Chapter 691 A New Turning Point
Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 691: New Turnover: The president of a wealthy and poisonous country has always been the spokesperson of the original capital group. Behind Kennedy was the large consortium that occupied Massachusetts, while the supporters of the then Vice President Johnson were A big capitalist and farmer in the South, Johnson was able to rise through the official ranks and amass a private asset of thirty to forty million U.S. dollars thanks to the strong support of a group of Texas billionaires. :
Before the assassination, Kennedy was announcing that he was preparing to reform the U.S. tax policy, which directly offended the economic interests of many oil and gas group bosses in the United States. Many people were extremely dissatisfied at the time and said that Kennedy's policies were intended to destroy the U.S. economy. This It was the real reason why they were determined to kill Kenny Bian.
The assassination of Kennedy actually reflected the fierce and irreconcilable struggle between different interest groups in the United States, and Kennedy was the direct victim of this struggle. There are also reports that Johnson, the then Vice President, was the person directly responsible for the assassination of Ji Gex.
In fact, Vice President Johnson has always been suspected by the American people to be the mastermind behind the assassination of Kenney. However, after Kennedy's death, Johnson relied on his presidential power to control the investigation of this case, which not only made him Escaping guilt and protecting his accomplices.
As the President of the United States, Clinton has the right to know many things, so he knows very well what he can and cannot do. Even though he is the President of the United States now and claims to be the most powerful person in the world, once he offends certain interest groups If the bottom line is reached, he will also die miserably.
Although Clinton was born as a civilian and has always been praised by American voters for his image of being free from the control of conglomerates, in fact it is almost impossible to completely escape the control of consortiums. There are also some consortiums behind him. The supporters are sponsoring, but they are not an arms dealer group.
in the years since he came to power. The U.S. arms dealer group is in a miserable state of affairs. The limelight of the information technology industry single-handedly held by Clinton has far eclipsed the arms dealer economy that has always occupied the main body of the U.S. economy. Although the scale of this Kosovo war is not very large, . But in the eyes of arms dealers who are waiting for food, it is already a good sales opportunity.
As a group of profit-seeking shooters, they don't worry about who their opponents are. As long as they can sell weapons, what will happen if they blow up the embassy? Anyway, if the sky falls, the US government and the president will still be there to support it.
Just like this time, Clinton strongly suspected that Lockheed was behind this incident. It's just that it's hard to catch them with the military standing in front of them, but then again, what can they do even if they catch the handle? Lockheed's influence is too great, and the president simply has no ability to deal with him, unless the other party commits some huge mistake, such as treason. Only then can it be filed.
"Mr. President, Mr. Bill Gates is on the second line.
"The phone on the desk rang, and a staff member in the office said to Clinton.
"Why did he call?" Clinton was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Bill Gates called him, but still replied, "Please pick it up."
"Mr. President, come to Seattle for the weekend. I'll leave you a guest room." Bill Gates suggested on the phone.
Um? Clinton was stunned for a moment, thinking that today is the weekend? How come this computer madman can’t even figure out the time? However, he still replied very politely, "Thank you very much, but there are too many things going on recently, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take a weekend vacation."
After saying the words, Clinton suddenly remembered that Bill Gates' home in Seattle has a total of two guest rooms. When he said that he would reserve a guest room for himself, didn't he mean that there was another guest room that was occupied? Who is it?
Clinton was murmuring in his mind. Bill Gates over there said, "Mr. Fan Wubing, the boss of Fan Investment Group, arrived in Seattle online and is now at my house. Hasn't the President always wanted to meet him? This is a rare opportunity."
"Fan Wubing?!" Clinton's ears immediately became stunned.
This name should be well known. Even though Clinton was busy with his affairs, he had heard about Fan Wubing's deeds. What's more, when something happened in Indonesia a few days ago, he heard the CIA mention Fan Wubing more than once. name, but what was he doing when he came here at this time?
The White House Chief of Staff standing nearby immediately reminded in a low voice, "Mr. President, Fan Wubing's father Fan Ting has been by-elected to the continent's highest authority, becoming one of the nine most powerful people in China. He suddenly came to Seattle at this time, probably not just to discuss piracy matters. "
After Clinton listened to this briefing. His mind immediately realized that he was an extremely smart person, otherwise he would not have become the most powerful person in the United States from a civilian position in just a few years. He immediately thought of Fan Wu I definitely have something to do when I come here this time, rather than just a business visit. "Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 691: New Turnaround and Fortune" "Oh, let me take a look, um, I should be able to find the time, or , I can arrive in Seattle by dinner time. Clinton ran through several thoughts in his mind and replied to Bill Gates.
"Mr. Fan and I look forward to the president's visit," Gates responded on the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Clinton asked somewhat out of control, "Why? What do the CIA and Yang Si do? Why did Fan Wubing come to China, and I don't know such an important thing? .
"Many times, they are wasting taxpayers' money." The White House Chief of Staff said on the side.
Clinton nodded, but said, "Now, let me get through to the Pentagon first. I want to ask, where are the five Chinese nuclear submarines in the East China Sea? They are a group of admirals, lieutenants, major generals, and brigadiers who have nothing to do. We can't let them all be idle, right? .
At around seven o'clock in the afternoon, Air Force One arrived in Seattle, and then the president's car, escorted by a convoy of dozens of bodyguards and two armed helicopters, went directly to Bill Gates' mansion.
At this time, the lights were already on.
During the meeting of the three giants, everyone else retreated. That is, Bill Gates' main assistant and the White House Chief of Staff were present, but the outside world naturally knew nothing about what the three people talked about.
The reporters who came after hearing the news had already been blocked outside, and they just looked at the mansion with transparent lights. I wondered in my heart why Bill Gates was willing to invest so much today? Usually, the lights will be on wherever people go.
The Pentagon also received the news that the president went to Seattle, but it didn't react for a while. Later, when it was heard that the boss of Fan Investment Group was visiting Bill Gates, the military intelligence agency noticed it and thought that there was probably some internal connection between the matter.
But for the military, it didn't know that the fifth bomb in the embassy didn't explode at this time. It didn't know the casualties in the embassy, and it didn't know that the key components of those small-mouth stealth fighters were not damaged at all. This time, the mission of bombing the embassy can be said to be a complete failure.
Based on these points, the military did not have much interest in the talks between Clinton and Fan Wubing. What they are most concerned about now is that the key technology of the stealth fighter should not be leaked, otherwise, or the entire xち口series of stealth fighters must withdraw from the battle sequence in advance.
For a big country like China, there is no shortage of talents and technology, and what is lacking is only funds. Once they get the samples. Soon they will find out the most advanced stealth technology of fighter jets developed by Lockheed at a cost of tens of billions of dollars, and even some of the most critical performance and technical parameters of fighter jets. This will cause great trouble. If it were not for this purpose, they would not have bombed the embassy and violated international law.
Of course, the military is also very concerned about the president's every move. The strong background reflected by Fan Wubing cannot help but make them more vigilant, but they also know that such a person cannot be provoked, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
The negotiations between Fan Wubing and Clinton were extremely difficult. The main problem was still focused on the aftermath. Fan Wubing's request was very troublesome. First, he asked for a public apology. Clinton had no objection to this small request. Anyway, their face had been honed long ago, and apologies were commonplace.
The second was the issue of compensation. Fan Wubing's request was that the embassy must be rebuilt at another site in Belgrade, and the construction costs required should be borne by the United States. Clinton also reluctantly agreed to this, but he was always holding back on the amount of compensation and refused to increase the price.
Fan Wubing asked for 80 million US dollars, while Clinton only agreed to give 10 million US dollars. The gap between them was really a little bit. But in the end, Bill Gates said that in order to resolve the differences between the two sides, he was willing to express his willingness, so he came up with a compromise price of 40 million US dollars, and he would make up the shortfall, and then the deal was settled.
The last question was more entangled. Fan Wubing said that the Chinese people strongly demanded that the murderer be severely punished, and this was an issue that could not be discussed. Clinton said that the course of events needed to be handled by an independent investigation team, so he could not guarantee that the results of the investigation would lead to the relevant responsible persons being held criminally responsible.
"This was during the war, and many accidents were unavoidable." Clinton said. "Our national conditions are different from yours, and all of this needs to be decided by the military court. I personally cannot make any guarantees.
"Then it will be difficult to reach an agreement. The hawkish figures in our domestic military are very dissatisfied and excited. If these basic conditions cannot be met, it will be difficult for the government to appease them.
Fan Wubing spread his hands and said. "To be continued