Rick sat at his desk, his eyes shining like blades, a kind of coercion was self-evident, his handsome face was as clear as a carving, and his angular face was unusually handsome. It looks like a bohemian on the outside, but the inadvertent light in his eyes makes people dare not underestimate it. The sea, Christopher, Adrian, Lin, Luffy, Owens, and Vaughn are all sitting in the office, the single sofa and couch are scattered, the atmosphere in the office is very depressing, Rick has black and dense hair, and under a pair of sword eyebrows is a pair of slender peach blossom eyes, full of affection, which makes people fall into it if they are not careful. The tall nose and moderately thick lips look a little more arrogant.

"Now that our family has entered the brink of crisis, all the families have united to share our property, since this matter is a matter within the mafia family, we should not ask for Bai's protection, I don't want our family's affairs to be." Rick said slowly, while Rick's eyes were fixed on everyone present, Rick wanted to get some advice from them, and of course Rick wanted some advice from his brothers.

"Of course, this is in line with our style of acting, but our family affairs, we may not be able to solve them." Christopher said.

Rick directly interrupted Christopher's words, "Since our family can be the biggest in XWY, we have our ability, and now we are only in a little crisis, so we seek help from the outside, what about our personal spirit?" What about our family culture? It's problematic to feel like you can't do it with a little thing, we have to do it ourselves now, but we also have to work hard to become the first big family in country M, the first big family in country M, oh no, that's supposed to be a super family. ”

"Mr. Rick, I think you may be young and vigorous, we have all thought about these things you said, but this is not something that can be done by just talking, just XWY first, your ancestors have spent countless energy, and many people have died, we have all personally experienced that period of family darkness, what you said is not realistic at all." Adrian also spoke.

Rick couldn't find the words to refute for a while, but at this time the sea stood up, "Rick Patriarch is actually very far-sighted, Rick Patriarch also has his reasoning, for so many years, we have been maintaining XWY first It seems that we are advancing, but in essence, we are regressing, because new families are constantly emerging, and our industries are basically still down by our ancestors, we have not actually expanded much, other families are growing rapidly, and our speed is slower than them, The reason why we can maintain the first place in XWY is mainly because of our large industrial base, not because we are expanding fast enough. Now that our new patriarch has this idea, it is possible that he will be able to lead us to revive our Colvin family and rise to the top of the national family list, which is not ridiculous. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fastest step is not to leap forward, but to continue; The slowest pace is not a small step, but a wandering; The best path is not the avenue, but careful; The most dangerous path is not a steep slope, but a trap. If our Colvin family does not transform as soon as possible, XWY's first position is estimated to be lost soon, the situation in the world changes for all to see, our enterprises, casinos, pubs, dance halls, clubs are all part of the virtual economy, the world is strongly advocating the real industry, we must also be brave to take our first step. Rick glanced gratefully at the sea and spoke.

"So, what's your first step?" Christopher asked, in fact, everyone was very dissatisfied with Rick's administration, after all, this is just a hairy boy, how much has he experienced the sinister of society? As the patriarch of the family, the patriarch is a very key role, a good patriarch can make a family rise to prominence, and a weak patriarch may bring down the entire family in a contract.

"Wesker Company." Rick said lightly.

After Rick finished speaking, the faces of everyone present changed, Wesker Company! It is a well-known rocket company in China, with a market value of more than one trillion M yuan, and WestVac CEO Westker Malone completed the feat of launching rockets by a private company in 2013, and at the same time he built the best electric car in the world. Previously, he also built the world's largest online payment platform. Wesker Malone, the founder of Wesker Rocket Company, Heros Motors, and Warning Electronic Technology, has left the world far behind. On March 12, 2013, Wesker's rocket company successfully launched and recycled a reusable rocket in M Hatton, carrying a spacecraft to the International Space Station. This is the first time in the history of mankind that a rocket has been launched by a private company. On December 21, 2015, the "Divine Comedy" rocket realized the whole process of launch and recovery for the first time, and it is also the first orbiter that can realize the recovery of a first-stage rocket.

With such a company, what can the Colvin family work with? Wesker is completely engaged in high-tech, and the Colvin family is completely virtual entertainment industry, so the two have nothing in common, what basis can there be for cooperation?

"Mr. Rick, please explain! I do not quite understand. Adrian also put down his posture, Adrian really didn't understand what bold ideas this young man could have!

"Any enterprise, there will be a basis for cooperation, I recently learned that the Wesker company is going to try a space elevator experiment, which is also a very avant-garde investment, and no one thinks that this investment can pay a high return, and many people think that this is a loss-making business, even if the technology is reached, there is no feasible resource to build, but this is an opportunity."

Adrian stood up, "Mr. Rick, I think your idea is a bit bold, even if Wesker can take a fancy to us, what can we offer them?" ”

Rick waved Adrian to sit down and listened to himself slowly, "Listen to me first, the space elevator is a kind of equipment to go to space conceived by human beings, it was proposed in the twentieth century, but because it failed to make a breakthrough in principle, there has been no large-scale investment. The space elevator is similar to an ordinary elevator, except that its role is not to get passengers to and from the floors, but to send them to the space station 10,000 kilometers away from the earth, of course, mainly to get something out of the earth and into space. As the pace of space exploration accelerates, scientists are considering designing a space elevator that would allow for a more convenient exchange of goods between outer space and Earth. I have checked a lot of information in the past few days, and the main body of the space elevator is a cable that permanently connects the space station to the surface of the earth, which can be used to transport people and goods from the ground to the space station. The space elevator can also be used as a launch system, because the space elevator must be driven by the earth to rotate, and the higher the place, the faster the speed, so the spacecraft can be transported from the ground to a high enough place outside the atmosphere, and it only needs a little acceleration to set sail. Or use a space elevator to bring parts up to the space station and assemble them there. Before mankind fully entered the interstellar age, the role of the space elevator was extraordinary, this is a big project, if this development is successful, then the chemical rocket flying out of the earth with supplies will become a thing of the past. ”

"So what do you think we can do to work together?" Christopher asked.

"The foundation is very simple, it's money."

Christopher and Adrian glanced at each other, the sea sat on the sofa with his head bowed and fell into deep thought, Luffy and the two Rick's brothers were silent, as if they were a full number, "Why do I think the space elevator is an opportunity, because the space elevator has not yet been heavily invested by any country, if we cooperate with Wesker and win this project first, as long as we overcome some basic difficulties first and get some patents, then the return of the space elevator will be doubled." Just imagine, we have successfully built a space elevator in a few years, then anyone who wants to use a space elevator will have to pay a very high price, and the use of space elevators is recyclable, no matter how high our price is, it will be much lower than the cost of a chemical rocket, and when the time comes, we will just have to wait obediently to count the money. ”

"I think this is an opportunity, now those families want to share our property, we may be able to sell it to them, so that we can resolve the conflict, and secondly, we can also provide our family with some funds for activities, anyway, our industries are about to be shut down by the government, even if we insist on it, those industries will not be able to jump for a few years, and it is estimated that they will not make any money, the people of the Ministry of Commerce are vigorously adjusting the price of the entertainment industry, and the price of our bar products will also be regulated. This is completely a change of method to bankrupt us, since the other families want it, it is better for us to be a good person and let them go. The sea opened his mouth and said, the sea has always supported Mike's decision, and now the sea also supports Rick, unless he has a better opinion than the leader, otherwise the sea will not deny the patriarch's decision, which is the basic performance of a good subordinate.

"Space elevator, we will provide some funds, even if the project is completed in the future, and make a lot of money, what benefit can we do except for some infrared?" Adrian asked rhetorically.

Rick got up from his leather chair, pulled back the curtains, and looked north, "Actually, the space elevator is just a front for us to get closer to Wesker......"

Thirteen cars drove on the highway around the city, and for the safety of this trip, Haihai arranged for two days, hired more than 30 armed bodyguards, first flew to the mainland in a private jet, and rented some vehicles and family cars, three RVs, seven off-road and three modified Humvees. Lillian and Rick sat in the RV, and the sea sat beside them, "As you ordered, Wesker's referrals are already waiting for us at one of Mhatton's villas, and they are very welcoming to us, especially since we say that we are willing to fund them some funds, and they are even more concerned about this matter." The sea said.

"Yes, if anyone doesn't want money, we sent them money, and they will naturally welcome it." Rick sat in the small living room, crossed his legs and replied, Lilian sat next to Rick, this time the negotiation Mike did not follow, Mike stayed in the villa on the mountain, now the power of the family has been completely handed over to Rick, and the captive birds will also be released one day.

"Are we going to meet the guy on the news this time?" Lillian asked.

"Possibly! However, I don't think this matter is worth coming out of Wesker in person, and it is very likely that the vice president of Wesker will come to talk to us about cooperation. "The convoy was very swaggering on the road, all attracted the attention of the army, the convoy had not yet entered M Hatton, it was stopped by several army armored vehicles outside the city, except for a few veterans with submachine guns or automatic rifles, everyone else was carrying pistols, veterans' gun licenses are legal, but others are not very easy to do.

After the soldiers forcibly stopped the convoy, they ordered everyone to get out of the car for inspection, and more than 30 bodyguards were driven down, because they were carrying a large number of weapons, so the guns and ammunition were collected, and all the personnel were also guarded and escorted to a nearby military stronghold.

Fortunately, the sea called in advance, and after Mike explained the situation through some dignitaries, the army got the news, released Rick and the others, and returned the weapons to everyone.

If it weren't for Mike's deep relationship, it is estimated that it would be delayed here today, and as soon as everyone returned to the car, they received a call from Wesker, and the sea said that Rick and his party would be there soon, and they hung up the phone.

After an hour, the convoy arrived safely at the designated villa, which is a villa in the cultural district on the outskirts of Mhatton, which also looks very atmospheric. There is a robot bodyguard at the door, and the robot looks like a standing car, not in the shape of a human being, and not very regular. A man in a white suit stood at the door, he wore a pair of glasses, he looked polite, and the wrinkles on his face directly exposed the age of the man, even if he wore it exquisitely, it could not hide the polish of the years.

"I hate people who are late because it's disrespectful." As soon as Rick got out of the car, the man in the white suit directly expressed his dissatisfaction, Rick wanted to explain to him, but he walked directly into the villa, and more than thirty bodyguards were busy and distributed around the villa, in order to look decent, Rick only took Lillian and the sea inside. Lin and Christopher were also left outside.

After walking into the villa, the decoration in the villa does not look much different from the villa on the mountain, the luxury is similar, there is not much difference. The man in the white suit sat in the living room, a female secretary walked out of nowhere, holding a teapot and a ceramic cup on the table, and the female secretary poured a cup directly for a few people, which looked like coffee.

"Mr. Rick, let's talk about cooperation, because you are late, so we have less than ten minutes to talk, and I will go to G-Valley to meet another customer in a moment." Said the man in the white suit.

"Okay, actually, I think five minutes is enough, we have something on the road, causing a delay, I'm sorry, the main purpose of our visit, I have already said on the phone. We are willing to fund the space elevator project of Wesker Rocket Company, we are willing to spend a billion to support the elevator experiment, if the elevator can be completed, our family is willing to spend more money on the project, but we also have some requirements. Rick said crisply.

The man in the white suit raised his eyes and said with a smile, "It seems that the Colvin family is indeed full of talents, and Mr. Rick should be no more than twenty-two years old this year!" At such a young age, you can become the head of the family, and come all the way here to discuss projects with us, and you will definitely be an elite in the business world in the future! ”

"Mr. has won the prize, our billion is not given away for free, we have two conditions, the first is that we should buy out the right to participate in the construction of the space elevator project in the future, and we want to take one-tenth of the profit obtained after the official operation of the space elevator. Second, we need to sign a cooperation agreement with Warning Electronics, and we need to order a batch of machines. ”

"Hahahaha, Mr. Rick, you're such a smart man! I can promise one-tenth of the profit, but it will be changed according to your investment in the project, but that is all in the future, and we can give you the right to participate, but Mr. Rick is so confident that the space elevator plan can succeed, we talked about it before, but if the space elevator program fails, we will not make any compensation for the billion. ”

"It's okay, I believe you will be able to do it, if Wesker can't take it, then no other force in the world can do it, and Wesker's technology is also leading the world."

"Hahaha, Mr. Rick's real purpose is not for the space elevator, but to be able to sign an order with Warning Electronics! As we all know, Warning is a network technology company, although it is also involved in the manufacture of physical machines, but the profit is extremely low, and the added value of network technology is the main profit. It's been a long time since we've signed an order for the production of machines, and I think Mr. Rick would love to have them! That's what you're here for. ”

"Sir, it is really the person who can enter the senior management of Wesker Rocket Company, to be honest, we are indeed for those machines, but that is not the most important thing, but we hope to be able to cooperate with Wesker for a long time in the future."