South America, deep in the Andes Mountains.

In the secret underground storehouse hundreds of meters above the ground, Duris was patrolling inside, and Lady Yulin followed her.

Large transparent containers, three meters high and one hundred and fifty centimeters in diameter, were stacked on top of each other until they approached the dome more than 100 meters high.

The transparent material that makes up the container is actually a special alloy with a structural strength that can completely explode most materials in the human world. And there are thousands of such special containers, piled up all over the storeroom.

Through the walls of the container, you can clearly see what is inside: a variety of precious metal ingots, all of which are highly purified finished products. For example, gold, silver, platinum, radium, rhenium, titanium, tungsten, etc., each of which is in large quantities.

After a few moments, Duris slowly stopped, staring at a container in front of her for a long time, which contained pieces of gold ingots the size of a palm, shining a magnificent golden red hue in the light.

“…… How much of our secret industry in China has been withdrawn?" she asked softly.

Yu Lin looked at her expression and said: "About thirty percent, the rest have been seized and confiscated by the Chinese government, in addition to more than 40,000 clansmen scattered in various places, including a larger number of peripheral personnel, only one-tenth has been withdrawn, and the rest have been secretly controlled by the Hua State \ military at this moment." ”

Considering the possibility of failure of the raid, as early as three days before the official move, the princess specially instructed the organization forces in Huaguo to secretly transfer, not only sucking away all the working capital, but also selling off some of the easily realized property and industry, and the important core clansmen quietly left the country through various channels.

However, due to the fact that there are too many belongings and the time is pressing, even if all the secret relationship channels are used, only a small part of them will be transferred, and most of them will be cheapened by the Chinese government.

Dilis sighed slightly, and said: "Although that part of the industry and base is worth a lot, it is not a big loss, the key is that the people we were captured are really a pity." ”

If the money is gone, you can find a way to earn it again, not to mention that with the rich family of the empire, you don't need to worry too much about economic problems. Only people are the most valuable resource of a race.

The clansmen who can be sent abroad to lurk in the territory of this big country basically belong to the elite with a skill, and one less is a loss. Therefore, the capture of these tens of thousands of clansmen is the most heart-wrenching thing for the top of the empire.

Perhaps because of the end of civilization and the fact that the luck of the race in the dark has long been exhausted, the reproduction rate of the people of the Musarian Empire is surprisingly low, and the total population of these years is actually in a state of negative growth, not to mention that there are so many sick people, who have accounted for more than 20% of the total population.

Mrs. Yu Lin thought for a moment and cautiously proposed: "Your Highness, we can contact the Huaguo side through secret channels, and say that we are willing to redeem that group of clansmen, and the specific price is negotiable, what do you think?"

Dilis's eyes twinkled, and she asked, "Has there been a precedent like this before?"

"There have indeed been, but the number is relatively small, usually just a few or dozens, and this is the first time that tens of thousands of clansmen have been redeemed at one time. Lady Yulin said.

"Then go ahead and try it!" said Duris after a long silence.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away. Lady Yulin agreed.

In fact, both the monarch and the minister understood that the last raid had offended the Chinese government, and the hope of a positive response to such negotiations was really slim, and even if it did, the price of redemption must be unimaginably high.

Of course, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the upper echelons of the empire should not give up, even if they can only redeem part of it in the end, it is a good result.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, which is about that new medicine. Lady Yulin hesitated for a moment, then said.

"What's the matter, are there any difficulties in the research work?" Duris looked visibly nervous.

Mrs. Yulin shook her head and said: "No, the research progress is going very well, but that Zhao Xinglan came to the message that due to the rising cost of raw materials, the sales unit price of the new drug will be increased from the original 150,000 Huaxia yuan to 500,000." ”

A flash of anger flashed in Duris's eyes, and then it dimmed again, and she sighed and said, "Is it just a price increase? ”

The so-called rising cost of raw materials is just an excuse that does not stand up to scrutiny. The real reason Zhao Xinglan didn't say clearly, but everyone is a smart person, and they don't need too much temptation to each other, which is one of the inevitable prices to pay after crossing the bottom line and breaking the rules of the game.

……

Marina, premium wellness area.

Roland Morgan walked out of the presidential suite with steady steps and went outside to relax in the spacious garden, followed by his wife, Orena Morgan, and granddaughter Caroline.

The outside world is full of birds and flowers, green grass, warm breeze blowing slowly, the clear blue sky and white clouds overhead, looking at the sea and sky, refreshed, long-lost vitality surging in the body again, as if returning to the passionate young age.

Looking back at his wife, who was radiant and had significantly reduced wrinkles on her face, the helmsman of the Morgan family sighed slightly: "It is worthy of being a 'gift from God', it feels really good!"

"Well, I feel almost twenty years younger!" Orena nodded in agreement.

On the company website platform of Xinglan Group, the "Fountain of Youth" has already been auctioned all over the world, with a limited number of 60 places per month, attracting many famous top European and American tycoons. The head of the Morgan consortium is one of them, and he waited for three months in a row to finally grab two places.

Of course, the effect of the "Fountain of Youth" is not to be said, and the service of the high-end recuperation center is also thoughtful and perfect, which makes these always picky bigwigs quite satisfied.

Therefore, in the upper class circles of Europe and the United States, this new drug has been named "God's gift", attracting more powerful rich people to rush to it.

Caroline looked at the magnificent Xinglan Group headquarters building in the distance with a complicated expression, and thought to herself: "How can such an important medicine and technology be in the hands of a Chinese person, this is probably not good news for the family, right?"

Once she was still very confident to compete with that beautiful Chinese girl, but unfortunately the strength and foundation of the other party were far beyond her imagination, so that she was completely defeated before she really fought with the other party.

Up to now, many big names can only come here in order to continue their lives, including the former vice president of the United States, the Duke of England, Hollywood superstars, South American telecom oligarchs, Arab royal families, etc., including their grandfathers.

How unjust God is!

“…… I don't know what happened to Honora, I heard that she has now entered the group's research center, do you want to find a chance to contact her secretly?Maybe she has access to some secrets now?" Caroline thought suddenly.

The secret plan was actually conceived by her fiancé, the genius of the Rockefeller family, and so far, things seem to be going well.

In the old Chinese saying, this is called "if you want to take it first, you must give it first".

Honora's genes have been optimized by the Rockefeller family's secret laboratory, and with that Zhao Xinglan's ability, this is a breeze, so leaving her for further in-depth research is also an inevitable behavior.

As long as Honora successfully enters the laboratory of Xinglan Group, it will have an excellent opportunity to access the technical information of the new drug, and it should not be difficult to find the right opportunity to sneak it out.

At that time, he still has a chance to defeat this opponent. Thinking of the happy place, Caroline's face returned to a smile.

At this moment, in the president's office on the top floor, Zhao Xinglan was standing in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling windows, silently looking at the distinguished guests in the garden below.

"Lan Lan, it's already settled. Dressed in a bright red oL suit, the radiant Xie Xuan walked over elegantly with two glasses of red wine.

She turned around and took a glass of wine, took a slight sip, and asked, "What's settled?"

"It's a matter of 'going abroad to fight terrorism', at most a week later, we can set off with the task force. Xie Xuan said.

Zhao Xinglan nodded thoughtfully, this matter has been delayed for more than a month, and now the two countries have finally reached an agreement.

The Chinese side is a little puzzled by this, in previous years, this level of cooperation was extremely fast and efficient, after all, in the field of cracking down on the weakening of foreign races, the interests of the major powers are highly consistent. The Russians have unusually delayed for so long this time that it is impossible to explain it by common sense.

Of course, others really don't know, but Zhao Xinglan can guess what happened: the sudden disappearance of two state-of-the-art nuclear submarines is enough to confuse all high-level figures in Moscow.

The president, who has always been strong-fisted, is thundering, and several secret departments have tried their best to investigate at any cost, so how can they care about other things?

Because the last contact point of the nuclear submarine is relatively close to the waters of the United States, the Moscow authorities once suspected that it was the black hand of the United States, and after questioning through special channels, the United States categorically denied it, and emphasized that it does not have the ability to let the two most advanced nuclear submarines disappear quietly, otherwise the world's sea areas would have become the backyard of the United States people long ago.

These two nuclear submarines are the lifeblood of the country and an important cornerstone of national security, and they must come up with a result no matter what, otherwise they will not be able to explain to the president.

Perhaps in a few days, the Russians, who are at a loss, will be extremely reluctant to inform the other powers of the situation and ask them to help track it down.

Zhao Xinglan smiled secretly in her heart, it has been so long since the incident, and those two nuclear submarines are now estimated to have been digested by the mother emperor to the point that there are no bones left, right?

"Well, do you want to get an Ohio-class first-class to try next?" she thought to herself.

(ps: It's finally a million words, it's not easy! Let's get some tips and tickets!)

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