Chapter 546, Michael
Brooklyn's face was equally gloomy, and he walked faster and faster, as if carrying the wind, so that Harrison had to trot a few steps to catch up.
Harrison stole a glance at Brooklyn, pursed his lips, and followed silently.
After lunch, the afternoon session continued.
Heather Gerken changed his morning silence and suddenly changed his attitude, actively participated in the discussion, and stood clearly on the side of Brooklyn.
This made the process smoother than ever.
Heather Gerken's change in attitude went unnoticed, after all, it was not surprising that Yale was involved in the proposal in the opinion of everyone in favor of all.
The meeting went exceptionally well. After three days of discussions, the full proposal was finally formed.
The meeting ended, and people left.
After meeting with several delegates individually, Brooklyn saw off the Yale delegation on the evening of the 24th, and after arranging the follow-up matters, he also took a plane back to New York in the early morning of the same day.
With a jolt, the plane broke off the runway and flew into the clouds.
Brooklyn sat in his seat, his eyes closed, thinking.
On this trip to Boston, he achieved all his goals.
The proposal was successfully resolved, and the plan was ready to close the net, but Heather Gerken conceded defeat and was dragged into the vortex by him.
Not only that, but he also had a windfall.
During the meeting, he met with a number of people individually and reached a preliminary verbal intention, and the interim council began to take shape.
But he wasn't happy.
Heather Gerken's words still echoed in my ears.
Brooklyn asked the flight attendant for a glass of water, took a sip of water, and swallowed it slowly.
Those words reminded him of many things.
Brooklyn looked down at his palm, his fist slowly spreading, revealing a slightly sweaty palm.
Never become Heather Gerken!
Brooklyn reminded herself secretly.
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In the early hours of the morning, the plane landed.
Brooklyn and Harrison dragged their tired bodies out of the airport and drove back to their accommodations.
When the two returned home and hastily washed away their fatigue and prepared to rest, the sky was already faintly bright.
Brooklyn slept for more than three hours and got up.
When he went downstairs, he found Harrison already up and sitting at the table eating breakfast.
Hearing the movement and seeing that it was Brooklyn, Harrison pointed across the table.
It was the breakfast he had gone out to buy when he got up, and some of it had been left for them by Anne.
After greeting Harrison, Brooklyn yawned and sat across from Harrison, mechanically picking up a slice of bread, taking the newspaper on the table and flipping through it.
Returning to New York doesn't mean he'll have an easy time.
In the days to come, he will need to work with Frank and Winston to digest the results and straighten out the mess that has become a mess in New York.
Although the affairs of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have been handed over to Heather Gerken to run, he cannot relax on his side and needs to continue to invest.
The matter of the proposal also needs him to check it at all times, keep advancing, and carefully control the heat.
And, of course, the most important thing is moving and wedding preparations.
But fortunately, these things were decided early, everything was planned, and he just had to act according to the plan.
The time passed slowly in the busy and full of peace.
Monday, September 9.
Mark Meelai, who stayed in New York, came to his new home in Brooklyn.
He brought good news - Michael had boarded the evacuation flight and was about to return home soon.
During this time, because of the need to digest the results of the New York war and the preparation of the wedding, Brooklyn met with Mark Mealy more frequently.
Mark Mealai did not leave New York, but stayed, acting on behalf of the military.
According to the tripartite agreement, the military has a place in New York.
As far as Brooklyn knows, Mark Meaille has recently focused most of his energy on running Michael's homecoming, and most of the military's affairs have been left to someone else.
Michael's return is imminent, which is a cause for Brooklyn to be happy about.
Brooklyn is in great need of Michael's ability to gather and aggregate information. Before Michael returned, Brooklyn had already arranged his place.
In the Brooklyn plan, Michael will be paired with Bob. This will further free him from his busy chores.
In the evening of the same day, Brooklyn and his fiancée Anne Aldington, accompanied by Harrison and Bob, went to the airport to personally pick up Michael.
At 8:40 p.m., Michael appeared in front of Brooklyn under the protection of three bodyguards.
Brooklyn smiled and walked forward with open arms.
The three bodyguards surrounded Michael in the center, vigilantly observing around, and when they saw Brooklyn coming forward, their muscles tensed up, and they quietly approached Michael, while the two bodyguards stepped forward and blocked in front of Michael.
Michael patted the shoulder of the person in front of him, and after whispering something, the two bodyguards who were blocking in front of him stepped out of the way, revealing Michael himself.
"Haha, Michael, welcome back to New York!"
Brooklyn laughed, stepped forward and gave Michael a strong hug, patting him twice on the back before letting go.
Michael looked a little haggard and tired, much older than when they had last met, but he was in good spirits, his eyes were bright and bright.
After letting go, Michael smiled at Brooklyn.
"I didn't expect you to pick me up."
Brooklyn took his hand and smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"We're friends, you're back, why didn't I come to pick you up?"
After a pause, Brooklyn said solemnly, "Good work."
Michael looked at the serious Brooklyn in a daze, was silent for a moment, and finally a smile bloomed on his face. He nodded vigorously, his lips squirming, but not a single syllable was uttered, just a smile.
Brooklyn looked at Michael's appearance and felt a little uncomfortable.
Not to mention the friendship between the two, not to mention Michael's warning to him during the shooting, not to mention Michael's role in E. Y's help to him is just about Michael's personal value. Michael is also his man.
It can be said that Michael's trip to the Middle East was completely on his behalf, and it was a calamity that was unjustified.
The military pulled Michael out as a warning to him.
This made Brooklyn unhappy with the military.
Just after the New York incident, the two sides should have been in a honeymoon period, but Michael was taken away and Mark Mee was reminded of these two things privately, so that Brooklyn could not "honeymoon" with the military at all.
He was already very wary of the military, worried that the introduction of the military would lead the wolf into the house. Later, he kept speculating that the military was plotting against him. It was also a helpless move to bring in the military in the first place, and now it is time to consider getting rid of this "ally".
Michael is a fuse, and without Michael, there will be other things that will be the fuse.
Brooklyn suppressed these complicated thoughts, led Michael to Annie and the others, and introduced everyone to each other.
The three bodyguards followed Michael all the time, not leaving an inch. It wasn't until he reached the parking lot that Brooklyn stopped talking and looked at the three bodyguards.
Michael smiled at Brooklyn and explained, "They're my 'friends' over there. Thanks to them, I survived."
He bit his "friend" very hard.
Then Michael briefly introduced the three of them. One of them is the head of the intelligence team of the "CIA", one is an intelligence analyst in the Middle East, and the last one is a member of the field operation team.
After getting into the car and driving out of the parking lot, Brooklyn glanced at Michael and teased, "Looks like you're not at a loss."
"You can't just get caught." Michael smiled and replied.
The Federation has no pick-up etiquette, and Brooklyn came to pick up Michael, mainly to express his importance to Michael, as well as to appease people's hearts and express his position. After all, Michael was taken away in his place, and he came to pick up Michael so solemnly, which means that he remembered Michael's experience in his heart and will not forget it.
Needless to say, Michael understands what Brooklyn meant.
When he was evacuated from the Middle East, he was actually a little apprehensive, poaching a few people from the CIA and the military, in addition to self-preservation and revenge, he also had the meaning of planning for the future. In case Brooklyn brought him back and treated him coldly, and didn't plan to make a plan for him, he would be better to prepare for the future.
- Michael has been over there for so long, how can he only dig up three people. In fact, there are many people who have been poached by him, but they have not come back with them.
Brooklyn did not arrange for Michael Dow to be outside, but invited him to his new home for dinner, the dishes were not rich, but most of them were prepared by Brooklyn.
After dinner, Brooklyn asked Michael about what happened to him with concern, and the two talked until late, and only briefly talked about the arrangements for Michael before parting.
"Settle your own affairs first, there's no rush here." Brooklyn stood in the doorway and said, "When you settle your own affairs, if you need to, I can give you a few days off, rest, and when you calm down, then go to Bob."
Bob already knew that he would have to partner with Michael in the future, and he was very enthusiastic along the way.
Michael shook his head and rejected Brooklyn's offer.
"No, boss. Just give me a day. I'll be able to arrange it tomorrow, and I can go to Bob the day after tomorrow."
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Brooklyn did not mention to anyone that he had any idea of the proposed interim council and that it was going to transform it into a stronger, longer-lasting alliance.
This matter only had this idea in Brooklyn's mind, but Michael guessed Brooklyn's idea with only intelligence.
Michael's second email was similarly informative.
He compiled the information of the parties involved in the press law proposal, whether they are opposition or supportive, and ranked them according to their own needs, indicating which ones can be wooed, which ones can be won over when, which are stubborn and staunch factions that can only be used, and what kind of interests they have with each other.
Michael's email provides a thorough analysis of almost all the parties surrounding the press law proposal.
If there are no surprises, Brooklyn will only need to follow the form given by Michael and do it step by step.
This shocked Brooklyn.
He only knew that Michael could help him, but he didn't expect it to be so big.
What shocked him the most was that Michael had such a thorough understanding of the relationship between the parties behind it in such a short period of time.
He's only been working for six days!
Brooklyn had to call Michael to get in touch.
Soon, Brooklyn knew why Michael had this information.
As Mark Mie said, Michael was just a third-rate informant, and he himself could not have unearthed so much information in such a short period of time.
Don't say six days, give him sixty days, he won't dig it out.
Michael doesn't have such a wide range of channels, let alone such a wide range of capabilities.
But with the addition of Brooklyn, it's different.
Michael made good use of Brooklyn's influence and magnified his abilities several times through Harvard.
It's true that Michael can't get these materials, but that doesn't mean Harvard can't get them.
He just needs to come to the information he needs and sit in his office and analyze and summarize it.
In this regard, Michael modestly said that everything is due to Lopez and Anthony, and Bob also helped him a lot, he just did simple statistical work.