Those Years when Marvel Was a Superhero

Chapter 748 Who Is Barn-Bakis?

Venus, the base of the Illuminati.

In the orbit of Venus, a brand new star port is under construction. It was jointly designed by Tony, Hank, and Charles, and then built by 300 engineering steel armors for outer space and Magneto.

Millions of tons of steel are continuously transported to the orbit of Venus by Magneto's ability. In order to prevent the sudden appearance of the star port from being observed by the astronomers on the earth, Dr. Hanke also camouflaged the entire space base.

At the same time, the construction of the first Starport Sky City on Earth finally started under the impetus of all parties. However, the scale of Sky City is much smaller than expected.

Tony's original design was a real base capable of accommodating 10,000 people. In the end, the size of Sky City was reduced to only accommodate 2,000 people. And there is no way to set up an ecological cycle inside this star port.

In fact, the design of the ecological circle originated from the base of the Illuminati on Venus. Developed jointly by Dr. Hank and Professor Charles.

These include genetically modified fruit trees, rice and wheat, and automatic water filtration systems as well as oxygen and fertilizer decomposition systems. The entire system is powered by Ark energy, which can achieve a primary ecological cycle.

As long as Ark Energy still has electricity, the ecological cycle can be maintained. According to the original design of Sky City, it should be able to allow 10,000 people to work and live, and one energy replenishment will be able to maintain the star port for ten years.

If the Ark reactor is built on the star port, and the star port directly sends the spacecraft to the moon to mine helium-3, the cost will be lower than that on the earth.

The simplest point is that the cost of the solid rockets needed to transport a spacecraft to break through the atmosphere is astonishingly high, and it is also a one-off.

If you take off and land the spacecraft in the star port, you don't need to consider these things. There is no atmosphere here for you to break through, and you don't need to accelerate to third cosmic velocity.

Tony even ingeniously thought of the ore that can be collected directly from the starport airdrop in the future, as long as the safety protection is done and the final landing slows down. Such shipping costs will be greatly reduced.

However, due to various considerations, various countries finally reduced the plan of the entire sky city. Including the space elevator proposed by Tony and the artificial planetary belt around the earth plan.

This huge plan is the plan after Xinggang Sky City. It was also brought up for discussion during the internal meeting of the Illuminati. The specific method is to use the space elevator as the skeleton, and the space elevators extend to the sky one by one. Then build a circle of ring-shaped buildings with these bones.

The entire ring-shaped starport keeps rotating synchronously with the earth. The earth is the central axis, the space elevator is the spokes, and the circular starport is the outer ring. This structure is like a bicycle tire.

This is a grand and domineering project, but Li Jie and Rogers were not optimistic about it at first. Tony's plan is too domineering, and a bit taken for granted. It is impossible for governments to agree to build such a thing.

The Asia-Europe hyper-high-speed rail project that has only been promoted has already faced a lot of resistance. If it hadn't been for the joining of China and Russia to ease the pressure of international public opinion, Li Jie was worried that Latvia's unilateral strength would always lead to greater conflicts.

After China and Russia joined the Hyperloop, it means that the traditional influence of these two countries has been included in the direction of railway extension. China is willing to spend 5 trillion yuan in interest-free or low-interest loans to build this super railway.

Of course, this loan has certain conditions. It's like Latvia loaning Ukraine the right to operate the railway for 30 years.

China's requirements are not so harsh, but it also maintains 15 to 20 years of operating rights as collateral. Russia is also making efforts, but because Russia itself is not a rich country, most of the funds in the country are controlled by a few oligarchs.

So Russia's efforts are not too big, but it also shows an attitude. Super high-speed rail has become imperative. Captain Rogers and the entrepreneurs around him are also convincing Congress that they want America to pursue a high-speed rail program. In fact, American railroads really suck. Some places are still railways from the 1960s.

And the demands and slogans of those entrepreneurs and financiers for the laying of super high-speed railways are simple [Manufacturing Return]! The United States has been shouting this slogan for almost ten years, but with little success.

Unemployment rates in traditional manufacturing cities remain high. Detroit, once known as the world's auto city, has become a ghost town. The entire city center is so desolate that you can play a real version of "Battle Royale".

And Detroit is just a microcosm of the entire American manufacturing industry. 【Improve personnel mobility and evenly distribute job opportunities! 】This is the slogan of the super high-speed rail in the United States.

People in the Illuminati have mobilized all their power to push in this direction. Humanities, social sciences and finance scientists funded by the Horizon Foundation put forward the concept of "International Manufacturing Cooperation 2.0".

"The company's factories have geographical limitations. If the mobility of personnel increases to overcome geographical limitations, then the possibility of obtaining a job plan will become greater."

In fact, some companies have already begun to try to do this. Osborne Group and Stark Group have signed an agreement with the Chinese government.

It just so happened that the west of China was desolate and barren because of the perennial riots of the Mandarin, and the western development plan was imperative. Moreover, the strength and determination to promote are not comparable to the earth where Li Jie lived in his previous life.

Stark and Osborne Group are willing to build a new heavy machinery processing plant in western China. Some of them recruit Chinese employees, and some recruit engineers and senior technicians from Eastern European countries.

In fact, the traditional heavy industry in the former Soviet Union is still very strong. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, those high-level scientists may be poached by other countries. But generally excellent engineers and senior technicians will not. After the factory went bankrupt, many people lost their jobs or went to work in small factories.

These people have a high level of technology, especially Ukraine. Now the entire Ukrainian economy is in turmoil, and even traditional large companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. The wages of engineers are also very low, and working in China can offer much higher wages.

And the main reason why many people don't want to go abroad to earn a living is because they don't want to live abroad in nature. The super high-speed rail event will change all that.

The two groups have signed a letter of intent with the Chinese government, and the entry and exit procedures for this group of foreign employees will be simplified. In this way, they can spend 20 minutes on weekends to take the Hyperloop home after working in China for five days. This way you won’t have that lonely feeling of working abroad.

This makes many people willing to try to work abroad. And on the other side. Other businessmen, including those in China and Russia, also see a huge opportunity in it.

As the average wages of Chinese workers have risen year after year, manufacturing jobs in China are also shrinking. Some businessmen have sensed the business opportunities, and a large number of job opportunities have flowed to South Asian countries, but the average education level of these countries is not as good as that of China, and there is also a gap in technology.

Then, after the super high-speed railway industry, will it be possible to build a large technical outsourcing team to solve the technical problems faced by these countries?

These businessmen are also planning for it all. In an era of global upheaval, no country can claim all the benefits. There are gains and losses, it just depends on how to measure the gains and losses.

Of course, the strangling of the Hydra industry that the Illuminati is now promoting has begun to slowly proceed. As long as the time is up, it will not be difficult to catch them all.

And now, Li Jie is inviting two other members of the Illuminati. He has important things to say.

"As for closing the door?" Tony asked in confusion after seeing Li Jie close the door and put on the encryption lock after entering the meeting room.

Rogers just shrugged: "Maybe there's something important to announce? Are you getting married?"

Li Jie curled his lips: "It would be nice to get married. Speaking of which, Tony, you have to find a way to get the other ring back for me."

"I said, I can't do it!" Tony said without shame: "It's harder to get the ring off Pepper's hand. You'd better wait."

"What's wrong with your eyes? It looks like you have serious dark circles?" Rogers noticed that Li Jie's eye circles were a little dark.

Li Jie waved his hand: "It's just that I didn't sleep well, and the Alaska and Satsuma at home just barked every night."

Tony raised his eyebrows: "I never heard that you had a pet dog?"

"That's not the point. I'm not here to talk about that today." Li Jie took a deep breath and looked at Captain Rogers and said, "The captain has some news that I need to tell. Don't get too excited after hearing the news."

Rogers smiled. He sat on the chair and grasped the armrest cooperatively: "Come on, I'm just about to fasten the safety belt now."

Li Jie looked into Captain Rogers' eyes and said, "I found Barn Barkis. He's not dead yet."

Li Jie saw peace in Captain Rogers' eyes, the blue eyes were as calm as a lake. Forehead? Seems like something's wrong? Li Jie was a little surprised. Could it be that the captain doesn't care about his good friend at all?

Just when Li Jie was confused, Captain Rogers asked even more confusedly: "Who is Barn Barkis? Do I know him?"

PS: Ask for tickets at the beginning of the month~

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