Chapter 105

"We demand that the military disband S. H. I. E. L. D. and return to the control of the Department of Defense."

This sentence from Ye Nan's speech on the television station spread across the country in an instant, and the people of the entire United States stood up and walked onto the street to protest.

"My Osborn Industries was originally cooperating with the military on a study, but it was urgently called off by the military, and all research funding was poured down the drain."

Norman of Osborn Industries stood up and widely disclosed the military's scandal on the television station: what military generals accepting bribes, military generals establishing their own enterprises, and using military funds to line their own pockets.

All kinds of rumors, whether true or false, spread in the United States, and for a time, the United States fell into huge turmoil.

A large number of people took to the streets to protest the government's inaction, demanding that the White House immediately restrain the military and clean up the military.

They waved flags, they shouted slogans, they took to the streets, they were of one heart and one mind, and they gave this lifeless country a heavy blow.

Human rights are the greatest rights of American citizens and also the rights they value most. No one, no law, can trample on this right. Whether you are a White House official, a financial group leader, or a military big shot, as long as you step on human rights, you will inevitably be opposed by the entire American public.

"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew; then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist; then they came for the Catholics, and I did not speak out—because I was a Protestant; then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

This sentence is very applicable at this time. Now, the military persecutes the president of ICQ Company, then tomorrow, he can persecute bankers, and the day after tomorrow, he can persecute ordinary people. By that time, when you want to stand up, you will find that no one is speaking for you.

At this time, the number of people signing up for the army dropped by 80%. People who were already unwilling to join the army were even more unwilling to join the army at this time, and they even thought of the reason: the military is so corrupt, such oppression is fascism, I will not join.

Overseas, various actions of the US military have stopped, and a large number of soldiers are sitting in the desert to express their protest against the military high-level.

"We will absolutely not tolerate the restoration of fascism in the United States. We want to oppose all fascism. We want to limit the power of the military."

On the giant screen, Ye Nan clenched his fists and delivered his anger toward the military passionately.

"An organization that should have been disbanded in the last century still exists in this century, and we, the public, cannot know the specific situation. We have been fooled. They thought we were being kept in captivity, but we want to tell them, we are not."

Ye Nan delivered his declaration in the CBS headquarters building in the United States, bombarding the military. On this day, all television stations, newspapers, and magazines published this declaration of Ye Nan. On this day, even Michael Jackson couldn't compare to his exposure.

Ye Nan knew that this was the major financial groups in the United States exerting their power. In fact, television stations, broadcasting companies, newspapers, and magazines in the United States were all concentrated in the hands of major financial groups. This time, the military's approach could be said to have sounded an alarm for all financial groups.

The military's move was telling major financial groups that in the United States, you are not covering the sky with one hand. We military can completely ignore the White House's orders. This made these financial groups, who viewed the United States as their own backyard, feel uneasy.

Indeed, they controlled the White House, and generations of US Presidents were their playthings. Once the interests of the financial groups were touched, they would inevitably eat a bullet. But compared to the military, the military power in their hands seemed to be a minor trick. So the threatened financial groups, on one hand, put pressure on the White House to sanction the military, and on the other hand, pushed Ye Nan out to compete with the military...

It can be said that at this time, it is a game between financial groups and the military. This matter has nothing to do with Ye Nan. He is just a pawn. But Ye Nan knew this point very well, and he had already anticipated this point, so he didn't have much resistance in his heart.

Financial groups are using him, and why isn't he using financial groups? And to a certain extent, ICQ Company can also be considered a small financial group, but this financial group still lacks the most core business, and that is banking.

"It seems it's time to launch the virtual currency plan." Ye Nan murmured.

As early as four years ago, Ye Nan launched credit points, exchanging US dollars for credit points at a 1:1 equivalent. Online shopping, playing online games, and purchasing various online services were all semi-forced to use credit points.

In overseas business, it was exchanged for credit points according to the exchange rate of each country's currency to the US dollar on that day. To a certain extent, credit points were equivalent to virtual currency.

However, being equivalent to doesn't mean it is. Ye Nan intended to turn credit points into a real currency, a virtual currency, a currency that could be used freely on the global internet, just like the US dollar.

The profit of issuing currency is unimaginable. It completely overrides everything. Oil, arms, white prohibited items, in the face of issuing currency, are all minor tricks.

However, to make credit points a real currency equivalent to the US dollar, there must be a bank, and it must be a note-issuing bank, because only a note-issuing bank can bear this responsibility. Otherwise, credit points will never be equivalent to the US dollar in the hearts of the public.

"In this world, banks with the right to issue notes are as numerous as hairs on an ox, but there are only a few that can produce influence in the world: the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and a certain national bank in Asia. Headache, damn it."

Ye Nan had always avoided contact with that country. For one thing, he didn't know how to contact that country, and for another, because of his current status, it didn't allow him to be too close to a certain country.

But to annex a note-issuing bank, he must contact that country. This is an unavoidable hurdle. Of course, he could completely acquire the national bank of a small country, but God knows when his credit points could truly be accepted by the world.

"Forget it, don't think about it. We'll talk about it when the time comes. When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight."

Ye Nan rubbed his temples and threw the thoughts in his mind out. But when he was about to walk out of the door, his eyes immediately widened.