As soon as he sat down at the oval conference table in the White House, Lin Youde asked straight to the point: "I heard that you have given up the idea of letting the machine rule over mankind?" “

"Yes." Marie Belle nodded very dryly and admitted, "I have been observing humanity since that conversation with you many years ago, and your words have given me a new perspective, and then I have discovered that humanity is indeed not useless. So I revised my view that the best solution is to combine humans and machines and learn from each other's strengths. ”

"It's a pity that I'm too old to combine with you." Lin Youde made a joke.

Marie Belle laughed.

"You even have this kind of smile...... Lin Youde sighed, "It seems that you have changed a lot over the years, you are a little more human than before, I thought that you machines would always remain the same as before, and they will not change." ”

"Because I am now the product of the union of machine and human beings in a certain way, I think it is the human part of me that gives me the possibility of change. I am now so grateful to the girl who provided me with my body. ”

Lin Youde nodded, and then changed the topic: "Let's talk about business, on the way here, I heard Mr. Howard Stark say that the United States intends to join our Babylon Project, is that so?" ”

"Yes, I think you should really need our industrial capacity, and our cooperation in this area will undoubtedly have a win-win effect."

"Does it mean that Americans can also enjoy the benefits of aerospace brought by elevators, or can Americans share our technology in the process of cooperation?" Viola asked this very poignant question.

Lin Youde squinted at his wife, did not make a sound, but turned his gaze to Marie Belle, waiting for her answer.

"It's both, and we want to share the capacity of the elevator and we want to get the technology from you," Marie Belle said. ”

"Don't you feel a little greedy?" This time, Lin Youde asked.

Maribelle nodded, "Yes, it looks like a bit greedy, but we will pay the price corresponding to this harvest." ”

"Oh?" Lin Youde looked very interested, "Let's talk about it, I want to know what is worth it for us to give technology and elevator capacity in exchange." ”

"The price of this is fifty years of friendship with the United States."

After Marie Belle finished speaking, Lin Youde laughed: "Don't make a fuss, Miss Belle, you will now guarantee a friendship of up to six and a half years, and then when your second term ends, this friendship is likely to disappear completely." ”

"As long as I stay in the presidency when the time comes." Marie Belle replied without hesitation.

Lin Youde raised his eyebrows, turned his gaze to Howard Stark next to him, and said in a joking tone: "Mr. Stark, didn't you say that you have erased the absurd thoughts in Miss Mary Belle's mind, but how do I feel that the United States is still unable to escape the civil war?" ”

"We're going to change the Constitution in the near future," Howard Stark replied, "and the new Constitution amendment will change the term that the president can only serve one term for one term, so that if there is a god in the candidate, he will not be subject to that restriction." Once the amendment is passed, Mademoiselle Marie Belle will be able to remain re-elected until she no longer receives any more votes. ”

Lin Youde had a skeptical expression: "Is it possible that this constitutional amendment will be reviewed and approved?" ”

"It's very likely, the opposition parties are now taking Yingzhou's little god under their command, and they probably hope that their presidential candidate can be re-elected indefinitely until they completely lose the support of the people.

Lin Youde stared at Howard Stark, speculating on how many lobbies were busy in order to get the amendment approved, and how many dollars were flowing into the pockets of the politicians in the form of donations.

"I still can't accept it," Viola shook her head, "Amending the constitution is a very complicated matter, unless you use force to subdue various forces in the country, otherwise a single unanimous opinion can take you a term of office." What's more, what you want to change is such a crucial one, even if the opposition party has its own support, and wants to be re-elected as the boss indefinitely, it will be difficult for your lobbying to succeed. ”

"Actually, we do have some less formal means." Maribelle said in a calm tone, "We have dealt with several major opposition parties very well, and the others will be completely eliminated by us." But taking a step back, even if I don't keep my term long enough, this cooperation will be beneficial to you, first of all, technology, and you can give us technology that doesn't matter, or technology that is about to be phased out......"

"But we can't prevent the chief engineers and technicians who participated in the construction from mastering our cutting-edge technology in their work." Lin Youde interrupted Marie Bellé's words and pointed this point directly.

"This bit of information leakage, and speeding up the construction of the Tower of Babylon, I think you must be better at this than me, Mr. Shelin."

After Marie Belle finished speaking, Lin Youde was silent, indeed, it is acceptable to leak some technology in the construction process, after all, the leakage is all minutiae, and the Americans have to toss for many years to engage in reverse engineering, and according to the current speed of scientific and technological development, when the Americans complete the reverse engineering, the German side will probably have been upgraded.

Marie Belle saw that Lin Youde did not object, so she continued: "The second point is that our elevator capacity use is also controlled by you. You can always find an excuse to temporarily stop the delivery of supplies commissioned by the U.S. government to orbit, after all, the ground base station will be set up in Singapore, which is your sphere of influence. ”

"And just across the sea, you Americans have a decent number of troops, don't you?" Lin Youde continued to-for-tat, "I think if you want to show your sincerity, how about withdrawing troops from those islands in Southeast Asia first?" ”

"Yes, no problem." Marie Belle agreed very simply, "I hope that the withdrawal will convince you, Mr. Lin, that we really want to cooperate with you." The future is the age of the universe, and the United States of America wants to play its part in the conquest of the universe, so please remember that in any case. ”

Lin Youde licked his lips, it was really strange, it was clear that not long after the talks began, he already felt a little dry. Lin Youde picked up the cup in front of him and took a sip of water, and then responded to Marie Belle's words: "I will remember." In addition, compared to the United States, which has changed greatly in various policies after a change of government, Germany is stable and has a lot of promises, so please keep this in mind. ”