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Lijian Province was a country ruled by law. Although the CIA was directly under the control of the President of Lijian Province, the CIA agents could file a lawsuit with the courts of Lijian Province if they did anything inappropriate or violated the law.
The CIA's temporary inspection of Shi Lei's group could be said to be legal, but it could also be said to be illegal.
The CIA was mainly responsible for external intelligence and national security.
Although Senior Special Agent Roscoe Shillencott's sudden inspection of Shi Lei's group hadn't been arranged by the Central Intelligence Agency, Senior Special Agent Roscoe Shillencott could completely explain that he had received secret information and conducted a temporary inspection of Shi Lei's group. There weren't any flaws in this. The Central Intelligence Agency's main job was to do this, and the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency wouldn't blame Roscoe Shillencott.
Of course, Roscoe Shillenkot's inspection was also illegal.
As long as Shi Lei and CBS jointly appealed and hired a lawyer from Lijian Province, they would be able to sue the CIA.
However, the final result would probably be an apology letter from the CIA to Dream Entertainment.
The CIA didn't want to lose face. As an espionage and counter-espionage organization, they didn't need any face at all.
Even if Dream Entertainment won the lawsuit against the CIA and received an apology letter from the CIA, the CIA wouldn't suffer any losses.
It was for this reason that Shi Lei couldn't be bothered to argue with the CIA.
However, CBS had taken the initiative to give Shi Lei an answer. Shi Lei just let CBS talk with the CIA.
The vice president of CBS Television, Cobain York, was stunned by Shi Lei's question. He had only said a few words. Did Shi Lei really want him to go against the CIA?
Cobain York hesitated. CBS attached great importance to the cooperation with Dream Entertainment. They hoped to sign the contract with Dream Entertainment smoothly.
In order to maintain his partnership with Dream Entertainment, Cobain York gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Shi, please rest assured. I'll immediately arrange for the CBS legal department to sue the CIA for harassing you."
Shi Lei chuckled and said, "Mr. Cambane, I'll leave it to you.
Oh right, we've just arrived in Lijian Province and haven't adjusted to the time difference yet. Let's hold the signing ceremony after we've adjusted to the time difference! "
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Outside the hotel, the CIA agent in charge of eavesdropping had a strange expression.
Senior Agent Roscoe Hillenkotter asked from the side, "What happened?"
The agent in charge of the eavesdropping deliberated for a moment before replying truthfully, "Mr. Rothko, Dream Entertainment suggested that CBS sue us."
Roscoe Hillenkot snorted. "Sue us?
What grounds should he use to sue?
Ignore them and continue to eavesdrop. I want to monitor Shi Lei's movements twenty-four hours a day. "
"Understood!" the agent eavesdropping replied.
Roscoe Hillenkotter got out of the surveillance car and stood at the corner of the street, smoking a cigarette. His expression was a bit conflicted.
'Could it be that this Shi Lei is really some dangerous person?
Why did he look like an ordinary person from the outside?
Maybe he has some power, but he shouldn't be a dangerous person. "
Shi Lei's acting skills were at the level of an Oscar -winning actor.
Even the senior agents of the CIA couldn't see through Shi Lei's true nature.
Roscoe Hillenkotter exhaled a puff of smoke. His cell phone rang. He took it out and checked the caller ID. There was no number on the screen, but a series of asterisks. It was a confidential call. He pressed the answer button without saying anything.
"Roscoe, what's the situation?" An ordinary voice came from the other end of the phone.
The owner of this ordinary voice was the second most powerful person in the Angel Council, Gabriel. He was known as the Archangel in the hacker world.
Gabriel didn't have any earth-shattering hacking records, but he had once challenged another world-class hacker. During that battle, Gabriel had completely suppressed his opponent and almost caused the other world-class hacker's defense to collapse.
Since then, Gabriel's reputation had spread throughout the hacker world. He was known as the world's top hacker.
Roscoe Hillenkotter was one of Gabriel's pawns. When Roscoe Hillenkotter had violated the internal rules of the CIA and was almost punished by the law, Gabriel had appeared to help him and saved him from prison.
Furthermore, he had repeatedly helped Roscoe Hillenkotter in his career, which had allowed Roscoe to rise in the ranks of the CIA and the CIA very quickly.
It wasn't that Roscoe Hillenkotter didn't want to get rid of Gabriel's control, but Gabriel had too much evidence against him.
This included the opportunities that Gabriel had provided for Roscoe to perform meritorious deeds. A large portion of them had been meticulously arranged by Gabriel.
As long as these things were handed over to the CIA and the CIA's General Audit Office or the Internal Affairs Department, Roscoe would die without a burial ground!
"Sir, the current situation isn't very good. We didn't find anything suspicious during the first round of searches.
The other party's identity isn't simple. We can't frame them, "Roscoe answered Gabriel.
Gabriel chuckled and replied, "I'm asking if you have any results from your monitoring?"
Rothko reported everything he had heard to Gabriel without leaving out any details.
After hearing this, Gabriel laughed again. This time, he laughed very happily. "Roscoe, cancel your monitoring. They already know that you're monitoring them. There's no point in continuing."
"Cancel it?"
Roscoe looked a little surprised. "Sir, even if they know that we're monitoring them, there's no need for us to cancel it, right?
As long as we're monitoring them, their conversations will be obstructed. We might even eavesdrop on some information that they might divulge. "
"CBS TV is about to sue you. If the CIA's eavesdropping equipment is still installed in the hotel where the Dream Entertainment people are staying, how do you think the judge will sentence you?" Gabriel said calmly.
"Understood, sir." Roscoe didn't say anything else.
"Roscoe, keep an eye on them. If they leave the hotel, you must follow them. I'll be there immediately."
Gabriel ordered Roscoe. He didn't give Roscoe any time to reply and hung up the call.
Roscoe put away his phone and returned to the monitoring car. He regained the aura of a senior agent. "Retrieve the target's eavesdropping equipment and cancel the monitoring of the target."
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In the hotel, after Shi Lei ordered Li Zifeng's team to eat, drink, and have fun, he contacted Xiao Bo through his Bluetooth headset.
"Xiao Bo, have you contacted D-Wave's office in New York City?"
Shi Lei asked. Although the quantum computer designed by D-Wave had caused a lot of controversy in the academic community, Shi Lei still wanted to acquire D-Wave.
D-Wave's quantum computer development was too slow. The main reason was that they didn't have enough research and development funds.
If they invested enough research and development funds, Shi Lei really wanted to know how far D-Wave could go.
Quantum computers were the future of computing. There was a bottleneck in the development of silicon-based Von Neumann electronic computers. It was impossible to increase the manufacturing process and the number of transistors without limit.
The future of computing would definitely be dominated by quantum computers, photon computers, and biological computers!
Therefore, after Shi Lei acquired AMD, he also wanted to plan for D-wave Quantum Computer Company, making plans for the distant future.
"Mr. Shi, the person in charge of D-Wave's New York office can't make any decisions about D-Wave. He has already sent the news that you will be visiting D-Wave to the headquarters in Ghana.
Once D-Wave's headquarters has made a decision, I will report back to you, "Xiao Bo answered the specific situation.
Shi Lei was slightly surprised. The person in charge of D-Wave's New York office didn't have any power at all.
"Well, okay!
Xiao Bo, this is very important. Keep an eye on the situation at all times. Don't let D-Wave drag on, "Shi Lei instructed.
Although D-Wave's quantum computer was still relatively simple and didn't have much commercial value, Shi Lei was still optimistic about D-Wave. He still felt that D-Wave had great potential.
"Okay, Mr. Shi."
Xiao Bo responded to Shi Lei affirmatively. Although he didn't say anything nice, Shi Lei never doubted Xiao Bo's efficiency.
"Ding dong, ding dong."
The doorbell of Shi Lei's suite rang. He quickly said a few words to Xiao Bo, then hung up the phone and asked, "Who is it?"
Outside the door, a young man in a hotel service uniform answered, "Sir, hotel service. You have an invitation."
"Invitation?" Shi Lei frowned and asked in confusion, "What invitation?"
"Sorry, sir, we don't know what invitation it is.
Just now in the hotel lobby, a guest wearing ancient Xia Xia culture clothing asked us to pass it to you.
That guest is still waiting for you in the lobby, "the hotel service staff answered Shi Lei's question.
"Ancient Xia Xia culture?"
The corner of Shi Lei's mouth curled up slightly. Thinking of the CIA's temporary inspection, Shi Lei somewhat understood whose invitation it was!
He opened the hotel door and took the invitation from the service staff. Shi Lei opened the antique pure white invitation. At the bottom right corner, there was a name: Meokas Johnson!
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