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“William, it’s not that I don’t want to add more, it’s just that I don’t know how much Mr. Walker needs.”
William Walden immediately turned to look at Walker.
"Mr. Walker, how much more do you think we need?"
Yuri and Walden's coordinated performance actually fooled Garrett Walker.
After thinking for a moment, Garrett Walker immediately held up two fingers, the meaning of which was self-evident: 1500 million was not enough, 2000 million was needed.
"Twenty million?"
Garrett Walker nodded, knowing that $2000 million in campaign funding was a significant sum.
In fact, Garrett Walker himself wasn't entirely sure; he didn't know if Yuri would agree.
To make the act more realistic, Yuri sat down on the sofa in silence, lit a cigar, and seemed somewhat embarrassed.
Garrett Walker couldn't help but turn his pleading gaze to William Walden.
William gave him a look, indicating that he would handle everything.
William then walked over to Yuri's side, sat down, and put his right arm around Yuri's shoulder.
“Brother, helping Mr. Walker to successfully run for Congress will be a great help to you. Isn’t your company looking to take on Pentagon business? Mr. Walker will definitely help you in the future.”
Garrett Walker was a smart man, and he immediately chimed in when William Walden made that remark.
"So Mr. Orlov is interested in doing business with the Pentagon. I can assure you that if I become a congressman, I will definitely connect you with the Pentagon."
Yuri glanced at Walden, then at Garrettwalker, and finally gritted his teeth and said.
“20 million it is, Mr. Walker. I’m not doing this for anything else, just for you and William. I believe you two would never lie to me. I’ll arrange for someone to donate 20 million to you right away.”
Upon hearing the news, Garrett Walker was overjoyed.
"Mr. Olof, thank you very much."
“We’re all good friends, there’s no need for thanks. I believe Mr. Walker will definitely win the Colorado House of Representatives position,”
As he spoke, Yuri stood up from the sofa, picked up a Cohiba cigar from the side, lit it, and handed it to Walker.
Walden poured three glasses of red wine and then brought them over.
The three raised their glasses of red wine, and Yuri said with a smile.
"Cheers to our great cause to come!"
Three wine glasses clinked together, the luxurious crystal chandeliers of the presidential suite shone down, and a political deal was struck.
But it is legal.
Yuri transferred the money very quickly; Garrett Walker's campaign office received $20 million the very next day, a move that instantly shook the Democratic Party.
Some senior figures within the party suddenly realized that Garrett Walker was so resourceful as to be able to raise so much campaign funding at such a critical moment.
Yuri's campaign funds had an immediate and significant impact on Walker.
Walker used these funds to decisively defeat his Republican rival, Congressman Matt Kalamonda, in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
Before Yuri and William Walden set off for St. Louis, Walker had already gradually widened the gap between himself and Matt Keramon.
This made Walker's potential known even within the Democratic Party, and some Democratic donors began to consider providing him with campaign funds.
Unfortunately, Yuri provided ample funding, so Walker didn't need it.
St. Louis, Missouri, is McDonnell Douglas's headquarters.
On the streets of St. Louis, William Walden spoke to Yuri.
"John Douglas is actually a member of the Douglas family. In 1967, McDonnell Aircraft Company acquired Douglas Aircraft Company."
Five years later, in 1972, John Douglas joined McDonnell Douglas and worked his way up from the bottom to become a vice president of McDonnell Douglas.
"However, the current head of McDonnell Douglas, John McDonald, is a very domineering person, and Douglas is not having a good time within the McDonnell Douglas Group."
After hearing Walden's words, Yuri asked with some doubt.
"Could he get his hands on information about the F-15?"
"You underestimate the power of a vice president."
Chapter 103 F15 Data
As a CIA official, William Walden understood a principle well: what it means to have multiple burrows.
He has a studio apartment in Denver and another in St. Louis.
In William Walden's bachelor apartment, Yuri met John Douglas, the vice president of McDonnell Douglas.
John Douglas and William Walden were actually good friends, which is why he came directly to Walden's place.
After getting to know Yuri, Douglas plopped down on the sofa and began to pour out his grievances.
"That guy McDonnell is a complete madman. He sees the MD-12 project as the only way to revive McDonnell Douglas. He's gone completely insane."
In the 1970s and 80s, McDonnell Douglas's research and development of new passenger aircraft progressed very slowly, and even almost came to a standstill.
Our country was essentially ripped off by McDonnell Douglas, whose proposed McDonnell Douglas 82 project attracted the attention of Shanghai Aircraft Industry Group.
There are many things involved in the McDonnell Douglas 82 project. Fang Zhenhua once mentioned to Mr. Liu that we must be cautious.
The reason for his caution was not that the McDonnell Douglas 82 project was flawed, but rather because he was well aware that McDonnell Douglas would merge with Boeing in 97, ultimately leading to the failure of both the McDonnell Douglas 82 and McDonnell Douglas 90 projects.
Moreover, for the McDonnell Douglas 82 project, our country only had the qualification to assemble it, and we knew nothing about the core information. This also led to a long period of stagnation in the domestic large aircraft industry after the Y-10 project was canceled.
However, for some reason, McDonnell Douglas's plan was still implemented. Fortunately, Fang Zhenhua quickly obtained a lot of foreign exchange, which saved the domestic military industry.
Fang Zhenhua originally thought that the matter was over, but he did not expect that something like John Douglas would happen.
With John Douglas around, Fang Zhenhua wanted not only F-15 data, but also McDonnell Douglas passenger planes.
Walden laughed after hearing Douglas's complaints.
“John, there’s an old saying in the East: ‘Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together.’ I think McDonald will ruin McDonnell Douglas sooner or later. Why don’t you make plans sooner rather than later?”
"Make plans early? What plans?"
"Let's drink first, then we'll talk."
As Walden watched Douglas drink the spiked red wine, a strange smile appeared on his face.
"William, this...this wine is a bit off. Why is it so strong?"
Looking at Douglas sprawled on the sofa, William Walden leaned back on the sofa and said with a relaxed expression.
"I'm leaving the rest to you. I hope he can enjoy all the same treatment I've ever had."
Yuri burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Do not worry!"
William Walden now felt the same way; he believed he shouldn't be the only one to enjoy this treatment. John Douglas was the first, but certainly not the last.
When John Douglas woke up again, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.
This was one of William Walden's own secret bases, known to no one but him.
"You, who are you?"
John Douglas asked in a somewhat panicked manner, but soon he saw William tasting wine nearby and shouted loudly.
"William, where am I? What are you going to do to me? Shit, I considered you a good friend, and this is how you treat me?"
Walden sipped his red wine, ignoring Douglas's words.
Soon after, Lei Keming came out with the props that Walden had used, and the filming was over.
"John, I have something important for you to do, but before that, I need you to do something else. This is the oath of joining the Party. Come on, brother, read it once, and you can join the Party."
"what?"
Douglas was puzzled, but he wasn't stupid, and he quickly figured out what these people were up to.
He shouted loudly.
"No, no, no, I can't read these things. Do you want me to die?"
“Ray, our friend is very uncooperative. I hope you can make him understand.”
After receiving Yuri's instructions, Lei Keming and another special forces soldier took Douglas into a small dark room.
At this moment, Yuri came to Walden, who immediately questioned him.
"Why not let Ray teach him Chinese? I didn't get the same treatment back then."
“William, are you stupid? How long would it take him to read it in Chinese? And as the vice president of McDonnell Douglas, if he doesn’t show up for a long time, it will only attract more attention.”
William Walden snorted, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
"In the future, we must make sure to add this step."
"Don't worry, bro, I'll talk to the boss and make sure he gets the same treatment as you."
William Walden breathed a sigh of relief; he felt much better.
Half a day later, John Douglas was finally brought out of the dark room.
However, as Douglas read the oath with a pained expression, Yuri shouted angrily.
"Hey bro, you're reciting the oath of joining the Party right now, this is an incredibly sacred moment, what's with that long face of yours?"
"Please, we're filming you right now! Can you cooperate a little? If you don't cooperate, I'll have Ray teach you how to do it."
John Douglas couldn't help but shudder at the thought of Lei Keming's methods.
He quickly changed his attitude, solemnly reciting the oath of joining the Party in English, and even clenching his right fist to show his determination.
Damn, seeing this scene, Yuri and Walden both felt that he was genuinely joining the party.
Whether it's genuine or feigned.
As an overseas comrade of our Party, after this series of procedures were completed and the valuable information was recorded, Yuri walked up to Douglas.
"From now on, we're all comrades."
William Walden also came over and extended his hand to Douglas.
"Yes! We're comrades now."
How could Douglas not know that Walden, that big-eyed guy with thick eyebrows, had also betrayed them?
He gave Walden a disgusted look, convinced that this was the man who had betrayed him.
He ignored Walden and then looked at Yuri and said.
"You've come up with so much stuff, I'm sure you have something in mind. Tell me, what exactly do you want?"
"All the data on the F-15, and all the data on the McDonnell Douglas 82."
"What? Do you know what these things you want mean? If the FBI finds out, I'll be in big trouble."
"As McDonnell Douglas's vice president, doing all this shouldn't be difficult for you. Besides, with me here, do you still need to be afraid of the FBI?"
After hearing Walden's words, Douglas finally realized that he had made this plate of dumplings specifically for a bowl of vinegar!
But what could Douglas do? He was helpless and could only nod.
"I understand."
Chapter 104 Frank Underwood
Now that we've entered the 90s, information on fighter jets like the F-15 naturally can't be documented in paper form; otherwise, it would fill an entire room.
Although USB flash drives don't exist yet, using optical discs to store data is already common practice in business.
As a vice president at McDonnell Douglas, John Douglas not only had access to information on the F-15 but also possessed it himself.
So for John Douglas, it was simply a matter of making another copy of these important research materials.
But he didn't choose to do it himself; instead, he handed it over to Yuri and William Walden.
After receiving the data from Douglas, Yuri and William Walden arranged for staff from Global Defense to re-burn the data onto CDs.
This task absolutely cannot be delegated to anyone else, and the personnel of Global Defense are special agents within the country, whose loyalty is completely trustworthy.