Three days later, Eric came to Kenya with Ulysses and the little leopard, along with another person, his beautiful secretary Jennifer.
Since he inherited the title and inheritance of "Father Charles", he is instantly a celebrity in sense, It's okay to walk around the United States, but it is easy to attract the attention of others when going abroad, especially Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. been staring at him all the time. And he wasn't sure how long he needed to go, so he didn't dare to fly over secretly, so he could only take the plane honestly.
The group soon landed in Kenya on the grounds of going abroad for inspection.
A billionaire, or a European aristocrat, came to this poor and small place in Kenya for inspection, which attracted a lot of attention from the local government, and the business department sent several officials to pick up the plane.
Eric posed as a playboy, with contempt in his eyes, Jennifer was so angry when she saw his expression, she was already busy enough in the company, and now she wants to go to Africa.
Jennifer made a forced smile at Eric in front of the Kenyan officials, smiling the whole time, but when she returned to the hotel, she immediately asked: "Sir, can you tell me now what is the purpose of us coming here?"
"Dear Jennifer, I took you out on vacation because I saw that you were working too hard in the company. You don't appreciate it. that's so sad!" Eric pretended to wipe two stream of tears, and his tone was more aggrieved.
"Huh!" Jennifer took a deep breath into the sky, closed her eyes to adjust her emotions, and tried not to make herself angry.
"Okay, Jennifer, Kenya is one of the birthplaces of human beings. The history here is very long. If we walk around tomorrow, maybe we can find prehistoric human sites or something."
"Mr. Eric! Our maglev experimental track has been successfully built, and the maglev train has also been built. The first trial is very smooth. As long as we accumulate some more data, we can report to the railway department. As long as we pass the audit, We may receive an order! Our time is very precious, and we don't have any extra time to investigate the prehistoric human ruins here!" The assistant to the president was really angry this time, and scolded Eric in the face.
"Hoho, of course I know this, but Jennifer, you have to take a long-term view." Eric got up and brought Jennifer a glass of red wine and said, "Our magnetic levitation technology is the most advanced in the world, room temperature superconducting materials. It is the only one in the world. In the United States, in the world, we have no rivals!"
"Of course, we..."
"Listen to me," Eric waved his hand, "Maglev train is a very promising project, it will have a huge impact on the traditional transportation industry, but no country will reject this impact, because it It represents the future!"
Eric stretched out two hands, one spread out, and said, "There is no opponent!"
He spread his other hand again, "The government will definitely support it!"
Putting his hands together and holding them tightly, Eric stared at Jennifer, "What do you think our future will be like?"
"We will lead the global railway industry!" Jennifer stood up excitedly, she had imagined this future countless times!
"No!" Eric shook his head slowly, spreading his hands again, "We will die miserably!"
"Why?" Jennifer exclaimed.
"Because we don't have enough strength to swallow this cake, we are not greedy enough to swallow elephants, and we can only be held to death in the end! There were as many as 6,000 railroad companies in the United States at their peak! Now, after integration and annexation, there are also nearly Thousands of companies, the largest six, including UP and BNSF, control nearly 80% of the railroad business in the United States. You have sorted out these materials for me, and you should know better than me."
"Of course, but our technology..."
"Our technology surpasses them for decades, and the price is cheaper than theirs, but we have no connections!" Eric sighed, "The U.S. government will cooperate with us, and our orders will not be short. but we're strong enough to influence the White House, and they'll definitely stumble elsewhere, like for more raw materials!"
"Steel, aluminum, copper, these basic materials they can't control, but some special materials, it's hard to say." Eric took out a small gray metal ball and placed it on the table, and the ball radiated under the sunlight. With a dazzling metallic luster, "Like this, niobium!"
"Niobium?" Jennifer carefully picked up the ball and put it in front of her eyes to observe carefully, "Is this niobium? I've never seen it before. I heard from the technical department that this thing is very cheap, but it's a synthetic for Lehnsherr No.1 A very important raw material."
"The price of niobium is really cheap, only tens of dollars per pound, but this material is very rare, only five or six companies in the United States sell it, and we are very dependent on this material , without this material, we would not be able to build Lehnsherr 1! As long as we control these five or six companies, and say hello to customs, we will have always have niobium available!"
"So serious? I have to ask them to order more!" Jennifer jumped up in a hurry, picked up the phone and was about to call, but Eric hurriedly stopped him.
"It's useless, how much can I order now? Its output is there, even if we pay several times the price, we can't order much."
"Then what should I do?" Jennifer's pretty face was full of anxiety.
Eric laughed and pointed at the scenery outside the window: "This is the moment we came here, look in that direction, Mt. Murima, there are a lot of niobium ore, and the mining equipment here is still at the level of 40 years ago!"
Speaking of this, Jennifer's eyes flashed, and she stood by the window and kept looking out. Eric came behind her and pointed his finger in another direction, "Look in that direction, Tamota, there are barites there; that Directions, Gilgil, one of the largest diatomite mines in the world, and over there..."
Jennifer's eyes kept moving with Eric's fingers, her nose was sniffing the scent of Eric's body, and her face was slightly red. This man, although he looks cynical, is always unexpected, making people involuntarily curious about him.
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The next day, Jennifer was left to accompany the officials of the local business department. Eric left the city with the "bodyguard" Ulysses and the "servant" little leopard, bought an off-road vehicle at a high price, and set off towards the prairie, went to investigate the ruins of prehistoric civilization...
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