Chapter 398 Acting
Chapter 398 Acting
An Rushong nodded, and when he was about to say something else, there was a light knock on the door. When he turned around, he saw the young man who had come in with a tray, and behind him, there was another young man dressed similarly, also carrying a tray.
The two men walked to the center of the living room, placed the tray in their hands on the table, bowed to An Rushong and the other two, then turned and left.
On the tray brought by the young man earlier were two bottles of red wine and a decanter, as well as three side dishes, which were Koreans' favorite kimchi, namely white bamboo, long-tasseled radish, and rolls.
On the other tray, there were three sets of tableware, three white towels that had been rinsed with hot water and folded again, and two exquisitely crafted desserts.
The red wine had been opened. An Rusong reached out to take it, motioned to Jin Zhongtai, and said with a smile: "Wake up?"
"No need," Jin Zhongtai said without hesitation. He took a set of tableware from another tray and said casually, "I'm not a very meticulous person. I can't tell the difference whether the wine is sober or not."
An Rusong chuckled and poured half a glass of wine into the glass in front of him. Jin Zhongtai thanked him, then picked up the glass, brought it to his nose and sniffed it, and said, "This is good wine. I heard that a bottle costs 20,000 US dollars?"
An Rushong didn't respond. He took a set of tableware and put it in front of Lin Yaen.
"Thank you, President An," Lin Yaen said sweetly. She looked at An Rushong with her peach blossom eyes and thanked him softly. Then she said in a surprised tone, "2 US dollars, so expensive?!"
"Haha, of course it's expensive for us, but for Rusong, it's just a bottle of mineral water," Jin Zhongtai laughed and said, "Well, don't call me Chairman An, just call me Brother Rusong, after all, we are all family."
"Brother Rusong," Lin Yaen changed her words and called him sweetly.
So sexy!
An Rushong thought to himself, but this woman was wearing a neat military uniform. She had a flirtatious temperament and an extremely pure appearance, but she was wearing a neat Korean military uniform. This contrast made people feel itchy.
With a smile on his face, An Rushong swept his eyes across the woman's face, and then poured half a glass of wine into the glass in front of her.
"Thank you, Brother Rusong," Lin Yaen thanked him again. At the same time, she took off the military cap on her head, placed it upside down on the sofa, and took the white towel at hand, unfolded it, and wiped her face carefully.
I have to say, this woman's skin is really good. Her fair face, delicate facial features, and rosy lips are not the result of makeup. She is absolutely natural.
"Rushong, come, let me toast you first," Jin Zhongtai picked up the wine glass and gestured to An Rushong.
An Rushong quickly filled his own glass with wine, then raised his glass and clinked it with Jin Zhongtai's.
"What about me?" Seeing this, Lin Yaen hurriedly stopped wiping her face and quickly picked up the wine glass.
"Yes, yes, and our Yan," Jin Zhongtai said with a smile, "and, as the representative of our headquarters, you have to thank your brother Rusong. If it weren't for your brother Rusong, I'm afraid our troubles this time would be difficult to solve."
After a pause, he continued, "Also, you will need your brother Rusong's cooperation in the next two days' work."
"Then, let me have a drink first?" Lin Yaen said, looking at An Rushong with a smile.
"No need," An Rusong said with a smile, holding the wine glass, "We are all not outsiders, I just did what I should do."
The alcohol content of this wine is 13.5, which is considered to be quite mellow. If you drink half a glass of it in one breath, you will easily get drunk.
However, Lin Yaen obviously had her own ideas. She gently touched the rim of her glass with An Rushong's glass, then brought it to her lips and drank half a glass of red wine in one gulp.
"Good!" Jin Zhongtai praised, and then said to An Rusong, "What do you think, Rusong? Isn't our Yaen generous enough? Isn't he as good as men?"
An Rusong glanced at the old guy and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhongtai, if I drink too much, we won't be able to discuss the serious business today."
"If we can't talk today, let's talk tomorrow," Jin Zhongtai didn't care at all. He brought the wine glass to his lips, took a sip, and said, "Anyway, I have told Yaen about the details. She will contact you from now on."
What’s going on? Is this a “delicious dessert” delivered to your door?
An Rusong smiled, raised his glass, and drank the red wine in the glass. "That's right," Jin Zhongtai applauded and laughed, "I don't like those who pretend to be polite. They have to sober up after drinking red wine and taste it carefully. As a man, you should drink until the glass is dry."
Then why don't you drink up your glass?
An Rusong secretly complained, but said nothing. He reached out to take the bottle of red wine, but was beaten to it by Lin Yaen who got up early.
Seeing the woman pouring half a glass of wine into her glass, An Rusong looked at the smiling Jin Zhongtai and said, "Brother Zhongtai, we are all family. If you have anything to say, just say it directly. There is no need to get your brother drunk first, right?"
Jin Zhongtai still had a smiling face. He reached under the coffee table, picked up the briefcase that had been placed there before, took out a document from it, handed it to An Rusong, and then said, "Rusong, my brother really needs your help."
An Rushong took the file, but did not open it directly. Instead, he looked at the other party in confusion.
"Take a look at this first," Jin Zhongtai pointed to the document and said, "This is the Ministry of National Defense's opinion on the U.S. military's drug trafficking case."
Only then did An Rushong open the file and carefully read its contents.
Just as Kim Jung-tae said, this document came from the South Korean Ministry of Defense and the signer was Kim Kwan-jin himself.
The guiding opinions put forward in the document are to require the Korean Air Force Air Force Command to set up an investigation team to cooperate with the US investigators and fully participate in the investigation of the drug trafficking case of US troops stationed in South Korea. The relevant investigation results must be announced to the Korean people in a timely and accurate manner.
Well, just by looking at the content of this document, An Rushong knew why Jin Zhongtai was in such a dilemma.
Again, the status of the US troops stationed in South Korea and the South Korean military is originally unequal. Based on this, the National Air Force Maintenance Command led by Kim Jung-tae could not really participate in the investigation of the US military's drug trafficking case.
Not to mention the National Air Force Maintenance Command, even the South Korean Ministry of Defense cannot intervene, because the case is currently being investigated and handled personally by a US senator. Even if Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin personally comes forward to coordinate, there is no way that South Korea will be allowed to intervene in the investigation.
"Brother Zhongtai," An Rusong said with a smile after reading the document, "You also know that the person in charge of the case investigation is Senator Elijah. If the Aircraft Maintenance Command wants to formally join the investigation, it must give his permission."
Placing the document back on the coffee table, he continued, "You don't want me to contact Senator Elijah and give you such an authorization, do you? Brother Zhongtai, I don't have that much face."
"But, Rusong, you have a close relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Leonard and Lieutenant Colonel Alvin," Jin Zhongtai said, "In this way, you can at least talk to those Americans."
"Minister Jin," An Rushong said with a frown.
"Minister Jin has contacted the senator before," Jin Zhongtai said helplessly, "but the senator rejected him directly without mercy. For this, Minister Jin got very angry. Now I don't dare to meet him. If I go, I will definitely be scolded."
He paused and then continued, "The most important thing is that we don't really want to intervene in the investigation. We just need the name of a joint investigation. Rusong, do you understand what I mean? It's just a name, nothing more."
"Name?" An Rushong asked puzzledly.
"Yes, in name only," Jin Zhongtai explained, "We can set up an investigation team and pretend to conduct a joint investigation with the US. However, our investigation team will not participate in the actual investigation, but only serve as a liaison."
He took a sip from the wine glass in front of him, moistened his throat, and then continued: "Once the US side has any interim investigation results, they can convey the relevant information to our 'investigation team', and then we will be responsible for announcing it to the country."
When An Rushong heard this, he understood what the other party meant. He took a pack of cigarettes on the table, took out a cigarette and handed it to Jin Zhongtai.
"Rusong, you also know that the public opinion has put us in a passive position now," Jin Zhongtai took the cigarette and continued, "If we don't show the presence of the Republic of Korea military in the subsequent investigation of the case, I'm afraid that domestic public opinion will still not be able to calm down."
Well, this is what Kim Jong-tae meant. As a special intelligence agency of the South Korean military, the Air Force Maintenance Command can do nothing while the Americans are investigating the drug trafficking case themselves, but they have to pretend to be involved in the investigation.
This pretend appearance is for the outside world to see, of course, mainly for the Korean people to see. Only in this way can the Korean military not appear too weak and too insignificant.
Of course, from this request itself, we can see how humble the so-called Republic of Korea’s national army is in front of the Americans. Even to put on a show, they have to beg the Americans for cooperation.
"I understand what you mean, Zhongtai," An Rusong lit up his lighter and lit the cigarette for him. He nodded and said, "However, I can't promise you this directly, mainly because I don't know if I can help you. How about this, I also want to ask Leonard for help to solve the problem of my brothers serving in the military. When the time comes, I will ask for you, how about it?"
(End of this chapter)