According to the information received by Sean, there is now chaos on the side of the Subic military base, the foot-covering building has been held overnight, and the Pacific Command has urgently sent people to Manila.

Even the Umbrella side received an order to cover the feet of the building, asking for help to prepare to help the people evacuated from the Subic military base.

The exact amount has not yet been determined, and it all depends on how much help is needed in the future.

Therefore, Sean was not in a hurry to cover his feet in the building to lobby, no matter how he waited for them to get through this difficulty.

He had been watching the aftermath of the eruption, after all, it was himself...... It was the world's first case of active detonation of a volcano made by Neil.

Neil is so fucking bad!

Crazy!

Gee......

……

As time went on, news kept coming.

Two days later, the ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo had risen to an altitude of 40,000 meters.

In the surrounding 4,000 square kilometers, the average amount of volcanic ash falling is as high as 50 mm, and in some areas the ash thickness is as high as 200 mm, and buildings, vehicles, and trees are covered, like the northern hemisphere after a heavy snowfall.

The difference is that volcanic ash is much heavier than snow.

At present, the ash has spread beyond a radius of 280 kilometers, and it is still on the verge of spreading.

According to climate experts, the huge amount of ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo will be mainly westward due to air currents, and will spread throughout the southern sea, including the surrounding areas.

In the past few days, the TV has been full of news about Mount Pinatubo, and an eruption thousands of miles away should not have caused such a big shock in the United States.

However, who let there be a Subic military base next to it, where more than 30,000 Americans live, and two major military bases.

Among them, New Century Media invited experts from Boeing and Grumman to come out and give a program to explain the damage that the plane would suffer after being covered in volcanic ash.

According to experts, volcanic ash contains a large amount of alkali metal oxides and sulfur dioxide and other sulfides, which will inevitably seep into the interior of the aircraft and cause serious damage to engines and air intake systems.

It is almost certain that if it had been completely exposed to volcanic ash, the aircraft would have been largely scrapped.

It is impossible to calculate the specific losses of the military, anyway, they are very heavy.

Sean cooperated with Grumman's side and chatted privately.

"I'm really sad, the military must have suffered heavy losses this time, I don't know how many casualties there will be, I, I, heh, ha, cough cough cough ......" Grumman President struggled to hold back, hoping that he would appear sad.

"Wipe it quickly, there are tears of sadness left on the corners of your mouth!" Sean teased.

The military has suffered heavy losses, and it is inevitable that it will be re-purchased and repaired in the future, and the major arms companies are happy to see this kind of unexpected order.

Sean was also pleased.

A week later, the first wave of damage caused by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo was almost settled, and the volcano erupted a total of 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, and the sulfur dioxide entering the stratosphere reduced the sunlight on the earth by 10%, which will cause the earth to enter a volcanic winter.

The military has sent a team of experts to the military base to inspect the damage and see the damage.

The results are not optimistic, the base is basically scrapped, and wanting to restart it is no less than building another one-third of the base.

And that's not the most important thing.

After the recovery of Pinatubo, the military had to consider the risks posed by the volcano, whether the volcano is active and whether it will erupt.

And what if in the event of a war and the enemy attacks the volcano with missiles and actively causes an eruption?

These are all risks that have to be considered.

According to the news that Sean got from the Foot-Covering Building, there is a high probability that he is going to give up this base.

At this point, Sean felt almost ready to act.

……

Sean didn't go directly to cover his feet in the building, and compared to the 14th commander of the Pacific Command, Huntington Hadistie, who has a stake, is the one who has the most to lose.

From a military point of view, if the Subic military base is withdrawn, then there will be a huge gap in the military forces deployed by the Pacific Command in the entire Pacific region.

In the southern sea, a huge gap is exposed.

From the perspective of rights, after the Pacific Command loses the Subic military base, it will suffer heavy losses in terms of personnel, appropriations, etc., and the industrial chain related to interests will suffer losses.

So, Sean flew straight to Hawaii to start the vacation, with all the women and children with him.

After arriving in Hawaii and booking a private beach for two days, Sean picked up the phone and dialed out to have a drinking party in Hawaii.

Sean, the tycoon, wants to hold a drinking party, and naturally there will be no shortage of people to cheer, American, South American, Asian, but anyone who is invited will come.

Celebrities from all walks of life gather in Hawaii, and naturally people from the Pacific Command are indispensable, after all, the umbrella and the military are cooperative units.

In between the receptions, Sean touched his glass alone with Huntington Hadisti and started the conversation, "What about the losses on the Subic base?" ”

"Very much, with a high probability of being revoked." Huntington Hadisty shook his head and sighed, "Who would have thought that a volcano would erupt suddenly, it would be too sudden. ”

"Isn't it too hasty to revoke it, what about the Pacific strategy?" Sean asked.

"There is no way, it is difficult for Congress to approve funds to rebuild a military base, it will take a lot of money, rough statistics, this time the military loss is as high as more than 20 billion US dollars, just to replenish the loss of various weapons and equipment has caused strong opposition from Congress, this supplementary money may have to be allocated in batches of three to five years."

"In fact, Congress has been proposing to reduce the military's budget for the past few years, and this time it's just in time, after all, you know, Lao Maozi can't do it, and the domestic economy has been sluggish all these years, and Congress has no money." Huntington Hadisty is not at all optimistic about the current situation.

Sean pondered, touched his chin, and suddenly looked up and said, "How much does it cost to rebuild a military base of the same size?" ”

Huntington Hadisty let out a suspicious snort and looked at Sean in surprise, he didn't believe that someone like Sean would ask these things indiscriminately.

"Why do you ask this? How, are you ready to build a military base for the military for free? Huntington Hadisty laughed and quipped, "Then I thank Mr. Rich." ”

"It's not that I can't think about it, I'm an American, of course I have to consider it from the interests of the United States, with great power comes great responsibility." Sean replied with a smile.

Huntington Hadisty looked at Sean in astonishment, seeing that Sean had a smile on his face, he couldn't figure out his plan for a while, "Do you really mean that?" ”

"This is not a small amount of money, the construction standard of the military base is far beyond ordinary buildings, Subic Bay also involves a huge military port, and the budget will exceed $1 billion!"

"That's a lot." Sean looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "It's almost catching up with my income for half a year." ”

Huntington Hadistie: "......"

Someone here is pretending to be forced, the scene is almost out of control!

Huntington Hadistie's eyes almost didn't pop out,, so angry!

I want to kill him!

If you have money, you can do whatever you want!

"Then you can pay the annual rent of the base!" Huntington Hadisty said angrily.

"Is the rent high?" Sean asked.

"Subic Bay, the annual rent is 900 million US dollars, of course, at most, it is only your income for half a year, but it lasts a little longer."

"Okay, with great power comes great responsibility, and it looks like I need to help solve the problem of the base's annual rent." Sean said seriously.

"It's not ......" Huntington Hadistie's brows furrowed, and his face became solemn, if it was a joke, it was over now, but looking at Sean like this, it seemed to be real.

Sean nodded, "If the issue of military base rent is solved, then, can you convince Congress to re-establish a military base?" ”

"What the hell are you going to do?" Huntington Hadisty asked in a deep voice.

Sean didn't speak, and asked Huntington to go to the private room to talk alone.

Pointing to the map that had been prepared a long time ago, Sean stared into Huntington's eyes and said, "Here, what do you think?" ”

"And then?"

"I'm ready to make Sarawak independent."

Huntington Hadisti slowly put a question mark.

What does this have to do with military bases?

Ah, what does it matter!

"I think you forgot about Morocco." Sean reminded.

Huntington was stunned for a second before he figured out what was going on.

Morocco launched a coup d'état with the support of the umbrella, and the younger brother of the old king overthrew the original crown prince and ascended to the throne, and then leased two plots of land for free to the United States to build a military base.

Add a term to this free, that's a hundred years!

Of course, Morocco is not at a loss, and it is precisely because of the construction of military bases by the United States that the new Moroccan king can be immediately recognized by the international community and smoothly complete the transfer of power.

If it were not for the solid military support of the United States, it is foreseeable that several European countries, led by France, would definitely support the former crown prince in continuing the struggle.

The best is probably a long period of internal struggle, international tensions.

The worst is to start a civil war directly, and Morocco will be reduced to mud.

Now, if you put the problem into Sarawak, that's the same thing, so the new country will definitely agree to lease a large piece of land to the United States for free to build a military base.

Moreover, the U.S. military's military bases do not exist in isolation and can bring in a lot of jobs and tax revenue.

The United States has money, the military has money, American GIs have money!

So now there is only one question left, can independence be done?

Sean said that he had finished lobbying.

The people of all ethnic groups are eagerly awaiting independence.

Yes!

My name is Uncle Bush, can I be independent?

Yes!

Cover your feet and support the building, can you be independent?

Yes!

The people of all ethnic groups + Uncle Bush + the building covering their feet, can they be successfully independent!

Yes!

Huntington's answer was very simple, combined with the international environment this year, Europe's focus is on the Soviet Union, and it has no energy to care about things tens of thousands of kilometers away.

And the king is again British.

"The people of Sarawak have the ardent desire and desire for a free world to be recognized by the US military, and they have the right to breathe free air, and no one has the right to stop them!" Huntington said with a determined expression.

"On behalf of the people of Sarawak, I would like to thank you for the support from the US military." Sean said seriously.

More than 20 years later, after the British, the people of Sarawak were once again represented.

With free venues, +3, with the support of the president, +4, the rest of the military is not without any chips.

Huntington's mind turned, it was time to go back and talk to the guys in the foot-covered building about the Northern Threat Theory.

Although it is now the honeymoon period for Sino-US relations, as soon as the Soviet Union is finished, the red flag will be planted on the land of the north, and it is understandable for the military to take precautions.

This is the end of the matter, and the matter promoted by the military is left to Huntington, whether it is from his personal interests or the overall strength of the military, he will not watch his own power slip.

To put it mildly, one less overseas military base, that's how many positions are missing!!

It's all a turnip and a pit, and now there are fewer pits, and those turnips are more urgent than Sean.

After discussing, the two returned to the banquet hall, and no one knew that in a short time, the fate of Sarawak was decided.

……

Sean did not rush to inform the people of Sarawak of the good news, and took his family on vacation in Hawaii to wait for news from Huntington.

Huntington had already flown back to Washington to communicate with the upper echelons of the Footcover Building.

This vacation also reminded Sean again of buying a private island, at least not for vacation.

Mainly not much money and a private island is also a good investment.

It happened that his own women were there, and on a whim, Sean took the map and called the women to discuss where to buy the island.

It was only very soon that he regretted making this decision.

"I think the Caribbean is better, it's the closest to the United States, it's beautiful, it's easy to get." Diane Lynn said, pointing to the map.

"Heh, going on vacation with a bunch of drug criminals? And, perhaps, rebels. Sophie Marceau scoffed unceremoniously: "What could be better than the beautiful Aegean Sea?" Here are some of the most beautiful legends in the world. ”

"What's in the Caribbean?"

"Oh yes, there are pirates!"

Diane Lynn's eyebrows rose suddenly, and she smiled lightly, "Our little girl only has romantic legends in her head, saying that you are naïve or not have long brains, Aegean, hehe, occasionally open your eyes to look at the international situation, civil strife may break out at any time in the Balkan powder keg, then it is not a matter of poisonous criminals." ”

"I don't think any drug offenders or rebels would dare to approach Sean's island, unless they're as naïve as you are!"

The two of them stirred up, and immediately other women joined in, the American faction against the European faction, and the two sides insisted on each other's accusations, which soon escalated to personal attacks.

At this time, the Asian faction stepped forward unsurprisingly.

Nicole Kidman walked to the middle and said loudly: "Don't argue, don't argue, you can't die like this, let's take the middle and go to Southeast Asia to buy an island, the country of a thousand islands has beautiful scenery and good security." ”

"Heh, go and wait to see the volcano erupt!"

At this time, Sean is stupid, and the harem problem has been bothering the majority of rich people.

originally thought that as long as he made it clear in advance that he would not marry them, there would be no such big conflict, but now it seems that he has obviously thought too much.

Twenty or so women, divided into three factions, Sean's head was about to explode, and he shouted, "Okay, okay, stop arguing!" ”

In front of outsiders, when Sean was angry, the audience must have been silent, but in front of this group of women......

More than 20 women swarmed up and surrounded Sean in the middle, holding hands, pulling arms, hugging thighs, grabbing backs, gossiping,

"Husband, look at them, they scolded me."

"My dear, you are commenting, where are people's breasts small......"

"Baby, she said I'm sassy, is it sassy, is it sassy or not......"

Sean's scalp instantly tingled, and he grabbed the belt of his pants, "Oops, hey, if you have something to say, don't pick up my pants!" ”

There are too many women, who can withstand the oppression of these goblins, especially when I made it clear to these women that it will be the next generation in the future, Sean's face is pale and full of sweat.

"Don't argue, don't argue, buy buy, buy, buy an island for each place, okay, okay, I still have ...... Woo woo, let go...... I ......"

"No...... Want......!! ”

……

……

The next day, at noon, Sean was lying on the bed with a sluggish face, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, it was the bullshit 100,000 Rockefeller plan that someone mentioned!

O iniquity!

……

(PS: Magic Flute era, awesome!) ）

(End of chapter)