Chapter 295: I met with Walsh

In the Oval Office of the White House, the video connection in front of Walsh also ended with the end of the call, but Walsh did not end all calls. After being transferred by the information department, Walsh answered another phone call.

'I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but I've finished talking to Mr. Zhou Ming,' said Walsh.

After a while, the person on the other end of the line asked, 'That's some news. So what was the result of the conversation? Did Hua Xia Zhou Ming accept your agreement to end the war?'

Walsh told him that Zhou Ming had agreed to the agreement. Then the other side asked, 'Do you think his promise is reliable? Or do you think he can convince the big dictator in Badina?'

'With respect, sir, I don't think there's any need to answer that question at all, because if we didn't believe his promise, then why would we bother to go to such trouble to negotiate with him? It would be completely unnecessary.' Walsh said, 'So I think that since he has promised, he will definitely find a way to do it.'

'So what are his conditions?' the other side asked.

'He hopes that we can retain the power of the Al-Hussein family in Iraq, and he also asked me about the news from the outside world,' Walsh replied.

Then they asked Walsh if he had promised and told Zhou Ming everything. Walsh replied, 'Of course, because we never intended to overthrow their regime, and there are some Middle East situations that require a strong government sitting here. In addition, compared to ending this war, which is about to degenerate into a farce, I think it is more important that he already knows that the outside world has infiltrated and even participated in this war, using us as pawns.'

This news came as a bit of a surprise to the person on the other end of the phone: 'That's really good, and the fact that he even knows this news itself is even more important than him being able to promise to end this war. I really hope that he can also give our plan the greatest help! But the prerequisite is that he doesn't guess it all.'

'Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on the situation in the Middle East. I hope he can bring what we want, because only in this way will today's meeting be more meaningful!' Walsh hung up the phone.

While Walsh was speculating about Zhou Ming in his office, Ambassador Lin Hong naturally also found him very strange, so he asked, 'Comrade Zhou Ming, have you really decided to accept the proposal of US President Walsh to end this Gulf War? This is a bit hasty. Or should we ask the opinions of the Yang family and others in the country first?'

'Ambassador Lin, I know you may think I'm being arrogant by just making this decision, but given the current situation, I don't think Yang and the others have a better solution. Gulf War, the script itself is written by me, so when to draw a full stop, I think I, as the screenwriter, should have some say in it, shouldn't I?'

Zhou Ming explained to Lin Hong with a smile, as they were now on the bus back to Badina. Zhou Ming had left at noon after reaching an agreement with US President Walsh. Of course, this so-called agreement was actually just an oral agreement with no documents. In fact, things that hide behind wars are best left without any evidence.

As for the exchange of food, medicine and oil on the USS Conwy, and how Brent, the US President's assistant for security affairs, would continue to keep his identity secret until the end and leave, that was not something Zhou Ming needed to worry about.

'Of course you, Comrade Zhou Ming, should have the final say in this matter, but I personally feel that the level of trust in the agreement between you two leaves something to be desired,' Lin Hong said.

'If the other person was the previous president, then I might doubt his motives and his character, but Walsh, I personally still trust him more, or rather, I'm more inclined to believe in his political acumen,' Zhou Ming said.

Lin Hong frowned, obviously still unable to understand why Zhou Ming trusted Walsh so much. Zhou Ming didn't explain further, because he couldn't say that his decision was based on past life memories, could he?

This was the truth. Zhou Ming clearly remembered that in his previous life, he had heard President Walsh do something. The day before the United States officially sold arms to the Formosa Strait military, he had met with the Chinese ambassador and told him the secret information.

Walsh had a clear objective in doing this. After all, the arms sale to Taiwan had already become a foregone conclusion and could not be changed. So in order not to sour relations with China over this matter, he could only choose to vent his anger at China through the embassy in advance.

This may seem like a trivial matter, but it perfectly demonstrates the political acumen of Walsh. In short, this US president is very good at playing people. And a president with such political wisdom would never resort to such a low-intelligence trick as deception. Therefore, Zhou Ming is very relieved with him. In addition, on the night of the day he flew to Iraq, Zhou Ming did witness the explosion of a US military aircraft. If another force were to get involved, he would not want to become a pawn.

Thinking about this, Zhou Ming turned his head and looked out the window of the car, watching the trees on both sides of the road keep receding. Zhou Ming then thought about the outside world again.

This was not the first time that Ming had heard this word. A long time ago, in the Governor's Villa in Brighton, Edward had said it to him, but Ming had never thought that he he would hear the word again from President Walsh's mouth. What's more, this 'outside world' was actually able to directly interfere in the Gulf War and infiltrate the US military air force.

Zhou Ming couldn't believe that the 'outside world' had just bribed one pilot and that it had just happened to run into him.

But if he had bribed many pilots, especially those who were still the air force's ace pilots, then what kind of power was this 'outside world'?

Zhou Ming couldn't imagine it, but he knew that they had gone to such trouble to get him into Iraq, and it was definitely not just to see how he could turn the situation around. It must be that the prolongation of the war is of great benefit to them. Perhaps they are the biggest arms dealers of the US military, or perhaps they can gain greater benefits through the fluctuation of oil prices.

In addition, judging from the fact that they allowed the US Air Force pilot to choose to betray military orders, this 'outside world' seems to be all-pervasive and unfathomable. This time, Walsh also did not explain what the 'outside world' is.

But whatever it is and whatever their intentions, it is not what Zhou Ming wants to see, and that is the most important reason why Zhou Ming will promise Walsh to end the war.

'Well, since you, Comrade Chou Ming, choose to believe in Walsh, I will support you too. But after returning to Badina, what will you say to Majid?'

Lin Hong then threw another question that gave Zhou Ming a headache. Zhou Ming, who was depressed, scratched his head and said, 'I don't know yet, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I'm sure there will be a solution.'

Lin Hong also tactfully refrained from asking any more questions about Zhou Ming's non-answer.

In the evening, Zhou Ming and Lin Hong took a car back to the Presidential Palace together. In fact, Zhou Ming's original plan was to send Lin Hong back first, but Lin Hong was worried that Zhou Ming would secretly reach an agreement with the US president to end the war without consulting Majid agreement, Majid would be furious, so he, the ambassador, had to fulfil his duty and accompany Zhou Ming. Lin Hong thought that if Majid was really angry, he could at least put up a fight.

When their their car pulled up in the car park, they were immediately invited to go inside by the Presidential Palace guards, so they followed the soldiers to the Presidential Palace conference room, where Majid was sitting.

As soon as entered the meeting room, Lin Hong sensed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the room, because not only was there a team of murderous soldiers of the guard, and Majid, who had previously been very enthusiastic about Zhou Ming, was just sitting on the sand, staring coldly at them, without any intention of standing up to greet them.

This made Lin Hong's heart sank. He knew the worst had happened. Majid had found out that Zhou Ming had gone to Basra and probably even about the meeting with Brent, and he was very unhappy about it.

Lin Hong was spinning ideas around rapidly, but before he could think of anything to say, Zhou Ming walked into the room first, sat down opposite Majid in a swaggering manner, and asked him, 'Did the acting president stay up so late and sit here waiting for me especially?'

Zhou Ming This opening line caught Lin Hong off guard. He stared at Zhou Ming, wondering how he could have spoken before he had thought of what to do.

Majid De seemed to have been taken by surprise that Zhou Ming had just sat down and asked such a question. He paused for a moment before saying, 'I was waiting for you because I heard that Mr. Zhou Ming left the Presidential Palace yesterday afternoon and didn't return until now. I would like to ask where Mr. Zhou Ming went during this time of day. I don't if Mr. Zhou Ming could tell me where he went during the day?'

'Of course, I went to Basra and I even boarded the SS Conwy,' Zhou Ming replied.

Lin Hong then explained Zhou Ming's answer: 'That's because I received news from our leader in the country that someone hoped to meet and speak with him.'

'Oh I see. Then who was the person Mr. Zhou Ming met?' Majid asked again.

'The Brent, the assistant to US President Walsh for national security affairs. He was specially assigned by Walsh to follow the USS John F. Kennedy to Iraq to meet with me. When I boarded the USS John F. Kennedy, it was President Walsh who wanted to have a video call with me.' Zhou Ming said, and then thought for a moment before explaining, 'It's actually a kind of phone call where you can see each other.'

Majid was stunned and said, "The US President Walsh had a video call with you? Why?'

'Because he wanted to reach an agreement with me to end the Gulf War," Zhou Ming replied.

Zhou Ming's words were like a bombshell, which instantly stunned both Lin Hong and Majid, because they never expected Zhou Ming to give such an answer.

What's going on? Why did he just blurt out such secret information? he was not afraid of Majid's anger?

Although Majid had already received some news beforehand, otherwise he would not have been waiting directly for Zhou Ming here, he just couldn't figure out why Zhou Ming would just blurt it out, without being tactful?

You have to know know that Zhou Ming had originally gone behind his back to negotiate with the Americans, which could already be considered an act of betrayal. Majid understood that Zhou Ming was not an Iraqi and did not need to be loyal to Iraq to the end, but the problem was that people who did such things should generally try to cover it up a bit, so why did he just say it so directly? did he not take himself seriously?

'So what did you say, Mr. Chou Ming?' Majid asked.

'I agreed with President Walsh's proposal, and I also think that the Gulf War should come to an end,' Chou Ming replied.