Chapter 852 - 796: Background
Mountain Eagle actually didn't want to talk too much with Kate...
In the past in Los Angeles, he passionately argued the stakes to Kate and then propelled her to move in the direction he needed. That was because, at the time, he lacked both identity and energy, so he needed to seek allies in order to find support from the sidelines to deal with the pursuit occurring in Los Angeles.
The situation is completely different now...
He has the capability to handle attacks from the Underworld, and his only request to Kate is to find a way to make the authorities forget about what happened in Alaska at the lowest cost.
This matter is somewhat difficult, but it's actually quite easy!
And the person or department that can solve this issue is definitely not just the Bangkok Group...
However, conversely, Kate can only contact Mountain Eagle when it comes to organizational forces that can quickly assist the Bangkok Group in cutting into the Sinaloa Group case.
From the root cause, the chips on both sides have never been equal.
When Mountain Eagle revealed the Salvador project, Kate knew that she had no capital for negotiation because everything Mountain Eagle had was what she needed.
Whether standing from the investigator's standpoint or from a politician's standpoint, the resources Mountain Eagle had were scarce to her.
Especially the people involved in the project!
The pillar group leader of the Senate, former Senate dean, Pennsylvania Senator William Hurt...
This is the giant at the apex of the United States power structure!
Now such a giant, leading the capital behind him, invested 250 million US dollars in real cash into Mountain Eagle's Salvador plan.
What concept is this?
250 million US dollars in cash is not small money to anyone, for the safety of his investment, William Hurt would surely not mind opening up his sphere of rights and interests to Mountain Eagle, letting him leverage it.
Plus several investment giants in Silicon Valley...
Kate suddenly realized that Mountain Eagle used the Salvador project to unite some 'old money' and 'new money' within the United States.
Because William Hurt's wife was a member of the United States Mellon family...
The Mellon family sounds a bit unfamiliar, but in reality, they are a traditional old American family like the Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie...
They control the Mellon National Bank, Pittsburgh National Bank, General Reinsurance Corporation, and after merging with New York Bank, they assembled the New York Mellon Bank which manages trillions of dollars in assets.
The Mellon family is influential in American finance, but they are extremely low-key. Compared to the well-known giants like 'BlackRock', 'Vanguard', 'State Street', and 'Morgan', the immensely strong 'New York Mellon Bank' seems so niche.
Only by deeply understanding Mellon can one realize how formidable this family is...
'Alcoa', this company started in the early 19th century and monopolized American aluminum production. It is the industrial pillar of the Mellon family.
'Gulf Oil Group', the largest energy monopoly enterprise in America, merged with Chevron Corporation in 1985, forming a larger energy monopoly group.
'Amco Steel Company', this is a steel giant jointly held by the Mellon Group, Rockefeller, and the Cleveland Consortium.
'Westing Electric Group', another electrical group founded in cooperation with Rockefeller.
'Rockwell International Company', specializing in designing and manufacturing aircraft, missiles, and rockets, a major contractor to the Pentagon and NASA, where the Mellon family is one of the major shareholders.
And 'Carnegie Mellon University', a university famously co-founded by the Carnegie family and Mellon family.
'Andrew Mellon Foundation', while people always talk enthusiastically about the Bill Gates Foundation, in reality, Andrew Mellon Foundation is the largest charitable foundation in America.
Almost all family charitable foundations in America are established to avoid estate taxes and circumvent external supervision.
But regardless if they do charity work or not, the scale of the Mellon family's charitable foundation is the largest, much bigger than the Bill Gates Foundation.
The Mellon family is the typical representative of 'old money'...
They are conservative and low-key, and although wealth and power have been dispersed through many generations, the wealth and power levels their name represents are extremely high.
William Hurt's wife may not count as a main member of the Mellon family, yet even so, William Hurt, a farm boy who could only fight for survival on the Vietnam battlefield, with her help, became a United States Senator.
These things aren't even considered secrets within United States intelligence agencies, and they only circulate privately within certain circles.
Kate knows this, so she is very surprised. She can't even imagine what Mountain Eagle, someone like him, could do after boarding William Hurt's big ship.
What astonished her even more is that Mountain Eagle, through a project, also brought aboard several bigwigs from Silicon Valley...
As someone who participated in the entire Los Angeles incident, Kate knew very well which Silicon Valley tycoons Mountain Eagle could contact.
The co-founder of yPAL, the so-called 'Kingmaker of Silicon Valley', Peter Thiel, and the famous Silicon Valley venture capitalist David Sachs...
Not only did they pay Mountain Eagle a large amount of Bitcoin as commission for the Snowden issue, but the Los Angeles police also turned a blind eye to what Mountain Eagle did, and even sent people to assist him for important reasons.
Compared to those well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, these two are the real investment moguls who truly understand the political and business rules of the United States, and they are representatives of Silicon Valley's 'new money'.
Now these two groups have been drawn into a project…
Kate understands Mountain Eagle's personality and methods, she knows too well what this guy can gain from it.
Covering up a battle on United States soil without innocent casualties is not particularly difficult for Mountain Eagle now.
When Kate realized she had lost her irreplaceability, she completely lowered her stance…
Cooperate!
If you can make some benefits and conveniences, then do it, as long as what the big shot wants her to do doesn't violate principles, of course, make it convenient.
So Kate simply didn't mention the Brown Bear Camp matter anymore, she sat across from Mountain Eagle, looking at Daria with a pleasing gaze, and had her help change her coffee to a cup of hot cocoa…
During the waiting period, Kate looked at the seemingly mocking Mountain Eagle in front of her, surrendered and said, "OK, I did indeed come here because I heard about what happened in Alaska…
The battle that took place here involved the United States Federal Army, and the FBI agents in Alaska faced unprecedented pressure.
This gave me an opportunity…"
Mountain Eagle nodded with a smile and said, "Hmm, use crisis management to gain favor, on the surface, reprimand a bit, privately help the military settle the issue, both gaining favor and practicality.
If you can catch some evidence against me, and then repeat the same thing…
Wow, then you'll be the big winner!
By then, I'd have to thank you!"
Kate knew she was completely at a disadvantage now, the only thing keeping her seated here was her status.
After all, she indeed has the right to conduct investigations regardless of the consequences and then publish the results, which, if done, would not end well for her, but Mountain Eagle's past investments in Alaska would surely be impacted.
If they weren't familiar with each other, Kate pretending to be the selfless straight shooter might indeed be able to bluff Mountain Eagle.
But since they know each other well, the act can't go on!
Faced with Mountain Eagle's sarcastic comments, Kate spread her palms face-up on the table helplessly and said, "sir, you must understand, this is my job…
Whether it's hunting the 'Replacer' or catching 'Guzman', it's all to uphold the stability of the United States.
On this basis, any actions I take are understandable to everyone.
Of course, if ultimately there can be a result that satisfies most people, that would be best!"
Speaking of which, Kate looked at Mountain Eagle with an approving expression, she slightly leaned forward and lowered her voice and said, "sir, you actively flew me here…
Given my understanding of you, you actually already have a plan, right?
Really, you need me, don't you?"
Mountain Eagle leaned back on the chair, crossed his arms thoughtfully for a moment, and ultimately shook his head, chuckling while watching Daria who was serving hot cocoa to Kate, and said, "you see, I said this pesky woman is impressive…
She knows what her bargaining chips are, now she's starting to turn the tables on me.
If I actively offer a price, she'll follow suit and choose to raise the stakes for gains, or lower the price to increase my costs.
What do you think I should do?"
Daria sat sideways on the table beside Kate, scanning Kate and Daniel's faces playfully, then said with a laugh, "then it's certainly about convincing them to raise the stakes and follow to reap benefits…
After all, everything they've invested isn't actually theirs, but the final gains will determine their bank account numbers and political future."
Mountain Eagle listened, nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the somewhat curious Kate, saying, "do you have any better suggestions?"
Kate sighed, lowered her head, and said, "sir, given the actual situation in Laasga, and the contributions of Brown Bear Camp to the middle and lower reaches of the Yukon River…
My opinion is to support Brown Bear Camp in maintaining their legal rights, picking up arms to protect their safety in extreme situations is legitimate.
As for the videos circulating online about illegal detention, in the absence of evidence proving the videos were shot at Brown Bear Camp, the FBI has no need to waste resources here for a group of foreigners.
Oh, and the weapons lost by the Federal Army became tools for foreigners to attack Brown Bear Camp, you can retain the right to pursue this…"
Having finished listening, Mountain Eagle gave Kate a thumbs-up, then said to Daria, "see, this is what a smart person would say…"
Saying that, Mountain Eagle took out a laptop and pushed it to Daria, saying, "notify General Sid to come over, and we'll explain the action plan against the Sinaloa Group to Miss Kate…"