blackstone code

Chapter 672 Changes in Wind Direction
Elections trump everything!
The way Mr. President looks at others is already a little different. It is more of a reflection on his own position and value.

In fact, everyone knows what kind of president the people of the Federation need, but some things are not so easy to do.

The people need jobs, houses, education, medical care, this and that, they need everything, they are like greedy chicks, always opening their mouths to try to get something for nothing.

Some things can be given to them, such as work, and the simple pleasures used to paralyze and satisfy various spiritual needs at the bottom of society.

A couch, some junk food, some shitty entertainment, give it a go.

But some things cannot be given to them. For example, the real fairness and justice that people often say is not that these things cannot be given to them at all, but that they do not have the ability to own these things.

Why should a capitalist with billions of dollars and working hard every day talk about fairness and justice with a lazy guy who is lying on the sofa all day eating potato chips, scratching his belly and yelling at the TV and complaining constantly?

If you can’t give them something, you definitely can’t give them, but if you can give them something, you must double it, such as the sense of honor as a federal citizen, and the sense of participation in some major social events that does not actually exist.

People need a good president, not a cold one, and the federal electoral system is, to some extent, a giant placebo for society as a whole.

But there are too many people at the bottom, and their choices sometimes affect the buildings at the top of society.

Mr. President looked at everyone and coughed lightly: "Gentlemen, we have 72 hours to deal with this matter. The cabinet or the security committee will form a special team to deal with this matter."

"Our position should be based on an uncompromising basis. At the same time, we must also take into account the safety of the sailors who were hijacked. We must have the determination and courage to defend our own rights, and we must also respect life..."

Mr. President said and stood up, "I will continue to pay attention to this matter, and if there are any new developments, please let me know at any time."

He glanced at Mr. Truman, "I have a meeting later, you guys discuss it first."

After finishing speaking, Mr. President left the meeting room, leaving only a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay.

If it was some ordinary tasks, the safety committee would have jumped out to fight for the initiative, but this time the representatives of the safety committee have been silent, which is actually a troublesome matter.

Didn't you see that Mr. President patted his ass and left?

"Cough... I have a suggestion..." Mr. Truman said, "We can use some means to find out where these pirates live while raising money?"

"Actually, they exposed a lot of information. I believe that the excellent intelligence personnel of the Federation will be able to find something valuable to us among these messy clues."

"If we really can't find anything, then we can finally try to lure the other party out by paying the ransom, and then find a way to eliminate them."

"This is some of my humble opinion, I hope it can help everyone."

Finally, after a period of wrangling, a team was formed by the Ministry of National Defense and the Security Committee to deal with this matter.

Considering the influence of some politics and public opinion, the problem team finally decided to disclose the process of detection to the society. On the one hand, they don't want the society to think they are indifferent, and at the same time, they can pass some information to the pirates in this way.

The detection experts in the team also believe that some of these pirates are in the federal mainland at this moment, paying attention to the progress of this matter.

If you show an unwillingness to compromise at the beginning, you may mess things up, but if you can raise funds to numb the other party and convey some other information, it will be beneficial to the detection.

But the question is... who will raise the funds?
More than an hour later, all the people related to this incident were called into a conference room located in the Ministry of Defense, talking about who would come out of 600 million people.

It's just... there's a bit of a shitty situation for some people in this case.

The manufacturers and shipping companies that produce generator sets are actually subsidiaries of the Meghan Consortium. In other words, no matter who pays, the money will eventually be reflected in the financial report of the group company.

This is not good news. Instead of discussing who will pay the money, it is better to say that the task force uses this method to ask when they will pay the money.

"We suspect that some spies among the pirates are hiding in the Federation. They are spying on our progress. We must release some disgust to make the other party think that we are willing to pay the ransom."

An expert from the task force is explaining the reason for taking out 600 million yuan, "As long as they see the money, they will definitely pass on the information, and we have a way to lock these people to the maximum."

The president of the communication company sitting in the room had an ugly expression on his face. He crossed his legs and was playing with a lighter in his hand. "The Federation is so big, they can spread the news from anywhere. How can you say you can lock them?"

"Instead of taking out the money, I think it is more in our interests to directly launch a large-scale search operation. We should show the pirates a tough look and let them know that we will not compromise. Maybe they will take the initiative to release our ship. and crew."

The official staff in the room looked at the president with an expression like a fool. There is no doubt that if they refuse to negotiate and cut off the possibility of paying the ransom, the pirates will definitely tear up their tickets.

At that time, the pressure will be shifted from these enterprises to the government - people are dead, the pirates are still running away, the government is so fucking incompetent!
Don't think that the people don't think so. For the people of the Federation, the Black Federation government is the so-called "political correctness".

On the contrary, if these people are not successfully found to rescue the hostages, then they still have the last layer of insurance, which is to pay the ransom.

At least the people will get some psychological comfort because of this, at least confirming that people's lives are indeed precious in terms of value. Didn't you see that these ordinary crew members are worth 600 million when they add up casually?
Experts from the task force explained a little bit, "We judged by the postmark of the Federal Post Office and the time of receiving and dispatching by the post office. and port, more or less there is some evidence."

With such an explanation, the president of the shipping company pursed his lips and glanced at the thermal power generation unit manufacturer next to him, and said to the experts in the task force, "We need to discuss it."

Experts from the task force agreed, and they also need to discuss some details.

After the task force left, the president of the shipping company picked up the phone and dialed to join the conference call of the board of directors, "The government doesn't seem to intend to adopt our proposal. No more."

This result was expected by the board of directors of the consortium from the very beginning, and it was just an attempt for them to ask people to come over and express their reluctance.

In fact, they do not have to pay, but this will inevitably cause damage to the group's image. At that time, some shameless guys will come out to find trouble and discredit their image in public opinion. The stocks of major companies in the group are likely to appear different degrees of decline.

This is also the last thing a listed company wants to encounter. For the group company, every percentage point means hundreds of thousands, millions or even tens of millions of changes in wealth.

After a moment of silence, some voices came from the receiver, "If you have to pay, we can't pay all the money."

"The government is the main ruler of the country. They are also responsible for the hijacking of our ship. They also need to pay part of the money. Also, talk to Sauron and ask him to pay. After all, this matter has something to do with him. .”

The board of directors did not find a way to continue the discussion without paying. The company is about to issue bonds. If they offend the federal government at this time, they only need to get stuck a little bit, and the consortium will miss the best opportunity. Therefore, the government expressed that it will not pay. After the attitude of no way, they immediately compromised.

"We can pay, but the scale of the payment cannot exceed 50.00%, which is 800 million."

"The other bottom line is that if Sauron is unwilling to pay, tell him that this part of the money can be deducted from the payment for each installment, as if we gave him a discount..."

With the final resolution of the board of directors, a new round of negotiations began soon.

Although Sauron felt that it was inexplicable that he was involved, he almost understood the meaning of the Megan Foundation. The money was actually paid by the Megan Foundation. The money was not used to pay the ransom, but to be paid in advance. payment.

Thinking about it this way, he felt
600 million sounds like a lot, but it is actually 200 rolls of banknotes. The large safety suitcase used by the bank as a currency transport can hold [-] million at one time, and eight large suitcases can hold the money.

The money may seem inconspicuous, but it still makes the heart beat faster and the blood boil.

The entire process of raising money was broadcast live by the TV station. Many people held their breath when they saw so much money put together.

This is completely different from Lynch's "tens of billions". Lynch's tens of billions are just Galil. Now Galil is like waste paper. Anyone who is willing to spend money can get it without a lot of money. 100 billion Galils.

This is the Federal Sol, still 600 million!

At the same time, this also gave many people a kind of enlightenment, a kind of cognition-kidnapping is really fucking money.

At this time, there was a new trend in the wind of public opinion, and this trend was not attacking pirates or capitalists, but the military.

"Why can our military defeat the Gefra Navy, but have nothing to do with the pirates?"

(End of this chapter)