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“Aldo, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but this matter concerns the future of thousands of people in our tribe, and even tens of thousands of people in the entire Navajo tribe. I can’t make a decision so easily, and other tribes may not listen to me either… I need to hold a general meeting and talk to them. Also, if possible, I hope to have a personal talk with your boss!” After a long silence and smoking several bags of tobacco, Quechaun said this to his grandson.

Hearing his grandfather's words, Aldo couldn't help but frown.

See Josh?

The two sides are not equal in status.

Aldo understood perfectly well that Josie agreed to let the Native Americans go to Java largely because of him, to give them a stable future. Otherwise, with such a small Native American population, Austria and Germany could easily replace them with several times their size.

Judging from old Quechaun's attitude, he actually wants to make demands in return, which is a bit ungrateful.

After thinking about it for a moment, Aldo still called Josie.

If Josie were to abandon these Native Americans because of this, Aldo wouldn't say much—it was his own people who had given up this opportunity.

To Aldo's surprise, after he explained the situation, Josie readily agreed to the meeting.

I was surprised to receive the notification, and I am very grateful to my editor, Yexiao, for securing this opportunity for me. I also thank everyone for their continued support.

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Chapter 195 How about building a Jurassic Park?

A few days later, Josie flew to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

After a long day of conversation, old Quechaun finally decided to accept Josie's invitation. Once Josie officially took over Sulawesi, they would migrate as a whole tribe. He also introduced Josie to some other tribes still in the reservation, preparing for them to migrate together.

Of course, the claim of a complete migration is not entirely accurate. Although Josie offered very generous promises, many Native Americans also had a strong attachment to their homeland.

Even though the conditions here are harsh, I have no intention of leaving.

In particular, many elderly people cannot withstand the hardships of long-distance travel, nor may they be able to adapt to the climate of Sulawesi.

Therefore, the entire migration will be divided into three steps.

The first step was for Aldo's uncle, Slamu, the chief's son, to lead the able-bodied men of the tribe to go there first, to assess the environment, and to build their homes.

Once the situation there is confirmed and things are settled, the second step will be to bring the women and children of the tribe over as well.

As for the elderly, most of them will remain in their ancestral lands, along with some younger people who also do not wish to relocate, and will be centrally resettled by the Continental Group, where they will be provided with basic living security.

In exchange, the development rights for the Navajo Nation will be transferred to the Continental Group—many Native American reservations are considered a burden for them due to their scarcity of resources.

However, for some Americans, the Indian reservation is much more feasible.

Because all reservations are administratively at the state level.

This means that Native Americans on reservations can, like the states, set their own specific legal provisions without violating the Constitution.

For example, gambling.

In the early 20th century, gambling was prohibited in most states in the United States.

There are only two exceptions: Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

Atlantic City was able to become a gambling city because it was approved by a referendum throughout New Jersey.

Las Vegas became a gambling city because it was part of an Indian reservation.

By the 21st century, there were about 310 reservations of varying sizes remaining in the United States, most of which had been converted into casinos, generating billions of dollars in revenue annually.

Of course, there's only one place like Las Vegas.

And don't think that being able to open a casino is necessarily a good thing.

Because it was not illegal to open casinos on reservations, many companies, groups, and gangs targeted these special entities over the next few decades.

Large reserves like the Navajo Nation are relatively safe, but reserves belonging to sparsely populated small tribes are in a much worse situation.

Those with slightly weaker strength might suddenly disappear from the entire tribe one day, replaced by casinos and luxury hotels.

This situation only began to improve in the 21st century when various states in the United States began to relax restrictions on casinos.

Of course, this reservation, now in the hands of the Continental Group, will certainly not be used to build a casino; this was also Josie's promise to the chiefs of the Navajo tribes.

Although the Navajo site is preserved to its full size, it could easily be used to build an entertainment city even more magnificent than Las Vegas.

However, Josie believed that his promise was still valuable, and although the casino made money, it was not valuable enough for him to break his promise.

With the interdimensional trading device, why would Josie be afraid of lacking money?

As for how to use it specifically... Josie suddenly felt that such a large area would be quite suitable for raising some animals, especially some more dangerous ones.

The land is barren? It can be transformed. In fact, it's good that it's barren; there's nowhere to hide. Even if something goes wrong, the planes in the air can spot it immediately.

“What do you think about me building a Jurassic Park here?” Josie asked Arcado, who was riding a horse on the flat-topped hill and looking out over the land.

Oh no, calling it the Jurassic period isn't appropriate; Yuri's region is the Cretaceous period.

So, how about calling it Cretaceous Park?

Arcado looked blank when he heard Josie's question.

Please forgive his low level of education; he knows about parks, but what is Jurassic Park?

After all, it was the 1940s. Without the movie Jurassic Park, most people at that time, unless they were highly educated, knowledgeable, or worked in archaeology, did not know the terms Jurassic and Cretaceous.

Seeing Alucard's bewildered expression, Vito, on Josie's other side, revealed a smug look. "Hehehe, you don't know anything about the Jurassic Park, do you? I know."

Of course, before meeting Josie, he didn't really know what the Jurassic period was. As an Italian immigrant who hadn't received much education, his knowledge wasn't much better than that of Accardo, the Native American mixed-race.

But after following Josie around, I saw more and learned more.

“…You can think of it as a dinosaur park!” Josie looked at Alucard’s bewildered face and gave a helpless smile.

In fact, since he transmigrated to the present, he has found that the person he can talk to the most is actually Lawrence, the boss of American Robotics, a business partner in the new world whom he has only known for a short time.

It's very questionable.

“Oh, dinosaurs, I know that, the Lost World, so you’re going to build a park with dinosaurs as the theme? Perform stage plays related to dinosaurs? That sounds like a great idea!” Upon hearing what Josie said, Alucard suddenly realized.

The Lost World he's referring to is certainly not the one from the 1990s, nor is it the original novel by Conan Doyle. Rather, it's the silent film released in 1925, adapted from the novel, which was also the first monster movie in human history and was a global phenomenon at the time.

The story is about a group of scientists who discovered a giant dinosaur alive on a deserted island. They went to great lengths to bring one into the city, but the dinosaur escaped and caused a huge disturbance.

Does the plot sound familiar? That's right, the plot of the later movie King Kong was influenced by this film.

However, it was clear that Accardo had not yet realized the true meaning behind Josie's words.

However, he noticed the strange looks Josh and Vito were giving him.

"Um...did I say something wrong?" Alucard asked somewhat awkwardly.

"...Of course not. The dinosaur park I'm talking about has real dinosaurs, the living kind, not some kind of song and dance performance!" Josie said, rubbing her forehead with a hint of helplessness.

"...My God, are you serious? Aren't those things extinct? Or did you find a place where dinosaurs still exist, like in the Lost World movie?" Upon hearing Josie's words, Alucard's eyes widened immediately.

"No... this is technology... okay, you're right, we did find such a place, otherwise what do you think the beast transformation potion you drank turned into?" Josie originally wanted to deny it, saying it was the power of technology, but upon closer inspection, the so-called dinosaur cloning technology was actually completely unreliable.

Moreover, while Josie does possess cloning technology, Yuri is arguably an expert in it.

However, if this technology were to be introduced in this era, it would cause him and Continental Group a great deal of trouble.

So it would be better to find a place where dinosaurs still exist, like the tens of thousands of islands in Java. Josie could just pick an uninhabited island, put some dinosaurs on it, capture them, and ship them to the United States.

After it's all over, they can find an excuse to burn the island to the ground or conduct a nuclear test, and then there will be no evidence left.

Anyway, that's where we caught the dinosaur, believe it or not!

"There really is one? Wait, so you mean the genes in the beast-transforming potion aren't actually Komodo dragons, but dinosaurs?" Acardo asked in shock.

“Of course, but we also have real Komodoron, do you want some?” Josie shrugged.

"Uh...no need, the current beast-transforming potion works just fine! Live dinosaurs...hiss!" Alucard could almost picture the whole world flocking to see the dinosaurs.

Compared to living dinosaurs, Las Vegas is nothing!

As for Disney... there wasn't even a Disneyland back then, let alone any other similar theme parks.

Oh, not entirely. Howard's Stark Expo could also be considered a theme park.

And so, the Navajo Jurassic Park, which would become world-famous, was decided in just a few words from Josie.

Josie's actions on the Indian reservation could not be kept secret from the US government authorities. The FBI quickly learned of them and sent them to Hoover's desk, and then to Truman's desk.

After all, Josie's actions in Navajo were significant, involving the relocation of tens of thousands of people, and the CIA's resources simply couldn't cover it up.

The existence of Native Americans is a topic that is relatively taboo for the US high-level officials, after all, it is a dark history.

So Truman was also very concerned about this matter, and soon he called Josie.

Unfortunately, Josie had no intention of hiding this matter at all.

Why hide it? Native Americans have always been a thorn in the side of the US leadership. What he's doing now is removing that thorn, which is relieving the government leadership of their worries, right?

This is a great achievement.

Sure enough, Josie only talked about the Dutch, Javanese, and Native Americans.

Truman immediately told Josh to go ahead and do it, and that the U.S. military could provide some support and assistance should anything go wrong.

Because of this series of events, whether it was helping the Dutch government, quelling the Javanese conflict, or relocating Native Americans, none of them had a negative impact on the United States.

On the contrary, because of Josie's identity, the United States was able to smoothly extend its reach into Malacca—the US government had always coveted control of Malacca, but was hesitant to act directly due to its allies, Britain and the Netherlands.

But now that the Dutch have come to him of their own accord, Truman is overjoyed and how could he possibly not support Josie?