Chapter 486 Additional Conditions

( ) After saying this, he didn't stop, walked out of the hotel without looking back, got into a black suv, and drove all the way amidst the roar of the engine. ∷four ∷five ∷Chinese ∷Chinese△,

The reporters formed an arched circle at the front door of the hotel. It was not until some unidentified guests walked in from the outside that they came back to their senses and put away the recording equipment to check the video images just now.

There was no need for security to disperse them. Some of them went straight to the interview car in the hotel parking lot, and some even went to the rest area to organize press releases.

The two female receptionists at the front desk of the hotel looked at them blankly, and found that it was different from when they swarmed in. Most of the people walked very quietly, with deep steps, as if there was a heavy weight on their shoulders.

In fact...it's not their bodies that are heavy, but their moods.

Tang Fang is a businessman, not an actor, but why does his performance in front of the camera always affect the hearts of media people who are used to intrigue, intrigue, and ugliness in the world? Not to mention the civilians in front of the TV.

Later, they figured it out, Captain Tang is not a real businessman at all, just like what he said: "I am like you", he just expressed his true inner thoughts--- From the standpoint of an ordinary person, this may be one of the reasons why the big capitalists of the Star Alliance can't understand him.

He obviously has the ability to ignite the divine fire, but he is willing to give the middle finger to the high god. This is very rebellious, and it is also against the rules, which angered many people with great powers.

Rules, like an invisible dividing line, divide people into different categories.

Captain Tang's helplessness is also the helplessness of most people.

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"I can't control the ups and downs of the sea, I can't control the ups and downs of the sea..."

The scenery outside the car window receded rapidly, and Beard repeated that sentence in a low voice, with a somewhat ugly expression.

He felt wronged and wronged. What Captain Tang said to the camera lens in front of the hotel was simply... just fart.

Who is the "sea"? Who am I"?

tmd the kid sitting next to him with a stomach full of bad water is the "sea", and now it is the government that is forced to help, not him!

Captain Tang stepped on the face of the government, but still pretended to be a vulnerable group. Is he so shameless...

Unfortunately, the government is still powerless to refute.

I didn't dare at first. Second, it can't, and third... Even if the truth is revealed to the public, who will believe it?

Beard wanted to die.

Tang Fang is an upright person, so he speaks very honestly. For example, now: "Hey, your face is so ugly. You are so wronged to invite me to dinner? Or...send me back?"

If there was a knife in front of him now, Beard would stab his heart without hesitation.

This kid is definitely a demon.

"How... how?"

He hummed twice with a half-smile. Wanting to protest but not daring, I could only say sourly: "You don't need to do that."

Tang Fang felt that Beard was not a person with a sense of humor, so he stopped joking with him, and turned his head to look at the sprawling skyscrapers outside the bulletproof glass, watching the rays of the artificial sun reflect silvery dots on the curtain wall , said: "Although I don't want to admit it, but...public opinion has become my amulet."

"Also, I'm not wrong. It's just that everyone has a different position and a different situation. They have different perspectives on things."

Beard thought about it, and felt that what he said made sense. Because of the "kidnapping plan", "Morning Star Foundry" and the upper class of the Star Alliance have been torn apart. If Captain Tang wants to gain a foothold in the Tianchao star area, he must be close to the middle class and the bottom civilians, and use public opinion as a bargaining chip for survival and development. Fight against the joint oppression of those big forces and big consortia.

He needs public opinion. Public opinion doesn't need him.

Society always needs heroes and fighters, doesn't it?

The people of the Star Alliance are not the insensitive and humble slaves of Monya and the Sulu Empire. They have their own beliefs and pursuits.

in a sense. Captain Tang is more like their projection.

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Beard did not take Tang Fang to a five-star hotel, because he knew that eating is not the key, the key is who to eat with.

The banquet was held in a conference hall in the administrative area of ​​the "Sky Garden". This was Tang Fang's proposal, because according to the Chinese tradition, the dinner table is the most suitable place for business talks.

Of course, all of the above are nonsense, it’s just because he didn’t eat enough for breakfast, and his stomach is growling with hunger, but the meeting with President Adam is destined to be a labor-intensive job that requires both brains and heart, and he feels that he should eat while eating. It's good to talk, and it can disgust Mr. President, so why not do it?

Beard naturally didn't know the captain's bad taste, he said with admiration: "Mr. Tang is really a workaholic."

Captain Tang said: "Where, where..." His expression was very modest and his tone was very polite.

This made Beard a little unaccustomed to it, wondering if he might misunderstand what he meant.

Tang Fang didn't give him too much time to think. As for the food, he chose Thai food, which is famous for its hot and sour taste. It is said that he was tired of eating Chinese food and wanted a change.

Beard immediately ordered people to prepare, and then led the guests to a conference hall where remote video conferences can be held.

The staff has adjusted the electronic communication equipment to the best condition, and established an encrypted quantum communication channel with the "Heisenberg" Reinhardt Palace, and video conferences can be held at any time.

Thai cuisine is similar to Chinese Cantonese cuisine in terms of shape and cooking. It is exquisite and delicate, completely different from the northern Dakaidahe. The taste is more unique than the light Cantonese cuisine. Oily red sauce, seafood and vegetables are especially good ingredients.

Dining in a conference room is not unprecedented, but dining in a conference room in front of Mr. President is definitely the only one in the world.

Whether it was Chef 1.58 who cooked the dishes, or the technicians who maintained the communication equipment, they all felt that Captain Tang's request was weird and rude.

Naturally, Tang Fang wouldn't tell them "I'm happy, come and bite me if you have the ability", because this sentence was prepared for Adam Oliver. He really wanted to know what kind of expressions Mr. President and his think tanks would have when they faced a table of hot, sour, hot and colorful Thai dishes. Are they hungry? Are you drooling?

When the first appetizer was brought into the room by Bield's confidant, Tang Fang nuzzled at Bield, indicating that it was time to start.

The staff who were debugging the equipment in the corner of the room stepped back voluntarily, the conference room became dark, and the projector lens above the triangular conference table slid forward. Until it stopped at the top corner, with a light ding sound, a cloud of dim light sprinkled down, expanding a three-dimensional light curtain, and then a blue light, slowly outlining a human figure in mid-air.

Tang Fang has already wrapped the napkin. It really doesn't match the military uniform below, especially this guy can't wait to put a piece of chicken feet into his mouth, chewing and chewing, it makes people's teeth itch with hatred.

Adam Oliver is a white man in his 50s, with slender cheeks and regular facial features. He doesn't seem to be pretentious or majestic. He looks like an uncle delivering a courier downstairs. Honest and kind.

However, the undersides of his eyes are a bit dark, and if you distinguish carefully, you can see bags under the eyes. I think he hasn't slept well these days.

Of course he didn't sleep well! The culprit was the heartless and unlucky young man on the opposite side who was chewing chicken paws as if he hadn't eaten breakfast.

Tang Fang did not eat breakfast, to be precise, he was not full.

Of course, Adam Oliver didn't know about this. He never expected to work so hard to adjust his mood for a long time in order to make himself look more kind, but in the end he got such a scene in exchange.

He is solemn like a believer who pays homage to the Buddha. As for Uncle Tang...

He turned to look at Beard with a questioning look in his eyes.

The "Babylon" district chief, who was a few years older than Mr. President, spread his hands with a bitter face. He indicated that this was none of his business, it was Uncle Tang's idea.

Thus, Adam Oliver was silent, and the meeting room was silent, only the rattling sound of chicken bones breaking between Captain Tang's teeth, like the mocking of a devil --- mocking the pitiful mortal on the other side.

The tranquility of the conference room was finally broken by a knock on the door. Beard played the role of the waiter, opened the door, took a dish of curry breaded crab from his confidant, put it on the conference table, and sat down next to Tang Fang.

He didn't speak, he opened a bottle of beer and took a few sips. I finally figured out why Captain Tang did this.

This is not ignorance of the rules, but deliberately finding fault and deliberately being rude.

No one knows exactly what happened on "Arcassie". Anyway, Horace died, Benedict died, and Boyle died. The only survivor, Corey Christian, chose to defect to the enemy. Naturally, they would not tell the government what was going on at the time.

According to the information held by the Star Alliance government, Captain Tang was injured twice in "Arcassy", and was assassinated again when he returned to the "Sky Garden" yesterday, and was shot in the right arm.

The reason why Adam Oliver apologized to him in front of the media cameras and why O'Neill submitted his resignation to Congress is all for the current deal.

The apology was not sincere, and the resignation was due to being forced and helpless.

Along the way, Captain Tang has suffered a lot due to resistance from the government. He is qualified to do so, has reason to do so, and has the ability to do so.

Such humiliation is what Adam Oliver deserved.

Beard didn't dare to persuade Tang Fang, for fear of adding fuel to the fire, so he could only keep silent, drinking beer cup after cup.

The room was dim, and the only light source came from the projection of Adam Oliver. The room was also very quiet, except for the sound of Tang Fang breaking off a crab claw and putting it on the plate in front of Beard.

He said: "It's not good to drink stuffy wine, it's easy to hurt your stomach."

Beard smiled awkwardly, and then gave him a pleading look.

He let out a long sigh: "I originally planned to talk about it after I was full... But..." He looked up and swept Adam Oliver, who was sinking in front of him, "At any rate, you are also the president of a country. After 'Morning Star Casting', you will be in Are you going to make a living under the rule... let’s get down to business, let’s talk about our deal.”

Adam Oliver heard that the frost color on his face gradually faded, and asked: "Can you really calm down the storm of public opinion?"

It is true that this storm of public opinion affecting the entire Star Alliance started with Captain Tang, but this does not mean that he can manipulate the situation in Heavenly Nest as he pleases, and the government is powerless, let alone him.

This is not a computer game, which can be saved and restarted, nor is it a lit lighter that will go out when you let go of it. This is a storm, a storm that has already formed, maybe... only God can stop it from spreading.

In fact, Adam Oliver didn't think that Tang Fang really had the means to help him through this difficult time. He just wanted to try again with the idea of ​​being a dead horse as a living horse doctor, just like he expressed his resignation intention in front of the public before. It's just a way to delay the army by retreating.

Tang Fang unhurriedly picked out a piece of crab meat and put it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Of course, is it possible that you can still rely on others now? I am your only hope."

Adam Oliver was silent again. Captain Tang is right, he is desperate now.

"Public opinion storm... what is the basis of the public opinion storm?"

"public opinion."

"What is the basis of public opinion?"

"public opinion."

Tang Fang raised his head, looked at him seriously, and said, "I am public opinion."

The fork that Beard was holding in his hand fell to the ground, a chicken paw fell on his trouser leg, and the newly changed trousers were smeared with salad dressing.

Just as it appears on the electronic calendar. The fortune of Aquarius is not very good today, with only three stars.

He always thought astrology was nonsense, so today he stained a pair of trousers.

Of course, at this moment, he was not in the mood to consider whether astrology is effective or not. He froze in place like petrified, his mind was full of the shadow of the young man beside him.

Every word Tang Fang said and everything he did after returning to the "Sky Garden" flashed through his mind like a movie.

In the end, he shivered in shock, looking at the young man who picked up the cup and sipped the juice in silence.

Adam? Oliver's performance to be more composed. It may also be because he doesn't have a fork or knife in his hand, so he can't complete the action with a high level of difficulty.

If this sentence was uttered by someone else, it would definitely cause countless rolls of eyes, thinking that he is an idiot or a fool, or that he is a poor fellow with advanced stage two cancer waiting to die.

However, it was Captain Tang who said this, not Captain Tang who just came to Tianchao star area, nor Captain Tang who was half a month ago. It's Captain Tang today.

He used flat and regular declarative sentences, and the volume was neither high nor low. The tone of voice is neither fast nor slow, without any emotional color.

He was just telling a fact calmly, a fact that no one could refute.

Now he is public opinion!

The bags under the eyes of Adam Oliver's face deepened, and he suddenly realized that he was a complete loser, without any suspense. No controversy, no regrets.

Leaving aside the military aspect, from a political point of view, these people calculated and calculated, and finally played themselves as a pawn in the hands of Captain Tang.

It's really sad. Really frustrating.

That guy, the guy holding a crab leg and talking, is simply a nightmare king. He never aims to conquer the world, but only enjoys playing with people's hearts.

Adam? Oliver enlightened, but the enlightenment time is a bit late.

Tang Fang is a tired slacker. He is afraid of trouble, and he is even more afraid of being troubled by others. You can choose to go all out and use your hands and feet to forge a way to survive.

Just like the various encounters after coming to "Babylon", he really didn't want to make things so complicated, but there was always someone holding a knife to the back of his spine, forcing him to move forward step by step.

He felt a little wronged... It really doesn't blame him.

"I want to hear the terms of the deal."

Adam Oliver heaved a long sigh, and at the same time, there was a glimmer of hope in his heart. Maybe Captain Tang, who was full of bad things, could really help him out of the predicament.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, the enemy can also become a friend. As a businessman, the other party probably does not want the Star Alliance to fall into civil strife, which is of no benefit to anyone. What the Republican Party can give him, the Liberal Party can also give him.

Tang Fang raised his head and glanced at him, looking through the goblet with watermelon juice, it was like watching people through the crack of a door, no, it was looking through the crack of a cup.

Because the watermelon juice is more colorful, it makes Mr. President's face blush, and the green and red are intertwined, which is a little weird.

"My offer will be high."

Adam Oliver took a deep breath, didn't care about Captain Tang's rude behavior, nodded and said, "I know."

The Star Alliance government has set up so many obstacles for him in the past month or so, squeezed the living space of "Morning Star Forge", and even planned to kidnap him.

He is a businessman. Although his temperament is different from most capitalists, he is a businessman after all.

The hot and sour smell permeated the entire conference room, adding a touch of frivolity to the somewhat calm and solemn room, as if it was not a negotiation field, but a cellar full of kimchi urns, making people's noses sour.

Beard put the crab claws in the center of the plate, fixed his eyes on the curry powder on it, as if hesitating whether to eat or not? He didn't want to embarrass Adam Oliver, and he didn't want Captain Tang to lose face. This multiple-choice question was difficult.

Tang Fang finally put down the beautiful and charming cup, then raised his head and said, "One, send back the 40 billion that was swiped away."

Adam Oliver said, "No problem."

"Second, approve a piece of land in the 'Sky Garden' military industrial park as the address of the branch of 'Morning Star Casting'."

Picked out a piece of tender crab meat from the crab cover and put it in his mouth, and added: "You pay for the construction cost."

Adam Oliver still nodded: "No problem."

"Third, after the completion of 'Morning Star Foundry', it must enjoy the same treatment as military enterprises such as 'Wanderer Technology Consortium' and 'Iga Industry', such as tax reduction and exemption, preferential policies, etc."

Adam Oliver still said, "No problem."

These conditions were all within his expectations, so naturally he would not say anything more. Moreover, the current situation has developed to such a point that bargaining will not bring any benefit other than angering the other party.

At the same time, he also knew that the above were all additional conditions, nothing more than petty gains, and with the size of Captain Tang, he should be more courageous, so he raised his head and stared straight at the goblet to pour the last sip of watermelon juice. Sliding into the mouth of the young man. (To be continued..)

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