"Compared to these minor issues, I'm more concerned about the election on Bernice's side." He put away the holographic screen, smiled, and said casually, "After all, we threw a lot of chips on Joseph."
"Not particularly optimistic." Ayesha shook her head and whispered, "The situation in South America is heating up, and a large number of Colombian refugees are pouring into the UA. The increase in the support of the hawks is inevitable. What's more, it just so happens that the relationship between Singapore and the US is tense … "
Jiang Chen nodded and didn't say anything.
He did not consider the refugee effect brought about by the war, and the United States was undoubtedly the first choice in the minds of the Colombian people, followed by Canada. The influx of refugees was bound to bring poverty and crime to the United States, causing a series of social problems. At this critical moment in the election campaign, these problems were bound to have a direct impact on the election.
Speaking of which, Mr. Kennedy Jr.'s opponent seemed to have been waving the flag of the anti-refugee party.
One of their political ideas was to build a Great Wall on the US-Mexico border …
…
A meeting was being held at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.
Not only high-level officials of the Ministry of Defense were present, but also the President, the President's advisors, and cabinet bureaucrats.
Interestingly enough, just three days ago, these people in the conference room had just held a meeting in the White House. Now, the same group of people were having a meeting in the Pentagon. Although the topic of discussion was different, the object of discussion was the same.
A conference script was placed in front of everyone, accompanied by a brochure with the words "2020 Xin International Defense Exposition" written on it.
This brochure was designed by Future Military and distributed by the defense department of Xin, the main unit of the exhibition, to the relevant procurement units of the invited countries through embassies in various countries. What was placed in front of everyone was a copy that the CIB had obtained from an invited country.
If it was just a country's defense exhibition, it wouldn't be enough for the Pentagon to make such a big fuss.
The crux of the problem was that a certain country intended to sell weapons at this defense exhibition …
"… Future Military intends to sell EMP weapons and kinetic skeletons to Earth Defense Alliance member states." Secretary of Defense Carter looked around at his colleagues and said solemnly, "Although we are not sure which weapon they plan to export to the outside world, we must pay enough attention. I believe you all know what it means for us once EMP weapons proliferate. "
The senior officials of the Department of Defense and the bureaucrats of the White House looked at each other. They obviously sensed something was wrong from Carter's words.
After hesitating for a moment, the White House military adviser requested to speak. He spun a ballpoint pen and spoke.
"On the other hand, does this mean that we also have a chance to get their EMP weapons? We haven't made any effective progress in the technical bottleneck of EMP weapon development. If we can find a way to buy it from them … "
"Impossible." Carter shook his head and smiled bitterly. "No UA military enterprise was invited, and our procurement unit is obviously not on their list."
Not to mention the United States, no NATO member states were invited. The 47 invited countries were all members of the Earth Defense Alliance.
In a sense, Xin's behavior did confirm UA's speculation.
Celestial Trade was not satisfied with the existence of the Earth Defense Alliance only as an extraterrestrial civilization defense organization. Celestial Trade first used the space elevator and the Global Grid Plan to kidnap the economies of member states, and now it began to strengthen military cooperation between member states.
Whether they wanted to become the second United Nations, the second NATO, or a combination of the two, the Capitol didn't know. However, from the series of actions of Celestial Trade, they already felt a strong sense of vigilance.
"The Olympics will be held in Yoto soon." Hill, who had been sitting there without saying a word, suddenly broke the silence at the conference table. "I will go to Yoto to attend the opening ceremony, and I will talk to that person face to face."
…
The war that occurred thousands of kilometers away did not affect the prosperity of Coro Island. Only foreign soldiers participated in the war, and none of the local soldiers were mobilized.
However, the impact of the war still blew to the beaches of Xin along with the trans-Pacific monsoon. Everyone was discussing whether there was going to be a war. Would Xin also send volunteers like Moro? How would NATO react?
After all, the Colombian authorities detained the Xin delegation at the behest of the CIB and attempted to blame Juan's death on Xin. It was FARC who rescued the delegation and sent them to the Ecuadorian border.
At least that was what the mainstream media in Xin reported.
Whether it was public opinion or official opinion, they all supported FARC. Even the call to send troops to Colombia was growing on the official website of Celestial Trade.
For war, Xin people did not feel much concern, because Celestial Trade's military operations overseas never seemed to lose, and it never brought the aftereffects of war back home. It was just that immigrants from the UA or Europe still had complicated feelings about the whole thing.
On one side was their motherland, and on the other side was the country they now lived in. Other than calling for peace, there seemed to be no better choice for them.
Time soon arrived in August.
The Yoto Olympics was about to open. Xin athletes arrived at the Yoto training ground in mid-July for a week of adaptive training.
Because it was the first time athletes were sent to participate in the Olympics, Xin attached great importance to it. Both the official and the private sector showed considerable enthusiasm.
About two years ago, when the biochemical crisis broke out in Yoto, people around the world were not optimistic that Nippon could get out of the shadow of the T virus, and the land prices in Yoto almost plummeted. It was also at that time that Jiang Chen took advantage of the fact that Future Biology had not yet released the T virus vaccine and bought almost half of the real estate in Yoto.
In order to support the sports cause of Xin, Jiang Chen specifically called the professional agent who helped him manage real estate in Yoto. He took out a five-star hotel not far from the Olympic Village and allowed all Xin athletes to move in for free.
Living outside the Olympic Village during the Olympics was generally the privilege of top athletes. For example, the UA Dream Team, which participated for the first time in 1992, had never lived in the Olympic Village. However, it was the first time in the history of the Olympics that Xin booked an entire five-star hotel for more than 200 athletes and more than 100 coaches, team leaders, and medical staff.
Even Saudi Arabia was not this rich.
The generosity of the President of Future Group successfully shocked all the netizens around the world who followed the Olympics. While people lamented the luck of Xin athletes, they also couldn't help but feel that the President was really rich.
So much so that an athlete from another country who did not want to reveal his name expressed jealously in an interview with the media.
"They are not here to compete at all, they are here to show off their wealth …"
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