Homo sapiens

On the same day, Victor communicated with Wu Wei through the hotline again.

"It seems that you have made a decision."

"Those two islands can be leased to you, but they must be for commercial use." Victor stated the conditions directly.

Wu Wei smiled and asked, "Are you kidding?"

But Victor did not intend to give in: "We already know the location of the earthquake. The worst we can do is shut down California for a few months, and you will get nothing by then."

"Oh? Is this your confidence? Then just be happy." Wu Wei was also unmoved, acting as if you were all right.

However, the more he behaved like this, the less confident Victor felt.

If Wu Wei became angry, he was even more certain that the earthquake was in the Cascadia Fault Zone near California.

"If that's the case, then we don't need to talk. There's no need to waste everyone's time." Wu Wei hung up the phone directly.

Farke! Victor's hands trembled slightly, obviously he was anxious.

Although the City on the Hill Council doesn't care how many people die in California, as the core semiconductor industrial area of ​​North America, with so many ports and the Third Fleet, California is difficult for the City on the Hill Council to abandon.

Originally, the comprehensive strength of the Free Association was weaker than that of the Homo sapiens company. If it is weakened again now, it will be even more difficult in the future.

Victor quickly contacted director Thomas Morgan.

More than three hours later.

Victor called the hotline again.

But this time Wu Wei didn't answer the phone.

As a last resort, Victor could only call Wu Wei through the Europa Consortium channel.

"Mr. Wu Wei, those two islands can be sold, and you will be given full rights to dispose of them. We only ask that the right to free navigation be retained."

"Really? It's really surprising!" Wu Wei still didn't agree, but deliberately pretended not to hear and started talking to him.

Victor's face on the other side of the phone was very ugly.

With a low voice, he interrupted Wu Wei's conversation and quickly asked: "Mr. Wu Wei, please give me an accurate answer on whether to cooperate or not."

"It's not impossible to cooperate, but the sincerity is not enough!"

"Please stop pushing your company too far. This is our bottom line." Victor gritted his teeth.

"Oh? So you have a bottom line? This is the first time I've heard of it. In fact, my request is very simple. Our company wants the complete Gilbert Islands."

The complete Gilbert Islands?

Victor instantly realized that four islands, including the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands affiliated with the Gilbert Islands, were directly held by America.

"This is impossible……"

"Impossible? I made it very clear from the beginning, buying the Gilbert Islands, not Gilbert?"

hateful! Victor knew that he was confused by the other party's word games, and at the same time he was too impatient to examine the words carefully.

You know, Gilbert and Gilbert Islands are two different concepts.

Although internationally, Gilbert is often used to refer to the entire archipelago, but this is actually inaccurate because the entire Gilbert Archipelago includes Gilbert and the four islands directly owned by America.

Wu Wei said at the beginning that the Gilbert Islands actually include Howland Island, Baker Island, Kingman Reef, and Jarvis Island in America.

Victor had no choice but to announce the suspension of negotiations again, and he went to report to Thomas Morgan again.

And Thomas Morgan, who went "hunting south" in Texas, lost his temper in the safe house and cursed the Homo sapiens company for its insatiable greed.

But he still had to endure it and held a small meeting with other directors of the City on the Hill Council again.

After some debate, they chose to compromise in the face of the safety of the four islands and California.

The tired Victor called Wu Wei again.

"We agreed to the entire Gilbert Islands, but there was a condition that we would listen to the company to provide 30 years of earthquake prediction services to the Free Association."

Wu Wei sneered: "Mr. Victor, do you think I'm a fool? Those broken islands are not worth 30 years of earthquake prediction services, let alone the entire Free Association."

The two began to bargain.

In the end, America only received its own local 10-year earthquake prediction service.

As for the other members of the Free Association, just wish yourself luck! America would not sacrifice herself for them.

After reaching a verbal agreement, Wu Wei said with a smile: "Tomorrow our company will announce the detailed information of the earthquake."

"Why don't you just give it to us?" Victor frowned.

"What's the difference?" Wu Wei asked.

Haha, what's the difference? The difference is huge.

If it was given directly, America could operate in secret and downplay the sale of the Gilbert Islands.

And if it is publicly announced by Homo Sapiens Company, then the sale of the Gilbert Islands must not be hidden.

But being under the roof, Victor could only suffer this hidden loss.

The next morning.

It's just dawn over the central Pacific Ocean.

The Homo sapiens company's aerospace airship arrived at the Gilbert Islands and Ellis Islands and came to take over these small islands.

The Free Alliance Army stationed on the island could only suppress their anger and helplessness, silently pack their luggage, and head to the base in Kangaroo Country or New Zeland in despair.

After completing the island closing work.

After receiving the instructions, Tingting Company announced to the world that a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 to 9.3 would occur in the Cascadia Fault Zone between January 21st and 24th.

Not only was the detailed location and time announced, but a Pacific Coast tsunami warning level was also given.

Among them, the waves along the coast of Japan are 5 to 7 meters, the waves along Honolulu Islands are 17 to 20 meters, and the waves along the Luzon Islands are 4 to 5 meters.

After receiving this warning announcement, the whole world was shocked.

On the one hand, they were shocked by the occurrence of a major earthquake.

On the other hand, they were surprised as to why the Homo sapiens company issued an early warning to America.

After all, if this kind of thing is secretly concealed, America's California coast will definitely be completely destroyed.

This puzzles many people.

But soon he no longer had any doubts.

Because Homo sapiens later announced that it had purchased full operating rights to the Gilbert Islands and Ellis Islands through commercial cooperation, and would establish a Central Pacific branch in the near future.

Seeing this news, everyone suddenly realized.

Are there any channels for business cooperation? Your Homo sapiens company is lying!

Anyone with a clear mind can easily connect the sale of the island with the earthquake prediction service. It is obviously a PY deal between Homo sapiens and America.

Of course, now America has no time to compare nonsense on the Internet.

Because the time is only about 17 days, if the predictions of the Homo sapiens company are inaccurate and the earthquake is brought forward, it will be over.

The entire coastal area of ​​California has entered a state of emergency.

Many people who own cars have already taken their whole families to the eastern interior.

Nuclear power plants were shut down in an emergency, and emergency treatment of nuclear fuel was carried out. Chemical plants were quickly shut down, and chemical warehouses were properly disposed of.

In order to minimize losses, America's actions this time were unprecedentedly efficient.

Those that can be evacuated should be evacuated as soon as possible, those that can be moved should be moved, and those that cannot be moved should also be emergency reinforced and harmlessly disposed of.

Time passes day by day.

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