If the staff of the intelligence team heard the reason Lin Xin gave Wen Xiao, they probably wouldn't think it was so funny, because they knew that Lin Xin was indeed not a Chinese.

Their nationality has long been no longer in China.

However, this group of intelligence personnel who had arrived in Port City were not interested in Wen Xiao’s gossip. They had the same view of Wen Xiao as the Pilot Project, believing that he was just an abandoned child.

----No, it should not be said to be an abandoned son, but a dead son.

The kind that has been taken out of the chessboard.

No one cares about a dead child because he can no longer have any impact on the direction of the chess game.

What they have to do now is to continue to play this game.

As Ye Zhou said before, the public opinion war has been over, and it is time to start the entity organization of the Navigator project.

......

Harbor City University, Pioneer Project Team, Tom's Office.

Tom and Monte were sitting opposite each other drinking coffee. The expression on their faces was not relaxed, but compared to Wen Xiao, there was a little more indifferentness of "the situation is still under control."

After putting down the coffee cup, Tom spoke:

"This public opinion offensive has completely failed. Have you taken back all the things we provided to Wen Xiao before?"

Monte shook his head and replied:

"It's not that fast. I've explained to him the fine. My offer was 6 million, but he didn't accept it. This was also as expected. Everything has a cost. We can't expect that investment is not risky. According to my estimate, if 4 million can be recovered, it would be considered a success."

"After all, although our offensive did not achieve the expected results this time, it did involve the other party's energy and had a certain impact on their public opinion environment--this is at least part of our results."

Hearing Monte's words, Tom smiled and said:

"This is just a lie to ourselves. Monte, we should learn to accept failure."

"Of course, of course, I didn't say we succeeded, I just wanted to say that we didn't fail so thoroughly."

"On the other hand, we shouldn't lose confidence because of this failure. After all, we still have so many researchers from our opponents, and our advantages are still on our side."

Tom shook his head, his face feeling a little cold.

"Is this really the case? I'm very suspicious. I heard that a special team from the other party has arrived in Port City, and they will definitely make some moves with us. I'm very worried whether our project can continue to be carried out."

"Where did you hear the news? Even I haven't received the news."

"You don't have to worry about this. In short, I also have my own source of intelligence. The problem now is to figure out what they are going to do and develop our own response plans."

Monte finally finished his last sip of coffee in the cup. He took out the cigar box from his pocket, bit his head with his teeth, and then set off a match to carefully lit the cigar.

Light blue smoke rose, and Tom turned off the air conditioner just right.

The flowing air will affect the enjoyment of the original flavor of cigars. At this point, both of them are experts--in fact, they are experts in the things about personal enjoyment.

After spitting out the first sip of smoke, Monte finally spoke:

"Although I haven't received this piece of information, based on my experience, I can roughly determine what they want to do."

"They have already won the public opinion, so according to their habits, the next step is to expand the results in reality."

"I suspect that they are likely to use this momentum of victory in public opinion to directly attack our physical organizations, with the goal of expelling us - they probably won't allow us to set up research institutions in Port City."

Tom frowned. He actually realized the problem, but he couldn't think of what aspect the other party would start from.

The Navigator Project is a cooperative project that is fully in line with international law and fully in line with the laws of Hong Kong City and China. It is backed by Hongcheng University and has obtained the official endorsement of Hongcheng since its establishment. In this case, can China still drive them away through coercive means?

Hong Kong City is part of China. It obeys the Chinese government in the implementation of key policies. Exiting them now means slapping themselves in the face. China cannot do such a thing.

Thinking of this, Tom asked:

“From your point of view, what kind of way do you think they will put pressure on us?”

Monte pondered for a moment and replied:

"In many aspects, water, electricity, fire protection, environmental protection, safety... in short, they will find a lot of excuses to tell us that our institutions have various problems, either suspend research and rectification, or leave China completely."

"This is their usual routine. In fact, we have already gained experience in dealing with these difficulties. I think they won't be able to succeed so easily this time."

"are you sure?"

Gu Lu

Tom asked somewhat disbelief.

"I'm pretty sure. Think about it, do we have any questions about our institute in various qualifications?"

"There is really no big problem... in any aspect, we have adopted the most advanced equipment and the most complete safety measures, and have passed the qualification review in the early stage, but what I worry about is that in their words, they will 'pick from the egg'."

Monte shook his head and replied:

"No ----No, I mean, they will definitely try to pick bones from eggs, but they can't pick any bones."

"In fact, we have already anticipated this problem, and even prepared for it before the public opinion war broke out."

"We have already contacted various departments in Harbor City and asked their professionals to evaluate our facilities and improve them at all costs. Of course, some of the money was not really spent on renovations, and I think you should be able to understand."

Tom nodded and replied:

"Of course I understand, but are you sure these people will help us?"

"Of course they won't help us. In any case, we are still outsiders in their eyes. When the Chinese officials directly put pressure on us, they can't stand on our side."

"But that's the importance of preparatory preparation."

“We have made a 100% transformation as they require, and the transformation process is supervised by their most professional personnel, which has led to a result.”

"Now, even if they want to cause trouble for us, they will not have the chance to start."

"Because if we are sure we have problems, it is actually acknowledging that they have problems themselves and admit that they are not professional enough. Do you think they will admit it?"

Tom breathed a sigh of relief, he lit a cigar for himself, and after spitting out the smoke, he leaned on his chair relaxedly and replied:

"Since I'm ready so well, I can rest assured."

......

Two hours later, the members of the intelligence team came to an unknown department. After explaining the situation, they changed into the uniforms of each other's department and followed the professional staff to the research institute of the Pilot Project at the University of Hong Kong.

The one who received them was Tom. He had received the news in advance that all the work of the institute was suspended and all the administrators were on duty, ready to deal with the inspection with the most perfect attitude.

He was not nervous because he had gained impeccable confidence from his conversation with Monte.

After a few simple greetings, Tom said in bad Chinese:

"Leader, as you can see, our institute was built in accordance with the highest standards and the strictest safety requirements. It has passed the inspection of many professional departments before. I think we should not have any problems."

The staff of the intelligence work group smiled and replied:

"Of course, we have learned this from colleagues in other departments. However, I think you may have some misunderstandings about us. We are not here to check you today, but there are important things that need to be requested to cooperate."

"What is cooperation?"

A look of doubt gradually appeared on Tom's face.

He didn't expect things to develop in this direction.

Looking at the work documents handed over by the other party, he was suddenly stunned.

The person in front of me is indeed not from the department they expected about industrial, commercial, fire protection, etc., but from a department that seems to be inseparable from the research institute.

Land and Resources Bureau, Geological Survey Department.

Looking at Tom's confused expression, a smile of pleasure appeared on his face of the intelligence team's staff. After coughing, he spoke:

"Mr. Tom, you know, Harbor City has been in a very difficult situation, which has existed since the establishment of Harbor City."

“That’s the lack of fresh water.”

“In the past decades, my colleagues and I have never given up on finding the right groundwater resources on this land of Harbor City to supply the daily water needs of Harbor City.”

“We have achieved some results, but that is far from enough.”

"But some time ago, our professional staff received a major survey result."

"Under the ground of your institute, there is an underground river with huge flow, and the water storage capacity of this river is enough for 10% of the residents of the port city."

“Based on this situation, we need to take over this land and do groundwater mining.”
Chapter completed!