Chapter 274 - 261: Making a Clean Break
An idea had already taken shape in Gao Yi’s mind, slightly risky, and the greatest consequence of this risk could lead to a deterioration in UK-France relations.
The upside was, if it succeeded, he would be able to walk sideways in France in the future.
The downside was that, if it did succeed, even if the British flayed his skin, it wouldn’t quench their anger.
Now to talk about being a Justice Envoy, that was purely disgusting.
The old saying goes, aim for the best, settle for the middle; and if that fails, accept the least. Now it seemed impossible to handle Iron Fist George, but Gao Yi had to at least let the French vent their frustration.
As for truly igniting a serious conflict between the UK and France, what did that have to do with Gao Yi? Even if the French couldn’t bear the consequences and decided to throw him under the bus, it still depended on whether the British would accept him.
So Gao Yi’s way to save himself was to escalate the situation even further, to a point where it offended national dignity, making it so that even killing him wouldn’t satisfy the British; they’d have to decimate France to be appeased.
After babbling on in the meeting room for quite some time, he finally had an idea.
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs had yet to realize Gao Yi’s malicious intent; he only started to worry when he saw Gao Yi pick up the handgun and begin to talk about shooting one of them, so he could only seriously say, "Do you realize that if you actually shoot and kill one of us, it will lead to an utterly uncontrollable situation? This situation could shatter the peace and friendship we’ve built since World War II, and the stability UK and France provide to Europe would be disturbed."
Such a grand perspective, Gao Yi chuckled and replied, "I don’t understand."