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Discussions with the federal government continued, but Catherine was not just staring there.

Even if the government spares no effort to support this plan and wants to see results, it will take more than ten years... This is really too troublesome. Instead of this, it is better to pay more attention to practical results. Anyway, after the establishment of Starcraft Company, it will also help

Not too busy.

In February 1968, after intense transformation work, Wal-Mart's barcode scanning equipment finally replaced the original old charging method, and the supermarket also began to support credit card payment.

——There is no way, because with the increasing number of customers, board members including Catherine unanimously decided to add barcode equipment into the supermarket.

Originally considering the cost, Catherine and the others did not plan to use their trump card so soon. But the problem was that the increasing passenger flow forced them to choose to do so.

Since there are still many manufacturers that do not use barcodes, the board of directors simply took a measure: all manufacturers that adopt barcode packaging can get a preferential purchase price of 5 to 10%.

The prices have increased, and the food merchants are naturally very happy. After all, Wal-Mart is also the largest supermarket chain in New York State, and its daily sales are terrifying.

As for other products, the company can only use the self-labeling method. Although it slightly increases labor and cost, it has increased a lot of efficiency. In total, the net profit is still growing.

Because Celeron computers are used as the control center to arrange logistics and transportation, the supermarket's operation efficiency is very high, and Wal-Mart is also famous for being the first supermarket to use computers and the Internet.

The board of directors has decided to let Wal-Mart go public next year if possible.

After finishing the company's affairs, Catherine then began to pay attention to Wal-Mart's affairs.

However, because of the presence of Sam Walton, Catherine only provided some opinions. Although she was the chairman, Catherine spent most of her time making soy sauce.

The development of Wal-Mart is going smoothly, there is no need for Catherine to worry, and Wal-Mart has also brought considerable profits to Apple, Blizzard and Microsoft.

In Wal-Mart, there is a dedicated computer sales center and a dedicated software sales point. As long as it is not very professional software, other software is basically available. In addition, there are also sales centers.

There are also various games here and in the stores where they are sold.

Supermarkets have a lot of traffic, which also drives the sales of games. Since Wal-Mart was built, the number of game consoles and computers they sell has accounted for more than the sales of electronic products stores on Fifth Avenue in New York State, and

The total number of other scattered locations is only 5 - of course, these 5 are already a lot.

The first store is also open for business. The future Wal-Mart empire is now finally taking shape...

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"starcraft..."

After hearing that the U.S. federal government and Ark Group had jointly established such a company, Andropov realized something.

Some of the documents he obtained about Ark were indeed marked with "starcraft". For example, that strange machine gunner...

Andropov is extremely suspicious that the cooperation between the federal government and Ark Group has already begun - this is obvious, and the most obvious example is the Internet.

So there must be some connection between the two

Are these products prototypes from Starcraft?

Probably.

Andropov was guessing.

According to KGB intelligence, the Americans are considering a countermeasure in the face of the Soviet Union, which is gradually reaching its peak.

"Star Wars Project..."

This is a confidential document stolen by a KGB spy who narrowly escaped death and then entered the federal government. For this reason, the KGB has already killed more than a dozen elite spies.

This plan can be said to be a top secret. Even within the federal government, very few people know about this plan.

Even the people in charge of the Starcraft company only knew that the federal government was planning to establish a space company and use this space company to stimulate people's enthusiasm for space and develop space technology based on it - but this was all

is fake.

What is really going on is that the Americans are preparing to establish a space rapid reaction force based on a moon base.

The KGB knew that the Americans had a space carrier plan before this, which was based on nuclear fusion to realize the space carrier. However, this plan was terminated after 20 years of progress - not because of other aspects.

The reason. There is only one problem, and that is that nuclear fusion reactors are really difficult to control.

But what if the base is in outer space?

For the Soviet Union, which has already achieved manned space flight, they have demonstrated that this is feasible. And if it is a small rapid reaction force, it is also very suitable for global combat and rescue missions.

If they suddenly entered the Soviet Union from outer space and carried out beheading tactics on the leaders...

Just thinking about it makes people shudder, and because it enters the earth from outer space, it is also hard to guard against...

"Star Wars Project..."

After muttering again, Andropov adjusted his glasses.

As a shrewd person, Andropov knew clearly that the Americans were really preparing to implement such a plan, and were not deceiving it. This was a top-secret document, and only a few core people knew what was going on.

what happened.

If the Americans publicized the Star Wars plan with great fanfare, Andropov would not hesitate to think that they wanted to deceive the Soviet Union and let the Soviet Union enter a meaningless space race. Even if this confidential document was easily disclosed

Of stealing, Andropov would have had the same idea.

But the problem now is that this document is strictly guarded. If a few comrades had not followed the clues by chance, this matter would not have been discovered. Even now, the Soviet intelligence network in the United States has been attacked.

Quite a blow.

"Bring me the information you got from Ark earlier."

Andropov ordered his subordinates, and soon, a large stack of intelligence was placed on Andropov's desk. These documents have been analyzed by Soviet experts. Although a lot of intelligence

It is rated as "impractical", but such as "submersible carrier" and "crucio tank" still have high application value.

The submarine carrier is not of much use to the Soviet Union, but it is different for the Americans. For the United States, which has a powerful navy, it is simply an "artifact" existence.

Andropov paid more attention to the "thrash tank" named "crucio" (crucio means "thrash"). This crucio tank can not only be used for propulsion, but what is even more terrifying is the tank's ability to fight on the ground.

capabilities. And because of the dual artillery, if it is assembled into a military force, it can even overwhelm the Soviet steel torrent in terms of firepower...

This is too scary.

This information was most likely something that the federal government had discussed with the Ark Group before, but it was just stored in Catherine's office.

Does the Soviet Union only have nuclear deterrence that can compete with the United States?

Andropov was worried about the future of the Soviet Union. Without conventional combat methods, the Soviet Union would be like a polar bear without two sharp claws in front of the United States.

The only option for the Soviet Union is to die together with the other party...

But Andropov soon thought of the American space carrier plan.

Will Americans give up halfway?

Andropov thinks this is very possible.

The American system determines that their plans are difficult to sustain in the long term like the Soviet Union.

"This is really a difficult problem..."

Andropov shook his head, and then he picked up another document from before.

-bt01, among all the documents stolen from the Ark Group's database, only this document is the most detailed, and Andropov also believes that compared to the complicated machine gunners, such a big thing is more in line with the Soviet Union

needs.

The most important thing is that because it is large and integrated, the requirements for craftsmanship are definitely not high, and if the outside is made of mahogany skin, a tin can with polar bear mahogany skin wrapped in it will be thicker than the American "Rushzi" one.

"Machine Gunner" is much stronger, but its design difficulty and application cost are relatively low, which is very suitable for the Soviet Union.

Maybe we should look into a plan like this?

Andropov has this opinion.

This is how to fight the "Machine Gunner".

Then... what should we do if we deal with that kind of crucio tank? Andropov feels that this should be left to experts for careful study.

Then, he was thinking, what would Comrade Brezhnev do?

Although Brindle looks ambitious now, there is no doubt that he is actually a mediocre person, a mediocre person who is out of touch with his speech script and doesn't even know what he should say.

For a moment, Andropov worried about the future of the Soviet Union, but he shook his head and forced himself to forget the thought.

After experiencing the turmoil of the Khrushchev period, what the Soviet Union needed was stability.

But what Andropov doesn't know now is that under the leadership of Brindle, the Soviet Union will move from stability to death, not glory...

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