The end of technology.

The Grand Havana Room sign hangs at the lobby reception.

Yes, it's a place called the Havana Cigar Club.

It can be seen from the wooden boxes of well-known cigar brands from all over the world placed behind the hall.

Of course, for the wealthy who can enter and leave here, tasting cigars is only the most basic enjoyment. As long as the amount written in the check is sufficient, all kinds of extreme services that normal or abnormal people can imagine can also be arranged.

Applying the words of the merchants, there are no disadvantages here except that the price is expensive enough.But for 90.00% of ordinary people in this world, this shortcoming is undoubtedly extremely fatal.Fortunately, the merchant's marketing targets are also very accurate, and they only serve one percent of the world's people.

In the box of the club, at this time two well-dressed middle-aged men were puffing.

Upmann Connoisseur No. [-] from Cuba has a unique fragrance when lit, and each fragrance has a unique charm.

For those who like this mouthful, it is an irreplaceable enjoyment.

Neeson Mountbatten took another sip of the cigar in his hand, and then put the cigar on the shelf beside him, and looked at the man opposite him through the filled smoke.

Sitting opposite is Stephen Schwartz, the founder and helm of the Blackstone Group.

The Blackstone Group has the nickname of the global private equity king in the financial circle. It is conceivable how large the funds it controls, but other than that, the big man in front of him is also one of the biggest benefactors behind the party that Neeson Mountbatten belongs to.

Under normal circumstances, members like Neeson Mountbatten who have just been elected and have no background in Congress are actually not looked down upon by the person opposite.But Stephen Schwartz is willing to sit with Neeson Mountbatten, of course he has his reasons.

But no one has trouble with money.

Neeson Mountbatten gave him several consecutive suggestions, allowing him to accurately step on the rhythm of the market and earn huge profits.This is enough to make Neeson Mountbatten's face with him very big.So when Neeson Mountbatten extended an invitation to him, he agreed without hesitation.

At least in Stephen Schwartz's opinion, Neeson Mountbatten is definitely not an ordinary MP.Of course, the unusual here is not because of his messy beliefs.

Stephen Schwartz isn't interested in gossip, but he is interested in money.The world of the rich is so simple and boring. Having such a common hobby can make each other the closest friends.

"Stephen, there is a piece of news. If you operate properly, you can double your wealth within half a year. As for the long-term, if you can have a definite attitude, it is not delusional to multiply by ten or a hundred times."

When Neeson Mountbatten's leisurely words reached Stephen Schwartz's ears, the helm of the Blackstone Group narrowed his eyes instantly.The hormones in his body began to be secreted crazily, so that all the cells in his whole body began to jump excitedly at this moment.

What a wonderful sentence.

You must know that when wealth has accumulated to a certain base, let alone doubling, it is already very difficult to keep up with the speed of inflation every year. Guaranteeing a 20.00% increase is already very successful. If The one who can maintain an annualized rate of return of [-]% per year...that is Buffett.

As for doubling your wealth within half a year, or doubling your wealth for a long time...

"What? Is there going to be a big battle?" Stephen Schwartz suppressed his excitement and asked casually.

Yes, other than that, he couldn't think of any way to double his wealth within half a year.After all, the wealth he holds is too huge. Without new profit growth points, it is almost impossible to double in a short period of time.

The reason is simple, without a black swan event, it would be difficult to find such a large opponent to stand there and be slaughtered.

Essentially, if you don’t consider the beautiful vision of finance and only consider the transactions in the financial derivatives market, it is a standard zero-sum game.To put it simply, if he wants to earn one trillion yuan, he must have an opponent who can lose one trillion yuan.

It's almost impossible, no one will stand there and be slaughtered.

Unless you go to grab it.

"Haha, haha...cough cough..."

Neeson Mountbatten laughed violently, and then coughed violently. Fortunately, he stopped coughing soon, and sighed: "Hey, it's best not to have such expectations, Stephen, if you really want to If there is a war, I am afraid that your assets will return to zero."

"Neson, you really know how to joke."

"No, Stephen, not really. You won't believe that there is such a thing as an anti-gravity aircraft carrier in this world. Coupled with robotics... and our proud network may not have any secrets. It's like... …Stephen, recently your investment decision-making committee is considering a large-scale Asian logistics park acquisition. If there is no accident, you will cooperate with UniCredit Bank for this acquisition. It will still be a high-leverage model as before. You are going to issue 300 billion bonds to complete this For an acquisition, the size of the acquired shares is between 60.00% and 90.00%, right?"

Neeson Mountbatten's words made Stephen Schwartz startled.

Although, as the CEO of the company, it is impossible for him to personally handle all investment matters, but he will still pay attention to the tens of billions of investment.The project that Neeson Mountbatten casually reported is the biggest move that Blackstone Group is currently planning in the first quarter of next year.

But at present, it is still in the internal review and analysis stage, and no final decision has been made.In other words, this project is still a commercial secret of the company, at least so far.After all, it is impossible to disclose such a large-scale investment before a formal decision is made.Otherwise, it will easily lead to a series of chain reactions.

But now Neeson Mountbatten said it easily and directly.

Stephen Schwartz suddenly understood why the guy in front of him could always follow the rhythm of the market easily.

With this kind of intelligence gathering ability, even a pig can play smoothly in the market.

Of course, this is not enough to double his wealth within half a year.

The reason is also very simple. The market is dynamic. Even if you know a certain inside story, it is limited by the size of the project's funds and the size of the related market.

But this was enough to make Stephen Schwartz become more vigilant, so the big benefactor put down the cigar in his hand, looked at Neeson Mountbatten seriously, and said, "What do you mean?"

"On January 1 next year, Huaxia Yanbei University of Physical Education, who has mastered the turbulence algorithm and faster related patents, will propose that all settlement currencies related to patent authorization be changed to Chinese legal tender. At the same time, the Huaxia Yanbei University R&D base will officially open The pre-sale of the anti-gravity aircraft named Fengming series must also be settled in China's legal currency. By the way, it also includes the giant faster platform. One world, two currency systems, but the time left for fossil energy is not enough too much."

Stephen Schwartz was completely shocked, and asked again after a long time: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing interesting, Stephen!"

Neeson Mountbatten looked serious, and then replied: "Don't make any decisions today. After all, there is still one and a half months before the official announcement. In ten days, we will still be here in ten days. Let's talk again."

"What will happen in ten days?"

"You'll know in ten days."

Stephen Schwartz looked suspiciously at Neeson Mountbatten, who was with the old god, and suddenly felt that this guy's temperament really matched the magic stick.

……

Ten days later, on the high seas near the Strait of Gibraltar in the Atlantic Ocean, a fleet composed of more than ten countries has sailed to a predetermined area.

It was a rare good weather on the sea, the sea was calm, there were only a few clouds in the sky above the sea, and the sun was shining gently on the sea, which was enough to make the sailors who had been floating on the sea for many days feel happy.

Of course, the weather at sea changes very quickly. It may be sunny one second, and cloudy the next second.But for sailors who stay on board all year round, these are already used to it.Being able to enjoy the warm sunshine more at this time is to earn money.

The next step is the step-by-step exercise.

Dusty things must be put to use. We know that many people are observing in various ways, but they are used to it.

To put it bluntly, the exercise is for everyone to see.

Only when someone pays attention can the significance of the exercise be highlighted. If no one watches it, it will be boring.

Everything went smoothly until a passer-by sailor on the deck who did not deserve to have a name inadvertently looked up and saw a black spot drifting towards the fleet at an angle of 40 degrees from the sun.

"Hey, Kuhlman, what do you think that is?" the sailor called out, then raised his hand and pointed to the black spot.

His companion is holding a telescope, because he wants to watch the effect of some products thrown out, so things like a telescope are naturally indispensable.

"What?" The companion subconsciously looked back at the sailor, then glanced in the direction of the finger.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, but just felt a little curious.

It has reached the visual distance, and the distance there is very close. If there is a threat, the radar should have already issued a warning.

The command tower was exceptionally calm, indicating that there was no major problem.But it doesn't look like my own plane to the naked eye.

So he raised the binoculars...

"fuck! What the hell is this?"

……

"what is this?"

Obviously this is a generic question.

Because soon the sirens started to sound, and countless telescopes were aimed at the direction that this crap was coming from.

Various radio devices also began to get busy. After all, when the exercise started, the sky above here was already a no-fly area.The inexplicable intrusion has not yet been warned. This situation is obviously wrong.

The deck began to get busy, and several planes were urgently removed from the hangar and ejected hastily to take off.

But this didn't affect anything, and soon the bastard flew over the fleet, revealing the lineup, and then hovered there, even ignoring the little flies circling around it.

When many people stood on the deck in a daze, looking up at the large object floating below the clouds with their naked eyes, the radio device of the conning tower finally received a reply: "You are busy, we are just passing by and saw It’s very lively here, so come and take a look.”

Chapter 220 Investigation Report

Investigations that require thousands of people and keeping thousands of people a secret is never easy.

Not to mention that after the 2019 offshore storm activities were forced to be suspended, the next step was the investigation of countless witnesses.No matter what, such a large-scale event was suddenly stopped, and the gentlemen behind had to give a complete explanation.

Not to mention that this is an exercise of the entire Northern Group, involving more than a dozen countries.If it is not handled properly, it will seriously affect the morale of a group of countries.

Morale has always been a very mysterious thing.

To put it simply, when you are strong, dare to defy the world, even if there is only one ship, where can you go in the world?When I was intimidated, I would feel scared when there was a sudden gust of wind, and it would blow up if I couldn't say it.

Coupled with the fact that this incident is quite weird, naturally it cannot be overemphasized.

……

"John, where were you?"

"I was in the conning tower of the Queen."

"Tell me about the situation in detail?"

"Well, at first, the Bunker Hill suddenly sounded the alarm, and I looked up and saw a ship coming from a position about 13 degrees west to south through the porthole."

"continue."

"Then the flagship sounded the first-level combat alarm, and the three carrier-based aircraft rushed into the air and began to shout to drive away, but the other party did not respond, and it floated over us in about 5 minutes. It was so big that it completely blocked the sun. Stopped, the entire sea area was shrouded."

"With the wind?"

"Well, I think it's just floating, because it hovered after it got over us."

"Okay, you go on."

"According to the requirements of the first-level alert, the air-to-air units were in place, and the standard 2 air-to-air missiles were replaced. At the same time, they began to use channel 16 to call out to ask the other party's intentions, and then the radio was connected. The other party said that they were just here to see. At that time, they could still see Our three F35Bs circled around it."

"and then?"

"Then there was a dispute. Some people thought that an attack should be launched directly, and the captain thought that there should be a dialogue. Then the other party began to shout through the public channel, let us be quiet..."

"Just let you be quiet?"

"No, I actually shouted a lot. The situation was very chaotic at the time. I don't remember clearly. It seemed that he told us to blow him up quickly. Don't talk about it. He didn't want to live at all. He also said that we were cowards. , I didn’t even dare to hit it, such a good ship was in vain, it even opened the base, revealing an empty door, allowing us to aim at the interior and launch missiles.”

"..."

"Oh, by the way, it will meow, meow, every time it says a word."

"..."

"But in the end, General Lawrence didn't give the order to attack, so we just kept on alert. After the reinforcements arrived, it started circling above our heads again. By the way, there was no one on the big Chinese ship that could fly." logo."

"Since there is no sign, why do you say it is Huaxia's ship?"

"Because the bottom of the big ship can not only be opened, but also a complete large display when it is closed. When it starts to hover, it suddenly starts playing some messy things."

"Do you remember that mess?"

"In the beginning, there were many children doing aerobics and nursery rhymes. Because it was in Chinese, I couldn't understand it, but someone on the boat could understand it. Then there was a black and white war movie clip, which was spoken in Chinese, but with English subtitles. It can be clearly seen, followed by the Huaxia military parade, and finally a price list, this time in English."

Hearing this, the solemn small room became very quiet. In fact, in the recorded video, the investigator of the price list had already seen it, but according to the regulations and procedures, those who witnessed everything with their own eyes should repeat it.

"What price list?"

"For the protection fee. After that, the ship began to rise, and kept rising until it disappeared."

"Besides what you just said, have you noticed any impressive details? Any details you think are worth mentioning are fine. Think about it carefully."

After a moment of silence, the respondent finally shook his head: "There is nothing else."

The recorder was turned off, and the interrogator stood up and held out his hand.

"Thank you, Colonel Stone."

"To be honest, I really don't want to recall these things."

"Who isn't?"

After a brief exchange, the inquired saluted and walked out of the room.

……

James Norton raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. At this time, he was already feeling quite tired and panicked.

The investigation into this incident has lasted for three days. The only thing that made him gratified was that the objects of the investigation were all current employees, and everyone was very disciplined, saying what they had to say.

Moreover, there were thousands of people at the scene, so the investigation was actually not that difficult.

But the problem is also here. There are only so many investigators, and each of them has to chat with at least dozens of in-service personnel, and the answers they hear are actually similar.

Not only did I hear the same answer, but also countless videos recorded the scene at that time.Many were even posted directly to Facebook and Twitter.There are many close-up videos and a series of photos taken by high-altitude spy satellites, which can be accessed by the investigation team at any time.

how to say?It's probably just a head-scratcher.