Chapter 380: Counting is Counting
The Morning Star was berthed into the berth designated by the customs, and Tang Fang, as a precaution, left 20 machine gunners, 10 fanatics, and 3 ghosts in the ship, and left the ship with Zhou Ai, Tang Lin, and Bai Hao, and entered the pick-up hall of the dock through the connecting passage.
As soon as a few people went out, they didn't come to their senses, and with the flashes of light, dozens of reporters rushed up.
"Mr. Tang, I heard that you encountered many pirates on this voyage? Is this news true? ”
"Mr. Tang, please talk about your views on the 'Lokia' Navy's escort operation?"
"Mr. Tang, if you have time, can you tell us what happened?"
"Mr. Tang, it is said that in this operation, the navy captured a large number of pirates in one fell swoop, and there are some leaders of the pirate group, can you reveal who they are?"
"Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang......"
In the blink of an eye, the reporters surrounded the pick-up gates, flashing lights, questions, and hot faces.
Tang Fang felt a little irritated, and these reporters were like an overwhelming mass of locusts, completely engulfing him. This should be put in normal times, when people suffer from a catastrophe and encounter a catastrophe, the situation has not calmed down, these reporters do not say that they care about the physical and mental conditions of the parties, but they are directly asking a tidal wave, are they annoying?
Thanks to the fact that the Morning Star squinted during the flight before, otherwise, I was afraid that I would have been unable to control my inner irritability, and I would have rolled up my sleeves and started beating people.
The impatience on Tang Lin's face became stronger and stronger, Zhou Ai's eyes also revealed a little coldness, Bai Hao pressed the dagger on his waist, hesitating whether to scare and scare these blind guys.
Originally, the boss was dissatisfied with the Navy's Morning Star Strongman, and now he has provoked such a group of mung bean flies, these guys are even more nerve-wracking than those pirates. In the treatment of the latter, the Morning Star was bombarded with all the dry lying down. But what can you do with these people in front of you? They are media workers, taking words out of context, smearing blacks or something, but they are good at it, and even though they are annoyed, they still have to smile at the camera.
Bai Hao regretted following him a little, if only he had known that this errand would have been given to Churchill. Didn't that guy want to be an actor? Ready-made opportunities to show your face.
"Please let go, let go, Mr. Tang, what they need now is rest." Just when Tang Fang was tugging at the corners of his mouth and his heart was churning, the customs staff finally came out to relieve the siege.
A plump female customs officer, aged 35 or 6, and four uniformed security guards separated the crowd and stopped the reporters on either side, cutting a passageway.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a press conference on the Navy side in six hours. If you have any questions, please ask at the venue. Explaining to the reporters with a smile, the woman turned her head to look at Tang Fang: "Mr. Tang, please come with me." ”
In this way, several people entered the customs office area under her leadership, and came to a lounge, and the woman introduced the four people into the room and said, "Please rest for a while." He then instructed the receptionist to serve tea, and then took his leave.
About 10 minutes passed. The door opened from the outside, and Tang Fang looked up. I was stunned. Johnny walked into the room with Maritess, gave him a bear hug, and said with a smile, "Brother Donald, let's meet again." ”
"Hey, Johnny, why are you here?" Tang Fang looked at the customs clerk behind Johnny. Unconsciously frowned, Johnny, a businessman, how could he be so well-informed, he had just arrived on the front foot, and he rushed to the back foot when he heard the news. It's only about 10 minutes, which is a little faster.
"Hehe, Mr. Tang doesn't know yet, if it weren't for Mr. Johnny's help, I'm afraid that you and your warship would have been swept away by those pirates." The plump woman said with a smile.
"Oh?" As soon as he heard this, Tang Fang suddenly realized and said secretly: "No wonder." Who is Johnny? Businessman! The "Rover Technology Complex" is a large military-industrial enterprise, and since the above, it dares to send him to the "Jakarta Pur" star system next to the Lost Lands, which in itself shows one thing, this guy is very shrewd.
With a large amount of confidential information in his hands, his value is immeasurable, how could a businessman like him watch them fall into the hands of a group of robbers? Even if Johnny has a tentative mind and wants to use the pirate force to test his ability, he must make preparations with both hands, presumably the "Jakarta Pur" Navy's bandit suppression operation is not so simple, and there should be the shadow of the "Rover Technology Consortium" in it.
Although Johnny's mind is not very simple in this matter, and everything he does is to bring the two sides closer, but in any case, in order to make friends with himself, the "Rover" does not hesitate to use the relationship with the navy, and has invested so much blood, which is enough to show their sincerity.
Even if he didn't need the help of the Navy at all, he didn't need Johnny's surprise for himself, but he received this heart. In some aspects, Tang Fang's temperament is very upright, how people treat me, how I treat people, no matter what the starting point of the "wanderer" is to do this qiē, first of all, they have given themselves enough face, and they do not show the arrogance of the local snake and the big chaebol, and similarly, in the previous transaction, Johnny did not harm himself because he was an outsider.
Seriously, what happened on the docks was unavoidable. Even if Johnny stopped Hilgai in time, what could he do? Anyone who cares will know it with a guess, not to mention that God knows if there are pirates' eyeliner on the bank's side?
Johnny first reminded himself to leave as soon as possible, but seeing that he did not listen, he insisted on staying in "Lokia" for a day. On the premise of not knowing the combat effectiveness of the Morningstar, in order to prevent accidents, the relationship between the navy and the navy was used. As a friend, it is enough to be righteous.
"Cut, if you do this more, who will scarce your escort." Bai Hao muttered in a low voice: "A group of cheating daddy goods, the more you help, the more you help!" ”
"Bai Hao!" Tang Lin tugged at his sleeve next to him: "No matter what, people are kind." ”
"Kind? Good intentions do bad things! Bai Hao glanced at the plump: "Look at her squealness, like our life-saving benefactor." ”
Tang Lin was just about to persuade again, but Zhou Ai smiled coldly and said loudly: "Bai Hao, say, keep talking, be louder!" Don't mumble like a. ”
One sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Tang Fang frowned. looked at Bai Hao: "What's the matter?" ”
"No, no...... It's okay, huh...... Hehe......" The kid laughed dryly, and threw a somewhat frightened look at Zhou Ai.
"Guys, talk about it, I still have something to do. Good bye. With that, nodding to Johnny, the busty turned and walked out of the room.
The two sides sat down, and Tang Fang smiled playfully: "I said, how can the dignified 'Jakarta Pur' Navy not hesitate to dispatch 400 warships for the sake of a little-known foreign businessman. So that's what happened! ”
Johnny snorted: "Don't hide it, brother, let's do it...... Actually, it didn't take much effort, I already knew that the navy was brewing a crackdown on banditry......"
After listening to Johnny's explanation, Tang Fang understood the various reasons.
First, Christmas is approaching, and it is inevitable that "Lokia" large and small departments will have to engage in some year-end bonuses, benefits, and other rewards to reward the staff. The same is true on the naval side. However, a star system like "Jakarta Pur" is located "inland" of the Covenant, where there is little fighting and is relatively safe, and the Covenant Council spends money on the edge in order to save military spending, compared to the army on the "Sokanada" defense line. Financial inputs to local garrisons have been drastically reduced. Hence such an institution as the Navy of "Jakarta Pur". If you want to get some holiday benefits for officers, then you have to think of it yourself. Obviously, if you want to make some money in your area of duty, the pirates are a very suitable target.
Second, it is also a political necessity to eradicate banditry and protect past business travelers, and robbery in the surrounding areas of "Jakarta Pur" has been on the rise in recent times. It is very necessary to have a vigorous cleaning, create a little public opinion topic, give the soldiers activities and muscles, and by the way, make some military achievements, and show off their sense of existence during the year-end parliament.
Third. Johnny's request, the "Rover Technology Consortium" is a well-known enterprise in Star Alliance, and has a number of business cooperation with the government, and the network is all over the senior management of Star Alliance. As the head of the "Rover Technology Consortium" in the "Lokia" office, Johnny has personally come to the door, and the navy always has to sell some face. If the big customer of the "Rover Technology Complex" in his mouth is robbed near "Jakarta Pur" or even killed by a pirate group, it is very likely to affect the career of some people.
Therefore, based on the above three points, the "Jakarta Pur" Navy Staff planned a hunting operation overnight, using the Morning Star as bait to carry out a surprise attack on the small and medium-sized pirate groups near the "Jakarta Pur".
In the eyes of the "Jakarta Pur" Navy, Tang Fang and his Lightning Python-class destroyers were just at the right time.
Tang Fang shook his head, and couldn't help but show a helpless smile: "Is this considered collusion between officials and business......
Sure enough, no matter what state system or social form, collusion between officials and businessmen is always inevitable. In vain, he thought that the Star Alliance was an NPC system, but now that he thinks about it, his opinion is still too simple.
Businessmen who do business are shrewd, but politicians who play power games are not? I'm afraid they are better than the former. Otherwise, how could the Covenant survive the cracks between the landlocked nations and the expeditionary forces of the Jupiter Empire?
"Brother Tang, there is no need to say it so explicitly." Johnny laughed dryly: "Everyone just takes what they need and cooperates for a win-win situation." ”
Tang Fang smiled: "Anyway, thank you this time." ”
Mariteth pouted: "Our manager took so much effort to ask for help from the Navy, so you just said 'thank you'?" It's too cold. ”
The girl's angry words made Tang Fang happy, touched her nose and said, "Then you want to say, what should I do to be enthusiastic?" ”
"You can sell us all that valuable information." Mariteth said assumedly.
"Poof." Before Tang Fang could speak, Bai Hao just squirted out a mouthful of tea water in his mouth: "Is there any mistake, we haven't accused you of being nosy......"
"Bai Hao, shut up." Tang Fang scolded, and looked at Maryteth with a smile, the little girl is so scheming, how can a businessman talk like this.
"Johnny, she's your relative, right?"
"Yes, she's my sister's daughter." Johnny looked embarrassed and glared at Maritess. Can this kind of thing be said in the open? It will be embarrassing for both parties, and it will affect the relationship.
"No wonder ......" Tang Fang didn't have so many concerns, Maritis's straightforwardness made him feel a sense of intimacy, and the little girl was somewhat similar to Tang Yun's temperament.
"Makes you laugh." Johnny sighed with hatred on his face, and changed his words: "Brother Tang, what did this little brother mean by what he said just now?" ”
"Nothing interesting, huh. Perhaps he was upset that the Navy had caused the Morningstar not to take out the Ogre flagship. ”
"Huh?" Johnny was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it for a while, he reacted, and his face changed dramatically in an instant: "'Ogre'? Strange's 'Ogre' Pirates? You mean......"
He swallowed his saliva and slowly swept over Tang Fang, who looked calm on the sofa opposite: "You mean...... You took out the 'Ogre' pirates? ”
"Pretty much." Tang Fang shrugged his shoulders very casually.
"So you took out an entire group of pirates with one destroyer?" Johnny was completely stunned.
"How is that possible?" Mariteth blinked with a pair of big eyes, "I don't believe it." With only one destroyer, can you defeat a group of pirates with cruisers? You must be bragging. ”
Tang Fang smiled indifferently, what does it matter if they believe it or not, anyway, the goal of killing chickens and monkeys has been achieved, and then he only needs to show his face with Walton and Joy at the press conference held by the Navy, and the purchase of minerals in the future will be much smoother. The Navy can use him for propaganda purposes, and he can use press conferences to build momentum.
"Emma, sort out the previous battle records and pass them on to me."
"Okay Commander, please wait."
After about 10 seconds. Tang Fang took out a number of chips from the mobile video camera on his wrist and threw it to Johnny: "Do you have any reporter friends?" Remember to give this to it after the press conference. ”
"What's that?" Johnny asked casually, and when he saw Tang Fang smiling and silent, he immediately picked up the chip and pressed it into the PDA handed by Mariteth, and clicked the play button casually.
The video is very short, only half a minute, and it is carefully edited by Emma who deliberately selected and made people's blood boil.
Johnny's hands were trembling. When Don Fang first said that, he wasn't like Mariteis. Feel like the other person is bragging. Judging from the manufacturing process of many weapons in the Mengya Empire that young boys can obtain, the origin of these people is by no means simple.
The "Ogre" pirates should really be finished, but, in Johnny's heart, he thinks that the Morningstar must have another helper to be able to destroy a pirate group in a short time.
However. The scene in front of him completely overturned the idea in his heart, they really killed all the warships of the "Ogre" Pirates except the flagship with just one lightning python-class destroyer.
In the blink of an eye, all 23 battleships were destroyed, but the Morningstar was unscathed, which was really shocking.
Next to her, Mariteth also stared at her. Unblinking, he looked at the starry sky of the universe on the PDA screen. It's true, everything he said is true, this is not a movie!
Tang Fang didn't brag, and the Morning Star, bathed in the "Aurora", was like a silver-white unicorn, easily breaking through the battleship interception net of the "Ogre" pirates, destroying the withering and decaying, and completely crushing the eye-catching thing.
Mariteth is only 22 years old this year, not long after graduating from college, and she is still at the age of fantasizing and longing. The Morning Star in front of me is like a white horse, so elegant and agile, romantic and unrestrained...... It's dazzlingly beautiful, it's fascinating.
Then, she looked at Tang Fang, who was smiling and squinting. Well, if he was taller, if his face was whiter, if he looked more smelly, if he wasn't that stinky, if ......
"Don ...... Brother Tang, this ...... Is all this true? Johnny subconsciously asked.
What is the answer, in fact, he knows it very well in his heart, but this thing is so shocking that he can't believe it. What is that "aurora" outside the Morningstar, he knows better than anyone else, one of the board members of the "Rover Technology Consortium", Eugene? Keith had a ship of the same configuration, which earned him the limelight on some occasions.
Epsilon Dragon's Shield Device, Complete Epsilon Shield Device! The Morningstar is actually equipped with the Epsilon Shield?
And its explosiveness, steering performance, is simply terrifying...... It's just a destroyer? What are you kidding, whether it's defense or flexibility, to blow up all the destroyers of the Star Alliance.
Tang Fang didn't reply, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and continued the question just now: "How is it?" In the end, there are no friends in the media. ”
"Yes, yes, yes......" Johnny woke up when he heard this, and said three "yes" words in succession. This is first-hand information, and it is very valuable.
"Brother Tang, do you want me to hand over this video material to the news media?" Seeing Tang Fang nodding, a flash of worry flashed in Johnny's eyes: "Wouldn't this expose the Morningstar's ability?" In case it attracts a stronger enemy......"
"You don't have to worry about that." Tang Fang said indifferently.
Exposure? The Morningstar's Epsilon shield was just the tip of the iceberg, and Johnny could have imagined his means and abilities.
A simple sentence evokes the infinite reverie of businessmen. This kid is called a bad, simply bad with sores on his head and pus on the soles of his feet. When he was at the docks, he deliberately let Hilgai tear the tarpaulin, exposing the remains of the Ipsisaur ruins, and then attracted a large number of pirates to give him a chance to kill chickens and monkeys.
Later, the participation of the Navy in the war was unexpected by him, and what did he do next? He will use the opportunity of the Navy's press conference to build momentum for himself and push the impact of killing chickens and monkeys to the extreme. (To be continued......)