670 Compromise? (2/2)

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Settlement accepted.

”Who will contact them?” Although the decision of the consortium didn't fit with the interests of his family, John Kennedy didn't look too displeased.

”I'll go.” Loki looked around the table and said, ”I'm the majority shareholder of First B City Bank, so it's best for me to go.”

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While the consortia that controlled the vein of UA's economy had a fairly friendly relationship with each other, ”friendship” didn't seem to apply in the business field. It was common for one's tragedy to turn into capitalization by others.

When B City Bank was in the middle of their scandal, all major banks announced an upgrade in their security systems to ensure the privacy of each client. While their actions didn't look too great, the consortia couldn't do much more. Therefore, on the third day after cyber-security became the focus of discussion, the Federal Reserve stepped in.

Based on the latest information from the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve injected 100 billion into First B City Bank to increase client confidence. At the same time, First B City Bank announced an upgrade to its security system and promised that a leak would never occur to recover some of their losses.

Just as the Wall Street investors had trouble digesting the two major headlines: ”First B City Bank client information leak” and ”Future Technology's potential exit from UA,” Jiang Chen, in the far west Pacific, seemed calm.

Standing next to the launch site, Jiang Chen looked at the rocket launch taking off. As he watched the trail of smoke dissipating, a smile emerged on his face.

Now the total number of quantum communication satellites was twelve.

”You still have time to enjoy the fireworks?” Natasha mocked him.

”Oh? Looks like even Russia knows about our small conflict with B City Consortium.” Jiang Chen laughed.

”Of course. You made the short list of top suspects for the CIB. They think it's you who hacked into First B City Bank and that your real identity should be an IT engineer who mastered information security.”

”That's a fascinating hypothesis, but unfortunately, I only barely passed the computer competency test.” Jiang Chen laughed and dodged Natasha's question. ”Let's not talk about this. What you think about our rocket launching technology?”

Natasha's appearance at Celestial Trade's launch site wasn't out of personal reasons. Celestial Trade's rocket launch technology was already mature. To utilize its excessive launch capacity, Jiang Chen set his sights on Russia.

Because of the reduced total budget and fluctuations in exchange rates, Russia was forced to reduce the International Space Station's maintenance costs by 30 billion Rupees. Since Russia was concerned with the high maintenance costs, Celestial Trade happened to have a solution.

Not only could they make some changes to turn Celestial Trade's red bottom line around, but this could also be an opportunity to gain experience in supply transport to space stations.

Why not?

But Natasha's response surprised Jiang Chen.

”If you're willing to sell the rocket engines, we can discuss. If you want to talk about contracting… my response might disappoint you.” Natasha sighed and spread open her hands. ”We won't contract this project out to foreign companies. There's no room for negotiation.”