Chapter 51: Concessions and Compromises
In the afternoon, after Frege had arranged everything to work out, Randy drove with him to a special military experimental base in Washington.
When the security personnel at the experimental base saw that it was Frege's license plate number, they let him pass directly, and when the two got out of the car, Randy followed Frege to a secret office inside the base.
A small, middle-aged white man was sitting at his desk, checking something, when he heard Randy and Frege screaming, and then suddenly raised his head, smiled, and got up to greet him.
"General Frege ......"
The short man stretched out his right hand to Frege, and after the two shook it gently, the short man immediately turned his mouth and asked, "General, is there anything important that you suddenly want to meet me?" ”
"Colonel Stryker, it's not me who is meeting you today......"
Frege shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hand to Randy beside him, and said, "It's this Mr. Houston." ”
"Mr. Houston?" Stryker turned to look at Randy in confusion and looked at him with scrutinizing eyes.
"Hello Colonel Stryker, I'm Randy Houston......"
Randy nodded lightly and introduced himself, "Of course, you've probably heard of another name of mine - 'Black Jazz'." ”
"Black Sizz?"
Stryker's eyes condensed slightly, and he asked tentatively, "You are the representative of the mysterious organization that provides the military with human amplification potions?" ”
"Yes."
Nodding, Ronan said, "Colonel Stryker, this time I'm going to discuss an important matter with you face-to-face on behalf of my organization, the Garden of Eden, the Human World. ”
"Discuss something?"
Stryker looked up to meet Randy's eyes and asked, "I don't seem to have much contact with your organization, why would you think of asking General Frege to meet with me?" ”
"It's true that we didn't have any communication before, but we ......"
Randy smiled faintly, and his voice changed abruptly: "It's going to be soon." ”
"What do you mean?" Stryker was even more confused, and turned his head to look at Frege with an inquiring gaze.
"Today you and Mr. Houston are the protagonists, I won't say much, if there is anything you talk about in person, I'll go out first." Frege smiled, turned and walked out of the office as soon as he finished speaking.
"Bang"!
The office door slammed shut, and Stryker looked up to meet Randy's lowered eyes.
The two looked at each other for more than ten seconds before Stryker looked away, turned around and sat back on the office chair, stretched out his finger and pointed to the sofa next to him, and said very politely, "Mr. Houston, please take a seat." ”
Randy had just reached out and sat down with the hem of his clothes when Stryker's voice rang out again.
"Mr. Houston, if you've looked into it beforehand, I should know that I'm a person who doesn't like to beat around the bush, so if there's anything important, please tell me directly."
Stryker stared at Randy with a slight frown, as if to read something from his expression, but nothing but his calm eyes and a faint smile on his lips.
"I hope Colonel Stryker and Discovery Aerospace will abandon your plan to acquire the Osborne Group."
When Randy heard Stryker's voice, he immediately turned his head to look at him, and without the slightest scruples, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "The Garden of Eden on Earth needs to take full control of the Osborne Group to implement an important plan. ”
"Abandoning the Osborne Group?"
Stryker's eyes froze suddenly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Houston, I want to ask where you got this news from?" ”
"You don't need to know that."
Randy chuckled and shook his head, then said slowly, "You just need to say yes or no." ”
"Mr. Houston, I don't know where you got the confidence to say such things to me, but now that you already know that I, a NASA company, is going to buy the Osborne Group, you should know what I'm going to do. Mutants have always been a major hidden danger to the American government~government, and the brotherhood headed by Magneto is even more hateful to the government~government, and some of the terrorist attacks they have created in recent years have caused many dignitaries and high-ranking officials and even the life of Mr. President to be seriously threatened. ”
Stryker squinted his eyes at Randy and said coldly, "And the Osborne Group's gene transplant program can help me carry out follow-up research, and with the Mutant Registration Act, we can find out all the mutants and eliminate them in one fell swoop, and then the so-called mutant threat will definitely disappear." And my plan, Mr. President and most of the members of Congress, have made it clear that I have no reason to abandon it. ”
"There's really no reason for you to give up, it's just ......"
Randy smiled disapprovingly and opened his mouth to respond, "I didn't ask you to give up completely. ”
"All we need in the Garden of Eden on earth is to take control of the Osborne Group, and as for the gene transplant program, you can fully participate in the follow-up research of you, and we don't seem to have any conflict with what you want to do."
"No ......"
Stryker pondered for a moment, shook his head decisively, and said in a deep voice, "The research I've conducted is kept in absolute secrecy, and I can't tolerate anyone interfering. ”
"Have you really decided? Colonel Stryker! Randy's eyes narrowed suddenly, his eyes staring at Stryker coldly, and the smile on his face faded.
Staring at the viper-like gaze, Stryker's instinct for danger made him shudder, but his expression remained as tough as ever.
"I don't think I made it clear, like that...... I'll tell you one last detail. ”
As he spoke, Randy suddenly got up from the couch, reached out to support the brim of his hat, and said in a cold voice, "Colonel Stryker, you should know our relationship with General Frege, General Ross, and some high-ranking military officials, and even those high-ranking congressional officials. If the organization is really determined to deal with you, do you think the members of Congress who supported you in the past will still support you in the past? And the decisions of those members of Congress who defect will also affect the judgment of Mr. President, do you think Mr. President will not hesitate to let you complete this study? ”
After hearing these words, Stryker's eyes finally showed a slight hesitation.
"When that time comes, we just need to borrow the power of the military and those members of Congress to exert a little pressure, not to mention that the research cannot be carried out, I am afraid that it will be difficult to keep anything. And Colonel Stryker, it's not like the things you did secretly that no one knew about them, and it seems that there are some records of your previous events stored in our library in the Garden of Eden. ”
As the words fell, Stryker's hesitation couldn't help but worsen, and he even frowned slightly.
"We don't ask you to give up everything, and you can go about the follow-up research as usual, except that you and the space agency must hand over control of the Osborne Group to us."
"We can make appropriate concessions in this matter, but you ......"
Randy's tone suddenly increased, "There has to be a compromise!" ”
As the voice fell, Randy turned around and walked out of the office without looking back, leaving Stryker alone in his office chair with his head bowed and silent.