darknovel Chapter 209 Welcome Party
Chapter 209 Welcome Party
Chapter 209 Welcome Party
Both Tokyo City and the Sakura Island government know that the new president of the United States is about to visit. The Sakura Island government is very excited. After all, this is the first country the new president of the United States will visit!
Doesn't this prove the importance of Sakura Island from the side?Moreover, the political means of the new president should not be underestimated. They are enough to endanger the global bubble economy (artificial stock market crash plus bubble economy), which was suppressed abruptly by the big president.
And what about Sakura Island?The bursting of the bubble has made Sakura Island miserable, and all domestic companies have suffered heavy losses, and the Sakura government still needs to provide enough funds to maintain EVA's combat capabilities.
If EVA does not have enough fighting power, then the third generation of Godzilla in the ocean will ruthlessly destroy the urban area, and the monsters that land from other places will also ruthlessly destroy it.
The Sakura government, which couldn't bear the bubble economy, will fall completely in these destructions, but the maintenance fee of EVA is not a small amount, and every repair can drag down the economy of a small country.
The government of Sakura Island has repaired dozens of times, and the money spent is beyond counting. According to an official from the Ministry of Finance, "If all the money spent is stacked together, the height and weight will far exceed an EVA!"
Although the specific weight cannot be calculated, this statement is not an exaggeration. As the ultimate combat weapon for human beings, each EVA (non-mass-produced machine) will cost tens of billions!
Coupled with the military expenditures of the Self-Defense Forces, the Sakurajima government's annual military expenditures will not be less than 100 billion yen and it will increase every year. Before the bubble crisis, it could barely afford it, but now it has become a deadly blade!
But the money can't be broken. Without the help of EVA, the monsters can easily sweep the entire island country, which has become a terrible two-way choice!
No matter which one you choose, you will quench your thirst with drinking. This is already an irrepressible bomb. The island government can only hope that the suzerain country-America, if the father country can support a sum of money and sign a new trade contract, then this bubble The crisis can survive.
Therefore, after the Sakura government received the news, it prepared for the welcome meeting in the Third New Tokyo City early. Even Emperor Sakura, who does not care about politics, dragged his family to temporarily live in the Third New Tokyo City, and prepared to express his disapproval at the welcome meeting. Tribute to America.
The prime minister and cabinet ministers are still dealing with the troubles caused by the bubble crisis, but they still dragged their heavy government affairs to the Third New Tokyo City to wait, and personally planned a grand welcome party.
Many well-known "snack gods" and maids who are weak and easy to knock down are hired for this welcome party, all of which are special products of Sakura Island.
As the leading department that consumes funds, members of the Sakura Department of NERV will also participate in the welcome party. Although these members of the NERV department do not want to participate, the Sakura government is also secretly threatening.
If NERV cannot help the Sakura government attract investment, then the Sakura government will also lay off workers on a large scale due to economic problems, and the year-by-year increase in funding will gradually be reduced.
The Sakura Island government has come to a showdown. Even if EVA is a combat weapon to protect Sakura Island, they do not intend to continue to provide funding, but they do not intend to give up these combat weapons either!
The Sakura Island government has begun to discuss the NERV self-management plan, that is, EVA is responsible for protecting the island country, and the Sakura Island government will pay the control of the third new Tokyo City and an annual funding of 100 million yen.
Thirdly, Tokyo City spends billions on maintenance every year. After all, it is also the largest war fortress in human history. How could the cost be so small?
Moreover, the government of Sakura Island only pays for control rights, but the Third New Tokyo City still needs to pay taxes every year, and what can the funding of 100 million yen do?I can't even pay a month's salary.
The actual controller of the base, Commander Ikari, looked down upon the Sakura Island government's style of crossing the river and demolishing bridges, but he didn't say much, after all, similar things had happened many times before.
But the card expenses are very difficult. This base is very large, and the electricity bill for two months is more than 100 million yen, and the necessary living materials are also a large expenditure.
Although Commander Ikari himself doesn't have much consumption, even in the hot summer, he doesn't turn on the air conditioner, but chooses to soak his feet in a basin of cold water.
But what about everyone else?Even if these people don't need wages, they still need to be given basic living supplies, and the airframe must be repaired after the battle. If they don't repair it, they don't have to expect to participate in the battle again.
Commander Ikari and Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki also tried to seek assistance from SEELE, and the SEELE council also promised to give 5000 million yen per year as an economic subsidy, but the money is better than nothing.
Although the two have been trying to find ways to increase funds, SEELE is not a fool. They have long been aware of Ikari's ambitions, but they have not found a new substitute, so they are still using him.
They have long had the idea of suppressing Commander Ikari. Even without this incident, they would use various methods to block funds or reduce the supply of materials.
SEELE has also dispatched at least 300 spies. Although these spies were found out and secretly killed by the deputy commander of Dongyue, a steady stream of spies are still placed in NERV, and many unknown intelligence materials are also continuously flowing. outflow.
SEELE has long been aware of Commander Ikari's private plan, and these sophisticated people don't intend to stop them, after all, they still count on Commander Ikari to work hard.
After all, the current plan is all promoted by Commander Ikari, and no one else has the ability to take over the plan except Commander Ikari.
And Commander Ikari also knows the situation, in SEELE's view, he is just a relatively useful dog, but they will not think that Commander Ikari is an old fox!
It is true to ask for funds, but SEELE's spies were also instigated, and all those who could not be instigated were handed over to Deputy Commander Dongyue for disposal. The information passed on now is the information that Commander Ikari deliberately disclosed.
All of this is under the control of Commander Ikari!
In the underground base surrounded by steel, Commander Ikari, wearing black sunglasses and with his hands crossed under his chin, smiled slightly. The sunglasses also reflected light under the light, and he was more in control of everything.
But the Deputy Director Dongyue on the side still submitted a financial report untimely, and the dense deficit on it also ruthlessly broke Commander Ikari's aloof attitude.
Commander Ikari sighed helplessly, he still needed to attract investment.
I saw the commander slowly getting up, pulling his feet away from the slightly warm water basin, putting on his slippers and leaving before drying them off. The current commander needs to attend a grand welcome party in order to get the benefits from the new President of the United States. invest.
But Commander Ikari is not alone this time. Commander Ikari is going to take all the NERV staff to the welcome party, at least he can save a few days of food expenses and use the air conditioner for a few days.
(End of this chapter)