Magneto is a good guy - Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Layout of Kenya
Three days later, Eric took Ulysses and the little leopard to Kenya. There was also a person with him, his beautiful secretary Jennifer.
Since inheriting the title and inheritance of “Papa Charles”, he is also considered a celebrity by his size. It is nothing to walk around in the United States, but it is easy to attract the attention of others when going abroad, especially Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., they have been staring at him all the time. And he wasn’t sure how long he needed to go, and he didn’t dare to fly over, so he could only fly by plane honestly.
The group quickly landed in Kenya on the grounds of going abroad for inspection.
A billionaire, or a European aristocrat, came to Kenya, a small and poor place for an inspection, which attracted considerable attention from the local government. The commercial department sent several small and medium officials to pick up the plane.
Eric poses like a playboy, with contempt in his eyes. Jennifer gets annoyed when he sees his expression. She is already busy enough at the company, and now she is going to Africa again. Don’t you know how poisonous the African sun is to girls’ skin?
“My President, can you tell me now what is our purpose here?” Jennifer made a face with Eric in front of the Kenyan officials, with a smile all the way, but returned to the hotel with a face suddenly pulled it down.
“Dear Jennifer, I think you have worked so hard in the company, so I took you out for a holiday. It’s really sad that you don’t appreciate it!” Eric wiped out two tears in a pretentious tone, with a more aggrieved tone.
“Huh!” Jennifer sighed deeply into the sky, closed her eyes and adjusted her emotions, trying not to make herself angry.
“Well, Jennifer, Kenya is one of the birthplaces of mankind. The history here is very long. If we walk around tomorrow, maybe we can find prehistoric human sites or something.”
“Mr. Eric! Our maglev test track has been successfully built, and the maglev train has been built. The first trial runs very smoothly. As long as we accumulate more data, we can report to the railway department for filing. As long as we pass the review, we may receive an order! Our time is very precious, and we have no spare time to investigate the prehistoric human sites here!” The assistant to the president was really angry this time, and she slapped her head and slapped her face at Eric.
“Hehe, of course I know this, but Jennifer, you should have a long-term vision.” Eric got up and gave Jennifer a glass of red wine, and said: “Our magnetic levitation technology is the most advanced in the world, and the room temperature superconducting material is more advanced. It is the only one in the world. In the United States, in the world, we have no rivals!”
“Of course, we…”
“Listen to me,” Eric waved his hand. “The maglev train is a very promising project. It will have a huge impact on the traditional transportation industry. However, no country will reject this impact because it represents the future!”
Eric stretched out two hands, one spread out, and said, “There is no opponent!”
He spread his other hand again, “The government will definitely support it!”
Putting both hands together and holding them tightly, Eric stared at Jennifer, “What do you think our future will be like?”
“We will dominate the global railway industry!” Jennifer stood up excitedly. She has fantasized about this future countless times!
“No!” Eric slowly shook his head, spreading his hands out again, “We will die miserably!”
“Why?” Jennifer exclaimed.
“Because we don’t have enough strength to swallow this big piece of cake. We are not greedy enough to swallow the elephant. In the end, we can only be killed! There were as many as 6,000 railroad companies in the United States at their peak! Thousands, the largest UP, BNSF, and other six companies, control nearly 80% of the railroad business in the United States. You have sorted out these information for me, and you should be clearer than me.”
“Of course, but our technology…”
“Our technology has surpassed them for decades, and the price is cheaper than them, but we have no contacts!” Eric sighed, “The U.S. government will cooperate with us, and our orders will not be short. No matter how strong they are, they are not strong enough to affect the White House, but they will stumble in other places, such as raw materials!”
“Steel, aluminum, copper, these basic materials they can’t control, but some special materials, it’s hard to say.” Eric took out a small gray metal ball and placed it on the table. The ball radiated dazzling metallic luster in the sun. “Like this, niobium!”
“Niobium?” Jennifer carefully picked up the ball and placed it in front of his eyes to observe carefully. “This is Niobium? I have never seen it. I heard from the technical department that this thing is cheap, but it is a synthetic Lanchel No. 1 Very important raw material.”
“The price of niobium is indeed very cheap. It only costs tens of dollars a pound, but this material is very niche. There are only five or six companies in the United States that sell it. And we are very dependent on this material. Without this material, We won’t be able to build Lanchel One! As long as they control these five or six companies and say hello to the customs, we won’t have any niobium!”
“So serious? I have to ask them to order more!” Jennifer hurriedly jumped up, picked up the phone to call, and Eric hurriedly stopped.
“It’s useless. How much can we order now? Its output is there. Even if we pay several times the price, we can’t order much. It is far from meeting our future demand! What’s more, niobium is just an example!”
“What should I do?” Jennifer’s pretty face was full of anxiety.
Eric laughed and pointed to the scenery outside the window and said: “This is where we are here. Look at that direction, Mount Mulima, where there are a lot of niobium mines, and the mining equipment here is still in the middle level ten years ago!”
When he said this, Jennifer’s eyes suddenly flashed, standing by the window and looking out constantly, Eric came behind her and stretched his finger in the other direction, “Look at that direction, Tamota, there is barite; that Direction, Gilgil, one of the largest diatomite mines in the world, and there…”
Jennifer’s eyes kept moving with Eric’s fingers, her nose was smelling Eric’s body, her face was slightly red. Although this man looks cynical, he is always unexpected and makes people involuntarily curious about him.
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The next day, leaving Jennifer to accompany the local commercial officials for inspection, Eric left the city with Ulysses the “bodyguard” and the little leopard “servant”, bought an off-road vehicle at a high price, and set off towards the prairie. Went to inspect the ruins of prehistoric civilization…