Xiang Nan faced invitations from several major record companies. After careful consideration, he finally chose to refuse.


    Because his purpose as a singer is not to make a lot of money, but mainly to use his status as a superstar to cover up his true identity after becoming famous.


    ?Now, Xiang Nan believes that even if he stands in front of Conklin, he cannot believe that he is Jason Bourne.


    And he has now achieved this goal. What we have to do next is to persevere, continue to release good songs, and consolidate our position.


    ? ?Staying at Delos Records, he can still do it, and he will not make the mistake of working as a horse for a large record company.


    ?Besides, even if he were to go to a major record company, it would definitely not be now.


    Because he has only released two singles now, although the sales are good, he still has a certain popularity. But the real test for a singer is the album.


    If the sales of the album are not good, then the singer’s popularity will be entirely in vain.


    There are many "one-speciality" singers in the music world. In other words, if you only release one album and it doesn''t sell well, it will be hidden by the company from then on.


    So for now, even if those big companies want to sign the contract, the conditions will not be too outrageous.


    The current highest price is still the two million pounds proposed by EMI.


    By comparison, Sony spent a billion dollars to sign Michael Jackson; Universal Music spent $200 million to sign Taylor Swift; Sony spent $130 million to sign Adele...


    ?Hence Xiang Nan is not in a hurry to "sell his clothes" now. Even if he wants to sell, he will wait until he becomes a superstar and ask those record companies to pay a sky-high signing fee to sign him.


    I dare not say that it is compared with Michael Jackson, at least it cannot be less than 200 million US dollars.


    …


    ??Just when Xiang Nan declined invitations from major labels, Conklin also led the team back to Langley in despair.


    He came to Spain this time to find the real culprit who invaded the Madrid branch.


    But he and his people stayed in Madrid for two months, checking all phones, cameras, spy satellites, and other spy agencies stationed in Madrid. Although some suspicious people were arrested, in the end there was no effect.


    ??It was impossible for him to really persist in this matter and spend all his time on this matter, so he could only withdraw to Langley in despair.


    ? And this case has become an unresolved case, which has also put the CIA under greater pressure.


    ?Without being able to find out who did it or the purpose of doing it, the current CIA is like a blind man who may be shot from the dark at any time.


    ?This feeling of horror made it almost impossible for Conklin to fall asleep.


    ? Conklin’s superior, Ward Abbott, found it even more difficult to accept his incompetence.


    "I gave you two months, two months, but you have made no progress at all." Albert said angrily.


    All the top-secret documents of the Stumbling Stone Project were stolen, putting the project in jeopardy, which also made him angry and worried.


    Because of the Stumbling Block Project, he is the overall person in charge. Once this plan is exposed, he will face tremendous pressure. He has to take the blame and resign, and may even bear legal responsibility.


    So Albert was almost furious.


    He will retire in a few years, and he really doesn’t want to retire in such an embarrassing manner.


    ?Conklin was helpless in the face of Albert''s accusations.


    ?He did not handle this matter well. But he swore that he had done a good job, but his opponent was too cunning and left no clues at all.


    Hence, he is a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice.


    …


    "There is no other way, implement the clearing plan." Albert immediately ordered Conklin.


    ?Conklin''s face suddenly stiffened, but then he nodded.


    The so-called elimination plan is to eliminate all agents of the Stumbling Block Project.


    ?In order to prevent those top-secret documents from being leaked and causing a fatal blow to himself, Albert decided to take a preemptive strike and cut off the strong man''s arm.


    Kill all these agents yourself and delete the information. At that time, even if the information is exposed, he can say that the information is all fake.


    ?Anyway, no one can be found, no evidence can be found, and neither the bosses nor the reporters can do anything about him.


    It’s just that these agents are trained with a lot of money, manpower, and material resources. Each one is worth a lot of money, like Jason Bourne, which is worth thirty million dollars. Once they are all cleared out, the price will be quite high.


    It can be said that the losses were really heavy.


    It’s just that Albert just wants to protect himself now, so he must accept no matter how high the price is. Otherwise, if he does not sacrifice others, he must sacrifice himself.


    Subsequently, under Albert''s instructions, Conklin began to implement the elimination plan, killing those agents of the Treadstone Project, erasing all Treadstone Project information, and destroying evidence.


    …


    Over the next few days, Xiang Nan read in newspapers one after another about death cases in Rome, Hamburg, Barcelona, ??Innsberg, Manchester and other places.


    Some people died from gunshots, some died from car accidents, some died from poisoning... The death toll has exceeded 20 people, and most of them died mysteriously.


    ?After seeing the news, Xiang Nan realized that it was the CIA''s top brass who had begun to implement the elimination plan.


    They want to kill almost all the insiders and destroy the evidence in order to ensure that their official titles are preserved. It is really cold-blooded and cruel.


    As a result, the top secret information in Xiang Nan''s hands will not be of much use.


    But this is not entirely a bad thing for him.


    First of all, these agents are all well-trained. Perhaps one person is not as powerful as Jason Bourne, but a tiger cannot stand up to a pack of wolves. If they join forces, they will still pose a considerable threat to Xiang Nan. But now, they have all been eliminated, reducing the threat to Xiang Nan.


    Secondly, after the Treadstone Project was shut down, all the information was archived, and it was difficult to intervene without certain permissions.


    In "The Bourne Supremacy II", Pamela Landi is already a senior CIA officer and does not have access to the files of Project Treadstone. In this way, as long as Xiang Nan is not targeted by the CIA in the following days, no one will be able to find out his true identity.


    ?Thirdly, the stumbling block plan was not actually enough to bring down Ward Albert and Conklin.


    Because the Stumbling Stone Project is external, the targets of assassinations are all foreigners who pose a threat to the United States, so even if the matter is exposed, Albert and Conklin will be protected.


    ?Just like back then, Snowden broke the Prism scandal and shocked the world. However, the US Secretary of State still stated that surveillance is for national interests and that there is nothing unusual about monitoring allies.


    In the end, no one at the top level of the U.S. intelligence agencies resigned due to this incident. On the contrary, Snowden is being hunted around the world and is even regarded as a traitor by more than half of Americans.


    ?Hence Xiang Nan knew that the stumbling block plan alone could not win over Ward Albert. It had to be the Black Heather Plan, because that plan not only killed foreigners, but also Americans.