Seeing Rocky standing there with a surprised face, hearty laughter came from the other end of the drone. After a pause, Jiang Chen, who controlled the drone, continued.
"Besides my relatives, you are now the fourth person who knows that I am still alive. Tell me how you plan to make me trust you and that you will keep this secret."
"This kind of guarantee is not necessary at all. If you don't believe me, just use that pair of scissors to get rid of me." Rocky smiled faintly and looked at the gardening scissors on the drone, " No one will go back to hold the dead man responsible, and everyone will definitely think that the accident was caused by the aging of the drone and long-term lack of maintenance."
"Really? But this will affect the reputation of Futureman Group's drone products, so let's forget it." Jiang Chen said with a smile.
Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Luo Qi slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
If he really plans to get rid of himself, he will not take into account the "reputation of drone products" at all. Since he could still use this sentence as a joke, he probably didn't take the fact that he knew he was still alive to his heart.
In fact, Rocky came here today with the intention of taking a gamble.
Although he himself is not on the Origin, the First Boston Consortium is on the liquidation list of the Asset Liquidation Committee. The explanation of the Asset Liquidation Committee is simple. Although Rocky is not on the Origin, after all, the Boston Consortium is not just the Rocky family. Families such as the Kennedy and Adams families, and even Rocky's sons, are all on board the Origin at the moment.
And the most important thing is that these people who got the tickets to board the ship were all because of their status as a Boston consortium.
The Asset Liquidation Committee stated that it would allow Lodge to retain the assets in his own name, but would confiscate the property held by the Boston Group and other family members.
Whether it was the Boston Consortium or the Lodge family, this approach was tantamount to a death sentence for them.
"I don't understand, why didn't you get on the ship? Don't tell me you missed the flight."
Sitting in the villa on Coconut Island, Jiang Chen looked at the wrinkled face on the holographic screen and asked with a smile.
"Everyone from the Lodge family is already on board except me...including my wife."
"Why?"
"Because you said I could live a long time."
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.
"Is it so fun to laugh at an old man?" Rocky said helplessly.
"No, no..." Jiang Chen smiled and waved his hand, "I just underestimated the temptation of life span for ordinary people. But haven't you ever thought that if you stay, you might not survive even a week? "
"So my family thought I was crazy, and my wife even thought I was stupid." Rocky sniffed, squinted his eyes and looked at the sky, and said with emotion, "I actually didn't care at that time. , before leaving, I entrusted the future of the Rocky family to my eldest son. I believe that he will lead the people who follow us to build a new home in Centauri... "
Jiang Chen smiled noncommittally and did not make any comment.
Sooner or later, the Earth Federation will include Centauri within its territory.
It may be after the decisive battle with the Harmonious Civilization, or it may be before that.
"I only want to ask one thing when I come to the new country," Rocky paused for a moment and asked, "Is the deal between us still valid?"
About a few years ago, at a state banquet in Ecuador, Jiang Chen made a deal with Rocky. As long as the Boston consortium was willing to help Starlink Trade lead the charge in establishing the World Federal Reserve, Jiang Chen would give him At least fifty years of life.
"It's up to you." Jiang Chen said.
"What do you want me to do?" Rocky said respectfully.
"Well... there is nothing special that you need to do. You just need to be your president of the World Bank and cooperate with the work of the interim committee. Then sooner or later, what should belong to you will still belong to you." Jiang Chen said with a smile. .
"that's all?"
Rocky looked at the drone footage in surprise.
He originally thought that he would have to pay a certain price no matter what he said today, but he didn't expect Jiang Chen to let him go so easily.
"Um."
To be honest, if it were the past, Jiang Chen might still be interested in taking a piece of flesh from the Boston Consortium.
but now…
How can I put it, the meat from ants is really not interesting to eat.
The Earth Federation has been established, and he himself has retired and retired to the background.
Looking across the entire planet, there is no opponent worthy of his taking seriously. Star Ring Trade and the Future People Group are like two huge monsters that have taken over the future of all mankind in all aspects.
As for the future of Star Ring trade...
The sea of stars, probably light years away...
"Let me give you some advice." Jiang Chen said.
After being slightly stunned, Rocky quickly said respectfully.
"You say."
"While the DNA telomere extension medicine is still useful to you, hurry up and give yourself a few more heirs," Jiang Chen smiled and leaned back on the chair, "Don't wait until then to lie down, your property Without an heir, even if I cross your name off the list, it will still be confiscated in the end."
“…”
Regarding Jiang Chen's suggestion, Rocky didn't know where to complain.
…
The federal parliamentary election has entered the final stage, and the life of the interim government has also entered a countdown.
While those who were left behind were busy re-electing their leaders, the Earth's aerospace enterprises, led by Future Heavy Industries and Starlink Trading, began to rebuild the Earth's fleet under the organization of the temporary committee.
There is a century left for civilization on earth, but no one would think that this time is too long.
After all, it is not only the Earth Fleet that has not a single battleship left that needs to be rebuilt, but also the most critical shipbuilding base that must be rebuilt now.
The once fiery red planet has now turned into an asteroid belt. Both Tiangong City and the space port were blown up to nothing. Jiang Chen originally planned to build it into the largest industrial base in the solar system. , and the second home of earth civilization, but now it seems that it must be considered in the long term.
Fortunately, although Mars is gone, its mass itself will not disappear out of thin air.
Except for some fragments accelerated to the third cosmic speed that may escape from the solar system, most of the remaining fragments will eventually stay behind due to multiple factors such as collisions with each other and the gravitational influence of celestial bodies, just like the one between Jupiter and the former Mars. Like an asteroid belt.
The rich mineral resources can still be used on the starships of the Earth Fleet.
On the second day after the birth of the Federation Council, two Seagull-class starships set off from the port of Halo City at the same time, heading towards the fragmented remains of the planet.
On the one hand, it is to conduct a damage assessment on the power of anti-matter bombs, and on the other hand, it is to inspect the situation there.
If nothing else goes wrong, Star Ring Trade will choose the largest asteroid in this asteroid belt to rebuild the spaceport.
This time, Earth civilization will no longer invest just the resources of one company, but the human, material and R&D capabilities of the entire Earth Federation. Jiang Chen believes that the next decisive battle with the harmonious civilization will definitely not be in the solar system, but in the Gliese galaxy...
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