Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 366 Dinner Party
2034 5 Month 12 Day.

Rome, the capital of the European Commonwealth.

In an ancient church, in a quaint dining room, the candles were dimly lit.

Twelve black-clothed masked people with only their eyes, nose and mouth exposed were sitting around an old long table, and at the head of the long table was a masked person in the same attire.

The difference in status can only be judged from the number of flames on each person's left chest.

The masked man on the main seat has five golden flames, while the masked men on both sides only have four or three.

This is the dinner party of the Mutual Aid Society, the behind-the-scenes organization that controls the Western world. It is actually the highest decision-making meeting of the Mutual Aid Society.

The masked man with five golden flames is the contemporary supreme leader of the Mutual Aid Society - the Chief Deacon. The other 12 people are all deacons of the Mutual Aid Society, the senior leaders of the Mutual Aid Society.

In front of everyone on the long table was the same food, a long loaf of coarse bread and a glass of unprocessed fresh goat's milk.

No one spoke in the dining room, only the sound of people chewing bread and swallowing goat milk.

The chief deacon also silently swallowed rough and unpalatable food. This is the tradition of the mutual aid society, and no one dares to complain.

This is the food that their ancestors had when they expeditioned to the Holy Land, and many times they couldn't even eat this kind of food.

The fishy smell of goat's milk and the grains of coarse bread rubbed against his tongue, making the head deacon involuntarily think of the deeds of his ancestors.

After several Eastern Expeditions, the Crusaders left a large number of orphans in Europe. Their ancestors were the disabled soldiers of the Crusaders, and they shouldered the heavy responsibility of taking care of these orphans.

The ancestors set up a great ambition to end the disputes and sufferings of human society and let the light of God spread all over the world.

After nearly 2000 years and dozens of generations of unremitting efforts, the hope of success is in sight.

Unexpectedly, the Eastern Dragon rose again, and it was stronger than before, which dealt a heavy blow to the cause of the Mutual Aid Association.

As the contemporary leader of the Mutual Aid Society, he is ashamed of those lost heroes!
After everyone finished eating the food in front of them, the waiter came in and took away the tableware.

The Chief Deacon nodded to the Four Flame Deacon on his left.

The deacon said: "This year, the Asian Federation has strengthened its infiltration into the European and American Federations, advocating the merger of the three major federations to establish the Solar System Federation, with extremely sinister intentions!"

"They propose to use Chinese as the world's official language and their Confucian culture as the mainstream of world culture. This is to completely subvert Western civilization!"

“But our federal officials are deluded by their promises of open technology, open markets, aid.”

"This year, three more members of parliament explicitly rejected our donation and turned to the Orientals."

A deacon of Sanyan on the right said: "We are incomparable to the Orientals playing tricks. We can only improve our strength as much as possible and speak with our fists."

But no one answered this question, everyone knows this truth, but now it is the Orientals who have bigger fists.

The chief deacon did not express his opinion, and asked the deacon Siyan on his right to report.

The Deacon Four Flames finally brought good news to everyone.

The "Second World" established by the Mutual Aid Association is developing very rapidly, and the number of users around the world is rising steadily. It is favored by world capital and has absorbed a large amount of funds.

More importantly, using the "Second World" as a platform to subtly promote Western culture in the name of responding to global integration, this is repaying the other's body with one's way.

From this point of view, as long as the Mutual Aid Society controls the metaverse of human society, it is not certain who will win the battle between the East and the West.

After the chief deacon affirmed the achievements of the four-flame deacon, he turned his attention to the three-flame deacon sitting on the outermost side.

"Matthew, tell me about the Icarus incident that happened at the end of last month!"

Matthew is one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, just the code name of No.12 deacons.

The deacon code-named Matthew is Hans von Bachmann, the general manager of Solar System Power Company, and Zhong Cheng's "old friend".

Hans introduced the shock to the international financial market caused by Red Star Company's capture of the asteroid.

He said that Solar System Dynamics and Starnet's plans to develop Ganymede and Titan will be affected by a shortage of funds, and he hopes that there will always be support.

Hans' words aroused the dissatisfaction of the other deacons.

The deacons believed that over the past ten years, the Mutual Aid Association had already invested too much money in these two companies. Although it had made a lot of profits, the profits were also invested in the follow-up construction.

Now that we have to invest more, it has become a bottomless pit.

And once the Jupiter-Saturn development plan fails, the Mutual Aid Association will lose all its old capital for many years.

Some deacons even suggested that the Mutual Aid Society should shift its development focus to the "second world" and completely occupy this human spiritual world.

The chief deacon raised his hand to stop everyone's discussion, and he said resolutely: "Although the metaverse is important, it is an illusory thing, and it is vulnerable to real strength!"

"I made the Orientals anxious, and found an excuse to shut down the 'Second World' server, and everything was in vain!"

"So, our destiny must be controlled by ourselves, and the development of Jupiter and Saturn must not be given up!"

Speaking of this, the chief deacon's voice changed, "However, we also have to be responsible for our members, and we can't make any more investment until we see substantial progress!"

Hans was anxious when he heard that, "But..."

The chief deacon waved his hand and interrupted Hans, "Call Robin Farias in, I have something to say to him."

After a while, Robin walked in nervously.

Looking at a room full of faceless high-level members of mutual aid associations, he felt as uncomfortable as if he was naked when he was alone.

But he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction, because he knew that these people could easily deprive him of everything he had.

He was recommended to join the Mutual Aid Association more than ten years ago because of his excellent management ability, ruthless methods and extreme hatred for Orientals.

With the help of the Mutual Aid Society, he has climbed to his current position and is in charge of the world's second largest company with great power.

But he clearly knew that although he was born in a rich merchant family, his ancestors were farmers and had no noble blood.

It is basically impossible to eat rough bread and drink a sip of fresh goat milk here, unless his strength can make these noble gentlemen bow their heads.

Robin lowered his head and said humbly, "Master Chief Deacon, what are your orders?"

The chief deacon looked at Robin coldly, and asked after a while: "Mr. Farias, when will you send the Super Challenger to Ganymede?"

Robin was surprised when he heard the words, isn't this a predetermined matter?

But he replied honestly: "According to the plan, the space shuttle Super Challenger will depart on August 8."

The chief deacon said: "If I let you leave half a month later, um, on May 5, is there a problem?"

"what!"

Robin was taken aback and set off 2 months in advance, which meant that most of his men would starve to death on Ganymede.

But looking at the sharp gaze in the chief deacon's eyes, and the indifference of the twelve deacons.

Robin had to say, "No problem!"

The chief deacon smiled and said: "Mr. Farias, you really did not disappoint me. I will ask someone to arrange a press conference for the most grand human expedition in history to see off your heroic subordinates!"

"The Lord will remember their merits!"

(End of this chapter)