Chapter 1508 Diamond Princess
A cruise ship sets sail from Manhattan Island in Upper Bay Harbor.
The ship's dazzling neon lights flashed, with the lights of New York City and New Jersey as the background, and it slowly moved toward the seaport.
Not far away, the torch held high in the hands of the Statue of Liberty has "ignited" the copper-yellow flame again, twinkling faintly in the night. This flame was presented to the Trump administration by the New Zealand, symbolizing the long-term and hard-won peace between the two countries. Because it is mixed with special fluorescent materials, it can be faintly seen even in the middle of the night.
As one of the fifteen most luxurious cruise ships in the world, the "Diamond Princess" is the largest and most complete world-class luxury cruise ship in the "Princess" series fleet of the world-famous cruise brand. It is like a floating ship on the sea. of five-star hotels. The cruise ship has a total of 1,337 cabins, 748 of which have private open-air balconies. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea directly by leaning on the railing without leaving the cabin.
At this moment, on the deck of the cruise ship, guests wearing formal suits or evening gowns were holding champagne in their hands, gathering in small and large circles, chatting with each other. The level of luxury of the banquet seemed to be higher than that held by the Boston Consortium, but in terms of the style of the participants, it was much inferior.
"That person is the chairman of Princeton Group, one of the top 500 companies in the world, with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars. The person over there is named Jelinek, the majority shareholder and CEO of Costco Group, and is also a member of several Internet startups. The shareholders..." Noticing Jiang Chen's yawn, Leslie pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course, they can't compare with you."
"Don't say you're competing with me, it's even harder to compete with your father." Jiang Chen smiled lightly.
Jiang Chen did not use his real name. He boarded the ship as Leslie's male companion and wore sunglasses that almost covered half of his face. Because the surname Garcia is important enough, the security guard responsible for the security of the cruise ship did not check his identity more, and he has not attracted anyone's attention until now.
"Not exactly," Leslie pursed her bright red lips and smiled. "Five billion is the threshold for participation, but there are also rich people worth hundreds of billions. For this kind of banquet that is not a serious matter, you can Noticed that the demand for people looking for business partners here is relatively low, mainly for..."
"For?" Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.
"To relax," Leslie said with a slight smile and raised her chin towards the man hugging him not far away, "In other words, to meet physiological needs."
Jiang Chen laughed and did not answer.
But the meaning in his eyes was very clear. If that were all, this banquet would not be enough to attract him.
"If you're not interested in these appetizers, there's going to be an auction coming soon, and I bet there will be something you like on there."
"For example?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"Arts, cultural relics, mansion title deeds, company shares, and even people..."
"Human?" Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.
"This is an open secret of the upper class... Usually banquets with a capital threshold of more than five billion US dollars will set up such auctions. Of course, if you are disgusted..."
"Just curious." Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "By the way, I've always wanted to ask, what are they celebrating?"
"The Sandax Group won the bid for the Bering Strait Expressway project. It was a large project with an investment of hundreds of billions of dollars. It is indeed worthy of celebration." Lesley pursed her lips and smiled.
More than a century ago, a French engineer first proposed the bold idea of building an undersea tunnel under the Bering Strait. However, the plan is difficult to implement, not to mention the tense diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States.
Of course, this project is not difficult today. Breakthroughs in graphene materials and nanoceramic technology have laid the foundation for the realization of this century project. Since the newly-installed Trump administration joined the Earth Defense Alliance,
It is also actively repairing diplomatic relations with other member states. Eighty percent of the world's geopolitical crises seem to have been resolved with the decline of US hegemony.
As a result, the grand plan to connect Eurasia and the American continent was put on the agenda. This 103-kilometer-long undersea tunnel crosses the Bering Strait. After the latest diplomatic meeting between the United States and Russia, the heads of state of the two countries hit it off immediately. After returning home, they jointly issued an announcement to jointly build this "project of the century."
More than 500 companies will participate in the bidding for this project, and more than 50 companies will eventually win the bid to participate in the project.
Speaking of which, Jiang Chen was somewhat impressed by this matter. Xia Shiyu mentioned to him a few days ago that Future Heavy Industries will provide steel, anti-corrosion cement and graphene building materials for this undersea tunnel. In his most recent meeting with Trump, he also heard him mention this matter.
As for the issue of money, that’s easy to say. Not long ago, the Bank of the Future increased its holdings of US$600 billion in US Treasury bonds, and the US Supreme Court’s judgment against Morgan and the Rockefeller Group also obtained trillions of US dollars for the Trump administration. assets.
This ill-fated president is a blessing in disguise. It is no exaggeration to say that the position he takes over now is definitely the most financially affluent in American history.
No president has ever been able to carry out so much construction without having to worry about the budget.
Jiang Chen kept chatting with Leslie while tasting the red wine in the goblet. Suddenly, he seemed to see a familiar figure in the crowd, but just when he was about to take a closer look, he could not find it.
He frowned slightly, but at this moment, a discordant voice came from the side.
"Leslie, is this your boyfriend? Indian? Or Mexican? Oh, my God, please don't tell me he's Asian." The woman said in an exaggerated voice, with a faint sneer on her lips.
Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly and looked to the side.
I saw a woman wearing a silver-white dress holding the arm of a male guest and walking towards him and Leslie. The corners of the skirt are dotted with bits of silver light, like diamonds, which look expensive. The male guest looked familiar, but Jiang Chen couldn't remember who it was for a moment... But that's not the problem.
Jiang Chen understood something in an instant, and gave Leslie a meaningful look.
The latter glanced at him guiltily and explained in a low voice quickly.
"Elsa Griffin, the youngest daughter of the Griffin family, her father is the chairman of Wachovia Bank..."
"If I'm not wrong, you have a problem with her, am I right?" Jiang Chen said with a half-smile.
"I'm sorry, I... I really didn't know she would appear here. His father and my father had business disputes. It's true that our relationship is not good..." Leslie looked at Jiang carefully. Chen said nervously, "I, I just..."
Leslie wanted to explain something more, but Elsa had already walked over.
From the way she stared directly at Leslie, the twinkling meaning in her eyes was obvious...
She obviously didn't come here with friendly intentions.
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PS: Unified reply to questions about Callisto.
What is written in the book is either Titan or Callisto.
In fact, what I wrote earlier should be quite clear. This is a planet with an extremely low density atmosphere, and the gravitational acceleration and surface temperature mentioned are the parameters of Jupiter (you can go back and read it if you are interested). Titan's atmosphere is 1.5 times denser than Earth's, which is obvious from this point alone.
Regarding the fact that the surface of Callisto contains a large amount of hydrocarbons, and that the atmosphere and rock mass contain carbon, but no oxygen, you can actually search for these on your own. As for why we chose Callisto, one reason will be mentioned later, and the other reason is that the astronomical community currently has very little information on this planet. The only image taken by Cassini is of extremely low resolution. Nor does it show any details of Callo's surface. And this means that I can express myself freely. After all, I am writing science fiction, not popular science books~
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