【371】Press Conference
Long Hao is wearing a dark blue Chinese long gown, a zss top hat, and cloth shoes. He walks with a Land Rover style, and looks like an oriental elder.
Logically speaking, with Long Hao's age, it is inappropriate to dress like this, but the dressing depends on the occasion. When playing the role of "victim", Long Hao's Chinese outfit can indeed win people's sympathy.
Sometimes, discrimination also represents sympathy, and it is not an exaggeration to use it a little.
Long Hao walked in front alone, and the two confidants who were always inseparable were gone at this time. Although there were a group of municipal personnel accompanying him, he couldn't help but look alone, always showing a sympathetic embarrassment.
Yes, the finger of a fleet of the US Navy has been pointing at him, and the bombardment for several consecutive days has been on fire. Under such strong external pressure, someone else might have collapsed long ago! It can be said that the Earl of North Sea can hold on until now, and has straightened his back and appeared in this press conference against him, which is worthy of everyone's applause and applause.
Is the U.S. Navy amazing?
Can you run rampant with the firepower of an unknown battleship as support?
How can you bully people like this?
Long Hao walked towards Taizi all the way, and while the reporters next to him took photos, they were talking nonstop.
"Look, the Earl of North Sea is extremely haggard!"
"Barring nonsense, how can you not be haggard? I have a brief count of the ships that were bombarded by Benson these days. Just compensation will cost Earl million US dollars!"
"Hiss, millions of dollars are so much! No wonder his face looks so ugly. This is the money I can't make in my lifetime!"
"Hey, I heard you are new! This amount of money is nothing to the Earl of North Sea. He is rich and powerful. The checks issued by Rothschild Bank alone are as huge as £30 million. What really worries him are probably the industries that have to be transferred, and the employees who come to ask for resignation and settlement of wages!"
"The Earl of North Sea is so rich, are those employees stupid? Why did you resign?"
"It's not because of Benson's fleet. No matter how good the money is, you have to spend it! You can kill yourself. Who can survive?"
The reporters who were talking about were not qualified reporters. Just as Long Hao walked to the center, a hot-shaped female reporter jumped out of the group of reporters. She held a big microphone and handed it to Long Hao: "Hello, Earl, I am Louisa, a reporter from the San Jose Messenger. Why did you come here? Do you know the content of this press conference? Are you not afraid of the gunboats on the opposite side suddenly firing fires here?"
Long Hao glanced at Louisa, then looked around. The low voice seemed deep and heavy as it was amplified by the microphone: "I know the content, but I have to come! Because, that witness is fake, and to expose him, I must show up and confront him in person!"
"Is that witness fake?" Louisa's eyes lit up and he asked quickly, "May I ask the Count. Why are you sure?"
"It's very simple, because I have nothing to do with the disappearance of five American destroyers!"
Long Hao's voice was amplifying: "Banson was slandering me from beginning to end. He wanted to force me to his gunboat... Although I don't understand any conspiracy, Long Hao was sitting upright and I had never done anything I had done. So, the witness he found was just to continue to pour sewage on me. The fake ones can't be true. When I talk to him, he will naturally reveal his feelings!"
After Long Hao finished speaking, he took a photo with Louisa and led Old Stevenson and other municipal personnel to continue walking forward.
"Okay. It seems that the Earl of Beihai is confident, so let's wait and see how he will expose this fake witness!"
After taking the photo, Louisa added another sentence later. This qualitative statement rang throughout the audience through the microphone, which was very meaningful to Long Hao's momentum.
Long Hao's momentum was strengthened, and Krim on the stage was naturally very dissatisfied. He glared at his subordinates: How do you do the work? What about the microphone? As the protagonist of the press conference, why don't I even have a microphone around me?
The subordinates were very aggrieved. They looked at each other and lowered their heads: Oh, the second-generation official, you have high requirements. It would be nice to build a platform for you, and they also need a microphone? Who can do that except for the reporter? We can't let us remove the amplification equipment on the warship and carry it to the shore, right? Even if it can, the stingy British guy will not agree!
Without a microphone, Krim used his mouth as a loud horn. He only heard him pulling the duckling voice and shouting: "Don't be deceived by the count's silence! I promise to everyone with the reputation of the US Navy that this witness is absolutely true, and nothing he said is false!"
Unfortunately, Krim's words seemed to have no effect. After all, Benson's fleet bombarded first, and even bombed so many days and destroyed so many ships. The navy's reputation... was really not convincing.
Ignoring Crim's shouts, the reporters stared at Louisa and DeJon Wade, who was smiling and smiling, trying hard to remember what they did, and then thought through it so that they could understand it.
The San Jose Messenger, who was hosted by Wade and he is now a rising star in the media industry. Through this "San Francisco bombing crisis", the San Jose Messenger has vaguely turned from a western local newspaper to a large newspaper across the United States!
During this crisis, many of Wade's practices have become role models for his peers to learn from.
For example, he disguised himself as an airline chamber to obtain the "Salvage Swreck Plan" of Earl of Beihai, for example, he took photos of the crisis from all angles and sent them to his colleagues in the east, for example, he innovatively used photos as the main content of a newspaper issue... Although these techniques, although simple, can arouse readers' attention and reading, and have opened up a new marketing path for the media industry.
Of course, the media industry also plays an important role in affecting stock market price fluctuations in this bombardment crisis. After the unprecedented roller coaster of the U.S. stock market on May 23 and 24, the media industry has occupied an extremely important position in the hearts of some big shots.
To be honest, after this bombardment crisis has passed, major U.S. consortiums will increase their investment in the media industry due to the successful case of the San Jose Courier. It can be expected that the American media industry will usher in a booming spring!
Therefore, with the explanation of their respective newspapers, De Jong Wade has become the focus of attention of reporters from all sides, and his words and deeds may be written into the guidance manual for reconstructing our newspaper...
Long Hao looked up at the platform. The platform was not big, so there were not many people standing there. Only Krem, Paul, and less than ten US military officers in naval uniforms.
Long Hao walked up to the stage and stood still in front of the group of people. The old Stevenson and the remaining people behind wanted to follow, but Long Hao waved his hand without looking back and stopped him: "No, I'm afraid they will place bombs under this platform and want to blow it up. Just blow me to death..."
bomb?
The people who heard this were shocked at first, but then they realized that this was Long Hao's joke, which was used to satirize the people in Benson's fleet to do things in a nonsense: Yes, if you can drive a battleship to block the purely traded harbor, what other despicable things can Benson and the others not do?
Old Stevenson and the others always followed Long Hao's leader. Long Hao said that they naturally abide by it, so they stopped on the ladder on the side of the platform and watched Long Hao go up alone.
Long Hao waved his jacket in front of his hand and walked forward a few more steps. He really felt a bit like a hero Xiaoxiao was gone forever.
Krim was almost angry when he heard this, and he shouted: "Earl Beihai, don't talk nonsense, what kind of bombs? If I put a bomb, wouldn't even be killed by so many of me?"
Long Hao smiled. His voice was loud, and he was many times better than Krem's duck voice: "Oh, it would be better if there is no bomb... Okay, I'm here too. What do you want to perform next? I'll appreciate it here!"
Long Hao's sarcastic voice made most of the reporters in the audience cover their mouths and snicker. A good press conference was said by Long Hao a bit like the circus performance specially made by Colonel Benson, and Krem, Paul and others were the laughing clowns!
Krem knew that his side was unpopular at the moment, but when the arrow was on the string, he had to fire it, so he gritted his teeth and spoke the opening remark in his duck voice: The general meaning was nothing more than finding a witness, which could prove that the Earl of the North Sea had indeed sunk five destroyers of the US Navy.
"Next, we have invited Mr. Paul to tell him about the terrible experience he suffered..." Krem pushed Paul to the front desk with a trembling ear and told him softly: "Remember, don't say anything extra, just follow what we rehearsed before!"
Krim was not sure how reliable Paul was, but Benson drove the duck to put it on the shelves and asked him to hold a press conference. Krim had no choice but to be a slap!
Paul walked up and trembled, and said stammeringly, "I, I recognize him, he, he, he, and he hit me... and killed my comrades. My name is Paul, and he is a crew member of the Colin. Including me, we, the Zerin, Chalin, Bolin, Colin, and Vesga, were all savagely hit by him after he asked him to stop the ship and check it but failed...."
"We have more than 200 sailors. After the ship sank, he not only did not rescue us in the spirit of humanity, but instead ordered us to shoot us and force us to death... Woo, so many brothers were forced to death by this cruel and ruthless person..."
"He is a murderous demon. He took the lead in launching a shameless attack on the US Navy. He is the enemy of the United States. I ask you to keep your eyes open and support us in arresting this demon king and avenge my dead comrades. Woo woo..."
Paul's words were not beyond the expectations of journalists, and his expression was too stiff, so even if his content was explosive, it was not convincing at all.
Not to mention the reporters, just the naval soldiers standing below were very disappointed: Is it just a verbal accusation? Without the real information, what kind of combat effectiveness is there? Oh, we know Paul, this lucky unlucky guy, but others don’t know him. They can completely think that this is an idiot we found, specifically used to "fraudulently" the Earl of North Sea!
"Are you finished speaking?"
Long Hao smiled. The masculine voice alone was better than the sum of Paul’s words just now, giving people a sense of being upright and trying to expose the other party’s conspiracy: “Now it’s time for me to say something?”
"You, I. Yes..."
Paul was obviously intimidated by Long Hao's momentum. He shrank his head and looked at the big devil in his heart in fear. He retreated and almost fell to the sky.
"Okay, let's not talk about the authenticity of your identity for now. Suppose you are a crew member of the Colin!" Long Hao held his head and chest out, walked forward and asked, "Paul, let me ask you, what are the speeds of the five destroyers you mentioned?"
"Well……"
Paul just had his nerves sometimes getting better and worse, and his brain was obviously not burned out: "Yes, it's more than 20 verses."
"Since it's 20 knots, as you said, how many warships are there on my side? How fast is it?"
"You only have one warship, the latest armored cruiser, with a speed of 20 knots, but..." Paul replied subconsciously, but just as Krim noticed something was wrong, Long Hao's voice increased by another octave, interrupting Paul's answer.
"Oh, that's interesting. According to Mr. Paul, I only have one cruiser with a speed of 20 knots. When facing five destroyers with a speed of more than 20 knots, I can not only win, but also wipe out the other side? None of them is missing?" Long Hao smiled and said, "I have such great ability, haha. This is the first time I heard of it! If this is true, I think the US Navy should not be an enemy of me, but should be better than me, because with my 'this cruiser', as long as it can be equipped on a large scale. The future maritime overlord will not be Britain, but Britain plus the emerging America!"
Long Hao's words were actually full of evil intentions, and he slightly provoked the relationship between Britain, the United States and the European powers.
After all, outside this port, there are six British battleships marked with the American flag!
What impact will the UK and the United States have on the increasingly tense situation in Europe?
How will France, Germany, Russia... react to this?
I believe that when these journalists dutifully spread this to Europe, those princes, ministers, emperors and prime ministers will consider it.
"You, your cruiser is ancient and weird..."
Paul stammered: "Your cruiser can suddenly become very fast..."
"soon?"
Long Hao asked with a smile: "How fast is that?"
“There are at least 50 knots!”
Paul blurted out, and Krim behind him heard this and immediately covered his face: Grass, forgot to remind him, numb, 2 goods are 2 goods, and you won't let you say that our ship was destroyed alive, why do you talk about speed again? 50 knots of speed, who can believe this? In fact, even I am half-believing and half-doubting now...
The speed of 50 knots is like telling people now: a train can run at a high-speed rail speed of 300 miles!
Even the reporter who didn't know much about ocean knowledge widened his eyes, then he sniffed and covered his mouth and laughed secretly.
Hahahaha, if the 50-kilometer cruiser, if the Earl of Beihai has this technology, then he will probably become the most popular ship designer on the planet! This is definitely the funniest nonsense news this year. The so-called "survivor Paul" that Krem found is so talented. If you want to accuse the Earl of Beihai, please find a more reliable reason? Haha, even if you say that the Earl of Beihai used a reorganized combat fleet to annihilate the five destroyers, it is much more credible than this!
"Oh, 50 knots, it turns out that 'My battleship' is so fast. So, how did I use a 50 knot warship to surround your five destroyers? Can't you escape? Can't you escape? Can't you fire? Just like you have done these days..." Long Hao got the upper hand, and he said in a relaxed tone now.
"What's the use of our fire!"
Paul shouted: "Your ship just hits directly, it's unreasonable. We can't hide it, you're hitting it alive!"
When Paul was excited, he forgot all the key points that Krem explained in advance and directly told the truth.
"Crash, sink, damn? You mean, my boat will knock you all over, sink?"
Long Hao showed an exaggerated expression on his face, and he focused on the chewing point: "Oh, it turns out that I own a mythical cruiser, which not only has enviable high speeds, but also has strong and non-stimulating armor, which can sank the iron armor ship alive?"
"Hahaha……"
There was no need to warm up this time, and the reporters below laughed wildly. The facts are simple now: this press conference is a joke, and Paul, the clown, has perfectly fulfilled his duties from the beginning, using exaggerated and absurd methods, and funny and absurd reasons to make them laugh to their heart's content.
"You guys, why are you laughing?"
Paul was anxious. He waved his arms on the stage and shouted in anger: "What I said is the fact, it is the fact! Don't laugh, you must believe me. That day, this great devil used his ship to sank our five warships one by one! What I said is the truth. If you don't believe me, you must believe those sailors who died unjustly! They all died in battle for the safety of the United States. Their heroic spirit in heaven told me that they must bring the murderer to justice!"
"Okay, since you don't hesitate to swear with the heroic spirit, I will give you another chance!"
Long Hao was already sure of victory at this time and said, "I'll ask you, even if what you said before is the facts, I wiped out you with a fast and thick armored cruiser. Then, how did you survive? If I really have such a powerful warship, in order not to leak the secret, I will definitely clear all witnesses. May I ask you, Mr. Paul, what tricks do you have to survive from my hands?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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