Blackstone Code

The leaks that Catherine feared came quickly.

The cause was that a volcano shelter hired a large number of local workers. At first, they did not explain what the underground project being built had to do with the end of the world.

In fact, many middle-level cadres on construction sites don't know that the underground buildings being built are doomsday shelters. They are just working according to the company's requirements.

Many people in the Federation are not interested in the "new tricks" of the capitalists at all, and they may not be the ones to live in them after they are built.

At the same time, everyone has also signed a confidentiality agreement. If someone leaks the secret in advance, he will be taken to court. Most people are not willing to bear the serious consequences of going against the capitalists and going to court, and talk nonsense everywhere.

There are indeed many people in this world who can't control their mouths, but that's under the confidentiality contract of "you have to keep my secrets."

If they are under the supervision of a "confidentiality contract", they are unlikely to disclose it casually.

Because the cost of leaking secrets is very high, and you may also go to jail. Although the bottom of federal society is often stupid, they are very smart when it comes to this kind of thing.

The problem also started when a worker revealed the project to his good friend. He just had a brief chat and said that he was very busy with work recently and could not go to the south for vacation together.

Then his friend became interested in the underground complex built around the active volcano.

As we all know, the danger and horror of active volcanoes lies in their instability.

You can't tell when it will erupt, destroying everything around it with devastating power, especially those larger active volcanoes or volcanic groups.

Once such a volcano erupts, many kilometers around it will become a no-man's land, making it unsuitable for human survival in a short period of time.

There have been several volcanic eruptions in the history of the Federation, which have also caused great economic losses and casualties.

You can never use scientific means to determine whether or when a volcano will erupt.

It may be today, it may be tomorrow, it may be hundreds of years from now, no one is sure when it will become "angry".

Moreover, once a volcano erupts, the volcano and the surrounding underground environment will undergo some changes. These changes are very unstable. The pressure may increase, or the magma may open new channels.

What no one can say for sure is that this is not the randomness of a six-sided die, but the randomness of a thirty-two-sided die or more.

If you just excavate a basement, or an underground space the size of a football field, there is actually no problem.

But this curious man learned that what was being excavated was a larger underground complex with hundreds of thousands of people working on it, so he decided to find out.

After all, it is impossible for capitalists to do this kind of thing for no reason, invest so much in a place with huge risks, and build some underground complex.

The curious man first checked the situation of other active volcanoes, and then he was surprised to find that similar projects were being carried out in almost the areas where most active volcanoes were located.

They were digging down the volcano, and while they weren't sure exactly what they were doing, it was certainly unusual.

Mr. Curious contacted some friends and began to dig deeper into the news, thinking that the news would be "explosive."

He sold some of the materials he searched to a media with no government background for "fifteen thousand yuan."

In addition to paying him a fee to purchase news, this media also gave him an additional 20,000 yuan to allow him to continue digging into the content.

After Mr. Curiosity had a large amount of money, he began to trace back, and he found that these enterprises were almost all started at the same time.

Then he started searching for various government project tenders in the six months before the start of construction. The federal government does not often carry out construction projects on its own.

Occasionally, a small number of projects, and those with a relatively high degree of confidentiality, will use military engineering troops to carry out construction.

However, most engineering projects are still subject to external bidding.

Mr. Curiosity discovered that since last year, the federal government has had many more government projects without specific explanations.

For example, building a large number of very large material warehouses in various regions of the federation, building new train routes, and species vaults.

These projects involve areas with few interrelated aspects, little urgency, and no clear purpose.

Mr. Curiosity spent two thousand dollars to get exact information from a friend of a friend.

The new train route will form a circular route around some areas. After getting these stations, Mr. Curiosity quickly circled these stations on the map and was surprised to find out.

These enclosed areas…

There are active volcanoes and large-scale projects underway, and the locations chosen for warehouse construction are not far from these projects!

He quickly sold the news as an exclusive for 100,000 yuan. Then when the media began to leak the news, more media began to follow...

This is the hottest news this winter, bar none, and even the freezing temperatures have risen a lot because of it!

On the TV, all the major stations were broadcasting roughly the same content. Connor's expression became a little serious when he looked at the news. This was one of the few times when he was serious.

Most of the time he was cheerful, he didn't have that many things to worry about, and he would take out a special quarter and spin it around in his hands.

But now, he was in no mood to do this.

"Look, we wanted to keep it secret for at least three to five years, but it was leaked in less than a year."

"Everyone, can you tell me what we should do next?"

In the conference room of the Presidential Palace, Connor sat on a chair and looked at these cabinet members, and suddenly felt a heartfelt disgust for these people.

They were so stupid, and so... so careless in what they did.

The dazzling government documents on TV made him feel that most of the people in this room were idiots!

How could it be so easy for these people to obtain copies of some government documents?

Although in terms of management systems and regulations, large-scale projects need to be publicized to ensure fairness, but the world is about to end. They are all confidential projects, so there is no need to rigidly follow normal process standards to implement them, right?

This seems to violate the procedure, but after all, this is a very special thing!

Now the world is looking to the federal government to see how they are going to explain these issues.

No one answered Connor's words. In fact, they couldn't be blamed, but they couldn't be blamed.

It cannot be said that these are all Connor's fault. If he had confessed in advance, who would have messed up these things?

And whoever speaks at this time will bear the main responsibility. Although these people are sometimes very rigid and don't know how to adapt, it may not be their working method.

And even if Connor wanted to catch the main person responsible, it would be very difficult to catch him, and he might be caught in the end.

Seeing these people being silent, Connor felt like he was like a balloon, about to "explode".

After a long silence, he made a request, "come up with a solution as soon as possible. We don't have much time to think. The people are waiting for our news."

He stood up as he said, "You think about it for yourself, I already have enough headaches, and I have to deal with calls from other heads of state."

"I need to know your solution before I get off work today."

He said and left the conference room. What phone calls did he have to answer?

The heads of state have long known the news, but they just don't want to waste time here.

He returned to his office, looked at the phone on the table, and had the urge to mention it several times.

He wanted to call Lynch. Every time he encountered trouble that couldn't be solved, he wanted to call Lynch or ask him to meet.

Even if the problem cannot be solved in the end, it can still be well promoted. How great it would be if those idiots in the cabinet were as trustworthy as Lynch!

But he hasn't done that yet. He wants to give the cabinet members a chance before getting off work today!

With his relationship with Lin Qi, even if he called Lin Qi at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, it would not matter.

A large number of people had gathered outside the Presidential Palace, noisily holding signs that read "We need to know the truth" and shouting various slogans.

On the TV, the host was telling everyone in a calm tone how much these projects would cost.

Her subtext is actually how much taxpayer money the federal government will "waste" on these inexplicable projects.

This is what federal people hate the most. They feel that their trust in the federal government has been betrayed, and that the money they pay has been wasted instead of used on themselves.

Connor tilted his head and looked at the TV. As if he thought of something, he casually wrote down some names on a piece of paper at hand.

These names or codenames are the main people involved in this leak.

He picked up the phone and dialed the number of the office of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and soon the director's calm voice appeared on the receiver.

"It's a pleasure to serve you, Mr. President."

There was no caller ID yet, but Connor was using a dedicated line.

The dedicated line will not be recorded, and when the dedicated line calls each department, it also corresponds to a dedicated telephone landline.

This is a rule designed to ensure that the president has direct access to the head of the office at all times.

Of course, not all agencies need to have such phones, but only in the offices of managers of most top government departments.

The Director was not surprised at all that Connor was able to call him. He had even been preparing for it in the past two days.

Just for this moment!