Chapter 859 Find Someone to Pay the Bill

"Tuvalu, the country founded by mutants, has developed a drug to eliminate mutant genes?!" James, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, looked at the news in a daze.

Since colluding with an unscrupulous lawyer last time, trying to frame Spider-Man to create a topic, so that his plan to run for the mayor of New York to create a topic failed. The old guy was much quieter.

Because he was scolded bloody by a group of people on the Internet. Naturally, don’t expect to run for the mayor of New York City, because of the short film "I am for everyone, for everyone" produced by Li Jie and he and Frank found that unscrupulous lawyer named Lucas in private to have a good "chat". After chatting", the other party has to say all kinds of things.

This brought the credibility of James and the Daily Bugle to rock bottom. The Daily Bugle almost got knocked out of business. However, after so many years of ups and downs, James is still a bit level.

After a series of incidents such as making concessions and apologizing to Spider-Man's public statement, the Daily Bugle survived.

It's just that the Daily Bugle has restrained itself a lot. James suffered a huge blow after losing his bid for mayor. Especially when more vigilante groups started popping up in New York City, he didn't want to blame himself.

After all, he is getting old, and now that the mayor of New York is out of the picture, he wants to retire quietly after finishing the last few years of his editor-in-chief career.

So the Daily Bugle, which has always used superheroes to stir up topics, suddenly became more impartial and objective, which is simply unbelievable. Well, maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration to be fair and objective, but at least James won't let his editors go to superheroes like Black Spider-Man at will.

However, after the previous incident, the sales volume of the Daily Bugle began to slump. They need to find some new and explosive news to increase their sales.

And there's been a lot of big news in the press recently. Regardless of the upcoming return of the Ark spaceship, or the destruction of the Hydra before, and the establishment of the country of Tuvalu mutants.

These news are worthy of follow-up reports. And now there is new news from Tuvalu, where James has been following. But the news passed back made James a little unbelievable.

"The country of the mutants made their own drugs to eliminate the mutants. Are they destroying the Great Wall?" James felt that if the news was true, then the female president of Tuvalu must be out of her mind.

News media always have their own sources, and sometimes the accuracy of their sources is no worse than that of the FBI or CIA.

"Does this news need to be reported?" James' editor in charge asked his boss with a weird temper cautiously.

After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the news, James made a decision: "If this news is true, then it is indeed a big news. It deserves to be on the front page!"

"So do we need to control the direction of public opinion on this news?" asked the editor in charge.

Because the media is the mouthpiece, they can superficially add some inductive words and tone to the news, which can often change the original nature of a news.

Reversing black and white is not a casual talk, but it really exists.

"No, no need." James said without even thinking about it: "This matter only needs to be reported truthfully, and we don't need to add fuel to the story. The policy towards Tuvalu is still unclear, and we don't want it until the political direction is established Make any statement. Don't forget, this is a presidential election year."

James tapped on the table to get the point across. There is an unspoken rule for the media all over the world, that is, the news must conform to the political correctness of the country. Otherwise, just wait to be caught by the pigtails and kill you.

It's just that each country has different standards for political correctness. Some things are okay in country A, but not in country B. Sometimes it's the other way around.

This year is an election year, and the president elected will most likely lead the United States for the next decade. James originally wanted to run for mayor of New York, but because of his failure, his relationship with those political leaders was somewhat alienated.

James knew that some of the bigwigs who supported him at the time hated mutants. But when I was in the most difficult time, these big guys didn't see me reaching out to help me, so I don't need to be anyone's vanguard now. Engage in a public opinion war and stand in line?

Come on, James is not in the mood now.

As a result, on the second day, an extremely influential newspaper group on the east coast of the United States published a headline on the front page that shocked the entire United States, "Save the Mutants or Destroy the Great Wall?" Tuvalu's choice! ".

The news detailed Tuvalu's new decision. Some mutants defected to Tuvalu, and the Tuvalu officials responsible for receiving these mutants actually let these mutants choose.

"Continue to be a mutant living in Tuvalu, or use potions to become an ordinary person and return to a normal life?" This was personally brought back by some mutants who came back from Tuvalu (mutants who chose to return to normal life) information.

Tuvalu developed the potion, giving mutants a choice. Tuvalu naturally welcomes those who are willing to be mutants and are committed to contributing to the construction of Tuvalu.

And it is also possible for those who want to return to the sequence of normal people from mutants.

The Daily Bugle's information comes from a former mutant. His previous mutant ability was to have a pair of fish gills that can breathe underwater. It made his life miserable. He had originally planned to seek refuge in Tuvalu.

But when he learned that he could choose a different life, he chose to return to normal life without hesitation. And he exchanged this news for the news fee (paid by the Daily Bugle).

In fact, this is what the big guys from the Illuminati want. Someone pokes it out instead of promoting it yourself. Pretending to let others find out about a secret will spread faster and more believably than telling someone about it in earnest.

Rumors always travel faster and sound more convincing than truth. For example, there are rumors in a certain country in Asia that the super high-speed railway has radiation, and it radiates the whole of Asia, and it is also said that this is officially recognized. Because the official title is "Hyperloop will radiate Europe and Asia". Maybe this is a sub-question?

On the farm of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross in Arizona, Dr. Banner asked Li Jie with some puzzlement: "What is the purpose of doing this? Why don't we directly release this drug publicly? Even if it is not used The follow-up products of the new drug X are only able to help people who are troubled by the side effects of mutant genes. I think we should manufacture and distribute this drug on a large scale, instead of just providing it to those mutants who go to Tuvalu, so that They make choices."

"In this way, although those mutants who got the potion and relieved their pain will be grateful to Tuvalu, more people may lose this opportunity." Dr. Banner is very good at research and has a high IQ. But he is not a person who is good at playing tricks. If Captain Rogers, who is already familiar with Li Jie, was here, I am afraid he would not ask Li Jie why he used this method.

Because with Captain Rogers' political acumen and his understanding of Li Jie, although he couldn't guess 100% what Li Jie was thinking. But you can also make a good guess.

Regarding Dr. Banner's question, Li Jie smiled: "The reason is very simple, Illuminati does not have that much money!"

What Li Jie said is very true. Although Shuguang Technology is a company that steals money, the Illuminati's expenses are too high. It is simply a bottomless pit. In order to ensure the healthy operation of Sugon Technology, Sugon Technology has a large sum of money that cannot be moved, otherwise it will kill the chicken to get its eggs.

The main funding of the Illuminati comes from the part of the Sugon Technology Company that belongs to Tony's disposable profit dividends. This piece is limited, and most of it has been invested in the construction of the Venus base.

The X Novice Project is a very large project. Dr. Hanke only produced 200 potions in the first batch because the potions are too expensive. This kind of expensive is mainly reflected in the inability to produce in batches, because according to Dr. Hanke's estimation, in order to ensure mass production, it is necessary to invest in a high-precision production line. The cost of this production line is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and this is only the first phase of the project. If the entire product line is scaled up, especially the scale of the entire X novice project envisioned by Li Jie, then the investment will be astronomical.

Of course, once this drug is launched, the profits it can make will be astronomical. But the upfront investment is too high. And for the sake of confidentiality and safety, large-scale financing cannot be carried out like banks.

Tony is very rich, but every money has a purpose. Especially after Pepper became his wife and took charge of the financial power.

"So we need a lot of money to do this. It is best to get a low-interest or even interest-free loan. And we must also ensure that this drug will not be boycotted when it finally comes out. The Supervision Bureau supervises. And we need to prepare how to deal with all of this at this time."

Dr. Banner couldn't keep up with Li Jie's train of thought. He asked a little puzzled: "Does all this have anything to do with what you want to do?"

Li Jie shrugged: "Let's plan in advance. First of all, the offensive of public opinion is not for us to say. It should be others who force us to say it. Some things are not necessarily good if we take the initiative. We should shame some hot potatoes to others Choice is a better thing."

"Aren't there radicals in many NATO countries including the United States who are clamoring for the complete elimination of mutants? Now that the opportunity has come, shouldn't they contribute money and efforts? For example, provide some funds, and then vigorously promote our medicine, or even Push this drug into the sequence of basic vaccinations? Label it a genetic defect syndrome vaccine or something, and then let the state pay for it to inject all mutants? Of course, we have to do a lot of things to achieve this step, but We need to pave the way first." Li Jie said these things with a smile.

But Dr. Banner felt that there were many people behind this smile who were going to be unlucky. Is this the legendary leverage? Borrow the chicken to lay the egg? After being sold, you need to count the money?

Li Jie ignored Dr. Banner's astonished expression, he just passed by to have a look at Dr. Banner. Dr. Banner is one of the expansion plans of the Illuminati, and there is also Dr. Doom, the second doctor. Li Jie still needs to meet and chat with him.