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Chapter 316 Looking for Supplements
The chrysanthemum beast appeared from the wormhole under the Pacific Ocean, and it could reach the coast anywhere within a day, making all coastal cities unsafe, which also caused many countries to have to move their industries from the coast to the inland .

For this alone, the loss caused by the entire industrial relocation, the increase in cost, and the cost of funds will be calculated in trillions. Even in peacetime, it will hurt many countries, not to mention the need for Start the war with Kaiju Beast.

While bearing these losses, countries have also invested a lot of resources in PPDC. The results so far are the product of the joint efforts of all member states regardless of cost.

However, almost five years later, the adjustment of the economic field, the appearance of mech hunters like dumplings, has also caused the member states to fight a world war.

It's as if the two world wars caused several countries at the core of the war to suffer five labors and seven injuries each time. Now, even if the member states have not reached that level, they are not much worse.

The domestic economies of various member states are sluggish. As far as Locke knows, the unemployment rate continues to rise, more and more people are hungry, and more and more people are dissatisfied. Now the domestic situation in many countries is not very good.

To put it simply, all countries are frightened by the huge investment, especially now that Kaiju beasts are appearing more and more frequently. Every time a mecha hunter is dispatched, it represents a huge investment and possible loss.

In other words, those in power who invested heavily in the hunter plan before, even if they still want to invest as much as before, are mostly frightened. They are afraid that if this continues, they themselves will be kicked out of power.

At the same time, the existing mecha technology can already cope with the current strength of the Kaiju Beast. In the absence of a stronger Kaiju Beast, there is no need to invest in it regardless of the cost as before.

Because of this, just recently, the so-called wall faction quietly emerged. Although this plan is extremely ridiculous in the eyes of discerning people, it has won the support of some parties whose interests were damaged by the Mech Hunter plan.

It seems that in the United States, most of the industrial chain related to mech hunters has been involved by the Li Group, and even used these emerging technologies to create many supporting factories, and they did not lose money at all.

For high-end projects such as the Hunter Plan, companies without scientific research capabilities should not think about it. The profit is high, and the threshold is also extremely high. Many member states and ordinary people and companies cannot benefit from the Mech Hunter Project. On the contrary, a large number of companies have lost money due to economic turmoil. huge.

At this time, the frustrated who could not intervene, as well as the stakeholders whose interests were damaged in the economic turmoil, these people began to support the construction of the wall.

In fact, the investment in building the fence is not much less than continuing to manufacture mecha hunters, but the technology content is low, and many companies and individuals can participate in a share of the pie. Such a large project also requires the employment of a large number of people, which will help solve the unemployment rate. great effect.

At the same time, in order to fool the public, the public is simple. Some people in power and scientists behind them stood up and said that the wall can stop monsters below level [-], and we can live a safe and happy life inside the wall.

The people follow blindly, especially when their lives are about to become unbearable, and they are extremely easy to be incited. At this time, they no longer have much reason, and they just fantasize about living in the past.

Now the wall faction has not completely gained the upper hand, but it is developing extremely rapidly. At the same time, countries have also begun to reduce their financial support for PPDC.

These wall factions have united. In terms of influence on the U.S. government, these parties combined have surpassed the Li Group and his allies.

Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to have a hard top. It just so happened that Locke was already prepared for this. Taking advantage of this trend, he started negotiations with the other party, launched his own plan, and planned to rely on the Li Group itself to continue to advance. Mech Hunter project.

Of course, this requires a huge investment. Around the core industry of Mech Hunter, there are many teams attached to this project with a clear division of labor. The capital cost, technical strength, labor cost, supporting factories, and industrial strength required are all Only a few big countries can afford it.

The Li Group also has an advantage in this regard. In the past few years, the Li Group has been the absolute leader in the mecha hunter project in the United States. In fact, the U.S. government has already helped to complete the investment and construction of various supporting factories. , The Li Group even made a huge amount of money.

Once the Wall Faction takes off in the future, there will be no orders for these factory projects and they can only be finished on their own. However, Locke has decided that the Li Group will manufacture its own Mecha Hunters in the future, and naturally these factories will be used.

In the past five years, under the command of Locke, the Li Group has participated in the Mech Hunter Project. With the money earned in the past few years, the Li Group will have the money to invest in the construction of its own base, and at the same time prepare to develop its own hunter mecha.

Of course, it is not enough to just rely on making money from the Mecha Hunter-related industries, because the consumption is too great, and it will not be long before the Li Group will be completely wiped out due to the exhaustion of funds.

In addition to the traditional military industry, the Li Group has also opened up new tracks.

For example, after joining the healthcare industry, a cut-down version of the gene optimization solution was developed. The genuine version of the gene optimization solution only needs to be used continuously for one year to permanently cure and prolong life and improve physical fitness.

The gene optimization solution that can be deleted needs to be injected every week, and it must be used continuously for at least ten years to ensure the permanent curing effect.

At the same time, the price at which it is sold to the outside world is simply unaffordable for ordinary middle-class people, and only those wealthy and wealthy can afford it.

In addition, there are specific medicines for treating cancer, AIDS and many other incurable diseases. Seeing the cost of these medicines and comparing the selling prices, even the most greedy people will feel that this is a money grab.

There is also a mobile phone equipped with simple artificial intelligence, which can easily help individuals manage all trivial matters, arrange everything in an orderly manner, and complete simple file processing and other tedious tasks.

There are also higher-end robot butlers, like the robots in "Mechanical Enemy", not only robots that can be babysitters, but also special engineering robots, which are even more handy in completing dangerous engineering work.

In this way, even if the Wall faction succeeds, it will inevitably end up working for Locke at that time. Working hard is to earn hard money, and the real big head will naturally fall into Locke's hands.

In short, in the past few years, under the arrangement of Locke, the Li Group has done a lot of various profitable businesses, so it can have enough confidence to support the current and future investment in the Mech Hunter project.

After all, the United States can't count on it for a short time. It is too difficult to rely on a group company to support the Mech Hunter project. Locke has to try his best to make up for it.

And this is just using existing resources for further research and development, and the hunter mechs are not going to build too many, otherwise they can't afford it.

R&D investment, mecha maintenance, labor costs, mecha maintenance, and new generation construction, each of which is a dizzying amount of expenditure. The eight bases and dozens of member countries of PPDC are almost unable to afford it.

Li's Group really uses a large number of engineering robots, the base and various industries have a very high automation rate, and in addition to controlling the entire industrial chain, its own technology is mature, so it plans to concentrate on building three or four main battle robots in the next few years. Mechs, more of them are really dead after they are raised.

In the second movie, why Shaw Brothers has the resources to continue to manufacture mechas is fundamentally because China's system is different, and they are willing to use the power of the country to support this development.

Even so, at the same level as the Li Group now, it is impossible to support the entire PPDC alone.

(End of this chapter)