On Wall Street, in the conference room on the top floor of the Morgan Stanley Building, Daniel Morgan leaned back in his chair and listened quietly to the explanations of the company's last quarter's earnings reports by department managers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Some time ago, with the "doomsday threat theory" and the establishment of the Noah's Ark Fund, aerospace companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, setting off a wave of unprecedented space fever in half a century.

As the leading wolf of Wall Street investors, Morgan Stanley will certainly not let go of the space cake.

However, the defense tax introduced by Transwarp Trade is like a basin of cold water, poured on the heads of new aerospace companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle.

Of course, it is not this that hurts him the most, as a world-class investment bank, it is certainly impossible for his managers to put all their eggs in the same basket. Morgan Stanley doesn't just invest in companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle, they invest all over the world, and even some of the new listed aerospace companies have their names on the shareholder list.

What really hurt him was something else.

The Noah's Ark Fund, which raised $100 billion in half a month, was declared bankrupt because of a bill forced by Congress. As a result, the Morgan Stein and Rockefeller consortium had to resist the pressure of the elites to return the principal of investors, and even lost $5.1 billion.

It is true that Wall Street has a lot of influence over Congress, and many lawmakers have received their favors, but no one has ever dared to claim absolute control over Congress.

Whether it is the Jewish consortium that has fallen, or the WASP that now dominates Wall Street, the "Wasp".

That's politics.

The system of separation of powers provides the land with the soil for capitalist expansion, but it will never allow the capitalists to drain all the nutrients from the soil. When everyone took to the streets to protest against the "escapism" flourishing among the elites and demand that the government lead by example, even the legislators who had received the favor had to think about the voters of their choice.

"I'll get here first. Daniel Morgan raised his hand and interrupted the bottom-performing manager, who was trembling and reporting to work, "Kevins, go back and get ready, and the company's HR department will talk to you about work in a moment." ”

The manager's heart pounded to the bottom, and sweat suddenly climbed up his forehead.

Daniel didn't care about the look on his face and waved his hand a little tiredly.

And so, the meeting adjourned. ”

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly packed up their things and left, for fear that the boss would look at them more if they walked slowly. Everyone knew very well that the boss was not in a good mood at this time, and it was not wise to impress the boss too much at this time.

In the eyes of others, they may be unattainable, receiving six-figure or even seven-figure salaries, sitting in the office, drinking coffee and typing on the keyboard, and handling tens of millions of funds. However, only they know how careful they need to be behind this glossy surface.

Wall Street has never lacked talent, and no one is irreplaceable except for capital itself.

After the meeting ended, Daniel stared at the financial report on the table, and his mood couldn't help but be irritated.

These days, Carmen's "deathbed" phrase has been lingering in his mind.

"You will regret your choice today...... What?"

Muttering the phrase to himself, sometimes Daniel wondered if the American consortium had pulled the Rothschilds at the time, as his fathers had done during the "Kristallnacht" of World War II, would it have been a different situation now?

At that moment, his phone, which was resting on the table, vibrate.

Shaking his head and pushing the unrealistic thought out of his mind, Daniel reached for his phone and pressed the connect button.

"Hello?"

"It's me. ”

A familiar voice came to my ears.

Daniel was stunned, his eyebrows raised slightly, and said with interest, "Mr. Kerry, how did the honorable Mr. Secretary of State think of me as an old friend?" ”

Back in '04, the Morgan consortium made a bet on Kerry, but Kerry eventually lost to Bush, and the investment went down the drain. But Daniel doesn't think it's a failed investment, because "betting on both sides" is a Wall Street tradition. Regardless of who is elected, the "war on terror" of '06 will not be affected in any way.

What really makes Daniel regret is that after losing the election in '04, the promising politician never showed interest in the presidency again, and single-mindedly played the role of the Democratic Party's royal diplomat.

"What do you think of the Asia-Pacific Joint Military Exercise in '19?"

Kerry's straightforward question stunned Daniel, and then he seemed to understand something, and said thoughtfully, "If you're asking me if I support it, of course my answer is yes." ”

At this point, Daniel suddenly changed his words, smiled and said, "But, isn't the pressure too light?"

"I think so, too, the rise of Transwarp Trade has seriously threatened our influence in the Asia-Pacific region, and now this is reflected in the economy. If I choose appeasement at this time, it will be tantamount to surrendering the hegemony that has been established for decades," Kerry hid his joy and excitement in his heart after hearing Daniel's words, and continued quietly, "Hillary and her team are preparing for the 20-year election, and if she is still in power for the next four years......"

"No doubt it's going to be worse!" Knuckles slammed on the conference table, Daniel laughed twice, changed his phone to one hand, and said with a blazing eye, "Mr. Kerry, I know a good western restaurant, if you have a chance after work, we might as well have a meal together and talk about next year's election by the way." ”

……

The bow of the ship split the angry waves, and ten dark and majestic figures engraved milky white ripples on the rough sea.

On the USS Ford, Captain Hogg stood in the conning tower, looking out over the horizon to the southwest.

Although he couldn't see anything from standing here, he knew very well that it was the direction of Koro Island.

Even the dazzling sunlight could not hide the arrogance between his eyebrows.

And he and his fleet do have proud capital.

As the first new-generation aircraft carrier designed by the United States using CAD technology, the equipment inside the "Ford-class" has been fully networked and computerized, the overall degree of automation has been greatly increased compared with that of the Nimitz-class, the number of aircraft carrier personnel has been reduced from 3,190 to 2,000, the sortie efficiency of carrier-based aircraft is 15 percent higher than that of the Nimitz-class, and the overall strike efficiency has been more than doubled.

In addition, the strip distribution system replaces the radial distribution system of the Nimitz class, which reduces the cable length and is easy to reconfigure, leaving enough room for retrofitting for the installation of electromagnetic guns, laser anti-missile and anti-ship weapons in the future.

Although it has not yet undergone actual combat experience, no matter how you look at it, the Ford Class is worthy of the name of the world's first.

"Report! A hundred kilometers to the southwest, the Star Ring Trading Fleet was spotted, confirmed to be two Guardian-class frigates. The adjutant saluted and reported beside him,

"Two frigates?" Hogg frowned upon hearing his subordinate's words.

It was to be expected that the Transwarp Trade would be eyeing them, after all, the aircraft carrier battle group was clearly aimed at them. At a distance of 100 kilometers, it can be seen that the other party is very cautious, reducing the possibility of misfire to the limit, but only sending two frigates to follow from a distance makes him a little incomprehensible.

Could it be that Transwarp Trade is so confident?

Or have they completely abandoned sea power?

"Send the carrier-based planes and see what they're doing!" Hogg ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!" the lieutenant saluted, turned and took the order. (To be continued.) )