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Compared to the relaxed KGB, the CIA guys are simply busy and crazy. Robert Gates was yelling at the CIA network communications guys, "Can anyone tell me why, it's been a minute and 36 seconds, and our communications haven't been restored!" What about the outfield support team? Why can't they be reached? ”

"I'm sorry Director, at first we just thought the signal was bad, but now it seems that the other party is using a communication block, so that's why we have this situation." The correspondent, who had ten years of experience in dealing with the Soviet Union, replied to Director Robert as soon as possible.

Hearing this news that he was most reluctant to hear, Director Robert, who had a gloomy face, said to the heads of the Federal Reserve and the Swiss Bank, who also had no good faces to see, "Immediately freeze the two accounts that are trading, quick!" ”

The person in charge of the Swiss bank was about to call the headquarters, and a transatlantic call from Switzerland called, and they found that the account that had been deposited before was quickly transferred out to other accounts with each $200 million of funds, and the Swiss bank, which realized that something was wrong, immediately froze the funds, but there were still nearly $1.4 billion of funds transferred, and the time before and after added up to exactly one minute and thirty seconds.

Financial accounts have been frozen, and, of course, not a penny of 140 billion rubles has been seen in the designated account.

"We've been deceived!" Robert finally realized that something was wrong, and he almost grabbed the head of the Swiss bank by the collar and threatened to spit out the money. Of course, the person in charge of the Swiss bank is not a vegetarian, and immediately went to inquire about the flow of all funds, but the more they investigated, the more they found that something was wrong, and the 1.4 billion dollars that flowed out were split into tens of cents as if premeditated, and then quickly distributed to other accounts, and then transferred to major financial banks around the world, including London, Sweden, Hong Kong, and so on.

It will be difficult to continue to track down the project, because they are already in the accounts of other financial institutions, and the workload is so cumbersome that it is not a problem that can be solved in a day and a half, and the head of the Swiss bank whispered the bad news to Robert, hoping that he will be prepared. The money may be withdrawn after half an hour.

A ballpoint pen that was originally tightly held in his left hand was pinched off in an instant, Robert's face was a little stiff, and he didn't have to think about it, it must be the result of a very large organization and long-term planning that could do this. And most likely, it is the top of the Kremlin. But the problem is that the ruble scam was officially launched only a month ago, and how the Soviet Union did it was unpredictable.

He took a deep breath and glanced at the head of the Federal Reserve, who had a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes, and took a step back, indicating that he was prepared to distance himself from the hapless CIA leader.

Robert, who knew that he couldn't avoid the blame, took off his glasses, rubbed his tired eyes, and sighed, "I'll go and explain to the president, all these consequences are up to me, and you have nothing to do with it." Especially you, the head of the Federal Reserve. Then Robert raised his head, smiled and said, word by word, "But it is difficult to say whether the profits lost by those interest groups will be taken into account on your head." A scapegoat? I think you're a good candidate. I wish I could see you in prison. ”

After Robert said this, the face of the head of the Federal Reserve changed suddenly.

Not bothering to pay attention to this fellow who was destined to be a pitiful creature, he turned to the people around him and said, "Call the president, and I will report the news to him personally." ”

Bush, who was still savoring dinner, almost knocked his plate to the ground when he heard the news, and Bush, who had clenched his knife and fork, took several deep breaths before calming his heart. Barbara, the first lady sitting across from her, sensed something was wrong, and she gently shook Bush's hand and asked softly what was wrong. Bush just smiled and shook his head at Barbara, saying that he had an impromptu meeting and would be back later to continue dinner.

A crowd of people were waiting for Bush in the White House chamber, including Chief of Staff Samuel Skinner, presidential adviser Brent, and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. They all knew that they would have to face a storm of condemnation from President Bush.

Judging from Bush's uncertain face, everyone thought that they would not be able to escape this angry rebuke, but surprisingly, Bush simply said, "Skinner, Brent, and Cheney stayed, and everyone else went out of the office." ”

Relieved by the fact that they were not named, the remaining three looked at each other, all of whom were supporters of the great ruble scam and had tried to prove the feasibility of the plan through various reliable analyses, but they did not expect that the Soviets would use the simplest way to disrupt their painstaking layout.

Bush slammed the table, pointed at three senior government officials, and roared, "This is your plan!" The so-called Great Ruble Plan! A clever scam! Ridiculous, but what results I'm getting now! The whereabouts of $1.4 billion are now unknown, and the Soviets, who started it, are still snickering, things are so bad, what a shit ruble scam, everyone is deceiving me, even you, a bunch of damned traitors! Damn Soviet lackeys! ”

Barbara, who was standing outside the door at this time, clenched her hands, it was the first time she had seen her husband so angry, and the first lady could only wait for the president to vent his anger and comfort him, just like those outside the door.

Brent, who was scolded by Bush, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, is it too much for you to say this?" ”

But the president still scolded angrily, "Excessive? You are simply despicable villains without any sense of honor, one by one after studying in the School of Finance for so many years, have you only learned to eat with knives and forks? A bunch of rubbish gave me useless advice and dragged me back, knowing that I should have shot them all, like Stalin! ”

Just after the three of them thought that the president had vented his anger, Bush clenched his fists and shouted the last sentence, "These people are simply an unforgivable betrayal of freedom and the American people." ”

After scolding the last sentence, Bush sat in his seat as if he had collapsed, covered his face with his hands and said bitterly, "It's over, it's all over." We failed, and the Soviet Union, with this $1.4 billion in funds, injected an adrenaline into the patients who were about to fall, and broke all our previous painstaking layouts. ”

"But the president, the most important thing we should think about is not to minimize this matter and minimize the damage?" Cheney pushed his glasses and pointed to the photo of Vantaa and said, "This man is the most critical part of this plan, and his arrest means that he will say a lot of things." If the loss of $1.4 billion is announced to the world's financial markets through his mouth, it means that the panic and turmoil caused by it will be enough to cause the next stock price to plummet. ”

"And the huge amount of money we invested in the Gulf War has already caused the treasury to be empty, and I am afraid that it will cause a debt crisis if we lose 1.4 billion dollars all at once." The most important thing is how to come up with 1.4 billion yuan in a short period of time to fill the black hole of the project's mobile funds? ”

"We can't give up on Vantaa, and we can't hide this scam." With his hands in his pockets, Skinner tilted his head to look at the photographs on his desk and expressed his opinion, "If you can erase all the records of his existence, you can't erase the memories of his family and the friends around him." Instead of trying to hide from the world, it is better to negotiate with the Soviets who took advantage of it and ask for the secret extradition of a guy. ”

"Hmph, what a naïve Skinner, aren't you afraid of the Soviets opening their mouths?" Brent scoffed.

Ignoring Brent, Skinner continued, "Gold, tell the Soviets where your life-saving money belongs, and that the largest gold market is in London. If you don't want to, we can attack the gold market in a variety of ways, including shorting. The big deal is that both sides will lose, the vitality of the United States will be greatly damaged, and the Soviets will also be worse. ”

After Skinner said this, everyone was staring at President Bush, waiting for the final decision that the silent president was about to make.