Virginia, CIA headquarters.

In the spacious director's office, a middle-aged white man leaned back in a computer chair, his brow furrowed at the document in his hand.

"Space program? What is the future human group planning? Leaning back on the desk, Naomi stared at the document in his hand and couldn't help but say.

Because of the heavy losses of espionage operations in China some time ago, former CIA Director John Brennan finally couldn't resist the pressure of public opinion and resigned, and he Naomi Madden had a chance to take office. Although the authorities have adjusted their strategy against the Future People Group for various reasons, Jiang Chen's name has always been on the CIA's list of key concerns.

From the overthrow of the former Panu regime, to the Philippine fishing boat incident, to the recent boom in immersive virtual reality technology, and deep-sea mining technology that has caused a lot of talk in the mining industry...... Behind this series of hot events, the man's name can be faintly seen. There is even intelligence that Jiang Chen is likely to be the mastermind behind the Philippine civil war, but because there is no evidence, the CIA cannot do anything about them.

Intuition tells Naomi that this guy is a dangerous figure. Not because his existence jeopardizes the national interests of the United States, but because of his ability to always work miracles. There were so many mysteries about him that they reminded him of a document that had been sealed for a long time......

"I don't know, the only thing that is certain is that they are now spending $5 billion to buy all the shares of two private aerospace technology companies in our country that are on the verge of bankruptcy, and they have a board meeting. The two companies were reorganized and merged into the Aerospace Project Department of Transwarp Trading Company, and relocated to the new country. The agent standing next to the man put his hands behind his back. He spoke unhurriedly.

"Customs?" Naomi did not take his eyes off the Chinese document in his hand.

"Eleven pieces of equipment in the assets of the two aerospace technology companies are listed as export restrictions, but they did not go through customs and sold the equipment directly to SpaceX at a low price. It seems that they are not going to want those devices at all, only those technicians. ”

Naomi scoffed.

"Oh? Do they think they can conjure rockets out of nothing just by getting a bunch of MIT graduates to come over?"

Without that industrial production capacity, even a single screw on a rocket can't even be built. This is not a problem that can be solved by a few scientists in the past, the more high-end the industry. The higher the requirements for the industrial base.

And it often takes decades to build this industrial base.

"I don't know, it's like we don't know where they got that deep-sea mining rig. The agent shrugged.

Naomi fell silent.

Although he is not a technician. But he was born in science and knows a thing or two about the problems of deep-sea mining. First of all, there is the problem of materials, very few materials can withstand the pressure of 7,000 meters of water depth for a long time, let alone mine under this terrible pressure.

One moment it's virtual reality, the next it's deep-sea mining. Now they're back in space. It seems that they have been laying out the most cutting-edge fields regardless of the cost. Frontier means risk, but conversely it also means high returns.

The majority shareholder of the Future People Group is a gambler through and through, and a gambler who does not skimp on the chips in his hands, which is almost unanimous among Wall Street investors.

"Can you find a way to find out where their technology came from?" asked Naomi in a deep voice.

"I've been arranging for people to do this work, but so far it hasn't worked. The detective's face showed a look of helplessness, "At the moment we can only speculate that they have some secret research institute, which may be underground. Or hide somewhere in a new country disguised as another institution. It has to be said that although they have done a somewhat informal job in intelligence work. But only the secrecy work is cautious. Can I apply for additional manpower to the new country?"

"It's hard. Naomi shook his head, "There are too many places that need to be employed, and although the Future People Group is interesting, after all, it is only a private enterprise. While some people in Congress are interested in the technology they have at their disposal, the White House wants to woo the new country and asks us to exercise a degree of restraint. ”

"Isn't the president interested?" the agent asked.

Let's put it this way, it's the energy giants, not the Nasdaq-listed companies, that finance the president's campaign. "Our focus is still on the Middle East and Eastern Europe. As for the new gadgets, as long as they are not weapons of mass destruction, it is better to leave them to the merchants to use their own brains. ”

Generally speaking, the CIA, which "keeps its budget secret", does not have to throw face off the president, and it should be their old rival FBI who is loyal to the White House. However, due to the fact that it was "put on the table" by the General Staff in China last time, the CIA now has little confidence in facing Congress and the White House.

John Brennan took early retirement because he was unpopular with both Congress and the White House. The assertive espionage operation almost dragged the White House into a diplomatic quagmire, but fortunately China did not protest the previous incident, otherwise the United States would have been caught in the second largest diplomatic scandal after the Bay of Pigs incident.

While Congress does not have the power to intervene in the use of the C.I.A. budget, it does have the power to cut funding for it, when in fact it is already doing. Even if Naomi didn't want to go over to the president, he had to make some compromises on budgetary matters.

"Well, this damn politics...... But I would like to say that the new country now has a national security department, and our work may be affected to a certain extent. If I don't get support, I can't guarantee that I will be able to provide information like this in the future. The detective sighed and said helplessly.

"Then just make a show and keep an eye on their launch...... What makes me more concerned is not the Future People Group, but the little mice we raise, who seem to be a little disobedient lately. Naomi said.

"Will Willy?" the agent asked tentatively.

"That's right, the intelligence shows that they seem to have received donations from unknown sources, and they are not satisfied with being condescended to the small place of Ukraine, and they have extended their tentacles to our children in Europe. Recently, there has been intelligence that they seem to have had some degree of contact with Jiang Chen. Naomi picked up another document and said lightly.

"You mean...... Jiang Chen has a connection with the Willy Society. ”

"It shouldn't be, there should be no focus of interests on both sides, no...... If anything, it's not for nothing. Naomi frowned, biting her thumb and muttering to herself.

A word popped into his mind.

Golden Apple ......

To be honest, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, collecting intelligence on the golden apple was one of the CIA's work projects. But with the end of the Cold War, the work that had been left untouched was gradually put on hold.

But does that thing really exist? A legendary prop that communicates the future.

Immediately, Naomi frowned, smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

How could that thing exist, like the Nazi military bases in the Arctic.

Reality is not fiction.

(To be continued.) )