Chapter 315 - 301: Smash, smash it ruthlessly.
Gao Yi was reflecting on his own mistakes; he was introspecting.
The main issue was that he had been too indirect with Joelson.
Americans simply don’t understand subtlety, nor do they grasp overly veiled speech, but Gao Yi felt that as a person on the intelligence network, Joelson should act and speak with some level of subtlety.
Still, it was better to speak more clearly. A promise is a promise, but such a promise comes with conditions—I make you a promise only if you’re one of us, and if you don’t show me something, I won’t guarantee to protect you.
Once he spoke plainly, Joelson immediately understood, and then he immediately began to reveal his cards.
So, it would have been much better to have been straightforward from the start, saving everyone the trouble.
"Crawford feels he’s lost the hope of promotion. He might not even be able to keep his current position, so he wants to make money now. That’s one of the two main reasons we can work together; the other one is that someone wants to use you to take down Freedom Wind."
Joelson needed to make a move to show his commitment; the first thing he did was to completely sell out his boss, Crawford.
Gao Yi said with interest, "Oh, he wants to make money now?"
Gao Yi wasn’t very interested in taking down Freedom Wind because the one who wanted to take him down wasn’t Freedom Wind, it was the CIA.