Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 285 Prepare for the General Election

Joseph also understood what Charlie didn't say, because he nodded and remained silent. In fact, he also meant the same thing, but it was inconvenient to say many things directly.

"If we maintain the current state, then they will be our buffer zone. Whether it is bombing or other things in the future... we will not have too many concerns."

As Charlie's words became more and more explicit, Joseph reached out to stop them, and glanced at the silent Smith and the others. Charlie chose to shut up very understandingly. It is better not to explain some things.

"If there is no opinion in the cabinet, then do what Charlie wants."

Looking around, all the cabinet leaders like Smith nodded. Maintaining the current situation is undoubtedly the most appropriate way. Occupying an area is not necessarily a good thing in many cases.

"Your Majesty, the French embassy has requested our assistance in investigating the theft of famous paintings from the Louvre."

As soon as the meeting ended, Butler Abner hurriedly reported the contents of the phone call to Joseph, and Joseph who learned about this was very strange: "It was stolen again?"

The Louvre is almost the largest museum in France, which houses many precious items, especially some priceless scrolls, each of which is enough for anyone to enjoy a lifetime of wealth and luxury.

"Three days ago, the Louvre Museum in France held a painting exhibition that was open to citizens for free as usual. At around 2 p.m., a guard suddenly discovered that a famous painting "Road de Sèvres" by French painter Corot in the early 19th century had been stolen."

""Road of Sèvres"? A painting of high value. The police were called in time. Didn't the police find any clues?"

Joseph picked up a cup of coffee, and when Kate and Charlie heard about it, they sat down and listened to it as a story, which made Abner speak more carefully.

Charlie's inquiry and Abner shook his head: "After inspection, the police arrived at the scene in less than 20 minutes and sealed it off, but the search of more than two hours did not have any effect, because there were some well-known people among them, and finally the police could only Lift the blockade."

"Two and a half hours, it seems that there are already a lot of tourists that day."

"If there were not many, the thief would not have chosen this time to act. In fact, from the moment the painting was found lost, the painting was destined to be lost at the scene."

"It's not that the French police don't have any clues. It is said that according to the observation results at the scene, the thieves used a cutter to dig a hole in the glass cabinet where the painting was stored, and then used a knife to cut off the canvas, leaving only the frame. A small piece of canvas tucked under clothing is hard to see."

"This is not the first time this has been done. The Louvre Museum often loses some valuable scrolls. Even the Mona Lisa was lost in 1911. Such things have become commonplace. Please inform us! Let our police department cooperate with the investigation, Only at this time can the true unity be reflected in the integration of the European Union."

Abner nodded and left, looking at the back of him leaving, Charlie suddenly said: "In the future, will the police set up a European Union Police Office like the multinational army, and every year the European Union Police Office will solve complex cases in all EU countries in a unified manner, I believe that in this way, security within the EU will improve a lot.”

"Are you going to let the EU court really have power?"

"Sooner or later, isn't it? Dad!"

Joseph touched Charlie's head and nodded. Indeed, these are things that will happen sooner or later. It depends on when the heads of state of those countries figure it out...

In July 1998, Microsoft Corporation of the Nord Kingdom successfully broke through the market value of 7 billion euros. The combined market value of Apple and Microsoft surpassed Audi for the first time, and the IT industry became the second-tier industry of the Nord Kingdom.

In July 1998, Apple announced that it would launch an ultra-thin notebook in June 7. This is a business notebook, which is very suitable for business people who often go abroad in terms of weight and appearance.

At the same time as the publicity, some pictures are attached, fashion, trend, technology, this is indeed the manifesto of Apple, and the moment you see the picture, it will conquer the hearts of millions of notebook enthusiasts. More than [-] netizens voted and claimed that they would buy it, and more than Ten thousand are willing to pay in advance for pre-orders.

If Apple’s publicity is big, then Microsoft’s actions are even bigger. XP2 has been released, and everything is very good. It will take a while to release XP3. What really made Microsoft famous is the new game Jin Yong. Heroes.

An online game purchased from Jin Yong, a generation of martial arts master in Hong Kong City, uses a brand new operation mode and screen, and a major innovation in combat. It has attracted much attention, and the setting of single server and game area has made many players look forward to it.

No rank, no health bar, no occupation, this is a real arena. ——Official Announcement of Jin Yong Heroes
According to the production team of Microsoft Game Company, this game is full of adventures and unpredictability. Maybe a random steamed stuffed bun can be exchanged for a peerless cheat book, and maybe even giving tens of thousands of gifts and begging for it will not give you the opportunity to learn martial arts.

The attributes of game characters come from various cheats. Every character is the same when they enter the game. Except for appearance and body shape, players can choose their age at will, pinch their faces, adjust their height, shortness, fatness, and thinness. Upload your own photos for customizing.

Regarding occupations, if you want to obtain something like the Sunflower Book, then the chances of becoming a eunuch are naturally higher than others. Players who do not practice martial arts and specialize in life occupations, such as mining and logging, have high arm strength or even Higher than some martial arts players, scholars are very smart. If they go to the formation sect as scholars, their achievements and potential will be very high.

Jinyong Heroes is not only a game for Asians, European and American players who like science fiction and fantasy are also looking forward to it, because it contains martial arts that are close to Western elements such as Holy Fire and Manichaeism.

Flender also went to the game in person on the day of the closed beta test. He is a game enthusiast, so he would not miss such an event. Even after the game, he lived in the palace for a whole day, and his mouth was full of relevant words.

The game is very popular and extremely popular. Although it is still in the internal beta, there are already nearly ten million players looking forward to it. Millions of players start to inquire about similar things every day. Far beyond the second tens of thousands of index.

"If you want, you can urge the game production team."

These are the exact words that Charlie couldn’t see past, and Flender gave him a look of disdain: “Speed ​​is related to quality. If the quality cannot be guaranteed, then I would rather it be released later.”

1998 was spent under such circumstances, and 1999 was a very busy year for the cabinet of the Kingdom of Nord, because the election was about to begin, and they had to prepare for the election now.

The leader of the Conservative Party is James, and the Prime Minister they elected is Marceau. The Radical Party has two candidates, one is the current Prime Minister Smith who wants to continue to be re-elected, and the other is the Home Secretary Morris.

Judging from the current votes, Marceau is 20.00%20.00, Smith is 20.00%[-], Morris is [-]%[-], and the rest are some other insignificant small parties and people from the two major parties.

It seems that Marceau's votes are not too high, but don't forget that there is still a year before the general election. According to the current increase rate of votes in this year, it is very possible that Marceau will occupy 30.00%, and Smith... He has not increased much, and it is already very good to be able to maintain it.

In fact, Smith has no intention of competing for the prime minister. This is obvious from the time he started preparing for the future of the Radical Party, and he has already begun to choose to give up.

Marceau attaches great importance to education and medical care, while Smith attaches great importance to national defense and finance, which is the main reason why Smith's votes will drop so much this year.

The saying that the country is rich and strong and the military is strong was very popular a few years ago, because it was during the Cold War. Although the citizens lived happily, they did not actually have much sense of security. But now it is different. The US imperialism dominates, but the European Union also Beginning to rise, they have a full sense of security, but lack some things in life.

Education and medical care are the issues that the citizens of the Nord Kingdom are most concerned about. One is related to the next generation, and the other is related to their own physical problems. Morris's ability to get 20.00% of the votes has something to do with it, because he pays attention to the security of the city The problem, what he promised is that after taking office, he cannot say that the Nord Kingdom can not close its accounts, but at least guarantee the quality of police work and the city's law and order.

Although the security of the Nord Kingdom has always been at the forefront of the world, there are occasional thieves and bandits. If the security of the city can be guaranteed, many citizens will be satisfied.

The current Nord cabinet is not all members of the radical party. Li Zhishen, the Minister of Education and the only Chinese cabinet member, is a member of the conservative party. He is very capable, but because of lack of support, he can only become a supporter of Marceau.

James once said that if Li Zhishen can also have some supporters, then he may be more qualified to be prime minister than Marceau. After all, Marceau is a woman and she has natural defects there.

Margaret Thatcher?Marceau does not have the methods of Iron Maiden. If a prime minister with a perfect score is 100 points, then Kress, the first prime minister of the Nord Kingdom, has 80 points, James 75 points, Smith 85 points, and Marceau only has 70 points. Of course This is just a rough score, and no one can tell what the future holds.

Under such a situation, 1999 came, and there was still one year before the new century.

No one knows that an event capable of changing the world is slowly advancing, and the promoter is the Kingdom of Nord!
(End of this chapter)