Chapter 542, I bet you don't have bullets in your gun!
What kind of person is Heather Gerken?
Different people can give different answers to this question.
If you ask Brooklyn, Brooklyn will say that Heather Gerken is a fake sinister fat man.
If you ask Robert Gordon, Robert Gordon will say that Heather Gerken is a demon who eats people and doesn't spit out bones.
If you ask John Manning, John Manning will say that Heather Gerken is a good partner.
If you ask Yale, Yale people will say that Heather Gerken is a low-key person.
Heather Gerken doesn't really have much presence, so much so that even Yale people don't have a deep impression of him.
Yale doesn't have as much as Harvard, and even Harvard, as a sworn enemy, knows very little about the factional struggles within Yale.
Heather Gerken graduated from Yale in such a low-key manner, entered the management in a low-key manner, inherited the position of the leader of the Yale sect in a low-key manner, and took control of Yale in a low-key manner.
It's so silky, it's so calm.
Unlike Harvard, infighting is well known.
Brooklyn's biggest impression of Heather Gerken was that during the meeting at the Manhattan Hotel, Heather Gerken personally broke into the venue with Barry Justin, and continued to try to sabotage the Harvard conference in the future.
Despite his failures, Heather Gerken's performances during this period made a huge impression on Brooklyn.
This incident taught Brooklyn not to be careless when confronted by Heather Gerken.
Especially after he arranged for Anthony to guard against Heather Gerken, but Heather Gerken never moved.
After surmising that Robert Gordon was behind Heather Gerken, Brooklyn immediately cheered up 120,000 points.
Heather Gerken didn't react much to Brooklyn's impoliteness, and he still said in a deceptive tone, "Brooklyn, I'm sorry."
Brooklyn stopped his taunting and said in a deep voice, "Robert Gordon himself admitted to hiring a sought-after man, you need to send another representative."
"Or you just quit." Brooklyn snorted, "I want you to choose that."
He certainly didn't want Yale to just quit!
But from the moment the phone call was connected, Brooklyn unceremoniously unleashed taunting skills, saying anything, and being completely honest, which sounded much more believable.
Heather Gerken was silent for a moment before speaking, presumably in thought.
"I'm sorry Brooklyn, but Yale can't withdraw from the proposal."
"I have some things to deal with here, and when I'm done, I'll rush over in person, probably tomorrow at noon or afternoon, how about it?"
"Or you quit." Brooklyn reluctantly said, "There are more than 300 people here, and there is no way that 300 people are going to stay here for a day just to wait for you."
Heather Gerken was silent for a moment, then chuckled on the phone.
"Brooklyn, I propose to revise the proposal."
"Are you kidding?" Brooklyn asked, grimacing, "This joke isn't funny at all. This is the result of more than a month of hard work by our Harvard people, and you have completely denied it in one sentence?"
Heather Gerken said unhurriedly, "Yes, the research team. I've noticed that the "experts" in this research group seem to be at odds with you. Aren't you afraid that there is something wrong with this proposal?"
Ghosts are afraid!
The more inappropriate the better!
Brooklyn rolled her eyes, but didn't respond immediately.
Heather Gerken's statement was almost the same as explicit, and he already knew that Brooklyn had hidden something in the press law proposal and the research group.
And Heather Gerken's next words confirm this.
"Brooklyn, I'm doing the same thing you're doing."
Heather Gerken continued in a sly tone
"I'll bring some people over and let them join your research group, what do you think?"
"Maybe we can work together to amend the law. This is the first time that Harvard and Yale have collaborated since more than 100 years ago. We should be happy to be able to make this happen."
Heather Gerken wants to use the research team to purge dissidents from within Yale?
Isn't there peace within Yale either?
Brooklyn thought so, and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, I don't think there's any possibility of a collaboration between Harvard and Yale. We will never work together. Unless Yale becomes Harvard, New Haven."
"If so, maybe I can consider your suggestion."
"That's a shame." Heather Gerken seemed genuinely regretful: "Maybe I should invite them to New Haven and talk to them about how Harvard is dealing with the high-profile press law proposals." What do you think of this proposal?"
"They happen to be in Boston, could you please help me send out the invitation?" Our representative has been sent to the police station by you, and he will not be able to get out for the time being."
Brooklyn threw away the pen in his hand, stood up to pick up a glass of water, took a sip, and said, "Sorry, I'm afraid you'll have to send the invitation yourself."
"As for your proposal, I think it's very good, Yale didn't smear us at Harvard once or twice."
This is different from Brooklyn's accusation against Robert Gordon, this kind of news about reputation, and even about the forces behind it, is not something that anyone else will believe if they say anything.
In the midst of equal confrontation, smoke bombs, public opinion, splashing dirty water, and smearing ...... Almost the most advanced and commonly used means. Harvard and Yale have smeared each other I don't know how many times.
It's just that only a few people know what the truth of a thing is, and most people's perception of this matter is "decided" with the victory or defeat of the opposing sides.
Join Heather Gerken in New Haven to advocate that Brooklyn will use the press law proposal to clean up the opposition, the press law proposal is just a trap, it is an abandoned child, and Brooklyn will also hold a press conference in Boston, claiming that Heather Gerken is the dominant position in Harvard, smearing Harvard, and taking out Robert Gordon, as a victim to win a wave of sympathy while telling the media that Heather Gerken is diverting attention.
If Harvard wins in the end, Heather Gerken's actions, even if they are true, will still be discrediting Harvard and diverting the focus. The reason why Heather Gerken predicted success was because Yale had been getting in the way and sabotaging the proposal.
If Yale wins, even if Brooklyn is really pushing for press law, the truth of the matter is that he is purging the opposition, and Yale is responsible for its passage.
Therefore, it is not that Heather Gerken knows the truth of the matter and will bring down Brooklyn.
The trial argument will also give the defendant a chance to defend himself.
And no one covered Brooklyn's mouth to prevent him from speaking, he had a way to muddy the waters.
Therefore, Brooklyn was not too worried about discovering Heather Gerken's insight into his own purpose.
"Brooklyn, Robert Gordon is my gift to you as an apology for the Manhattan Hotel." Heather Gerken was silent for a moment and said, "We can cooperate, our goals are the same, why can't we cooperate? This is an opportunity for us to clean up the voices of opposition."
"I'm sorry, I don't really like your gift." Brooklyn sneered, "Besides, our goals are different, if you want to clean up the opposition voice, you can think of other ways yourself."
"By the way, I will relay this to Robert Gordon and the media, I believe that Yale people will be very moved to hear this."
These words can be regarded as treating others in the way of others. Heather Gerken threatened him before, and now he threatens Heather Gerken in return. They flattened out.
[In view of the general environment,
Heather Gerken seems to want to shake hands with Brooklyn and work together once, but Brooklyn doesn't agree.
Brooklyn doesn't think Heather Gerken is a stupid person, and he doesn't think that Heather Gerken will naively think that he has a chance to reconcile with him after the Manhattan hotel meeting and Brenner.
Anyway, Brooklyn didn't have the habit of working with someone who was holding a gun and asking for it.
"Then we'll only be more popular than anyone else."
Heather Gerken said helplessly in his tone.
Brooklyn slowly lowered his glass and stood up from his chair.
Naturally, he did not want the press law to be passed, not only did he not pass what he proposed, but he also hoped that others would not pass it.
The press law has attracted a lot of attention in the entire federal political arena, and he can wait for this limelight to pass, and then take it out and use it, so that the law can really be passed.
On top of that, if Heather Gerken had someone revise his proposal in advance, he would have taken it out at this time, and would have immediately attracted all the guests at the dinner outside.
All his plans will be frustrated.
He had made up his mind to treat the eucalyptus as a garbage dump, so he didn't even bother to ask about the specifics of the proposal!
One is knowing that it will be rejected, so he didn't care from the beginning, and the other is well-prepared, and he has long been eyeing which one is better, and a fool knows how to choose.
Those people outside may be afraid of Harvard's retaliation, but what if the opponent is Yale, an existence of the same size as Harvard?
Harvard's revenge was immediately less terrible.
Heather Gerken has caught the Brooklyn shot!
The reason why Heather Gerken had not moved for so long finally emerged.
Brooklyn didn't feel the joy of solving the mystery.
The dumpster plan itself was perfect, and while there were loopholes, it required someone to have a good eye for what Brooklyn was trying to do at the outset and start preparing for it right away.
It is not enough to have vision, but also to have a broad network of contacts, to be able to mobilize and command a large number of legal talents with real talent and real learning, and at the same time to be able to weigh the needs of all forces, comprehensively balance, and not be afraid of Harvard's retaliation, withstand Harvard's pressure, and be hidden enough not to leak a little information.
This kind of vulnerability is only theoretically possible!
Therefore, although Brooklyn had considered this possibility at the beginning of the layout, it gave up preparing after evaluating the possibility.
Because such a person simply cannot exist.
It's not human at all, it's magic, it's foresight.
The people who were initially transferred to the research group in Brooklyn were the people who supported him at the Manhattan hotel conference. To outsiders, it was nothing more than a deal that Brooklyn had made good on its promises.
Especially before that, Brooklyn had sent Bob to talk to them one by one. This behavior made the research team more credible.
- Isn't this just that there is no negotiation, and Brooklyn compromises for the time being to gather support.
Occasionally, there are a few "outliers" that can be seen as the result of internal compromise or internal negotiation.
Maybe this is Brooklyn's way of appeasing and buying people's hearts!
Combined with Brooklyn's move to keep Anthony and Burke, this possibility is very high!
By the time Brooklyn began to stuff the opposition into the research group, the risk of exposure was greatly increased, but by then it was too late.
When Brooklyn first stuffed people into the research group in large numbers, even if someone had insight into Brooklyn's purpose, it was too late.
There is no time to catch up with the progress of the research team.
The wood is already in the boat, and I can only watch.
But now Heather Gerken is telling Brooklyn that he not only understands Brooklyn's purpose, but is also preparing for it!
Brooklyn was shocked.
After standing up, he slowly sat back down.
"Really?" Brooklyn's voice was still calm, at least he couldn't hear any change in his heart from his voice alone: "That's just the right comparison, it's our Harvard talents."
Many, or you Yale fools more."
He didn't believe Heather Gerken's words!
He thinks Heather Gerken is scaring him!
Perhaps Heather Gerken did organize the handwriting of the proposal, or perhaps Heather Gerken did have an early insight into his purpose. But it is definitely impossible to know it from the very beginning!
Aside from Brooklyn, only Burke, Anthony, and Lopez knew about it.
Burke was eager to launch a nuclear flat at New Haven, and it was impossible to leak it.
López is one with him, and it is impossible to leak secrets.
Anthony was lying flat during that time, and he didn't even want to climb up inside Harvard, let alone leak the news outside.
At that time, except for the four of them, everyone, including Harvard insiders, saw it as a means to win hearts and minds in Brooklyn.
No one! No one would think this was Brooklyn's plan to weed out dissidents!
Because this plan is so crazy, it's playing the whole federal political arena!
No one thought Brooklyn had such guts.
Knowing that Brooklyn had such guts, it was impossible for someone to leak secrets.
So, Brooklyn doesn't think Heather Gerken had an insight into the plan from the start.
Heather Gerken may have organized a proposal by hand, but he certainly didn't finish it.
This is not a gamble, this is an inference based on known conditions and clues, based on confidence in one's own abilities!
Heather Gerken is bluffing, he has no cards to play!