Chapter 420: Budget War (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for Me) 4500 Words, Please Vote for Me!!

Kelly is also in the study, but her presence is very thin. Because of what was happening before her, she was severely lacking in participation. After all, she didn't even know what Kingsman was, let alone who the crying old man and those two people in front of her were.

But she got a rough idea of ​​what he meant. It was his boyfriend who accidentally founded an organization decades ago. As a result, the organization developed over the years, and now he is back to look for him.

As Westerners, they also value loyalty. But Kelly didn't expect this level of loyalty. Her boyfriend has disappeared for decades, and these people are still dead-set on him, but when I think about it, it doesn't seem to matter. God has never appeared. How can there be a lot of people who are dead-set on him?

Although they are a bit disrespectful to God, in Kelly's opinion, these people are indeed a bit of fanatics.

Thinking about it this way, Kelly felt very excited. Her boyfriend was not only an ancient person, but also a mythological figure, and he also had followers.

However, this still made Kelly feel less involved. After all, she didn't care much about what they said. This girl has a naive streak. But when she saw the Holy Grail, she became interested. If there are still people in the West who don't know much about the legend of the King of Knights, then the legend of the Holy Grail is really known to everyone. After all, the King of Knights is also a British myth. It is normal for people from other countries not to be interested, but not the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is a standard Christian myth!

"Is this the Holy Grail?"

Kelly looked at this sacred object that was 80% similar to the legendary one, and was extremely curious.

Kai was still immersed in remembrance and just nodded perfunctorily.

"Can it really rejuvenate people and make them immortal? Can it fulfill all their wishes?" Kelly then asked.

This time it was Ah Fu who answered.

"It's not as powerful as the legend says, but it's indeed miraculous. I don't know if it can make people immortal, but it can indeed bring people back to life. I used it to bring me back to life."

That was when he was fighting against the dog demon army in Egypt, and Afu died in battle. At Lao Fu's plea, Kai used the Holy Grail to resurrect A Fu. Later, after Kai disappeared, although the Holy Grail was left to Kingsman, Kingsman could only use it to create a group of super agents. They still failed to discover other magical features.

Ah Fu's words made Kai wake up from his nostalgia.

"In a sense, the answer to Kelly's question is yes," he said with a smile.

Now it was not just Kelly, but everyone else also looked over in surprise, especially Alfred, Harry Hart and Eggsy. After all, this thing had been in Kingsman for almost a century, and they didn't Research out something.

"The Holy Grail is the holy object of the Old Religion..." At this point, Kai remembered that the title of the Old Religion was a bit inappropriate here. "The Old Religion I'm talking about is the kind of primitive worship. They worship nature, which is somewhat similar to modern Druid teachings, but a little different, but that's not important. In short, in ancient times, the Old Religion was once a behemoth, and they controlled The power to explain all mysterious events is also the birthplace of the most authoritative religion and magic. At their most glorious time, they even came into contact with the law of cause and effect, and you can think of it as a universal wishing machine. , it can fulfill any wish you have.”

Everyone who heard this stared at the Holy Grail. No one is a saint, everyone has things they want but cannot get. Now that they heard that there was such a holy object that could fulfill any of their wishes, they were naturally tempted.

But very Kai, smart people noticed that Kai added a prefix "in a sense" before. Generally speaking, as long as this sentence is added, the subsequent content will be greatly reduced.

"Are there any limitations to it?" Kathleen asked.

Kai glanced at Kathleen appreciatively. "Of course. If it was really that powerful, the world wouldn't be what it is now."

"What restrictions?"

"Price!" Kai seemed to have thought of something and laughed. "You have to pay for what you get."

Kai guessed that when the big guys from the old religion created the Holy Grail, this was definitely not their original intention. I guess they were very angry after they created the Holy Grail. It was a completely equivalent exchange. For example, if you want to kill someone, you must give your own life... There are definitely people in this world who are willing to die with the enemy. Cruel people, but definitely not many. After all, there are many ways to kill the enemy. Who is willing to die together unless forced to do so? That's too hasty.

Ever since Kai got the Holy Grail, he had been thinking that it was definitely because of this that the people of the old religion shelved this thing.

"Exchange of equal value is the principle of the Holy Grail."

"What if I wish for world peace?" Kelly asked curiously.

"Yes!" Kai replied amusingly: "But the final result is likely to be that you need to sacrifice half of the world's people, and then kill the other half with the Holy Grail."

"Then this thing seems useless." Kelly suddenly felt bored.

These words made the three Kingsman men secretly glare at her, but Kelly didn't notice at all.

"You can't say that. It would be different if he was in the hands of the right person." Kai raised the Holy Grail and slowly poured his 'soul energy' into it. Suddenly the Holy Grail burst out with dazzling light, and Kingsman's three People feel it most directly, and they clearly feel the changes in their bodies.

In fact, apart from Afu, both Harry Hart and Eggsy are much weaker than the warriors Kai created with the Holy Grail. After all, although the Holy Grail is magical, it is just a dead object. Without anyone to control it, and lacking the support of power, its ability will naturally become weaker and weaker.

After consuming about half of the experience bar, the power in the Holy Grail was restored to a lot. It has also collected a lot of souls over the years. These souls are all the souls of Kingsman's elite agents. But without the control of its master, it cannot make good use of those powers. Now Kai takes the initiative to use his soul power to help it. After completing the digestion of those souls, they will naturally recover quickly.

After completing this action, Kai sent the Holy Grail back.

"Take it, you have done a good job these years. Then keep doing it."

After receiving the Holy Grail from Kai, Harry Hart was obviously confused.

"You...won't you go back with us?"

"Why should I go back?" Kai said funnyly: "Go back and give you orders? Let's forget it. Kingsman has been running independently for so many years, and there is no need for a person who knows nothing to come over and give orders."

To be honest, Kai was touched by Ah Fu's ability to remain loyal. But expect the Kingsman agents who have never met him to be the same as Alfred? It’s better not to dream. Perhaps those Kingsman agents, like Harry Hart, could maintain their own reverence.

But so what? Kingsman has been running independently for so many years. What’s wrong with others having their own political ecology? Do you think that as long as you live long enough, you will be able to intervene and dominate? What are you thinking about?

It's not that the other party will definitely do something bad. After all, Kai is their master no matter what.

But why bother? Forcibly going back will only make both parties awkward.

Kai has no power ambitions, so he might as well keep the status quo and do whatever Kingsman should do.

Harry Hart also wanted to persuade, firstly because Kai is indeed their belief. Secondly...please, if such a great god doesn't come home to support him, is it cheap for Americans?

But Kai waved his hand.

"Stop talking, I'm very satisfied with my current life. Besides, when I go back, the British government will definitely notice. I don't like politicians."

Harry Hart finally said nothing. After all, others are the real bosses. If others don't want to go back, he can still kidnap them. Besides, Kai's existence itself was their biggest trump card. As for where he was, it really wasn't a big problem.

But Harry Hart's job wasn't about to play, and he pulled out another briefcase. Inside is a stack of papers.

"These are all your properties. They have been under the secret management of Kingsman for these years. Now that you have come back, these properties must be returned to you."

"Industry?" Kai was stunned.

At this time, Ah Fu reminded: "These are some of the industries that you asked my grandfather to acquire back then. Kingsman was built on these industries. After Kingsman got on the right track, these industries were divested, and we set up a special A committee helps you manage these properties, but to the outside world, these properties are controlled by a fictional noble family. "

Kai flipped through these documents casually. He didn't have much interest in these things. Kai had heard this saying before; 'If you have too much money, it is just a simple number. ’

He always regarded this as fart, after all, he never had much money.

But after he woke up from the tomb, he realized that this sentence was so correct.

In terms of personal wealth, Kai may be richer than Tony Stark. Not to mention anything else, taking out the mountains of treasures in the King's Treasure House will immediately turn the international gold price into a bargain. So he didn't care and threw these things directly to Ah Fu.

"You handle it, I have a headache."

Ah Fu was stunned for a moment, but still nodded. This thing is actually more of a situation. Whether the document is signed or not does not affect the ownership. Could it be that Kingsman still ignores Kai's property?

But then Kai remembered something and asked.

"By the way, what's the last name of that fictional noble? Will it expose me?"

Afu put away the documents and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, the surname of this nobleman is exactly the same as the surname you use now, both are Wayne."

"Huh?" Kai suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

The Wayne family?

Where have you heard that?

…

The Stark Industry Expo is in full swing, but as the expo becomes more popular, the Chicago Police Department is getting more and more headaches.

Because there are more and more protesters.

Originally, Tony held an industrial expo, mainly to showcase new industrial technologies and inventions to the world. I don’t know what happened, but later on, things gradually changed, and various arms groups began to shine at the exhibition.

Among them, Osborne Industries, AIM, Hammer Industries, Roxon Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L-3 Communications and other world arms Giants all launched their new products at this expo.

Even the military is not willing to be alone. The Berkeley Military Laboratory led by them has also begun to promote a new type of weapon, a ray weapon.

This situation was certainly not the purpose of Tony's expo, at least not the main purpose.

But for other arms companies, this is a good opportunity for them to showcase themselves.

As for why it is so concentrated, the reason is very simple. This is thanks to the current President Benjamin.

Benjamin is a left-wing Democrat. When he was running for office, he promised to cut military spending and invest more budget in people's livelihood and economic issues. This is nothing to brag about. Every presidential candidate will do it anyway.

But Benjamin is different. He started to implement his campaign promises as soon as he came to power.

The US military budget in 2008 was 607 billion US dollars, but this year's budget was directly cut by 5 billion! Although military leaders and many congressmen opposed this budget. Unfortunately, it was useless. After the Iraq War, the American people's trust in the US military began to decline year by year, and too much money was spent in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Most Americans don't know where these two countries are at all, and they can't even find them on a map.

More importantly, they only see the number of casualties and how much the military has spent, but they don't see the benefits of the war at all, plus the economic crisis. The public is very dissatisfied with the high military spending of the US military.

Why did Benjamin become the president as the youngest candidate?

It's because he caters to the wishes of the vast majority of Americans.

After taking office, Benjamin's high approval rating made all opponents avoid him.

Don't think that 5 billion is not much compared to the budget of hundreds of billions. But it should be noted that this is Benjamin's first year in office, and he still has four years to serve. And if he does well, he is very likely to be re-elected...

Not to mention, those budgets are owned by someone. If 5 billion is reduced, someone must get less.

No one wants their funding to be cut.

Arms dealers especially don't want it, after all, a reduction in orders does not only mean a reduction in profits, but also means that stock prices will fall! This is the most intolerable. In fact, since Benjamin was sworn in, the stocks of major arms dealers have begun to fall slowly and resolutely.

As a result, those arms giants have begun to lobby both houses of Congress in the hope of rejecting the president's budget.

But as I said, Benjamin now represents public opinion. Public opinion wants to cut military spending, and those members of the two houses of Congress cannot really go against public opinion. Although the electoral system in the United States determines that they are elites governing the country, and public opinion interference is not so obvious, they cannot really not care at all. If it were a universal suffrage system like those in Europe (one person, one vote), the military spending would be reduced even more.

(You can search Baidu for the difference between the two, it is very interesting)

Besides, although the US military has a great influence, it is impossible to cover the sky with one hand, and they cannot represent the interests of all political forces. Since the military budget has been reduced, it means that others can get more. Naturally, a group of people stood up to support the president.

So after a while, Benjamin gained the upper hand and the budget was passed.

Since it is already an established fact, then we can only find a way out from other places.

How to find a way?

Of course, snatch it from others.

So the major arms groups that were originally fighting against the president immediately began to target each other.

This caused the major arms companies to flourish and contend with each other, and they all took out their latest and best products to snatch orders.

Stark held the expo himself, but he didn't prepare any new weapons, so the other party got there first. It is said that Tony Stark and the board of directors of Stark Group were very unhappy and were trying to make up for it.

But this brought up another problem.

There are all kinds of political factions in the United States, and there are many political groups that desire peace and oppose war.

Now a group of American arms companies have put out so many lethal weapons, which naturally makes these groups unhappy.

So protests began to occur one after another. Of course, those arms bosses would not care about these protests, as such protests are too common, but the Chicago police cannot ignore them. If there are really extremists who do something, they will have to take the blame!