Fox of France

Once the plan is made, then it is implemented. The first step in the whole plan is to spread rumors. The work of spreading rumors is actually quite a technical thing. Who will release the rumors and how to amplify the rumors are all very particular.

Generally speaking, high-end newspapers like "Scientific Pravda" cannot be used to actively spread rumors. Spreading rumors is always done first by some small newspapers. For example, this time, the rumors were first published in a chauvinistic tabloid, Le Forward de France.

According to the "French Forward", the Turkish Sultan sent a special envoy to France. On behalf of His Majesty the Great Sultan, he will discuss with France the purchase of a cannon factory to produce cannons.

The "Français Forward" is notorious for its bragging. In that newspaper, "**** exclaimed invincible" and "seeing **, such and such a country immediately knelt down" and other messy things. Well, basically everyone just treats it as a kind of fun thing.

So the "French Forward" released this rumor, but it didn't attract any attention. Well, neither ordinary citizens, nor the Turkish ambassador to France, nor the Russian ambassador to France have noticed this rumor—if such If everything needs attention, the embassy doesn't have to do anything else.

But the next thing started to attract some people's attention. First of all, the French Ministry of Public Security suddenly dispatched and seized the "Français Forward", and also arrested the newspaper's reporters and editors. The reason, of course, is rumors. But in France, where there is freedom of speech, although rumors are not completely free of legal responsibility, in general, basically no one will pursue legal responsibility for these things. Now that the Ministry of Public Security tramples on "freedom of speech" like this, it immediately attracted the attention of some media.

Soon, these media discovered that things did not seem to be so simple. Because generally speaking, even if such "rumour-mongering" cases are to be pursued, most of them are only civil liabilities. Even if you lose in court, you usually don't have to go to jail, but you have to publish an apology statement in the newspaper, and then pay a sum of money to settle the matter. Therefore, in such matters, generally speaking, the parties involved will not be imprisoned.

However, the editors and reporters of "Français Forwards" were locked up, and not only they were locked up, but a reporter from "Traditional France" who happened to visit a friend in the editorial office of "Francis Forwards" unexpectedly Also got caught. And it hasn't been released yet.

"Traditional France" is a conservative newspaper that claims to "preserve the national heritage" and "protect the quintessence" of France in the era of great change. Many people know that it may have a royalist background. But no matter what, this is a legal media, and a reporter from a legal media will be arrested and locked up just because he sat in the editorial office of Youbao. This is really not freedom of speech .

So "Traditional France" was the first to attack. It published a special issue. On the front page were two huge words: "Please let me go!" At the end there are two sentences like this: "Although the poor newspaper is small, there are still two poor bones!"

Then many newspapers also expressed their support for "Traditional France". All of a sudden, the newspapers became lively.

All of a sudden, the melon-eating crowd lifted their spirits, ordered coffee and some desserts in the cafe one after another, sat down firmly, and prepared to watch the show.

However, the development of things exceeded everyone's expectations. Suddenly, almost all newspapers were silent, and "Traditional France" even published an article that the media should not interfere with the independence of the judiciary.

In the coffee shop, new rumors began to appear, saying that just yesterday, the Ministry of Public Security had an emergency meeting with the heads of several major media outlets, told them something, and then everyone fell silent. As for what the Ministry of Public Security told them, I'm sorry, it's a state secret, you can't say it, you can't say it.

As a result, this matter began to really attract the attention of some diplomats. Then when they inquired, they found that the issue of the "French Advance" newspaper was completely missing in the world. It seems that someone took it back and destroyed it. Then they noticed an article published in "Scientific Pravda": "Spreading rumors does not belong to freedom of speech."

This article in "Scientific Pravda" strongly condemned the practice of indiscriminately spreading rumors and distorting public opinion, and stated that whether it is the rumors in "Français Forward" or the recent spread in cafes, it is related to The so-called "state secret" rumors are all nonsense and irresponsible abuse of freedom of speech, and this practice will definitely damage freedom of speech in the end.

The report of the "Française Forward" cannot be found, but it is not difficult to understand the general content. So the Russians were taken aback, and the Turks felt that it was really a rumor that they were busy in vain.

But at this time, a big name like "Scientific Pravda" suddenly jumped out to refute the rumors, but it shocked both the Russians and the Turks.

Now everyone is actually familiar with the characteristics of "Scientific Pravda". Everyone knows that "Scientific Pravda" never lies, but it is the most deceptive.

At first the Russians were relieved, because "Science Pravda" said that the news was a rumor, and "Scientology Pravda" never lied, so if it said it was a rumor, it must be a rumor. But before the breath was over, they immediately remembered the second attribute of "Science Pravda": "Science Pravda" is the most deceptive.

That news is a rumor, but what is a rumor? To be untrue is to want rumors. For example, the news said that the gun factory was being negotiated, but in fact it was a gun factory. Isn't that news a rumor? For another example, the news said that there was one artillery factory, but it turned out to be two artillery factories, or that it was an arsenal that produced both guns and cannons. Isn't that also a rumor? In short: "Scientific Pravda" is very cunning, you must be careful not to be deceived by it. —So the Russians became even more nervous.

On the other side, the Turks are also very nervous, because they also noticed the rumors of "Science Pravda". They also know that "Scientific Pravda" does not tell lies and is the most deceptive. So they immediately began to think, what is "Scientific Pravda" trying to cover up?

Of course the Turks know that they and the French do not have any cooperation with a gun factory, nor a gun factory, nor other factories, and they have not sent a special envoy... But, in case the news, there is only " Is the word "Turkey" a rumor?

Although France and Turkey are traditional allies, the friendship between the two countries has a long history. Recently, however, the French and the Russians have also moved closer. The French accepted a large number of Russian students, and the French also exported a lot of weapons to Russia. The French... Well, when the French accompanied me to watch the moon, they called me Sweetie; now the new is better than the old, he You won't call me a heretic, will you?

In the end, both the Turks and the Russians lost their composure, and they all used certain channels to ask the French government whether there was really a sale of the factory to the other party.

The French government, however, told them that the French government did not take such a move. Of course, the French government also cherishes the friendship with any country in the world that is willing to be friendly with France, and is willing to maintain mutually beneficial economic and trade relations with them. The French government has no trade ban on either Turkey or Russia. Therefore, as long as they can find suitable business partners, conduct transactions and pay taxes according to law, the French government will not interfere with specific legal business activities.

The meaning of this is already obvious, that is, as long as you pay for it and you can find a seller, you can buy whatever you want.

So the Russians first proposed, "Well, can I buy the technology related to the Lorraine Iron and Steel Plant?"

And the answer he got was of course: "You can talk to the Lorraine Steel Company."

Of course, going to discuss this with the Lorraine Steel Company at this time is basically seeking skin from a tiger.

So the Russian asked again: "So what if we want to buy gun technology? Can we also go directly to the 'Bonaparte Arsenal'?"

This question also received an affirmative answer, and the "Arsenal of Bonaparte" seemed to be very interested in this transaction. So the two sides quickly started negotiations, and the negotiators from Russia immediately moved into the hotel attached to the "Bonaparte Arsenal". Then, they discovered that there was a group of Turks living next door to them...

This arrangement was certainly not accidental. In fact, this trick is also very common in later generations. Back then, during the Iran-Iraq War, neither Iran nor Iraq could produce 152mm grenade bricks by themselves. But these things are fast-moving consumer goods with huge consumption, so buyers from the two countries searched for sources of goods all over the world. At that time, only the Da Mao camp and the Chitu country produced such shells. The quality of Da Mao's bricks is of course high, but the price is also high. Everyone can't afford Da Mao's bricks, so they all go to Chitu Country to buy bricks.

Then the shameless little white rabbit arranged for the representatives of their two families to live in the same building, or next door. Then, the two families felt that Yali Mountain was too big, and they were afraid that they would buy all the bricks if they didn't buy more, and then the shameless little white rabbit happily counted the small money.

This time, the arrangement of the French also had a similar effect. Soon, both the Russians and the Turks reached a package agreement with the "Bonaparte Military Industry" to purchase the arsenal and related technologies.