Rise of an Empire

"Aren't you the smartest human being in history? You can't even handle such a small thing?" The Duke looked at the mustache in front of him with a slightly contemptuous look, feeling very disappointed in him.

"What do you know?" Howard, who was despised by him, was suddenly a little angry. He, the chief human black technology master with an IQ of 250 plus one, was looked down upon by an ignorant guy. It really made people feel angry.

Unlike the three people standing nearby, looking at each other and not daring to speak, Howard Stark was just here to help, and naturally he didn't need to look at the Duke's face to act.

What's more, the current apparent market value of the Stark Group is slightly higher than that of the Wetting Group. Conrad is still only the second richest man in the world.

There is no way, when the business reaches a certain level, the competition is not only the ability to make money, but also the competition in various aspects such as connections, influence, and world structure.

Although the Weiting Consortium has completely suppressed the Bell Company and controlled 70% of the world's electronic communications, due to the influence of the times, it has not yet been able to turn into a gold-swallowing behemoth that can be as big as a Big Mac.

If it takes another thirty or forty years until the whole world enters the electronic network era, then the Weiting Consortium will truly grow into the world's top chaebol.

In the current economic system and technological level, those who play with communications are still inferior to those who play with energy and weapons.

Before the Internet became popular, electronic communications really had little market prospect.

Otherwise, Conrad would not have spread the market all over the world so easily. After all, this thing can be said to be the lifeblood of the country. If everyone hadn't noticed it, even with his identity and status, It is impossible to capture so much market.

Although when the Internet begins to circulate in twenty years, there will definitely be far-sighted figures and governments that will demand the breakup of the Weiting Group’s monopoly in the international market.

But the Duke firmly believes that his position will be unshakable in twenty years, and no one can even think of dismantling his monopoly empire.

After all, Conrad is not a good businessman essentially, and he doesn’t care about the so-called international antitrust laws.

"What do I know?" The Duke chuckled, stood up and pointed at the drawing next to him.

"I gave you the prototype machine and the best research conditions in the world. Who promised that the machine could be built in four months? It's been almost a year now."

Conrad looked around, and Anton Vanke lowered his head in embarrassment under his gaze and did not dare to say anything.

"Humph" Howard expressed his indignation with his nose slightly dissatisfied, and then pointed to the shuttle behind him.

"Didn't we build a shuttle and it's performance is much better than the one you gave us?"

It's okay if Howard didn't say this, but after saying this, Conrad really wanted to kill someone.

"A shuttle costing 300 million U.S. dollars. This is what you call a good performance thing. Should I keep it at home for support or take it to a museum for exhibition?"

The Duke walked directly to the experimental table, knocked on the newly built shuttle and shouted.

Even if he is worth hundreds of millions now, he can't afford such squandering.

The Weiting Consortium's current total assets are approximately US$40 billion. Even if it goes bankrupt, it can only build a hundred shuttles.

And what can a hundred shuttles do?

Atlantis has at least a million people, thousands of Mosasaurus knights, tens of thousands of undersea troops, and a mere hundred shuttles, which is probably not enough to even fill the gap between the teeth.

Originally, Conrad thought that he was one of the top richest people in the world with tens of billions of assets, but now it seems that such a small amount of money is really not enough to do anything.

If it is used to spend it on debauchery, it will naturally be more than you can spend in a lifetime, but if you want to use it to do something big, then you are really too poor.

No wonder they say that war is a real gold-eating beast. It is so difficult for me to fight against Atlantis. If I want to fight against the Soviet Union and the United States, God knows how difficult it will be.

Although Atlantis is technologically advanced, it is too small after all. The entire country only has one capital. In addition, the population is sparse and the top combat power is lacking. There is no diplomatic national policy. In terms of comprehensive national strength, let alone the United States and the Soviet Union. World hegemon, it is estimated that even countries such as Britain, France and Germany cannot compare.

It is precisely because Atlantis is the best weak persimmon in all aspects, so the Duke considered using it as the first battle for his training. Unexpectedly, before he was ready to take action, the whole plan was already stillborn

Without the cooperation of a large number of cannon fodder troops, can we destroy the country by ourselves?

You must know that even the director of the Universal Family Planning Commission brings thousands of subordinates to the fight.

"Your requirements are too high. It can withstand the water pressure of 10,000 meters under the sea. At the same time, it is light and flexible, and it can also carry super firepower. How can the price of that kind of material be cheap?" Howard was filled with anger by the unreasonable guy in front of him. , also stood up and shouted at Conrad.

"Do you know what the water pressure is at 10,000 meters under the sea? Do you think you can build a shuttle just by finding some alloy materials?"

Howard was not a good-tempered person to begin with. He dared to go against the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces when he was just a young man during World War II, not to mention that he was now so powerful and well-known throughout the world.

The reason why he didn't speak at first was because he was a little depressed. There was obviously a prototype, and judging from the construction concept, it should be a human handiwork, but he couldn't surpass the opponent. This made Howard, who had always regarded himself as the smartest person in the world, My heart is filled with sorrow.

It would be fine if it were alien technology or mythical products. After all, those things are beyond the scope of human science. However, the scientific system of this shuttle is obviously developed in accordance with human history and civilization. For Howard, this is a very fatal blow. .

There are people, or even some organizations, who have surpassed him in all aspects of marine mechanical science. This is really unacceptable to Howard.

Otherwise, with his character, how could he have stayed in the laboratory for a whole year?

Of course, Conrad also knew that Howard and Hedy Lamarr had developed some super-friendly relationships as colleagues in the laboratory during the year, but he didn't care.

Two old men and women who are over a hundred years old together, why do they care about their sunset-red romance?

Anyway, even if she had a headache, it was something Winnie Carter needed to worry about. It had nothing to do with herself.

"What materials was the original prototype machine made of?" Although he didn't understand the messy laws and formulas Howard said, the Duke still directly grasped the key point.