A power outage in western North America?

Ye Hua was stunned for a while, and listened to Cheng Manlou's brief explanation of the reason, this unexpected power outage accident was more serious than the one in 2003.

Americans also like symmetry?

In 2003, there was a power outage in the eastern region, and now the western region is also coming back, which is really neat.

After pondering for a while, Ye Hua made a decision in his heart, and immediately responded: "Yes, of course yes, such a good live advertisement, I am worried about how to carry out the business of Life Light in North America." ”

The communication with Cheng Manlou ended quickly, and Ye Hua asked Xiaoyin to send an urgent notice to the operation department of Life Light, ready to increase the energy level output of the wireless transmission tower to the space-based system in space, and urgently deploy some satellite resources to urgently change orbits to reach the sky over North America.

The United States used diplomatic resources to go to the embassy to intercede, how can it be that it has to give the US imperialists a face, and there are many benefits, and it is not surprising that the Huizhou Power Supply Center will also receive an emergency notice and actively cooperate with the allocation of power supply.

Fortunately, Huaxia is in the middle of the night, and if it is during the peak period of electricity consumption during the day, it may not be able to withstand it.

Telling the matter, Ye Hua opened a floating screen to understand, thoughtfully.

"It's really strange, shouldn't it, UHV transmission line failure? Failure of early warning leads to a chain reaction? Theoretically, it can be true, but it is a bit too far-fetched. More than 20 years have passed since the California power crisis, and the efforts of the state government and CAISO, the operator of the California electricity market, have not failed in the reform of the electric power industry......"

Ye Hua continued to browse the news from the United States.

The California Power Crisis occurred in 2001 during the energy crisis in the western United States, when Texas Energy Enron illegally shut down the natural gas pipeline to California and regulated retail electricity prices, causing California to experience a severe power supply shortage and suffered multiple large-scale power outages.

As a result, Enron, the seventh-largest business giant in the Fortune 500 in the United States, suddenly declared bankruptcy, and the Enron incident shocked all circles in the United States like a bomb that detonated in an instant, and the most innovative American energy company with annual revenues of 100 billion dollars and successfully operated for 70 years collapsed overnight......

In any case, this time CAISO will shed its skin if it doesn't die, and if it doesn't end well, it will be the second Enron.

The direct economic losses caused by this power crisis accident have reached 50 billion US dollars, and the intangible losses are even more incalculable.

Was it really an accident?

While Ye Hua was pondering, Lan Ping quietly went behind his back and hugged him, resting her chin on his shoulder, and said boringly: "Where are there so many conspiracy theories, don't all this kind of thing appear in the bloody plot?" ”

Ye Hua was motionless, his afterglow swept back, and said with a smile: "Sometimes reality is more absurd, because fictional stories are carried out under a certain logic, and reality ...... There is often no logic at all. ”

Lan Ping, who was glued behind him, didn't bother to respond, and instead came to him, swiping her hand in the air and turning off the floating display screen.

Heavy doors, please enter the urn.

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Santa Monica, North America.

With the authorization of the headquarters, Cheng Manlou had no scruples, and returned to the reception room after ending the communication, and the Grenaves stopped talking.

"Mr. Mayor, you are right, life is precious, and our company is willing to help within its ability."

"Great, thank you for your help, thank you so much!" Grenavis's spirits lifted, and he immediately stood up and shook hands with him to thank him continuously.

A few minutes later, Cheng Manlou immediately notified retail stores in major North American markets, including the Canadian market, to deploy more than 140 wireless terminal generators, and spare generators in retail stores in Canada or the eastern region of the United States were also supported by air transportation to the west.

The manager of the Santa Monica flagship store came to the store, and the retail hall of the flagship store was bustling with people, who came to buy PHM-S products.

"We are sorry, dear users, but we have decided to provide electrical assistance to those who need it even more, because the backup radio terminal is about to be sent to the emergency hospital, where people are in urgent need of help, there is no electricity, surgery cannot be performed, and missing the treatment time means a precious life lost, so we have decided to provide electrical assistance to those who need it more, for which we are deeply sorry."

Hundreds of customers in the store understood and expressed their support and praise for Shoreline's move, which was a great decision.

Soon, people began to leave the retail stores in an orderly manner, and 48 retail stores along the coastline in the western power outage area voluntarily cut off power and shut down, and the news was also shared on the Internet, and major media in North America reported it, and American netizens in the eastern region were also hotly discussed.

Ten minutes later, the Shoreline flagship store in Santa Monica officially shut down, and fifteen minutes later, a helicopter hoisted an 800-kilogram radio-terminated generator and shipped it to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the largest non-profit hospital on the West Coast of the United States, located in Los Angeles, adjacent to Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.

The generator is turned on at full power and is able to supply the entire medical center with power.

Other radio terminal generators were also assigned to the local emergency medical centers, and the "selfless" act of "harming oneself and others" of the coastline undoubtedly greatly gained the goodwill of the North American people, and a large number of good people cards and voices of praise and support were on the way.

Only the North American authorities are super unhappy, if it weren't for the federal government's urgent negotiations with the Chinese through diplomatic channels, they would be so diligent? But I can't say it, not only can't I say it, but watching the Chinese people brush up their prestige on their own land, you have to praise you and say that you are angry?

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Almost at the same time.

GE Group Headquarters.

CEO John Flannery is 1.9 meters tall, with a gray and white back, a hard-working man, walking in the crowd like a fly, with a politician-like sophisticated eyes, and a few words of greeting with corporate executives along the way, he can quickly laugh, and looks like a kind old man.

Arriving at the company's internal high-level conference hall, where several core members were listed, the conference room was closed when John entered, and it was an internal secret meeting.

Today, GE has become integrated with Apple, and there are several large screens in the conference room at the moment, which are full of big people, so to speak, the small group of people who stand at the top of the American social pyramid.

Apple boss Tim Cook is also on a screen.

When John Flannery arrived, GE's core executives greeted him, and the bigwigs in the video connection glanced at him, and one of the consortium shareholders said unhurriedly: "Okay, let's go, Mr. John?" ”

John Flannery nodded in acknowledgment, organized words in his mind, and then said:

"Since 1892, GE's business has changed to include aircraft engines, plastics, cannons, computers, MRI machines, drill bits for oilfield drilling, desalination equipment, television programs, movies, credit cards or insurance, to name a few. But large machinery, which has always been GE's main business, has been willing to expand into new businesses and divest weak ones, making it one of the few conglomerates that stands tall at a time when a large number of competitors are dying. ”

"The secret of GE's success in the Welch era was that it was more like a group of companies operating under the protection of a strong bank, and as the financial industry began to dominate the U.S. economy further, the role of its subsidiary GE Capital in driving the company's growth became more apparent. In its heyday, more than half of GE's profits were generated by GE Capital, which once rivaled the largest banks in the United States, competed with Wall Street's top talent, and hired hundreds of bankers. ”

"GE Capital eats in debt and spits out real money. It provides a handy and ample whitewash material to smooth out the holes in the quarterly earnings report and make Wall Street happy. Sometimes, this means selling half of the parking lot on the last day of the quarter, or selling a portion of a power plant and then buying it back at the end of the quarter. ”

At this time, one of the men in the video said expressionlessly: "I didn't take time out of my leisure to attend the meeting to hear you brag about GE's past glory, even so, it is what made Jack Welch's fame skyrocket, now, please give us a trustworthy reason, a reason worthy of letting you continue to lead GE." ”

John Flannery looked around at the shareholders and said calmly: "GE's business scope is always changing, the Welch era has created GE's glory through finance, and I choose energy!" The next step was the acquisition of CAISO, a state-based independent system operator, and the western blackout was a failure to reform California's electric power industry because it would become the second Enron ......."

The people connected to the video all looked sideways, and Tim Cook suddenly exclaimed: "Do you want to tell me that GE is responsible for the current Western accident?" ”

God, that's crazy!

On another screen, an old man smoking a cigar said calmly, "Tut-tut...... Hiding from everyone, I'm really curious, what kind of dirty tricks did you use to do such a big vote, I thought you were a clean person John, really blind but that doesn't stop me from starting to like you, of course it doesn't matter, what matters is profit. ”

"None of the victors are clean." John Flannery smiled calmly, and admitted this fact very calmly, because no one will poke it out, everyone present is a vested interest, even Cook doesn't dare, Apple has put his net worth and life on it, not to mention that he is just a part-time worker, this kind of thing can only rot in the stomach.

If such a shocking scandal is shaken out, Apple, GE and Berkshire Hathaway will also suffer heavy losses, and a large number of investors will have to cry and cry, and if they don't get it right, it will deal a heavy blow to the US economy, and even a recession.

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