The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Brussels, Europe.

"Gentlemen, we need to cooperate with the Lord of the Rings Bank. They hold a large amount of crude oil, which is exactly what Europe urgently needs."

In a conference room, more than a dozen capital tycoons and corporate executives, dressed in expensive suits, gathered to discuss an important matter.

Since the beginning of this year, the euro has been successfully issued, although the exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar has plummeted due to the Kosovo War.

And this situation is irreversible, plunging the euro into crisis.

But now that it's September, many things have quietly changed.

The EU, the world's largest economy, needs more external stimulus and also needs to make proactive decisions to bring back capital that previously flowed to the US to Europe.

The group gathered to discuss the important matter of collaborating with The Lord of the Rings Bank.

It wasn't just because the Lord of the Rings Bank had a huge amount of wealth, but also because the bank controlled a large amount of cheap crude oil.

One of the oil purchase contracts signed in February with the Middle East’s largest oil producer, worth $20 billion, is now worth more than $26 billion.

This is just one of them.

This demonstrates just how powerful Lord of the Rings Bank, a multinational giant rooted in Great Britain, truly is.

Although the EU, or more precisely, countries like Germany, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden, all purchase extremely cheap industrial raw materials such as crude oil and natural gas from Russia.

However, compared to the crude oil purchased by the Lord of the Rings Bank, it's far inferior.

The Lord of the Rings Bank purchased crude oil at an average price of less than ten dollars per barrel.

There's no way around it; Lord of the Rings Bank is too cunning. And since they're major clients, the oil-producing countries in the Middle East simply won't offend this multinational giant.

The previous surges in crude oil prices demonstrate that the Lord of the Rings Bank is very stable.

They always manage to buy large quantities of crude oil in advance and make a fortune.

In September, Russia is offering Berlin a crude oil price of $16 per barrel, based on international oil prices.

This price is very low, considering that the international price of crude oil is $17.35 per barrel.

However, even at $16 a barrel, it was still much more expensive than the Lord of the Rings Bank.

"Heh, can you get the Lord of the Rings Bank to sell to you for ten dollars a barrel?"

Inside the meeting room, someone suddenly raised a question, which instantly angered the person who had just proposed cooperating with the Lord of the Rings Bank.

What an idiot!
"Every business deal is negotiated. As long as there is an exchange of benefits, why be afraid that it can't be done?"

"Ha, exchange? What do you think we have to exchange? We have no money, no resources, we lack everything, while the Lord of the Rings Bank has everything."

With troublemakers around, it seems like this collaboration is impossible to negotiate.

However, anything can be solved if you put your mind to it.

"Since you believe that a cooperation with the Lord of the Rings Bank is impossible, then come up with a feasible solution instead of just babbling on here."

These words immediately turned the tables on the opponent.

If there were any other solutions, we wouldn't have had to sit together and discuss it for so long.

So, after whispering amongst themselves, the leadership chairing the meeting arranged for someone to negotiate a partnership with the Lord of the Rings Bank.

Two days later, the Magic Research Institute under the Lord of the Rings Bank requested a large number of high-end talents in quantum physics and other fields, and all of the world's top ten headhunting firms received the task.

The news quickly reached Feinjokic, the EU's head of negotiations with The Lord of the Rings Bank, who immediately burst into laughter.

"God, this is truly divine intervention!"

The EU is short of investment and resources, but it has no shortage of high-end talent.

Both Germany and France have a considerable number of highly skilled professionals.

Since the Lord of the Rings Bank's subsidiaries need to recruit so many high-end talents, the EU can act as an intermediary, or even directly help solve this small problem.

The prerequisite for cooperation is, of course, the Lord of the Rings Bank's help in resolving the EU's minor issues.

A few days later, Wang Duoyu, who was far away in Harbin, received a call from Reinhard Monroe, who told him that the EU was willing to help solve most of the high-end talent needed for the quantum computer project.

"Oh, what are their requirements?"

Wang Duoyu raised an eyebrow and asked in surprise.

In fact, most of the high-end talent in the international market has already been poached by Want Want Group.

Several years ago, the Somali Peninsula launched several projects, including "Little Sun," which attracted a number of high-end talents.

Want Want Group simply used money to throw money at the problem, causing many highly skilled talents in various fields to fall victim to the group's fierce offensive.

Everyone who goes out into the world is doing it for fame and fortune.

It's worth noting that Want Want Group owns several research institutions, including the Magic Research Institute, Lawrence Lab, Cambridge Institute for Advanced Study, Hobbes Supercomputing Centre, Quantum Centre, and Future Technology Lab.

With so many organizations helping to cover it up, Want Want Group is certainly able to scour the world for top talent.

However, this time it is more difficult, since the high-end talents needed for quantum computer projects are more inclined towards quantum mechanics, mathematical physics and other related fields.

The scarcity of high-end talent in the market has slowed down Wang Duoyu's recruitment plan.

Unexpectedly, the EU sent someone to contact the Magic Research Institute at this time and brought up the matter proactively.

So it's obvious without even asking that the other party has requirements.

"Professor, they need large quantities of low-cost crude oil."

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu smiled and said:
"Then let's have a good talk with them, but we can't be too cheap. Most importantly, the high-end talent we need this time must be truly capable. Don't hire any mediocre people. Also, confidentiality is required, and they need to work in a secret laboratory. We need to make sure everyone can accept these conditions."

Recruiting talent, especially high-end talent, is always a two-way selection process.

While highly skilled professionals might be willing to compromise for money, if Want Want Group's demands are too high, they may not be willing to continue compromising.

"Professor, please rest assured, I will give the instructions well and personally oversee this matter."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Duoyu stopped thinking about it.

The quantum computer project has just been established, and he still needs to do some planning and guidance. In the future, it can only be left to develop gradually over time.

Because the key to quantum computers is solving the problem of quantum chips, and this fundamental theoretical logic is the most important.

Therefore, it is still necessary to have high-end talents in quantum physics, mathematical physics and other fields in place before it can officially begin.

Once the project was on track, Wang Duoyu no longer needed to personally oversee it.

Meanwhile, at the CIA headquarters, Dallas Nicholson was on the phone.

On the other end of the phone was Theodosius Black, the current chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Over the past period, the CIA has carried out many operations, but none of them have been successful. For example, they previously collaborated with cybersecurity engineers from high-tech companies such as Microsoft to target Ghost hackers.

However, after several battles, not only did they fail to catch Ghost, but they also exposed their actions on the internet.

This is practically a public execution!

To bully the few with numbers and be so shameless—only the CIA would do something like this.

But a loss is a loss, and the CIA is truly unlucky.

However, if things aren't going well for the CIA, then the Federal Reserve is in for a real headache.

"Dallas, do you know how much counterfeit money the syndicate has produced in the last two months? A hundred billion dollars, a full hundred billion dollars!"

On the phone, Theodosius Black spoke in a low, pained tone.

In July and August, the counterfeit money syndicate released $100 billion into the global market through its sales agents.

This is nothing short of a blatant provocation against the dollar's hegemony.

If the Federal Reserve remains indifferent to such a threat, it will be a laughing stock.

In reality, the Federal Reserve had already completely abandoned all pretense of decency a few years ago. The reason it's so distressed now is simply to save face. Whether or not the counterfeit money ring can be eradicated has little impact on the Federal Reserve.

In fact, to some extent, if the counterfeit money ring were actually taken down, it wouldn't be so good for the Federal Reserve.

Why?

Since the counterfeit money ring still exists, the Federal Reserve can print large amounts of money and then blame all the excess money on the counterfeit money ring as the culprit.

The total amount of global US dollar base money is now estimated to have exceeded five trillion US dollars.

In the original timeline, at the turn of the millennium, the total global monetary base was only 1.6 trillion US dollars.

However, due to the existence of counterfeit money groups, the Federal Reserve is also over-issuing currency year by year. With the addition of those super-dollar currencies, the global dollar base money supply has definitely exceeded five trillion US dollars.

However, the counterfeit money released by the super-powerful money factory is at most 1.5 trillion US dollars. Subtracting the 1.6 trillion US dollars that would have been issued in the normal historical period, the Federal Reserve has over-issued 2 trillion US dollars due to the emergence of counterfeit money groups.

So how did the Federal Reserve close this gap?
It's obvious: war and oil!
Only war could close such a huge gap.

The Kosovo War did not close many gaps; at most, it could only close a gap of 500 billion US dollars, and it was impossible to close any more.

But President Clinton is already making preparations, isn't he? The Middle East is a powder keg, it's just a matter of when the US will ignite it.

The reason why the financial giants behind the Federal Reserve are so determined to have the CIA find the counterfeit money ring's factory is because...

They hope that this factory can be controlled by the Federal Reserve.

Then they can secretly take control of the factory and announce to the outside world that the counterfeit money group has resurfaced, at which point the Federal Reserve can once again over-issue currency.

Simply put, they want the profits from the counterfeit money that the counterfeit groups over-issue to also be controlled by the Federal Reserve.

After all, this is an extremely large sum of money.

Dallas Nicholson's breathing quickened, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

The other person's words were like a needle, piercing deeply into his heart.

It hurts so much!
In just two months, $100 billion in counterfeit money appeared on the market. This counterfeit money syndicate is too arrogant!
"To date, we estimate that counterfeit money syndicates have released over $270 billion into the global market. With only three months left, you can imagine how much more money they will release."

Theodosius Black added that Dallas's face was already very contorted.

More than 300 billion US dollars, or even 400 billion US dollars, that's an enormous sum of money.

Those counterfeit money syndicates deserve to die!

"Therefore, you must find the location of the counterfeit money ring's factory as soon as possible, otherwise..."

The rest is self-explanatory; Dallas understood immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Theodosius Black pondered for a moment, then got up and left his office.

A few hours later, he arrived at a huge farm in the suburbs of New York, covered with primeval forests. There were many tall trees that formed a natural barrier, blocking the view from the outside world.

After passing through the tunnel, the winding path continued through the mountains for a while, and soon we arrived at the center of the basin, where there was a medieval Gothic castle.

It looks very old on the outside, but the interior is quite luxurious.

After Theodosius Black entered, he waited in the lobby waiting area for about ten minutes before finally meeting the person he wanted to see.

The visitor was an elderly man with white hair sitting in a wheelchair. He was very well-maintained, but you could tell that he was at least seventy or eighty years old. In fact, he was over one hundred years old.

It's a miracle that someone over a hundred years old has a rosy complexion.

But Theodosius Black knew very well that the old man before him had used many drugs or advanced technologies for "immortality".

Just as David Rockefeller had undergone several heart transplants, this old man in front of us had also had heart, liver, eyeballs, and teeth transplants.

Simply put, it has many parts all over its body and is not an original product at all.

"My lord, I need to personally report to you on the latest developments regarding the counterfeit money ring."

"Theodore Black said respectfully."

"Recently, the newly appointed CIA Director, Bennett Ortega, has implemented two strategies that have been quite effective."

"With the Ghost hackers pinned down and intelligence encrypted, the CIA has begun its counterattack and has already secretly located five of the most likely counterfeit money ring factories."

"However, the counterfeit money ring is very cunning, so we've chosen to hold back for now and launch a swift and decisive strike once we've mobilized our forces."

The old count, in his wheelchair, spoke in a hoarse voice:
Why not act immediately?

For the old count, profit was the most real thing, and it was his lifelong pursuit.

The emergence of counterfeit money rings in 1989 was a fatal blow to the Federal Reserve.

However, as counterfeit money rings could not be eradicated, the Federal Reserve began to take a desperate gamble and began to over-issue currency.

Unexpectedly, a large door opened up.

So the strategy against counterfeit money rings has changed accordingly, but now ten years have passed and they still haven't found the counterfeit money rings' factories. They're really useless.

For every year that is delayed, the counterfeit money syndicate releases hundreds of billions of dollars in counterfeit currency—that's pure profit!
It is a benefit that should rightfully belong to the Federal Reserve, but it has been taken away by counterfeit money groups.

What's even more incredible is that they still haven't been able to find out who took so much money.

The old count had a vague guess that it was most likely one of the financial groups in the United States, such as the California financial group or the Texas financial group.

It is highly likely that these financial groups have joined forces to form an interest group, and then secretly colluded with counterfeit money groups, forming a conspiracy of interests to oppose the Federal Reserve.

Otherwise, it would have been terrifying that not a single trace had been leaked for ten years!

"Your Excellency, the counterfeit money ring is extremely cunning. We are all worried that these five locations we have discovered are just one link in their multi-pronged strategy, so we are holding back for now."

Theodosius's explanation made the old count nod slightly, then he waved his hand and said:
"Let's leave it at that for now. Your Federal Reserve should also proceed secretly and make sure to find the counterfeit money ring's hideout before the end of this year."

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will do my best."

"Well, then go ahead."

The count gave an order, and only after Theodosius left did he speak:

"What's the status of that immortality experiment from before?"

A butler in his fifties or sixties standing behind the old count immediately bowed slightly and said:

"My lord, I've already inquired, and it's the same as before; no unexpected events have occurred."

"Then I'll let them know, I think."

Upon hearing this, the butler quickly stopped him.

Although that longevity experiment seems to have no major problems and can be applied to the old count.

But no one knows if there will be any long-term effects. In any case, the old count is in relatively good health now, so there is no need to take the risk.

However, the old count no longer wanted to live like this.

He needs a wheelchair every day, otherwise he cannot move around, and his body is nearing its limit. He feels like a small flame that could be extinguished at any moment.

Besides, being waited on hand and foot every day is not the life he wants.

His dream was to live forever.

Otherwise, if he were to die, the benefits he had pursued throughout his life would vanish.

The old count's words left the butler feeling helpless. He could only notify the old count's family and ask them to persuade him.

The next day, a large number of people gathered in the castle; they were all family members of the old count.

This family's surname is Rothschild; they are the main branch of the Rothschild family in North America and are core members of the Rothschild family.

However, these people rarely appear in public, and even when they take up positions in family businesses, they do so under pseudonyms.

It was all to protect their family.

"Father, you can't take that risk!" (End of Chapter)