0183 Contradictory and complex
"Your Excellency, Frank has been killed!"
Outside the press conference hall in the presidential palace, a security chief dressed in a solemn suit whispered a report in the ear of the president, who was reading the script.
Mr. President slowly put down the manuscript in his hand, he glanced at his security officer, and wiped his face, "This is really bad news, but are the hostages safe?"
The security officer nodded solemnly, "The news that came back from the scene, Frank refused to communicate, and tried to hurt the hostages, our people were forced to shoot in desperation, and the hostages are safe." ”
Mr. President nodded with satisfaction, "That's good, it's my duty to protect the safety ......of the citizens of the Federation," he picked up the manuscript again, looked at it a few times, nodded to the chief of security and the chief of staff, and stepped into the conference room.
The moment he walked into the conference room, the flashing lights almost turned it into a silver world, and the sudden light was somewhat uncomfortable even for the president, who was accustomed to seeing the media.
He squinted his eyes slightly, walked to the side of the hosting stage, his eyes drooping, which made him feel better.
Twenty-four hours have passed since the events broke out yesterday morning, and no matter what others think, first the media will go crazy, and then public opinion.
The matter has already spread, and it is obviously not practical to cover the lid again, and it will make people feel that Mr. President and his cabinet government are incompetent, and they can only find a way to solve it, at least first calm down the ordinary investors who are blocking the door of the bank or the exchange.
After a few seconds, the frequency of the flashing lights decreased, but all the reporters raised their arms high, and the voice of his chief of staff came from the headphones worn by Mr. President, "Fourth lady in the second row with a blue silk scarf......
Mr. President looked up, and there was indeed a lady in a blue silk scarf in the second row, and he pointed casually, "Lady in a blue silk scarf......
When the female reporter stood up, the other people's raised hands immediately retracted and grabbed the pen, ready to write something at any moment.
The female reporter named by Mr. President waited for a little quieter in the conference room and asked, "Mr. President, since yesterday people have discovered that war bonds issued abroad cannot be cashed, what can we do, what can you do?"
Some reporters frowned, the question was not sharp enough, it was ordinary, so ordinary that it could be said that it was not of much value, because even if the question was not asked, the president or his press officer would end up saying it, which would be a waste of an opportunity to ask a question.
But since I asked, let's record it.
Mr. President showed his composure and composure, almost opening his mouth to come, "We have urgently contacted the bond issuing country, and the federal embassies abroad are also urgently consulting with the local government. ”
"So far we have not come up with any effective solutions, but I can assure the people that we have not wasted a single second, and that our ambassador and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have not had a single moment of rest since yesterday. ”
"If there is any new development, it will be announced to the public as soon as possible!"
The regular answer, without any bright spots, some reporters give up on continuing to record halfway through the memory, and this answer can be directly used in the press release.
Generally speaking, a press conference such as a presidential speech will have a press release, which is a more official answer and core idea, and the mainstream media will respect the content of the press release and carry out some processing on the basis of not changing the core.
But some of the less mainstream media outlets are very vocal and they will always make a serious press conference feel like a conspiracy press conference, and they will also rely on it to get more readers and subscriptions.
Immediately after that, some lucky reporters were named and asked questions, and the questions asked by these reporters were too modest, which disappointed many reporters, because the Q&A session of the press conference became a one-man show for Mr. President.
This situation is becoming more and more common, and when Mr. President first took office, he would not have arranged for these reporters to hold a press conference so consistently, and he was very passionate at that time, but look at it now.
Almost every press conference he attended in person was like this, full of official questions and official answers, and there would be no surprises throughout the conference.
Don't those "state media" themselves feel disgusting?
In fact, it doesn't matter if it's disgusting or not, it's how you can avoid some embarrassment when the current situation is uncertain.
Half an hour later, the press conference ended, Mr. President quickly left, and his press officer took over.
Journalists still don't need to think about getting valuable answers from the press officer's mouth, because when the question becomes sharp, he will say that he is just a press officer, and he can only answer pre-prepared answers, which still makes people helpless and deeply helpless.
After coming out of the press conference room, the president removed some of the electronic devices that made him feel uncomfortable, which weighed several kilograms and was not a good experience to hang on.
He returned to his office and summoned the chief of staff and the staff team, and he needed some suggestions and countermeasures to solve the current problem.
There are some things that can't be dragged on.
"Mr. President, we deliberated for a day yesterday and came to a conclusion, but ......," he said, looking at the others and then at Mr. President, "but you may not like it very much." ”
Mr. President frowned, "What is the answer?" he said, joking in a non-joking tone, "Let's say I want to submit my resignation to Congress?"
This is obviously not a funny joke, the chief of staff laughed dryly, "We think the most important thing to do now is to let things go naturally, and it is necessary to give some simple answers, which are more in line with our current situation and our position." ”
Mr. President's brows tightened tighter, and he plucked out his ears, "Sorry, I don't quite understand what you're talking about, can you say it in more detail?"
The chief of staff began to explain in more detail, "We are not going to do anything for the time being, because no matter what we do, it will be very difficult for us to change the attitude of those countries, and they will not be able to deliver on us, especially these victorious countries." ”
The uncashable war bonds came mainly from the victorious countries, which were willing to exchange these bonds and announced in their own name, and they deferred the exchange of those bonds issued before the war in the international community for a year, and increased by 15 per cent on the basis of the original redemption ratio.
But everyone knows that by the time they can cash out, the money they give, the currency, will already be worthless.
The president nodded, he knew this, "So your solution is to do nothing?", he leaned back, not seeing any change in attitude or expression, "So how do I explain to the citizens?"
The chief of staff corrected some minor errors in his words in a timely manner, "It is not you who give an account to the people, but how the countries that refuse to honor it explain to the ordinary people in the international community!"
"In fact, the staff agreed that this was actually a good thing, because we inadvertently resolved some very critical issues, shifting the contradiction from the different positions of the two governments to the ordinary people of one country and the international community as a whole. ”
"Previously, the failure of these victorious countries to fail their bonds could be said to be an act of state, and they were also targeting the Bylor Federation as an individual, but now that their opponents have become ordinary people, they are a bit shameless in doing so. ”
"We can rally some of the countries that face the same problems as us, even the defeated countries, to build momentum in international opinion, and privately if we can leverage one or two smaller countries to cash out some of their bonds, that can break trust between the victorious alliances." ”
"More importantly, we can use the pretext of 'safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people' to unite a part of the international community, and it has been proved that complete isolation is not advisable!"
As the biggest supporter of the isolation policy, Mr. President was aware of the drawbacks of the isolation policy at this time.
When the Bailer Federation is in trouble, no one will stand up to help him, and because of his isolation in the international community, he has no status at all, which is why the victorious country can manipulate the Baile Federation at will.
His thoughts spread deep and quickly, and his fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, "Neutral Nations Alliance?"
The chief of staff bowed slightly, this is the idea behind him, since isolationism is already certain that it will not work, then use another relatively moderate way to change the current position of the Bailer Federation in the international community.
Considering that Mr. President came to power through this policy, it can be said that it is the perfect solution to unite some neutral countries without changing their neutral position, so as not to make the people feel that isolationism has failed, and at the same time to use the power of the people to solve some problems.
"And what about the people who are making trouble outside, how to solve it?", Mr. President quickly finalized the decision, and asked a very sharp question.
The chief of staff said pointedly, "There must be some people who are responsible for this matter......
Scapegoat, blame man, I don't know how many years this kind of gameplay has been used, so simple that almost everyone knows this situation, but people just eat this set.
Mr. President nodded, "If there is no other way, let's do it, I hope we can see the results soon." ”