After pondering for a moment, Nie Shuying asked: "What I'm more worried about is that if the White House resists the pressure of public opinion and carries this anti-monopoly lawsuit to the end, we will lose even more, after all, they are the best institutions, and we are responsible for our own profits and losses." ”

"It's impossible, because the consortium is about to run out, and the monopoly investigation started because of them, and as long as they admit defeat, the Ministry of Justice will not insist any longer." Xu Yuan said without hesitation.

After a pause, Xu Yuan smiled, and then added: "And the most important thing is that our products are irreplaceable. ”

Even if it is a short-term loss of this market, it is impossible for anyone to replace the source technology, which is the real hole card that Xu Yuan relies on!

The Merkava 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.

If you calculate the actual control of wealth, I am afraid that ten Bill Gates will not be his opponent, after all, Bill Gates is only one person, and these consortia are not even more than one family.

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 Merkava consortium's offensive against Yuanying International Group suddenly stalled, and there was no next move for half a day.

The anti-monopoly investigation did hurt Yuanying International Group, but it was far less painful than the punch they received at the National Bank.

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 on the outskirts of the Merkava consortium.

At this moment, the people standing in this room hold one-tenth of the power of the entire Berry Country.

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! Lawrence slammed his fist on the table and said through gritted teeth.

"I think so too, but we don't have any evidence, and the Ministry of Defense hasn't found any clues." Adams said helplessly.

"How did they do it? First National Bank's information security is the responsibility of the Pentagon, and if their hackers can hack into our servers, then there's no reason why they can't hack into the Pentagon. Mr. Lowell frowned as well.

"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 Source Shadow International Group!" Lawrence said with a headache.

"The Arab freshwater project cannot be compromised." Kennedy replied.

"But our garment factories need funding, the company's radar project at the Guam military base, and orders from the helicopter company and the Pentagon."

Lowell glanced at Joseph, "Although I know that the freshwater project is important to you, but now it seems that if we continue to fight with the Source Shadow International Group, even if we win in the end, the losses suffered by the consortium will be beyond our reach." ”

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

"I can't take it." 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 this breath, we can wait until later to clean them up, but for now, we'd better slow down, at least in the area of cybersecurity, we have to upgrade! Rocky, who had not spoken, spoke.

"Then according to the custom, vote by show of hands, for the sake of our long-term covenant, no matter what choice we make in the end, even if it is a choice I don't want to accept, I will contribute my strength to the alliance, so those who are in favor of reconciliation, please raise your hand." After speaking, 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, Kennedy did not have any dissatisfaction on his face.

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

……

Although the relationship between the major conglomerates that control the US economy is usually quite harmonious, there is no such thing as disharmony in the business field.

When one side is in trouble, it is normal for all sides to reach out.

Merkava Bank, Citibank, and Yada Bank have announced that they have upgraded their bank security systems to ensure the safety of each depositor's personal information.

Such an approach is undoubtedly suspected of falling into the ground, and it is not easy for big conglomerates to go too far.

So, on the third day when cyber information security became a topic, the Federal Reserve took action.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve injected $100 billion into Merkava Bank to stabilize depositor confidence.

At the same time, Merkava Bank announced an upgrade to its security system to ensure that such incidents do not happen again, recovering some of its losses.

Just when investors were anxious to digest the two blockbuster news of "bank depositor information leakage" and "source technology may withdraw from the United States", Xu Yuan, who was far away in the western Pacific, seemed much calmer.

Standing next to the launch site, Xu Yuan watched the rocket lift off, watching the pillar of smoke that looked like a physical entity 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 Xu Yuan, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Elena Gigley, teased.

"Oh? It seems that even Russia knows about our petty contradictions with the Merkava consortium. Xu Yuan said with a smile.

"Of course, you're now on the list of key investigators, and they think you're the one who hacked the bank, and your real identity is actually an IT engineer who is proficient in computer technology."

"It's an interesting conjecture, but unfortunately, my computer level is only level 2." Xu Yuan laughed and avoided Elena's temptation, "Don't talk about this, what do you think of our rocket launch technology?" ”

Elena will appear at the Wishing Star Trading Company's rocket launch site, but it can't be for personal reasons.

The rocket launch technology of the Star Trading Company has matured, and in order to digest the excess launch resources, Xu Yuan 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 by almost 30 billion.

Since Russia is worried about the high maintenance costs of the space station, Wishing Star Trading Company can just share its worries.

Not only can you make some extra money, so that the Star Trading Company can take care of its own profits and losses as soon as possible, but also accumulate experience in delivering supplies to the space station.

Such a good thing, why wouldn't Xu Yuan do it?

However, Elena's answer surprised Xu Yuan.

"If you're willing to sell rocket engines, we can talk about it. If you're planning to take on this project, I'm probably going to disappoint you. ”

Elena sighed, spread her hands and said, "We will not contract this project to foreign space companies, there is nothing to talk about."

The supply of the International Space Station is not only an international obligation of several space powers, but also a good opportunity for all countries to develop their own space science and technology.

From the tens of billions of dollars in profits, the country's space companies have the money to develop new aero engines and improve existing launch technologies.

Contracting to Wishing Star Trading Company can certainly reduce the budget in this area, but it is undoubtedly bad news for the country's aerospace enterprises.

After all, there are so many launch plans every year, and with the exception of Berry Country, which can make money on commercial launches, most space companies rely on national projects to support themselves.

What Elena said is also what the Russian leader meant.

If Wishing Star Trading intends to sell rockets, Russia is of course happy to buy them, but if Wishing Star Trading is only going to contract launch projects, there is no need to talk about it at all.