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The ambassador's wife sat on the sofa, trimming a pot of flowers, and said: "Ebron, among my children, you are the only one who will always lose confidence in one thing for some reason, you have taken over the job of president of Onclaud, and there are still many people behind you to support you, don't worry about Phoebe's plan, although I don't know much, but with so many resources, you will definitely succeed." ”

Eblon saw that his mother didn't even look up at herself, so she helped Phoebe speak one-sidedly, and suddenly said with a bitter face: "Phoebe's plan is too big, as if it is to establish another set of secular rules on the Atlantic Floaters, to be honest, the more I know, the more scared I become." ”

The ambassador put down the scissors, looked at Ebrun and shook her head slightly, "I don't know what you see in her plan that scares you so much, but isn't it good?" And, as your father said, the real reason why Phoebe's plan attracted the members of the Space Committee was not because of the expansion of the maritime territory, but because it was an attempt to operate a society that was truly self-sufficient, self-preservation, and independent of the outside world. Combined with the main business of Onclaude when it was founded, which is the recycling of space resources, it is easy to think of a space base. Your horizons are still too shallow, and to be honest, when you question the whole plan in your heart, why don't you want to think about it, why are more people looking forward to this plan? ”

Ebrun looked confused and frowned, "Space City? Are the Atlantic Floaters doing a social simulation for the construction of a space city? ”

The ambassador shrugged her shoulders and picked up a small watering can to spray the freshly trimmed leaves, and shrugged her shoulders as she said, "Phoebe didn't say that, and no one said that, but it's okay for you to understand it that way." ”

Ebron was stunned for a moment, and then said in a tangled voice: "But, Mom, you don't know that Phoebe's plan also mentions a genetic modification plan, and the entire ecosystem on the floating island will be built according to her plan, all living things, including microorganisms, are genetically modified, and the plan even mentions that a mixed insect community of wasps, bees and ants will become the only scavenger on the island, of course, it will also do part-time plant pollination work, but the most important and dangerous thing is that they are scavenging, that is, Human beings are probably also within the scope of their martyrs, and if you look at the large-scale invasion of African bees and American red ants, you will know that if this species goes out of control, the entire human society will suffer misfortune...... Such a plan is too dangerous......"

The ambassador's wife nodded, and said, "I heard that you have recently been working to get the National Assembly to pass a new amendment, the purpose of which is to make the floating islands legally protected as private property, and at the same time not considered land, right?" ”

Ebron nodded, he didn't quite understand why his mother was asking this.

The ambassador's wife smiled: "So, in the case of private property, whether it is Phoebe or you, as a manager, can you refuse to go to the island without invitation?" And can the person who forcibly enters be equated with the pirate who has been making a lot of trouble in the Red Sea lately? ”

"Well, logically that's fine...... Ah, are you saying that the purpose of Titan, the Navy and Air Force, is to prevent anyone from secretly landing on the island and then snooping on the island's secrets? Eblon nodded, then shook his head again, "But even then, it won't prevent the island's biomes from running onto land." ”

The ambassador's wife shook her head and said: "From your words, it seems that the new species of genetic manipulation has not been opposed, you know, for such a situation, in fact, the most wary of the military, but why are they not strongly opposed?" ”

"......" Ebrun shook his head.

"Because the military knows that the little creatures that Phoebe is going to release are used to prevent people from landing on the island at will. After all, the island of 5,000 square kilometers is too big to see. The ambassador's wife looked at Ebrun and shook her head slightly.

Abrun was confused at first, but he soon understood under his mother's gaze, and said in surprise, "That's for killing?" ”

The ambassador's wife was a little dissatisfied with Ebron's performance, and frowned slightly: "I have been telling you since you went to West Point, don't be so rich in expression, otherwise others will be able to see what you think at once." Do you think your current position is really secure? If it weren't for Phoebe's insistence and Barbara's help, which united the entire diplomatic bloc, it's hard to say whether you could sit firmly in the position of president, many people actually want this position, you know, the invitation I received to Phoebe here is piled up with a box. ”

Ebron was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Phoebe has become such a strong hand? ”

The ambassador's wife smiled smugly: "Of course, but after those people heard that Phoebe can't remember people's faces a few years ago, they didn't look down on Phoebe at all, and I have always remembered this hatred." ”

Ebrun laughed a little, and then said as if complaining, "I don't see you being so nice to me......"

The ambassador's wife shook her head and said, "Do you remember when you were a child, your father made you and several sisters have to read the history of the rise and fall of the Habsburgs?" ”

Abron nodded, "Of course I do." ”

The ambassador shook her head again: "But I think you've forgotten all the things in there." Ebrun was about to speak, but the ambassador's wife interrupted him and said: "I told you before that during the Revolutionary War, although the Mid-Atlantic colonies and the New England colonies joined forces, there were still many conflicts between the two because of the concept of development. It can be said that the family has been able to develop to this point today because of the ancestors who were willing to give up their prejudices and sit down to talk. The formation of the entire American diplomatic bloc follows such historical origins. At that time, diplomacy required a sea ship, so the diplomatic bloc established a relationship with the navy that was difficult to part. ”

In fact, Abrun had heard his parents talk about this topic many times, not only him, but also several girls in the family, so he said with some tears and laughter: "Mom, I have heard this countless times. But that's not the case at home......"

The ambassador's wife shook her head and said, "Do you remember what your father said to you when Phoebe first arrived at our house?" ”

Ebrun nodded hesitantly: "I probably remember." ”

"Your sisters always remember, but you forget very quickly." The ambassador shook her head again, but there was no disappointment, more of pity.

Ebron scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"You don't have to be embarrassed, look at all these years, there are so many temptations outside, in fact, you have already calculated, look at Barbara's brothers, aren't they each developing in the direction that they think is good? In fact, you also know that even Locke entered NASA after listening to Phoebe's advice, otherwise he would have gone to Hollywood a long time ago. The ambassador's wife smiled, and then added: "I repeat, in the beginning, when the family adopted Phoebe, it was not with complete goodwill, let alone impulse, but as one of the diplomatic families, each generation will adopt at least one intelligent and good-looking girl. For adopted girls, being adopted by a family like ours is far better than being adopted by an ordinary family, we will do our best to nurture her, and we will do our best to make her feel the care of her family, and most importantly, the girl will not wake up one day when she grows up, and the reason why she was adopted is either because her adoptive parents are unable to have children, or because the adoptive parents have lost their biological children, such a discovery is actually quite cruel for those orphans. ”

Abron nodded.

"I was completely prepared to adopt Phoebe, of course, this can also be considered that our family adopted Phoebe for a purpose, in fact, this is not wrong, before you used to wonder why I was very supportive of Phoebe not wanting to go to school, I clicked on you, this is because when I and your father found out that Phoebe is very smart, we also told her the original purpose of our adoption of her, so she understands that in this family, there is no need to do some superficial family articles, everything is casual, so to speak, Your sister Phoebe's face recognition disorder really makes it difficult for her to integrate into a new family, but our family is safe because we each showed our bottom line at the beginning. ”

Eblon remembered that he was really annoyed by telling Phoebe that he didn't want to go to school, but he was taught a lesson by his father, and several sisters were like their parents, and they expressed their support for Phoebe one-sidedly, but now that they think about it, they find that they don't seem to be annoyed because they care about Phoebe, they seem to have been dissatisfied with this new sister because they are not close to him, and his parents are very used to Phoebe, and this matter has changed until later because he asked Phoebe to help change the motorcycle.

The ambassador's wife added: "Every generation of the diplomatic family adopts children, and in addition to the reason for enriching the family's population, the most important purpose should be remembered. ”

Ebrun nodded affirmatively this time: "Well, I remember, it's to learn to embrace different values, because it's a very important skill in diplomacy." ”

The ambassador's wife nodded and smiled: "That's right, although it's a bit cruel to say this, but it's because it's clear and clear that in our entire diplomatic circle, there has almost never been a situation where adopted children grow up and turn their backs on the family, and every adopted child can fully integrate into the new family, just like you once stood up for Phoebe and fought with someone?" ”

Abron nodded.

The ambassador's wife added: "Although you are the only boy in the family, your father and I have never asked you to inherit the tradition, of course, seeking a decent life for the future of our children is also what we want to do as parents, don't listen to the propaganda of those people outside, that is an undignified person who even lives himself, I hope more people are like them." ”

Abrun nodded again.

"Actually, if Phoebe doesn't have any good development on her own, your father and I have also prepared a few choices for her, do you remember the time when you asked you to go to the Bush family to thank you for the West Point recommendation letter, and your father called Phoebe specifically, right?"

Ebrun shook his head a little confused.

Mrs. Ambassador smiled: "Actually, I originally wanted Phoebe to go to West Point, but she always said that she didn't want to go, until the last moment, your father thought about asking her if she had changed her mind." Of course, from now on, she was right not to go to West Point. ”

Ebron blushed a little, feeling like he had gone around West Point, but it turned out that he didn't want to go to Phoebe.

The ambassador's wife smiled again: "You don't have to be embarrassed, even Mira, a few days ago, listened to Phoebe's suggestion and resigned from the Middle East Affairs Committee, but the Senate will soon set up a new committee, mainly to coordinate the affairs of Onclaud, when the time comes, I am afraid that you will see her often." ”

Ebrun remembered the scene when he was bullied by Mira when he was a child, and his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry, Mira is not a child again, things at work will not embarrass you, and she has used a lot of effort to push you to your current position." The ambassador's wife sighed slightly when she said this: "To be honest, I never thought that Phoebe could bring such changes to the family, we have jumped from a middle-to-upper family in a diplomatic group to become one of the focus families, but our family is only a side line after all, and our own network base is too weak, so no one can say clearly, whether it is good or bad for you to take over, but from now on, our family has formed an alliance with the Barbara family, so for the time being, we are still very stable in the system." Phoebe told me and your father a few days ago, we also know how big her Titan is, she can't look down on such a big company alone, even if she uses some special management methods in Titan, because she said that the real people who watch Titan are actually some families like us, some are diplomatic, and some are financial families, so she needs someone to help her. ”

Abron nodded and said, "Well, I also know this, not only Titan, but even Onclud, who is in front, has many people who want to start, but the alliance of interests is still very solid, so it's not a big problem." ”

The ambassador's wife nodded and said, "Since you know these things and know her difficulties, you should know that even if her plan is not good, it will not hurt you and us, so why question her?" Will we suffer when her plan is accomplished? Even if there is an accident in the plan, don't we have the resources to erase the accident? If nothing else, even if I don't understand biology, that bee or something, under natural conditions, how can it be possible to cross the sea? I've also been to the Atlantic Floaters, and it's on the high seas, so as long as it's not intentional, how can it cause a biological disaster? As far as I know, Phoebe is much more reliable than many people, so don't question it all day. ”

Ebrun wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it, at least one thing his mother was right, Phoebe was only crazy to contact so many forces just to trap people.

But Ebron sometimes felt that Phoebe was really crazy......

Seeing all the thoughts of Ebron, the ambassador's wife shook her head slightly, feeling that her son sometimes just thinks too much, and it is not at all as crisp as Mira's resignation from the Middle East Commission. So he patted Ebrun's hand and said, "Don't think about it if you don't understand, it just so happens that you also came to South Korea, don't you plan to go to Barbara for a meal?" ”

"Well, she told me to get this done first." Emrun said, gesturing to a file bag at hand.

It was given to him by the Titan people, and it contained a transcript of his speech to be made at a secret inquiry meeting in Congress, with the aim of passing an amendment that would equate the political and economic obligations of large floating islands with those of large commercial vessels, or offshore oil platforms, before a new president took office.

The ostensible purpose is to conclude that even if it is a large floating island, it is a joint property of private individuals or companies, and has nothing to do with the U.S. government, and at the same time, the amendment also stipulates that the U.S. government and the president can requisition a part of the island facilities to a limited extent in case of emergency, in addition to renting the facilities and ground on the islands in normal times, and of course, the ownership of the floating islands belongs entirely to the builder - that is, Titan.

Although Titan did not make the slightest concession on the control of the floating islands, this was in line with the spirit of the United States, and those partners did not express their dissatisfaction with this, after all, Titan gave a very fair plan to enter the islands. And since Titan is willing to accept partners, it means that everyone can achieve common interests in certain places - except for real estate development, of course, and everyone understands that the property rights of the Atlantic floaters Titan will not let go of it in any way, even if it is just the vacant land on it.

On the surface, it seems a little inexplicable to ask Congress to pass a new amendment, because only Titan will benefit, but in fact, everyone who understands knows that some of the congressional committees, air force, navy, and diplomatic bloc behind Onclaude have all been kidnapped by Titan's interests, and they all have their own calculations, so the only thing that is certain now is that no one is really thinking about the national interests of the United States.

When it comes to dealing with the Atlantic Floaters, a floating island with an area of nearly 5,000 square kilometers, Genfibi actually has the same idea of being able to make Titan's rapid rise without provoking the hostility of major forces.

To put it bluntly, in fact, what everyone is really guarding against is the US government and the president.

After taking over the position of president of Unclave, Ebrun was exposed to a lot of information that he had not been exposed to before, which broadened his horizons a lot, which deepened his admiration for Phoebe, in fact, he admired Phoebe a little since he was a child, and Phoebe repaired his motorcycle that could not be found out where the problem was right under his nose. Later, when Eblon learned that Phoebe's first means of transportation was also a motorcycle, he didn't think it was strange at all, but he felt that Phoebe, who didn't care much about people, was quite pleased with his brother - you know, the sister in the family bought cars at the beginning.

The ambassador's wife glanced at the thickness of the document, and immediately smiled: "To be honest, I like Barbara's child very much, and the most important thing is that I feel that she is very similar to me, you must not make her sad, otherwise I will really make you unable to get off the stage." ”

Eblon nodded hurriedly, he grew up under the oppression of his sisters since he was a child, and he actually knew very well that sometimes whether it was his mother or his sister, he liked to help his relatives or not, not to mention that his relationship with Barbara was now regarded by many people as an important basis for supporting the diplomatic group's right to speak in Unclude, and it was also an important link to unify the emerging forces of the diplomatic group, so he also knew that if there was chaos, the consequences would not be ordinarily serious.

The ambassador's wife smiled again: "Well, but my son I know myself, you will definitely not mess around, and I also know that Barbara is your first love, although she used to perform diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe in the past, but you are also from a diplomatic family, so you should also know that you have to do it here, don't worry so much." ”

Ebrun said with a smile: "Barbara told me before, and I don't mind at all." ”

The ambassador's wife nodded in satisfaction, "Well, that's good." By the way, she said to let you get those documents done first, did you say anything else? ”

"Uh...... Didn't say anything. ”

The ambassador's wife shook her head and said, "Why don't you use the method of pretending to be stupid and not understanding the documents, you will call her after a while and say that there are some things that you can't understand, and you have to ask her." ”

"Yes...... But before using this method, she always said with disgust that I was too stupid......"

"You're stupid...... Do you like to call or not, I won't leave you food at home tonight, you can figure it out yourself......"

"Oh......"

"By the way, you met her, don't say that you have doubts about Phoebe's plan or anything, she is the first assistant by Phoebe's side, and Phoebe won't hide many things from her, if you let her know that you hesitate, it's hard to say whether she will worry that you won't be able to complete the plan and suggest Phoebe replace you."

"Uh, okay, I got it...... I...... I'm going to call her. ”

The ambassador's wife looked at Ebrun's back and shook her head helplessly: why are the girls in the family so smart, but the boys are getting more and more stupid......