Future Group, which was in the limelight, suffered a setback in the European Union, and this news set off a huge wave in the international community. Wall Street investors were even ready to take over Future Group's assets in Europe. However, Future Group's next step was beyond everyone's expectations.
More than 300,000 employees were directly laid off. All businesses except Future Bank were suspended, and more than 10,000 employees were issued work visas to Xin.
As for the real estate under Future Group's name and the patents coveted by major companies, Future Group had no plans to sell them. Obviously, Future Group didn't give up its ambition to return to Europe. It was just a strategic retreat.
Some analysts estimated that because of the EU's sharp change in attitude towards Future Group at the end of June, the direct economic losses to Future Group were as high as 11.3 billion US Dollar.
However, on the other hand, the price paid by the EU to drive all Future Group products out of the market was also staggering. The solid-state lithium-air batteries produced by Future Heavy Industries were far superior to large automobile manufacturers such as Daimler Group, Volkswagen, and Renault in terms of cost and performance. It was precisely because of this that Future Heavy Industries occupied almost 70% of the European market share in pure electric vehicle batteries.
However, now, Future Heavy Industries no longer exported products to the EU. The people who lost their jobs because of this weren't the only ones Jiang Chen laid off. Many factories involved in the production of electric vehicles faced a serious problem.
Should they leave? Or stay and look for substitutes?
Including Jiang Chen's Luer Automotive Company, many small and medium-sized automobile manufacturers had chosen to relocate their factories to the United Kingdom, which had already left the EU, or to countries close to the European market, such as Switzerland and Norway.
In European countries outside the twenty-seven member states, Future Group's business was still operating normally, although the market was not much stronger than chicken ribs.
On the surface, on the European continent, Future Group was already at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Freemasonry. However, in the confrontation in other regions, Future Group was evenly matched and even slightly better.
In the North American and South American markets, due to the protection of the WASP consortium, the impact of the Jewish consortium on Future Group's industry was not too significant. And Asia had always been the weakest place for the Freemasonry. The Freemasonry's power in Hua was weak, not to mention the Liu family was watching.
As for Southeast Asia, the Freemasonry only had one strategic fulcrum left.
That was Country F, which was eager to rise by relying on powerful forces.
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While the Freemasonry launched their offensive, Jiang Chen wasn't idle either.
Arrow became the target of scorn in Madagascar. Celestial Trade contacted the Madagascar Congress and the opposition Liberal Party and launched an impeachment against the current president, La Jonah, accusing him of incompetence during his administration, condoning Arrow to collude with the underworld forces, and even secretly holding nuclear weapons.
The argument was unassailable.
No matter how La Jonah gave a speech to appease the protesters who were out of control, he couldn't clear Arrow's name.
In the battle of public opinion, Celestial Trade found the firefighter who entered the forest on the night of the incident and suffered from cancer due to excessive radiation dust inhalation. At a cost of 10,000 USD, they filmed a tear-jerking documentary.
Lying on the hospital bed, the dying black man recounted everything that had happened that night in a stuttering tone.
"At that time, we received orders to support the fire. My brother and I thought it was just an ordinary forest fire. "
"It was not until we arrived at the scene that we realized the seriousness of the problem. It wasn't the police who surrounded the scene, but the army. There are helicopters in the sky, but they're not the ones used for firefighting. They're military helicopters. "
"Although I had doubts about the details of the mission, an order was an order. Under the urging of our superiors, we put on chemical protective suits and entered the fire with the equipment. "
"The fire was extinguished smoothly, but the more I moved forward, the more I felt something was wrong. It wasn't like an ordinary forest fire. The entire forest looked like it was ravaged by a storm. "
"Just then, Jamie suddenly asked me: Hey, man, do you feel that the smell of the air is a bit sweet, like rust?"
"I didn't know what it meant at the time, and I laughed and joked with him. Until later … later … "
At this point, the black man was already sobbing.
Inhaling excessive radiation dust to the point that one could smell rust was almost enough to declare a person's death sentence. A total of 1,000 firefighters entered the forest to extinguish the fire, and half of these 1,000 firefighters died within half a month.
The people who survived were basically in the hospital and could no longer live like normal people.
This documentary was placed on the front page of Future 1.0's news panel. Immediately afterward, the photo of the black man lying in the hospital bed appeared among the signs held by the protesters.
Due to the boiling public opinion, President La Jonah voluntarily announced his resignation before the impeachment took effect, and Madagascar would hold an early election.
At this time, the Liberal Party supported by Celestial Trade stood in front of the public. In front of the voters who supported him, the leader Sanvini counted with his fingers what Arrow brought to Madagascar and proposed his own campaign platform.
"Look at what the UA has done to our homeland! Poverty, violence, crime, war, and now nuclear bombs! I don't care what deals La Jonah made with those rich people. Now I say no! "
From the cheers at every speech and the results of the polls, the Liberal Party would become the ruling party of Madagascar without a doubt. After he took office, he would abolish all contracts between Madagascar and Arrow and completely remove this poisonous thorn from the southern tip of Africa.
When the situation stabilized, Celestial Trade would replace Arrow and become the new military contractor stationed in Madagascar.
This poor island was rich in minerals such as chromium, graphite, bauxite, mica, nickel, and silicon carbide. At the same time, as the "World Gem Museum" and the third largest country in the world in crystal reserves, Madagascar had the reputation of Treasure Island. Its resources were quite tempting for Future Heavy Industries.
In particular, silicon carbide was one of the industrial raw materials for the production of some graphene materials, and it was also a mineral relatively lacking on MLL Island and Papua Island.
Of course, these reasons were only secondary. Jiang Chen's main purpose was to completely remove the power of Arrow and the Freemasonry from this island! To retaliate against the Freemasonry's hostile behavior against Future Group in Europe and cut off its source of soldiers from Madagascar!
In this first round of confrontation, both sides won and lost.
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