Chapter 666
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"Sue us in Xin?" Jiang Chen thought he heard it wrong, so he asked again.
If it was in Xin, he had a hundred ways to make the Blue Seagull International Marine Protection Association lose. Suing him in his territory? Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
"They are suing directly to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Of course, we can refuse to respond, but it will affect our international reputation. And they wrote in the lawyer's letter that they reserve the right to organize protests. All in all, it's a headache to be entangled by this kind of organization … "Xia Shiyu's voice was helpless.
"I'll go back to the group immediately. We'll talk about this later." Jiang Chen hung up and walked out of the factory.
Different from the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea could not only accept cases between countries, but also cases between countries and political bodies or even individuals. But this kind of borderless court often didn't have strong binding force and was often left to play by countries.
Future Group fought a lot of lawsuits with companies, but it was the first time they were sued by a non-profit organization.
Jiang Chen used his phone to log into the official website of the International Marine Protection Association and saw a giant poster hanging on the front page. Under the deep sea, a fan blade and a bloody dolphin with a line of words at the bottom: Please stop hurting our friends!
But what made Jiang Chen dumbfounded was that from the offshore mining unit to the construction of Penglai City, any project involving the development of marine resources would be equipped with a sonar to repel shoals of fish. There was not a single word of truth or argument in this condemnation. It was all groundless slander!
As soon as he returned to the company, Jiang Chen immediately went to Xia Shiyu's office.
"Respond to the lawsuit and send our lawyer to sue them in the UA District Court for false accusation and demand them to compensate us for our economic losses!"
"Also, find out who the person behind them is. I want to see who directed them! "
Jiang Chen wouldn't believe that the blue seagull's behavior was spontaneous and that it was trying to protect the environment for some reason.
Future Technology's subsidiary was in Los Santos and had a "harmonious" relationship with the UA District Court. As long as the PR was done well, it wouldn't be difficult to win the lawsuit. As to the investigation, Jiang Chen handed it over to the Ghost Agents overseas.
But surprisingly, before the person was sent out, the mastermind behind the scenes voluntarily stood on the stage.
The call was from Boston, United States.
"This is just a warning. Pull back from the Saudi project." A male voice came from the other end of the phone.
"A warning that doesn't hurt or itch." Jiang Chen laughed, but his tone gradually turned cold. "Are you from Matrix?"
The person on the other end of the phone did not deny it, nor did he express approval. He just spoke in a tone that was neither fast nor slow.
"If it was any other business, we would have nothing to say if you defeated us through normal business competition and snatched the business from our hands. But this project was carried out under the direction of Washington, and we will definitely not stop here. "
From his tone and words, Jiang Chen heard arrogance, and a curvature appeared on his lips.
Hoping for Future Group to compromise? Dream on!
"Is that so? Then I look forward to your next hand. Whichever hand you reach, I'll chop it off. "Jiang Chen wasn't moved at all as he said without backing down.
"Arrogant."
After saying this, the other side simply hung up the phone.
The two parties had already broken off relations; there was no need to negotiate anymore!
Jiang Chen immediately ordered the Ghost Agents in UA to track down the source of the call, but they only located it to a public phone booth in Boston.
After receiving this information, Jiang Chen had to start with Matrix and investigate the identity of the shareholders. But because Matrix wasn't listed, the equity information wasn't public, so it took some effort to obtain this confidential information. In the end, Xie Lei hacked into Matrix's server and obtained some information from an equity change agreement.
Finally, all the clues locked onto a name.
The fifth largest consortium in UA – Boston Consortium!
Speaking of this B City Consortium, its background was not small at all. As one of the top ten consortiums in UA, although it couldn't compare to Morgan and Rockefeller, it definitely had the most experience. Its establishment could be traced back to the 19th century, when the Lowell, Lawrence, Adams, and Lodge families in the Boston area joined forces with the emerging Kennedy family to form the Boston Consortium, which almost controlled the entire North American textile industry. Their shadow was behind the Civil War.
Although its influence wasn't as great as before, its power in UA was still not to be underestimated. The world-famous Raytheon was one of its assets. These large consortiums that controlled the UA were more or less inextricably linked to the Department of Defense.
Since the B City Consortium controlled Matrix, then everything made sense. The Capital hoped to strengthen their control over Saudi through the freshwater supply project. Since the USD was linked to oil, even with the current low oil price, the Capital still paid attention to expanding its influence in the Middle East.
Now that Future Group planned to intervene in the desalination project, the B City Consortium with its business ruined couldn't sit still.
Just like they said, the lawsuit from the "Blue Dolphin" International Marine Protection Association was only a warning. B City Consortium would suppress Future Group's business in multiple areas until Future Group couldn't handle the loss and would give in on the not-so-profitable freshwater project.
But Jiang Chen wouldn't let them do as they wished!
Future Group would eventually touch the interests of the "old era" consortiums. If they backed off at the first sign of conflict, how could they do business in the future? Jiang Chen would never compromise. He would respond to B City Consortium's provocation with a strong stance!
Fortunately, none of Future Group's companies were listed. B City Consortium's expertise in financial tactics wouldn't be effective against Future Group. But they still found two entry points. One was to attack Future Group's most profitable internet, and the other was ocean interests.
On October 11th, the UA Department of Justice suddenly launched an anti-trust investigation on Future Technology's UA subsidiary.
At the same time, two "environmentalists" boarded a speedboat and forcibly boarded Future Mining's offshore platform in the Pacific Ocean, but they were quickly detained by Celestial Trade's security. The UA Embassy in Xin immediately responded to the incident and demanded Celestial Trade to release them.
B City Consortium used a hook and a straight punch at the beginning to gain the upper hand in this business competition. They directly targeted Future Group's weakness.
If the UA Department of Justice's anti-trust investigation concluded that Future Technology was suspected of monopolizing the virtual reality project, it would undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to Future Technology's expansion into the virtual reality market. Because it would provide a "reference" for other countries to win!
But would Jiang Chen let them succeed?
The answer was obviously no!
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