Blackstone Code

Lynch's friendship with Mr. Trueman is complicated, with respect as an opponent and understanding as a friend.

He could understand that Mr. Trueman was wary of himself, just as he was always wary of the other person.

This is a very complicated emotion, constantly jumping between the two identities of confidant and opponent.

So he had to do something for Mr. Trueman as... a kind of compensation.

In his last moments, Mr. Trueman wanted three people to die with him. The first was Lynch, the second was the doctor, and the third was Joanna.

He didn't have a chance to tell others, but Lynch would help him fulfill his last wish.

A few days later, a doctor and his family were rear-ended by a heavy truck on the highway, and the family died neatly.

According to the coroner, the family and their car had become so integrated that it was impossible to separate them.

So the family was all together when it was finally burned to ashes, with some furniture mixed in that they could use in heaven.

This news has once again triggered public discussion on highway safety issues. With the development and progress of industrial technology over the years, cars have become faster and faster!

When commercial cars first came out, the speed was only 20 to 30 kilometers per hour.

In the last racing competition before the war, the House team's car won the individual and team first place at a speed of 72 kilometers per hour.

This shocked the entire racing community and the world at the time, and was also a landmark victory for the federal industry!

At that time, most cars were traveling at a speed of forty to fifty kilometers per hour, which was a relatively safe speed. Trucks and heavy trucks were even slower.

Even if a collision occurs at such a slow speed, the result is just a collision.

The war has accelerated the development of industry. In the racing competition held in the first half of the year, the fastest racing car has reached a speed of 110 kilometers per hour, and it is said that there is still room for improvement!

Most ordinary cars have a top speed of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour.

The speed of some heavy trucks is between 50 kilometers and 60 kilometers.

The increasing speed of cars has also made the consequences of car accidents more and more unbearable. The federal Congress passed the Federal Road Safety Act last year, which included speed limit planning for urban roads.

Different roads have different speed limits. If you exceed the speed limit, you will be fined, and the higher the fine, the greater the fine!

It might only be twenty dollars at first, then fifty dollars the second time, then one hundred, two hundred...

However, there is no clear speed limit for highways. On the one hand, the highway itself requires cars to travel at high speeds. Interstate highways are often deserted for two to three hundred kilometers. Running slowly is not only dangerous, but also a waste of time.

This also makes it very scary once a car accident occurs on the highway. Only the speed limit is not enough, and it seems that no speed limit is not enough, so public opinion has become a heated discussion.

Compared with the issue of speed limits on interstate highways, there is another constructive suggestion, which is to set up dedicated lanes.

Widening current interstates to provide a dedicated lane for heavy trucks and regular cars on another road.

In this way, even if an ordinary car has a car accident, at least it will not be "annihilated."

The proposal was good, but in the end it failed to sway Congress.

The reason for Congress is that there is not enough budget space in the short term to renovate the national interstate highway system. Rather than renovating such large projects as interstate highways, Congress proposes that everyone should focus on safe driving habits.

And good at using railway transportation and air transportation, which is not only efficient, but also safe!

After these things were discussed for weeks, they were covered by new topics, and finally became a moment that is not eternal in people's short memory.

Joanna also quickly disappeared from people's sight and discussion after leaving the Federation.

It is worth mentioning that Blackstone Capital has established a charitable foundation to provide financial assistance to military personnel.

There is no threshold for help or funding. As long as the application is reasonable and compliant, the payment can be made in as little as one week!

The news was not widely reported in the media at first, but was promoted within the army through military clubs.

Lynch personally donated 100 million as the first batch of operating funds, and will invest no less than 20 million every year.

Connor donated 50,000 yuan in a symbolic sense. After all, he is the president of the Federation. It is not easy for him to donate too much, and he... is not that rich!

But no matter what, the combination of these three keywords Lynch, Connor, and the military is attractive enough!

Spontaneous propaganda started from within the army and outside. The media soon discovered the news and began to report it.

In just half a month, this foundation called the "Special Assistance Fund for Military Personnel" has allocated more than 40 million to help about 20,000 families solve their current difficulties.

Moreover, Blackstone Capital, Blackstone Bank, Blackstone Insurance, and medical groups that have cooperative relationships with Blackstone Group will provide various supporting services for these families.

There was Joanna's greed and meanness in the front, and Mr. Lynch's generosity and kindness behind him. Lynch's reputation suddenly increased a lot...

On Monday, Catherine returned to Lynch's villa. She took off her shoes and sat cross-legged on the sofa, massaging her feet.

Congressmen, you are so busy!

Moreover, it is a newly established core committee such as the Emergency Committee. It has to coordinate the mobilization of personnel and materials in many fields throughout the federation. This cannot be done with a phone call in the office.

You have to leave the office for actual research, discussions, and meetings.

Running around every day, Catherine feels that life is very fulfilling. With greater power comes greater responsibility. She has begun to feel the true meaning of this sentence!

She is responsible for the future of the 80 million people in the Federation, and it can even be said that she is responsible for the future of mankind!

Although only part of it!

"Recently we have a new proposal. Congress still plans to build a large number of shelters on the mainland. We cannot really give up on the federation and everyone."

In fact, according to the Holy Peace Society's plan, the best refuge is on the equator.

The temperature will be 20 to 30 degrees higher than other places, maybe 30 to 40 degrees, 40 to 50 degrees!

Just like the northernmost part of Marillo, close to the North Pole, the winter temperature is more than 80 degrees below zero, which has almost become a desperate situation!

But in winter, Nagaril still has 20 to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius. This temperature difference is close to 100 degrees!

If Nagaril also dropped to minus 20 or 30 degrees, the temperature in the Arctic might have exceeded minus 100 degrees, 111 to 20 degrees.

The federation has a long north-south direction, from the subtropical zone to the temperate zone and close to the subtropical zone. According to experts' speculation, once the ice age comes, the summer temperature in Bupain may be between minus 40 degrees to minus 50 degrees.

How the hell can you live?

Therefore, the Holy Peace Society decided to build a shelter around the equator. At the same time, the only people who could enter the shelter were members of the Holy Peace Society and some ordinary people.

As for other ordinary people...

The Holy Peace Society has never considered whether they need to be taken care of. After all, from the perspective of elite human theory, five percent of humans are real humans.

The remaining ninety-five percent are failed products of evolution.

So they have no qualms about abandoning these failed products.

But Congress has different ideas. At least... they have to try, right?

Politicians are more or less humane. Recently they are discussing this proposal. The general idea is to build at least no less than a thousand shelters starting south of Bupain.

Each shelter must be able to accommodate at least 30,000 people and have corresponding overall heating and living equipment.

In this way, the Federation can at least protect the living conditions of 30 to 50 million people. As for... a few years after the Ice Age comes, a dozen years later, a few decades later.

They no longer care whether these refuges can still exist, whether people have evolved and begun to adapt to the new environment, or whether they have been naturally eliminated in the new environment.

At least they did what they thought they were supposed to do!

"According to information provided by the Holy Peace Society, the cost of each shelter is approximately 1.5 billion."

"One thousand shelters is equivalent to 150 billion. The federal tax revenue is now close to 20 billion per year."

"We don't have that much money!"

“This is also the reason why the proposal has not yet been officially voted on!”

Lynch listened carefully. The difficulty of building a shelter for 200,000 people and a shelter for 30,000 people is indeed very different, and the gap is huge!

"How many gaps are left?"

Catherine was silent for a while, "Twelve hundred billion."

Lynch couldn't help laughing, "It's a good idea, but... to be honest, it's unlikely to be realized."

"unless……"

Catherine's eyes lit up, "Unless what?"

"Unless the whole world supports you, which is difficult to do."

"The richest people in the world will build shelters with us over in Nagaril, they will not stay in the Federation."

After hearing this, Catherine also sighed, "Is there no way at all?"

Lynch touched his chin, "Actually, it's not completely impossible. Among the plans to build a shelter, one of the plans we gave up was to build a shelter around a geothermal source."

"The core idea is to build underground shelters next to the magma passages of active volcanoes, using the planet's own geothermal heat to combat the cold."

"This plan had some shortcomings and was not safe enough, so we gave up."

“But for what you want to achieve now, it’s a good choice!”

Building a shelter around geothermal resources can greatly reduce expenses, and the underground geothermal resources of an active volcano can be used by at least millions of people!

There are many active volcanoes in the Federation. As long as the technology can keep up, they can accommodate a large number of ordinary people and give them a chance to survive!