George? Lieutenant General Runes has been waiting for a reply from Li Gang these days, National Security Advisor Robert Brown? Anderson, the Secretary of Defense and others have insisted on holding a formal meeting with the aliens in order to continue the next cooperation, and at the same time, because Li Gang also put forward more material requirements for the 'aliens', so Runes had to wait, but the two weeks were about to pass, but they still did not wait for Li Gang's reply, which made Runes really anxious. And at the same time, Runes got Robert? Anderson's implicit acquiescence to the secret surveillance and surveillance of President Hobart actually had some effect, and Runes changed from initial suspicion to real worry about the president, because although the surveillance did not have any direct evidence, but the results of the analysis of the president's behavior and speech surprised Runnes, Runes looked at the conclusions of the psychologists after analyzing the surveillance data, and several of his top psychoanalysts described their analysis of the president's psychology and behavior as follows:

Mr. President has a strong ability to think creatively and divergently, and has a high enthusiasm for his work, but Mr. President's long-term memory ability does not seem to be very good, and his emotions are easily affected by the outside world and change rapidly and excitedly, so that the decrees he issued are often changed day and night, or even changed again and again, although these problems have not been directly exposed in front of the public, but from the information obtained, this is indeed a very big and serious problem......; According to our study of Mr. President's medical records, such problems have arisen in the last two years, from the time he took over the presidency...... Finally, we believe that the president is either controlled by someone else or suffers from a certain degree of paranoia, which causes his brain to constantly produce delusions and hallucinations, which may also be caused by the intense work pressure, so we suggest that the president should be allowed to take more vacations and rest while taking the necessary treatment......

George? Runes looked at the analysis report of the psychologist, the weight of his report, if it was under normal procedures, the content of this report would be enough for the vice president to exercise the power to remove the president, he knew that these psychiatrists used the mildest words to analyze the president's current situation and measures to suggest, only because these secret information was obtained through secret and illegal surveillance channels, so it could not be used as direct evidence to remove the president, What makes Runes even more puzzling is why two presidents have had this very similar disease, which makes George ? Mr. Runes cast his gaze on a not-so-remarkable sentence on the screen: We think the president is either controlled by someone else or suffers from a certain degree of paranoia...... And mark the first half of the sentence in red.

Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, when Runes had just returned to his office after lunch, Lieutenant Colonel Kester hurried in and reported that the man named Li Gang had called twenty minutes earlier, because he did not specify what was going on, only that he would call again later, so I did not transfer you to the dining room, for fear of disturbing your lunch.

"Oh, are you sure it's Li Gang calling?"

"Sure, I personally went to answer this encrypted call from the line we specially arranged, and asked him what was going on, but he just wouldn't explain it to me."

Runes nodded, and after Lieutenant Colonel Kester walked out, he sat down and wondered if Li Gang had received a reply from the aliens, and if the other party refused the invitation to meet, then things would become difficult.

The assistant brought in a cup of strong coffee for Lieutenant General Runes and put it on the table, this is Runnes's habit, a cup of strong coffee after lunch can help him refresh his mind and make the afternoon work energetic, when Runes just drank the coffee in his hand slowly, a video phone on the table flashed, and almost at the same time Lieutenant Colonel Kester showed half of his body at the door and said in a very fast rhythm: "Li Gang's call, I asked people to directly transfer to your No. 3 line." ”

Runes nodded to Kester, and then pressed the connect button on the phone, and Li Gang's figure appeared on the phone screen, and he said with a smile on his face: "Ah, hello General Runes, I have good news for you, the aliens have agreed to meet." ”

A smile also appeared on Runes' face, and he said, "Oh, this news is so good, I've been waiting for your reply, so ......"

Li Gang didn't wait for Runes to finish his words before he took it and continued: "However, the aliens have a condition, they say that this is the minimum condition, if you can't accept it, this meeting can only be canceled." ”

"Oh, what kind of conditions?"

"What aliens mean is that it's okay to meet, but in their way, they only have video conversations with foreigners when necessary, and never meet directly, for efficiency and safety reasons."

Lieutenant General Runes' face sank when he heard this, he didn't know that the Assistant for National Security Affairs and the Secretary of Defense would not meet the conditions of the aliens, but he knew that this was not in line with the convention, nor did it conform to the essence of the meeting invitation made by country A to the aliens, but from Runes's own point of view, he actually did not value the formality of talks, he valued more about the results, and what kind of useful projects could really start to cooperate as soon as possible.

Li Gang saw that Runes's face sank, thinking that Runes was about to reject the aliens' conditions, and hurriedly continued: "I myself have not actually had direct contact with aliens, and I have been using the communication machine they gave me to contact each other, so I think their conditions are not very excessive, everyone has their own code of conduct, and your country A is actually the same, the difference is just to see who can settle with each other, and things will often become easy to solve." ”

George? Listening to Li Gang's words translated by the video phone translation system, Runes nodded slowly and said: "Okay, Mr. Li Gang, I will convey this request of the aliens and your opinion to the above, but this kind of meeting is really far from the form expected by the high-level, I really can't judge whether I can get the consent, but don't worry, I will try my best to convince them, what I value most is to negotiate and cooperate with the project as soon as possible, not to increase understanding and promote feelings, After a long period of time, we will naturally gain mutual understanding and trust. ”

Li Gang nodded hurriedly and said loudly: "Yes, yes, General Runes is really an understanding person, it is really similar to us businessmen, I never care what the other party looks like in business, I only care about how much profit I can get, and this method has always been very smart, helping me from an unknown person to a real success." ”

Li Gang's words to brag about himself did not arouse the interest of Runes, and after Lunes slowly drank the half cup of coffee that was still in his hand, he pursed his lips and said, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Li Gang, how about it?" The environment on Rietberg Island is still good, it's safe, no one can disturb you, and according to the agreement, you have control of the island, and you can arrange for your alien friends to live there at will. ”

Li Gang smiled and said: "Very good, very good, the environment here is really good, I have set aside a lot of space for them, as for when they come, I really don't know how many people come, they never tell me this, and they don't let me ask, but I can guarantee that these aliens are very reserved, and they may also be the most trustworthy of the aliens, so I have been working well with them." ”

Runes smiled and nodded, ending the call with Li Gang. Runes never trusted Li Gang very much, and it was precisely because of Li Gang's businessman nature that Runes thought that Li Gang was always thinking about his own interests, and he carried a lot of moisture when he said anything.

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Three days later, in one of the most secret conference rooms of the Ministry of Defense of country A, National Security Advisor Robert ? Anderson, Secretary of Defense, George? Lieutenant General Runes and other seven or eight important officials related to the alien cooperation program and several scientists from the Ministry of Defense are sitting here, three large screens have been lit on the wall in the center of the conference room podium, important officials are drinking hot coffee or smoking cigars that have just been delivered, chatting in groups of two or three about their views and expectations for the upcoming video conference with aliens, several scientists have serious expressions and are not in the mood to eat and drink. The history of the aliens' meeting is significant, including Professor White and Professor Smith.

When Li Gang's round head appeared on the big screen, the chaotic scene in the conference room finally quieted down, everyone looked at Li Gang and the picture behind him, Li Gang may have been reminded by the cameraman and realized that the line had been connected, he smiled at the camera, and saw George in the huge display screen in his study? Lieutenant General Runes and the others, Li Gang cleared his throat and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's an honor to have the opportunity to meet you, this meeting was conducted in the way chosen by the alien friends, and this is the first time I have the opportunity to stand very close to them, but there is a very thick glass curtain wall between us, this is because the aliens love to be clean, for fear of contracting a little bit of the terrible virus on our earth......"

When Lee just spoke, George? Runes had been paying attention to the situation on the other side of the transparent glass curtain wall next to Li Gang on the screen, and he noticed that Li Gang's huge study had been divided into a large part, some tables and chairs that were much larger than the furniture used by normal people were neatly placed on the other side of the curtain wall, and several tall aliens were preparing to sit down.

The people present opened their mouths one after another, and looked intently at the aliens who were entering the venue one after another behind Li Gang, and they were all a little surprised, because according to the analysis of scientists, these aliens should be much shorter than the earthlings, but the aliens in the screen are obviously very tall compared to Li Gang, nearly one-third taller than Li Gang's figure, and these aliens are all blue skin, and the blue skin is different in depth. It looks very much like the bull ghost and snake god in the mythology of country C, but it is not such an exaggerated shape, three aliens sit in the center, and the other three stand behind them, as if they are staff officers or bodyguards or something.