Chapter 304: Find someone to pay
"Tuvalu, the country where the mutants were founded, developed their own drugs to eliminate the mutant genes?!" James, the editor-in-chief of the Clarion Daily, looked at the news in disbelief.
Since the last time I colluded with an unscrupulous lawyer to frame Spider-Man to create a topic, so that his plan to run for mayor of New York City to create a topic failed. The old fellow was much quieter.
Because he was scolded by a group of people on the Internet. Naturally, don't count on the mayoral race of New York City, because after the short film "I am for all, everyone is for me" produced by Li Jie and the fact that he and Frank privately found the unscrupulous lawyer named Lucas to "chat", the other party had to say all kinds of things.
This has hit rock bottom for James and the daily Clarion journal's credibility. The Daily Clarion was on the verge of going out of business. However, after so many years of ups and downs, James is still a bit level.
After a series of events such as various grievances and an apology for Spider-Man's public statement, the Daily Clarion survived.
It's just that the current Clarion Daily has converged a lot. James suffered a huge blow after losing his bid for mayor. Especially when more vigilante groups began to emerge in New York City, he didn't want to bother himself.
After all, he is old, and now that the mayor of New York is out of play, he wants to retire quietly after the last few years of his editor-in-chief career.
So it's unbelievable that Clarion Daily, which has been using superheroes to stir up topics, has suddenly become more fair and objective. Okay, maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration to be impartial and objective, but at least James won't be casually letting his editor go to superheroes like Black Spider-Man.
However, after the last incident, the sales of the daily Clarion began to languish. They need to find something new and breaking news to boost their sales.
And there has been a lot of big news in the press lately. Whether it's the Ark ship that is about to return, or the destruction of Hydra and the founding of the Tuvalu Mutant Nation.
These news stories are worth following up. And now there's new news in Tuvalu, where James has been being followed. But the news that came back made James a little unconvinced.
"The mutant country itself makes the drugs that exterminate the mutants. Are they destroying the Great Wall?" James thought that if this news was true, then the female president of Tuvalu must have broken her mind.
The news media always has their own sources, and sometimes their sources are no less accurate than the FBI or CIA.
"Does this need to be reported in the news?" James' editor-in-charge asked himself cautiously about his weird-tempered boss.
James made a decision after repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the news: "If this news is true, then it is indeed big news." Worthy of the headlines!"
"So do we need to control the direction of public opinion on this news?" the editor in charge asked.
Because the media is the mouthpiece, they can often change the original nature of a news by adding some inducing words and tones to the news.
Reversing black and white is not something that is said casually, but it really exists.
"No, no. James almost didn't think about it, and said, "This matter just needs to be reported truthfully, and we don't need to add fuel to it." The policy towards Tuvalu is still unclear and we should not say anything until the political winds are set. Don't forget, this is an election year. ”
James tapped on the table and said the point. There is an unspoken rule for media outlets around the world, and that is that news must conform to the political correctness of the country. Otherwise, you'll be caught in pigtails and killed.
It's just that each country has a different standard of political correctness. Some things are OK in country A, but not in country B. Sometimes it's the other way around.
This is an election year, and most of the presidents elected will lead the next decade of the United States. James originally wanted to run for mayor of New York, but because he failed, he was somewhat alienated from those political bigwigs.
James knew that some of the bigwigs who supported him at the time hated mutants. But when he was in the most difficult time, these bigwigs didn't reach out to help him, so he didn't need to be anyone's pioneer now. Make a public opinion war and take sides?
Come on, James isn't in the mood for that now.
As a result, the most influential news newspaper group on the East Coast of the United States published a news item on the front page of the second day that shocked the whole United States: "Save the Mutants or Destroy the Great Wall?
Tuvalu's new decisions are detailed in the news. There are mutants who defect to Tuvalu, and the Tuvalu officials who are responsible for receiving these mutants actually let these mutants make a choice.
"Continue to be a mutant living in Tuvalu, or use potions to become a normal person and return to normal life?" This is the message that some mutants who have returned from Tuvalu (mutants who have chosen to return to normal life) have brought back in person.
Tuvalu has developed this potion to give mutants a choice. People who are also willing to be mutants and are committed to contributing to Tuvalu's construction are naturally welcome.
And if you want to go back to the normal human sequence from mutants, you can.
The Daily Clarion comes from a former mutant. His previous variant was a pair of gills that could breathe underwater. It made his life very distressing. He had intended to take refuge in Tuvalu.
But when he learned that he could choose a different life, he chose to return to normal life without hesitation. And he exchanged this news for a news fee (paid by the daily newspaper).
Actually, that's what the Illuminati bosses want. Someone poked it out, not to promote it themselves. Pretending to let someone discover a secret will spread faster and more credible than telling someone something solemnly.
Rumors always spread faster than the truth, and they sound more convincing. For example, there are rumors in a certain Asian country that the super high-speed railway has radiation, and it radiates the whole of Asia, and it is also said that this is officially recognized. Because the official title is "Hyperloop Will Radiate Eurasia". Maybe it's a question to send off?
On the farm of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross in Arizona, Dr. Banner asked Liger with some confusion: "What is the purpose of this? Why don't we just release this drug publicly? Even if it doesn't use the follow-on product of X-Born, but only to help people who are now suffering from the side effects of the mutant gene, I think we should make and distribute this drug on a large scale, not just for those mutants who go to Tuvalu and let them choose." ”
"So while the mutants who get the potion to relieve their pain will be grateful to Tuvalu, many more may lose the opportunity. "Dr. Banner is very good at research and has a high IQ. But he is not a person who is good at conspiratorial tactics. If Captain Rogers, who was already familiar with Li Jie, was here, I am afraid that Li Jie would not have asked why he used this method.
Because with Captain Rogers' political acumen and understanding of Li Jie, although he can't guess 100% what Li Jie is thinking. But you can also guess eight or nine.
In response to Dr. Banner's question, Li Jie smiled: "The reason is very simple, the Illuminati will not have so much money!"
Li Jie said very realistically, although Sugon Technology is a money-grabbing company, the cost of the Illuminati Society is too great. It's a bottomless pit. In order to ensure the healthy operation of Dawning Technology, Dawning Technology has a large amount of money that cannot be moved, otherwise it is killing chickens and taking eggs.
The main source of funding for the Illuminati comes from the Dawning Technology Company's share of Tony's disposable profits. This piece is limited, and most of it has been invested in the construction of the Venus base.
Project X is a very large project, and Dr. Hank only made two hundred potions in the first batch, because the potions are too expensive. This is mainly reflected in the inability to mass produce, because according to Dr. Hank's estimate, in order to ensure mass production, then a high-precision production line needs to be invested. The cost of this production line is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and this is only the first phase of the project. If the entire product line is scaled, especially the scale of the entire X Beginner Program envisioned by Li Jie, then the investment is astronomical.
Of course, once this drug is on the market, the profits it can make are astronomical. But the upfront investment is just too great. And for the sake of confidentiality and security, it is not possible to conduct large-scale financing like banks.
Tony is rich, but every money is useful. In particular, Peppard became his wife and took control of the finances.
"So we need to get a lot of money to do this. It is better to have a low-interest or even interest-free loan. And it is also necessary to ensure that the drug will not be resisted when it is finally introduced. It can smoothly pass the supervision of the food and drug administrations of various countries. And all this we need to be prepared for at this time. ”
Dr. Banner couldn't keep up with Lee's train of thought. He asked, a little puzzled, "Does all this have anything to do with what you want to do?"
Li Jie shrugged: "Let's lay out in advance." The first is the public opinion offensive, not for us. Rather, it should be someone else who forces us to say it. Some things are not necessarily good if you have the initiative yourself, and it is better to disgrace some hot potatoes to others to choose. ”
"Aren't there those radicals in many NATO countries, including the United States, who are clamoring for the complete elimination of mutants? Now that the opportunity has come, shouldn't they contribute money and efforts? For example, provide some funds, and then vigorously promote our drug, and even push this drug into the sequence of basic vaccine injections? Title it a genetic defect syndrome epidemic prevention vaccine or something, and then the state will pay for the injection of all mutants? Of course, we still have to do a lot of things in order to achieve this step, but we need to lay the foundation for the first step. Li Jie said these things with a smile.
But Dr. Banner felt that there were a lot of people behind the smile who were going to be unlucky. This is the legendary use of strength to borrow chickens to lay eggs, and to be sold by others, and to help the number of money?
Li Jie ignored Dr. Banner's stunned expression, he just passed by to take a look at Dr. Banner. Dr. Banner is one of the Illuminati expansion plans, and the second is Dr. Doom, and Li Jie still needs to meet and talk to him.