Third, both the city of Shin-Tokyo and the Sakura Island government both know the news of the upcoming visit of the new president of America, and the Sakura Island government is very excited, after all, this is the first country that the new president of America will visit!

Isn't this a testament to the importance of Sakura Island? Moreover, the political means of the new president should not be underestimated, which is enough to endanger the global bubble economy (artificial stock market crash plus bubble economy), which was forced down by this big president.

And what about Sakura Island? The bursting of the bubble has already made Sakura Island miserable, and domestic companies have been hit hard, and the Sakura government needs to provide enough funds to maintain the fighting capacity of EVA.

If EVA doesn't have enough combat power, then the three generations of Godzilla in the ocean will ruthlessly destroy the metropolitan area, and the monsters that land from other places will also ruthlessly destroy.

The Sakura government, which could not withstand the bubble economy in the first place, will completely fall in these destructions, but the maintenance cost of EVA is not insignificant, and every repair can drag down the economy of a small country.

According to an official from the Ministry of Finance, "If you put all the money together, the height and weight will far exceed that of an EVA!"

Although the specific weight cannot be calculated, this statement is not an exaggeration, as the ultimate combat weapon of mankind, each EVA (non-production machine) will cost tens of billions!

Coupled with the military spending of the Self-Defense Forces, the annual military expenditure of the Sakura Island government will not be less than 10 billion yen and will increase every year.

But this money can't be broken, without the assistance of EVA, the monster can easily sweep the entire island country, which has become a fatal two-way choice!

No matter which one you choose, it is a thirst-quenching bomb, which is already an irrepressible bomb, and the island government can only hope that the suzerain, America, can survive the bubble crisis if the parent country can support a sum of money and sign a new trade contract.

Therefore, after receiving the news, the Sakura government prepared for a welcome party in the Third New Tokyo City as early as possible, and even the Sakura Emperor, who did not care about politics, dragged his family to live in the Third New Tokyo City temporarily, and prepared to express his respect for America in the welcome party.

The Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers were still dealing with the troubles caused by the bubble crisis, but they still dragged their heavy administrative tasks to the city of Third New Tokyo and waited for the grand welcome party.

This welcome party hired many famous 'snack gods', as well as light and weak maids who can be easily pushed down, all of which are specialties of Sakura Island.

As the leading department of financial consumption, members of the NERV Sakura Division also participate in the welcome party, and although these NERV department members do not want to participate, the Sakura government is also secretly threatening.

If NERV can't help the Sakura government attract investment, then the Sakura government will also make large-scale layoffs due to economic problems, and the annual increase in funding will be gradually reduced.

The Sakura Island government has a showdown, even if EVA is a combat weapon to protect Sakura Island, they don't plan to continue to provide funds, but they don't plan to give up these combat weapons either!

The Sakurajima government has begun to negotiate a plan for NERV to defend the islands, with EVA responsible for protecting the islands, and the Sakurajima government providing control of the third new city of Tokyo and an annual budget of 1 million yen.

Third, the city of New Tokyo spends billions of dollars on maintenance every year, after all, it is also the largest war fortress in human history, how can the cost be small?

Moreover, the Sakura Island government only pays control, but the third new Tokyo city still needs to pay taxes every year, and what can be done with the funding of one million yen? I can't even pay a month's salary.

The de facto controller of this base, Commander Ikati, looked down on the Sakura Island government's style of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but he didn't say much, after all, similar things had happened many times before.

However, the card cost is very uncomfortable, this base is very large, the electricity bill for two months is more than 1 million yen, and the necessary living materials are also a large expenditure.

Although Commander Ikari himself has no consumption, he does not blow the air conditioner even in the summer heat, but chooses to soak his feet in a basin of cold water.

But what about the others? Even if these people don't need to be paid, they still have to be given basic living materials, and they have to repair the body after the battle, and if they don't make repairs, then they don't have to expect to fight again.

Commander Ikari and Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki Kozo also tried to ask SEELE for assistance, and the SEELE Council also promised to give 50 million yen a year as a financial subsidy, but the money was better than nothing.

ALTHOUGH THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO INCREASE THE FUNDING, SEELE IS NOT A FOOL, THEY HAVE LONG BEEN AWARE OF IKARI GENDO'S AMBITIONS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND A NEW REPLACEMENT, SO THEY ARE STILL USING HIM.

They have long had the idea of suppressing Commander Ikari, and even if there was no such incident, they would use various methods to block funds or reduce the supply of materials.

SEELE has also sent at least 300 spies, although these spies were all found and secretly killed by Deputy Commander Dongyue, but a steady stream of spies are still planted in NERV, and many unknown intelligence materials are also flowing out.

SEELE had long known about Commander Ikati's private plans, and these veteran figures did not intend to stop it, after all, they still counted on Commander Ikari to work hard.

After all, the current plan is all carried out by Commander Ikari, and no one else has the ability to take over the plan except Commander Ikari.

And Commander Ikari also knows the situation, in SEELE's opinion, he is just a relatively good dog, but they would not have thought that Commander Ikari is an old fox!

It's really right to ask for funds, but SEELE's spy agents have also been rebelled, and all that can't be rebelled will be handed over to Deputy Commander Dongyue to deal with, and now the news that has passed on to the past is all information deliberately revealed by Commander Ikati.

It's all under Commander Ikati's control!

In the underground base surrounded by steel, Commander Ikari with black sunglasses and his hands crossed on his chin smiled slightly, and his sunglasses were also reflected in the light, and he was more in control.

However, Deputy Director Dongyue on the side still submitted a financial statement at an inopportune time, and the dense deficit on it ruthlessly broke Commander Ikari's cold posture.

Commander Ikin sighed helplessly, he still needed to pull investment.

I saw the commander slowly get up, his feet pulled away from the slightly warm basin, and before he could dry himself, he put on his slippers and left, and the current commander needed to attend a grand welcome party in order to get investment from the new president of America.

But this time Commander Ikari is not alone, Commander Ikin is ready to drag all the NERV staff to the welcome party, at least he can save a few days of food expenses, and he can blow the air conditioner for a few days.