After arriving in Los Angeles, Zhang Ran immediately gathered the core members of the acquisition team and Guan Gong team to discuss how to resolve the current crisis. This time he faced political risks. The head of the public relations team and former Democratic presidential candidate Christopher Dud became the core of the meeting.

Dud has been in the Senate for many years and has witnessed many cases of failed acquisitions due to politics. He looked at everyone and said solemnly: "The 12 members of the parliament jointly requested the government to review, which would be very stressful for the government. The Foreign Investment Committee will definitely postpone the acquisition to assess whether it will pose a potential threat to national security. If the Foreign Investment Committee still has not reached an agreement on the acquisition of the Century Peak by March 23, then 13 secret reports, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will be delivered to President ***'s desk and await the president's ruling. We must try our best to resolve this issue before March 23, and we cannot wait for the report to be submitted to ***."

Everyone present nodded, knowing whether to make trouble. Because it means that there is a security problem with this acquisition, otherwise the Foreign Investment Committee should have passed the review directly.

Dud looked at Zhang Ran and said, "In addition to our public relations team's full lobbying efforts, you must come forward to clarify. You started from scratch and achieved today's achievements. After acquiring Blockbuster, the company successfully transformed and saved tens of thousands of jobs. It has a very good image in the hearts of the American people. If you stand up and speak, you can get the support of a lot of people. In addition, the Chinese government must stand up and speak out for the acquisition and put pressure on the US government!"

Zhang Ran frowned and said, "There is no problem for me to stand up and speak out, but it may be difficult to get the government to stand up and speak out for our acquisition and put pressure on the United States!"

Dude shook his head and said, "You don't need to convince the government departments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce. There are routine press conferences. At that time, let the reporters ask questions and ask them how they comment on this matter. They will naturally speak out for you!"

Zhang Ran's eyes lit up. This is a good idea. During the regular meeting, let reporters ask questions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commerce will definitely respond. Dude is worthy of being an old politician who has been in the Senate for many years. This move is really beautiful!

Next, Dude tells everyone how the entire public relations team will conduct public relations next, how to provide information to members of Congress and the Foreign Investment Committee, and how to emphasize the essence of the peak of the century and the business motivation of purchasing behavior.

After listening to Dud's description, Zhang Ran looked at the names of 12 opposing congressmen and asked: "How many years have Oregon Senator Ryan Luyden been elected? When will the next election be done?"

Dude said directly: "Next year!"

The US Constitution stipulates that there is a total of 1 seat in the Senate and 2 senators are given in each of the five states, regardless of size, to reflect the equal status of each state in the federal government. The term of office of a senator is 6 years, and can be re-elected and elected statewide; one of the three people will be re-elected every two years, and will be held in an even number of years.

Zhang Ran smiled immediately, and knocked his finger on Ryan Luyden's name, saying: "Finding Ryan Luyden, tell him that Blockbuster will build a large logistics center and two large logistics warehouses in Oregon within two years. After completion, it can bring thousands of jobs to the local area and add thousands of temporary jobs during the peak sales season. If he continues to act with us, we will build the logistics center and logistics warehouse in Washington state and Seattle. We will also tell the people of Oregon that it is precisely because of his destruction of the peak of the century that Blockbuster will build the warehouse elsewhere. He has caused Oregon residents to lose thousands of jobs!"

Dud said in surprise: "Base Dazhen is preparing to build a logistics center and warehouse in Oregon?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Really, according to the plan, Blockbuster will build more than two large warehouses in North America in the next five years, and publish articles on the online version, criticizing the political bias of politicians: "The United States is in a recession now, and should closely communicate with China, rather than setting up obstacles for Chinese companies to invest in the United States, nor should it engage in a trade war with China. China's investment in the United States can create jobs for the United States, rather than stealing jobs as some people say."

Martin Hawkins, a reporter from the Washington Post, pointed out: "Pick up your Apple phone, pick up your Samsung, HTC phones, and you will find that all these phones are made in China. If Century Peak acquires Motorola, it will threaten national security, then will use Apple, such mobile phones made in China, endanger national security? In fact, mobile phones are no longer high-tech, and there is no secret to it."

In addition, TV shows like "Zou Situ Daily Show" are crazily complaining about these politicians, and they invited a politician who believes that Century Peak's acquisition of Motorola will threaten US national security and experts who support Century Peak's acquisition of Motorola to debate. As a result, politicians were refuted and speechless. According to a survey by CNN, 3% of Americans believe that Century Peak's acquisition of Motorola will not endanger the national security of the United States.

The next morning, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said at a regular press conference held on the same day that Century Peak's acquisition of Motorola is a normal business activity between enterprises and a very normal exchange between China and the United States in economic and trade, and should not be affected by political factors.

At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Commerce, the spokesperson also responded to this: "The Ministry of Commerce has noticed the relevant reports, and China expressed concern about this. Carrying out security review of investments in sensitive areas is a legal right of a country, but it should not be a tool for promoting protectionism. Chinese companies acquiring foreign companies overseas is a market behavior made by enterprises independently. I hope that relevant countries can view overseas acquisitions of Chinese companies objectively and impartially, give fair treatment to such normal business behavior, create a reasonable and transparent operating environment for them, and avoid having an impact on investor confidence."

At 1:5 pm that day, Zhang Ran opened the tea-colored glass door of the Four Seasons Hotel cafe. At this time, there were three or four guests in the cafe, which looked particularly quiet. Zhang Ran looked at the time in the corner by the window and looked at the time. It was already 1:53, Schmidt would come soon.
Chapter completed!