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Chapter 1356 Cherry Blossoms in Washington (rd update, please subscribe)

Every spring, Washington DC welcomes the blooming of flowers. Every year, thousands of people gather in Washington DC to watch the cherry blossoms bloom and celebrate the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Through the beautiful cherry blossoms, you can see the obelisk in the distance. Like in previous years, Fang Tianzhuo held the "YN·Zeiss" camera in his hand and photographed the beautiful scenery in front of him. While taking pictures, he also met some Americans who were using the same camera as him.

"YN·Zeiss" or Yongning Zeiss entered the US market more than ten years ago. Relying on the reputation of "Zeiss", it quickly opened up the market and was well received by the market.

This is the brand effect. In the past decade or so, many "German brands" have long become "NBC brands", but this has not hindered their market share.

"Hello there!"

Just as Fang Tianzhuo was taking pictures, an American walked up to him and invited him with a smile:

"Hello, Mr. Fang, can we chat together? Maybe..."

The man looked at his watch and said:

"We can have lunch together and talk about things that may be of mutual interest."

His expression was completely kind, but he obviously knew Fang Tianzhuo's identity.

"I'll treat you to the best French cuisine."

He added.

"That's Pierre's. What do you think?"

Looking at the colorful cherry blossoms in front of him, Fang Tianzhuo looked around and found that the other party came alone.

Then he shrugged his shoulders and replied softly:
"Why not go?"

After more than ten minutes, they arrived at the Pierre restaurant. After entering the restaurant, the waiter obviously knew Fang Tianzhuo and asked if it was the same as before.

In response, Fang Tianzhuo just shrugged his shoulders.

"When was I exposed?"

The reason why Fang Tianzhuo asked this was because this was a restaurant he often visited. When the other party mentioned this location, it was obvious that he had been eyeing him for a long time.

This is advice that cannot be refused.

He was not a diplomat, he was just an ordinary... photographer. But in fact, he was an intelligence officer, a secret intelligence officer stationed at NBC, without a diplomatic passport.
This means that once his identity is exposed, he will be thrown into prison, even on the Allied side. At most, he will be treated slightly better and will be released after a few years in prison.

"Mr. Fang, you just need to know that someone is watching you."

The man ordered the food and said:
"My meeting with you is known only to the two of us. I have a message for you."

The other party's answer made Fang Tianzhuo wonder:
"Oh? What information?"

"We need you to make concessions in Congo."

"What? What did you say?"

Fang Tianzhuo answered without hesitation:

"Congo has nothing to do with us."

"I don't care about that. My message is very simple - we don't care about the life and death of the UN troops. We believe that there will be a diplomatic solution there in the end. What we need is your concession on the Katanga issue. You must understand one thing - now, no matter what, Katanga cannot be independent! This is our bottom line."

"Our bottom line?"

Fang Tianzhuo asked back:

"So I want to know, where do we mean by this?"

The other party did not answer.

White House?

Obviously not, if it was the White House, they would communicate privately with the Trade Representative's Office, not with him, and he is not even an official intelligence officer.

At least he was not an official in name. If he was arrested, he would definitely be sent to prison, but the other party found him, and all the evidence showed that they knew his identity.

Therefore, they must have connections with the intelligence agencies, and it is even possible that they are from the intelligence agencies themselves. Who knows about such things?
"It's not important. What's important is that you must understand that we are friends, not enemies!"

The man looked at Fang Tianzhuo and said in a very affirmative tone:

"This is also the message you need to convey. Even if there are some misunderstandings, I believe that in the near future, the misunderstandings will definitely be cleared up."

At this time, lunch had been served. The man looked at the lunch on the plate, smiled and said:

“The food here is pretty good.”

"It's really good. Next time, you can try his fish."

The two of them ate and chatted, mostly about the food. Finally, when the meal was almost over, the man said:

"By the way, if nothing unexpected happens, Douglas will continue to provide you with F4 fighter jets next month."

In January, the White House stopped supplying F4 fighter jets to NBC on the pretext of giving priority to meeting the needs of the US military. This was obviously intended to put pressure on NBC, and the man's mention of resuming supply was obviously intended to show his attitude. It was a bit interesting. While Fang Tianzhuo was thinking about it, the man said:

“I hope that next time, we will have a chance to dine together.”

The man paid the bill and left. Looking at the lunch in front of him, Fang Tianzhuo fell into silence.

Who passed on this information?
"Clear up the misunderstanding..."

Muttering this word, Fang Tianzhuo said to himself:
"Interesting, how did you eliminate this?"

……

On the same day, the news from Washington was delivered to Li Yian's desk. After receiving this information, Li Yian immediately fell into silence.

Maybe other people don’t know what “elimination” means, but he understands its meaning very well.

That’s not right. It’s only March now. Is it time for someone to clear up the misunderstanding?
Li Yian's brows were furrowed as he paced back and forth in the office, thinking as he walked. Perhaps because this problem was too much of a headache, he walked to his desk, took out a cigar from the cigarette box, lit it, and took a silent puff.

This matter is really too weird. Because he knows what will happen in the next few months, Li Yian will think so much about it.

"Who provided this information? Is it reliable?"

"We don't know whether the information he provided is reliable, but in intelligence work, someone who suddenly appears like this must have a reason for his appearance."

"When things go wrong, there must be a monster."

Li Yian nodded and said.

“Why would he pass on this information?”

Li Yian, who was full of doubts, pulled the information in front of him and read it again.

There was no possibility in his mind, and he even thought of another possibility - could this be the conspiracy?

In another world, there are too many out-of-body conspiracy theories, and much of the indirect evidence points to the Soviet Union.

Regardless of whether the evidence is real evidence or not, one thing is certain: for a long time, a considerable number of Americans believed that it was the Soviets who created that brain-opening event.

But it turned out that the Russians were wrongly accused.

But why is there so much evidence pointing to Russia?
Thinking this in his mind, Li Yian naturally thought of another conspiracy.

Another conspiracy that is widely known and even recognized by the vast majority of people is that the CIA and the military played an extremely disgraceful role in that incident.

Is it...

After taking a puff of cigarette, Li Yian frowned and muttered to himself.

"Is it really them?"

Just at this time, Sun Pengan said:
"Your Excellency, I think one of the fundamental reasons why the US side conveyed this information to us through this informal channel is that... they hope to save the face of the White House."

The face of the White House!
Sun Pengan’s words made Li Yian fall into deep thought.

Is face important?
Many people say that foreigners don’t seem to care, but in fact they value face more than Chinese people, especially politicians.

"For Kennedy, the failure of the United Nations was no problem, but if Katanga became independent, it would mean that the UN operation he supported would be in complete failure. This would inevitably damage the image he established after the Cuban crisis, so compared with others, he cared more about the outcome of Katanga."

Li Yian nodded to Sun Pengan's analysis and said:
"It's true, as you said, that he cares very much about the results there, but ... we are all very clear that this message is not coming from the White House."

This is what Li Yian cares about. In fact, he never thought about fighting a life-and-death battle with the United States in Congo.

Ultimately, both sides will definitely resolve their differences through diplomatic channels. The current artillery battle in Congo is essentially to exert pressure.

But who would have thought that before the White House made any statement, a group of people took the initiative to stand up and said that the misunderstanding would soon be cleared up and that he only needed to make appropriate concessions to end the crisis.

But who are those people?
What are they doing?
Compared to Congo and Kennedy, what Ang Lee cares more about now is this incident. After all, this incident itself reveals too much weirdness.

It's not just weird, there is a deeper reason - it opens up your mind.

There were so many conspiracies surrounding this brain-opening thing that it remained an unsolved mystery until the 21st century.

For others, this unsolved mystery is just a side story, but for Li Yian.

This unsolved mystery contains unknown dangers. In his current position, he is naturally very cautious about such dangers.

After all, the imagination is just the surface. What is hidden behind the imagination?

"information……"

Li Yian paused and said.

"After all, there is too much information contained in this information itself."

After saying this, he frowned and stared into the distance...

(End of this chapter)