Chapter 1,038 The “Traitor” From Afar

In the lounge outside the air show exhibition hall, Xia Shiyu stuffed a lot of business cards into a drawer, leaned on the chair and let out a sigh of relief.

"I still don't understand why we give orders to others if we can produce them ourselves."

After hearing Xia Shiyu's complaint, Jiang Chen just smiled and did not answer.

From the perspective of the CEO of Future Man Group, Xia Shiyu naturally wants as few competitors as possible, but this is not what he wants to see, because his current identity is not only a shareholder of Future Man Group, but also has many other identities.

Both Futureman Group and Xinghuan Trading have now become well-deserved giant companies with millions of employees around the world, directly or indirectly providing job opportunities for tens of millions of people.

To some extent, the Icarus effect has already appeared in the Future People Group and the Star Ring Trade. That is to say, when a company is large enough and forms a monopoly in the industry, its innovation ability will naturally be suppressed, and more conservative risk aversion options will replace innovation and become the first consideration of operators when formulating plans.

If the Future People Group and Star Ring Trade just absorb the technology they brought from the apocalypse like sponges, there may not be any problems in the short term, and it will not be easy to monopolize the entire industry. But what happens after the monopoly is completed?

Just relying on the technology of the apocalypse, there is no chance of winning when facing the colonial ships of the Harmony camp. Without competition, there would never be innovation. Jiang Chen dared to assert that if he had not opened the space elevator to the international community and encouraged the development of other private aerospace companies, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Starlink Trading would have used the Seagull for a century.

Leaving a way for others to survive is sometimes also for yourself.

"Speaking of which, this space elevator has been built for so long, but I haven't been up there very often." Jiang Chen changed the topic with a smile and looked at the blue planet outside the window.

From this angle, when you look down on the earth, the very white clouds are like a layer of eggshells, glowing with a faint halo under the distant sunlight. If they hadn't been staring here, people living on the side of Halo City would even have the illusion that the Earth was just a mural on their windows.

"This is also my first time coming here." Xia Shiyu pressed her face against the window, looking at the earth with a hint of fascination in her eyes, and murmured softly, "Do you know? When I was a child, I dreamed of being a astronaut."

"It's normal. When I was a child, I wanted to be a scientist." Jiang Chen leaned on the chair and smiled. "It turns out that the dreams I had when I was a child were not reliable. Let alone being a scientist, almost all the stuff I learned in college was returned to me. Professor."

“But you became the boss of a scientist.

"Xia Shiyu teased.

"Didn't you also become the CEO of the astronauts?" Jiang Chen laughed and said.

Just then, a call came on his watch.

He clicked on the holographic screen and connected the phone. After listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, Jiang Chen suddenly smiled.

"I understand." After replying succinctly, Jiang Chen hung up the phone, used his fingers to cut the holographic screen into digital fragments, then sat up from the chair, and said to Xia Shiyu sitting next to him, "I'm going out for a while. "

"What's going on over there in the exhibition hall?" Xia Shiyu asked curiously.

"No, it's just a matter of work." Jiang Chen said with a smile.

…

Affected by policies and the deterioration of bilateral relations between New Zealand and the EU, few aerospace companies coming to participate in this air show are from EU member states. However, this is not absolute. New Zealand has imposed counter-sanctions on European companies. The measures are mainly targeted at the financial and commodity fields. There are still many European companies that have participated in cooperation with Starlink Trading by borrowing money from the UK.

For example, an aerospace company from Brussels, Belgium, participated in the first Halo Aerospace Technology Expo and brought some very interesting information.

"Is the news reliable?"

Walking quickly in the corridor, Jiang Chen asked again.

Following Jiang Chen closely, Ayesha nodded seriously.

"Monica verified the company's situation in Belgium. Its main business is the production of high-precision gyroscopes and infrared earth sensors. It is one of SpaceX's overseas suppliers and was registered in 1995. Its chairman Ya Rick Brierley is a supporter of the Flemish Interest Party in Belgium. He is politically opposed to the EU integration decision of the Belgian ruling party and advocates calling for new elections..."

"It just wasn't passed by Parliament?"

"Exactly." Ayesha nodded.

"interesting."

An interesting smile appeared on Jiang Chen's lips, he stopped in front of a door near the end of the corridor, stepped through the trap door that moved sideways into the door frame, and walked into the house.

When they saw Jiang Chen, the two Europeans sitting on the sofa immediately stood up. The middle-aged man with red hair took two steps forward and extended his right hand.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang Chen, please allow me to introduce myself first. Alec Brierley, this is my name. This is..."

"Steven Radnage, my name," the thin man looked at Jiang Chen excitedly and said incoherently, "Listen, you must stop him, that devil will be destroyed. Europe! No, they will destroy the world."

Jiang Chen and Ayesha looked at each other, and Alec quickly pulled him and winked at him.

"Calm down, man-"

"I am a researcher of the Golden Apple Project." Steven calmly confessed, interrupting Alec again.

Alec froze there, Ayesha's expression did not change at all, and Jiang Chen looked at him twice more in surprise.

Although he admired his courage, Jiang Chen was actually a little disappointed after hearing his identity, but he didn't show it on his face, but said softly, "We don't care about the golden apple."

Steven sneered.

"That's because you don't know what experiments they're actually doing."

"Oh?" Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows, waiting for his next words.

However, Steven did not immediately continue what he just said, but subconsciously looked at his old friend Alec standing next to him.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Sorry, my friend, I can't involve you in what happens next... You know, you are different from me. Hearing these things may bring danger to you... "

"I have an appointment with a representative of Roscosmos in an hour."

Alec immediately understood his friend's intention, looked at his watch wisely, turned and left the office.

There were only three people left in the office.

Jiang Chen made an inviting gesture towards the sofa.

"Sit down and talk."

"Thank you..." Steven cautiously waited for Jiang Chen and Ayesha to sit down before sitting across from them.

Jiang Chen clicked a few times on the holographic screen of his watch, and soon a robot dressed as a maid walked into the room and made a cup of steaming coffee for each of the three of them.

Through the rising white mist, Jiang Chen looked at the embarrassed Steven with a smile and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Mr. Steven, regardless of whether your information is of value to us, for humanitarian and other reasons, we will provide you with political asylum. There is no extradition treaty between New Zealand and EU member states, and the Masonic You can’t put your hands into my back garden, you can rest assured about that.”

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