Chapter 3509 Win!

Bernard Elno knew very well that with Ye Chen's identity, background, and his current industry and economic strength, he actually didn't care about tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. Even if a zero was added, it would not be worthy of his attention.

Giving him two islands is of no importance to him, and he may not even look at it if you give him tens or hundreds of billions of US dollars directly.

However, Bernard Elno felt that since Ye Chen was the actual controller of the Wanlong Palace, he might as well cater to his wishes and spend money on the Wanlong Palace.

With Blackwater Company on the verge of destruction, Wanlong Palace will surely have new opportunities for development. If I sponsor Wanlong Palace at this time, it will definitely help it to quickly improve its strength.

In fact, Wanlong Palace is not short of money.

Ye Chen has found not just one or two long-term meal tickets for Wanlong Palace, and Wanlong Palace has very considerable revenue. It has invested a lot of money to build its own base, and even the communication satellite has been advanced in an orderly manner.

However, the more money there is for infrastructure, the better. Just like urban planning, if you have enough money, it will never be wrong to build the widest road possible.

Seeing that Bernard Elno was sensible and willing to give the money, Ye Chen smiled and said, "Okay, since you are so thoughtful, I will thank you on behalf of Wanlong Palace."

Bernard Erno breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly, "Mr. Ye, you don't have to be so polite to me! You've helped me so much, it's only right that I show some appreciation. I'll be very happy if you don't despise my humble offerings!"

Ye Chen smiled and asked him: "The American government probably hates you to death now, what are your plans next?"

Bernard Elno said quickly, "Mr. Ye, I do plan to stay here for a few more days. All stores have to close at dawn, right? Tomorrow I'll hold a meeting of all US executives to arrange follow-up work. I'll also contact the media to increase exposure. I estimate that the US government will hold a press conference later today to announce its disposal of Blackwater. If they are sincere, I will stop and return to France in two days. If they are not sincere enough, then I will continue to fight them to the end!"

Ye Chen smiled and said, "You're very brave. Also, remember to have all your stores open until midnight tonight. Aren't you in Manhattan, New York? It would be best if you could find the largest store in Manhattan and attend in person. Let the media create a buzz. This way, all your stores will probably experience a buying frenzy tonight. The money may not be much for you, but if everyone buys it up, you and your group will be trending again. Maybe your sales around the world will increase rapidly."

Bernard Elno was slightly stunned and thought, how did Ye Chen think of what I was going to do next?

However, he still pretended to be very surprised and said, "Oh, Mr. Ye, this is a great idea! Thank you very much for your reminder! I will definitely seize this opportunity to create some topics!"

After saying that, he did not forget to flatter Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, you are the real business master!"

Ye Chen said calmly: "Alright, stop flattering me. You are so smart, it is only possible that you know more and more than I thought. I am telling you this, but it is a bit presumptuous."

After that, he stretched and smiled, "The book losses in the US market over the past three years will be counted as experience points. You can have a good time in America these next two days."

Bernard Erno was reassured again and said with a smile, "Okay, Mr. Ye! I'll follow your instructions!"

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Half an hour later, reporters gathered in the White House press conference hall.

The authorities have announced to the world that they will use this press conference to make a statement on Blackwater and the White Horse Island incident.

After Bernard Arnault caused a big disturbance in America, the media's attention to this matter has reached an unprecedented level. The entire press conference hall was packed with people, and the scene was even more lively than a temple fair.

Because of the huge scale of the event, the usually confident young female spokesperson was surprisingly nervous before going on stage.

According to her previous style of behavior and psychological quality, even if she was asked to go on stage and tell lies that the whole world would sneer at, she would still be able to remain calm and composed.

In her own words, she was born tough and has always been tough.

However, today's approach was very different from her previous style.

Today, she couldn't be tough.

Instead, she admitted her mistake.

On behalf of the U.S. government, we must apologize to the world for the Blackwater incident.

At the same time, a series of penalties imposed by the United States on Blackwater will also be announced.

She felt very dissatisfied when she thought about how she had never bowed her head or given in in the years since her debut, and that she was going to break this tradition today.

But even if she was dissatisfied, there was nothing she could do. After all, to her, she was just a spokesperson. The attitude, wording, and point of view she needed to express in each speech were all determined by the higher-ups, and she could only follow the rules.

When the time came, she took a few deep breaths and walked into the hall.

The moment she appeared, the media reporters' flashlights kept flashing and the continuous sound of shutter clicks filled the entire hall.

The spokesperson came to the podium, adjusted his demeanor, and began, "Welcome everyone to today's press conference. Before we begin, on behalf of the U.S. government, I would like to apologize to the tourists and staff implicated in the White Horse Island terrorist attack. We trusted the confession of a Blackwater executive, believing that this was his personal decision and had nothing to do with Blackwater, which delayed the investigation. Please rest assured that we will conduct a comprehensive investigation into this incident!"

Apologizing right away was an attitude that was unexpected, but also reasonable.

The U.S. government is indeed under tremendous pressure right now, and if it doesn't confront the problem head-on, it will only get worse.

The spokesperson continued, "In addition to expressing our apologies, we also hope to use this press conference to announce to the world that, at the request of the President, the FBI has arrested all senior executives of Blackwater. Once the investigation is complete, they will be handed over to the court for prosecution!"

As soon as these words were spoken, cheers broke out at the scene.

In fact, everyone has roughly figured out the whole story. They know that the White Horse Island terrorist attack was a decision made by Blackwater and that the US government should not have been involved. As long as the US stops shielding them and handles the matter impartially, everyone will be satisfied.

This also means that Bernard Ayno single-handedly won the war between himself and the American government, which made the world recognize him even more.

At this time, the spokesperson continued, "The FBI has already shut down Blackwater and suspended all its operations. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have jointly established a special investigation team, which will enter Blackwater tomorrow to conduct a comprehensive investigation. We have also frozen all of Blackwater's accounts and real estate in the United States. After the investigation is completed, we will calculate the losses caused by Blackwater to White Horse Island and compensate the victims."

The American judicial system has always imposed heavy penalties on companies involved.

Tesla's autopilot resulted in one death and one injury, and the American court directly fined the company 2.43 million US dollars; in the United Airlines violent beating incident that Ma Lan had always hoped would happen to her, the airline also paid the victim tens of millions of US dollars in compensation.

Although all those who died in the White Horse Island incident were Blackwater mercenaries, it caused huge losses to White Horse Island. Bernard Arnault was even shot in the leg.

Once the United States stops shielding Blackwater and handles this terrorist attack impartially, then the hundreds of millions of dollars that Bernard Ayno claimed to have spent to bribe Marqui, the tens of millions of dollars to compensate the guests, and the operational impact of the dozens of deaths on White Horse Island should all be compensated by Blackwater.

If the amount of compensation is so huge that Blackwater does not have enough cash in its account, it will have no choice but to auction all its non-cash assets.

This basically means that Blackwater will be doomed both in terms of form and its own strength!