After Captain Liao finished speaking, the meeting room suddenly became excited, as if a pot was exploding.
"I believe you, but now the entire shipyard has been surrounded. We are just waiting for an explanation from China..."
An officer sighed and said helplessly.
"Comrades, the Pharaohs are bullying others too much now. It was obviously them who asked for bribes in the first place. We were so angry that we started the dispute. But now they have blocked the dock. This is being bullied to the head. I suggest that we The enemy snatched them out of their captivity, then forced them to sail out, I don’t believe they dared to open fire!”
Another officer was a little angry and slapped the table and said.
"Don't be impulsive. The domestic order is for us to wait until the aircraft carrier arrives. With strong strength as a deterrent, negotiations will be much easier."
Deputy Chief of Staff Lin immediately rejected his proposal and said.
"Chief of Staff, you haven't looked online. The comments online are almost overwhelmingly one-sided. They call us cowards. We don't even dare to fight back when we are surrounded and bullied!"
The officer who spoke was in charge of information and intelligence on the ship. He spoke angrily, took out his laptop, connected the video signal to the big screen in the war room, and played it for everyone to see.
Posts on the Internet have been deleted several times, but this incident was too sensational. One Weibo post alone had one million retweets.
There were very few people who could keep calm in the comments. Most of them clamored to teach the other party a lesson or even destroy the Pharaoh's kingdom, but there were also some unpleasant words like calling the officers and soldiers cowards.
After reading the online posts, the officer played a piece of news from CNN. The title of CNN directly stated their position.
"The Chinese navy shot at the local military while staying at the Pharaonic port, causing one person to be seriously injured."
The report did not mention the fact that the Pharaohs asked for bribes in the first place, but only exaggerated the pitiful appearance of the severely injured deputy director of the Port Authority of the Pharaohs, and even vaguely linked it to the previous missile attack.
CNN's report was still a bit obscure, but the Al Jazeera news broadcast by the military officer was even more biased and the wording was very strong.
"China shot the Pharaoh*, and the Pharaoh Kingdom: Demands that China immediately hand over the escaped murderer and apologize."
Al Jazeera rose to fame after the 9/11 incident. It has repeatedly reported on the statements made by al-Qaeda leaders. It is the most influential TV station in Russia. It is normal for the reporting angle to be biased towards the Russian Arab world.
"Hand over the murderer, they really dare to say it!"
"They were the ones who asked for bribes first, but they came back to bite us?"
"If there was no evidence, we would still want to say that they sent people to break into our warship and almost kidnapped our people. How can we settle this account?"
Seeing this, people in the war room cursed and said indignantly.
"I didn't expect the matter to be so big. It's hard to negotiate well now! As a Chinese soldier, I can't wait to have a fight with you, but we can't just rely on our own bloodshed, but we must consider the overall situation and based on what the other party has given us. After all, we shot first, and we do not have the upper hand in international public opinion."
Deputy Chief of Staff Lin said helplessly.
The unlucky man who was shot seems to be the deputy director of the Port Authority, and he is considered to be quite influential. He is still lying in the hospital for resuscitation, and he doesn’t know how long he will live. If he dies, China will be even worse in international public opinion. Not good.
Both CNN and Al Jazeera have a certain influence around the world. When these two news are broadcast, they indirectly control public opinion. China has already fallen into a disadvantage in terms of public opinion atmosphere.
In particular, people have the instinct to sympathize with the weak. Compared to the giant China, Pharaoh is just a small country. Under empathy, people will naturally sympathize with the injured weak.
I'm afraid... the whole world is waiting to see China's joke!
"Someone from CNN wanted to interview us this morning, but I refused on the pretext of requiring domestic approval. I will wait for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak to set the tone."
The officer sighed, closed his notebook, and said helplessly: "That surveillance video is really detrimental to us. If it is not clarified, public opinion will only move more towards the Pharaohs."
Although Huaxia did injure someone, the other party asked for a bribe first. If this fact could be made public with the help of CNN's interview, it might be possible to change the current public opinion, but as soldiers, they are faced with such sensitivity. Regarding the topic of sex, I have no right to be interviewed at all. I can only wait for the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to answer.
"This matter may not be what we imagined. The surveillance video cannot explain anything. It is possible that the other party has modified the video, or it may be cut off from the beginning to the end. The meaning will be different if the original surveillance video is obtained... The truth should be revealed once the original surveillance video is obtained .”
Nie Cai pondered for a moment and said.
He is a journalist, so knowing it doesn't explain the facts. Just watching a video can't determine anything.
"I know this too, but if the video is in the opponent's hands, it will only release evidence that is beneficial to him. What's the use of our protest?"
Deputy Chief of Staff Lin felt helpless and said with a wry smile.
Hearing this, although Nie Cai said nothing, his heart was moved!
For others, live video is rare, but for Nie Cai, it is a piece of cake.
As long as you go to the scene and use the time-lapse camera component to capture what happened in that timeline, everything can be explained.
At that time, as long as the video of the other party asking for bribes is released, not to mention turning defeat into victory, at least it can win back the victory in public opinion.
"I have to go to the scene and take a look... maybe this matter is not that simple!"
When Nie Cai thought about it carefully, he knew that there was something fishy about this matter.
This kind of thing is not good for either the Pharaoh Kingdom or China. Although it seems that the Pharaoh Kingdom is now in control, if the Pharaoh Kingdom is not stupid, it will definitely use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate in private in exchange for everything. Required benefits.
Unlike in the past when you could just control TV and newspapers, in today's era of information explosion, when an event occurs, discussions will be immediately formed on Moments, Weibo, and various social networking sites.
Therefore, generally when encountering this kind of situation, both parties will definitely keep a low profile, especially for such a sensitive incident. If it breaks out, there will definitely be various netizens clamoring on it. This kind of turbulent public opinion will affect the Chinese government's handling of the matter. The flexibility of this matter makes it even more troublesome to deal with.
Not only this conflict with the Pharaoh Kingdom, but also the previous news incident of kidnapping of hostages that made a big fuss in China. For the purpose of protecting the hostages and negotiating flexibly, what was originally a sensational event did not cause much waves and became It was very low-key, and apart from a few sporadic media reports at the beginning, it did not trigger any major public opinion hot spots.
There must be instructions from the Propaganda Department. Of course, in addition to attracting attention, the news media still have this kind of moral value. After all, most media handle matters of human life in a low-key manner. It was only after the vote was broken that the restrictions on reporting began to be lifted, causing an uproar.