One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Two Different Stories
Erilke.
The bright sunshine in the early morning shone into the conference room. Conservatives and radicals were sitting on both sides of the long conference table. Although the meeting had not started yet, no one spoke at the table, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
A little after seven o'clock, a tired-looking John walked in. Before he could sit down, Rand, who had just rushed back to Elilke, stood up: "BOSS, have you agreed to their request?"
"Yes." John nodded, sat down in his seat, closed his eyes and rubbed the corners of his eyes.
Rand's eyes widened with anger, and the anger he had accumulated all night suddenly exploded: "So many of us have died, how can you agree? How can you agree?"
John paused and opened his closed eyes. He looked directly at the furious Rand with two sharp eyes and growled in a suppressed voice: "Then what do you want me to do? Don't agree to anything and let them continue bombing." Abandoned city? Rand, please use your mind, is this something I think or don’t want?”
He was dissatisfied with Rand's questioning, but the reason why he was confident in leaving the insect army to Rand's command was because of Rand's unique and reckless character.
If Rand was as scheming as Phil, he would have removed Rand long ago.
Mick quickly smoothed things over: "Rand, pay attention to your attitude!" After saying that, he turned to John and said, "BOSS, he was just too excited. After all, we lost all the insect troops!"
After saying that, he kicked Rand secretly.
Rand said nothing and sat down heavily on the chair, making no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction.
Everyone knows that the conflict between Rand and John is no longer a day or two. The former has always been committed to improving the overall strength of the Resistance Army, hoping that one day the Resistance Army can fight against any external enemy, whether human or alien.
The latter did not have such big ambitions at all. Ever since the Resistance Army completely occupied Australia, John had gradually become less enterprising and began to pursue all kinds of enjoyment. He had more than a dozen beautiful women alone.
Many people are very dissatisfied with John's lack of enterprising spirit, but John did play a key role in the development and growth of the Resistance Army, and apart from being unwilling to be enterprising and greedy for enjoyment, there is nothing wrong with John as a BOSS who does not fulfill his duties.
Throughout the Resistance Army, except for Professor Carter, there is no other person whose reputation can match John's. Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Rand is with John, John is still the BOSS that no one can replace.
John is a very nostalgic person,
Although Rand's rebuttal made him very unhappy, he did not show it at the venue. He motioned for Mick to sit down and turned to look at the empty seat next to him: "Pilade, where is the professor?"
Pillard shrugged: "The professor is still in the laboratory, you know, he doesn't care about these chores."
John said with a headache: "Pilade, you know what happened yesterday, we need the professor!"
Pillard showed a helpless look: "I said the same thing, but the professor said that what you meant is what he meant. I'm sorry, I can't influence the professor's thoughts. I think even if you go and invite him in person, the professor won't. Give up the experiment."
"Okay, okay, I understand!" John sighed and glanced at the people sitting on both sides. Except for the professor, everyone who was supposed to be here arrived, and many of them came back from other places overnight.
John whispered: "Okay, let's get started. I don't want to repeat what happened yesterday. I think you all know it. I spent a very difficult sleepless night. Now, I want to hear your thoughts. Ideas, who represents us in the negotiations, where is our bottom line, should we agree to Beidu’s conditions, and what conditions should we put forward! There are also some questions that I haven’t thought of, but that you have thought of, you can raise them and speak freely. !”
As soon as he finished speaking, Rand said without any courtesy at all: "If you ask me, you shouldn't negotiate with Beidu!"
John responded in a very calm tone: "I have already explained this problem and don't want to repeat it again. Rand, if you have nothing to say, please shut your mouth, okay?"
Rand wanted to say something else, but Mick quickly grabbed his arm: "Rand, you are unhappy, and BOSS is unhappy as well, but BOSS is the leader of all of us, and he cannot be as willful as you, OK? "
"Sorry, Boss." Rand said reluctantly, "But they bullied others too much. We must teach them a lesson. If we just give in like this, they will definitely take advantage of us."
"It's okay, Rand." John said calmly, "I understand your concerns, but our strength is too weak, and we are far from being an opponent of Beidu, so all of us must be rational, unreasonable and rational, otherwise What we are going to face is probably death and destruction.”
"BOSS is right." Mick said, "Our losses are indeed huge, but we can't just think about revenge. We also have to think about how other people can survive. We have finally gotten to where we are today. We can't just think about it because of a momentary loss." Anger destroys everything!”
John said: "That's right, so no matter how big the loss is, we must sit at the negotiating table!"
"Then are you ready to agree to their conditions? Boss?" Rand asked again, "I still haven't figured out how we came into conflict with Beidu!"
"I don't know as well as you do." John sighed helplessly and turned to look at the end of the conference table. "Phil, do you have any news?"
"Yes, Boss. Although the communication between us and the abandoned city has been interrupted, I did find some useful information." Phil's thin face full of ravines was expressionless. "Early yesterday, a team of mobile infantry landed near the abandoned city. They are the sea wolves that Beidu mentioned."
"Damn invaders!" Rand was furious.
Phil glanced at him and continued, "The garrison in the abandoned city clashed with this team. Several were killed, several were captured, and only two escaped."
John's eyes widened: "What's going on? Didn't I repeatedly emphasize that we must not clash with humans? What's going on with the abandoned city army? Don't they know to hide?"
John is not stupid. He knows very well that the equipment level of the resistance army is far inferior to that of humans, so he didn't fight against the human powers from the beginning.
Although the resistance army is in a corner, the insects scattered on various battlefields keep sending news back to Erielke. Therefore, John has a very clear understanding of the global situation and is also very clear about the island clearing operations of the Southeast Cluster and the Southward Cluster of Beidu.
As early as when the Southeast Group landed on Luzon, John predicted that the Northern Army would most likely land in Australia in the near future, and for this reason he issued restraining orders to all troops under the Resistance Army, fearing a conflict between the Resistance Army and the Northern Army.