章節 1370: Chapter 1370: Bad News from the United States
'Chairman, Xu Huange from the Philippines is here!'
That afternoon, Xia Yu was handling official business when a subordinate came to report news.
'Please ask him to come in!'
'Ask someone to come in and make tea.'
Xia Yu put down his pen and instructed his subordinate.
'Okay!'
The subordinate replied respectfully, then withdrew from Xia Yu's office.
'It seems that they are ready.'
Xia Yu laughed lightly, closed the documents on the desk and arranged them, then got up and walked to the French windows to stretch.
After a while, the subordinate led Xu Huange in.
'Chairman, I'm here to bother you again!'
As soon as he entered, Xu Huange greeted Xia Yu with a smile on his face.
'What's with the formality? Xu, please sit down!'
'You don't look well, you've been working too hard lately, haven't you?'
Xia Yu said with some concern after looking at Xu Huange.
Xu Huange took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and said with emotion, 'The chairman has a sharp eye, you've noticed everything.'
'There's nothing I can do about it, the situation in the Philippines is becoming more and more unstable, and I'm constantly providing resources, because I care, so I'm nervous...'
Xia Yu nodded slightly and said with a faint smile, 'I can understand that, but while it's right to be cautious, you also need to adjust your mentality in time and pay attention to your health.'
Xia Yu's network has been deeply rooted in Southeast Asia for many years, and in particular, there was already a tendency to move against the Philippines last year, so detailed information on the Philippines has been collected.
Since last year, the opposition in the Philippines has been united. In last year's National Assembly by-elections, the opposition suddenly exploded, winning more than one-third of all seats in one fell swoop.
Ferdinand's Social Action Party has torn a big hole in the dictatorship in the Philippines, and the opposition parties have united to gain a foothold.
Compared to the Supreme Court of the Philippines, which is controlled by the Social Action Party, the Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office of the Philippines has become one of the positions of the opposition.
So in January of this year, the Philippine prosecutor's office formally charged Ferdinand's most loyal henchman, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Bell, and 25 other military personnel and one government official with involvement in the 1983 murder.
However, some key witnesses suddenly disappeared before testifying. As there were no witnesses, the hearing was forced to be delayed again and again, so that ten months have passed since the charges were made and there is still no result.
But this has not stopped the opposition party from seizing on these doubts to incite the masses to hold anti-government activities.
Of course, some of these witnesses have really disappeared, but Xia Yu has taken precautions and allowed Luo Wang to act in advance, replacing one cat with another to save six witnesses, and has been secretly protecting them, just waiting for the crucial moment to make a difference.
'Chairman, I've made preparations on our side. I've already threatened and co-opted some senior military officials. Now I just need the right moment to strike.'
'There are two plans, the simpler one is to induce Ferdinand to call an early general election and defeat him head-on in the election.'
'The second plan is more difficult, which is to instigate a military coup and force Ferdinand to step down. However, this plan is difficult and risky.'
Xu Huange took a sip of tea and said to Xia Yu:
Xia Yu nodded slightly and said, 'Of course it would be better if the first plan could be implemented, it would be more legitimate and have fewer hidden dangers in the future.'
'The second plan is too uncertain. Even if it succeeds, it will not be conducive to purging the army and taking control of it in an orderly manner.'
Xu Huange nodded and said with some concern, 'You are right, we have also considered this. If a military coup is really carried out, then most of the army generals will still be loyalists, and moving one or two of them will easily make the others wary and vigilant.'
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yu said to Xu Huange, 'In fact, it is difficult to induce Ferdinand to hold an early general election, but it is also easy.'
'There are less than two years until the next general election.'
'With the current offensive of the opposition party and the strength of the Filipino people's opposition activities against him, Ferdinand's approval rating will definitely decline further in the future.'
'As long as Ferdinand realises that if things continue as they are, there is a high probability that he will lose when the real general election comes, then he will definitely choose to take a gamble and call an early election.'
'Of course, the prerequisite is that he must also see the hope of victory in calling an early election. The risk is too great, and he may not dare to take the risk.'
Originally, the president of the Philippines was elected for a term of three years, but Ferdinand, in order to strengthen the family's rule over the Philippines, forcibly changed the law to a term of five years.
Now, there are less than two years left in his term. If he wins, he will have a new five-year term, which will give him more time to deal with the opposition and, of course, to consolidate the support of his own party.
Therefore, for Ferdinand, the benefits of calling an early election are great, provided that he sees hope.
If he is pushed too hard, he may take desperate measures, relying on the army in his hands to destroy the political rules he previously set and carry out a purge.
'Chairman, this is going to be difficult to manipulate. Not only is it hard to gauge the right degree, it's also hard to keep Ferdinand from becoming suspicious,'
Xu Huange was very excited to hear this, but when he calmed down, he raised a new concern.
Xia Yu smiled lightly and said, 'You don't need to do this. Ferdinand monitors the opposition very closely, and if you do it, there is a high possibility of exposure.'
'I'll arrange for someone to do the polling and media work,'
Xu Huange suddenly smiled and said with enthusiasm, 'Chairman, then I'll trouble you again.'
Xia Yu laughed a few times and without any formalities, he said again, 'By the way, Xu, I've already checked most of the Ferdinand family's assets.'
'He and his family have embezzled at least more than 3 billion US dollars in the Philippines, in addition to a large amount of other assets.'
'This includes more than 4,000 acres of real estate, more than 5,000 acres of commercial land, 23 farms, more than 200 companies, and 18 visible TV stations, 36 radio stations, more than 20 planes, and more than a dozen yachts.'
'The investigation in the United States is even clearer. There are four office buildings in the Manhattan district of New York, and in the vaults of his Beverly Hills villa in Los Angeles and his villa in Honolulu, Hawaii, there is cash, gold, and other things worth more than 700 million U.S. dollars.'
'There are also more than a billion US dollars in deposits in the United States, Austria, Australia, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other places.'
'I have secretly stored these investigation data, and I will give them to you when the time comes.'
In fact, most of this data was obtained from the American intelligence agencies. After all, given the nature of the United States, they naturally had to find something on Ferdinand after supporting him to rise up and try to make the Philippines oppose the Soviet Union.
It's just that Ferdinand was an extremely rare greedy person, and the black spots and clues were not just a few in general. The American intelligence agencies were shocked.
Of course, Ferdinand definitely didn't know about these things. He knew that he would definitely be monitored by the United States, but he underestimated the intelligence capabilities of the United States and didn't know that his background was so clearly understood.
He can only be blamed for using money and gold to control people's hearts even in the military. The culture of the Armed Forces of the Philippines has long been corrupted, and it is riddled with problems for the United States, but he is just unaware of it.
'Chairman, do you really have control over all this evidence?'
Xu Huange was shocked by what Xia Yu said, and followed it with excitement, asking anxiously.
Xia Yu gave him a positive answer again: 'It's under control. When the time comes, someone in the United States will reveal it publicly.'
'But it's not safe for you to take these things, don't think about it too much.'
Xu Huange took a deep breath: "I understand, we must also have an insider planted by Ferdinand. I will only tell my cousin about this matter, and I won't tell anyone else.'
Xia Yu gave him an appreciative look: "That's what you should do.'
'...'
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Afterwards, Xia Yu and Xu Huange discussed some things, such as asking Xu Huange and the others to strengthen their own security forces in case Ferdinand jumped the gun.
After Xu Huange left, Xia Yu issued some orders to the network, announcing the start of the plan.
Xia Yu had originally wanted to focus on re-planning the layout of Southeast Asia these days.
But before dinner that night, he received an overseas phone call from the eastern United States.
The caller was none other than Cindy's father, Ronald Mellon, who wanted Cindy to come home immediately.
The reason was shocking.
Cindy's father, Richard King Mellon, was seriously ill and was being treated in hospital. The doctors said there was little hope!
After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu immediately called Fok Kin-ning and asked him to arrange for the travelling staff to gather at the airport immediately and to have the airport clear a runway and be ready to take off at any time!
Only then did Xia Yu inform Cindy of the bad news. Cindy, as expected, had a nervous breakdown, which made Xia Yu and the medical team very nervous.
Fortunately, Cindy did not faint, and Xia Yu then took her to the airport.
Half an hour later.
Xia Yu's private jet, Fengshen, cut through the night sky and flew to the United States...
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