Volume 1, Pot of Gold, Chapter 669 Compromise?

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The Boston consortium didn't last long.

It's not that they don't have money, on the contrary, they are very rich and have wealth that is unimaginable to the average person. Since the fifties, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has used the scientific research results of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop new technology industries, and completed the transformation from the textile industry to electronics, optics, radar, missiles, and even aerospace.

For such a huge economic behemoth, banks are not their hematopoietic stem cells, but they are more important than their hearts! If there is a heart problem, the huge financial and industrial systems will face the risk of straining the capital chain.

Therefore, as soon as the run tide appeared, the Boston consortium's offensive against the Future People Group suddenly stalled, and there was no next move for half a day. The antitrust investigation did hurt the Future People Group, but it was nowhere near as painful as the punch they took at First National Bank in Boston.

The two sides are like boxers standing in the ring, everyone knows that they can't beat each other down with one punch, they can only weigh their own gains and losses, and hesitate to throw the next punch.

Manor house on the outskirts of Boston.

At the moment, the people standing in this room hold one-tenth of the power in the whole of the United States. The heads of the five major families of Lowell, Lawrence, Adams, Kennedy, and Lodge gathered here, including big capitalists, Federal Reserve shareholders, and people. Parliamentarians from the main party......

They came together for the common good.

"It's so deceitful! I bet they must have been the ones who leaked depositor information! John Lawrence slammed his fist on the table and gritted his teeth.

"I think so too, but we don't have any evidence, and we haven't found any clues over there." Bernie Adams said helplessly.

"How did they do it? Boston First National Bank is responsible for the security of the information if their hackers are able to hack into our servers. Then there is no reason why they can't hack into the Pentagon. Mr. Lowell frowned as well.

Since Raytheon's $1.9 billion takeover, the Boston consortium's properties have been protected by the cybersecurity company. Because the business involves the military industry, the servers of the consortium are attacked a lot every year. But never was an attack successful.

"I'll remind the Pentagon." Adams said.

"Enough, my friends. It's not the Pentagon that we should be worried about now, it's the Future People Group! Lawrence said with a headache.

"Saudi freshwater projects cannot be compromised." Joseph Kennedy replied.

"But we need funding for our garment factory in Texas, Raytheon's radar project at the Guam military base, and orders from Bell Helicopter and the Pentagon." Lowell glanced at Joseph, "Although I know that the Saudi freshwater project is important to you, now it seems ...... If we continue to fight with the Future People Group, even if we win in the end, the losses suffered by the consortium will be beyond our reach. ”

"I agree with Mr. Lowell." Bernie Adams nodded.

"I can't take it." John Lawrence shook his head. "If we compromise with them, where will we put our faces?"

"Come on, Mr. Lawrence, we are merchants, and we are only gains and losses in business. If you really can't swallow it, we can wait until we can clean them up later. But for now, we'd better take it easy. At least in the area of cybersecurity, we have to upgrade! Rocky, who had not spoken, spoke.

"Then as is customary, vote by show of hands. For the sake of our long-term covenant, no matter what choices we make in the end. Even if it's a choice I don't want to accept, I'll do my part for the league. So...... Those in favor of reconciliation, please raise your hand. "Finished. Lowell glanced at the four people present and raised his hand.

The vote was three to two.

In favor of reconciliation.

"Who is going to contact them?" Although the decision made by the consortium was not in line with his family's interests, John F. Kennedy's face was not dissatisfied.

"I'll go." Rocky looked around at the people present and said, "I am the majority shareholder of First National Bank of Boston, and it is more appropriate for me to come forward. ”

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Although the relationship between the major conglomerates that control the U.S. economy is usually quite harmonious, there is no such thing as harmony in the business field. When one side is in trouble, it is normal for all sides to reach out.

Something happened at the Bank of Boston. Citibank and ******** Bank have announced that they will upgrade their banking security systems to ensure the security of each depositor's personal information. Such an approach is undoubtedly suspected of falling into the ground. It's not easy for big conglomerates to go too far. So, on the third day when network information security became a topic. The Fed stepped in.

According to the latest news from the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve injected $100 billion into the Bank of Boston to stabilize depositor confidence. At the same time, Bank of Boston announced an upgrade to its security system to ensure that such incidents would not happen again, recovering some of its losses.

Just when Wall Street investors were anxious to digest the two blockbuster news of "leakage of depositor information of Boston Bank" and "the possible withdrawal of Future People Technology from the United States", Jiang Chen, who was far away in the western Pacific, seemed much calmer.

Standing next to the launch site, Jiang Chen watched the rocket take off, watching the pillar of smoke that looked like a physical body dissipate, and the corners of his mouth gradually hooked up a smile.

In this way, there are twelve quantum communication satellites in outer space.

"Do you still have time to watch the fireworks?" Standing next to Jiang Chen, Natasha teased.

"Oh? It seems that even Russia knows about our petty contradictions with the Boston consortium. Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"Of course, you're now on the list of IA's key investigations. They think you're the one who hacked Boston First Bank, when you're actually a computer-savvy IT engineer. ”

"It's an interesting conjecture, but unfortunately, my computer level is only level 2." Jiang Chen laughed, avoiding Natasha's temptation, "Don't talk about this, what do you think of our rocket launch technology?" ”

Natasha will appear at the Ring Trade's rocket launch site, but it can't be for personal reasons. The rocket launch technology of Transwarp Trade has matured, and in order to digest the excess launch resources, Jiang Chen has set his sights on Russia.

Due to the reduction in the total budget and changes in the exchange rate, Roscosmos was forced to cut the cost of maintaining the ISS from 2016 to 2025 by almost 30 billion rubles (1 US dollar is about 75 rubles). Since Russia has a high maintenance fee for the space station, Star Ring Trade can just share its worries.

Not only can you make some extra money, so that Transwarp Trade can be self-financing as soon as possible, but you can also accumulate experience in delivering supplies to the space station.

Such a good thing, why wouldn't Jiang Chen do it?

However, Natasha's answer surprised Jiang Chen.

"If you're willing to sell rocket engines, we can talk about it. If you're planning to contract this project...... My answer may have to disappoint you. Natasha sighed, spread her hands and said, "We will not contract this project to foreign space companies, there is nothing to talk about." (To be continued.) )

ps: I'm sorry, I woke up at 9:40, and I was so scared that I quickly got up and updated.