Chapter 211 The Second Ark

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe has undergone drastic changes. The world has changed from being a bipolar power to being ruled by the United States alone. Some people think that the disintegration of the Soviet Union is a good thing.

Because the cloud of war hanging over the heads of mankind for decades and the atmosphere of the Cold War that lasted for more than 40 years have finally eased.

And many Eastern European countries have also been able to get out of the blood sucking of the Soviet Union, such as the Democratic Germany, as well as countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic.

After they left the unified management of the Soviet Union, the social structure was further developed, productivity began to rise rapidly, and the quality of life of the people also continued to rise.

However, not many Eastern European countries benefited after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, especially when the Soviet Union coordinated its industrial plans.

Eastern Europe and countries close to Western Europe are mainly responsible for heavy industry and high-tech research and development. Southern European countries such as Ukraine are responsible for the shipbuilding industry because they have access to the sea and rely on the rich land resources of Southern Europe to become the big granary of the Soviet Union.

The advantage of overall planning is that it can develop a production structure in a suitable place that is in line with local development conditions.

And once the implementers of the overall planning collapsed, many independent Eastern European countries became deformed children with walking feet because of the planning in the Soviet era.

There are even some countries that are born underdeveloped and cannot even be self-sufficient.

For example, Georgia, a small country in Eastern Europe that links Eurasia. Because of the territorial dispute with Russia, there has been no peace here.

The annual output value of this country is not as good as the annual output value of a branch of the Stark Industries Group.

The country is small and weak, nearly half of the people have a monthly income of less than 80 US dollars, and nearly half of the country's population lives below the poverty line.

Ivan Vanke is one of them. Ivan has to work hard every day because he has a father, Anton Vanke.

A terrific scientist, at least once was. The current Anton is just a bad old man addicted to drinking and past glory.

This old man did not bring Ivan a good life, but was a drag on Ivan.

Anton suffered a lot during the days of being imprisoned in the United States, and his dexterous hands were also disabled because he was a Soviet.

Hell, he went to America because he couldn't stand Stalin's rule.

"How do you feel, old ghost?" Ivan said to Anton who was panting on the bed when he got home. Now Anton is very old, too old to hold a bottle and drink too much.

"Maybe I'm going to see God soon." Anton's words were weak, and he felt that his life was coming to an end.

"You will not go to see God, you will only go to see the devil for the sins you have done." Although Ivan said this, he still went to help cover Anton's quilt.

Georgia is still very cold in March.

Ivan's house is not big. He has a very smart brain, but he has never been to school.

All his knowledge comes from the teachings of his father, Anton Vanke.

Georgia has no place to use this knowledge, and they need soldiers more in the war with Russia.

So Ivan is a soldier in Georgia, fighting with the Russians on the front line.

The mottled old TV looked old, and the broken logo indicated that this thing was a product of the former Soviet Union.

Ivan turned on the TV and tuned to the news channel. He likes to work while listening to the news.

His workbench is far less luxurious than Tony Stark's, and the tools are also extremely simple. Looks like a blacksmith's workbench, not a scientist's.

The news of the Stark Group began to be broadcast on TV again. Every time this kind of news is broadcast, Anton will be very excited.

"A great era is coming, Stark Group's new plan, the lunar development plan is about to start!" Tony Stark on TV was dazzling.

"A liar." Ivan spat hard, but he didn't stop working.

There are no beautiful blueprints on his workbench, only some rough drafts made with paper and pencil.

But there was nothing crude about what he made.

"He and his father are liars. They stole your idea, old Anton." Ivan turned to look at Anton who was shaking on the bed.

"Without the materials you brought from the Soviet Union, Stark would not have been able to conceive and design the reactor. But they deprived you of everything. They also deprived me of everything." Ivan's hands and feet are very nimble.

"Our country is weak and poor. I have never tried to live a truly meaningful life for so many years." Ivan is already a middle-aged man, and he is actually about the same age as Tony Stark.

But the burden of life makes him look twenty years older than his actual age.

"Their father and son will soon pay the price, and I will make Stark Industries Group beyond redemption." Ivan took out a box from his clothes.

It was a small box made of lead, and when opened there were several thin metal bars.

The metal strip looks nothing special, just like ordinary iron wire, but it is made in a special way.

After Ivan slipped tiny metal strips into a proposed module, he activated it.

The faint blue light began to radiate slowly, from dark to bright. This is an Ark reactor, perhaps not as exquisite as the one made by Tony, nor as powerful as the one made by Tony.

But Ivan succeeded, and the world's second miniature ark reactor was born in his hands.

The faint blue light reflected Ivan's cheeks full of vicissitudes, and there was an indescribable smile on his face.

This familiar light also shone on Anton's eyes, and he said with all his last bit of strength. "You, where did you get the palladium?"

The price of high-purity palladium is not cheap, and it is very difficult to buy. Georgia, a small country, does not even have a company specializing in rare metals.

All precious and rare metals are mostly imported. Where did Ivan get palladium?

This is not the palladium used for decoration, but the real element palladium.

"You don't need to ask me where I got these things from, old Anton, you just need to know that the day of our revenge is coming." There was a kind of madness on Ivan's face.

"Iron Man, Stark Industries. And those arrogant and ignorant Yankees, those who look down on me. I will let them see who is the important role in this world."

"Moon development plan, Tony Stark, go make your spring and autumn dreams!"