Everett Charles's life and death are not important, at least not to Wen Yan and Yang Dazhuang, unless they have a personal relationship, but if there is a personal relationship between the two parties, the two of them may not be able to pass the political trial of the two superemotional divisions.

So, why did Wen Yan ask Fang Ziyu to go to the United States to help?

It was not to save Mr. Councillor, whom he had never met, but to sell his favor to Ouyang Jie.

Ouyang Jie is obsessed with Luo Jinyu, his childhood sweetheart, Fang Ziyu and Luo Jinyu cooperate happily, Ouyang Jie is definitely not happy in his heart, if Fang Ziyu can help at this time, it can not only resolve Ouyang Jie's hostility - a more accurate expression should be: vinegar - but also consolidate the alliance between the three tomorrow's rulers.

Even Fang Ziyu himself has been looking for opportunities to cooperate, but Ouyang Jie is far away on the other side of the ocean, and he has been playing with fire, so Fang Ziyu doesn't want to and doesn't dare to contact it easily.

So, the focus is on working with Ouyang Jie, not protecting Everett.

In other words, it doesn't matter whether Fang Ziyu can play a role, the important thing is to show his attitude and brush up his favorability. Therefore, Everett can be abandoned if necessary.

It doesn't matter if there is a dead congressman, there are many congressmen.

Wen Yan stared at the silver river, the sparse starlight was reflected on the surface of the river, and the entire river surface was reflected in her eyes.

After staring at it for a long time, she raised her head slightly and said with emotion: "She's right, you've changed and become very fast." ”

"Well, I found out too." Fang Ziyu was in a complicated mood, with a bitter smile, "It's getting better, or is it getting worse?" ”

"It's not that it's getting better or worse, it's that it's becoming an adult. Okay, let's not talk about that, back to your question. Wen Yan suddenly put on the posture of a teacher's lecture, "Everett is a rare pro-China faction, because of the pro-China label, he is very excluded in the party, but for us, the more such people, the better." Therefore, it is best to keep him. Of course, you can't just do anything, and the most important thing is to protect yourself. ”

Fang Ziyu seems to understand whether he understands or not, he knows that the international situation has become worse and worse in recent times, but he doesn't know how bad it is.

There are two schools of thought on the Internet, one of which says that the two superpowers, China and the United States, are on the verge of war and may break out at any time, but the form of war may be a trade war, an information war or a cold war.

On the other hand, World War III will be fought in Europe over demographic and religious issues, followed by war in North America and East Asia.

Fang Ziyu doesn't know much about this aspect, but one thing is certain, if the US senator is assassinated, it will inevitably lead to more tension in the situation, and evil organizations like Ouroboros that try to create turmoil will have an opportunity.

Fang Ziyu didn't say anything, Wen Yan continued: "The scope of your prediction is limited to one city, right? So you have to go to the United States to help, well, it may be that you can't help at all, it doesn't matter, it can be regarded as a gain if Ouyang Jie owes you a favor. ”

"Let him owe me a favor even if it pays off? Well, sort of, but the rewards aren't proportional to the risks. Fang Ziyu was not refusing, he had agreed to Wen Yan's request a long time ago, and now he was just bargaining for more benefits.

"And her favorability." Wen Yan turned around and pointed at Luo Jinyu, who was sitting in the box in contemplation, with his chin, "The favor of the ruler is priceless, even for you who are also the ruler." ”

"Theoretically, but how can I trust him to come and help when I need it?" Fang Ziyu laughed at himself and sighed meaningfully, "People will change, I have changed, he has changed, who knows if he will stab me backhand in the future?" ”

"You can't believe it, you never will." Wen Yan gave an appreciative look, she was appreciating Fang Ziyu's caution.

"But......" Wen Yan changed his words, "how do you know if you don't try?" I'm going to tell you a story that my father told me, and it's called True Lies. ”

Hearing Wen Yan mention the deceased old-timer, Fang Ziyu was in awe and listened attentively.

"My father told me that language is man's greatest invention because it creates lies."

"Monkey orangutans also have their own language, but it can't be as complex and precise as ours, when a monkey sees a lion nearby, it will warn its companions, but it can't tell how many lions there are, which direction they are coming from, and how far away they are from the monkey group. Humans, on the other hand, can not only tell the number, location and distance of lions, but also explain their condition to our companions. ”

Thus, the Stone Age primitive man armed with a wooden spear and stone knife was also able to encircle and suppress the lion, because the precision of the language laid the foundation for large-scale cooperation. Without such large-scale cooperation, such wonders as pyramids, Great Wall, temples, and even nations would not have appeared, and humanity might have remained forever in the age of fishing and hunting, and would not have become the overlord of the planet. ”

So, what is the magic of language? The magic of it is that it can create lies that people believe, lies that are true. For example, several nomadic tribes have an existential crisis and must join forces to hunt and survive the elephants, so they agree that they will join forces to deal with the elephants and eat meat together after the elephants are killed. ”

"But they have stones and sticks in their hands, and if they hunt the giant elephants, they will surely suffer heavy casualties, and how can the dead eat the meat? What qualifications does the tribe have to share the meat after losing its youthful combat strength? If there is not enough subtle language to convince all the nomads of the unrealistic lie of 'hunting giant elephants and then sharing the meat together', then they will not cooperate, maybe they will kill each other, maybe they will go extinct on the way. ”

"Lies that make it possible to cooperate with an uneven distribution of benefits. After hunting giant elephants, the tribes that have suffered heavy losses are necessarily merged by other tribes, which may seem unfair, but it is a good thing for humanity because they learn to cooperate and they learn to believe true lies. ”

"Faith is a lie, and the true God has never come, but this lie has produced many miracles that are unbelievable. In 9500 B.C., Homo sapiens was able to build the majestic Göbekli Tepe, and if there was no faith, no religion, how could the hunters in the gathering society come together to accomplish this miracle? If this miracle was not born, how could more people choose to believe this lie and continue to create more miracles? ”

"In the same way, order is a lie, law is a lie, the state is a lie, and finance is a lie, and they are all lies that have been fabricated and exist only between people's trust, and these lies will lead to an uneven distribution of benefits, but they have become the social elements on which we live."

"And the choice you are facing now is also the beginning of a lie, you don't believe Ouyang Jie, and he doesn't believe you, but if you create a lie together, then you can no longer trust each other, but trust this lie."

"Just like in ancient times, the hunters of the nomadic tribes did not have the concept of money, and they used shells and stones as tokens to create the first trade, who would believe that shells and stones could be exchanged for grain and pottery? Monkeys and orangutans would never do that, but humans would, so humans can do wonders. ”

What a wonderful story, Fang Ziyu was silent for a long time after listening to it, and thought of another thing.

"Teacher Wen, according to what you said, you helped me, Ouyang Jie, and Luo Jinyu, and it is also a true lie?"