Fang Yuan's words completely shocked all the high-ranking officials present.
Even Vice President Beth only managed to stammer out after a long while, "You... you are threatening... the two largest nations in the human World!"
"No, I'm just kindly telling you what will happen." Fang Yuan shook his head. "No matter what choice you make, the Mutants will accept it."
Beth's face was extremely grim, because he knew that Fang Yuan's words indeed made sense. If the Mutant community truly had someone like Shaw leading them, they wouldn't be afraid of war.
If he hadn't realized this point, Beth wouldn't have agreed to cooperate with Shaw earlier...
Only those who accuse you know how innocent you are; only those who defect know how strong the other side is.
At this moment, Fang Yuan pretended to survey the room, but his gaze met Kennedy's for a fleeting second.
No one noticed their small gesture, but Kennedy understood immediately.
"What exactly does this Vought Corporation you mentioned do?" Kennedy suddenly asked, making everyone focus on that question.
"I believe you're definitely not just trying to make Mutants into celebrities, are you?"
Fang Yuan really wanted to reply, "Yes."
You might not believe it, but I'm not fighting for the future of Mutants; I just purely want to make them famous...
But to make everything reasonable, and to make all Mutants willingly listen to him, Fang Yuan could only endure humiliation and take on the role of this leader.
Fang Yuan raised an index finger.
"When Vought Corporation was founded, it had only one goal—to make humans and Mutants coexist peacefully!"
"The so-called making Mutants into celebrities is also to guide Mutants towards good."
"Think about it, if the TV is full of Mutant celebrities, news of them being heroes and making money, which Mutant would still want to become someone like Shaw?"
The high-ranking officials exchanged glances.
"Uh... this, it seems to make some sense," someone couldn't help but say.
Fang Yuan continued, "If this continues long-term, and all Mutant children make becoming a celebrity their life goal, won't Mutants no longer be a threat?"
"Don't worry." Fang Yuan spread his hands. "Mutants will also stabilize."
"You also won't have to worry about threats or anything anymore; from now on, it will be—"
He spoke his slogan: "As long as Vought stands, Mutants will not cause trouble!"
At this point, Kennedy and Frye finally fully understood Fang Yuan's actual goal.
It turned out Fang Yuan wanted to link the stability of Vought Corporation with whether Mutants posed a threat.
Was he helping humanity stabilize Mutants?
Of course not.
He was purely protecting Vought Corporation. By saying this, no one would dare to casually mess with Vought.
Going against Vought would be disrupting the peace between Mutants and humans. With this big accusation hanging over it, anyone who considered acting would have to weigh the consequences.
Indeed, no one present was foolish; soon, the others also understood.
Beth was the first to object: "No, if that happens, Vought Corporation's status will be too transcendent, which is very unfair to other companies!"
Fang Yuan smiled and offered a solution: "Vought Corporation is just a name. In reality, Vought is a Mutant organization. If you really find it uncomfortable, calling it the Brotherhood of Mutants is also fine."
Beth fell silent. Calling it Vought Corporation at least meant they would still abide by some rules of the game, but the Brotherhood of Mutants?
That name sounded deadly.
Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Kennedy spoke very naturally: "Then let's start voting now. Those who agree to peaceful coexistence with Mutants, please raise your hands."
After speaking, he was the first to raise his hand.
Kennedy was willing to see humanity accept Mutants, not only because he himself was a Mutant, but also because his political strategy supported civil rights.
He even supported Black people, let alone Mutants.
Beth still wanted to struggle a bit more: "If this happens, in time, humans will be replaced by Mutants!"
Seeing some officials starting to waver, Kennedy knew it was time for him to make the final decision.
"Mutants are just one part of humanity. I believe that integrating Mutants with special abilities into society is beneficial to the entire human community."
"And Beth, do you want Mutants to smash a ten-thousand-ton submarine on your head, or do you want to see Mutants become celebrities and live stable lives?" Kennedy posed a profound question.
This question barely needed consideration; everyone knew how to choose.
Moreover, in this Missile Crisis, Kennedy's performance was remarkable, successfully making the Soviet Union back down, which greatly enhanced his authority.
So most of the officials present raised their hands and voted in favor.
Seeing that the votes were more than half, Frye didn't even need to vote.
Kennedy asked again, "Chairman? What is the Soviet Union's opinion?"
A moment later, a response came from the other end of the communication: "The Soviet Union does not participate in the United States' internal resolutions."
But before hanging up, the Soviet Union's Chairman added: "Soviet warships will withdraw from Cuban waters."
Clearly, the Soviet Union would not take action.
So Kennedy announced the result: "Alright, notify the front-line Commander to lift the alert and use warships to bring the X-Men back home!"
The high-ranking officials immediately understood Kennedy's deeper meaning.
This was to heavily publicize the X-Men saving the World from Shaw, thereby downplaying the Missile Crisis.
After all, this Missile Crisis, at its core, was both countries being played by Shaw. If they didn't find other topics to cover it up, it would inevitably affect the national image.
At this moment, Fang Yuan spoke again: "However, Vought Corporation will take in those unruly Mutants, such as Red Devil, whose danger would be great if released. I think Mr. President can grant us certain immunity to put their minds at ease."
His words immediately caused a stir.
Vought Corporation was asking for special privileges.
"For unstable Mutants, we will have specialized prisons!" Kennedy deliberately countered.
Fang Yuan directly retorted: "Can they hold a heinous Mutant like Red Devil?"
He spread his hands: "After all, he's someone who could directly throw a nuclear bomb here. I only convinced them not to do so by saying they could be innocent."
Now the high-ranking officials were speechless. After a quick discussion with a few people, Kennedy immediately stood up and spoke to Fang Yuan with stern righteousness: "I sincerely hope that Vought Corporation can become a bridge for Mutants and humans to live in harmony."
"However, I must also state beforehand that Mutants outside of Vought Corporation, if they violate the law, must be punished by law!"
"Employees within Vought Corporation can be handled by yourselves first, but if they cannot be properly resolved, they must still be dealt with according to the law!"
His powerful words made the high-ranking officials present nod in agreement; he indeed had the demeanor of a President.
Although doing so granted Vought Corporation certain privileges, allowing their employees to evade the law to some extent, others understood.
A few people enjoying privileges is better than everyone ignoring the rules.
This way, at least the vast majority of other Mutants could be kept under legal control.
The high-ranking officials present thought Kennedy was trading privileges for Vought Corporation to manage high-risk Mutants and, incidentally, not interfere with the affairs of ordinary Mutants.
They even secretly sighed that this was a good deal.
Little did they know, this was already an agreement between Kennedy and Fang Yuan. Saying it this way now made it both open and aboveboard, and prevented anyone from suspecting him of favoritism.
So Fang Yuan also cooperatively showed a difficult expression, and finally, he frowned and sighed.
"Alright, that's how it is. Vought Corporation is also very sincere!"
He forcibly lowered his head and pursed his lips, barely managing to suppress the corners of his mouth.
He only cared about his employees. As for Mutants outside of his employees?
Who cared about their lives!
Starting today, his Vought Corporation could officially set sail!
It was time to let this World witness the shock brought by Vought.
"Alright, since that's the case." Fang Yuan then put forward his first condition, "Then from now on, in official terminology, the term 'Mutant' must be changed!"
"From now on, Mutants will uniformly be called... Evolvers!"
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