Chapter 1,113 Aircraft Carrier Battle Group

In the conference room on the top floor of the Morgan Stanley Building on Wall Street, Daniel Morgan leaned back in his chair and listened quietly to the explanations of various department managers' explanations of the company's last quarter financial report data.

Some time ago, with the turmoil surrounding the "Doomsday Threat Theory" and the establishment of the Noah's Ark Foundation, aerospace companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, setting off a wave of aerospace fever unprecedented in half a century.

As the leading wolf of Wall Street investors, Morgan Stanley will certainly not let go of the aerospace cake.

However, the defense tax introduced by Starlink Trading is like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of new aerospace companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle.

Of course, what hurts him the most is not this. As a world-class investment bank, of course his managers cannot put all their eggs in the same basket. Morgan Stanley not only invests in companies in Silicon Valley and Seattle, they invest all over the world, and even some aerospace companies listed in New Zealand have their names on the shareholder list.

What really made him heartbroken was another thing.

The Noah's Ark Fund, which raised US$100 billion in half a month, declared bankruptcy because of a bill that was forcibly passed by Congress. For this reason, Morgan Stanley and the Rockefeller Foundation had to resist the pressure of the elite and return investors' principal, even losing US$5.1 billion.

Wall Street does have a great influence on Congress, and many members have received benefits from them, but no one has ever dared to say that they can form absolute control over Congress.

Whether it is the fallen Jewish consortium or the WASP-"Wasp" that now dominates Wall Street.

This is politics.

The system of separation of powers provides this land with soil for the expansion of capitalism, but it will never allow capitalists to drain all the nutrients from the soil. When everyone takes to the streets to protest against the flourishing "escapism" of the elites and demand that the government set an example, even the legislators who have received benefits have to consider the voters within their own choices.

"We'll drive here first." Daniel Morgan raised his hand, interrupting the manager with the lowest performance who was timidly reporting on his work, "Kevins, go back and prepare. The company's human resources department will talk to you later. Let’s talk about work.”

The manager's heartbeat dropped to the bottom, and sweat suddenly covered his forehead.

Daniel didn't pay attention to the expression on his face, and waved his hands a little tiredly.

"That's it, let's break up the meeting."

Everyone here breathed a sigh of relief,

I packed up my things and left in a hurry, fearing that my boss would look at me twice if I walked too slowly. Everyone knows that the boss is not in a good mood at the moment, and it is not a wise move to leave a deep impression on the boss at this time.

In the eyes of others, they may all be unattainable, earning six- or even seven-digit salaries, sitting in the office drinking coffee and typing on the keyboard, and handling tens of millions of dollars. However, only they themselves know how careful they need to be behind this shiny surface.

Wall Street has never lacked talents. Except for capital itself, no one is irreplaceable.

After the meeting, Daniel stared at the financial report on the table and couldn't help feeling irritable.

These days, Carmen's words "before she died" have been lingering in his mind.

"Will you regret your choice today...?"

Repeating this sentence to himself, sometimes Daniel would think about it, if the American consortium had stepped in to help the Rothschild family, just like his fathers had done in the "Kristallnacht" of World War II. What happened in the past, will it be another situation now?

At this moment, his cell phone vibrated on the table.

Shaking his head to drive the unrealistic thoughts out of his mind, Daniel reached for his phone and pressed the connect button.

"Hello?"

"it's me."

A familiar voice appeared in my ears.

Daniel was stunned for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with interest, "Mr. Kerry? Why does the distinguished Secretary of State think of this old friend of mine?"

In 2004, the Morgan consortium made a bet on Kerry, but Kerry eventually lost to Bush, and the investment was in vain. But Daniel didn't think it was a failed investment, because "hedging your bets" is already a Wall Street tradition. No matter who is elected, the "war on terror" in 2006 will not be affected in any way.

What really makes Daniel regretful is that after losing the election in 2004, this promising politician never showed interest in the presidential position and devoted himself to playing the role of the Democratic Party's queen diplomat.

"What do you think of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Joint Military Exercise?"

Daniel was stunned for a moment by Kerry's straightforward question. Then he seemed to understand something and said thoughtfully, "If you are asking me whether I support it, of course my answer is yes."

At this point, Daniel suddenly changed the topic, smiled and said, "But, isn't the intensity of this pressure too light?"

"I think so too. The rise of the Star Ring Trade has seriously threatened our influence in the Asia-Pacific region, and now this has been reflected in the economy. If I choose appeasement at this time, it will be tantamount to destroying the establishment that has been established for decades. gave up its hegemony." After hearing Daniel's words, Kerry hid all his joy and excitement in his heart and continued calmly, "Hillary and her team are preparing for the 2020 election. If the situation remains the same in the next four years, She will govern..."

"There is no doubt that the situation will be worse!" Daniel raped his knuckles on the conference table. Daniel laughed twice, changed his hand to hold the phone, and said with piercing eyes, "Mr. Kerry, I I know a good western restaurant. If you have time after work, we might as well have a meal together and chat about next year’s election.”

…

The bow of the ship split through the raging waves, and ten dark and majestic figures carved milky white ripples on the rough sea.

On the USS Ford aircraft carrier, Captain Hogg stood in the command tower, looking at the horizon to the southwest.

Although he couldn't see anything standing here, he knew very well that that was the direction of Koro Island.

Even the dazzling sunlight could not conceal the arrogance between his brows.

And he and his fleet do have something to be proud of.

As the first new-generation aircraft carrier designed using CAD technology in the United States, the "Ford-class" ship's equipment has been fully networked and computerized. The overall degree of automation has been greatly increased compared with the Nimitz-class. The aircraft carrier's personnel have increased from 3,190 to 3,190. The number of personnel was reduced to 2,000, but the dispatch efficiency of carrier-based aircraft was 15% higher than that of the Nimitz class, and the overall strike efficiency was more than doubled.

In addition, the strip power distribution system replaces the Nimitz-class radial power distribution system, thereby reducing the cable length and being easy to reconfigure, leaving room for future installation of electromagnetic guns, laser anti-missile, and anti-ship weapons. There is enough room for modification.

Although it has not yet experienced actual combat, no matter from any perspective, the Ford-class is worthy of being the best in the world.

"Report! The Star Ring Trade Fleet was discovered one hundred kilometers southwest, confirmed to be two guardian-class frigates." The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, reporting the report next to him,

"Two frigates?" Hogg frowned after hearing his subordinate's words.

It was expected that the Star Ring Trading Association would focus on them. After all, this aircraft carrier battle group was clearly aimed at them. From a distance of one hundred kilometers, it was obvious that the other party was very cautious and had reduced the possibility of a misfire to the limit. However, only sending two frigates to follow them from a distance made him confused.

Is Star Ring Trading so confident?

Or do you mean that they have completely given up their sea power?

"Send a carrier-based aircraft to see what they are doing!" Hogg ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, turned around and took the order and left. (To be continued.) Activate new URL