Pang Jindong decided to keep the ship and not put it into commercial operation, but only for himself and the company.

Before returning to Hongyan Valley, Pang Jindong, with the help of experts, formulated a specific transformation plan for the cruise ship and named it "Ocean Pioneer".

Pang Jindong's requirement is not just a holiday cruise ship, but can also be a strategic transport ship.

Much of the original design has been retained, mainly infrastructure such as restaurants;

Some of the facilities have been changed, such as the expansion of the apron, which could only accommodate one helicopter, to accommodate at least five helicopters at a time, and to provide hangars and all maintenance facilities for three of them;

Other facilities, such as shopping malls, opera houses, and water volleyball courts, were cut down.

At the strong request of the four ghost girls, Pang Jindong kept some of the entertainment facilities, such as the artificial surf bay and even a small golf course.

In fact, even if they don't make this request, Pang Jindong will do it, because after all, this ship is still for their own vacation, and even their own maritime command center.

In addition, changes have been made to the cabins, which are required to be fully compliant with barracks standards and allow as many soldiers as possible.

According to the designers' estimates, the modification will be able to carry at least five thousand soldiers, as well as all their equipment and ammunition.

Of course, the soldiers could not have lived as comfortably as the guests who paid for the pleasure of the ship, and each person had much less independent space, but the cruise ship was able to provide them with a very good treat.

For the ship, which is conservatively estimated to cost 800 million US dollars, Tang Yun was able to buy it at a price of 350 million, not only because he encountered a good opportunity, but also because what he bought was only the hull itself, which only accounted for part of the estimated cost.

There is also an expensive cost for decoration, and this work has not yet begun, and the original owner has not invested in it, and now it is completely decided by Pang Jindong.

Pang Jindong's plan is to divide the hull into two parts: vacation and practical, and retain a small part of the luxurious and extravagant decoration and facilities, mainly for his own use and the vacation part on the ship, and the practical part that occupies most of the place adopts the principle of simplicity.

Although Pang Jindong thinks that he is already more frugal, if the ship wants to continue to be built, it still needs to invest a lot of money.

But Pang Jindong is not so heartbroken now, owning such a ship is everyone's dream, and Pang Jindong is not exempt from vulgarity.

Now one of the things Pang Jindong must do every day is to pay attention to the construction progress of the Ocean Pioneer, and he will often enjoy the renderings.

However, a few days later, Pang Jindong's attention was diverted from the cruise ship, because of a newspaper sent by Barney in a hurry.

Pang Jindong doesn't care much about current affairs except for occasionally browsing the news on the Internet and paying attention to the general election, and he basically doesn't read newspapers.

The headline on the front page was "The CIA Director Was Assassinated and Killed" This report said that the director of the CIA was suddenly shot in front of the public a few days ago, and was declared dead after ineffective medical treatment, and the president gave a eulogy for this.

What's more, the report also pointed out that the suspect turned out to be Miss Parker.

However, the report only said that Miss Parker was an employee of a C.I.A.-affiliated agency, and that the motive for the assassination was unknown, and no other specific information was provided.

Pang Jindong gasped: "How can this be?"

It was at this time that the sentry reported: "There is a lady surnamed Parker who wants to see you!"

"Say Parker, Parker will arrive, this light skill is too good!" Pang Jindong told the sentry: "Let her in!"

Miss Parker still looks so aloof, wearing a crisp professional suit, but she looks a little wolfy, which shows that she is not doing well these days.

She sat opposite Pang Jindong and said frankly: "I'm sorry, I came to ask you for help when I had no choice!"

Looking at this woman who had a skin-to-skin relationship with him, Pang Jindong had mixed feelings in his heart, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and asked on a matter-of-fact basis: "What can I do for you?"

"Let me hide here for a while!"

Pang Jindong put the newspaper in front of Miss Parker, pointed to the news on it and asked, "Did you really do it?"

"That's right!" Miss Parker's gaze swept over the report, and she admitted calmly, "Not only the director of the CIA, but also the center's giant, Mr. Carl, was killed by me!"

"Why?" Pang Jindong frowned slightly, strange that Miss Parker, who was loyal to the center, would do such a thing.

Miss Parker's answer was simple: "Because they murdered my father!"

"Your father died?" Pang Jindong didn't feel much about Mr. Parker's death. In Pang Jindong's memory, it was a very cold old man, just like the environment in the center, he always felt so serious, except when he saw his daughter, he basically didn't smile much.

"Yes!" Miss Parker lit a cigarette, lowered her head and took a few deep breaths, then looked sideways at Pang Jindong and said, "You should be happy, the center has completely collapsed!"

"That's really good news!" Pang Jindong said this, but there was no trace of joy in his tone, this was because one was in front of Miss Parker after all, and the other was that the center could no longer pose much of a threat to himself.

But the death of the director of the CIA is indeed good news, this powerful enemy who has been hidden behind the scenes has made Pang Jindong feel a headache.

"Your reaction is a little too calm!" Miss Parker said, spitting out a smoke ring at Pang Jindong.

"Oh, then I have to be excited, tell me how the center disintegrated?" Pang Jindong still said calmly.

Miss Parker didn't bother to correct Pang Jindong's attitude, and roughly recounted what happened before and after the disintegration of the center.

The center had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Red Rock Valley and was on the verge of collapse.

This debacle began in full force after the CIA director decided to abandon the center, and Miss Parker's revenge undoubtedly accelerated the process.

Miss Parker's revenge is almost technical, killing Mr. Carr in the center, but ambushing him outside the CIA, and shooting the director of the CIA while he is off duty.

However, Miss Parker's escape process was very skillful, not only successfully leaving the scene, but also safely evading the pursuit of CIA agents and the police for several days, and finally came to the Red Rock Valley base.

Miss Parker was reluctant to face Pang Jindong, but she was desperate and had nowhere else to go.

Pang Jindong's expression remained unchanged, and he asked lightly: "On what basis are you sure that Mr. Carl colluded with the CIA to murder your father?"

"Sidney sued me, and he has ample evidence!"

"But you're still a little too reckless!" Pang Jindong knew that Sidney would not lie, let alone in such a serious matter.

He and Bernard are the only two people in the entire center that Pang Jindong trusts and respects.

Miss Parker raised an eyebrow, "Do you think the revenge of killing your father can be endured?"

"Patience does not mean giving up, we Chinese have an idiom 'taoguang yang obscurity', if you are interested, you can understand its connotation." ”

"So......" Miss Parker looked at Pang Jindong, trying to capture the changes in her heart through her expression, and said slowly, "You haven't forgotten what the center has done to you, but are accumulating strength?"

"That's not the case with a certain kind of Cheng dù, because I think the center of the present is different from the past!"

"It's my father's wish......." said Miss Parker, her expression gloomy.

Pang Jindong originally wanted to sue Miss Sù Parker, but when the center murdered Benjamin and tried to recover Bernard's money, he had already decided to fight it head-on.

But seeing Miss Parker's expression, Pang Jindong swallowed his words again.

Miss Parker took a few breaths, cheered up, and said, "Now you have no need for revenge, because it was Mr. Carr who planned the murder of you in the first place!"

This news shocked Pang Jindong, because Pang Jindong originally thought that the people who formulated Corbino's plan were dead, but he didn't expect that the tragedy of his life turned out to be the masterpiece of that hypocrite.

Pang Jindong looked at Miss Parker stupidly, not knowing what to say.

"Surprised, isn't it?" Miss Parker sneered and continued, "I was surprised when I first found out. Because Mr. Karl is not a few years older than you, and he can dominate your life. ”

After being silent for a long time, Pang Jindong said word by word: "My life has never been dominated by anyone, what Mr. Carl owes me is the life of my parents!"

"Now that I've asked him to pay it back, if you want to thank me, give me asylum for a while!"

"You'd better figure out why I'm sheltering you not to thank you......"

Miss Parker interrupted Pang Jindong's words and said impatiently: "I know what you mean, because we had that incident between us, so you feel responsible for me! This is really ridiculous, don't forget that this is in country M, put away the thinking of the Orientals!"

Regardless of whether Miss Parker's words were sincere or false, in short, her attitude made Pang Jindong relieved: "That's good!"

"Don't worry, I won't bother you for too long!"

"What I'm really worried about is not that you will disturb me, but that even if you want to disturb, you don't have a chance!" Pang Jindong also lit a cigarette, looked at Miss Parker through the light blue smoke, and said worriedly: "You are in too much trouble this time!"

"But is it the director of the CIA......" Miss Parker sneered, revealing a look of nonchalance: "If it were to kill him in normal times, it would be a very strict problem, but now it is not." ”

"You'd better not be so confident!" Pang Jindong knew what Miss Parker meant, and felt that what she said was not unreasonable, but her attitude still looked at the problem too simply.

After a series of assassinations involving the presidential election and an unprecedented shocking scandal were revealed, this election was destined to be an extraordinary one, and all of them have fallen into chaos.

And due to a series of reasons, such as the Iraq war and the ongoing financial crisis, the Republican Party is likely to lose its presidency after losing Congress.

After the complacent Democrats take control of the situation, they will carry out a general reckoning with the political problems left by the Republicans.

As a result, the vested interests of the current government are busy destroying evidence, and no one cares who the killers are.

In addition, the director of the CIA has too many secrets, so his death is really a good thing for many people.

They may cover up the truth of the assassination, but that doesn't mean they will really let Miss Parker go.

"But what else can I do?!" Miss Parker showed a hint of helplessness, not so much asking Pang Jindong as asking herself.

"You hide with me for a while, and then ......" Pang Jindong shook his head and continued: "Go to my country! I will arrange a job for you there, and say goodbye to the current life full of crises!"

"Okay!" What Pang Jindong didn't expect was that Miss Parker readily agreed, maybe this woman is not as strong as she looks, and she also hopes to live a stable life.

Pang Jindong looked at the soldiers who were training outside the window, and his thoughts seemed to drift into the distance: "In a few days, a group of soldiers will be sent to Iraq, departing from the waterway on a cruise ship, and will dock at a port in our country on the way." You put on your makeup and mix in with the soldiers, and then you will disembark with me, and I will return to the ship after I have taken care of the domestic affairs, and you will stay!"

"Okay!" Miss Parker put a box she was carrying in front of Pang Jindong, and then told Pang Jindong: "You won't protect me for free, this is my reward for you!"

Pang Jindong opened the box and found that it was full of burning CDs, and there were hundreds of them.

Pang Jindong couldn't help frowning, and asked strangely, "What is this?"

"It's the center's research materials!"

Hearing this, Pang Jindong's gaze fell on those discs and could no longer be removed.

Over the years, the center's research has covered many fields, including some marginal disciplines, and has achieved many achievements and breakthroughs, some of which are even far ahead of its field.

However, the Corbino Center will never make itself public in front of the world, and it will take measures of high secrecy internally.

Many of the results were provided to the government of country M in the name of other institutions or enterprises, which in turn led to the progress of military technology in country M.

Although Pang Jindong has worked in the center for a period of time, he only has a general understanding of these things, and he also knows nothing about the content and results of those studies.