Chapter 787: You Can Only Choose One of the Three

Xiao Peng didn't know what to say. No one knew the whole story better than Xiao Peng, and he was the culprit. And yet, in the end, Rihanna "won the prize." What kind of a situation was Turkey? Picking on the weak?

The fact that the Turks said the target was Rihanna is also the most reasonable explanation.

Mottley is the head of state of Barbados. If the Turks claim that Mottley is their target, then that would be a serious matter. Even the United States has to do it covertly to subvert the sovereignty of other countries. Even Turkey, no matter how much of a "Husky in the Country," would not dare to risk the wrath of the world by openly subverting a country's regime and assassinating another country's leader. Therefore, they absolutely cannot claim that Mottley is their target.

The only options left were Xiao Peng and Rihanna. It was hard to decide which one to choose.

Choosing Rihanna? As the world's highest-paid female singer, Rihanna's influence is not exaggerated! Moreover, she is an international superstar in the United States and has a strong backing. She is definitely not a good choice;

But choosing Xiao Peng was even more problematic. Rihanna was rich? Xiao Peng was even richer! He also had excellent connections with EU countries. Even if they didn't, they'd still want to establish good relations with him. After all, he was truly capable. Most importantly, Xiao Peng possessed a large collection of national treasures from the Ottoman Empire. Even with these treasures, it couldn't be said that their target was Xiao Peng!

No matter who they chose, it wasn't a good choice. Choosing the lesser of two evils, Rihanna ended up being the unlucky one! A Turkish investigation concluded that the target of the attack was Rihanna. The reason? Ethnic grievances!

How does this tie into ethnic grievances? Coincidentally, seven Turkish nationals, along with over twenty Barbadian nationals, were arrested, and one of them was of Indian descent. This suggests a plausible explanation: Gadkari, a former Turkish military officer of Indian descent, was displeased with Rihanna and, in a fit of rage, orchestrated the attack, with the ultimate goal of killing her.

If Indians were asked to vote for the "least popular international singer," Rihanna would definitely be ranked first. Rihanna has touched the sensitive nerves of Indians more than once.

First of all, in order to promote agricultural trade, India promulgated three new agricultural bills last year. Unexpectedly, the laws that were intended to promote agricultural development became the fuse, leading to large-scale protests by Indian farmers, and the situation escalated.

It is difficult to explain why this is the case, but basically, the Indian authorities want to solve the difficulties facing Indian agriculture through free market trade, while farmers want more aid and government regulation to ensure their livelihoods.

Of course, this problem cannot be summarized in just one or two sentences. It also includes a series of problems such as "caste system", "rich-poor gap", "inefficient government", "fluctuations in agricultural product prices", "multi-ethnic conflicts", etc. Anyway, the result is that the whole of India has become lively. For several months, Indian farmers who came to protest could be seen in almost all major cities in India.

However, the protest lasted for several months but still had no effect - farmers.

After Rihanna learned about this incident, she forwarded a CNN report about this incident on her social software, and said: Why hasn’t anyone discussed this yet?

This single statement caused a huge uproar, striking a chord with Indians. The Indian government, without naming her, criticized her for "leading protesting farmers astray," accusing her of inciting and dividing India. Even the protesting farmers were vocal in their criticism of Rihanna. Regardless, Rihanna's actions did significantly ease domestic tensions in India...

After all, Rihanna is an entertainment star, and the Indian government couldn't criticize her by name, so she could only make a big deal out of a small matter and let it go. However, after a while, another incident happened and the Indian people went crazy again.

As the world's most profitable female singer, Rihanna's way of making money is: don't just focus on singing!

For example, she launched her own fragrance as early as 2011, collaborated with Puma on her own shoes, starred in movies, and launched her own beauty brand and underwear brand. However, the problem lies with her 'Fenty X Savge' underwear brand.

When launching a clothing brand, Rihanna is the ultimate endorser. She posted a photo on social media showing her half-naked, wearing only a pair of Fenty X Savage underwear to promote her line. While this is understandable, she's in the US after all, and full nudity for commercials isn't uncommon. In the photo, she's wearing not only her underwear but also a set of jewelry: two large earrings and a necklace made of the same metal and plastic as her underwear. It was simply for the commercial.

As a result, this necklace caused her trouble.

There is a tag hanging on the necklace with a pattern of "Ganesha" on it. Sensitive Indians took it too seriously and said that Rihanna was disrespecting their culture and religion. In the final analysis, what they meant was: We Indians can do anything dirty while wearing it, but you, Rihanna, cannot.

Combined with the last farmers' protest, it's not surprising to say that Rihanna is now the most hated singer in India.

According to the "official investigation report" from the Turkish side, it was the Indian-Turkish former military officer named "Gadkari" who was so angry about Rihanna's words and deeds, but because Rihanna had always been in the US and he had no way to do anything about it, he learned that Rihanna went to Barbados every year to celebrate "Rihanna Day", so he gathered several former comrades to murder Rihanna.

As for where that drone came from?

Turkey has also conducted a thorough review, stating that Gadkari exploited loopholes in the military system during his tenure and stole the equipment. Turkey has pledged to strengthen regulations and prevent similar equipment outflow incidents in the future.

So this matter became a "personal vendetta" and had nothing to do with the Turkish authorities. It was just a pity for the Turks who were captured. The Turkish side didn't even mention extraditing them back to face trial. These people were simply abandoned!

As someone who knows all the ins and outs of the matter, when Xiao Peng learned the result, he could only sigh, "Politicians still know how to play games!"

Rihanna pulled out her phone and said, "I'm going to send a tweet right now telling them that Puerto Rico won't let us into the port! I want to see who gets the bad news!"