Chapter 321 Feeling Good About Yourself
September 27th.
Germany.
Berlin.
Spleen Bismarck House.
"This is the report just received from the Baltic Patrol." A horse-faced man with glasses handed over a document in a very solemn manner.
The Mediterranean old man behind the desk took the document and as soon as he opened the first page, veins popped out on his forehead and his body trembled slightly.
Secretary-General Williams looked at the Mediterranean old man with some concern, fearing that he might be too emotional and suffer a cerebral hemorrhage or heart attack by accident.
Bang! The Mediterranean old man slammed the document on the desk, his face full of rage: "This is too much! Pirate! Bastard! Rogue!"
The Secretary-General and the intelligence officer who was reporting the intelligence both lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.
"Harley, have you assessed the damage?"
Intelligence officer Harley said bitterly, "We have already evaluated that even if we repair the pipeline now, it is still unknown whether it can be repaired before the end of the year, especially since there is the shadow of the black ship behind this incident..."
"Damn New World upstarts, a bunch of pirates..." The Mediterranean old man cursed again. He cursed for several minutes, but he couldn't get rid of the hatred in his heart.
But he soon became tired, sat back in his seat, and rubbed his temples to relieve the pressure and headache.
After resting for a while, the Mediterranean old man still suppressed his anger and madness and called several cabinet ministers to come to his office.
Less than an hour.
Inside the office, several core cabinet ministers arrived.
Orlando, the Minister of Economy, said in a panic: "Just now, the price of natural gas futures market soared by 84%..."
"As expected." Industry Minister William said expressionlessly.
"Now we can only purchase natural gas from North America to replenish our inventory, and the price of North American natural gas has risen to 250 million US dollars per ship." Economic Minister Orlando already felt that something was wrong at this time, and he continued anxiously:
"The economic crisis and the North American stock market crash have spread to the whole world. Now our stock market has also plummeted, and it is even more serious."
Industry Minister William's poker face was filled with a dull and helpless expression: "Major chemical, metal smelting and glass manufacturing companies have complained to us that electricity and fuel costs are rising sharply and they can no longer bear it."
The Mediterranean old man looked at the situation and his head was about to explode.
The Kiev War, soaring gas costs, the global stock market crash, and the loss of the Southeast Asian market, while facing global competition from Homo sapiens and financial harvesting in America.
None of this series of events is positive.
He couldn't help but lament in his heart: Why do I have to encounter so many things when it comes to me? Why am I so unlucky? I really want to just leave...
But he still had some rationality in his mind, so he forced himself to calm down and continue the discussion with other cabinet members.
It is very necessary to rescue the market and stabilize the industry.
If it is not rescued, the consequence will be that Germany will be forced to deindustrialize. Germany is a country founded on industry, and once it loses its industry, it will be no different from having a broken leg.
But the old man from the Mediterranean knew very well that America’s military base was in Germany, and he had very little room to maneuver.
Disaster!
It’s too difficult!
At this moment, the old Mediterranean man suddenly felt a little envious of West Asia's position.
If Germany was in West Asia at this time, America would definitely not dare to reap the harvest in this way, because the Homo Sapiens Company was right next to it.
With the mutual tug of war between Homo sapiens and America, all parties in West Asia can now have the best of both worlds. America is afraid that if it pushes the West Asian parties too far, Homo sapiens will take advantage of the situation.
Germany is too far away from the headquarters of the Homo Sapiens Company, and the Homo Sapiens Company has no interests in Europe at all.
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Lucia, the weather has turned cooler.
The heating has started in the Kremlin.
Caesar, who was warming himself by the fire, was listening to the report from the Cossack leader and flipping through some documents with an expressionless face.
After listening to the report, he waved his hand and said, "Let them be! When winter comes, they will naturally understand our importance."
“Should we continue to pay attention to the situation in the Baltic Sea?”
Caesar thought for a moment and said, "Keep paying attention."
The Cossack leader nodded: "Yes, sir."
He put down the document about the Far East gas pipeline in his hand and signed his name. Caesar looked at the oil painting on the wall, which was a portrait of Catherine the Great.
Rubbing his temple, he was also a little tired. Although the Kiev War was stuck in a quagmire, this did not make Caesar feel that it was unsolvable.
He propped his cheek up and squinted at the world map on his left.
The large area of Southeast Asia has been modified to light purple.
"Sapiens Company... your timing of appearance is perfect!"
Looking at the Sapiens company in Southeast Asia, Caesar became happier and happier. If the Sapiens company had not appeared, Lucia's current situation would definitely be more difficult.
Caesar picked up another document, which was an application for approval for the Sapiens Company to open a branch in the Far East.
Although he was wary of the infiltration capabilities of the Homo Sapiens company and its deceptive high welfare benefits, Caesar understood that everything has its pros and cons.
Since he had decided to open the Far East to the Khitans, he could naturally open it to Homo sapiens.
This was also Caesar's helpless choice. He tried to find a balance in openness, and he introduced the power of Homo sapiens to put the three parties in a balance.
Of course, Caesar was also wary of Sapiens and did not allow Sapiens to recruit employees in the Far East on its own. All employees recruited in the Far East must be approved and reviewed by Lucia.
In addition, restrictions are imposed on Homo sapiens companies from operating supermarkets and schools.
Currently, only Sapiens companies are allowed to invest in farms, forestry, hospitals, mining, transportation, warehousing and finance.
These industries are also the result of discussions and weighing of the pros and cons between Caesar and his staff.
Lucia needs Homo sapiens companies so badly now that it has to open up so many industries.
Whether it is the medicines of Sapiens, or daily necessities, electronic products, and automobiles, they have effectively filled the gaps in Lucia's needs.
Lucia also earned a considerable amount of gold by exporting large quantities of refined crude ore, oil and natural gas.
Except for the industrial overlap in the grain sector, there is basically no overlap in other areas between the two sides.
Of course, this was Caesar's own wishful thinking.
Homo sapiens now imports large quantities of various minerals, oil and natural gas, not because it does not have them, but because it deliberately does not exploit its own resources in order to maintain a trade balance and protect its own resources.
Otherwise, with the biological mineral enrichment technology, ultra-deep mining technology and bacterial pyrolysis technology of Zhiren Company, the country's minerals, oil and natural gas can be completely self-sufficient.
At present, the onshore and offshore oil and gas fields near Borneo, Java, Sumatra and Timor are basically in a state of protective exploitation.
Deep mineral veins in various places are also in a state of protective mining.
As the exploration efforts of the Zhiren Company increase, the reserves of various mineral resources are increasing.
Therefore, Caesar thought that Lucia and Sapiens industries were complementary, but in fact it was an illusion deliberately created by Sapiens Company.
If the situation really turns bad, the Homo Sapiens company will crush Lucia's oil, gas and mineral mining industries in a matter of minutes.
As for Caesar 's self-satisfaction, the Sapiens Company did not expose him.
Now is a good time to cultivate path dependence. Once the economy is infiltrated by Sapiens, Lucia will have no hope of getting rid of it.
