[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-263":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2081372,3287,"Chapter 263","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-263",263,"\u003Cp>Especially regarding this Falkland Islands incident, the Ugly Country's abandonment of them has left many John Bull politicians deeply dissatisfied with the Ugly Country's incompetence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since you are unwilling to help me, why should I help you by going to war in Syria?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, the John Bull government decisively canceled the troop reinforcement plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It can be said that cracks have already appeared in the alliance relationship between the two sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furthermore, after approving a 60 billion euro naval reconstruction plan, the current Prime Minister announced his resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, even with a John Bull Defense Minister taking the fall, he, as Prime Minister, still needed to take responsibility for this incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Consequently, John Bull initiated an early general election.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, after learning this news from the Central Mother News,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi became very interested in that 60 billion euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, he was deeply dissatisfied that Argentina had obtained the Falkland Islands so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a qualified arms dealer, what Lin Yi needed to do was to fan the flames everywhere around the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then, by any means necessary, make both sides fight to the bitter end.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>World peace, to Lin Yi, was nothing short of a disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Coupled with the recent expenditure of 2 billion USD to upgrade lithography equipment,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he needed to recoup those costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, the DWS platform soon issued a statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In three days, the platform will hold its first judicial auction of the year!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Auction item: One HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: For this new book, we beg for flowers, donations, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Auction item: HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier *1\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as this announcement appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it was immediately reported by the intelligence agency established by John Bull specifically to monitor the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the current Prime Minister had already announced his resignation,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he still had to temporarily retain the position until a new Prime Minister was elected.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, upon reading the report on the DWS platform submitted by the intelligence agency,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>this soon-to-be-former Prime Minister was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He would not have been so angry if the DWS platform were auctioning off a Ford-class aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But look at what this platform is judicially auctioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A carrier that had already become nothing but a memory, and an eternal pain for John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, this carrier was built by John Bull through countless efforts over a long period.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet, before it could even form any combat capability, this carrier sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To this day, the Portsmouth Harbor base remains clogged due to the massive sinking of carriers and warships,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and the cleanup work is simply too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, the John Bull government has decided to abandon this location\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and rebuild a naval base elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, the sinking of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier remains an indelible pain for the people of John Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet now, the DWS platform is judicially auctioning off none other than the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Isn't this a slap in the face of John Bull?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It is as if someone destroyed your most cherished possession, only to place an identical one before you now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Asking simply: do you want it or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you want it, then you must pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Most importantly, John Bull currently lacks warships.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once they possess the \"460\" aircraft carrier, they could restore some combat capability just by procuring some carrier-based aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At that point, whether dealing with Argentina's seizure of the Malvinas Islands or independence movements in Northern Ireland,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they would possess some power to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although they know this is merely a scheme by the DWS platform to lure them into bidding,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>this is an open conspiracy; if they refuse to buy,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>there are plenty of other nations willing to purchase it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For John Bull to build another identical carrier would take a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By the time it formed any combat capability, it would be far too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the eyes of John Bull, the DWS platform is nothing but a troublemaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It sells arms worldwide, thereby triggering global turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is even more evil than those military-industrial complexes in the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If there were a crime of endangering global security,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the DWS platform would undoubtedly be the prime candidate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yet what makes both the Ugly Country and John Bull most uncomfortable is that they cannot find this organization at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Naturally, they cannot impose any sanctions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At most, they can only divert part of this rage onto the Dragon Nation and the overseas Chinese.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And regarding this carrier, although nations like the Ugly Country might not be interested,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>there are indeed nations that are interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For instance, the Dragon Nation, and Little Japan, which has always dreamed of owning an aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides them, Argentina certainly does not want John Bull to possess such a carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, they will definitely try to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for the domestic situation, regardless of whether one admits it or not,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the HMS Queen Elizabeth, as a conventional medium-sized aircraft carrier, is still very advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If the price is right, the Dragon Nation would certainly not mind getting involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for Little Japan, being an island nation, it has always harbored a dream of owning an aircraft carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although they could not compete with their Ugly Country father for the Ford-class last time, regarding this HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Little Japan has decided to make a move again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides them, Old Saudi also wants to buy an aircraft carrier just for fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They might not be able to keep a Ford-class even if they bought one, but the HMS Queen Elizabeth is worth a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, before the auction even began,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>many nations were already rubbing their hands in anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It can be said that Lin Yi merely made a slight move,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>yet he managed to provoke the nerves of the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for John Bull: didn't you say you didn't want to buy goods from the DWS platform?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Well, let's see what you will do when faced with this HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Will you act like a chaste martyr, or like a promiscuous woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Should she be a chaste and virtuous woman, or a wanton one?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Fengyi Technology's investment of ten billion to enter the downstream industry caused great concern,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>especially among many electric vehicle companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even Yadea, currently ranked first in Long Country, and Aima Electric Vehicles, ranked second, shared this worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, electric vehicles contained little technological sophistication.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even Yadea was no different; basically, it just assembled parts purchased from the market,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>then designed a style, slapped on a trademark, and voilà, an electric vehicle was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was also why many small factories with investments of only tens of millions could produce electric vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!) 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