With the appearance of AFP reporters Pierre and Jeanne, the situation suddenly reversed.
Regarding the issue of "how brutal the slave lords were," in fact, the two sides have nothing to disagree with, and everyone is mentally prepared. The main disagreement at today's press conference still remains on "Bandayuno and Yusuf and other fishermen slaves on the eastern border of Indonesia"
"Lord, when it comes to being a pirate, have you always had a bad record?"
In particular, "whether the slave lords have the force and record to launch a second retaliation after their improvised pirate detachment was eliminated" will determine whether Gu Kun's counterattack was excessive and whether it was an "after-the-fact defense/imaginary defense".
It would have been quite difficult for Tang Jia to prove these issues, but the situation was completely different for the AFP reporter who had been undercover for two years and collected details.
Pierre came on stage with a look of indignation and started his performance by starting with the issue of pirates.
"Based on my more than two years of lurking with Ms. Jeanne, I can responsibly say that the ferocity of those slave fishermen when they appear as pirates and the probability of persisting in revenge are extremely high.
In 1998, a Thai cargo ship going to Australia to purchase iron ore was attacked twice by the Banda Yuno slave fishermen group near the East Maluku Islands while passing through the Banda Sea. At that time, the Thai merchant ship crew
Armed with firearms and other light weapons, they repelled the first attack by Bandayuno's pirates by relying on impacts and anti-climbing spikes. However, this aroused the ferocity of the attackers. Later, more men were called in and equipped with rocket launchers.
The second attack caused many casualties on the Thai side.
Although I did not personally witness the attack during that incident, I witnessed the pirates returning twice on East Maluku Island, one defeated and the other victorious, as well as the property they plundered and the hostages they captured. I also heard about it with my own ears afterwards.
It is said that the overseer succeeded in extorting a ransom. It was only because he later heard that the financial crisis in Southeast Asia continued to ferment and the industries in Southeast Asian countries declined, that the trade demand for importing iron ore and other industrial raw materials from Australia was almost zero, so Bandayuno had no chance to take action.
many……"
Pierre burst into tears when he spoke. Every item had irrefutable photos or recordings, and he could even bring slaves to testify. This fully exaggerated the danger of those slave lords and proved that "if we don't take away their lair, it will be completely impossible."
It is possible to be attacked repeatedly while passing through relevant sea areas." In this case, the "last strike" behavior is 100% defensible under international law.
"Holy crap, what else can you say about this kind of beast? Of course you have to seize the opportunity and kill it to death. Otherwise, only Gusu Murong can accurately grasp the scale of 'legitimate defense'." This is.
Typical Asian journalists, people who are familiar with the Chinese cultural circle whisper their complaints.
"If all these evidences can be verified, then the danger level of this kind of scum can be compared with Somalia. The reason why the number of evil crimes is less and not so heinous is simply because it is not as busy as Somalia. Somalia is the mouth of the Red Sea.
All merchant ships that use the Suez Canal and enter the Gulf of Aden from the Red Sea must go through the coast of Somalia. However, in the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer merchant ships in eastern Indonesia." This is the inner view of European and American reporters.
In addition to the above-mentioned internal complaints, almost all reporters also have an additional problem in their hearts. They feel that Indonesians cannot handle such internal affairs well and accuse other countries of intervening. This is simply crazy.
I believe that after today's news breaks out, public opinion around the world will support Lan Fang.
However, this is not the end.
Pierre was finally dug up by Gu Kun to find an opportunity to send him to the stage. How could Gu Kun just let him talk about these topics and then come down?
After the Australian Associated Press reporters were defeated, other news agencies who wanted to dig up big stories naturally came to praise them.
"I would like to ask Mr. Pierre, how did you discover the Indonesian fisher slave problem in the first place? What was your initial motive for going undercover to investigate?"
"Can you tell us about the misdeeds of other fishermen lords you have seen and heard in the past two years? In addition to being pirates and forced labor, what other incidents do you think are shocking?"
The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and TASS all asked questions one after another. These questions, which were not important at the beginning, came out with this opportunity.
This was a big deal. Pierre was in training and usually wouldn't cry unless he couldn't hold it back. But as he talked, he would gradually collapse emotionally when the situation struck him, and he would pour out everything.
All the reporters didn't care at all about his lack of etiquette, but were shocked by the content he described and the photos he revealed one after another.
Damn it! It’s the beginning of the 21st century, and there is still such an outrageous place in the world? Moreover, it is not in an African tribe, but in a so-called civilized country that is integrated with the globalized international trade industry chain.
"Just because people don't freeze to death in the tropics, and there are trees in the jungle to protect them from direct sunlight, so they just let the slaves live in iron cages? Is it the same as in a zoo?"
"You are forced to work on a ship for 20 to 22 hours every day? Are you thrown into the sea when you get seriously ill? If you work too slowly, you will occasionally be thrown into the sea to scare the monkeys? Is this something that humans can do?"
All the participants felt adrenaline soaring. Even if today they just reprinted the big news from AFP, which was slower than AFP, and all the honors went to AFP, that would be enough to excite them. At least the ratings and sales would be higher.
skyrocketing.
At this moment, Pierre, with the praise of a reporter, said the most important trump card:
“I don’t know if my colleagues at the Australian Associated Press got some gossip, so they covered up the helplessness of the Indonesians in the local waters.
Because as far as I know, some Australian companies may be the biggest beneficiaries of the slave seafood trade in the eastern waters of Indonesia so far. The evidence we have in the past two years fully shows that many companies, including the Australian kg-seafood group,
Seafood giants all import Australian lobsters and Australian white oysters from slave fishermen such as Banda Yuno and Yusuf.
I also have several photos here, which clearly show that some middle-level supply chain management cadres of the kg group have personally visited the island for inspections/undercover visits. They also discovered that "Indian production costs are low" and used this as an excuse to lower the purchase price! I don't
I know that the Australian Associated Press and other colleagues have always been secretive about the above-mentioned issues, and I don’t want you to interview and ask whether they have any interest in this matter!”
As soon as this statement came out, it really set off a thousand waves. Several foreign reporters sitting next to the Australian Associated Press reporter Marcus Payne subconsciously moved their buttocks two seats to the side. It seemed that the Australian Associated Press
A person's body smells like the plague and a strange smell, and it would be embarrassing to sit with him.
"What? Not only did he know about it, but he also deliberately used it to spy on the other party and use it as a bargaining chip to lower the price of the other party's supply? This is simply an accomplice!"
Journalists who have a slight sense of justice in their hearts think so, and subconsciously draw a clear line between them and those thieves who are originally from pirate countries.
This is extremely bad. Not only is it as simple as knowing it, but it is also more despicable than Apple using Foxconn's sweatshop in later generations. Because Apple's example is nothing more than "I know Foxconn is a sweatshop." But here it is equivalent to "I know you are
What is the specific level of sweat in a sweatshop, so I know how big your profit margin is, and I can open-bom to give you a detailed analysis of your cost structure, so as to continue to lower your price."
This is the deepest complicity. 150 years ago, those Breton textile tycoons who went to the south of Oceania to buy cotton also did this - I know that your cotton was grown by black slaves, and
I sold black slaves to you. I know exactly how much the cost can be reduced by using black slaves, so your cotton should be sold cheaper.
The righteous people in the venue who spoke Chinese, Japanese, French, and German all cast contemptuous glances at the pirates, slave traders, and English dogs, and their hearts were filled with a strong sense of moral superiority.
Pierre on the stage seemed to be happy. Seeing that so many listeners below were sympathetic and supportive, the more he spoke, the more passionate he became:
"...Maybe the Australian lobster is brighter than the cedar lobster in Southeast Asia, but in my opinion, it just has more human life and blood, and it can be called a human blood lobster. Three years ago, I was a lobster in Paris
When I was a young reporter looking for news with nothing to do, I used to be proud of eating a meal cooked by Aolong, but from now on, I don’t want to touch a bite."
"Australian lobster, human blood lobster! That's so good!" All the reporters were refreshed. What mass media needs is simple, crude, convenient and powerful vocabulary, so that it can be easily praised by billions of people.
The media people of later generations who are well aware of this are all so rhythmic. Even those who engage in politics in Oceania try their best to make their words full of vulgar and simple, repetitive and parallel vocabulary. It is best for ordinary citizens who have graduated from junior high school.
You can understand everything if you have enough vocabulary.
The word "human blood lobster" is definitely catchy enough!
Although, they all forgot an important premise: Australian lobster production areas are actually widely distributed, with the eastern and southern waters of Australia accounting for the vast majority, while the low-cost products in the northern waters of Australia only account for less than 20% of the total production at most.
%.
But now it is the 20% who are involved in the scandal, which has a huge selling point for hype. The media has taken the lead and used the misdeeds of these 20% to cover the remaining 80%. It can only be said that some black-hearted giants have brought it upon themselves.
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Two hours later, the press conference ended completely, and all participating media went back to work on their reports.
Agence France-Presse, the fastest-acting agency, had actually sent out Pierre's stuff immediately - before Pierre spoke, he had already finished all the topics he should do, so the moment he came on stage,
He sent his share to his original boss.
The leaders of AFP were of course very satisfied with Pierre's performance. They directly promoted him and raised his salary according to the highest standards, making him the head of the international news reporting department. They also laughed and encouraged him by saying that this year's Pulitzer Prize
The award is solid.
Gu Kun was very satisfied with this rhythm and was ready to quietly watch the power of the storm he stirred up with his own hands.