Spark

A few hours later, Chen Nian got on a plane flying to Hailan.

His "manor base" has completed the second round of expansion. Now, due to confidentiality requirements, although large aircraft cannot take off and land there, it can directly take off and land various types of small aircraft and helicopters.

Therefore, it only took 3 hours for Chen Nian to move from the office in Chengdu to Hailan's villa.

Accompanying him was Chen Guo - as the general manager of Spark, he really couldn't stay too far away from Chen Nian.

".The work has basically been arranged in place. The Chang'e-6 launch plan is advancing in an orderly manner and is expected to be completed in one month."

"The Nantianmen project is proceeding normally. Part of the budget and resources have been invested in the lunar ship port issue we discussed before as an additional plan. Of course, the current investment is still very low and will be gradually increased later."

"In the GAI project, the quantum computing sub-project is sprinting forward. The first-generation special computer is expected to complete testing within two months, and general computer development will soon begin."

"Some other small projects are also progressing smoothly - by the way, regarding the brain-computer issue you mentioned before, we have obtained information from Zhejiang University. At present, their progress is very fast, and no additional work is needed for the time being. technical support and resource investment.”

"So all in all, you don't have much urgent work to do for the time being."

"During this period, just stay here honestly and wait for the alarm to be lifted."

Listening to Chen Guo's report, Chen Nian sighed and said helplessly:

"This feeling is very uncomfortable."

"It's normal to feel uncomfortable. You are so accustomed to the high-intensity work rhythm that you suddenly stop, just like a retired old man."

"But there is nothing we can do about it. It is still only a level one response. If it develops to a level 0 response, all contact with the outside world will be cut off."

"At that point, you really have nothing to do."

".Then I can only hope it doesn't get to that point."

Chen Nian lay down heavily on the sofa, while Chen Guo sat opposite him.

"We don't want it to get to that point - in fact, the vast majority of people don't think it's going to be the worst."

"But the situation now is really...complicated."

"Li Xiang should have told you before that fusion technology and room-temperature superconducting technology have completely changed the world, and in ways that we did not expect at all."

"We believe that after the explosion of technology, the first thing to start is the explosion of productivity - of course, in fact, this is how things develop in our country."

"But when you look at the whole world, it's different."

"We underestimated how crazy mankind is about the 'future'. The first thing they did was not to steadily open the door to the future, but to start selling 'future securities' at the door."

"The North American New Alliance is a typical microcosm, and Organization No. 003 is another."

"But besides them, there are more corners where unimaginable changes are taking place."

"The era of fusion should be called the era of great changes."

At this point, Chen Guo couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Nian, who was lying on the sofa, closed his eyes and then asked:

"Is there something I don't know?"

"There are some - of course, we didn't hide it deliberately. The report is actually open to you, but we always felt that there was no need to take up too much of your energy, so we didn't mention it specifically."

"Now. If you want to know, I can tell you."

Chen Nian hummed and asked after a moment:

"Let's start with Europe."

"Europe."

Chen Guo sat up slightly, organized her words, and began to report representative events to Chen Nian.

"Europe is one with America, so we shouldn't narrate it separately."

"Recently, there are two most representative events."

"The first one is the complete collapse of the four major grain merchants."

"The second is for countries to initiate large-scale disarmament."

“Wide-scale disarmament?”

Chen Nian sat up from the sofa.

"Yes, several countries, including traditional powers, have started disarmament. They plan to invest all the saved military expenditures in fusion and room-temperature superconducting application projects."

"This was originally a good thing, but they miscalculated that the growth rate of jobs will not keep up with the growth rate of productivity."

"The development of industries lags behind, and those idle soldiers cannot find their place in society because the new industries have not yet developed to the extent that they can generate enough jobs."

"This has led to the rapid development of private armed companies in various countries. According to current estimates, in just one year, more than 400 small and medium-sized PMCs have been born in Europe and North America."

"You should be able to guess what problems this will cause. Places that were already messy will become even messier, and places that were not messy before will become messy."

Hearing this, Chen Nian nodded slightly.

But soon, he questioned again:

"But this will not trigger large-scale unrest. Private armed forces are private armed forces after all, and they do not have strategic bombers."

"That's the problem, they really are."

Chen Guo said with a wry smile.

"You know, the rule that the military is not allowed to do business does not apply in most countries. Let alone freaks like the French Foreign Legion, the most typical American foreign troops are good at doing business."

"So, as long as there is a proven reason, they can even use strategic bombers."

"That's just an extreme situation."

"Yes, it's an extreme situation, but it's also a possibility."

Chen Guo shook her head and continued:

"However, this is not the biggest problem. As I said, problems including the military and civilian armed forces are just a microcosm. The more serious problem is that Europe is starting to starve."

"Starving?! Are you kidding me?"

At this time, Chen Nian was really shocked.

Starving in the context of great productivity development? How can this be?

Moreover, Chen Guo also said that the four major grain merchants had completely collapsed, which meant that

etc.

So, the collapse of the four major grain merchants did not bring positive effects?

Chen Nian looked at Chen Guo in confusion. The latter nodded solemnly and explained:

"Yes, there is widespread food shortage in Europe - but this shortage is not caused by 'food insufficiency'."

"On the contrary, it is caused by the excessive abundance of food."

"In a word, the mountain king died, and the wild dogs began to bite the body and took away more meat."

"All small grain merchants want to replace the four major grain merchants, and their method is very simple and crude, that is, to collect grain."

“While the granaries of various countries are stocking food, they are also hoarding food. At the beginning, everyone thought this was a good phenomenon, because multipolarity is better than unipolarity. But there is a problem that has been ignored by everyone. "

"That is, capital is the craziest in the early stages of investment."

"It is no exaggeration to say that the proportion of losses they can bear at this time far exceeds our imagination."

"So, all the emergency control measures have failed, and these small grain merchants are creating a famine."

After hearing this, Chen Nian's expression finally became heavy.

He had indeed seen the news before about the disappearance of the four major grain merchants and the swarming of small grain merchants.

At that time, just like Chen Guo said, he thought this was an extremely beneficial thing.

But he didn't expect that the plot would develop in this direction.

Famine caused by too much food? what is this? Global Indianization?

too crazy.

"Is the situation in our country okay?"

"There are no problems in the country, which is the most fortunate thing."

"Even in the most optimistic situation, we did not relax our control over food - to be honest, we did face a lot of pressure at the time, but now it seems that we made the right choice."

"That's good."

Chen Nian let out a long sigh of relief.

After all, he is a Chinese. Although he always talks about realizing global unity and unity of the people of the world, if he really has to choose.

Well, he chose to die first, the foreigner.

After pausing for a few seconds, Chen Nian continued to ask:

"Is the situation in Europe bad? How soon can it be expected to ease?"

"I don't know. Theoretically, this kind of problem will not last for more than one year at the longest, but from our recent observations, there is no sign of things turning around at all."

"This makes us suspect that there is someone behind the whole food incident who is secretly promoting it-possibly Organization No. 003."

"They're really good at doing this kind of thing, starting small and changing the whole big picture."

"Yes, I can see it too. No wonder Li Xiang is so vigilant."

"He should be vigilant, because we have already been infiltrated once by Organization 003 regarding the new North American alliance."

"Now, our plan has been disrupted. Even the follow-up actions of the originally deployed LMS have been postponed. The situation of the new North American alliance has begun to become difficult. They finally managed to gain a foothold in Cheyenne, but there are Possibly, by next month at the latest, they will be forced to withdraw from Cheyenne again.”

At this point, Chen Guo suddenly laughed.

"But what's interesting is that if the New North American Alliance really withdraws from Cheyenne, it means that the operation of Organization 003 has failed. In a sense, they are really advancing and retreating with us."

"That's the scariest thing."

Chen Nian said seriously.

"Yes, it's terrible. Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."

"The organization originally intended for you to come and take a vacation. I can't make the atmosphere too heavy. Let's go to the beach for a walk, then have a meal and have a good sleep."

"Maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, all the problems will be solved?"

"I hope so."

Chen Nian stood up, followed Chen Guo and left the living room.

The problem will certainly not be solved overnight, but it will most likely get worse overnight.

That's the case for the new North American league.

Just a few hours ago, Case received a formal notice from LMS. The other party claimed that the situation in Cheyenne exceeded LMS's expectations, so they decided not to provide security services to the new North American alliance in the next two weeks. outside services.

This means that all the fire support, equipment support and training support they originally promised will be suspended.

Case had no idea why, not even Wes.

The situation is obviously very good. The big man from the White House has made it clear in public that the KBZY risk of the new North American alliance has been eliminated. The original people in power in Cheyenne have also turned to the new North American alliance and are helping to establish the new North American alliance. exercise genuine legal jurisdiction.

In this case, LMS actually said "the situation exceeded expectations"?

How did it exceed expectations? Is it because it is developing too fast and too well?

Don't understand.

In the office of the Cheyenne Police Department, Dewey sat across from Wes and Case, looking calm but explaining again with a somewhat regretful tone:

"As I mentioned before, in the next two weeks, we must suspend overly aggressive activities."

"Of course, this does not affect our long-term partnership and we can resume closer ties when the issue is resolved."

"but now"

"You are breaking the contract!"

Case interrupted Dewey with a sinister tone.

"No, we didn't break the contract - that's not part of our agreement."

"Of course, we are indeed sorry, but there are some situations that we cannot explain to you."

"what's going on?"

Wes' reaction was much more rational than Case's. He knew that since LMS had decided to enter the game, it would not be possible for them to suddenly retreat for some insignificant reason.

Something big must have happened that forced them to stop and take a closer look.

And such "observation" may not be a bad thing for oneself.

Maybe they can help the new North American league eliminate more risks?

"This is confidential, I'm sorry, I can't reveal it to you."

"But you should at least let us know what this so-called 'secret' relates to so we can respond."

"You know, we are now in a relationship with a community of interests. One-way information barriers are not conducive to our cooperation, and they do not do you any good."

"I understand, I understand."

Dewey nodded and then said:

"But I can't break this rule. Within the scope of my authority, I can only tell you a little."

"That is, the impact of this matter is so great that it is absolutely unbearable for the new North American alliance."

"If we don't handle it well, let alone us, even you may. In short, during these two weeks, we also hope that you can maintain rationality and restraint."

"The matter of 'total occupation of Cheyenne' is not that urgent. You still have at least four weeks."

"And to actually implement it, maybe two days is enough."

"So, be patient. The more times this happens, the less we can rush forward."

"Understood."

Wes finally nodded. He could see that the LMS was indeed not trying to quit, but wanted to prevent the new North American alliance from entering the abyss.

"Perhaps we should thank you for your caution, though."

"boom!"

There was a loud noise and the office door was pushed open.

The conversation between the three was interrupted. Case and Dewey stood up at the same time, their hands on their holsters.

But what came in was not an enemy, but a core member of the new North American alliance.

His expression was a little panicked and his tone was urgent.

"problem occurs!"

"What's the matter? Why are you so anxious?!"

Case demanded sharply.

"A big thing happened just now. Texas, the Texas state government, was attacked by armed men!"