some delicious meals and some good wine, gone...

At the table, Yan Shao and the others talked about a lot of things, and of course they also talked about this time.

“……… The traces of this incident are too obvious, if the Americans find out...", Eleno said with some apprehension after taking a sip of juice.

She has the same habit as Yan Shao, she doesn't like to drink, so even on this occasion. If she can drink without drinking, she will definitely not drink at all.

At the same time, as the head of Yushi Group, she is also a little worried about the impact of this incident.

At present, Yushi Group has launched a diversification. But in fact, the most profitable part of the group is the automobile industry, and although other steel industries have also made some money, they are somewhat insignificant compared to the automobile industry.

As for those that have just opened, such as sneakers, they are even more money-losing businesses in a short period of time.

In other words, if the auto industry is hit hard, the loss of Yushi Group will be too great. And she also thinks that what has been done this time is too obvious, it can be said that as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see who did it―――――― because there are basically only a few countries that have a reason to do this, and the most reasonable reason is China.

"Don't worry..."Yan Shao smiled. There will be no problem, even if the Americans really want to make trouble in this matter, they will not move the car, after all, our group has fed a lot of Americans, if the company suddenly collapses, of course we will suffer heavy losses, and the Americans will definitely not have a good time..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Elano couldn't help but glance at him while nodding, and at the same time looked at Otsuki Kaoru, who had been sitting on the side, not knowing what to say to Lu Ying.

The matter between Yan Shao and Kaoru Otsuki, Eleno and Caterina already knew. There's no way, who made things so big, but after complaining for a while, Eleno, like Katarina, forgave Yan Shao.

After all, the matter between Yan Shao and Otsuki Kaoru was something they had already acquiesced to. Although it was only acquiescence, they did not want to make trouble about what they had already promised.

What's more, they are also very satisfied with Yan Shao, although it is monogamy in Europe, but as mentioned earlier, how many rich and powerful men in these years have no lovers?

And in terms of money and power, there is probably no richer and more powerful person in the whole of China than Yan Shao.

In this case, including Otsuki Kaoru, Yan Shao has only four women in eleven years. Since those maids in the manor can come in and serve, not to mention anything else, they are always considered to be like flowers, but Yan Shao has never touched even one, and he hasn't even learned to tease others, so what are they dissatisfied with Elaine?

So after complaining for a while, they calmed down.

On the contrary, it was Kaoru Otsuki, maybe because he felt sorry for Eleno and them, or maybe because he felt embarrassed that he and Yan Shao were broken by his daughter for the first time, so he didn't dare to go out for a long time, which made many people laugh.

About half an hour later, seeing that he had almost eaten enough, Yan Shao looked at Fumiko...

"Okay, you should go back to sleep, go to sleep quickly, you have to go to school tomorrow..."

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Fumiko couldn't help but pout, but in the end, she turned around obediently and walked to her room accompanied by the maid.

Ever since he had a time with Otsuki Kaoru, Yan Shao began to think about a plan to let Fumiko sleep alone. It's just that Fumiko is only 9 years old now, and not only does she not know the little thing between men and women (which is the most fortunate thing for Kaoru Otsuki), but she is also an age that can't do without her mother.

Yan Shao also thought of a lot of ways and made a lot of promises to get Fumiko to agree to sleep alone.

But...

Looking back at the four women who were still sitting around the table, a smile appeared on Yan Shao's face.

"It's all worth it..."

At the same time, the four people who didn't know why Yan Shao sent Fumiko away so early couldn't help but blush after seeing the smile on Yan Shao's face.

Having said that, after there were only a few people left in the room, they gave Yan Shao a charming look. Needless to say, when the clothes of a few people completely faded and the moving snow-white carcasses were revealed in the light, everything was silent...

At the same time, Fumiko, who had just left, was a little depressed and stepped on the ground, her little shoes swaying on the marble floor, and there was a 'da-da' sound.

Whether it's Yan Shao or Otsuki Kaoru, they don't know, although they are only 9 years old, but Fumiko doesn't really know anything, at least what Yan Shao and Otsuki Kaoru were doing at that time, she still understands very well... (To be continued......)