During the dinner, there was a sudden call from South Fornia. It turned out that General Dönitz had convened an emergency military meeting, scheduled for 10 o'clock in the evening.
Lu Ming said goodbye immediately and left Suo Ti Luo at her parents' home, asking her to stay for a few more days and he would come back to pick her up.
The asphalt road from Star City to South Fornia is more than 80 kilometers long.
More than an hour later, Lu Ming entered the meeting room of the First Control Branch.
General Dönitz was not there, saying he had gone to the airport to pick someone up.
Following him were his three closest confidants, Chief of the Military Police Department Elmerli, Chief of the Operations Department Philip, and Chief of the General Affairs Department Merkel.
In addition, the Intelligence Department is also extremely important. I heard that the director of the Intelligence Department is decided by the higher-ups. Therefore, although Miss Candice is not considered a close confidant of General Dönitz, she also went to the station to pick someone up. It seemed that it was the headquarters that notified Miss Candice, but Dönitz.
The rest of the officers who had arrived sat and waited in silence. No one was talking to each other. Some closed their eyes to rest, while others drank coffee in silence.
At the long conference table, sitting opposite Lu Ming was Hendry, who said with a fake smile, "Bit, I heard you went to Xingchen City? That's Commander Owen's wife's home, right? Did you take Owen's wife with you?"
Some directors couldn't help but have ambiguous smiles on their faces.
Lu Ming knew that in the local branch of First Control, his reputation was probably that of being rather lustful.
He picked up the cup and drank his coffee, completely ignoring Hendry.
Hendry's face darkened slightly and he snorted coldly.
Sitting next to Lu Ming was Sidler, the director of the Eighth Department, which was the Training Department, a little old man with gray hair.
He is a very greedy person and has been getting very close to Lu Ming recently. Lu Ming asked him to produce teaching materials for training the Police Guard Corps, and they applied for special training funds together. The two of them cooperated and made a fortune from it.
Lu Ming also gradually realized that Sonya's finances were indeed rich, but if they continued to struggle like this, there was no telling what the future would be like.
At this time, Sidler pinched Lu Ming's shoulder and winked at him, which naturally meant that he should not bother with this kind of young soldier.
Lu Ming didn't say anything. He drank the coffee in the cup, leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes and rested. In fact, he was taking the time to go to Montenegro to deal with some things.
Nearly half an hour after the wall clock struck ten, there were chaotic footsteps outside, and Earl Merley, Philip, Candice and Merkel came in and sat in their seats.
Lu Ming winked at Candice, but Candice pretended not to see it.
The door suddenly opened again, and Denitz's voice said, "Is everyone here?"
All the directors stood up immediately.
Two people walked in from outside, Dönitz was in front, and walking behind him was a young man of about 27 or 28 years old, very handsome, but very pale and weak. However, he was wearing the uniform of a major general, which was one rank higher than Dönitz, the brigadier general.
"Everyone, let me introduce you. This is Major General Rommel from the headquarters! Welcome him!" Dönitz led the applause.
The ten directors and the office director applauded enthusiastically.
Lu Ming observed the expressions of the crowd. Except for the four directors who accompanied Denitz to the airport to pick up people, the other directors had some confusion and surprise on their faces.
Apparently, no one knew there was such a young major general in the headquarters before.
"Everyone, please take a seat!" Rommel had an arrogant look on his face and naturally sat in the main seat. Dönitz looked calm and moved his chair to sit slightly to the side.
"Everyone..." As soon as he spoke, Rommel started coughing. He took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and gestured to Dönitz, meaning that he wanted Dönitz to speak. He coughed as if his lungs were about to burst.
Everyone looked at each other, probably wondering where this tuberculosis patient came from
Dönitz waited for him to stop coughing, and then said, "Everyone, General Rommel has been very busy with the Reston Plan recently and has caught a cold. He flew to South Fornia this time to ensure the smooth implementation of the Reston Plan and to take charge of the overall situation in this area!..."
Dönitz wanted to say more, but Rommel leaned over and whispered something in his ear, then started coughing softly.
A hint of impatience flashed in Dönitz's eyes, but he still smiled and said, "Okay, everyone, please take a break. In ten minutes, go to Conference Room 3 to have a private talk with General Rommel. The meeting is adjourned now!"
The directors were all filled with wonder, but they all sat quietly.
After Dönitz and Rommel left, some people began to talk in low voices.
Lu Ming waved to Merkel and said, "Let's go and order some Huazi!" "Huazi" is pronounced in the Chinese language.
Merkel didn't know why Lu Ming called cigarettes "Huazi", but she thought it was funny and followed Lu Ming in calling them that.
The two men came to the back door of the conference room, Merkel took a cigarette, and the two men lit it.
Bit was a smoker, and Lu Ming later decided to use Bit's identity to go undercover and asked his intelligence personnel to investigate his living habits.
Moreover, Lu Ming discovered that smokers sometimes have a lot of topics to talk about, and a lot of information can be obtained inadvertently.
"General Rommel doesn't look very old?" Lu Ming puffed out smoke and asked curiously.
Merkel showed a trace of contempt on her face and waved her hand, meaning not to talk about him.
Lu Ming stopped asking.
Merkel soon couldn't hold it in any longer and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are obviously not a spy, but you are the material for an agent. I'm waiting for you to continue asking!"
Lu Ming spread his hands.
Merkel lowered her voice and said, "We can't help it. This guy has a powerful background. Even General Dönitz doesn't dare to talk about him casually. I heard General Dönitz chatting with him in the car. It seems that this guy's nickname is Silver Fox. He is very powerful."
"Oh, Silver Fox?" Lu Ming was helpless. It was indeed a parallel world, very strange.
"But General Dönitz doesn't say it, but I think he despises them in his heart! You know what? This guy looks at the crystal ball and says he can see the future!" Merkel curled her lips, "I really don't know what's wrong with the upper echelons. Why would they believe in a charlatan?"
Lu Ming's heart trembled slightly.
Merkel lowered her voice. "Guess what? It turns out that the Reston Plan has been all talk and no action. It has been said to be implemented, but it has not been implemented yet. This guy looked in the crystal ball and said that there will be problems."
"Oh? What's the problem?" Lu Ming didn't need to pretend, as everyone would be curious.
"He said he had seen it more than a dozen times. It made him almost sick. He couldn't see anything in the beginning, he just knew there would be problems. The last time, he said he saw a train explode in our southern Funia!" Merkel's face was full of contempt as she spoke. Naturally, she didn't believe in crystal ball prophecies or anything like that.
"Ah?" Lu Ming thought quickly in his heart. It turned out that the Reston plan was related to trains.
"That's amazing, how did it explode? Oh, the Reston Project, is it an advanced train?" Lu Ming asked.
"How did it explode? God knows!" Merkel sneered.
Lu Ming put out his cigarette and pondered, "Will His Majesty become the Great Emperor in the end? Can he see the future? Is the ending already determined?"
Merkel curled her lips and said, "The theory of these charlatans is that everything can change, so the picture you see this time may be different from the picture you see next time. Moreover, no one in the world can see the general trend clearly because there are too many variables. Haha, this theory is perfect, right? It can be perfectly ridiculous! It's not that I can't see it clearly, but there are variables, haha!"
Lu Ming smiled but said nothing.
Merkel also felt that her voice was a little loud, so she took out another cigarette and said, "No more talking, just one more before I go back!" She glanced at Lu Ming and said, "He and Director Candice are old acquaintances. From what I heard from him and Director Candice's conversation, I knew that he had pursued Director Candice before and never got married. It seems that he hasn't given up yet. You should be careful!"
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.