Wei Lan's suggestion made Li Mu suddenly enlightened.
If it follows his temper and the White House wants to prevent him from meeting with Kerry, then he will insist on meeting with him to make his wishful thinking come true. For no other reason than that, Li Mu does not want to let himself become a pawn that others can manipulate at will. .
However, as Wei Lan analyzed, if he really has a remote relationship with the White House, it may not be of any benefit to him. After all, even if he reaches cooperation with Kerry, Kerry may not be 100% elected. Even if he can, he will not be elected. From preparing for the general election to actually taking office, this White House was still the manager of the country.
If you are foraging for food on someone else's territory, even if you don't treat them politely, you won't be in a tense situation. After all, your arms can't twist your thighs.
What's more, playing both sides is the ancient wisdom of the Chinese ancestors in multi-party relationships, and it is the best choice for me now.
According to what Wei Lan said, on the one hand, it stabilizes Kerry privately and gives him hope, and on the other hand, it helps the White House to facilitate things. If you want me to leave early, then I will leave early. If you are satisfied, I Happy, you are good and I am good.
Having made up his mind, Li Mu immediately found Li Ziwei and said to her: "Ziwei, go and communicate with the captain now. We will take off on time at seven o'clock, and someone will come to Wei Lan and I's room to help us pack our luggage." When you come out, take him to the airport to go through security first, then communicate with the interface person in Kerry, and tell him that I will go directly to his room to visit him in five minutes."
Li Ziwei nodded and said, "Then I'll do it right away."
Li Mu looked at his watch and said to Wei Lan: "It's four fifty now. Let's go up together in five minutes, chat with him for fifteen minutes, and then leave for the airport."
Wei Lan said with a smile: "Let's chat for fifteen minutes... I'm afraid Kerry must be very depressed. He came all the way here to have a long chat with you, but in the end, you gave him a time to do exercises between classes."
Li Mu said: "Isn't this the idea you gave me? I actually had a long conversation with him all night long on impulse."
Wei Lan said: "It really makes the White House anxious, which is definitely not a good thing for you. If the White House says that your YY is suspected of stealing American user information, and a bunch of people come to check your YY, what will you do?"
Li Mu pouted: "I know, you are right, you are right."
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Kerry knew that Li Mu might not want to see him that much, otherwise he would not have given him only an hour to meet. You must know that he flew all the way here, covering a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers, and the one-way flight time alone was almost four and a half hours. .
However, even if Li Mu doesn't want to meet him, he must give it a try. Even if it means putting a hot face on a cold butt, he must give it a try. After all, Li Mu's influence is too great. If he gets his support , will be of great help to my campaign next year. With powerful promotion resources like YY, I can save a lot of campaign funds. If I can subtly influence the judgment of the American people, my winning rate will definitely increase greatly.
Based on this mentality, Kerry was already prepared to be ignored in front of Li Mu. Even if he met Li Mu later, he subconsciously waited for Li Mu's call and then went to Li Mu's room to meet him.
Just as he was thinking about this, a staff member responsible for contacting Li Ziwei knocked on the door and came in. He said to Kerry excitedly: "Mr. Kerry, Li Mu said he would come to see you in five minutes."
Kerry was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and asked, "Is Li Mu coming over?"
"Yes." The other party nodded and said, "I'll be here in five minutes. If it's temporarily inconvenient for you, I can tell them to postpone it."
"No need!" Kerry hurriedly stood up and said, "Just reply quickly and say I'm waiting for you at any time."
After the staff left, Kerry's mood suddenly became excited. Li Mu took the initiative to visit his room. This was a very favorable signal!
Three minutes later, Li Mu and Wei Lan arrived at the door of Kerry's room together. When Li Mu rang the doorbell, he thought that the person who opened the door must be Kerry's accompanying staff, but unexpectedly, the person who opened the door was actually Kerry. Li people.
The first moment Kerry met Li Mu, he stretched out his hand very gentlemanly and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Li Mu, nice to meet you!"
Li Mu had seen Kerry on TV many times before, but he didn't expect that he would be more photogenic than on TV. He was also very dignified and his appearance was much higher than that of the current president.
Li Mu shook hands with him and said with the same polite smile: "It's my honor."
After speaking, Li Mu turned to introduce Wei Lan to him and said, "This is Wei Lan, my girlfriend."
Wei Lan didn't expect that Li Mu would introduce herself as his girlfriend so directly, and she felt a little panicked. She originally thought that Li Mu would never introduce herself to others in this way, but she didn't expect that he would do this to a presidential candidate so directly. Introducing myself was something I never dreamed of doing.
Moreover, Wei Lan was also instinctively worried. After all, her relationship with Li Mu could not be made public. Will Li Mu's words affect him
Li Mu doesn't have this worry. If Kerry gossiped like an ordinary person, he wouldn't be where he is today. Even if he failed to become president in his previous life, he at least served as secretary of state. Such a person, for How to process the information you receive is very precise.
Kerry had learned some information about Li Mu before he came. In the party he was at, there was detailed information about Li Mu, including Su Yingxue, Li Mu's girlfriend in China. Kerry had also seen her photos and knew He is not the same person as Wei Lan.
However, Kerry was not too surprised by this. For a person like Li Mu, it is easy for him to have more girlfriends, so this is nothing to make a fuss about, but it does release some benefits. Signal: At least Li Mu is honest with himself.
So Kerry hurriedly invited the two people into the room and sat down in the living room of the room. His staff had already prepared black tea, so Kerry invited the two people to sit down and poured tea for them with his own hands.
After Li Mu sat down, he first said sincerely in a very apologetic tone: "Mr. Kerry, I'm really sorry. News just came from the airport that our plane will face flow control, so it must take off at seven o'clock. Otherwise, it will be postponed for more than 24 hours, and I am anxious to rush back to China to deal with some important matters, so our originally scheduled one-hour meeting may have to be compressed to fifteen minutes."
As soon as Li Mu said these words, Kerry immediately smelled something unusual.
Li Mu may not understand the United States, but Kerry understands it very well.
Flow control rarely occurs in civil aviation in the United States. The weather in Los Angeles is now clear, with no rain, snow or fog. Even the wind is mild and visibility is extremely high. In such weather, what else can be done to control flow
Moreover, first-class control is 24 hours a day, which makes this even more impossible. If there was such a big thing, this kind of thing would have been on the news long ago.
Therefore, Kerry guessed almost instantly that the White House must be behind this.
Although I was very cautious when I came today, it seems that I still can't hide it from the White House.
Kerry was a little irritated. If the White House came in to compete with him for Li Mu's resources, it would be difficult for him to have a chance to persuade Li Mu to cooperate with him.
Moreover, from now on, Li Mu only has fifteen minutes. What can he explain in fifteen minutes? Nothing can be explained.
If you want Li Mu to support your candidacy and use his resources to help your candidacy, you must first explain your political stance to him, and then tell Li Mu your current preparations for the candidacy, which states you have innate advantages in, The approximate chance of winning the election, and then analyze the shortcomings of this White House with Li Mu, as well as his own operating model and governing philosophy if he can win the White House. If Li Mu is interested, I can give him a little bit of advice. , promising that if he agrees to help, what kind of reward will be given to him at what level after he succeeds in the election.
This is a task with an extremely large amount of information, and it is simply impossible to complete in fifteen minutes.
And Kerry is also very clear that he will definitely not be able to retain Li Mu. Now that the White House has taken action and the airport has also said that the flow control will be 24 hours, it will be too difficult for him to control it for such a long time. If Li Mu and he After chatting for an hour, what should I do if people from the White House rush over to talk to Li Mu tomorrow? Don’t you want to make wedding clothes for others
Kerry's expression couldn't help but be a little disappointed. It seemed that his wish to win by surprise this time had failed again.
But the only thing that makes Kerry feel a little relieved is Li Mu's apologetic attitude. Li Mu's expression and tone are very sincere now. It can be seen that he is really embarrassed. This also proves that he can still get the other person in front of Li Mu. Something that takes seriously.
At this time, Li Mu spoke again: "Mr. Kerry, although the time for this interview has been compressed a lot, we can leave each other a contact information. Many things do not necessarily require an interview. Phone calls, emails, or YY are all fine. .”
As he spoke, Li Mu nodded intentionally or unintentionally and said: "The security of phone calls and emails is not very high. I will leave you a YY number. If there is anything important, you can contact me at any time on YY. , text, voice or video are all available.”
Kerry, who was originally full of disappointment, suddenly became energetic. He listened to Li Mu's words with his political sensitivity, and instantly felt that the meaning expressed in these words was very ambiguous. Li Mu said that the security of phone calls and emails was not high. Did he know that he What do you want to talk to him about? And he also indicated that he could contact him through YY. Does this mean that he very much hopes to have an in-depth communication with him on this topic
At this time, Li Mu struck again while the iron was hot: "If Mr. Kerry has YY, it is best to register a new number and then add me with the new number."
This sentence made the point clearer. Kerry suddenly came to his senses, and the haze just now was swept away. He nodded very excitedly and said with a smile: "I understand Mr. Li, don't worry, I will definitely join in." you!"
Li Mu smiled meaningfully and said: "Mr. Kerry, there is an idiom in China that walls have ears. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I think I won't stay with you for too long. Let's talk about all serious matters on YY. !”
Kerry nodded very understandingly and said with a smile: "Okay, let's chat casually."
Li Mu smiled slightly and looked at the time. It had only been five minutes since he sat down. If he ended his meeting with Kerry now, the White House would definitely put their hearts back in their stomachs.
So, Li Mu stood up and said to Kerry: "Mr. Kerry, I'm really sorry this time, because I have to catch a plane, so I'm going to go first!"
Kerry nodded understandingly: "Okay, I wish Mr. Li a safe journey!"
(End of chapter)