Chapter 1569 Official Attitude
In one day, Xun Pengcheng went from great excitement to great panic, and the violent ups and downs of his emotions almost caused him to collapse. Driven by his desire to survive, he finished writing the manuscript for the special issue under the supervision of personnel from the Security Department, and then revised it seven or eight times under the guidance of an officer sent by the Propaganda Department before finally submitting it successfully. After learning that he would not be arrested and imprisoned, Xun Pengcheng almost burst into tears on the spot.
After nodding and bowing to send away the people from the Security Department and Propaganda Department, Xun Pengcheng returned to the room and collapsed on the bed, as if he had lost all strength. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter outside the window, Xun Pengcheng, who had not slept all night, couldn't hold on anymore and finally fell into a deep sleep.
Xun Pengcheng didn't know how long he slept, but when he woke up again, he found that he was awakened by the knock on the door from outside. The scene seemed to be back to last night. As long as he opened the door, there would be someone standing outside. Looking at the two policemen who had a sinister aura all over their bodies.
Xun Pengcheng rubbed his eyes vigorously, then looked at the sun outside the window to make sure it was daytime and not night, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. The people from the security department didn't leave until dawn, and they said they wouldn't hold themselves accountable for this matter, so they probably wouldn't regret it so soon. Besides, Xun Pengcheng knew very well that the press release he wrote came from his heart, and he had not been instructed or bribed by foreigners. Therefore, there was no shady crime, and the government had no reason to punish him.
After driving away the messy thoughts in his mind, Xun Pengcheng yawned and got up from the bed and opened the door. But when he saw the person standing outside the door clearly, he immediately closed the door as if he had seen a ghost.
Xun Pengcheng would have such a reaction. Of course, the person outside the door was not a stranger he had never met before. He had just seen the person outside the door yesterday, so he was naturally very impressed. But it was not the returning Security Department personnel who scared him like this, but the Matalan men he had seen outside the gate of Fort Victory yesterday.
After Xun Pengcheng closed the door, he thought something wrong. If he blocked them out, these people would knock on the door again and disturb the neighbors. If others saw it, it would be confirmed that he had colluded with the Ma Dalan people! At that moment, he quickly opened the door and asked the people outside: "Are you here to see me?"
Seeing that the leading man nodded, Xun Pengcheng quickly gestured for them to enter the room: "Let's talk after everyone comes in!"
After letting the group of people into the house, Xun Pengcheng went out and looked around in the corridor to make sure there was no one there. Then he quickly closed the door and returned to the house, asking these uninvited guests: "How did you find them?" Come to my house?”
"It's not difficult to find out if you spend money... Mr. Xun, please sit down and talk slowly. We are here to ask you for help. We have no other ill intentions." The man in the lead was Luo Hong, the envoy of Ma Dalan. The reason why he came to Xun Pengcheng was because he believed that the true intention of Haihan's senior management could be explained in more detail by the author of the article. Of course he could see that Xun Pengcheng was very nervous about his appearance, and he could only continue the conversation by calming the other party's emotions.
At this time, Xun Pengcheng felt like he was in hell. Yesterday, people from the Ministry of Security came to investigate. They were checking whether he was involved with the two parties involved, Ma Dalan and the Netherlands. He finally got rid of the suspicion and sent the uncle from the Ministry of Security away. Why did this horse and blue man really come to the door when he turned around? And judging from the other party's tone, it's obviously impossible to explain it as a coincidence that he still paid money to find his own place to live. If the people from the Security Department came back at this time, I wouldn't be able to explain clearly even if I opened my mouth ten times.
Xun Pengcheng wanted to get violent and beat up this group of people, but he looked at the opponent's dark and strong body and knew that even if he risked his life, it would be in vain, and he would only suffer after doing so. And smart people like him don't need to take the initiative to suffer such immediate losses.
"No matter what you want to do, I hope you understand that this is the territory of the Haihan Kingdom! If you do anything illegal in Sanya, you will not be able to escape!" Warn the other party to prevent these guys from being violent to you directly. As for what the other party said about "asking for help," he didn't believe even a word. These people could obviously talk directly to the big shots in Victory Castle, so why did they come to a helpless tabloid reporter like himself? Help, this is obviously unreasonable.
"Illegal? No, no, no, Mr. Xun, you may have misunderstood our purpose." Luo Hong sat opposite Xun Pengcheng and motioned to the others to step back a few steps to leave a certain amount of space, so as not to make the other party feel too depressed. .
"I really have something to ask for, and I hope Mr. Xun can give me some advice. I also understand Haihan's rules, so I won't let Mr. Xun's busy work go in vain..." Luo Hong said while making a gesture, behind him One of his men immediately stepped forward and placed a small wooden box on the table.
"I hope Mr. Xun will accept your kindness, and I'll give you a big thank you when it's done!" Luo Hong made a gesture of invitation, indicating to Xun Pengcheng to accept the gift.
Xun Pengcheng hesitated for a moment, but his curiosity finally drove him to reach out and open the lid of the wooden box, and then he looked straight at the contents of the box. Inside the box was a gold coin that was as big as the palm of Xun Pengcheng's hand. The sunlight coming in from the window was shining directly on it, giving off an alluring light.
If he hadn't been mentally prepared after seeing the two carts of gold bricks yesterday, Xun Pengcheng would have screamed on the spot. He swallowed, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and gently touched the gold coin with his fingertips.
"It won't hurt to take it out and have a look." Luo Hong saw Xun Pengcheng's expression in his eyes and made a suggestion softly.
Xun Pengcheng's hand paused for a moment, and then followed Luo Hong's suggestion and took out the gold coin from the box. There are some kind of totems cast on both sides of the gold coin. Xun Pengcheng thought that this might be some kind of symbol of faith of the Matalan Kingdom. However, his focus was not on the pattern on the gold coin, but on the heavy feeling coming from his hand and the inexplicable appearance. Feeling of heat. Although Xun Pengcheng did not have gold in his personal property, due to his occupation, he could roughly calculate the market price of such a gold coin.
Such a gold coin is certainly not enough to buy a one-room supporting apartment like the one he lives in now, but if it is two gold coins, there will probably be change. When he bought this apartment, he spent all his savings from the two years he came to Sanya, but now the benefits in front of him are just "a little thought" from the people of Madalan. Thinking of the words "Thank you very much" that the other party said, Xun Pengcheng's breathing became a little rapid.
However, Xun Pengcheng is not the kind of person who is blindly blind to money. He has not forgotten that a few hours ago, he was still listed as a suspect by the Ministry of Security. If you had the guts to accept the benefits from Ma Dalan, then if the Ministry of Security found out about it afterwards, you might still have to go to jail. Compared with making a fortune, your own safety is more important. Besides, the other party presented the gift before even stating his intention. How could such an expensive gift be given so easily? After Xun Pengcheng sorted out the priorities of the matter in his mind, the hot light in his eyes gradually faded away. He put the gold coins back into the box and closed the lid. Then he said to Luo Hong, "I haven't asked you yet, have you?"
Luo Hong responded according to the custom of the Han people: "I am dismounting the commander of the Danlan Guards, Luo Honglangsang. Mr. Xun can call me Luo Hong."
"It turns out to be General Luo, disrespectful!" Xun Pengcheng asked Luo Hong while drafting the words in his mind: "Since General Luo is here to talk about things, let's talk about business first and then talk about other things."
Seeing that Xun Pengcheng could get rid of the temptation of gold so quickly and regain his sanity, Luo Hong admired his will. But Luo Hong didn't know that the man in front of him had been interrogated over and over by the Security Department for a long time last night, and he didn't dare to accept the benefit he offered casually. If it hadn't happened before, Xun Pengcheng would have put the box away rudely.
"I took the liberty of visiting Mr. Xun to ask for advice on today's article." Luo Hong was not in a hurry to persuade the other party to accept the gift, so he took out the special issue of the Express that was published early this morning and asked Xun Pengcheng his questions. : "According to the signature in the newspaper, this article was also written by Mr. Xun. I would like to ask Mr. Xun whether the official intention is to relax the arms sales ban, or do they intend to continue to implement the current policy?"
Xun Pengcheng relaxed a little when he heard this question. What he was most worried about was that the horse would demand money and ask him to write something treasonous. In that case, he had even thought about how to pass the blame to the newspaper editor. But since the issue that Luo Hong is interested in is the trend suggested by this article, he is not so nervous, because the officer from the Propaganda Department who supervised his writing last night made it very clear that the reason for publishing this article is The purpose of this special issue is to correct the wrong direction I made in writing that article before.
What needs to be corrected, and what kind of attitude is expressed through such corrections, Xun Pengcheng, the writer, certainly knows better than the readers. What's more, after he finished writing the manuscript last night, the propaganda officer found faults word for word and revised it seven or eight times. In fact, he already knew the official attitude. And in the end, readers who only see the finished product and do not know the causes and consequences of this article will naturally find it difficult to understand the hidden information. Even diplomats like Su Keyi, who have dealt with Haihan for several years, were unable to determine the true official attitude of Haihan through this article.
But Luo Hong's way of handling this matter was much more flexible than Su Keyi's. When he found that he couldn't understand the situation, he immediately thought of asking someone familiar with the matter instead of digging into the hole himself. In this round, he has helped the horse beat the blue country to be one step ahead of the Dutch.
Xun Pengcheng realized that things had entered a rhythm that he could control, so he calmly coughed twice, cleared his throat and said: "General Luo, the newspaper has already explained it clearly, why do you need to ask for any more explanations? ”
As soon as Luo Hong saw it, he knew that this guy was starting to act in a good tone, but he was asking for help at this time, and naturally it was not easy to remind the other person of his panic a moment ago, so he said respectfully: "I admire you the most. Even for a knowledgeable person, it is an honor for Luo to have Mr.
This kind of compliment was very appealing to Xun Pengcheng. As a reporter for a third-rate tabloid, he had not experienced the feeling of giving guidance to others in literary creation for a long time. Although at most one-third of the published article was his own original words and sentences, this did not prevent him from feeling elated under Luo Hong's praise.
"Actually, what you want to ask is very clear in this newspaper, but you haven't understood the spirit of it..." Xun Pengcheng had already put other questions behind him at this time, and was focused on explaining the meaning of his article to these barbarians. Subtlety and brilliance.
The central idea of this article published in the special issue is to explain two issues. First, Haihan's refusal to sell certain military equipment to Matalan and the Netherlands is not a matter of internal coordination or unsatisfied interest needs, but more political considerations. Second, resolving this impasse is not completely hopeless, but it can only be achieved when the interests and needs of all parties are balanced.
"The first point is that I want you to stop showing off at the gate of Victory Fort by pulling gold bricks. This method will not work. What Haihan lacks is not the gold you sent, but more favorable conditions for the country. The Dutch gave What comes out is more valuable than gold, so you are completely defeated in this link, do you understand?”
Not all of Xun Pengcheng's interpretation was his own experience, most of it came from what he heard from the propaganda officer last night, and he was responsible for processing these official intentions into articles with obscure meanings.
Luo Hong nodded repeatedly and said: "Sir, please continue speaking!"
"The second point is that your two countries have the same idea of proposing arms purchase to our country. They both want to be able to buy it without letting the other party buy it. But your idea is to put our country in a dilemma. Whoever sells it alone will No, selling to one will definitely offend the other, and it will also destroy the strategic balance that was finally achieved between the two countries. You also know that our country is a country that values peace and has always valued peace..."
Xun Pengcheng's explanation went astray, because regarding the second point, he really didn't know what measures the executive committee would take to change the current deadlock. He could only fool Luo Hong with nonsense, hoping that the other party would not Get to the bottom of this issue.
After hearing this interpretation, Luo Hong had his own ideas. He believed that since Haihan officials had wavered on the issue of selling or not selling, it meant that there was room for maneuver in this matter. As for the excuse of maintaining peace, he didn't believe it at all. The frequency of Haihan's foreign wars was much higher than that of Matalan.
(End of chapter)