The chief of staff of the White House knew very well that since Kerry had already arrived in Los Angeles and was in the same hotel as Li Mu, it was basically impossible to prevent him from meeting Li Mu. Now, he would send someone or rush there himself. Meeting with Li Mu on behalf of the president would inevitably fall behind Kerry, so it would be too late.
In his opinion, the only solution right now is to find a way to shorten the meeting time between the two. Letting Li Mu's plane take off early is a good solution.
According to his analysis, Li Mu actually didn't really want to meet with Kerry, or he wasn't very interested in Kerry, otherwise he wouldn't have compressed the formation so urgently, leaving only more than an hour for Kerry. time window, so in this case, as long as Li Mu's schedule is given a sense of urgency, he will inevitably choose to shorten the meeting time with Kerry.
To be on the safe side, the chief of staff decided to let Li Mu's plane take off early, and then give him a signal to either take off early or delay it for at least a day, forcing him to fly away early.
If Li Mu flies ahead of time, the time between him and Kerry will be compressed to only ten minutes or even less. In such a short time, it will be difficult for Kerry to achieve in-depth cooperation with Li Mu. In this case, Li Mu will fly back from Los Angeles. China, on its own back, sent someone to secretly fly to China from Washington. In this way, it could go to China to meet Li Mu ahead of Kerry.
If Li Mu doesn't fly today, then he will leave for Los Angeles immediately. It doesn't matter even if Kerry meets Li Mu first. If he goes to talk to Li Mu on behalf of the president, there will eventually be a way to attract Li Mu.
Li Mu had just finished his discussion with the creative staff and members of the Flying Tigers, and was discussing Kerry's affairs with Wei Lan in the lounge next door. Li Mu said: "Kerry is upstairs now. I promised Spielberg to go with me." We’ll meet him and chat for about an hour. Do you want to meet him with me later?”
Wei Lan said: "Such a big shot comes so far to see you, wouldn't it be appropriate for me to get involved?"
Li Mu waved his hand: "There is nothing inappropriate. He is asking for something from me, not me from him. Even if he wants to run for president, it has nothing to do with us, not to mention he is the one with the smallest chance of winning."
Wei Lan smiled and said: "Then I will be your personal assistant, serving tea and water beside you."
Just as he was talking, Li Ziwei knocked on the door and came in. Seeing Li Mu and Wei Lan together, she closed the door and said, "Mr. Li, Sister Wei, the captain called just now and said that the airport informed him that there was an epidemic control tonight, and the airport gave us Two choices, either take off at seven o'clock today, or fly again at eight-thirty tomorrow night."
Li Mu frowned and asked subconsciously: "Is the United States also engaged in immigration control?"
China often has flow control, and Li Mu has been used to it in his previous life, but he has rarely heard of airports in the United States having flow control, and the flow control will last until tomorrow night. This is really outrageous.
Li Ziwei said: "The captain doesn't understand very well, but this is a requirement from the airport. It may have something to do with the fact that we are business jets and have to give way to civilian airliners in terms of route resources, so he asked me to ask you what you mean. , if you want to fly today, it’s almost time to get ready to go to the airport. If you want to fly tomorrow, then I will make arrangements to extend your stay.”
Li Mu said: "Tell the captain that I will give him the final answer at 5:30 and ask him to ask if it's still too late."
"Okay." Li Ziwei nodded and said, "Mr. Li, Sister Wei, you guys talk first, I'm going out."
As soon as Li Ziwei left, Wei Lan said to Li Mu: "Suddenly, the flow control at this time seems a little abnormal."
Li Mu said: "Yes, the epidemic situation was suddenly controlled. Could it be that a big shot is coming to Los Angeles? But this doesn't make sense. No matter how big a big shot comes, it is impossible for the flow of people to be detained until tomorrow."
Wei Lan speculated and said: "I always feel that this flow control seems to be coming for you."
"Really?" Li Mu just felt that the flow control at the airport was surprised, but he didn't think about himself. After all, he felt that the airport flow control in the United States had something to do with him.
Wei Lan said at this time: "Look, first of all, the abortion was suddenly controlled, and the abortion was controlled for such a long time. This is extremely abnormal. There must be something wrong when something goes wrong. I think there is something wrong in this matter."
Li Mu nodded: "It makes sense."
Wei Lan went on to say, "You are going to meet with Kerry at five o'clock, and now there are only ten minutes left. Suddenly the flow control tells you to take off at seven o'clock, which basically forces you to get ready right now." Airport."
Li Mu nodded again and said, "You mean, some people don't want me to meet with Kerry, or don't want me to have a deep conversation with Kerry?"
"That's right." Wei Lan analyzed: "If you decide to take off at seven o'clock, then you have so little time left that you won't be able to talk about anything important with Kerry. If Kerry wants you to support his election, it's such a big deal. It is difficult to solve the problem in a very short period of time. There are basic rules for big things, just like a large meal will take longer to finish. Once there is not enough time, the problem cannot be solved. "
Li Mu frowned and thought for a while, then asked her, "Is it the White House that is preventing me from meeting with Kerry?"
"It should be." Wei Lan said: "Only they have this motive, and only they have the ability to figure out Kerry's whereabouts."
Li Mu couldn't help but laugh: "This battle is a bit big. It seems they are really worried about me getting involved."
Wei Lan nodded and smiled and said, "That's definitely what it means. The Bush administration is more likely to be re-elected, so they may not necessarily cooperate with you, but they definitely don't want to see you cooperate with Kerry and prevent you from meeting with Kerry. Or minimizing the possibility of the two of you reaching cooperation today should be their most urgent goal."
Li Mu shrugged and said, "Since they want me to leave, we won't leave today. I will have a long talk with Kerry tonight to see how they will react."
"Don't!" Wei Lan hurriedly stopped him: "Don't provoke the White House at this time, and don't let the White House feel your hostility. Otherwise, if you are really targeted, it will definitely bring trouble."
Li Mu asked Wei Lan: "What do you think is the best way now?"
Wei Lan smiled and said: "The best way is to play both sides. The White House is now afraid that you and Kerry will show excessive affection. In this case, you might as well show your indifference and indifference to Kerry, so we will follow the seven rules Take off on time, but you can still find ten or twenty minutes to meet with Kerry. Even if you cannot reach some cooperation intention with Kerry during this time, showing good will is enough. You can talk to Kerry privately. Show your goodwill to him, and then you can leave a relatively private contact information, such as YY number, and let him apply for a small account to add you, so that he can feel that you are sincere enough, but you have to leave as soon as possible because of the reason. , and also gives Kerry enough hope."
Speaking, Wei Lan added: "What's more important is that since the White House knows that Kerry has set its sights on you, then the White House will definitely regard winning over you as its primary goal, so don't worry, even if you tonight As soon as you return home, Kerry and the people in the White House will chase you to China. At that time, you can separate the timeline and contact each other, and then control the rhythm to carefully study which party is more suitable to cooperate with."
(End of chapter)