Chapter 1253 Political Chips
[Shocking! The UA manned rocket that landed on Mars actually encountered them…]
[Frightening! The UA President is enraged because…]
[Men went silent after reading this, women cried after reading this…]
“What are these headlines?” Jiang Chen tossed the drafts on the table and laughed, “I told you to add some fire to the situation and you guys came up with these things?”
“Ahem, we recently acquired a promising company,” Ning Jianhua, CEO of Future Technology, touched his nose in embarra.s.sment. “I found their editors too creative, so I just moved them to the marketing department… The clicks are pretty high, aren’t they?”
Ning Huajian seemed to realize the informality and coughed to change the subject. He pulled out a few sheets from the stack of doc.u.ments and pointed to the headlines. “In fact, there are also normal headlines. These came from the communication department of Future Technology…”
[From the latest aerial photo from TS Expedition, the NASA Ares is suspected to be besieged by Mars creatures…]
[The unfortunate victims of a sloppy Mars Plan…]
[According to a senior official in Celestial Trade, Celestial Trade made cautious suggestions to the UA on the dangers of Devil Worms on Mars Plan…]
These headlines were more normal, at least they explained the beginning to end of the entire incident.
When Ares entered Mars’ synchronous...o...b..t, TS Expedition found the group of “smugglers.” After Jiang Chen heard Kelvin’s report, he shared the same opinion with Kelvin, which was to disregard them.
Sure enough, when they were busy inserting their flag, the tragedy happened.
Because of the delay in communication, Celestial Trade’s s.p.a.ce Command Center even received the intelligence five minutes ahead of UA.
When Kelvin addressed to Jiang Chen that Ares was trapped, Jiang Chen immediately ordered Future Technology’s North America subsidiary to release the images captured by TS Expedition before the government censored the information.
On the other hand, through the Xin Emba.s.sy in the UA, Celestial Trade sent the high-definition aerial footage captured to the Capitol and media.
Jiang Chen did not know what kind of damage this tragedy would cause on the country’s national confidence and its cohesion, especially when the entire country was closely following the Mars landing. However, he was sure that the government would come to him.
To ask for help from Celestial Trade.
After he dismissed Ning Jianhua, Jiang Chen sluggishly leaned back against his chair.
Of course I’ll save them.
After all, I’ll do it for humanitarian reasons.
Except that it’s not cheap to feed another seven people in the colony. What kind of benefits should I ask for when the Capitol called?
Just when Jiang Chen began to seriously consider this issue, the phone on his desk really began to ring.
It was not the Capitol, but his friend in B City…
“Mr. Loki, what has caused you to call?” Jiang Chen said with a smile when he saw the name on the screen.
“Haha, my old friend, I’ll put aside the small talk for now. I have something important to discuss with you,” Loki said with excitement in his tone. After he paused for a brief second, he continued, “I know what you are thinking, but please listen to me first. This failed Mars Project is a great opportunity for us!”
“Oh?” Jiang Chen looked at the holographic screen quietly, then waited for Loki to continue.
“Now the entire UA is paying attention to this incident! You should know what I mean,” said Loki.
“Of course,” Jiang Chen replied.
It’s about the seven astronauts trapped on Mars.
They are now s.h.i.+vering in the broken Ares, waiting for people to save them.
“If this incident is handled well, it can reverse the tense diplomatic relations.h.i.+p between the UA and Xin, and even completely change the country’s view of Celestial Trade. Since you have agreed to our plan already, I a.s.sume you are not going to be our enemy forever and return the world to the Cold War Era.”
“Yes,” Jiang Chen shrugged without much emotion and said indifferently, “We have always been committed to maintaining good relations.h.i.+ps with other countries, but the Capitol seems to have always regarded us as a thorn in its eye.”
“That’s because it’s Hill, and she represents the military-industrial complex!” Loki said seriously. “But we are different. If you have studied history, you should know B City Consortium and you share the same perspective. For example, former President Kennedy, his decision represented, to some extent, our opinion. For example, the s.p.a.ce program, the Nuclear Weapons Reduction Treaty, and the withdrawal plan that was not completed even after he was a.s.sa.s.sinated…”
Loki seemed to know some information about the death of President Kennedy, but he did not plan to go further into the unrelated issue.
“You know, we have always opposed the return to the Asia-Pacific strategy and have supported the UA in joining the Earth Defense Alliance. As long as Joseph Kennedy rises to power, the first thing he will do is honor his seventh campaign promise! Unconditionally join the Earth Defense Alliance. ”
Having said this, his tone s.h.i.+fted from being serious to excited.
“This event of Ares is an excellent opportunity. If we strategize correctly, it can be our chip to win against Morgan Consortium and win against over Kerry! Just let Joseph Kennedy be the lobbyist, as long as you cooperate…”
Jiang Chen debated for a moment. His fingers crossed on his right knee, then he spoke.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you. Can a candidate conduct a diplomatic visit on behalf of the country? I remember that Mr. Kennedy is only a senator. Would it not be considered… overreaching and interfering with national affairs?”
“In principle, it doesn’t work,” said Loki. “But as long as we plan it accordingly, there can be exceptions. Mr. Kennedy has another ident.i.ty. He and Bris, the captain of Ares, are alumni, and they are both honorary members of the alumni a.s.sociation. If he visits Celestial Trade with the ident.i.ties of B City University Alumni a.s.sociation, the friend of the victim, and a senator, no one can make irresponsible remarks about his visit.”
“Then…” A plan formed in Jiang Chen’s head as he smiled.
“Then the future president of the UA and the president of Celestial Trade will have a wonderful meeting,” Loki also smiled and shared the same sentiment. “The hands of the two giants will come together to push down the iron curtain over the Pacific Ocean, and welcome the future of human civilization!”
This idea sounds pretty neat.
If it can be achieved.
Jiang Chen thoughtfully nodded as his fingers gently tapped on his knee.
To push a dove, or at least a weak hawk (1) candidate onto the throne of the president was already one of the strategic priorities of Celestial Trade, Future Group, and Ghost Agents. Throughout history, President Kennedy was the famous weak war hawk president of the Cold War era…
Since the Kennedy family was part of the B City Consortium’s interest coalition and the B City Consortium was not involved in the military-industrial industry led by Morgan and Rockefeller, then the political views of Kennedy should not be too drastically different from his grandfather’s.
Should he go all in on Joseph Kennedy and gamble on a dovish president to push UA into his alliance?
Or should he use this chip to threaten the ill-fated Hill government in exchange for the benefits that can be realized immediately?
In fact, he did not need to choose.
The answer was obvious.
“What’s your opinion?” Loki asked.
Jiang Chen’s fingers uncrossed, as he seemed to make up his mind and responded gently.
“You’d better keep your promise.”
“Of course!” Loki replied in a serious tone.
“Then get your dealers to deal the cards,” Jiang Chen held onto the armrests and stood, he looked into the holographic screen and said pleasantly, “If you want to play, bet big and we’ll call.”