Chapter 86 High-level phone calls between China and the United States
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It's past midnight, but the building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, a symbol of America's supreme power, is still brightly lit, and people are nervously moving in the aisles from time to time.
A little more than a month ago, the White House welcomed another owner, thus beginning a bimodal pattern never before seen in the history of the White House.
President Barack's family, whose term has not yet ended, is still the orthodox owner of the White House and controls the entire policy of the United States in the name of the caretaker government, but what outsiders don't know is that Stanley, who has been elected as the new president but has not yet officially assumed his duties, has entered the White House ahead of schedule due to special circumstances.
The White House General Office specially arranged a remote room for him as a daily office place, and all the treatment was on par with President Barack, and even some major military and political affairs, with the acquiescence of President Barack, began to be dominated by Stanley's opinion.
This is very rare in the history of the United States, and while it does not conform to the procedures and has the potential to cause political chaos, it seems reasonable to adopt some workarounds at all times when the upper echelons of the White House are unanimous.
At present, all the deployments involving aliens in the entire White House have been gathered on Stanley's side, and he is the person in charge of decision-making and action in the "extraterrestrial civilization incident", so Stanley does not dare to relax at any time, for fear of when he will relax The next day he woke up to find that aliens had begun to conquer the earth, and human beings have since become prisoners of aliens.
To this end, Stanley's office has two secret hotlines, one to NASA headquarters and the other to the Pentagon, just to prevent a surprise attack by aliens.
In the dim light, Stanley read the latest briefing presented by NASA, and he was completely tired for a while. The fact sheet said that the alien craft was still in the vicinity of Jupiter and had always maintained the same distance from Juno at all times, which means that the craft was changing orbits precisely at all times and had its eyes fixed on Juno.
After seeing this news, Stanley didn't know whether he should be happy or worried in his heart, it turned out that the other party did have the ability to maneuver and change orbits, and it was not a "death machine" lost in the universe, it locked on the Juno, indicating that the other party was interested in it, or interested in the civilization of the earth, but why did it ignore the message sent by the Juno, and did not make any response?
"Alas!" Gently putting the briefing down, Stanley rubbed his somewhat swollen head, looking like he couldn't figure it out.
As "Fat Wang" was indifferent and flew with the Juno for more than a month, the entire White House staff and the core high-level officials of the United States, including Stanley, gradually had a process of adaptation, and the fear of "Fat Wang" was not as strong as it was at the beginning. People are like this, they always lack fear of things that they are used to.
Judging from the current situation, the other party is conscious, and did not attack the earth at the first time, indicating that the other party has other intentions.
Is it a lack of strength? Or are you waiting for the arrival of the follow-up large forces?
This question gave Stanley another headache.
After sitting in his seat and pondering for a long time, Stanley finally made a decision, picked up the third phone on the table, dialed a number and went out.
Golden Autumn Garden, Beijing.
Since the discovery of an alien spacecraft on the surface of the moon, the entire national system has begun to operate at a high speed, and in the past few days, various instructions have been issued from the Golden Autumn Garden, and the aerospace, science and technology, and military affairs have all entered full capacity.
Just when Tang Ansong was approving the documents and at the same time worrying about the upcoming change of office in the second half of next year, the chief of staff walked in and told him that an ocean-going phone call from the White House in the United States had been connected through a confidential hotline. China and the United States have long established a number of direct hotlines on political, cultural, military, cyber and other security issues, so that relevant leaders of the two sides can communicate with each other in the first place and reduce strategic miscalculations.
"It was the newly elected President of the United States, Stanley, who called, and he said that he had important matters to discuss with you, the chairman." The chief of staff is over 60 and a half years old this year, and he is the only chief of staff who is older than the general secretary since the founding of the government.
"I see, it's okay, you can go and get busy first." Tang Ansong knew that the chief of staff was busy on weekdays, so he smiled and let him out.
After the chief of staff went out, Tang Ansong muttered for a little for two or three seconds, and then picked up the phone on the table. At this time, the hotline of the White House was waiting, and as the phone was picked up, the two hotlines were officially connected.
"Dear Chairman Tang, I'm Stanley, you just had lunch over there, right?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Stanley greeted enthusiastically, he studied Chinese culture, and he could stumble to speak a few words of Chinese.
"Hello, Mr. Stanley, it must be the second half of the night on your side, and I admire Mr. Stanley's devotion to his duties!"
Tang Ansong responded to Stanley in a relaxed tone, although the other party was not yet the official president, it did not prevent him from treating him with presidential courtesy. As long as there is no large-scale "disloyal elector" situation, Stanley successfully passed the Electoral College election and officially became the 58th president of the United States.
"Haha, when it comes to devotion to duty, Chairman Tang's deeds are admired, what I have done is still too insignificant compared to Chairman Tang!"
"I think let's communicate in English, although Chinese sounds cordial to me, but your Chinese does give me a headache!"
Tang Ansong said with a smile, but it made Stanley on the other end of the phone stunned for a moment, and soon the two sides communicated with each other in fluent English. The exchange between the leaders of the two great powers at this moment faded away from all seriousness, as if it had become a matter of homely chatter.
If governing a big country is a small thing, the Chinese often say that "the congress does small things, and the small meeting does big things." Although real national decision-making requires repeated deliberations among staff members to complete the unity of opinions, when policy documents are really formed, they are often handled through small meetings.
At this time, the leaders of the two largest countries in the world, Tang Ansong and Stanley, exchanged views on some hot issues.
"I wonder what President Tang thinks of the recent space programs between China and the United States? The actions of our two countries seem to have made the outside world have a very bad idea! ”
At the end of the regular exchange of views, Stanley suddenly brought up the topic of the space programs of the two countries.
Tang Ansong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked suspiciously on the phone: "What does Mr. Stanley mean ......?"
"Chairman Tang, we understand that people do not speak secretly, China and the United States are now simultaneously launching a space program that exceeds their own economic support capabilities, I think there is no deep-seated reason is definitely impossible, no matter how important the space program is, it must also follow the rules of the economy, and the current space program specifications are somewhat high, I know that you Chinese never do things that are not prepared, presumably there must be reasons that cannot be explained to the outside world."
After listening to this, Tang Ansong became serious, "Mr. Stanley, is your call over there safe?" ”
Stanley immediately realized: "Chairman Tang, please wait a moment. ”
After about a few minutes, Stanley said, "It's okay now, there's no recording of this call, and it's never going to be leaked." ”
"Did you find anything in your country?" Tang Ansong asked solemnly.
"Yes, something terrible has been discovered!"
"I don't think we have to hide anymore, it's about the continuation of civilization, and China and the United States should join hands!"
Stanley nodded, and through Tang Ansong's words, he was basically sure that China had also made discoveries in alien civilizations: "Then let's be honest and honest, Chairman Tang, we in the United States have discovered an alien craft in the orbit of Jupiter, and Juno has been sending friendly signals to it for more than a month, but it has not received a response." ”
Tang Ansong frowned, it seemed that the footprints of the aliens had indeed stepped into the solar system, and there was no response to the friendly signals of the United States, which revealed a hint of ominous premonition. He knew that what Stanley was saying was the truth, which was consistent with the intelligence intercepted by the military intelligence bureau before.
"China has also discovered behind the moon, it is a small flying vehicle!"
It was a flying machine, not a spaceship, and Tang Ansong cleverly used a reciprocal technique.
"There's a craft behind the moon?" Stanley exclaimed, taking the microphone and slamming to his feet.
If it is acceptable to find an alien craft in Jupiter's orbit, the main reason is probably because Jupiter is too far away from the Earth, but it is different if a spacecraft is also found behind the Moon, this shock is too strong, after all, the Moon is on the edge of the Earth, it is the companion star of the Earth, and the discovery of the spacecraft behind the Moon does not mean that the aliens have noticed the Earth and are ready to take action?
"I'm sorry Chairman Tang, please forgive me for my gaffes......" Stanley hurriedly apologized.
Tang Ansong shook his head, he could understand Stanley's mentality, and no one could be calm when he heard the news.
After being silent for a long time, Stanley said solemnly: "Chairman Tang, as the two most powerful countries on the planet, although our systems are different, I think we should cooperate more frankly and deeply!" After a pause, he said, "For the future of the entire human race!" ”
"yes, we should really cooperate!" Tang Ansong sighed.
"It's about putting aside the old suspicions and working together intimately!" Stanley emphasized.
This young leader, who will be at the helm of the entire United States, is different from previous American leaders, he has a more long-term vision, and in his view, neither the United States nor China alone can cope with this disaster.