Technology invades the modern world

Chapter 328 You're Actually Jewish! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Dear audience, we can clearly see that the professor reacted very quickly. When the security personnel turned around, he almost immediately made the decision to turn his head to the side."

It was this slight tilt of his head that caused the first bullet to miss him by a hair's breadth, and then the second and third bullets also failed to hit the professor!
In the end, the professor remained calm and composed. Instead, he immediately stood up, shouted for battle again, and was then taken away by his security personnel and White House officials.

As they left, the people present showed the professor unprecedented respect; almost all the Black people raised their hands above their heads—a sight never before seen.

Therefore, some reporters have called this scene a modern-day version of Moses parting the sea. The professor's assassination is also similar to the Israelis being chased by Egyptian soldiers, just as Moses parted the Red Sea, while the professor parted a sea of ​​people!

Cronkite was visibly excited; this was a truly rare sight.

Actually, he meant to say the Black Sea, that Moses divided the Red Sea and the professor divided the Black Sea.

But considering the impact, Cronkite held back and opted for a large crowd.

Since the White House announced its renaming campaign, conservative television media have been paying close attention to this issue, fearing that they might use sensitive words related to Black people and offend the Black community.

Especially at this sensitive time, with Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated and the professor's assassination attempt thwarted.

Not only was Cronkite excited, but the whole of America was talking about this failed assassination attempt.

America has a long history of assassinations, but in this situation, at such close range, missing all three shots, coupled with the subsequent Moses parting the sea, and the television station repeatedly replaying the assassination footage in slow motion, the whole incident became legendary.

Cronkite continued:

"Starting with President Lincoln, then James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy, we have had four presidents assassinated."

The two in the middle have even been forgotten by the public. In 1881, President James Garfield was shot by Charles J. Gittor at the Baltimore and Potomac train station in Washington, D.C., as he was preparing to travel to New England.

Dissatisfied with failing to obtain a diplomatic position, Guito attempted to assassinate President Garfield.

President Garfield died two months later from infection and complications.

(President Garfield was shot at the train station)

In 1901, at the World's Fair in Buffalo, New York, Leon Jogosh, posing as a citizen hoping to shake hands with the president, shot President McKinley with a pistol hidden in a handkerchief. President McKinley died eight days later.

(On September 6, 1901, at a reception held in the concert hall of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, William McKinley was shot twice by anarchist Leon Czorgose.)
I believe everyone is familiar with the stories behind the deaths of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, so I won't go into too much detail.

The above are examples of presidents who were successfully assassinated. If we expand the scope from presidents to high-ranking White House officials, and from successful assassinations to failed ones, the number of assassinations would be countless.

Next, let's turn our attention to Washington, D.C. President Johnson and the professor's plane has arrived in Washington, D.C., where reporters have gathered. Security personnel are already on standby to ensure safety. It is understood that the professor will hold a small press conference at the airport. CBS will bring you firsthand coverage!

Every television station, newspaper, and radio station you can name in the United States is gathered outside Andrews Air Force Base.

Even though not all journalists can get inside air force bases.

The press conference will be held on the tarmac. After President Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, Air Force One returned to Andrews Air Force Base, and Lyndon Johnson gave a brief speech to the national media from the tarmac after his inauguration, which was broadcast live on television.

Even though they couldn't get inside the air force base, the reporters didn't leave; they still managed to get some attention by broadcasting live from outside.

At this point, if you don't follow news about professors, nobody will read it at all.

On the plane, Lyndon Johnson saw that Lin Ran was unharmed and his heart was relieved. Damn it, if something had happened to the professor, he really shouldn't have run for re-election this year. If he had to step down like this, his reputation wouldn't have been good afterward.

"Professor, I'm so glad you're alright, I'm so glad you're alright." Lyndon Johnson said, "I've already sent people to investigate. For such an accident to happen among security personnel is undoubtedly a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the security team. I will definitely get to the bottom of this!"

With no powerful financial backers, Lyndon Johnson has nothing to fear.

Lin Ran has a good relationship with the military-industrial complex. He has close cooperation with the Rockefeller and Morgan families and has never refused to share profits with the military-industrial complex.

His Star Wars program is already showing initial results and is also of great benefit to the military. Many senior military officers admire Lin Ran.

McNamara goes without saying.

The Babel Tower translator, created by Lin Ran, is still in service with the military and the Ministry of National Defense, and is constantly being optimized and improved.

The military also had no reason to target Lin Ran.

After much deliberation, Lyndon Johnson could only come up with one answer: Soviet Russia, because only Soviet Russia had sufficient motivation.

He put himself in Leonid's shoes. If he were Leonid, seeing Burning One and Lin Ran's astonishing age, he would also lose sleep and try every means to deal with Lin Ran.

In cases like this, the most important thing is the motivation, and apart from the Soviet Union, no one had a motivation.

Lin Ran nodded and said, "Okay."

He didn't say anything more; he remained calm because Lin Ran knew very well that he couldn't be hurt.

There's a saying that a person is fast within ten paces, but a gun is fast beyond ten paces.

Although the gunman was only ten meters away, well within ten steps, he had a cheat code and was on high alert beforehand, ready to dodge bullets at any moment.

So he realized what was happening the moment the gunman took action.

As for intentionally injuring himself? Lin Ran never intended to deliberately cause such a scene. On one hand, it was unnecessary and difficult to control, and he wasn't arrogant enough to do so. On the other hand, he would occasionally have to return to the 2020 timeline.

How do you explain having gunshot wounds on your body after you go back?

As for the bullet grazing an ear and turning it into a single ear, that's even more inexplicable.

As for returning after recovering from his injuries, Lin Ran was an astronaut who landed on the moon in the 2020 timeline. If he were to carry out another space mission, given the strictness of the medical examinations for space missions, it would be impossible to hide his gunshot wound.

You didn't have a gunshot wound before, but you have one this time. There's no way to explain it, and it will create countless problems out of thin air.

The door doesn't stop time; it only slows down the flow of time. It's almost impossible to hide anything through a door.

Therefore, Lin Ran never thought about getting hurt.

Even if Big T's iconic moment happens, he can't possibly replicate it completely.

There have been countless assassinations in American history, both successful and unsuccessful.

Big T's assassination was shocking, but it doesn't count as the first. The number one should be Theodore Roosevelt, who was shot by former pub owner John Schrank during his presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Roosevelt insisted on delivering his speech, which lasted a total of one and a half hours, before going to the hospital.

Because he had a steel glasses case and a 50-page speech draft in his chest at the time, the bullet only lodged in his ribs and did not pierce his heart.

But even if it was just a rib stuck, it was still much more painful than the ear that was stuck in Big T's ear. Roosevelt endured it for a full hour and a half.

If Lin Ran is going to replicate something, he should replicate Roosevelt, and after being shot, continue talking for another hour and a half.

In short, it's unnecessary.

Intentionally causing injury is too risky, whether in this timeline or the 2020 timeline.

During Lyndon Johnson's conversation with Lin Ran, Jenny sat next to Lin Ran, holding his arm tightly.

After Lyndon Johnson left, she leaned close to Lin Ran's ear and whispered, "Professor, I will take care of your security afterwards. The White House is too chaotic, and everyone has their own interests."

Their security team could be infiltrated by the Soviet Union, unlike the Hearst family's security team.

Lin Ran nodded: "Okay."

After everything that happened, he completely trusted Jenny.

Moreover, given Jenny's relationship with him, she would have had countless opportunities to harm him over the past seven years. When Air Force One landed at Andrews Air Force Base, everything was already set up, including cameras, live broadcast lines, media reporters, and so on.

McNamara had been waiting here for a long time.

To be precise, from the moment they boarded Air Force One, McNamara abandoned the Vietnam War resurgence plan and arrived at Andrews Air Force Base.

“Professor, this must have been done by those damned Russians. I knew they would do something like this. Those despicable Russians will do anything to win.”

McNamara even tried to touch Lin Ran's chest to confirm that Lin Ran was not injured.

Jenny sternly stopped him from doing this, slapping his hand away.

McNamara showed no embarrassment, simply touching his nose before continuing, "Professor, the only good news is that you're alright. I've seen the footage; your reaction was quick enough. It feels like you received divine intervention and dodged the bullets."

In Chinese parlance, this is called "good fortune favors the virtuous."

"But it's still too dangerous, Professor. From now on, the Ministry of National Defense will provide you with a security team, which will greatly increase your safety."

McNamara kept saying that this seemed to be the only way to alleviate the anxiety of almost losing the professor.

Lin Ran nodded and said, "Jenny and I have discussed it, and Jenny will help me arrange a new security team. Mike, I appreciate your kindness."

McNamara shook his head and said, "Professor, how can this be? The Hearst family is a media company. How could they possibly know about security from the Department of Defense? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Jenny couldn't hold back and said righteously, "Mr. McNamara, according to you, the White House security team should be the most professional, but this shooting came from the White House. The Department of Defense is not as professional as the White House. How dare you take such a big responsibility?"

Lin Ran patted Jenny's hand, then said to McNamara, "Mc, thank you for your kindness, I need to get ready to give my speech."

He then got up and went to the tarmac, where Lyndon Johnson was already ready, holding the speech prepared for him by Joe Christian.

Lin Ran, on the other hand, improvised.

After all, he doesn't have a dedicated press secretary, nor does he need one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Americans watching the live broadcast on television..."

As I stood on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base, having just returned to our nation’s capital, my heart was heavy with indescribable sorrow for the passing of a great man, a prophet of peace, a fighter for justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Tonight, America is weeping. A voice that once echoed the dreams of freedom for all has been extinguished by the cruel hand of an assassin.

But let me be clear: this act of hatred, this bullet born of division, will not kill the mission for which he is willing to die.

Meanwhile, something even worse happened today: at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, an assassin attempted to kill the professor, the greatest scientist and engineer of this century.

The assassin attempted to inflict unbearable pain on America. If Martin Luther King Jr. represented America's conscience and our pursuit and attempt at national integration, then the professor represented America's brain. He was so important that he could even influence the outcome of the Cold War.

Dr. King moves forward not with weapons, but with words; not with fists, but with beliefs.

The professor guided America with his wisdom, and under his leadership, we achieved a manned lunar landing, NASA was transformed into the most powerful space agency in history, our Star Wars program was nearing completion, and we were about to be invincible in the Cold War.

I say to every American, from the streets of our cities to the halls of power: Enough of these assassinations that tear the soul of the Republic apart and destroy its brain.

Let us reject the path of gunmen, the path of chaos and death, and choose the path of peace, the path of tranquility.

The White House will definitely investigate who the real culprit is, and once it's clear, we will not let him get away with it.

God bless you, God bless America.

Lin Ran then stepped forward and said with a smile, "Fellow American compatriots, I'm fine, I'm doing well."

Before the assassination attempt, a voice in the darkness told me that there was an assassin.

Whether it was God's will or the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr., the voice was so clear that I reacted instantly. The gunman turned around, and I turned my head in sync, fell down, rolled, and dodged all the bullets.

I believe that violence cannot solve problems; it only breeds hatred.

I believe that these acts of hatred will not make the assassins stronger; on the contrary, they demonstrate their weakness. They are too weak to compete with America through fair means and can only achieve their goals through despicable and vile methods such as assassination.

When in a race, if one side needs to injure the other, and they believe the way to win isn't to run faster themselves, but to slow down their competitor, then they've already lost the race. They're not playing by the rules, and they've lost the support of the people.

Lin Ran didn't explicitly mention Soviet Russia, but the American people who heard it all knew that he was referring to Soviet Russia.

"I don't know if this was done by the Soviet Union. I hope it wasn't. I hope our Cold War was a competition of superiority, not assassinations by any means necessary."

In 1961, during a break from an academic lecture I was giving at the University of London, Mr. Korolev was waiting for me in the backstage lounge.

He wanted to talk to me.

Although I was the White House Special Assistant for Space Affairs at the time, and NASA was at a disadvantage in the space race, I never thought of keeping Mr. Korolev in London.

As you all should know, London is a stronghold of the liberal camp, and if I wanted to, I could easily keep Korolev in London.”

The time difference between Washington and London is five hours; it is midnight in London at this time.

Countless English citizens stayed up all night, glued to their televisions to watch the live broadcast.

Major Freeman and Sir Haley were in a pub, drinking beer and watching television.

Major Freeman, a former soldier, found it difficult to contain himself upon hearing this. He said quietly, "Sir Haley, is London truly a fortress?"

Sir Haley was quite humorous: "The fortress of Leonid? This is the first time I've seen so many fortresses of the KGB. The professor still has feelings for England, even at times like this he has to help promote it."

On the television, Lin Ran continued:

“I have met Mr. Korolev three times, and in every single one of those meetings, whether NASA was in a superior or inferior position in the space race, I never thought of giving America an advantage in the space race by eliminating the competition.”

I hope that the mastermind behind my assassination attempt is not the Soviet Union; if it is, I will be disappointed.

Assassinate one professor, and America will have thousands upon thousands of professors. You will never be able to defeat America this way.

Finally, I would like to mourn my dearest friend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I believe that you guided my destiny in heaven in my final moments. May you rest in peace in heaven.

thank you all! "

At this point, Lin Ran had been completely accepted as one of the Black people.

He was assassinated at the funeral, but dodged three bullets with godlike reflexes.

Whether it's Martin Luther King Jr.'s guidance or God's whispers, it all proves that Lin Ran is a person favored by God.

The vast majority of Black people in this era are devout believers.

In the past, they would have thought Lin Ran was very capable and remarkable, and that his theories were very convincing. However, you are not one of their own.

Now, if you say you're not one of us, we'll all consider you one of us.

However, to Lin Ran's surprise, while he was resting at the White House, amidst the uproar surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.'s death and his failed assassination attempt, Goldberg came to his door with a handwritten letter from Professor Siegel.

Professor Siegel had already inquired about him by phone, and this handwritten letter was merely a reiteration of that concern, while subtly conveying Goldberg's purpose.

Goldberg's first words also shocked Lin Ran:

"Professor, you are actually Jewish."

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