novelVictories and Defeats
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Translator: Min?Editor:?Caron_
Future Group, that gained significant market shares, suffered a Waterloo-like defeat in the hands of the European Union. This news caused a great uproar in the international community. Wall Street investors were even ready to take over Future Group's assets in Europe. However, the decision made by Future Group was beyond everyone's expectations.
They directly laid off more than 300, 000 employees. In addition to the suspension of all business outside the bank, they sent work visas to more than 10, 000 employees for work in Xin.
As for the real estate under the name of Future Group, as well as patents coveted by companies, Future Group didn't intend on changing ownership. It was clear that Future Group hadn't given up on its ambition to return to Europe, and their actions now were only considered a strategic withdrawal.
Some analysts estimated that because the EU's attitude towards Future Group changed sharply at the end of June, the direct economic losses to Future Group were as high as 11. 3 billion US Dollar.
However, in contrast, the EU paid a heavy price from its decision to drive out all Future Group's products. Future Heavy Industries' solid-state lithium-air batteries were far superior to those of Daimler, Volkswagen, Renault and other large automobile manufacturers in both cost and performance. It was precisely because of this that in pure electric vehicle batteries, Future Heavy Industries held almost 70% of the market share in the European market.
However, the products of Future Heavy Industries were now no longer being exported to the EU. It wasn't just the group Jiang Chen laid off who lost jobs from the decision. Many factories involved in the production of electric vehicles were also facing serious issues.
Leave? Or stay and look for alternatives?
Including Jiang's own holdings of Luer, many small and medium-sized automobile manufacturers chose to relocate their factories to Britain, which had already exited the European Union, or to Switzerland and Norway which were close to the European market but not within the European market.
In European countries outside the twenty-seven EU member countries, Future Group's business continued to operate, although the size was almost negligible.
On the European continent, Future Group was losing in the battle against tje Freemasonry on the surface. However, in other areas of the conflict, Future Group performed evenly or even slightly better.
In the North American and South American markets, due to protection from the WASP Consortium, the influence of the Jewish consortium on Future Group's business wasn't too drastic. In Asia, the continent had always been a weak area of influence for the Freemasonry. The Freemasonry's influence was weak in Hua, let alone under the watch of the Liu family.
As for Southeast Asia, the Freemasonry only had one strategic fulcrum left.
It was Country F, eager to rise through the dependence of superpowers.
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While the Freemasonry launched its attack, Jiang Chen didn't sit around.
Arrow became a despised name in Madagascar. Celestial Trade contacted the Madagascar Congress and the opposing Liberal Party. They launched an impeachment against the current president La Jonah, accused him of being incapable during his term of office and conniving with Arrow's collusion with gang forces, even secretly holding nuclear weapons and so on.
This argument was simply flawless.
Regardless of La Jonah's rebuttals or how much he tried to calm the demonstrators with unstable emotions, he couldn't separate his ties with Arrow.
In the public opinion war, Celestial Trade found the first responders who entered the forest during the incident. At a cost of 10, 000 US Dollar, the company created a tear-jerking documentary for the firefighters who ingested excessive amounts of radiation dust and consequently suffered from cancer.
A young man lying in bed spoke in an intermittent tone about everything that happened that night with his last few breaths.
"At that time we received an order to support the fire rescue. Both my brother and I thought it was an ordinary forest fire."
"It was only when we arrived at the scene that we realized the seriousness of the problem. It wasn't the police but the army surrounding the site. There were helicopters in the sky, but they weren't the firefighting type but rather, they were military helicopters."
"Although we were skeptical about the details of the mission, an order was an order. With the urging of our superiors, we put on chemical protective clothing and carried equipment into the fire."
"The fire extinguishing was successful, but the more I moved forward, the more I felt that something was wrong. It wasn't like an ordinary forest fire. The entire forest looked like it was ravaged by storms."
"At that moment, Jamie suddenly asked me: 'Hey, man, do you think the air smells 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..."
While narrating, the young man was already in tears.
Inhaling excessive amounts of radiation dust, to the point where one could smell the rust, was equivalent to a declaration of death. There were a total of 1, 000 firefighters who entered the forest, and more half the 1, 000 firefighters died within half a month.
And the ones living were all in hospitals without the ability to live normally for the rest of their lives.
This documentary was placed on the front page of Future 1. 0 news. Immediately afterward, the young man on the sickbed appeared on the signs held by protesters.
Due to outraged public opinion, President La Jonah consciously announced that he would resign and that Madagascar would hold an early election before the impeachment went into effect.
At that time, the Liberal Party supported by Celestial Trade stood in front of the public. In front of the voters who supported them, the leader, Sanivini, took advantage of this opportunity and counted what Arrow brought to Madagascar and put forward his own election campaign.
"Look at what UA did in our homeland! Poverty, violence, crime, war, now there are nuclear bombs! I don't care what La Jonah and those rich people did. Now I say no!"
From the cheers after each speech as well as the results of the polls, there was no surprise about the Liberal Party becoming Madagascar's ruling party. When he was sworn in office, he would abolish all contracts between Madagascar and Arrow and would completely remove the stinger from Africa's south.
When the situation stabilized, Celestial Trade would replace Arrow and become a new military contractor stationed in Madagascar.
The impoverished island had rich deposits of chromium, graphite, bauxite, mica, nickel, silicon carbide, and other minerals. It was also known as the "World Gem Museum" and the world's third-largest crystal deposit. Madagascar also had the reputation of being "Treasure Island." Its resources were incredibly attractive to Future Heavy Industrial.
In particular, silicon carbide, which was one of the raw materials for the production of some graphene materials, was also a relatively scarce mineral on MLL Island and Papua Island.
Of course, these reasons were only secondary. The main purpose of Jiang Chen's plan was to remove Arrow and Freemasonry from the island. To retaliate for the hostile behavior of the Freemasonry in Europe and to cut off its military forces from Madagascar!
During the first round of confrontation, both sides enjoyed wins and suffered losses.
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