MTL - America’s Big Hero-v2 Chapter 476 : plan ahead
After returning from the Rockefeller Manor, Sean paid attention to what old man David said.
Lithuania wants independence, boy!
What this means Sean knows very well.
With such a big event happening right in front of his eyes, Sean felt that he would be sorry for himself if he didn't participate in it.
However, participation is participation, and you must not blindly act. If you don't make a move, you will be fine. If you make a move, you will get absolute benefits!
As soon as he came back, Sean got Armstrong over with one phone call.
"Lithuania is about to become independent?"
One sentence confused Armstrong, "Do you know!"
The intelligence organization of the umbrella is already very large, with thousands of personnel, but you can tell by looking at the scope of the branch. It’s like spreading sesame salt. It can only be deployed in key places, like Lithuania is going to be independent. This kind of news is impossible to know.
After all, it is Northern Europe, the territory of Lao Maozi...
Of course, this does not mean that the umbrella is afraid of the old man, it is impossible to be afraid, and no one is afraid!
The main reason is that there is no war in that broken place for the time being, and there is no money to fish for.
"Send all the people from Europe to investigate the situation over there, um... Don't be all in Lithuania, just look around and find out more about the dudes," Sean ordered.
"What are the main aspects?" Armstrong asked with a frown. The scope of intelligence is too large, and there is no direction. Even if he sprinkles a thousand people in his hand, it will not be enough.
Sean pursed his lips and tapped his fingers for a while. He didn't know anything about Lithuania except the name, so how could he know what information he wanted.
"Forget it, don't ask so many questions, send the person there first." After thinking about it, Sean waved his hand, "I want to get some information from the CIA, wait for me to see, don't worry."
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Langley, Virginia, CIA headquarters.
In terms of the relationship between Sean and the CIA, there really wasn't much communication in the past, but after the Pablo incident last time, the communication between the two sides became closer.
After all, the CIA is an external department. In fact, many places have the possibility of cooperating with the umbrella, but they have not found any opportunities in the past.
For example, if the CIA wants to send something or someone, the umbrella can use its own channels to help!
As long as there are not a few big countries, in those small countries where the umbrella has business, the channel security of the umbrella is still very high.
Since breaking the barrier last time, the exchanges between the two sides have become more frequent in the past six months.
This is why Sean thought of the CIA when he needed information.
After a phone call, Sean flew to the headquarters.
Of course, in theory, Sean is not a member of the CIA, and he has no right to consult some intelligence documents here, but as the actual "shareholder" of the United States, many things Sean knows are highly confidential.
These rich people have a level of secrecy in the intelligence department itself.
Attributes such as patriotism are not quantifiable in themselves and can only be judged subjectively. However, things like interest binding can be completely quantified.
Anyone can betray the United States, but the major consortia and the super-rich cannot. If the United States is finished, these consortiums and big families will also be finished.
Who said money has no borders! ?
"About Lithuania's intelligence, let's go to the archives." Elio Bowie greeted with a smile.
"This, no, I am not from your CIA." After speaking, Sean stood up and followed.
Elio Bowie laughed and shrugged, and the two walked out in tandem.
In the file room, Elio Bowie ordered his subordinates to fetch the file and pass it to Sean.
After all, it is a department specially set up for the government, and I know what the bosses need to see.
Sean just flipped through it and came up with a "professional" evaluation.
Most of the time, the orders from the superiors are unreasonable. They may hear that gas poisoning is easy in winter, and they will order a test for the whole city within 24 hours. There are only more than 10 million people in the city.
From the women's federation to the street, from the taxation to the police, all out
Move, no matter whether you know firefighting or not, go all out, 24 big battles!
In the middle of the night, I opened the door and entered the house to take a look and sign a notice...
At 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the complaint calls immediately exploded. The next day you told the leader, the leader made an understatement, and did some ideological work for the masses. If you don't know what to be afraid of, just lie on the pipe and smell it.
A look is to understand the grassroots work!
Therefore, when the higher-ups wanted to check the information, they just glanced at Xiao En and didn't know what they wanted to see... Besides, with a lot of work to do, they didn't have time to understand such details.
This generalization is fine.
1990 data for Lithuania.
Population: 3,697,800 (the population presents a downward trend year by year).
GDP: $5.2 billion.
Imports: 5.2 million.
Export: 800,000.
"How come it's so low?" Sean asked, looking at the data in astonishment.
"A planned economy, where is the import and export volume? As for the GDP, we have roughly calculated it. Everything is produced within the plan and is to be supplied to Moscow." Elliot Bowie shook his head and said.
Sean nodded and continued to read, the following is a brief history of Lithuania.
According to the Treaty of Lublin in 1569, Poland and Lithuania merged to form the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania.
Lithuania was annexed by Tsarist Russia in 1795, after which Lithuanians took part in the Polish uprisings in 1830-1831 and 1863-1864 against the rule of Tsarist Russia.
Lithuania was occupied by Germany during the First World War. After the war, Lithuania declared independence on February 16, 2018, and established a bourgeois republic.
On June 4 of the same year, the regime was overthrown and the restoration was completed, and the Kingdom of Lithuania was established. On November 2, the red trend of thought was passed on, and the kingdom regime was overthrown again and became a republic.
Three months later, Lithuania united with Belarus to establish the Soviet Socialist Republic, which was overthrown by the bourgeoisie again five months later and declared independence.
On September 28, 1926, Suli concluded a non-aggression pact, and in December of the same year, another coup took place.
In 1940, Soviet troops occupied Lithuania.
In 1941, during World War II, Lithuania was occupied by the German army.
In 1944, the Soviet army occupied Lithuania again and established the Socialist Republic, joining the Soviet Union.
Seeing this, Sean was completely stunned. Good guy, you are the one who sings and I come on stage in this land of Lithuanians, but there is basically no Lithuanians.
Elliot Bowie nodded and said: "After all, it is a small country, and there are a group of gray animals like Russia around it. Every time the Russians regain their vitality, they will expand abroad. They are eager to get access to the Baltic Sea, and the three Baltic countries in front Get hacked every time."
"The hatred between Lithuanians and Russians has lasted for hundreds of years. Although they joined the Soviet Union these years, they were annexed and not voluntarily. In addition, Russia has been sucking the blood of these countries and mining minerals over the years. From the perspective of wood, it is completely a source of raw material supply. The problem is that food cannot be self-sufficient..."
"Over the years, the resistance in Lithuania has never stopped. Of course, during this period, all countries are supporting them to get rid of the rule of the evil Russians."
Sean nodded and heard what Elliott Bowie said, he basically had some understanding of Lithuania, and then asked, "What is their economic policy after independence?"
"Privatization and foreign investment must be done in the same way." Elio Bowie explained, "Lithuania was a source of raw materials before, and there were not many industries at all. Compared with their development, there was no capital. "
"This is the current economic situation in their country." As he said that, Elio Bowie ordered someone to take a report and hand it to Sean, "Here is a brief introduction, you want to read it, if you are interested I'm giving you the details."
Sean looked through, here is a brief introduction to the current situation of Lithuania's planting industry, animal husbandry, fishery, forestry, light industry, mining industry, manufacturing industry, chemical industry, etc., including the proportion of GDP, the development curve of these years, etc.
After flipping through it for a while, Sean raised his head and asked, "Which areas have the most potential?"
"Mining and Manufacturing." Elliot Bowie Again
He beckoned and handed over another document, "Here is the industry forecast made by our economic experts."
Xiao En looked again, according to the forecast of economic experts, Lithuania will establish its own industrial system after independence, get rid of the simple raw material export-oriented economic model, industrial capacity will grow explosively, and domestic GDP will usher in a wave of high growth Expect.
Lilan has a lot of space!
But compared to what these experts saw about Lilan, Sean saw more!
After independence, Lithuania is poor and white, and it can be described as a newborn baby, which is really at the mercy of others.
You can cultivate what you want to be.
Not to mention completely controlling Lithuania's economy, even if it only controls one-third, the influence on this country will be unparalleled.
If you can control a part of the media, then...
The real emperor!
Thinking of this, Sean raised his head and looked at the map hanging on the wall. The territory of the Soviet Union is huge!
This time Eastern Europe has undergone drastic changes, leaving so many countries, tsk tsk, what a big piece of fat!
It will not be the United States, the United Kingdom, or France that will eat this piece of fat, but only capitalists and systemic problems.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no state-owned enterprises in capitalist countries. This is a huge misunderstanding.
Including the United States and the United Kingdom, these old capitalist countries also have state-owned enterprises. After World War II, in order to restore the economy as soon as possible, 80% of the enterprises in the United Kingdom are state-owned, such as electricity, railways, coal, telecommunications, postal services, steel, shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing. .
It's just that state-owned enterprises are the same no matter which country they are in. They have low efficiency, poor innovation ability, and low output. Therefore, after 1979, Britain carried out privatization reforms.
The United States also has a national flag, but there are only 17 of them, such as public hospitals, public welfare insurance, public schools, power networks, postal systems, land management companies, transportation, and road construction. .
Closer to home, after seeing Lithuania's current GDP of only more than 5 billion, Sean was immediately moved. With the capital in his hands, he can definitely leverage a lot of power there.
Thinking of this, Sean looked up at Elliott Bowie, "I need more detailed information about the economic situation, agriculture, light and heavy industry, mining, forestry."
"Now?" Elliot Bowie asked.
"Go back and see."
"Okay, no problem." Elliot Bowie readily agreed, and none of the information was highly confidential.
As long as you are willing to spend time, please investigate the company and you can get it. It is nothing more than a waste of time.
Firstly, what Sean lacked was time, and secondly, he wanted to move around more with the CIA. Only by walking around more could the relationship become closer step by step.
After talking about the business, Sean chatted with Elio Bowie again, this time not only limited to Lithuania, but also several surrounding countries, such as Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, and Er Maozi.
Especially Er Maozi, ahem...
After chatting for a while, Sean was about to leave. At this time, he seemed to inadvertently ask: "By the way, do you have any information on government relations over there, so I can know how to open the relationship network."
"Yes, Brock, come here." Elliot Bowie waved his hand and said.
The man named Bullock hesitated for a moment, looked at Sean, then at Elio Bowie, and said with some embarrassment: "Boss, this is A-level information."
"Really." Elio Bowie curled his lips, "So, it is now a B-level, and the independent process is already underway, so the level of secrecy will naturally decrease."
"Okay, I got it." Bullock turned and walked over to take out a document again.
"Is this okay?" Sean smiled and looked at Elio.
"I don't think so." Elio Bowie shrugged.
"I remember that you have been doing operations in Nicaragua?" Sean took the document and said to the other party with a smile instead of looking at it.
Elio Bowie nodded.
"There are some people over there with the umbrella. If you need it, call them. There are some things that are more convenient for us. Don't be polite, it's all for
The United States contributed. " Sean blinked.
"That's right, it's all for America!" Elliot Bowie laughed.
After all, the CIA is a government department, with very strict rules, and it is also supervised and inspected by Congress.
They bribed informants and offered policies like immigration, and they couldn't offer any real benefits, so it was very difficult to do many things.
This is also one of the reasons why the CIA has been involved in pan-drugs. It is indeed to raise funds, to raise funds that are not visible and not subject to supervision. This is already an open secret among the upper echelons of the United States, and it is indeed forced by the situation.
This is not to say that Congress can approve a sum of funds. If the rules are not strict, the CIA will be rotten in minutes, and there will be no good people in it.
It is better to believe in the system than to believe in the character of people.
Even if they secretly allow them to spread poison, it is better than opening the rules.
This is also the reason why some people have exposed and sued the CIA several times, but in the end it all went to nothing.
Of course, some of the money was used by insiders to "improve" their lives, but that's just human nature.
In this regard, Sean really understands it better. It's not that the CIA's people are more restrained and noble, it's entirely a system issue.
The IRS is too strict. According to the law, money must go to the bank, and any deposits in the bank must be reported to the IRS immediately. This leads to embezzling some money.
Even a slightly large amount of consumption will be reviewed immediately because of the need to pay taxes!
Just say, it's so hard to embezzle a little money!
…
After leaving the CIA headquarters, Sean returned to New York. Just after New Year's Day, old Shen Bi was recruited by Sean.
When seeing Xiao En, Shen Bi's entire company stinks.
"Can you give people a good rest? Can capitalists squeeze employees like this? Do you understand annual leave, do you understand!" Shen Bi pointed at Sean's nose and began to yell, "Finally, I have time for a family. People are on vacation on the island, and you **** keep calling!"
"Okay, okay, okay, it's my fault, don't be angry!" Sean repeatedly raised his hands to beg for forgiveness.
Shen Bi snorted heavily, then sat down and asked angrily, "What are you calling me to come back?"
"Well, don't be angry." Sean looked at Shen Bi solemnly, "After this matter is settled, I'll buy Arsenal for you later, and then you can play however you want, all right."
Shen Bi sat up straight at once, "Ahem, if you say that, then I won't be sleepy anymore!"
"Small idea!" Sean patted his chest hard, "I, who is Sean, one spit and one nail, when have I ever lied to someone!"
"Don't, don't, don't say that, I don't feel relieved when you say that."
Sean's face turned dark on the spot, "Forget it!"
"Hahaha, just kidding, why are you so angry, come on, what's the matter, even if you leave it to my old man, I can still do it!" Shen Bi moved his buttocks to Xiao En's side, and said with an arm around his shoulders.
Heh, Xiao En curled his lips, there is nothing that can't be done with money, if there is, it must be that the money is not enough.
After a few words of ridicule, Sean finally said the matter, "The Soviet Union is about to end. Lithuania has already decided to declare independence on March 1."
"Ah!?" Shen Bi suddenly stood up from the sofa, opened his mouth wide and waited for Xiao En, his face full of disbelief.
If you are not a person of this era, it is difficult to imagine the shock that the disintegration of the Soviet Union brought to people.
Especially when Shen Bi was still a World War II veteran.
That was the Soviet Union, one of the most powerful countries in the world, a regime that had been fighting against the United States for so many years and made the world tremble.
The system exported by the Soviet Union has swept half of the Eurasian continent. After San Dezi was defeated, it can be said that the entire Western society is guarding against the Soviets.
Especially in Europe, it has almost reached the point where the color of the Soviet Union has changed.
There is no possibility of reconciling the contradictions in the system. It is a life-and-death struggle. Once revolutionized, the capitalists will be killed. It would be strange if they resisted like crazy!
The Soviet Union, for the people of Western society, it is true that they have been listening to this legend from the day they were born
Growing up, I never expected that the Soviet Union, which has been raging for more than half a century, would suddenly disintegrate. It would be strange if it was not shocked.
"What you said is true, you didn't lie to me?" Shen Bi grabbed Xiao En's shoulder and said shaking back and forth.
Although Xiao En is very rich and has a wide range of business, his influence is mostly in the United States, Colombia, Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East, so Shen Bi has not received relevant information at all.
Shen Bi sat on the sofa in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
"What are you planning to do when you call me back?" Shen Bi asked hoarsely.
"I got more detailed information about Lithuania from the CIA earlier..." Sean said his thoughts.
Shen Bi looked Xiao En up and down for a long time, and then said: "Oh, it's time for you capitalists to flex your muscles again."
"Hey!" Xiao En glared at Shen Bi angrily.
"Isn't it? Without the Soviets..." Shen Bi shook his head and didn't continue. I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for the British Empire.
Anyway, Shen Bi didn't feel very good, and the role of bringing English to the United States dropped by one point again.
After clearing up his mood, Shen Bi began to play his role, "Controlling the lifeblood of a country and making money are two different concepts, you have to distinguish them clearly."
"How?" Sean raised his brows.
"It means that some industries are very profitable, but they don't have as much effect on the country as imagined. They are not the lifeblood. Some businesses don't make much money, but they are very important and indispensable."
"It's like agriculture. It doesn't make a lot of money but it's very important. After all, people have to eat. Now tens of millions of people die of hunger every year."
"It's like the service industry, which has low investment and high returns, but it's not that important. If it's missing, it's just a slight drop in the quality of life."
"Work **** the mining and manufacturing industries." Sean thought for a while and said.
"Not entirely correct." Shen Bi shook his head and said: "First, the repetition is too high, a related industry only needs to control the terminal link, and it is best to be high-tech, so the manufacturing industry is fine, but the mining industry is not necessary. "
"Your purpose is to control the lifeline, not to control an industrial chain and swallow all the benefits. Lithuanians will not agree to that. Politicians are not stupid, and their choice is not only you."
"Well, that's why I called you back." Sean spread his hands and said.
"Textile, machinery manufacturing, transportation, finance, media, you need to intervene in all five of these." Shen Bi said directly without thinking.
"Lithuania does a good job of spinning wool and linen."
"Not to mention mechanical manufacturing, transportation is very important, railways, highways, ports, the capital of Belarus, Minsk, is very close to the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, and Belarus is a landlocked country. Once independent, most of its foreign trade will depend on Lithuania. .”
"Moreover, I think that even if UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Lithuania becomes independent, it will still rely heavily on the Russians economically. Don't look at them fighting Russia for hundreds of years. The same, but time is the best weapon, the Russians have left too many traces on the Lithuanians, and the economy has complemented each other."
What the **** left too many marks... This description made Sean cough, well, it was accurate.
Shen Bi gave Xiao En a strange look, wondering what was wrong with him, so he ignored him, and continued: "I don't need to say more about financial weapons, if you become a big creditor in Lithuania, then he is hooking up with anyone You have to take your feelings into consideration at all times.”
Sean:? ? ?
"Finally, the media, your old line of business, to open up a territory in northern Europe, even if it is a bridgehead to enter Europe is not bad." Shen Bi shrugged as he said.
"There is still communication!" Sean suddenly added.
Shen Bi tilted his head and looked at Xiao En, "What is the need?"
The corner of Xiao En's mouth twitched, with disdain on his face, he tilted his head and looked at Shen Bi, "Don't understand, don't ask!"
