At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters in New York, Agent Hill, the aide-de-camp of former S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury, is unusually busy. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because of the previous incident of the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury fell into the biggest political crisis in his life.

He had previously been relieved of all duties by S.H.I.E.L.D. and was taken into custody in a special prison in Washington.

Questions about whether Nick has committed any violations during his tenure, including whether he exceeded his authority and whether he made illegal arrests, will be on the agenda for discussion by the Safety Committee.

As for whether Nick Fury should be responsible for the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., and how he should be responsible, this matter needs more meetings and discussions.

Hill is a little worried about Nick's current situation, as the adjutant of the former director, Hill knows very well how heavy the burden on Nick's shoulders, and as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent working on the underground front, how can he not have a few violations of laws and regulations.

But no matter how worried she was about what happened to Nick Fury right now, she needed to put her worries aside for now. Because of Nick Fury's departure, it was decided after consultation with the Safety Committee.

Agent Hill, the former senior intelligence adjutant of S.H.I.E.L.D., temporarily assumed the position of director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and as for who will serve as the official director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future, it has not yet been decided.

After all, the stakes are so high that it is impossible to make an easy decision. It's not just a simple place for the capable, otherwise Nick Fury wouldn't have been pulled down because of a mistake.

There is also a complex political game involved. And this year's New York City is going to have a general election, the old mayor of New York is about to abdicate, and it is unknown who will be the new mayor of New York for the next five years.

The greater New York area, which radiates outward from New York City, including New Jersey, Buffalo, Atlantic City, Philadelphia and other satellite cities. It's of great importance to the whole of America.

The Greater New York area covers nearly 18 percent of the annual gross domestic product of the United States, and nearly one-fifth of the power of the economic engine of the United States comes from the greater New York area.

It is arguably the economic heart of the United States. It's also one of the best regions in the United States.

The most important of the greater New York area is New York City, a city that controls the lifeblood of the American economy, and can even be said to control the direction of the global economy.

Not counting the other satellite cities, New York City alone accounts for 12 percent of the country's total annual output.

You can imagine the importance of New York City to the whole of America. This year's New York election will be followed by a presidential election that will begin next year.

The current president is already at the end of his second term, and the year after next year's presidential election is the time to divide the supreme power in the United States.

Therefore, for both the ruling and opposition parties, as well as for other aspiring politicians, this year's New York mayoral election, as well as the concurrent election for New York City councilors, are extremely critical elections.

Whoever wins a city here will have an advantage in the early presidential election that begins next year.

And at this juncture, the position of the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. is extremely important. Any politician who knows anything about this organization understands how powerful S.H.I.E.L.D. is.

They can easily find out your traffic escape from 20 years ago. Or tax evasion fifteen years ago. As long as S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to, they could easily find out who any politician was having dinner with tonight.

What did you do after the meal, did you have a sex scandal or other dirty political deals that could have exploded?

It can be said that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence capabilities in this area far exceed those of the FBI and the CIA, and that S.H.I.E.L.D. is more independent and less swayed by ordinary politicians than the other two organizations.

Former director Nick Fury was not very involved in politics, and he never had any special kindness towards any party. Because of his neutrality, S.H.I.E.L.D. had not been involved in any political process for more than twenty years.

But who can guarantee that the new head of S.H.I.E.L.D. will not get involved in politics? Politicians will always calculate the problems they may face with the worst-case scenario. After all, if they think according to their own ideas, it would be a waste not to take advantage of such a good position.

Therefore, the position of the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been undecided, and the security committee is also full of real quarrels. Because not everyone can have a nobler purpose like Nick, and not be blinded by the power in front of them.

So the position of Agent Hill, the acting director, can be said to be very solid for a certain period of time. Unless one day they suddenly come to some kind of agreement or consensus, it will be difficult to elect someone like Nick to be the director.

For most people who know Hill, this female agent is shrewd and capable, with a sharp mind not inferior to Nick Fury, so she can stay with Nick and work as an adjutant, knowing that her predecessor has been working for the longest time before Nick kicked out in just four months. And Hill did it for ten years.

What's even more remarkable is that Agent Hill, like Nick, has little interest in politics, preferring to work at a pace rather than paying attention to politics that is laborious and forever as dirty as a quagmire.

When Hill assumed the position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he realized that Nick Fury had to deal with more complex issues than she could have seen when she was an adjutant alongside Nick Fury.

Like what she's doing right now, countless financial statements are piling up on her director's desk. These are already the parts that have been processed by the finance department and are waiting for her to sign off for approval.

But even with all that busy, she let Rogers in when Captain Rogers asked to meet.

"Looks like you're busy, Ciel. Rogers said in surprise as he looked at the mountain-high folders stacked on Hill's desk.

"Yes, such a thing, that thing. All sorts of clueless things. Hill said without looking up, grumbling as she reviewed the papers. Because many things in S.H.I.E.L.D. are confidential, she has a lot of bitterness to vomit but can't find anyone to spit on, and Captain Rogers, who just visited, seems to be a good target.

"The Security Council has just rejected our medium-term budget. Hill said bitterly.

"What?" Rogers didn't react for a moment.

"Our medium-term budget has been cut, captain. Hill's brow furrowed at the question. "The budget drawn at the beginning of each year is always insufficient in the medium term due to various problems. ”

"You know that our department is specialized in all kinds of emergency situations, so this phenomenon is normal. That's why every year we issue a new budget proposal in the middle of the year and submit it to the Security Council for approval. ”

"Our budget has been cut captain, and now it's not just the medium-term budget that has been cut. Because of Director Nick's arrest, and for various other reasons, even the budget we should have received was stuck. Hill couldn't help but press her temples, and she had a headache when it came to money.

In Nick's time, S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't have to worry about funding. But once Hill took over S.H.I.E.L.D., she found that S.H.I.E.L.D. was a bottomless pit that burned money.

The cost of repairing the damaged aircraft carrier in the sky will never be filled by the scientific research department. Compensation for disabled and discharged agents. There are also huge daily expenses, and S.H.I.E.L.D. is a gold-swallowing monster.

This huge, majestic and seemingly majestic organization is stacked on a myriad of dollars, and without enough dollars for follow-up expenses, this mighty-looking behemoth will simply become a paper tiger.

"How much have they cut our budget? "Rogers also knows how important a fund is to an organization.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. spends about $100 billion a year, nearly one-sixth of the total U.S. military spending. However, the total number of US troops is 1.4 million, and the total number of employees of S.H.I.E.L.D. is only about 150,000. Ciel said with a frown.

"There are people in Congress who are not satisfied with S.H.I.E.L.D. occupying such a large amount of money. So this time they cut almost a quarter of our budget. And depending on the situation, next year's budget may continue to be reduced. Hill was helpless.

"You're saying that our budget is starting to be cut by two and a half billion dollars?" Rogers asked, surprised.

Anyone with common sense understands what it means for an organization to suddenly be cut off tens of billions of dollars. Especially for S.H.I.E.L.D., a gold-swallowing behemoth that only has input but no output, it has lost external financial support, and consumption alone can drag this organization to death.

"Yes, it's troublesome. S.H.I.E.L.D. originally had some special income, but for various reasons, it was gone. Hill said that this was even more helpless.

"What a special income. Rogers asked, curious.

"Special income from the vampire industry. Hill paused for a moment to review the papers, her eyes tired and in need of a break.

"This includes the special taxes that vampires previously levied on the purchase of plasma from government blood banks and the vampire empire's industries. Originally, these industries could bring nearly $100 billion a year in hidden revenue to the government. ”

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can also get a special budget of tens of billions of dollars in this, but because of Nick. He completely wiped out the vampires in the United States, so this batch of income is gone. ”

The vampire incident took place before Rogers' return, and he didn't know much about it, and he couldn't help but whistle when he heard this information. "Nick must have cut off a lot of people's money, and I'm afraid some people will want to kill him for it. ”

"yes, that's for sure. The once vampires have become normal people, and they refuse to pay any extra taxes, not a dime more. So S.H.I.E.L.D.'s funding gap is actually bigger than it seems. Hill felt like he was going crazy.

"So Director Hill, what are you going to do now?" Rogers looked at Hill with some concern.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. will stop serving free coffee and donuts starting tomorrow. Hill said.

Rogers: "?"

"We have 150,000 employees, and each person consumes nearly two dollars a day for coffee and nearly two dollars for donuts. That alone costs us $219 million a year. So starting tomorrow, all the coffee and doughnuts will have to be billed to the agents. Hill said he couldn't help it, and every penny counts now.

"The supply of late-night snacks is also going to be reduced, and Subway's sandwiches are a bit expensive, so I'm going to switch to Donald burgers in the future. ”

"Is it that kind of dollar burger?" Rogers had eaten that thing, and it didn't taste very good.

'I can't captain either, every penny counts to us now. There is also the setting of air conditioning and heating, and the temperature setting must be adjusted to an energy-saving type in the future. ”

Rogers understood this sentence, probably because the air conditioning is not cold in the summer, and the heating is not hot in the winter.

"The large washing machines in the staff dormitories are not free to use, and will be charged by the time just like the laundromats outside. In addition, there is a monthly standard for the amount of water, electricity and gas used in each staff dormitory, and the agents have to pay for the excess. ”

"The way of eating in the cafeteria also needs to be changed, and in the future, it will no longer be used to take it by itself, and it will be equipped with a chef who fights the dishes, and the hands of the chef must not be too steady, and the kind that needs to be shaky needs to be relatively shaky. Together, these can save us nearly a billion dollars a year. Hill was racking his brain for ways to save money.

But Rogers heard a chill behind his back, I'm afraid that this is not going to cancel all employee benefits?

"By the way, Captain, what are you looking for me?" Hill thought about a lot of ways to save money, and suddenly it occurred to him that he was patronizing and spitting bitterness, and he had forgotten what Captain Steve Rogers had come to him for.

"Well, yes. Rogers was a little hesitant because what he was going to say was about money. He hesitated for a long time before speaking. "Well, here's the thing, Ciel. We were short of helpers during the last S.H.I.E.L.D. prison incident. ”

So Hawkeye asked Wade, who was still in prison at the time, ~on vacation~ to help. Ciel nodded to indicate that she knew about it.

"But Wade came at a price, you understand he's a mercenary. Everything is a matter of price. So Hawkeye Patton promised him a million dollars in honorarium at the time. So......" Rogers was interrupted by Hill before he could finish his next words.

"Impossible, dismissed, non-negotiable. If Barton sees that I'm worth a million dollars, he'll let him sell me and give the money to Wade!" Hill refused very directly, not giving Rogers a chance to bargain at all.

"I understand your problem Hill, it's just that Deadpool has found Barton's staff quarters and sprayed red paint on the weld door to collect Patton's debt. "Captain Rodgers is desperate right now.