Tuesday, April 19.

Last night, I socialized with senior unions in major newspaper industries until very late, and William Hurst III still got up before seven o'clock in the morning.

I really haven't had any sleepiness recently.

When he arrived at the study, William III suppressed some instinct from his heart and resisted opening an IBM computer on the desk. The homepage of the Igrit portal, and the news that Simon Westeros will stop the Rwandan massacre in his personal name is still at the most eye-catching position in the headlines.

The Westeros system was not long ago when the Hurst family incited the Spanish-American War, but now it has begun to participate in the war in person.

It's really hypocritical.

However, just as some moral balance poles were raised, William Hurst III became depressed again in a blink of an eye.

Last Friday, William Hurst III closed three newspapers under the Hearst Group that were facing lawsuits with a heroic determination, and then began to incite group employees, industry unions and federal government to fight against the Westeros system's lawsuit bombing against the Hearst Group.

However, the limelight of this incident was almost completely covered up by the Woodfield Manor bombing that occurred the same day last week.

Through the family's deep-rooted political channels, William III vaguely found out that this incident might be related to Simon Westeros, but unfortunately he failed to obtain any certainty news and evidence, so he could only treat it as a rumor.

Three newspapers worth more than $70 million were closed, the industry union benefits were promised, and some of the family's most fundamental political connections were used. They originally wanted to hype things up again this week, but just yesterday, the hateful nouveau riche suddenly fabricated the shocking news of the Rwandan massacre and then acted as a saint to maintain world peace in Africa.

This is... I didn't take the matter of the Hurst family to heart.

200 billion vs 2.5 billion.

Even if one hundred people are unwilling to do so, William Hurst III now has to admit that the strength gap between the Hurst family and Simon Westeros is indeed very large, so big that a series of duels related to the life and death of the Hurst family had almost no impact on the expansion of the Westeros system.

If it were...

If reconciliation is possible...

Now William III's most heart is regret.

However, Simon Westeros was completely a style that never gave up. The Hurst family's request for settlement was mercilessly rejected by the other party.

Three newspapers were closed last Friday. I thought I could win some initiative, but it was obviously in response. Just yesterday, when the Rwandan massacre was exposed, the Westeros system once again provoked three lawsuits against the Hurst family. The total amount of claims in the latest three lawsuits was not as high as the first batch, but it also reached US$120 million.

Only then did William Hurst III realize that he seemed to have made a fool of himself.

The Hurst Group cannot close these three latest newspapers that have been sued again, because one of them is called the San Francisco Chronicle. The revenue of this West Coast heavyweight daily newspaper with a circulation of one million is ten times the total of the first three newspapers, and the newspaper itself is worth more than $800 million. This newspaper alone is equivalent to one-third of the total market value of the Hurst Group.

Now, the total amount of claims in six lawsuits has reached US$370 million. Not to mention the final result, it is just lawyer fees. According to the legal department of Hurst Group, at least US$30 million is required every year. This money may only be equivalent to half of the Westeros system expenditure, which is a huge burden for Hurst Group and it cannot be reduced any further, otherwise it will be equivalent to completely giving up the possibility of winning the case.

In addition to the full ban on the Hurst Group by the entire Westeros system, it can be said that if all disputes cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the Hurst Group will rapidly decline in just a few years in the next few years.

William Hurst III was thinking about these things in a complicated mood, unconsciously entering the Rwandan Holocaust topic.

Among the latest important news, the first is the public statement of Acting President of Rwanda Theodore.

Theodore completely denied the allegations of the Igrit Portal about a racist massacre in Rwanda, saying that the Rwandan army is just cutting off the anti-government forces.

The acting president also accused Simon Westero of his actions of serious interference in Rwanda's internal affairs and a naked aggressive nature. Therefore, he asked Westeros to withdraw from the troops on Lake Kivu immediately, otherwise he would lead his troops to attack the Westeros refugee camp on Lake Kivu.

In the end of the statement, Theodore also turned his finger to the US government, accusing the incident of being manipulated behind the scenes, and said that if the US government insists on doing its own thing, the Rwandan people will let the US military taste the bitter fruit of the Somalia Black Hawk's fall again last year.

idiot!

This is William Hurst III's first reaction after reading the statement of the acting president of Rwanda.

In William III's view, the only way out for the Rwandan government at this stage is to stop the massacre immediately and obliterate the evidence as much as possible, and then apply for the United Nations who are used to being mixed with the poor, rather than confronting a madman.

Moreover, that idiot actually dared to threaten the United States.

The main reason for the fall of Somalia's Black Hawk last year was that the United States did not dare to take large-scale military actions in consideration of the pressure of international public opinion, and did not invest heavy firepower due to civilians. Even so, the US military used a mere hundred troops to fight more than 6,000 Somali militias for 12 hours and killed thousands of people, which lost only 19 soldiers.

From a military perspective alone, this is not a failure anyway.

Now, a lawless gangster has summoned up to 5,000 mercenaries, equipped with elite weapons no less than the US military, and also occupied an absolute moral commanding height. How could it be like the US military last year that it would allow a group of African wild monkeys to take advantage of because of its concerns about various rules and regulations?

William III, who was inexplicably angry, realized that his emotions were a little out of control, quickly took a deep breath, closed the statement page of the acting president of Rwanda, and saw the special homepage again.

The United Nations also issued a statement at around 9 p.m. Eastern Time last night, calling on the Rwandan government forces to immediately stop massacre of civilians, and directly called on Simon Westeros to maintain restraint.

France, which is intricately involved in African forces, also participated.

A spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry issued a statement at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, a few hours ago, local time, also called on the Rwandan government forces to stop massacres of civilians, but also pointed the finger at Simon Westeros, criticizing the super rich man for his actions as nearly invasion and demanding that the other party not launch an offensive attack on the Rwandan government forces without authorization to avoid further complicating the situation in the region.

On the other hand, the US government made a routine statement after the news of the Rwandan massacre was exposed yesterday morning and there was no further information.

After thinking for a while, William Hurst III felt that this might be an opportunity.

Simon Westeros' unauthorized actions have made too many people feel passive, the United Nations has lost all its face, and other great powers that claim to be civilized and just have lost their faces. What's more, the boy avoided his motherland and gathered 3,000 former Soviet soldiers who were once the old enemy of the United States, which is simply a provocation.

The great America cannot tolerate a lawless man doing things all day long. In any case, it is time for everyone to unite to severely limit the expansion of the Westeros system.

Making up his mind, William Hurst III picked up the phone, ordered his assistant to prepare breakfast, and then flew to Washington.

It was almost the morning when Simon was already in Washington.

Since he is in the United States, this is the foundation of the Westeros system. Simon never thought of completely getting rid of all the rules around him and doing things arbitrarily, which would only make him an enemy of everyone.

This report on the Rwandan massacre unexpectedly diverted the attention of the United States from various vicious incidents last week, especially the Woodfield Manor bombing that shocked the whole country. However, Simon had not thought about achieving this goal before, because he had already started to make arrangements since early on.

Raymond Johnston previously reminded Simon that interfering in African affairs is likely to lose money. Regarding the Rwandan massacre, Simon had considered watching the Rwandan like many countries, but in the end he did not have such a choice.

Not out of sympathy, or anything else.

With two lives, Simon's heart can be so cold that he can watch the destruction of the world, not to mention the massacre and turmoil in a small African country thousands of miles away.

Just want to do this, just do it.

And since you have to do it, it’s better be more straightforward and vigorous.

Of course there are trade-offs in advance.

Simon does not intend to harm his own interests for this matter, nor will he put himself in an invincible quagmire.

For Rwanda, this is a small country with a land area of ​​only more than 20,000 square kilometers, which is only one percent of its neighbor Democratic Republic of the Congo. And there is no natural resources that can be coveted by others. The only advantage is probably that its strategic position is relatively important, especially for France, which has very important strategic significance.

France's core interests in Africa are mainly concentrated in West Africa and North Africa. Whether in historical evolution or the current period, the countries in East Africa are all British spheres of influence. With Rwanda as the boundary, the west side of Africa are mainly French-speaking countries, and to the east are English-speaking countries. Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and other countries bordering or near Rwanda are still members of the Commonwealth.

It can be said that if you control Rwanda, France can covet a view of Britain's traditional sphere of influence in Africa.

Therefore, the Westeros system will actually only truly offend France, the country. Once the Hutu regime in Rwanda is destroyed, France's investment over the past decade will be destroyed, and this traditional European power's ambition to continue to expand east of Africa will also be shattered.

In addition, Simon's personal genocide may make many self-proclaimed justice countries and organizations lose face, but will not really become hostile to these forces.

As for the current Rwandan government, Simon never took it seriously.

Since the genocide tragedy was created that completely violated humanitarian ethics, the current government could not be tolerated to survive.

What's more, even if it really continues to survive, Simon actually doesn't care about a group of wild African monkeys.

However, suddenly summoned a large number of mercenaries to fight in Africa, and always gave an explanation to the government authorities on the surface. Therefore, Simon flew to Washington yesterday afternoon and was invited to have breakfast with the current Secretary of State Warren Christopher this morning.

Warren Christopher is nearly seventy years old this year, with a thin appearance and a strong spirit.

In the information prepared in advance, Christopher is a moderate Democrat with a diplomatic attitude that tends to maintain the international reputation of the United States on a global scale as much as possible, limit the hegemonic idea of ​​the United States' "world police" and ease potential conflicts between the United States and other countries around the world.

The Clinton administration's choice of Warren Christopher as Secretary of State was a buffering result of the need for the United States to change its previous confrontation and expansion posture after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Gulf War.

After the United States suffered setbacks in its operations in Somalia last year, it decisively chose to withdraw from the regional dispute, which was influenced by Warren Christopher's foreign policy.

Although he is a moderate Democratic party, it does not mean that Warren Christopher is weak. As soon as the breakfast began, the American politician asked unceremoniously: "Simon, what do you want?"

Simon seemed to have no sense of the pressure from the old politician who had been in high positions since President Carter's time. He slowly cut the fried eggs from the plate and said, "Warren, what do you think I can get for a country that is so poor that I don't even have one pants per person?"

Apart from the so-called strategic position that is meaningless to Simon, it is really impossible for him to get anything from Rwanda.

Of course, Simon did not really go to serve as a savior in this operation, but the Westeros system pursued not simply material gains. Even if Africa has rich natural resources that many countries are greedy for, it is not very attractive to Simon. If it is just to make money, he has more safer and rewarding investment channels.

Warren Christopher looked at the young man opposite, with some envy of the young man in his eyes for the young man, but his tone did not ease: "Do you know that since yesterday, the White House and Congress have been under pressure from all sides, and they all think that this matter was manipulated by the US government behind the scenes."

Simon shrugged: "I can only say regrets about this."

This matter is indeed hard to explain.

Even though Simon completely abandoned the United States and hired military forces from South Africa and Eastern Europe, many people only wanted to cover up the truth.

After all, for the United States, if it can control Rwanda, it is actually equivalent to controlling a strategic location that is enough to move eastward or westward.

After the failure of Somalia last year, the United States actually did not intend to interfere in African affairs in the short term. Many European countries that regard Africa as their back garden do not think so. They only think that the United States is unwilling to accept Somalia's failure and intends to make a comeback in Rwanda through Simon's hands.

As long as Rwanda, a strategic impetus located in the heart of Africa, the United States can covet the traditional interests of countries such as Britain, France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal in Africa at one time.

In fact, this is also a potential choice Simon gave to the federal government through this action.

Simon did not intend to directly obtain material returns in this Rwanda operation, but if the US government is willing to accept follow-up affairs, he would not mind going with the flow.

Now it seems that the authorities have clearly made a decision.

If the federal government intends to re-insert in African affairs, it should be Secretary of Defense William Perry, not Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who meets Simon today.

Warren Christopher did not continue to have a quarrel with Simon, saying: "The White House received intelligence last night, and your garrison has contacted the Rwanda Patriot Front?"

Simon nodded.

The Rwandan Patriotic Front is an anti-government armed group controlled by the Tutsi forces who once held the Rwandan regime. Behind the scenes is the support of the Ugandan government, and behind the Ugandan government is Britain, and the United States is the most hard-core allies.

Since 1990, the Rwanda Patriotic Front has been unwilling to continue to remain in exile in Uganda, and has launched a civil war with the Rwandan Hutu government, trying to regain control of the state. The two sides reached a settlement at the end of last year under the mediation of the United Nations. Unfortunately, before going further, former President Juvenal was assassinated and genocide riots in Rwanda.

The reason is that, except for the parties involved, it is difficult for bystanders to completely clarify who is right and who is wrong.

Simon did not think about breaking the mess, but getting in touch with the Rwanda Patriot Front is also an important step in this plan. The cooperation between the two sides is actually equivalent to gaining recognition from the British and American authorities.
To be continued...