The drones were ready-made. Long before Jiang Chen arrived in Xiangjiang, Future Heavy Industries added several Beta-3 drone production lines. It would not be a problem to complete the production of 100,000 Beta-3S by the end of the month.
The most critical thing now was the negotiation with the Xiangjiang Municipal Government …
"What about safety? What if the cargo transported by the drone falls from the air? "
"You don't have to worry about this at all. Safety is one of the key design points of Beta-3. Even if there is an accident, Beta-3 will activate the emergency procedure to open the parachute and land the cargo on the roof and other uninhabited areas, and other drones will be responsible for retrieving it. At the same time, Global Express will plan the route of the drone to ensure that the aircraft carrying heavy objects will not pass through densely populated areas to ensure the safety of personnel. "
"What about privacy? You installed a camera on the drone. Does this mean that Beta-3 can capture the private space of the building residents? "
"Beta-3 is indeed equipped with a camera, but under normal circumstances, its actions are performed by AI. Unless it is a special case, the staff will not manually control the drone, so there is no need to worry about privacy leakage! All video data will only be stored on the server for 30 days and will be automatically erased after 30 days. "
"…"
The most torturous part was the Legislative Council. The delegation sent by Future Group must face the inquiries of the various affairs committees and finally convince the members of the Legislative Council to make provisions in the drone management regulations conducive to Global Express's drone business.
But overall, the progress of the negotiations was very smooth.
On the other hand, Jiang Chen met with the CE to discuss drone logistics and exchanged opinions on Future Group's investment in Xiangjiang. From the Chief Executive's attitude, the Xiangjiang Municipal Government still valued Future Group and showed a considerable degree of interest in the drone logistics network.
If everything went smoothly, the Legislative Council would introduce drone management regulations before the 25th, and Global Express would begin to establish a drone logistics network on the 30th.
In the evening, when he returned to the hotel, Ayesha called.
"Evelyn is under control. He was transferred to the Droplet two hours ago and has now left Albania's territorial waters. "
"Be careful … Right, how is the situation in Europe?"
The other end of the phone paused for a few seconds.
"The atmosphere is a bit strange."
"Strange?" Jiang Chen pondered for a moment. "Let the Ghost Agents keep an eye on the Rothschild family and figure out what they want to do."
"Leave it to me," Ayesha replied softly.
…
While Jiang Chen was in Xiangjiang, a lot of things happened outside.
MLL Island had recently discovered several new large mines. Since they were concentrated in the Valencia area in the middle of MLL Island, they were named the Valencia Mining Area. The estimated reserves of this mine were quite astonishing. The minerals included iron, aluminum, lead, zinc, and copper, which were in high demand in the New Malaysia Special Region. Furthermore, the quality of the minerals was above average!
However, it was the Valencia mine that ignited the conflict between BHP and Future Mining.
As the prospector of the Valencia Mining Area, BHP requested to own more shares and reinterpreted the contract that they had signed. They felt that based on the contributions of both parties, the original 55% and 45% of the shares were obviously unfair. BHP should have 55% of the shares.
Future Mining, of course, wouldn't agree and insisted on following the contract. Otherwise, they would break up.
The two sides began to negotiate on this issue in March. BHP's attitude had softened, but since May, specifically after Jiang Chen gave the Golden Apple to Rothschild, their attitude hardened again.
Without a doubt, Mr. Luke of BHP Group was also a member of the Freemasonry. The Freemasonry obviously thought that Jiang Chen gave in to them.
But they obviously got something wrong.
The contract between BHP Mining Group and Future Mining on MLL Island expired, and Future Mining directly refused to renew the contract. In the future, Future Group would independently complete the development of MLL Island's mineral resources and kicked BHP Group out.
For Future Group's decision, BHP Mining Group expressed surprise and regret, but it still made the decision to withdraw its equipment and personnel from MLL Island and withdrew its assets from Moro in disbelief.
From this incident, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the honeymoon period between Future Group and the Rothschild family was over.
But then again, at this point, Future Group didn't need to care about anyone's feelings anymore.
Now that the resources of the New Malaysia Special Region and Ange Island High-Tech Industrial Park were basically supported by the mining area of MLL Island, especially after the exploration of several rich mines, Future Group no longer needed to rely on these mining giants.
Although it was somewhat unkind to kick BHP out, who would blame the Freemasonry for being unkind first?
On the other hand, High Tech Freshwater and Future Bank listed in New York were shorted by unknown funds, and their stock prices fell by 30% in three days.
In the face of such a situation, Jiang Chen calmly increased his holdings of the subsidiary's shares in the secondary market and bought as much as it fell. He knew who was using financial leverage to blackmail him, but this mild warning was nothing to him.
At most, High Tech Freshwater and Future Bank would both be delisted and privatized. Now Future Group no longer needed to seek loans from other banks, and its own bank was enough to complete the blood transfusion.
After completing the negotiations on drone management regulations, Jiang Chen immediately left Xiangjiang by private jet.
However, he did not directly return to Coro Island. Instead, he went to Moro and got off the plane at the Dawo International Airport.
It had been more than a year since the civil war. The anti-government forces led by Santos fought fiercely against the government forces with the arms smuggled in by Jiang Chen. However, the scars of the civil war could no longer be seen on the streets and alleys here.
With Future Group's backing, the recovery of Dawo was much faster than expected.
After getting off the plane, Moro President Santos personally went to the airport to pick up Jiang Chen.
When they first met, Jiang Chen almost didn't recognize this guy. He thought their president was someone else.
When he confirmed it was Santos, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh in his mind. Time was really like a butcher's knife. The muscular man who used to have an ammunition belt on his shoulder now had a small belly, and the muscles on his face also began to show.
After meeting with Santos, Jiang Chen didn't waste any time and put forward his own requirements.
"1 billion US Dollar investment in exchange for 20-year mining rights in the newly developed mining area in Valencia."
"No problem."
To Jiang Chen's proposal, Santos agreed without hesitation.
Although BHP Mining Group offered a slightly higher price, who wanted Moro to be a vassal of Xin? Until now, Celestial Trade still had a small number of garrisons in the two major cities of K and Dawo, and a considerable number of attack drones were stationed there.
Country F in the north, with the help of the UA, was reorganizing its crippled army and navy.
The two sides signed a ceasefire agreement. Country F never recognized Moro's independence, nor did it give up its ambition to reclaim its sovereign areas. At this time, if Country F didn't hold onto Celestial Trade, it would be insane!
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