Chapter 602 White Rose

Chapter 602 White Rose

Peng Xucheng, who was arranged to ask Yegor about the progress of the discussion, quickly got the latest results. Contrary to Chen Chen's expectation, Yegor made a decision much faster than expected.

He originally thought that Yegor would have to hold at least several rounds of meetings and bear the 24-hour limit before he could give a conclusion. However, he did not expect that after the person in charge of Pakistan arrived, it took him less than two hours to fully convince him. They found the other party and confirmed that the Dongfeng Corps would launch an acquisition of ORSIS.

At the same time, without Peng Xucheng's intervention, he reached a new agreement with Pakistan.

In the plan, he will cut ORSIS into two parts. One part is still called ORSIS and is based in Pakistan; the other part is temporarily unnamed and is controlled by Dongfeng Group and is based in Pubei.

This also means that before the acquisition, Yegor took the initiative to split the equity of ORSIS and split the organizational structure of ORSIS.

According to normal business logic, such an operation would never be allowed.

But based on the current situation, Chen Chen knew very well that this was definitely the best strategy, bar none.

"It seems that this Yegor is indeed no ordinary person."

"ORSIS can develop at such a speed not only because of their technical expertise."

"When you go to discuss the specific details with him, you must pay attention to not only ensuring that the technical personnel are in place, but also ensuring that their management can be smoothly transferred to the new company."

"This will save us a lot of unnecessary costs and will also greatly reduce the difficulty of subsequent management."

"clear."

Peng Xucheng nodded slightly, then asked again:

"How to arrange the subsequent transfer plan?"

"If calculated based on the current scale of ORSIS, the number of foreign personnel transferred to Myitkyina will be at least a hundred. As for the subsequent recruitment of new personnel, I would also prefer to start directly from Maozi."

“To obtain legal status and solve tax problems, these people must obtain legal visas in Bagan.”

"This problem is actually not easy to solve."

"Look for Bao Xiaomei."

Chen Chen waved his hands and then said:

"The relationship between Wa and Bagan has improved to a great extent. Coupled with her original relationship, it should not be difficult to get some visas."

"What's more, the people we want are legal residents of Russia and are not shady people like us."

"If they can't even solve their problems, Bao Xiaomei's more than half a year in Pubei will be in vain."

"clear."

Peng Xucheng nodded slightly and continued to ask:

"In exchange for what?"

"exchange?"

Chen Chen was stunned.

"No, I asked her to help with something, and you still want me to exchange something? Is she crazy or am I crazy?"

"That's what I say, but if the group wants to grow bigger, it must try to avoid this kind of unclear 'human relations'."

Peng Xucheng spread his hands, thought for a moment and said:

"Forget it, I'll make the arrangements, you don't have to worry about it."

"I didn't want to care about it."

Chen Chen rolled his eyes, and then said thoughtfully:

"But when you put it like that, I feel like I should go back to Pubei."

"After all, Pubei is still our basic base, and there are still a lot of people and relationships to deal with there."

"If these matters are left to agents all the time, the hearts of those friends who are just following me will inevitably become uneasy."

"By the way, Dakai, judging from your current perception, do these problems exist?"

"Basically non-existent."

Shi Dakai shook his head and replied:

"The time is too short and the benefits are too great. Everyone is just focused on making money and has no time to do anything."

"The logistics artery in Pubei has been connected. From Tachileik to Myitkyina, various goods worth hundreds of millions of yuan are now circulating every day. This thing is so profitable that even He Buppa has begun to make money. The extent to which one’s own troops have been downsized and personnel have been transferred to the company as employees.”

"There is a high probability that this situation will not change in the foreseeable future."

“Because the Bagan Railway can just meet the subsequent development needs and satisfy the desires of local forces.”

"However, you are right, the various warlord forces are still weak in the end."

"Their problems will be solved sooner or later."

"Just how to solve it, we can't see a breakthrough yet."

"I can only say that we must first ensure our suppression of the entire area."

"The main thing is that we always retain the ability to kill them, and Pubei will basically not be in chaos."

"That's all we can do for now."

Chen Chen nodded slightly and was about to continue discussing the follow-up arrangements with Peng Xucheng, but at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the villa.

Immediately afterwards, the SSG team leader in charge of security entered the room, saluted Chen Chen, and brought him new news.

The person in charge related to ORSIS in Pakistan has left Peshawar. Yegor applied to lift the blockade and signed a preliminary agreement with Dongfeng Group.

The high efficiency has loosened Chen Chen's stereotype of this country.

He looked at Peng Xucheng and said:

"Come on, let's go and implement the contract now."

"This trip to Peshawar was quite smooth. After signing the contract, we took Yegor directly back to Pubei."

"We will have new tasks in the future, but the time is not so tight."

"I must take this opportunity to take a good rest."

"I have been so exhausted for the past six months. If I don't rest, I will really be unable to bear it."

"You really should rest."

Peng Xucheng nodded and suddenly laughed again.

In Chen Chen's baffled eyes, he coughed and said:

"But to be honest, I doubt whether you will be able to have a good rest after returning to Pubei."

"Why not?"

Chen Chen asked doubtfully.

"Didn't you mention Bao Xiaomei just now? In the past half year since you were gone, people have not forgotten you."

"To be honest, she is enough. That's all."

"Every time I have a meeting, I always mention you. When I open my mouth, I will say, 'Mr. Chen Chen said that,' and I'm even a little bit stunned."

"Especially after knowing what you did in Syria. Well, I can't say. You'll find out when you get back."

"I estimate that when you arrive in Pubei, the first person you see will be her."

"If you want to have a good rest, she may not give you the chance."

"What you said is a bit vulgar."

Chen Chen waved his hand and replied:

"Don't tell me that she and I seem to have an affair. In essence, we are just partners."

"What's more, she is no ordinary little woman at all."

"Emotional entanglement? It doesn't exist."

"Her attitude towards me is probably, at best, a kind of Narcissus-like narcissism."

"How do you say this?"

Chen Chen let out a breath and explained:

"She probably thinks I'm the male version of herself."

"In other words, she wants to be the female version of me."

"But it's a pity that she basically doesn't have this opportunity."

"Let's go, find Yegor, sign the contract, and then we'll set off and go home!"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the sea.

White House, in the office.

Craven sat across from the black president, holding a stack of organized materials in his hand.

The thickness of this stack of materials is amazing, but the only thing that is really useful is the top one.

At the end of this document, there was a conclusion that the two people in the office found difficult to accept, but had to accept.

"The Syrian strategy has in fact failed. The cost of restoring the situation is far greater than the expected benefits. It is not recommended to continue investing resources."

No one questions the objectivity of this conclusion. In fact, even without relying on think tanks, the president himself can make the same judgment based on intuition alone.

Therefore, after listening to Craven's report, his reaction was unprecedentedly calm.

Looking at the depressed Craven, the president sighed softly, and then said:

"This result is actually what I expected. There is no need for you to feel guilty about it."

"Our failure is not essentially a failure of tactics, but a failure of resources."

"Before you report to me, I have just finished listening to the Department of Commerce's report on the state of domestic industry. The situation is not optimistic."

"The hollowing out of industry has almost become irreversible, and financial capital's interference in policy has penetrated deeply into the military field."

"Do you know how exaggerated this is? When I decided to launch the final action, capitalists from Wall Street even called me on my personal mobile phone and threatened me to give up my action by suspending campaign financial support."

"Any decision we make will face huge obstacles and internal friction. Under such circumstances, it is actually completely impossible to successfully complete a large-scale strategic action."

"So, objectively speaking, we have tried."

"Our attempt failed, but it was not without meaning."

"At least we have clearly explored the boundaries of our capabilities. In the next term, I will have more references for what I do."

"Okay, cheer up, old friend."

"Don't pay too much attention to the failure - although this failure was indeed tragic, the good news is that most of the casualties came from the PMC Group."

"From a public perspective, the losses we have suffered are not huge."

After the president finished speaking, Craven nodded silently.

He could not deny the president's judgment. Perhaps in a sense, the president's words were right.

However, whenever he thinks of his team that died in Syria, he will feel a sting as if being penetrated by a steel needle.

It shouldn't be like this.

If that operation had been directed by himself, even if it failed in the end, it would never have failed in such a tragic way.

The Army should take responsibility for their erroneous command, instead of blithely attributing the problem to the Turkish military's untimely support as it does now.

Nonsense, how could they provide timely support when the border was under full attack.

As commanders, can't you even make this basic judgment?

This failure not only ruined the last chance, it may even become a turning point in the failure of the entire country's Middle East strategy.

And they don't want to do anything.

I can't do anything myself.

Thinking of this, Craven let out a long sigh.

Then, he spoke:

"I bear an unshirkable responsibility in this matter."

"If necessary, I can take the blame and resign to give an explanation to the people."

"It'll be good for your campaign going forward, too."

"no need."

The president raised his hand to interrupt Craven, and then said:

"You have a more important task now, which is to find a way to deal with our internal threats."

"Internal threat?"

Craven was stunned, frowned and asked:

"You mean inside JSOC?"

"To be precise, it's inside DEVGRU."

The president took a document from his desk and handed it to Craven's hand.

The document was stamped with a top-secret seal, and there were a few big words written on the cover of the document.

"White Rose".

Craven's eyes were fixed. He did not open the document, but looked up at the president.

The two were relatively silent. After a long time, Craven finally asked:

"So, we are going to eliminate all the members who participated in this operation?"

"The risk of doing this is very high. I don't know if you know it. Operation White Rose is quite special. It is not a pure espionage operation, nor is it a pure special operations operation."

"Everyone involved in that mission already had quite complex relationships there."

"And all the clues and evidence they have have not been fully recovered and destroyed to this day."

"It's because of this that Donnie Davis was able to survive this mission in Syria, he"

"I know."

The president interrupted Craven again and then said:

"But this is a hidden danger that we must deal with. If it is not dealt with, it will become a means for political opponents to attack the president."

"Remember, it's not an attack on me, it's an attack on every president in office."

"It will become the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all successors, threatening them every minute and every second."

"I must end this threat, end this threat on my watch."

"And you too, my friend."

"We are one. JSOC exists under the power of the president. When I am threatened, won't you be affected?"

"So, it's time for a change."

".clear."

Craven looked heavy. After nodding slowly, he asked:

"What should be done specifically? I am solely responsible for it?"

"Or should I form a special team to take charge of this clean-up operation?"

"unnecessary."

The President shook his head and replied:

"We already have people in place to do the cleanup."

"All you need to do is create a special operations mission and mobilize all the people related to it to the predetermined operation location."

"Be careful not to arouse any suspicion or give them a chance to prepare."

"You must not let them notice the existence of the trap. That will cause our operation to fail immediately. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Craven nodded again and then asked:

"So, who's going to be in charge of this operation?"

"Israel? Iraq? Still."

"neither."

The president shook his head and replied:

"Dongfeng Group."