Due to the large scale, the usually confident young female spokesperson was unusually nervous before going on stage.
According to her usual style and psychological quality, even if she were asked to spout lies that the whole world sneered at, she could still do it without changing her expression or skipping a heartbeat.
In her own words, she was born tough and had always been tough.
However, today’s approach was vastly different from her usual style.
Today, she could not be tough.
On the contrary, she had to admit fault.
She had to represent the US government and apologise to the world for the Blackwater Company matter.
At the same time, she would also announce a series of punishment decisions by the US against Blackwater Company.
Thinking that, in her several years since debut, she had never bowed her head or yielded, and today she was about to break this precedent, she felt very dissatisfied inside.
But even if dissatisfied, there was no way around it. After all, for her, she was just a spokesperson. The attitude, wording, and views to express in each speech were all decided from above; she could only follow the rules.
When the time came, she took several deep breaths and stepped into the hall.
The moment she appeared, the media reporters’ flashlights kept flashing; continuous shutter sounds echoed throughout the hall.
The spokesperson came to the podium, adjusted her mindset, and said, “Welcome everyone to today’s press conference. Before today’s press conference begins, I must first represent the US government and express apologies to the tourists and staff implicated in the White Horse Island terrorist attack incident. We trusted the surrender of a Blackwater Company executive too lightly, thinking that this matter was just his personal decision and had nothing to do with Blackwater Company, thus delaying the investigation progress. Please rest assured; we will definitely conduct a comprehensive investigation into this incident!”
Apologising right at the start; this attitude felt unexpected but also reasonable.
The US government was indeed under great pressure at present. Not facing the problem directly would only make it more serious.
Then, the spokesperson continued, “In addition to expressing apologies, we also hope through this press conference to announce to the world that, at the president’s request, the FBI has arrested all senior executives of Blackwater Company. After the investigation is completed, they will be handed over to the court for prosecution!”
As soon as these words came out, the scene erupted in cheers.
Everyone had actually roughly figured out the ins and outs of the matter, knowing that the White Horse Island terrorist attack was Blackwater Company’s decision and that the US government should not have been involved. As long as the US no longer sheltered them and handled it impartially, everyone would be satisfied.
And this also meant that Bernard Arnault had won the war between himself and the US government single-handedly, which added a bit more recognition to him worldwide.
At this time, the spokesperson continued, “The FBI has sealed Blackwater Company and suspended all its operations. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have jointly established a special investigation team, which will enter Blackwater Company tomorrow for a comprehensive investigation. At the same time, we have frozen all accounts and all real estate of Blackwater Company in the US. After the investigation is over, we will also calculate the losses caused by Blackwater Company to White Horse Island and compensate the victims.”
The US judicial system has always imposed heavy penalties on involved enterprises.
Tesla’s autopilot caused one death and one injury; the US court directly fined 243 million US dollars. The United Airlines violent beating incident that Ma Lan had always been obsessed with and hoped would happen to her; the airline also compensated the victim tens of millions of US dollars.
Although all the deaths in the entire White Horse Island incident were Blackwater Company’s mercenaries, it brought huge losses to White Horse Island. Bernard Arnault even had a gunshot wound in his leg.
Once the US no longer shelters Blackwater Company and handles this terrorist attack case impartially, the over 100 million US dollars that Bernard Arnault claimed to have used to bribe that Ma Kui, the tens of millions in compensation to guests, and the operational impact from dozens of deaths on White Horse Island, should all be compensated from Blackwater Company.
If the compensation amount awarded is extremely huge, so huge that Blackwater Company’s cash on hand is not enough, then it can only auction all non-cash assets.
This basically means that Blackwater Company, both in form and in its own strength, will be doomed forever!
