"Mr. Bond, these are reports of recent movements of suspicious people." In Blackwater's internal affairs department, a clerk is handing over a document to a bald man named Bond.

Blackwater's main body is composed of three departments: the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is responsible for intelligence and the safety of itself and its allies, the Operations Department, which is entrusted with external tasks, and the Command Department, codenamed "Castle", which coordinates and directs them.

Bond, who was originally a deputy commissioner of the Cleveland City Police Department, was unlucky enough to be involved in a firefight between two groups of people, only to have two of his subordinates hang up on the spot, and with a little better luck, he was shot in the leg. Later, after treatment, the leg was saved, but the right leg has been a few centimeters shorter than the left leg since then. What's even more hateful is that the police department didn't dare to track down the deputy director who injured them and killed his two partners, because they were instructed not to make trouble.

Can the police station go to investigate a crime and call it a "trouble"? Bond was naturally extremely unconvinced, so he investigated privately, and as soon as he found out something, he was discovered by the police department. So Sorge approached Bond and had a long talk with him, and then Bond left the police station on his own initiative - for the simple reason that Sorge told him that the exchange of fire involved a personal feud between the two senators (at that time, group fights were common in the US Congress). There was even a case where a southern senator took an iron rod disguised as a staff of civilization because a northern senator scolded his uncle—the effect is a reference to the traditional Chinese weapon, the iron whip—and smashed it on the head of the northern guy, leaving him in bed for three years. In contrast, the little bit of stuff in Taiwan now is like a child's play. Such a big man is not something that the police department can touch. If he continues to pursue him, he and his family will be in great danger.

After Bond left the police station, he became a private detective. Because of his outstanding ability and good relationship with the police department, life was not bad, but somehow, because of the investigation of a murder case, he was threatened by a group of bounty hunters who were funded by the South (according to the Fugitive Slave Act, the people who hunted down fugitive slaves in the northern states in exchange for bounties were outlaws), and as a result, Bond's private detective agency had to be closed. On the verge of losing his job, Bond has since gone to Blackwater, using his experience and abilities to become a senior executive in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Scrooge's vigilance against industrial espionage is very high, although now, the frequency and intensity of industrial espionage activities cannot be compared with later generations, but trying to establish a high-tech monopoly empire, with high-tech monopoly as the foundation of the monopoly, Scrooge's prevention of industrial espionage is far more than that of people in the same period.

So, in Scrooge's company, those who often have access to technical secrets are strictly guarded. When and who came into contact with them, they will be secretly recorded.

Bond lays out the case file, and the four people who regularly try to get their hands on core technical secrets that seem to outsiders to be most likely to have access to core technical secrets are all recent entrants to McDonald's Infantry Weapons.

"The earliest came into the company after the MacDonald 1857 precision firing version began to be sold on the market." Bond looked at the case file and remembered a top-secret document he had ever seen, which was the most important target that Mr. Scrooge 61 MacDonald showed them that the company needed to protect, and one of them was the secret of the bullets in the McDonald's 1857 precision-firing rifle.

Bond continued to look down, and after identifying suspicious individuals, the Home Office would conduct a secret investigation into them to find out where they came from and who they usually contacted. All the records will be centralized and compared one by one. Then, something interesting came to mind.

First of all, all four are from Delaware, and they all have a relationship with a one-eyed dragon named Steve. Blackwater immediately sent investigators to Delaware to investigate almost all of Delaware's larger gunpowder manufacturers. The investigation yielded results, and in Wilmington, it was recognized that the one-eyed dragon was named Gordon, the leader of the DuPont family, the largest gunpowder merchant in the region.

"Humph! DuPont? "Bond had heard of this company, which was already a well-known gunpowder factory that produced good quality gunpowder. However, the company is still just one of the more influential companies in Delaware, much smaller in size and impact than McDonald Infantry Weapons. And compared with the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, which has just been established and has attracted the attention of the whole world, it is even less than an order of magnitude.

"This company is not small. Compared to other companies, their means are not bad. However, they are still too immature compared to a well-organized professional opponent like Blackwater. They were so bold to put their hands on MacDonald's infantry weapons and MacDonald's chemistry and medicine. Aren't you worried about retaliatory strikes? Bond thought. However, this is not a matter of Bond's jurisdiction, all he needs to do is synthesize this information and then make an analysis that can be used to assist in making a judgment from above.

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"Mr. Rockefeller, here's a document that you need to deal with, transferred from the Department of the Interior." As a shareholder of the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company, much of the company's day-to-day operations were temporarily transferred to Rockefeller during the days when Scrooge left the United States and had not yet arrived in Europe.

Although Blackwater and McDonald Infantry Weapons are two companies, in terms of decision-making level, it and MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company completely share the same decision-making level. Therefore, when Scrooge left the United States, he also temporarily handed over part of the management of Blackwater to the Rockefeller agent.

"Have you shown this to Mr. Carroll 61 MacDonald?" Rockefeller asked.

Before leaving the United States, Scrooge recalled Carroll and asked him to temporarily take charge of his three companies. Although Carroll is far inferior to Rockefeller in ability. But at this time, reliability is all that matters. In addition, Carol is stable by nature, and if he acts as an agent in the short term, he will not be aggressive, and it is still okay to just stabilize the situation.

Rockefeller also understood this, so he did not make his own decisions about various affairs, but discussed everything with Carroll. For the most part, though, the most common outcome is that Carroll, after careful consideration, adopts Rockefeller's suggestion.

"Mr. Carroll was watching, and he said, if you're done reading it and you think there's something to do, please come over and talk to him about it."

"Okay, I got it." Rockefeller replied.

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"Carol, it's normal for someone to have the idea of hacking the company's technical secrets. It's all about how we respond. Our company has perhaps the best confidentiality system in the world, and it is not easy for others to get anything useful. However, if we allow them to do this and do not retaliate, then those guys will feel that the cost of sending people to steal our technical secrets is low, and if they succeed, the benefits are high, and at that time, no matter how efficient our security services are, they can only be prevented. So, we have to do something. Otherwise, the consequences will be very troublesome. Rockefeller tried his best to convince Carroll to get Blackwater to take revenge on DuPont.

"Scrooge hopes that nothing too big will happen to him during his time in Europe." Carroll said.

"What the hell!" Rockefeller thought, "If Scrooge had been here, where would he have had to encourage him to do something to that DuPont company, he would have screamed and pounced on his opponent." ”

"Carol, Scrooge said before that when a large group of wolves surrounds you, taking the initiative and killing the most vicious one of them first is a more effective means of defense. Only in this way can you let your opponent see your strength, so that you will not bring any bad results because of miscalculation. Moreover, an upright person should not deliberately act as weak to lure others into sin. Isn't it? Rockefeller continued to patiently convince Carroll.

"I understand that, but, John, don't you think your method of mentioning yì is a bit too drastic? A little overly defensive? And we don't have any really reliable evidence, it's all speculation. ”

"Evidence? You actually say the evidence? Oh my! Rockefeller couldn't hold back any longer, he stood up, looked down at Carroll, and laughed out loud in a shrill voice, "Oh my God, Carroll, do you think we still need a court?" Spend three years collecting evidence, then spend half a year assembling a neutral jury, and then spend six years fighting a lawsuit? No, at this time, we don't need evidence, we just need suspicion, and that's enough! Well, I'll give you another look at this article and see how DuPont deals with its competitors! He directly used a lot of gunpowder to send people to the sky! This is a poisonous snake! Do we see a poisonous snake slipping into our yard and don't immediately pick up the guy and kill it, and say, 'We have no evidence that it came into the yard to bite us or our livestock'? ”

"So why don't we just kill those who come into our yard? That's a warning to DuPont. "Carroll is still making her last stands.

"If they're not DuPont, I agree with you." Rockefeller slowed his tone and said, "However, their previous expression was too dangerous, 'If you don't die if you fight a snake, you will suffer from it.'" Either we turn a blind eye to DuPont's methods, or we have to give him a hard blow and use their corpses to warn those who dare to beat us up! ”

Carol lowered her head and thought for a while, and said, "John, are you sure that after we do this, the results are controllable?" ”

"Of course! With DuPont's strength, after receiving this blow, even if it is not completely finished, it is impossible to have the power to fight back at all! Rockefeller said firmly.

"Alright then, just do as you want." Carroll finally respected Rockefeller's opinion, as usual. When Rockefeller went out, Carroll muttered to himself: "No wonder Scrooge said that the one who needs to be watched most at all times is John 61 Rockefeller." He's such a horrible guy. ”