Chapter 676 The military’s thanks, Louise’s request
Southern Washington, D.C., a well-known hotel.
In the conference room next to the side hall, Deputy Minister of Defense Hernandez took out a mobile phone and a photo from his briefcase and pushed them in front of Luo An.
Roan did not reach out to pick it up. He looked at Hernandez, frowned slightly, and asked:
“Mr. Secretary, since it is a secret operation, it is more appropriate for a department under the Department of Defense to handle it. I come from the FBI, which is an agency under the Department of Justice.”
“Normally, that’s true.”
Deputy Minister of Defense Hernandez nodded. The Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Finance are at the same level, and each department has its own administrative agency.
“But the circumstances of this case are somewhat special.”
Hernandez picked up the water on the table, took a sip, and said in a deep voice:
“Certain departments within the Ministry of Defense are not suitable to participate in the investigation.”
Luo An still did not immediately agree to the other party. After all, he is the FBI, which belongs to the Ministry of Justice, and the other party is the Deputy Minister of Defense, so he said that this matter needs to be ordered by the Director of the FBI.
"Can."
Hernandez's expression remained unchanged, not angry at all, and the admiration in his eyes even increased a bit.
“The second thing is related to the federal army.”
Because Hernandez saw from this that Luo An was not the kind of person with strong professional ability and zero political IQ.
Louis walked up to Luo An, raised her head, smiled on her delicate fox-like face, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said:
Hernandez was busy with his duties as deputy minister and did not have much free time. He left the meeting room after having a brief chat on the official business.
Hernandez put down the water glass and said that he had sent someone to send the relevant information to FBI Director Robert. Roan would be able to get the information when he turned back. He continued:
The sound of the door being locked brought Luo An back to his senses. He looked up and saw Louise with a smile on her lips, champagne in her hand, and a light and charming scent of perfume. She walked towards him step by step with cat steps. He raised his eyebrows and said:
“Miss Louise, your father just left.”
Seeing Luo An react so quickly, Hernandez had a smile on his face and even more appreciation in his eyes.
Looking at the open door of the conference room, Luo An silently recalled the conversation just now and thought about the details.
“Good.”
“Team Leader Greenwood helped the Federal Army a lot in that incident some time ago, and the Federal Army is very grateful for this.
The security company was, after all, related to the people involved in the case, and the military was not good at handling matters in this area, so the company was left to Team Leader Greenwood to help handle it. "
The military is a special presence in the Federation. Luo An did not intend to have conflicts with those people, and he was not interested in the fight between the Ministry of National Defense and the military. So after thinking for a while, he agreed to Hernandez and said with a smile:
“No problem, Mr. Minister, I will definitely deal with that security company properly.”
“Since we are talking about my father, do you have any idea of struggling for more than ten years?”
At this moment, Louise walked into the conference room alone again. After closing the door, she also turned the lock on the door.
Hernandez said calmly:
When working in the federal government, it doesn’t matter if you have poor abilities. Only by knowing the rules and being able to use them can you go further.
Roan raised his eyebrows slightly. He understood the meaning of Hernandez's words. The security company was obviously a different kind of hush money, and the military hoped that the matter would end there.
On the contrary, Luo An’s political wisdom is not weak and he understands the boundaries of various things.
Hearing the words "military", Luo An's brows moved slightly, remembering the nuclear warhead loss case that had just occurred.
"No."
Luo An smiled and shook his head:
“I like to get what I want on my own.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to avoid detours?”
“I like to see the scenery on the road.”
Luo An said:
Louise rolled her eyes slightly, took a sip of champagne, turned around and sat directly on the conference table, her long skirt fell down to reveal a pair of long, white thighs, and she said softly:
“Team Leader Luo An, I want to join your special investigation team.”
"impossible."
Roan rejected Louise without even thinking about it.
From the first contact to the present, Luo An was convinced that this Louise was not an economical person.
Coupled with her father, the deputy minister, and Mona, who is in the investigation team, he would be crazy to let Louise join the special investigation team.
Luo An shook his head and said:
“Miss Louise, the life of a reporter is colorful, and the work of the special investigation team is boring and dangerous. For your future safety, I cannot agree.”
"You are afraid that Mona Evans will be jealous and that I will confront her, right?"
Louis put the champagne on the table, crossed her arms across her chest, revealing the bottomless abyss, and asked with a smile:
“Is that Mona so good? When I stand with her, I really can’t figure out what you like about her.”
Luo An spread his hands and said with a smile:
“Like is a feeling. Coincidentally, I feel very comfortable with her, and she feels very comfortable with me. It’s that simple.”
Louis narrowed her eyes slightly:
ius is that you feel uncomfortable when you are with me?
Luo An smiled slightly and said nothing. Louise had a flash of displeasure in her eyes, snorted and left the conference table, saying:
“Team Leader Luo An, I heard some time ago that an action movie based on you is about to be released, right?”
…”
Luo An was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that Louise was talking about the film rights that Columbia Pictures bought after the [First Lady Bombing] incident.
The copyright of the story was sold and after receiving the money, Luo An put the matter behind him.
During this period, a director called and asked Luo An to go to the company to review the script revisions, and to go sightseeing at the filming location.
But the original contract stipulated that the box office of the movie after its release would not have anything to do with Luo An.
So after Luo An read the script and determined that he had a positive image, he rejected the other party's other invitations and didn't care at all how the other party made the movie.
It doesn't matter whether the movie is good or bad. If Louise hadn't mentioned it, Luo An would have almost forgotten about it.
“This is indeed the case.”
A simple calculation of the time in his mind showed that it was indeed the end of the film production cycle. Luo An nodded and asked:
“Which movie does Miss Louise want to have a cameo role in?”
Luo An remembered that there was a mayor or a governor's daughter who wanted to be a big star and mentioned this matter to him.
Louis sneered and shook her head:
“No, I’m not interested in showing my arms and legs in the movie, or showing off to half-female men.”
She is a feminist, and due to her family background, Louise looks down on female stars in Hollywood.
Luo An frowned slightly, not understanding what Louise meant:
“What do you think?”
“The highest award a journalist can receive is the Pulitzer Prize.”
Louis crossed her arms, stared at Luo An and said:
“But the conditions behind winning the Pulitzer Prize are all political games, and there are many shady stories... Haha, boring.
So I wanted to change my career to write a story, a story that could be sold throughout the federation.
Leader Luo An, you have a lot of experience. I want to use you as a prototype to write a detective novel similar to Sherlock Holmes.
In other words, I want to stay with you for a few months to see how you solve the case and accumulate materials. "
Luo An: “…”
(End of this chapter)