April 2027, the capital of Liang Kingdom, Shuofu
Among all allies, the one that causes Liang Guo the most headache is Country F. Historical and cultural reasons mixed with the diverse value orientations of its citizens make the leader of Country F often make discordant voices towards Liang Guo.
The President of Country F visited Liangguo and met with Executive Smith, who has been re-elected for 7 years. Especially the "lame executive" whose parliament has been controlled by the Popular Party is obviously not the best time.
On the contrary, the successful visit of the President of Country F will boost the electoral support of the Equal Rights Party and bring a successful end to the 60-year political career of Executive Smith, who is in power at an advanced age.
President Fangerwei of country F chose this seemingly inappropriate but actually favorable time to visit Liang.
President Van Gerwe hopes to serve as a mediator to promote the deadlocked Jade Khanate nuclear limit negotiations. If he succeeds in persuading Liang to re-sign a new Jade Khanate nuclear limit agreement, it will significantly enhance his personal and country F's international reputation.
In 2015, Governor Sinshelay, who is also a member of the Equal Rights Party, signed the Jade Khanate Nuclear Limitation Agreement in the seventh year of his term, and regarded this as his important political legacy.
President Van Gerwe believes that it is very possible to persuade Executive Smith to re-sign the Jade Khanate's nuclear limitation agreement.
The secret talks between the two heads of state have ended and the joint press conference is about to begin.
There were whispers in the press box, and journalists from several big media outlets with a keen sense of smell were speculating on the big news that was about to be released. From then on, they would either fiercely criticize or fully support it according to their respective positions.
Consul Smith appeared first. He walked quickly and gracefully invited President Fangerwei out. The two stood in front of their respective podiums.
The young President of country F spoke first. After a polite conversation, he focused on reviewing the cooperation and progress made by Executive Smith and other countries on global climate issues, and suggested very suggestively that the talks had achieved significant results and would be The highly respected Consul Smith announced on the spot.
It was Archon Smith's turn to speak. He looked at everyone with a smile. For a full minute, he slowly lowered his head and said:
"I am an AI robot, I am an AI robot..."
The reporters at the scene first responded to the 85-year-old consul's humor with laughter, and then some seemed to sense that something was wrong.
Suddenly, Consul Smith left the podium and took two steps to the side and back. The thin and shambling old man slumped on the carpet like a leaf.
The scene was chaotic, security and medical staff rushed over, and the host urgently announced the termination of the press conference.
300 miles away, Liangguo Deputy Consul Alice Quinlan was attending a charity event hosted by the Liangguo Veterans Families Foundation.
In the afternoon, ladies who are family members of veterans will paint home decoration paintings of different styles on site. After the dinner, these paintings will be auctioned on site to raise funds for the foundation.
The painting, hand-painted by Archdeacon Quinlan and signed by her, is sure to be the highlight of the auction.
Alice is very serious about painting an abstract painting using watercolors of many colors.
Even though she was careful, her paint-stained hands still rubbed against her somewhat white jeans.
Alice looked up to get a tissue and saw two uniformed security personnel walking towards her in a hurry. One of them whispered in her ear:
"After receiving the order, I will immediately protect you and go to the Colorful House."
Consul Smith was seriously ill and in a coma, unable to see anything.
In accordance with the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of China, Deputy Consul Alice Quinlan, no, Consul Alice Quinlan, sat in the chair in the Oval Office of the Colorful House.
The first Liang Dynasty female consul dismissed the cluttered crowd and sat alone for a long time, just like the consul in December 1941.
Alice Quinlan is 62 years old. Seven years ago, when she was nominated as a deputy consul candidate at the age of 55, this woman of color took care of all kinds of people in the bright country society that was almost torn apart by the Popular Party. All the shortcomings of Archon Smith were addressed.
With the support of Executive Smith, Alice announced last week that she will participate in the primaries of the Equal Rights Party to compete for the 2028 Liangguo Executive.
Now, Alice Quinlan will, as the current Liangguo Consul, directly become the representative of the Equal Rights Party and run for the next Consul in accordance with the usual practice.
After Mr. E took charge of Plan T, he no longer had any obvious partisanship. No matter whether the Equal Rights Party or the Popular Party was in power, Mr. E was only responsible to the executive.
Whenever a new consul enters the Colorful House, he will introduce the absurd Tesla theory and the progress of Project T to the consul.
"Madam Consul, congratulations on becoming the first female consul of the Liang Kingdom. I have been ordered to report to you about the T plan and accept your direct command from now on." Mr. E reported respectfully and professionally.
"This is the first time I've heard about Project T. Is it about a secret weapon? Or have we mastered new energy? By the way, this is the Chief of Staff of Colorful House I just appointed, Ms. Nancy. I authorize Nancy to come with us. Understand the plan," Archon Quinlan said.
"Ms. Nancy and I already knew each other outside just now." Mr. E nodded politely to Nancy and then said:
"Plan T began in 1953 and was approved and directly led by Archon Ayre. The plan was based on Nikola Tesla's theory. Before 1993, the focus of the plan was on secrecy. After 1994, it was on the verification and application research of the theory. .”
Mr. E made his report as concise and popular as possible.
He introduced Tesla's super-light wave theory. According to this theory, if a device with a diameter of more than 170,000 kilometers is built, a large amount of stable clean energy can be obtained.
The device may be weaponized first, so Liangguo must keep it strictly confidential to prevent it from being stolen and used by hostile forces.
In July 2015, the Trans-Vision detector launched by the Liangguo Space Administration has obtained direct evidence of the existence of ultra-light waves.
However, due to the low technical threshold for ultra-light wave applications, confidentiality work takes priority over application and is still the main task of the T plan.
Mr. E patiently answered the questions from the Archon and Ms. Nancy, and then reported:
"A week ago, someone kidnapped the daughter of Professor Braun, the aerospace director of Project T. There is evidence that it was the Yuhan people."
"So have we taken action against the Yuhan people?" Nancy asked.
"No, because the evidence that can point to the Jade Khan but cannot be confirmed is actually hinted to us by them themselves. What they also convinced us is that the Jade Khan also has the secret of Tesla's theory." Mr. E did He said with a helpless expression.
"I think you must have set up a special investigation team. I want to see the briefing in time." Archon Quinlan issued the order.
"Yes, Madam Archon, this is the existing briefing. Our investigation team will update you with the report in time." Mr. E finished the report and left the office.
At this time, there were only two women left in the Oval Office. Nancy cautiously reminded her long-time friend with the big-picture perspective she had developed as a former vice president of the world's largest investment bank:
"The issue of the Jade Khanate is complex and important, but it is not your top priority. The most important thing for you now is to prove that you are capable of being a good consul without labels."
"Well, the Jade Khan people have been looking for trouble. I'm not too worried about this. You're right. We can put aside the hints of Plan T and the Jade Khan first." Alice pointed at Consul Smith and Country F The President's transcript of the conversation continued:
"Our policy towards the Jade Khanate is currently a bit tricky. The meaning of this meeting minutes is obviously to restart the negotiations on the nuclear limit of the Jade Khanate in Donauburg. How can we get down from this level?"
"There is no need for any steps. This is an unpublished conversation record. It is Administrative Smith who represents Liangguo, not you." Nancy continued to suggest:
"The most important goal in your remaining term of more than a year is to win the election in 2028. The way for the Equal Rights Party to win the election is to fight for the economy internally and complete the three major report cards of employment, inflation, and stock market; and refuse to accept weakness externally. But it won’t cause new disputes.”
"Strive for the economy internally and refuse to accept weakness externally." Archon Quinlan repeated thoughtfully.
In the eyes of the female consul who took over hastily, there is obviously no benefit or necessity for Liang to re-sign the Jade Khanate's nuclear restriction agreement.
