Chapter 1443 - Preparing For War (2/2)
“You can say that,” the man nodded, “The international situation is unpredictable, and the message from above is not yet clear, but the preparation has started. You are the front line, and you must be prepared no matter whether there is a war or not. You should understand what I mean.”
After he put the arms list with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons into the drawer, Cai Deye looked at the man in front of his desk and nodded seriously.
“I understand.”
“Great,” the man nodded, “Now I can report back to New Moon Island.”
…
The chaos caused by the election lasted for five full days.
Until Christmas was approaching, the vengeance and hate in people’s hearts finally started to dissipate as they stopped the meaningless struggles and attacks on dissidents.
It turned out that time could repair any cracks. The G State militia announced its dissolution, although the leader of the militia had repeatedly stated that they will regroup under the flag at any time if necessary. Those demonstrators who were clamoring for the establishment of the California Republic also dispersed one after another and began to return to their daily routine.
All impulses turned into nothing in the end.
After all, life had to continue no matter what, even if there were unwilling, they could not change the fact that the person was elected.
But just when everyone thought it was over, the aftermath of this farce did not stop.
On Christmas Eve, Wall Street gave a big gift to Trump. The dollar index plunged two percent upon opening, the Dow Jones Index led the global stock markets down, and everything seemed to be foretelling the economic crisis that would occur a few months later …
Early in the morning, Jiang Chen came to the dining room after he washed up.
Except for Natasha who slept too late and couldn’t get up, Xia Shiyu and Ayesha almost finished breakfast.
Ayesha took her plate, got up, and walked to the kitchen. Just as she walked to the entrance, she tiptoed and kissed Jiang Chen’s cheek. As he recollected the softness, Jiang Chen pulled out a chair and sat down.
“Have you read the news?” Xia Shiyu started a conversation while she wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin.
“I haven’t read it yet, is there anything interesting?” With a yawn, Jiang Chen picked up today’s “Wall Street Journal” from the side, glanced at the headline printed on the cover, and started to chuckle, “The Dow Jones Index plunged, NASDAQ collapsed? When did Wall Street start to become so unstable.”
The aerospace sector was completely annihilated. It seemed that even the UA knew what failure to join the Earth Defense Alliance meant.
“Are you going to send those astronauts back?” Xia Shiyu asked casually.
“Why not? Are we keeping them for Chinese New Year?” Jiang Chen said.
“Speaking of it, why do I feel that you are not surprised by the fact that Trump was elected? We threw a lot of chips on Joseph Kennedy,” Xia Shiyu grinned as she looked at Jiang Chen’s unsound appearance, then she said jokingly, “I thought you would be more disappointed.”
“Disappointed?” As if he had heard something funny, Jiang Chen laughed, turned the page of the newspaper, and said in a relaxed state, “How can it be me who’s disappointed. No matter who is elected, I have done all the preparations.”