The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 421 Budget Wars (Please collect, recommend, ask for a monthly pass) 4500 words Ask for a monthly pass! !
Kelly is also in the study, but her sense of existence is very thin.Because of what's happening in front of her, she's seriously lacking a sense of participation.After all, she didn't know what Kingsman was at all, let alone who the crying old man and those two people in front of her were.

But she probably heard something about it. It was his boyfriend who accidentally founded an organization decades ago. As a result, this organization has developed for so many years, and now he came back to look for him.

As Westerners, they also pay attention to loyalty.It's just this level of loyalty that Kelly didn't expect.Her boyfriend has disappeared for decades, and this group of people is still dead-hearted, but after thinking about it, it seems to be nothing, God has never appeared before, so there are a lot of people who are dead-hearted?

Although a little disrespectful to God, in Kelly's view, this group of people is indeed a bit fanatic.

Thinking about it this way, Kelly felt very exciting again. His boyfriend is not only an ancient person, but also a mythical figure, and he also has believers.

However, this still made Kelly feel less involved, after all, she didn't care much about what they said.This girl has a naive vibe.But when she saw the Holy Grail, she became interested.If there are still people in the West who don't know much about the legend of the King of Knights, then the legend of the Holy Grail is known to everyone.After all, the King of Knights is also a British myth. It is normal for people from other countries not to be interested, but the Holy Grail is not. The Holy Grail is a standard Christian myth!

"Is this the Holy Grail?"

Kelly looked at this sacred object, which was [-]% similar to the legend, and was extremely curious.

Kai was still immersed in nostalgia, but nodded perfunctorily.

"Can it really make people rejuvenate and live forever? Can it fulfill all people's wishes?" Kelly continued to ask.

This time it was Ah Fu who answered.

"It's not as powerful as in the legend, but it's really miraculous. I don't know if it can make people live forever, but it can indeed bring people back to life. The master used it to bring me back to life."

That was when Egypt was fighting against the dog demon army, Ah Fu died in battle.Under Lao Fu's begging, Kai used the Holy Grail to revive Ah Fu.Later, after Cong Kai disappeared, although the Holy Grail was left to Kingsman, Kingsman could only use it to create a group of super agents. They still failed to discover other magical things.

Ah Fu's words made Kai wake up from his nostalgia.

He smiled and said: "In a sense, the answer to Kelly's question just now is yes."

Now it's not only Kelly, but everyone else looked over in surprise, especially Afu, Harry Hart and Eggsy. After all, this thing has been in Kingsman for almost a century, and they didn't Research something.

"The Holy Grail is the sacred object of the Old Sect..." Speaking of this, Kai remembered that the title of the Old Sect is a bit inappropriate here. "The old religion I'm talking about is the kind of primitive worship. They respect nature. It is somewhat similar to the modern Druid teachings, but it is a little different, but this is not important. In short, in ancient times, the old religion was once a giant. They controlled The right to explain all mysterious events is also the birthplace of the most authoritative religion and magic. At their most glorious time, they even came into contact with the law of cause and effect. The Holy Grail is their highest achievement. You can regard it as a universal wishing machine , it can fulfill any wish of yours."

When everyone heard this, they all stared at the Holy Grail.No one is a saint, everyone has what they want but cannot get.Now that they heard that there was such a holy object that could fulfill any of their wishes, they were of course tempted.

But very Kai, smart people noticed that Kai added a prefix "in a sense". Generally speaking, as long as this sentence is added, the content behind it will be greatly reduced.

"Is there any limit to it?" Catherine asked.

Kay glanced at Catherine appreciatively. "Of course. If it was really that powerful, the world wouldn't be what it is now."

"What restrictions?"

"The price!" Kai laughed as if thinking of something. "You have to pay for what you get."

Kai guessed that when the old masters created the Holy Grail, this was definitely not their original intention.It is estimated that after they created the Holy Grail, they were also so angry that they exchanged completely equivalent values. For example, if you want to kill someone, then you have to pay your own life... There are definitely people in this world who are willing to die with the enemy Ruthless, but definitely not many.After all, there are many ways to kill the enemy, who is willing to die together unless forced to do so?It's too hasty.

Ever since Kai got the Holy Grail, he has been thinking that it was definitely because of this that the people of the old religion put this thing on the shelf.

"Equivalent exchange is the principle of the Holy Grail."

"Then what if I wish for world peace?" Kelly asked curiously.

"Yes!" Kai replied with a smile: "But the final result is likely to be that you need to sacrifice half of the people in the world, and then kill the other half with the Holy Grail."

"Then this thing doesn't seem to be useful." Kelly suddenly felt bored.

This made the three of Kingsman secretly stare at her, but Kelly didn't notice it at all.

"You can't say that. It would be different if he was in the right person's hands." Kai raised the Holy Grail and slowly poured his "soul energy" into it. Suddenly, the Holy Grail burst out with dazzling light. Kingsman's three People feel the most direct, they clearly feel the changes in their bodies.

In fact, except for Ah Fu, both Harry Hart and Eggsy are much weaker than the fighters created by Kai with the Holy Grail back then.After all, although the Holy Grail is miraculous, it is just a dead thing, no one controls it, and lacks the support of power, so its ability will naturally become weaker and weaker.

After consuming about half of the experience bar, the power in the Holy Grail recovered a lot.It has also collected a lot of souls over the years, and these souls are the souls of Kingsman elite agents, but because there is no master's control, it can't make good use of those powers. Now Kai actively uses his soul power to help it Complete the digestion of those souls, and naturally recover quickly.

After completing this action, Kai sent the Holy Grail back.

"Take it, you've done a good job all these years. Then keep going."

After receiving the Holy Grail from Kai, Harry Hart was obviously a little dazed.

"You...won't you go back with us?"

"Why should I go back?" Kai said amusedly, "Go back and give you orders? Let's forget it. Kingsman has been operating independently for so many years, and there is no need for someone who doesn't understand anything to run over and give orders."

To be honest, Kai was very touched by Ah Fu's ability to remain loyal.But expect those Kingsman agents who never met him to be the same as Alfred?Still don't dream.Perhaps those Kingsman agents, like Harry Hart, can maintain a reverence for themselves.

But so what?Kingsman has been operating independently for so many years, others have their own set of political ecology, why?Do you think you live long enough to step in and dominate?What are you thinking?

It's not that the other party will definitely do something bad, after all Kai is their master no matter what.

But why bother?Forcibly going back will only make both parties awkward.

Kai has no ambitions for power, so it is better to maintain the status quo and do what Kingsman should do.

Harry Hart also wanted to persuade, partly because Kay was indeed their belief.These two... please, don't such a great god please go home and make offerings, cheap Americans?

But Kai waved his hand.

"Don't say it, I am very satisfied with my life now. Besides, when I go back, the British government must be aware of it. I don't like politicians."

Harry Hart finally said nothing.After all, others are the real bosses, and if others don't want to go back, he can still kidnap them.Besides, Kai's existence itself is the biggest hole card for them. As for where he is, it's really not a big problem.

But Harry Hart didn't play with his work, and he took out another briefcase.Inside is a stack of documents.

"These are all properties that belong to you. They have been under the secret management of Kingsman all these years. Now that you have returned, these properties must be returned to you."

"Industry?" Kai was taken aback.

At this time, Ah Fu reminded: "This is some of the industries that you asked my grandfather to acquire back then. Kingsman was established on the basis of these industries. After Kingsman got on the right track, these industries were divested. A committee helps you run these estates, but externally, these estates are controlled by a fictional noble family."

Kay flipped through the documents at random, but he didn't have much interest in these things.Kay has heard the saying before; 'A lot of money is just a simple number. '

He has been taking this as fart, after all, he has never had more money.

But after he woke up from the mausoleum, he realized that this fucking sentence was too correct.

In terms of personal wealth, Kay is probably richer than Tony Stark.Among other things, the mountain of treasures in the king's treasury can immediately turn the international gold price into the price of cabbage.So he didn't care, and directly threw these things to Ah Fu.

"You deal with it, I have a headache looking at it."

Afu was taken aback, but still nodded.In fact, this thing is more of a situation. Whether the document is signed or not does not affect the ownership.Is Kingsman still ignorant of Kay's property?

But then Kay remembered something, he asked.

"By the way, what's the last name of that fictional nobleman? Will it expose me?"

Afu put away the documents and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, the surname of this nobleman is exactly the same as the surname you are using now, both are Wayne."

"Huh?" Kai suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Wayne family?

Where did you hear it?

……

The Stark Industries Expo is in full swing, but with the popularity of the expo, the Chicago Police Department is getting more and more headaches.

Because there are more and more protesters.

Originally, Tony held an industrial expo, mainly to show the world those new industrial technologies and inventions.In the end, I don't know what happened, but gradually changed the taste after reaching the back, and various arms groups began to shine at the exhibition.

Among them, Osborne Industries, AIM, Hammer Industries, Roxon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, etc. Arms giants have launched their new products at this expo.

Even the military is unwilling to be lonely. The Berkeley Military Laboratory led by them has also begun to promote a new type of weapon, a ray weapon.

This situation is necessarily not the purpose of Tony's exposition, at least not the main purpose.

But for other arms companies, this is a good opportunity for them to show themselves.

As for why it is so concentrated, the reason is also very simple, thanks to the current President Benjamin.

Benjamin is a leftist Democrat. When he ran for office, he promised to reduce military spending and invest more in people's livelihood and economic issues.This is nothing to brag about, anyway, every presidential candidate will.

But Benjamin was different. As soon as he took office, he began to implement his campaign promises.

In 2008, the U.S. military budget was 6070 billion U.S. dollars, but this year's budget was directly cut by 50 billion!Although military leaders and many members of Congress have expressed opposition to this budget.Unfortunately, it didn't work.After the Iraq War, the American people's trust in the US military began to decrease year by year, and too much money was spent in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The vast majority of Americans have no idea where these two countries are, and they can't even find them out if they are given a map.

More importantly, they only saw the number of casualties and how much the military spent, but they didn't see the benefits of the war at all, plus the economic crisis.The public is already very, very dissatisfied with the high military expenditure of the US military.

Why did Benjamin crush all the way to become president as the youngest candidate?

It's not because he caters to the wishes of the vast majority of Americans.

After taking office, Benjamin made all opponents shy away from him with his high approval rating.

Don't look at the budget of hundreds of billions, 50 billion is very little.It should be noted that this is Benjamin's first year in office, and he still has four years left in office.And if he does well, he could very well be re-elected...

Not to mention, those budgets are owned by owners.If it is less than 50 billion, someone must take less.

No one wants their funding to be cut.

Arms dealers especially don't want it. After all, a decrease in orders doesn't just mean a decrease in profits, it also means that the stock price will fall!This is the most intolerable.In fact, since Benjamin took the oath of office, the stocks of major arms dealers began to fall slowly and firmly.

The arms giants who engaged in it all began to lobby both houses of Congress in hopes of rejecting the president's budget.

But still the same sentence, now Benjamin represents the public opinion.Public opinion wants to cut military spending, and it is impossible for those members of the two houses to really go against public opinion. Although the electoral system in the United States determines that they are governed by elites, and the interference of public opinion is not so obvious, it is impossible for them to really not care at all.If it is like the European universal suffrage (one person, one vote), the military expenditure will be reduced even more.

(It’s very interesting to check the difference between the two on Baidu.)
Besides, although the U.S. military has great influence, it is impossible for them to cover the sky with one hand, and it is impossible for them to represent the interests of all political forces.Now that the military budget is reduced, it means that other people can get more.Naturally, a group of people stood up to support the president.

So it went back and forth, leading to Benjamin gaining the upper hand and the Budget passed.

Since it is already an established fact, then we can only find a way elsewhere.

How to think of a way?
Of course it is from other people.

As a result, the major arms groups that were fighting against the president immediately began to target each other.

This has caused all major arms companies to compete with each other, and they all put out their latest and best products to grab orders.

In the expo held by Stark himself, he didn't prepare much new weapons, but the other party took the lead.It is said that Tony Stark and the board of directors of the Stark Group are very unhappy, and they are trying to make up for it.

But this raises another problem.

There are all kinds of political factions in the United States, and there are many political groups that desire peace and oppose war.

Now that a group of American arms companies have put out so many lethal weapons, these groups are naturally upset.

So the protests began one after another. Of course, those arms bosses would not care about these protests. This kind of protest is too common, but the Chicago police can't ignore it. If some extremists do something, they will have to take the blame!

　Damn, I've been really unlucky lately.A few days ago, I fell on my bike and got scratches all over my legs. I haven’t healed up yet. The air conditioner broke down again yesterday. It’s so hot here these days. I can’t live without an air conditioner. I had to stay at a relative’s house for a night. Overnight, so no update.Just finished repairing the air conditioner today, what the hell is the transformer here at my house exploded... It took another day to repair it, and I didn't call until 1 o'clock in the evening... I originally planned to ask for leave today, but after thinking about it, it's better to code words, so it was after four o'clock Encoded, it's just...

For such a pitiful sake, let's go for a monthly ticket recommendation ticket.

　
(End of this chapter)