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When Xiangqian asked questions, Tony asked on the other end of the phone: "Why don't you just ask Richards, maybe he knows? I remember you knew him when you were in school in Massachusetts."

"Yes, that was the time for inter-school exchanges; his research topic has attracted attention in both schools." Xiang Qiang said, "However, it is a bit inconvenient now."

"What's the matter?" Through the conversation video, Tony could not help but be curious when he saw the look of forward embarrassment.

"In Richards' scientific research group, there is a person who has a very stiff relationship with me. It will be a bit embarrassing for me to find him now."

Tony became more curious, and asked Jarvis to search, and in less than a second, he found the main members of Reed Richards' scientific research team; one of the photos caught his eyes.

"Ah, I remember, Susan; you took her to a party once. There were reports that she and Reed were lovers... because of her?"

"Uh... Half of the women I've dated with still love me, but the other half hate me." Xiang Qiang said rather "helplessly", "You should be able to understand this kind of thing."

Qianqian deliberately emphasized the word "you".

"Of course, no one understands better than me." Tony said with a smile; such a loud and crisp answer made Xiangqian confirm that Pepper was not with him at the moment.

Xiangqian also laughed: "Actually, I have a good relationship with Johnny—that is, her younger brother—and I taught him a lot of tricks to strike up a conversation. He 'worships' me; but, Johnny's character may Doesn't care about running the team. Do you remember that guy?"

"Of course I remember, entering my swimming pool party is like a lost lamb. If his sister hadn't taken it away by force, that little guy would probably not want to go out. But you are wrong, that little guy 'worships' should it's me."

Afterwards, the two playboys argued over the phone about who "taught" the little playboy back then; the chat quickly entered an unnutritious daily bickering mode.

The conversation was divided into two parts, and the way to inquire directly from the inside of the other party was blocked for some reason, but it did not hinder Xiangqian's next investigation, because he had allies in this matter.

In the United States, if a good thing on Wall Street is ruined, it will definitely be investigated.There is no need to move forward, and those "partners" who are also at risk of loss have initiated the investigation on their own initiative.

On the second day after Xiangqian raised the question, someone made an attack on the board of directors of Doom Group, asking President Victor von Doom to disclose the source of funds for the launch plan, in order to protect the board's right to know and protect the interests of investors.

The reasons are aboveboard, and President Dum is powerless to reject these hungry wolves who are anti-clients.

At the end of the board meeting, Qianqian got the minutes of the meeting as a matter of course.

"Association for Astronomical Research, Society for Astrophysics, Locke Research Foundation..." A series of ordinary names, each representing an institution that invested in the latest space research program of Dum Group; dozens of names lined up more than half a sheet of A4 paper .

Xiangqian sneered at the list and threw it into the shredder.

"I want to cover it up!"

In just half a month, dozens of non-governmental associations and foundations have successively injected capital into the Dum Group. If you say that no one is planning behind it, who will believe it?

A discerning person will know the names of the associations and foundations on the list. They are nothing more than white gloves; the only difference is: whose hand is wrapped in the glove?

government?military?Or which intelligence agency?

Qianqian waited for the results of the follow-up investigation, but the results were unexpected.

"Jim, what do you mean you can't find out?"

On the other side of the phone, the forward "partner" said helplessly: "It literally means that we... have nothing."

"Don't you want to say that all this is just a coincidence?"

"Me? I want to say that there is a bad bastard, a bastard, a rat hiding in the sewer, or some other disgusting thing, who has been secretly spying on our secrets, waiting for us to be stabbed at the critical moment." The person on the other side of the phone walked in The voice of the old man is still full of spirit.

"So we're going to get that rat out of the sewer."

"But I can't! We got to the agencies on the list, and then we couldn't go any further. That rat, whatever it was, was too well hidden. Did your guys find anything worthwhile?" ?”

Qianqian squinted his eyes slightly: "No; you know, I am under great restrictions in the United States, and the influence of my people is limited, and they are not as good as you."

"Oh..." There was a sigh of disappointment or relief on the other side, "It's terrible, isn't it; we were put together."

"Yeah, someone wants to play me..." Qianqian's eyes were cold, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After hanging up the phone, he leisurely added: "...including you."

In the just-concluded call, Jim Rogers — the representative of the forward "partners" — wasn't telling the truth.There are slight shifts in his rhythm and intonation when he says words like "get nothing" and "can't do it"; the shift often means one thing: he's lying.

Now, moving forward requires a judgment call: What was the reason for Jim Rogers' lying?

Was someone putting pressure from behind?Or do these "partners" want to kick Wude Group away, or even put Wude Group and Dum Group together?

If it is the former, then the suspected targets of pressure will be reduced to a very small range; after all, there are not many people in the world who have the strength to make Jim cooperate with lying.

If it is the latter, you need to pay attention to the changes in the Doom Group's board of directors; if the other party wants to make a move, it can only be in the main battlefield of the Doom Group, which has been fighting for half a year, and all parties have invested a lot of "forces".

A week later, a new piece of news slightly dispelled Qianqian's second concern: Victor von Doom, the president of the Doom Group and a rising star in the American scientific and business circles, decided to personally participate in Dr. Richards' space research project .

He wants to go to the sky with the spaceship.

At this critical moment when the company's dominance may change hands at any time, Dum chose to leave the earth and enter the front line of the outer space project, which shows that in his eyes, the success or failure of the project is the most important thing, and the confrontation on the board of directors is on the contrary.

In other words, he is confident that during the time he is away from Earth, there will be no unfavorable changes in the board of directors of the Dum Group.

Where did Dum get the confidence?In other words, who gave him the assurance?

With deep doubts in his heart, Xiangqian began to pay more attention to the content of the scientific research project itself.

Richards' team revealed a lot of scientific research content, but Xiang Xiang, who had dealt with Reid before, knew this person's problem: he didn't like someone to dictate his scientific research plan, even if this person had just invested a large sum of money in him. money.

Therefore, many times, Reid will hide his real research topics under the public plan.

One of the reproachable habits of this Dr. Reed Richards is: use public plans to win investors' money, and when they get the money, they secretly do their own private projects that are not public.

Half of the investor's money can be spent on public scientific research projects according to the original plan. It is Mr. Richards' sudden conscience discovery.

A week later, NASA announced the launch plan of Dum Group, including the rocket flight line, the orbit of the space station and so on.

For security reasons, this information must be made public.

In front of the TV camera, Dum was in high spirits, talking about the group's rocket technology and the advancement of space station technology.

Suddenly, a special description drew forward's attention.

"...the space station adopts the latest anti-radiation technology; because we determined one of its scientific research purposes at the beginning of the design: to study cosmic rays... In this regard, the technology of Dum Group is unique and irreplaceable at present... ..."

Dum emphasized that his technology is irreplaceable, and these words are for investors; the purpose is to boost investor confidence and boost the group's stock price, which has been declining continuously due to commercial attacks.

Looking forward, it is understandable that everything Dum is doing now: cooperating with Reid to start a space research program, holding press conferences to increase the group's popularity, and introducing the group's technological advantages are all for the same purpose - to save his company.

Rather, salvage his leadership of the company.

Half a year of commercial sniping has caused Dum to lose his majority position on the board of directors; he urgently needs to fight back.

But what Dum didn't expect was that his interview draft revealed a piece of news that was irrelevant to others, but crucial to moving forward.

Doom Group has a unique experimental space station that can be used to collect and study cosmic rays in outer space.

Combined with the unanimous capital injection behavior of so many non-governmental organizations before, Xiangqian almost immediately realized the purpose of the main messenger behind it.

"Cosmic rays, solar wind, of course, there must be... gamma ray bursts!" Looking forward to the reports sent by astronomical research institutions around the world, I gradually sorted out the astronomical events that may occur before and after the Doom Group's space launch plan. Phenomenon.

"Fury, Fury, don't let me grab your little tail!"