Chapter 1297: Direction

"Fifty years."

President Porter laughed "hehehehe," and he even glanced at the official who said this number.

"He will die in prison in just five years. Of course, it's not that anyone wants to assassinate him, but that he himself can't stand it and kills himself!"

"Based on my understanding of this bastard, as long as he can't touch a woman for a week, his spirit will become abnormal, let alone fifty years."

Private prisons have not yet officially come to the forefront in the Federation because the prisons under the Federal Bureau of Prisons can still accommodate criminals in society.

Now, it is the "Golden Age" in people's mouths. Of course, the Federation has experienced many golden ages, and they always say so, but undoubtedly, now is indeed a golden age.

The crime rate is decreasing, the unemployment rate is decreasing, the employment rate is increasing, and as long as one is willing to work, one can find a job. A large number of immigrants have brought cheap labor.

Whether it is the bottom or the upper class, their days are better than before.

Society becomes wealthy, the crime rate will decrease, and most crimes are also concentrated on gang crimes.

In the past three years, under the promotion of President Porter, de-gangsterization is going crazy. Many gang members were forced to abandon the gangs they had always relied on and began to hide in the corners of society.

This also allowed the crime rate to constantly create new lows. In his external self-promotion, President Porter always praises the reduction of the crime rate as the greatest achievement of his term.

On this matter, there is indeed nothing to say. He did a good job, and people buy it.

So now private prison is still a very, very strange word. Not many people know this, and people can't even find a few.

Little Porter is very likely not to enter a private prison. The Socialist Party will stare at him. In federal prison, his ass will definitely suffer, and he will be desperate to commit suicide.

And the direct members of the Porter family going to jail because of vicious crimes will become a scandal of the family and will become a big problem for the election.

President Porter looked at the people in the room, and his eyes finally fell on the Secretary of State, "If, I mean if, let him serve his sentence in Ruli?"

The Secretary of State frowned, "Mr. President, it's not that I'm exaggerating. If Little Porter serves his sentence in Ruli, he is very likely not to live until the day he is released from prison."

"With the current anti-federal sentiment in Ruli, as well as the dissatisfaction with Little Porter, some of them will definitely sneak into the prison to assassinate him."

"Mr. President, if he must die, I believe he dies in a domestic prison, dies of suicide, which is much better than dying in Ruli, dying of assassination."

This truth—everyone actually understands, and President Porter also understands. He is a mature old federal politician elite. He knows that if Little Porter died in Ruli, then as the presidential family, he must make some decisions for Ruli in order to take care of the family's face.

But these decisions will destroy the current federal government's major strategy for the Xiang Yalan region. This will form a conflict, which may lead to strategic failure.

The federal government invested so much manpower and material resources, and those capitalists invested so much money. Once the strategy fails, it means the Porter administration will offend everyone who supports this strategy.

Therefore, he must be brought back.

President Porter sighed, "Then that's it. Arrange for someone to bring him back as soon as possible. In this regard, I need the Ministry of National Defense to give us some cooperation."

The major general of the Ministry of National Defense just nodded and did not speak.

"Then, let's talk about another problem now: how to solve the increasingly high anti-federal social sentiment in Ruli."

The cabinet members looked expressionless, but they had a lot of complaints in their hearts. If it weren't for Little Porter's move, the situation would not have become so passive and bad.

Now the problem has exploded, but President Porter hopes they can provide a way to solve this problem. They are more or less a bit reluctant, and of course, it is also difficult to answer this question.

And this is a very systematic problem. It is not something that a simple answer can solve. There are too many aspects that need to be considered.

After thinking for a long time, the Secretary of State spoke first. He felt that if he didn't speak, maybe others wouldn't speak.

"Mr. President, it's nothing more than a few schemes. Strengthen the suppression of the local anti-federal sentiment in Ruli. We need to let the locals see our crackdown on this behavior that destroys the relationship between the Federation and Ruli."

"At the same time, we also need to give them more preferential treatment in policy so that the public will not be willing to lean toward these resistance organizations."

"Actually—the things the Socialist Party did in Lapa before were very good. They solved these problems in Lapa, supported them, and then eliminated them."

President Porter looked at the Secretary of State, "Are you saying that we also have to support some resistance organizations to resist us?"

The Secretary of State looked at the people in the office. President Porter knew he had something to say, and it was not convenient for everyone to know. He looked at the cabinet people, as well as the people from the Ministry of National Defense, and some irrelevant people, signaling them to leave first.

For Mr. President's request, they did not feel offended, but were very happy to leave. This is not a good job.

Someone is willing to take the main responsibility; they are too happy to be happy, how can they feel that this is an offense?

When the people were almost gone, leaving only the core members on President Porter's side, the Secretary of State said, "There are shadows of the Socialist Party behind these things. Undoubtedly, they are already supporting these resistance organizations."

"Our current enemies are not just those resistance organizations, but also the Socialist Party behind them."

"Now there are two schemes. First, we make no concessions and conduct military operations to suppress resistance organizations in Ruli territory in the name of protecting the personal and property safety of federal citizens."

"Wait for the current bad momentum to be contained, and then we will consider how to appease and re-win the public."

"The things the Socialist Party did in Lapa are very—thoughtful. They picked out those opposition factions from the crowd through some means and then concentrated on eliminating them. This scheme is very mature and very effective."

"We need to invest more troops here, and Congress is very difficult to approve."

"Second, we make appropriate concessions to the Socialist Party—"

President Porter raised his hand, "No need to consider the second scheme. Now is a critical time point. The midterm election is next year. If I make concessions to the Socialist Party, this will be considered my weakness by those supporters."

"We don't need to show our weakness to anyone."

"Just do it according to the first scheme you said. As for Little Porter, bring him back as soon as possible. Fifty years is fifty years. He needs to pay the price for the stupid things he did!"

"Even if it is something he himself cannot bear!"

The Secretary of State sighed silently. He knew what President Porter was worried about. Once he showed weakness, he might face some dangers during the midterm elections.

Actually, his situation is very bad now. Little Porter's mistake caused a serious blow to the Federation's image in the international community, and also made President Porter's reputation bad.

His grandson is like this, so will the federal government under his management be worse than the problems exposed?

No need to think, his public opinion poll must be falling now, not rising. He must be tough.

Subsequently, the Secretary of State issued an official standard answer to the outside world about these things. Before examining all the evidence, they cannot confirm that this matter was done by Little Porter.

The federal government will send an investigation team to Lapa to contact Pipi, that little woman, and other victim families. In addition to actively making compensation, they will also investigate everything about the whole matter.

At the same time, the Secretary of State also used a very severe tone and attitude to condemn the current turbulent situation in Ruli, as well as those resistance groups that created turmoil, and indicated that they would spare no effort to ensure the personal safety and property safety of federal citizens in Ruli.

Senator Cleveland also watched the live broadcast of this short press conference. The federal television network and related technologies developed very fast.

"Fifty years."

President Porter laughed "hehehehe," and he even glanced at the official who said this number.

"He will die in prison in just five years. Of course, it's not that anyone wants to assassinate him, but that he himself can't stand it and kills himself!"

"Based on my understanding of this bastard, as long as he can't touch a woman for a week, his spirit will become abnormal, let alone fifty years."

Private prisons have not yet officially come to the forefront in the Federation because the prisons under the Federal Bureau of Prisons can still accommodate criminals in society.

Now, it is the "Golden Age" in people's mouths. Of course, the Federation has experienced many golden ages, and they always say so, but undoubtedly, now is indeed a golden age.

The crime rate is decreasing, the unemployment rate is decreasing, the employment rate is increasing, and as long as one is willing to work, one can find a job. A large number of immigrants have brought cheap labor.

Whether it is the bottom or the upper class, their days are better than before.

Society becomes wealthy, the crime rate will decrease, and most crimes are also concentrated on gang crimes.

In the past three years, under the promotion of President Porter, de-gangsterization is going crazy. Many gang members were forced to abandon the gangs they had always relied on and began to hide in the corners of society.

This also allowed the crime rate to constantly create new lows. In his external self-promotion, President Porter always praises the reduction of the crime rate as the greatest achievement of his term.

On this matter, there is indeed nothing to say. He did a good job, and people buy it.

So now private prison is still a very, very strange word. Not many people know this, and people can't even find a few.

Little Porter is very likely not to enter a private prison. The Socialist Party will stare at him. In federal prison, his ass will definitely suffer, and he will be desperate to commit suicide.

And the direct members of the Porter family going to jail because of vicious crimes will become a scandal of the family and will become a big problem for the election.

President Porter looked at the people in the room, and his eyes finally fell on the Secretary of State, "If, I mean if, let him serve his sentence in Ruli?"

The Secretary of State frowned, "Mr. President, it's not that I'm exaggerating. If Little Porter serves his sentence in Ruli, he is very likely not to live until the day he is released from prison."

"With the current anti-federal sentiment in Ruli, as well as the dissatisfaction with Little Porter, some of them will definitely sneak into the prison to assassinate him."

"Mr. President, if he must die, I believe he dies in a domestic prison, dies of suicide, which is much better than dying in Ruli, dying of assassination."

This truth—everyone actually understands, and President Porter also understands. He is a mature old federal politician elite. He knows that if Little Porter died in Ruli, then as the presidential family, he must make some decisions for Ruli in order to take care of the family's face.

But these decisions will destroy the current federal government's major strategy for the Xiang Yalan region. This will form a conflict, which may lead to strategic failure.

The federal government invested so much manpower and material resources, and those capitalists invested so much money. Once the strategy fails, it means the Porter administration will offend everyone who supports this strategy.

Therefore, he must be brought back.

President Porter sighed, "Then that's it. Arrange for someone to bring him back as soon as possible. In this regard, I need the Ministry of National Defense to give us some cooperation."

The major general of the Ministry of National Defense just nodded and did not speak.

"Then, let's talk about another problem now: how to solve the increasingly high anti-federal social sentiment in Ruli."

The cabinet members looked expressionless, but they had a lot of complaints in their hearts. If it weren't for Little Porter's move, the situation would not have become so passive and bad.

Now the problem has exploded, but President Porter hopes they can provide a way to solve this problem. They are more or less a bit reluctant, and of course, it is also difficult to answer this question.

And this is a very systematic problem. It is not something that a simple answer can solve. There are too many aspects that need to be considered.

After thinking for a long time, the Secretary of State spoke first. He felt that if he didn't speak, maybe others wouldn't speak.

"Mr. President, it's nothing more than a few schemes. Strengthen the suppression of the local anti-federal sentiment in Ruli. We need to let the locals see our crackdown on this behavior that destroys the relationship between the Federation and Ruli."

"At the same time, we also need to give them more preferential treatment in policy so that the public will not be willing to lean toward these resistance organizations."

"Actually—the things the Socialist Party did in Lapa before were very good. They solved these problems in Lapa, supported them, and then eliminated them."

President Porter looked at the Secretary of State, "Are you saying that we also have to support some resistance organizations to resist us?"

The Secretary of State looked at the people in the office. President Porter knew he had something to say, and it was not convenient for everyone to know. He looked at the cabinet people, as well as the people from the Ministry of National Defense, and some irrelevant people, signaling them to leave first.

For Mr. President's request, they did not feel offended, but were very happy to leave. This is not a good job.

Someone is willing to take the main responsibility; they are too happy to be happy, how can they feel that this is an offense?

When the people were almost gone, leaving only the core members on President Porter's side, the Secretary of State said, "There are shadows of the Socialist Party behind these things. Undoubtedly, they are already supporting these resistance organizations."

"Our current enemies are not just those resistance organizations, but also the Socialist Party behind them."

"Now there are two schemes. First, we make no concessions and conduct military operations to suppress resistance organizations in Ruli territory in the name of protecting the personal and property safety of federal citizens."

"Wait for the current bad momentum to be contained, and then we will consider how to appease and re-win the public."

"The things the Socialist Party did in Lapa are very—thoughtful. They picked out those opposition factions from the crowd through some means and then concentrated on eliminating them. This scheme is very mature and very effective."

"We need to invest more troops here, and Congress is very difficult to approve."

"Second, we make appropriate concessions to the Socialist Party—"

President Porter raised his hand, "No need to consider the second scheme. Now is a critical time point. The midterm election is next year. If I make concessions to the Socialist Party, this will be considered my weakness by those supporters."

"We don't need to show our weakness to anyone."

"Just do it according to the first scheme you said. As for Little Porter, bring him back as soon as possible. Fifty years is fifty years. He needs to pay the price for the stupid things he did!"

"Even if it is something he himself cannot bear!"

The Secretary of State sighed silently. He knew what President Porter was worried about. Once he showed weakness, he might face some dangers during the midterm elections.

Actually, his situation is very bad now. Little Porter's mistake caused a serious blow to the Federation's image in the international community, and also made President Porter's reputation bad.

His grandson is like this, so will the federal government under his management be worse than the problems exposed?

No need to think, his public opinion poll must be falling now, not rising. He must be tough.

Subsequently, the Secretary of State issued an official standard answer to the outside world about these things. Before examining all the evidence, they cannot confirm that this matter was done by Little Porter.

The federal government will send an investigation team to Lapa to contact Pipi, that little woman, and other victim families. In addition to actively making compensation, they will also investigate everything about the whole matter.

At the same time, the Secretary of State also used a very severe tone and attitude to condemn the current turbulent situation in Ruli, as well as those resistance groups that created turmoil, and indicated that they would spare no effort to ensure the personal safety and property safety of federal citizens in Ruli.

Senator Cleveland also watched the live broadcast of this short press conference. The federal television network and related technologies developed very fast.

Under the control of capital, scientific research often concentrates on breakthroughs in aspects that can be quickly monetized. Whatever can be quickly exchanged for money, they will research it.

The manufacturing cost of television is constantly decreasing, and related technologies are constantly breaking through. Live broadcasting has become a very common propaganda method, which is no longer strange in the Federation.

Watching the Secretary of State leave the podium, Senator Cleveland turned off the television.

He turned to look at the others in the room, "Lanse has—specialties we cannot imagine in this regard. He keenly created an accident that made us feel gratified," of course, the protagonist of this accident is not us, which is even more gratifying."

The chairman of the Socialist Party committee nodded, "We need this turmoil to last for a long time. I heard that they intend to promote military operations in the Ruli region."

"Through militarized actions and targeted strikes to solve these resistance organizations."

Senator Cleveland seemed very relaxed and indifferent, "If he wants to mobilize the army, then first, he must convince us to stand on his side."

He had a reserved confidence on his face, "But gentlemen, will any of you stand on his side?"

Everyone laughed softly, with a sense of revenge in the laughter, as well as some mockery and contempt.

Military operations require congressional authorization because this is a vote related to the country's important strategy, so it requires a "majority vote" from the Senate, that is, more than 66.7 percent of people agree, to authorize the president to carry out a series of military operations.

But obviously, the Socialist Party will not do this, nor will it allow him to do so. If he drags this military operation for a year, or even enters a state of war, he will automatically be re-elected.

The Socialist Party will absolutely not allow such a thing to happen, so he cannot get a majority vote.

Of course, he can also sign presidential privileges to carry out military operations, but this military operation can only be maintained for a maximum of three months. Three months later, even if the Senate majority party, that is, the Liberal Party, still supports this military operation, it is very likely that there is no way to continue.

Because this is a "dishonorable military operation." As long as the Socialist Party takes the initiative to terminate it and proposes impeachment for the president's abuse of power, President Porter will have to end this military operation.

Senator Cleveland obviously also thought of such a possibility. He continued, "Even if he uses his own privileges, it is difficult for him to end the battlefield fighting in two or three months. You must know that Lanse is responsible for the plan over there."

"He personally solved these problems in Lapa, so he knows how to avoid such results from another angle. I will call him later to confirm."

The committee chairman nodded, very satisfied with this result, "Then next, we need to continue to exert force and provide some assistance to Lanse in the country."

"This will be a heavy blow to this bastard Porter. I hope he can survive—"

After finishing the chat and confirming a series of subsequent operations, after everyone left, Senator Cleveland called Lanse and talked about some things that happened here.

"—How is it? Any pressure?"

He was referring to the fact that President Porter might use presidential privileges to conduct military operations in Ruli.

Lanse was relatively indifferent, "The Federation's infiltration into Ruli is not as good as our infiltration into Lapa at that time. Lapa was our own people from top to bottom, including those resistance organizations."

"He doesn't know anything about everything here, nor does he know the situation of the resistance organizations here. It is difficult to achieve precise strikes and sweeps. This place will become a quagmire, trapping him here."

"Military expenditure output without any results, the death of soldiers, these will become the biggest failures during his term."

"I need funds, and I also need the help of some friends. We need to provide material supplies that can resist federal soldiers to local resistance organizations."

This matter is done for the Socialist Party, for the "Federation," and Lanse will certainly not pay out of his own pocket.

Although he has money, public and private matters must be clearly distinguished. No one will thank him because he solved these things out of his own pocket, so why should he pay out of his own pocket?

Senator Cleveland obviously also understands this point, "I will help you contact funds, and I will also arrange some friends you want for you. They will meet you in the near future, within a week."

"If you have any needs, you can contact me—"

"Also, do you think it is best for Little Porter to stay in Ruli, or let him return to the country?"

Senator Cleveland needed to seek Lanse's opinion on this question. After Lanse considered it, he replied, "He stays in Ruli, whether it is going to jail or being—assassinated, it cannot maximize our interests."

"He died, or went to jail, it is nothing more than making President Porter and the Porter family lose face, but it will reduce the resistance sentiment of local resistance organizations."

"Let him go back, it is best to find a way to operate, let him be sentenced as little as possible, if he can make a not-guilty defense, it would be even better."

"The lighter his punishment, the stronger the resistance sentiment in Ruli."

"Think about it, an arrogant murderous villain is acquitted after returning to the country just because he is the president's grandson. Do you think people will be?"

Senator Cleveland laughed loudly, "If I were them, I would be angry and want to kill him!"

Lanse continued his words, "But they cannot kill Little Porter, nor can they touch the people of the Porter family. They can only vent this hatred on the local federal people, as well as all foreigners. This is what we want."

"Notify the merchants who have a relationship with us to evacuate Ruli as soon as possible. That place will become a new hell!"

After this matter was decided, the Socialist Party began to act. They did not block the president's request to the Ministry of National Defense. The Ministry of National Defense arranged for more people to go to Ruli to bring Little Porter back.

At the same time, Lanse also sent Pipi, the little woman, and others to the Federation and handed them over to the Socialist Party.

Their value has almost been squeezed out, leaving only to let federal people contact these victims at a closer range in the Federation, thereby producing empathy.

It would be best if they could be intercepted and killed by the Porter family on the way, which would be able to splash more dirty water on the Porter family.

But it is very likely they will not do so.

The next day, two business managers from the federal military-industrial group came to Lapa and chatted with Lanse very enthusiastically.

The Socialist Party contacted them, claiming that Lanse needed a large batch of military equipment that was not advanced. This is a good opportunity for them to clear their inventory.

During the war, these military-industrial groups were producing weapons crazily, and there was quite a bit of inventory left over when the war ended that had not been processed.

Now someone is willing to take over, even if the price is relatively low and the loss is a little less, they can accept it.

This is a typical negotiation of mutual achievement. After Lanse's team and them conducted two days of detailed negotiations, they negotiated a military order with a total value of more than 500 million federal Sol. Both military-industrial groups were happy.

At the same time, Little Porter was also taken away from Ruli by people from the Ministry of National Defense.

Some local newspapers in Ruli immediately reported these news. They claimed that the culprit who triggered this turmoil had left Ruli and was returning to the Federation.

At the same time, these newspapers were also guessing whether Little Porter would be tried after returning to the Federation, whether he would go to jail, and whether he would be acquitted because of his special identity.

People are discussing this, and the overall trend is pessimistic. Most people are also willing to believe that because he is a dignitary and a privileged class, he will not necessarily be severely punished by the law.

The Federation also began to conduct comprehensive reports around the Little Porter murder case. This might be the most high-profile moment in Little Porter's life.

The moment he got off the boat, the pier was full of reporters from all over the world. The flash made the gloomy sky light up in an instant. He stood on the ship's side and was even blinded by the flash! ===== CHAPTER 1298 =====

The moment he stepped off the ship, the pier was swarming with reporters from all over the world. The camera flashes lit up the gloomy sky in an instant, and as he stood on the ship's deck, he was so blinded by the flashes that he couldn't even open his eyes!