Chapter 1343
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"Wait." General Maups stopped the media reporters who were preparing to leave.
What do you mean?
You can speak in the news in the United States, but I can't speak in Nigeria?
General Maups was furious. When he turned his head and saw the representatives of various departments in the Nigerian capital city sitting not far away, he was even angrier.
This group of boneless guys, under the arrogant eyes of the United States representative, were all well-behaved like koi cubs.
Alderton raised his head arrogantly. "Our speech is over. Is it necessary to let the media reporters stay?"
"We haven't given a speech yet."
General Maups slowly raised his head. "Wait until we finish speaking, then the reporters will leave."
The media reporters who were about to leave stopped again. They looked at Alderton and then at General Maups.
The entourage next to Alderton waved to the European and American reporters. The European and American reporters no longer hesitated and put away their interview equipment, got up and left.
The remaining African media reporters fell into a fidgety situation.
The Americans asked them to leave, and of course, they didn't dare to stay.
But General Maups asked them to stay, and they didn't dare not to give face to General Maups.
Just as the African media reporters were quietly discussing and preparing to stay and give face to General Maups.
But as soon as the European and American reporters left, the representatives next to General Maups were even more restless than them. Two Nigerian department representatives stood up and urged the African reporters to leave. "Go, go, the European and American reporters have already left. Don't make the American representatives angry."
Seeing this, the African media reporters had to put away their interview equipment and leave.
In less than two minutes, the reporters left completely.
Alderton showed a satisfied smile. He changed to a comfortable position, crossed his legs and said, "Then let's start the talk."
"Next is the content of our previous negotiation, proceed …"
General Maups knocked on the table and interrupted Alderton's speech.
"Talk?"
General Maups glared at him. "We haven't given a speech yet. Did I say start?"
Alderton spread out his hands. "You don't need to give a speech."
General Maups didn't say anything. He simply took out his phone from his pocket and played with it with his legs crossed.
General Maups's behavior made Alderton so angry that he slammed the table.
Seeing the US representative slamming the table, the several representatives of Nigeria were so scared that their faces turned green. They quickly got up and came to General Maups and whispered to him not to do so, so as not to neglect the US representative.
"Am I the one having the discussion, or are you the ones having the discussion?" General Maups was getting angrier and angrier. He wanted to kick these people down the stairs.
"But … but they are the representatives of America."
"Mr. Alderton, sitting in the middle, is … is the person in charge of African economic affairs."
General Maups took a deep breath. "I will only say this once. Return to your seats."
Several representatives of Nigeria retreated. They were afraid of the United States, but General Maups was also the object of their fear.
However, before these representatives could sit back down, they almost couldn't help but jump up.
Because the media reporters who had been driven away by the United States had returned.
They were invited back.
Behind them stood more than a dozen staff members wearing sunglasses and black suits. These personnel were all port security.
These staff members were very gentle, and they were very considerate to help these media reporters carry the interview equipment. The latter were also happy to do so.
They had long noticed the tension between the US representative and General Maups. They were surprised by General Maups's courage and secretly speculated how the US would deal with General Maups after the meeting.
But this did not affect their interest in the news, so when the staff asked them to go back, they said it was not appropriate, but they walked quickly.
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It was the US representative's turn to be confused.
What's the situation? The reporters had already left, and the meeting had officially begun. How could they get the reporters back?
Alderton didn't speak with a sullen face, and the entourage next to him quickly put on a serious face. "Mr. Maups, please follow the procedure of international talks."
"In addition, please have a little sense of time."
General Maups turned a deaf ear. When the reporters set up the cameras, he didn't even read the speech.
"I'll just say a few words."
"Just now, the US representative mentioned that I have to follow the procedure of international talks. I can't interrupt the talks that have already started, and I can't raise objections to the US approach."
"Then I'd like to ask, who set the procedure of this international talks?"
General Maups slowly asked in the panicked expression of several Nigerian representatives behind him, "Is it set by the US?"
"You let the reporters leave after you finished speaking. Is it also within the procedure?"
The entourage who had just spoken to accuse General Maups immediately retorted, "Although there are no explicit rules about the specific procedure of international talks, there are unwritten rules that everyone tacitly follows."
"After we finished speaking, we let the reporters leave because we wanted to leave more time for the talks. There is enough time for us to understand each other."
Your behavior of interrupting our speech just now has seriously broken the unwritten rules. "
"Now the speech is a barbaric behavior that destroys the tacit understanding of international talks."
"Barbaric behavior?"
General Maups smiled. "Then do you want to continue the meeting?"
The entourage glared at him in anger.
Alderton knocked on the table and motioned for the entourage not to speak.
Alderton's anger was accumulating little by little, and his patience was disappearing little by little.
On the African continent, no one had ever dared to talk to him like this.
Now that he was in front of the reporters, he could only show more restraint.
So Alderton gave a gesture to continue.
General Maups looked up and down at Alderton across from him. "I'll add one last thing."
"As I understand it, friendly talks are built on the basis of equality, friendship, and voluntariness."
"If the US representative feels reluctant, we can end the meeting at any time."
"I have no problem with that."
"Kacha ~ Kacha ~ Kacha ~" The flashes turned into a bright starlight. The reporters were shocked by General Maups' courage, and at the same time, they were looking forward to how the US representative would answer.
They really didn't know the twists and turns behind the scenes. They just felt that the US suddenly wanted to cooperate with Nigeria and planned to support this and that. It was very sudden and very puzzling.
How could General Maups still have a cold look of "if you don't want to, don't talk to me."
Is there a secret deal that can't be seen in the light?
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