northernbook Chapter 522: Lies from the Start
Chapter 522: Lies from the Start
"Yes, yes, Vice Minister Liu is right. We have procedures. Everyone, please don't be chaotic. When we ask questions later, we must maintain order. I believe that the questions I just raised are what everyone wants to know. We must abide by the order. It's not time to answer reporters' questions yet. Minister Liu, don't worry, I'm here to maintain order for you."
Li Shaoyi flicked the cigarette butt in his hand and quickly asked the journalists to sit down first. The people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all frowning. You are the only one who doesn't follow the order here, and you still want to maintain order for us?
Everyone's attention returned to the podium at this time, and Vice Minister Liu began to recount the whole incident, but he embellished it a little and did not respect the facts. He turned the Japanese side's unreasonable intrusion into our territorial waters into a heavy fog at sea, and the Japanese side's navigation equipment failed, which led to mistakenly entering our territorial waters.
I guess only they can do such a thing of confusing right and wrong. In order to save face, they will do anything.
"Excuse me, Deputy Director Liu, I'm a reporter for the military newspaper. From what I know, there was no heavy fog at sea at the time, and there was no malfunction of the Japanese navigation equipment."
The Military Daily is a newly established newspaper by Li Shaoyi. Normally, it is not allowed to be censored. However, this reporter came in with the security personnel and changed his clothes after coming in. We can't ask this reporter to leave in front of so many people. If that is the case, then this is the biggest news of the day.
Many reporters present were unaware of the situation and assumed the reporter was telling the truth. But after he finished speaking, everyone started to discuss the situation. Many foreign journalists even had mocking expressions on their faces. "Is this how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates?" To minimize a minor incident, they even lied and made excuses for their enemies. That's truly impressive.
This is not the first time that many Chinese journalists have been involved in such an incident. Of course, they know whether what the reporter said is true or false, and their faces are burning with anger at this moment.
"Dear journalist, we are speaking based on information provided by naval officers on the scene. Please do not confuse us."
Deputy Minister Liu frowned and said that they were indeed lying about this matter and wanted to downplay it.
"Then, Vice Minister Liu, could you please tell me which naval officer you are referring to?"
The reporter from the military newspaper said aggressively, "Li Shaoyi is here, do you dare to ask someone to kick me out?" The hundreds of brothers in our 72nd Division are not just for show. I'm afraid the protection provided by your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not enough. What's more, if you really do this, it would be even better. Our commander's purpose in coming here is to muddy the waters.
"Yes, which naval officer is it? Can you tell us his name, or ask this officer to come here and tell us on the spot."
"I also think it should be said on the spot. What happened is extremely important, and the people have the right to know the truth of the matter."
The reporters around also noticed that something was wrong. Deputy Minister Liu did not expect that the matter would be pushed to the edge of a cliff at the very beginning. It was obviously a lie. The naval officer just now was just saying it casually to fool the reporter from the military newspaper. Where can they find the naval officer now?
What's more, even if there really is such a person, after learning about the situation at the scene, he will hide far away. Unless he has a bubble in his brain, he will never come out to testify.
"How abhorrent! The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs actually made such irresponsible remarks, especially on such an important occasion."
After shouting for about two minutes, Vice Minister Liu still didn't give a response to the matter, and the reporters below couldn't stand it any longer.
Several Japanese were also sweating. They originally thought that they could just sit here and symbolically apologize to the Longguo Navy personnel, and the matter would be over. Who knew that Li Shaoyi would come to disrupt the situation? They had been told by their superiors that Li Shaoyi must not be allowed to get involved in this matter. They still remembered the incident of the Japanese gathering area in Pujiang.
If Li Shaoyi had not gotten involved, the Japanese gathering area in Pujiang would still exist. When the war broke out, the young and middle-aged people here would have been a good supplement to the Marine Corps. But unfortunately, they were directly eliminated by Li Shaoyi.
Not only that, Li Shaoyi successfully confiscated the assets of many Japanese businessmen in Pujiang. The reason was also very ridiculous. Just because you are Japanese and appeared in Longguo at this time, I dare to confiscate your money.
It's okay if you don't pay. We will detain you in the Hongkou Police Station on the charge of illegal residence. We will let you go when you return all the money. Don't even think about hiding the money. We have evidence on you.
The Japanese top leaders also received accurate intelligence. If Li Shaoyi was allowed to get involved, Daocheng would be the next Pujiang. The same fate would happen to the Japanese expatriates in Daocheng, and it might even be worse. After all, there are still many foreigners in Pujiang, but not as many as in Daocheng.
The voices of opposition from the reporters were getting louder and louder. Li Shaoyi felt that there was no need to do much more and that the press conference would definitely not be held today.
"Forget it, I thought. I came to see what was going on, but who knew he'd start with a lie. The rest of what he said isn't very credible either. Anyway, I'm not paying attention to this press conference anymore. I'm still stewing meat at home, so I might as well go back and check the fire. Bye."
Just when everyone was in chaos, Ma Leizi found a bell from somewhere and knocked on it. The surroundings instantly became quiet. After saying these sarcastic words, Li Shaoyi took Li Sibei and walked out.
"Captain Li is right. All of these people on the stage are liars. Did we come all this way here just to listen to their lies?"
"The dead naval cadets and the people will never let you go. You are helping the Japanese. Let's go."
Chinese journalists were the first to respond. They have their own backbone and are unwilling to go along with these people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Our newspapers also value authenticity. In this situation, even if you announce the news, our newspapers will never publish it."
Some European and American reporters may have been infected by the atmosphere on the scene, so they put away their notebooks and followed the Chinese reporters out.
Such a big press conference, just said a sentence, and it was already over...