It went something like this

Phone on Xi's desk rings

Xi: Wassup Beijing.

Biden: Wassup Beijing, sir, the balloon has been discovered, may we shoot it down?

Xi: No, not yet. (Hangs up.)

3 days later

Xi: You may shoot it down now, but off the coast for plausible deniability.

Biden: Okay, thank you.

Xi: What?

Biden: Thank you, sir.

Xi: Good. (Hangs up)

It went something like this

Biden: Sir, the balloon has been discovered, may we shoot it down?

Xi: No, not yet. (Hangs up.)

3 days later

Xi: You may shoot it down now, but off the coast for plausible deniability.

Biden: Okay, thank you.

Xi: What?

Biden: Thank you, sir.

Xi: Good. (Hangs up)