Chapter 631 Unexpected Visitor
Shimazu Hiroshi still did not agree on the spot, and still used the same excuse: go back and discuss with the elders of the tribe.
Luke was not worried. The Shimazu family knew that this was a good thing. No matter which choice was made, it would be beneficial to them.
In a short period of time, Luke cannot support a consortium in Japan, but he can indirectly influence the Japanese economy through cooperation.
This place is just a colony in itself, so there is no rush.
During the time that Luke was away, Samantha didn't meet anyone from other consortiums except the Nishimura family.
Although Luke said to let her decide, Samantha is not stupid.
Even without relying on the Nishimura family, Samantha has enough strength to suppress them.
After Luke came back, Samantha focused on the Nishimura family.
The Qin family's business elite team brought by Luke will give priority to dealing with Samantha's affairs.
Nishimura wants Samantha to pay, but doesn't want to give up her power.
Samantha has the Qin family's business team, and she also has her own.
The core figures of the Nishimura family’s businesses who disobeyed were kicked out.
Others were bribed or lured away, using a variety of means.
Finally, the Nishimura family saw that the situation was hopeless and they were unable to fight back, so they surrendered their power.
Although Samantha did not become the head of the West Village family, she already controls 70% of the West Village family's assets.
Most of them are core industries.
When Luke met other consortiums, he acted quite ruthlessly.
Not only did they lower prices during negotiations, they also continued to suppress the market in the stock market.
By using a variety of means, they took over many important industries in Japan.
But after the slap, you have to give a sweet gift.
As for the most core industries of the consortium, Luke only invested in them and did not seek controlling stakes.
On the contrary, the companies that have invested in it can also cooperate with the Qin family's industries and receive considerable preferential treatment.
Hiroshi Shimazu found Luke.
He chose to be Luke's spokesperson in Japan.
But Mainland Hotels can’t let it go. After all, they have already cooperated and it would be very troublesome to withdraw now.
However, he has already handed over the specific work of the Mainland Hotel, which is still managed by the Shimazu family.
Keeping just one Continental Hotel was not a problem for Luke.
But Luke was doing legitimate business and didn't want his business to be tainted.
"I will find someone to take over the Continental Hotel in Osaka. You don't have to worry about the High Table Conference."
After Shimazu Hiroshi left, Luke made several phone calls.
In the end, the High Table held an emergency meeting and sent someone to take over the Continental Hotel in Osaka first, and then officially take over after selecting a suitable candidate.
Originally, some people in the High Table were very dissatisfied with what happened to the Shimazu family.
It is not easy to open a hotel in mainland China. There are too many and too large interests and plans involved.
I originally wanted to teach the Shimazu family a lesson.
However, there are several forces in the High Table that are related to Luke, and Luke paid $2 million to the High Table on behalf of the Shimazu family.
Finally, the High Table Meeting agreed that the Shimazu family could safely withdraw from the hotel business on the mainland.
Before Luke left Japan, he met Leonard again.
Not long after, a group of Kennedy family members visited Japan.
After dealing with the matter in Japan, Luke took Samantha back to Hawaii.
Sales was still waiting for him here.
Although Japan made a lot of money, it was Luke who brought up the matter and it was he who asked Sales to organize the event.
So, Luke owed Saleth a favor, although it was not big, he still had to repay it.
Sales was afraid that this favor would be useless over time, so he found Luke after Luke had dealt with the matter in Japan.
"Play golf with me?"
Luke waved his hand and smiled as he laid back on the recliner.
"You're playing golf in such a hot day? I won't play with you."
After saying that, he turned his head to Samantha who was swimming in the pool.
"I am young..."
Sales: ...
Who hasn't been young yet...
However, Sales didn't have to play golf because the golf course was open and not easily monitored.
Seeing that Luke was unmoved, he sat on the recliner next to Luke.
It was still the mineral water handed to him by his bodyguard.
“What do you think about oil futures?”
As soon as the old man started it, Luke knew what he was going to do.
"You want to attack Russia?"
Saleth put the water bottle down and glanced at Luke.
This glance brought amazement, recognition and relief.
"If you weren't the heir to the Qin family, I would have taken you in as my student."
Luke smiled and waved his hand.
"No, with my bloodline, I can't enter your circle."
Saleth sighed.
"No, you don't understand. In fact, bloodline is not the key..."
Luke didn't respond and said:
"There is no end to making money, and the world is still too small."
Sales didn't respond.
I don’t know if he understood the meaning of Luke’s words, so he continued:
"It's not just Russia. This time it's actually a favor."
Luke heard the meaning in his words. The point was not about favors, but: it's not just Russia.
He immediately guessed what those people were thinking behind the scenes.
What these people want to touch is not oil, but the entire energy industry.
The ultimate goal is not to reap the energy-rich countries, but to reap Europe.
Luke's expression was serious.
He also has huge interests in Europe.
The whole of Europe relies on imports for energy.
Either from Russia or from the Middle East.
Now it is the United States that is trying to grab this market.
Not only are they trying to seize the energy market, they are also trying to seize Europe's industry.
Energy is the core of industry.
Luke frowned and thought: These people have big ambitions.
After figuring out the whole story, Luke looked at Saleth.
Sales was calm and composed, not at all panicked by Luke's stare at him.
"When are you planning to take action?"
Salles shook his head.
This kind of thing, not to mention that it doesn't happen now, even if it does, Luke will not be told in advance unless he gets on board.
"I have a lot of businesses in Europe. If you do this, I will suffer great losses. How will you compensate me?"
"What compensation do you want?" Saleth asked Luke.
Luke shook his head.
"This is an action initiated by you. I am the victim. I will only work with you if you come up with a compensation plan."
"Tell those people behind you, don't even think about touching Europe and Russia without adequate compensation, I'm not kidding."
Saleth looked at Luke and smiled.
"So are you representing the Qin family or yourself now?"
Luke answered without hesitation:
"I am the Qin family. What the Qin family doesn't have is added with my own."
Sales nodded, said nothing, and left with his bodyguards.
After Saleth left, Luke seemingly relaxed in the sun.
I was thinking about how to break the deadlock.
These people are jealous.
Use this plan as bait.
One was to test Luke's background, and the other was to test the Qin family's reaction.
Luke and the Qin family are a consortium with many companies under their umbrella.
In addition, there are even more companies that are secretly controlled through overseas companies.
The entire Middle East is now at war, and the US military is relying on its military strength to show off its military power everywhere.
And these forces have fattened up certain people.
Once some people become fat, they want to eat more.
But Luke also had an idea that he really needed an opportunity now.
A crazy night with the passionate Samantha.
The next morning, Luke arrived at Pearl Harbor on Oahu in casual clothes.
Yesterday, he contacted his uncle, Jack Qin.
But no contact was made.
He plans to come to the naval base at Pearl Harbor to find him today.
When they arrived outside the base, they were told that the fleet Jack Qin was in was conducting a joint exercise.
So Luke thought of Captain Adams of the battleship Missouri.
The old general is now the commander of the Third Fleet.
After entering the camp, Luke drove to the base's command center office building according to the guard's instructions.
Not long after entering the camp, Luke received an urgent communication from Lilith.
"Boss, we have discovered a small unidentified fleet heading towards Earth."
"Wardfark?"
"Can you contact the other party?"
"I used the language of Xandar, the Asgardians, and the Kree, but the other party never answered."
"How long will it take for the other party to reach Earth?"
"They are moving very fast, but are slowing down. It is estimated that they will enter Earth orbit in about 2 hours."
"Keep calling. Be sure to confirm their identities and the civilization they belong to. Also, call the Punisher over and issue an emergency mission."
"Okay, boss."
"Send me the enemy's ship data."
After hanging up the phone, Luke pulled over to the side of the road.
He picked up the tablet and looked at the information sent by Lilith.
This alien fleet has 5 ships.
Three of the small ships were obviously frigates.
A relatively large ship is limited in size. It is more than 200 meters long, only one-third longer than a small ship.
There was also a smallest ship being escorted in the center of the fleet.
Obviously, this spacecraft has important functions, but the details still need to be confirmed.
On the other side, NASA also discovered this fleet.
It was obvious that this alien fleet had no disguise at all.
But Luke got her analysis from Lilith.
This small fleet is most likely the product of an early civilization.
Otherwise, the only civilization that can travel safely in the universe is at least level three.
Judging from the external equipment of this fleet, it is barely a level 2 civilization.
It is only slightly stronger than the Earth, at the level of just entering the universe for exploration.
Finally Lilith came to a conclusion.
This is most likely an exploratory fleet that has just entered or is about to enter the second-level civilization.
The reason for coming to the solar system and heading for the Earth is probably that it received a signal and turned to explore the Earth and resupply at the same time.
NASA has contacted the U.S. Air Force.
NORAD is now on alert.
This was the first time that Earth openly hosted aliens.
Hela: Have you forgotten about me and Asgard?
"Lilith, use satellites in Earth orbit to warn them."
While Luke was busy making wise arrangements for Lilith, the White House also became busy.
The president had just come out a few days ago and he was back in the bunker...
But this time the Secret Service didn't come with us, it was all FBI.
Catherine also came to keep the president company.
Now Catherine can be said to be a big hit with the president.
Catherine sent a message to Luke immediately.
She knew that Luke had many channels for intelligence, but she was unsure about the aliens, so she contacted Luke on the principle of asking first.
Unexpectedly, Luke did not hide anything in the message he sent her.
"The enemy's technological level is not high. It is likely an exploration fleet, but it is possible that they have weapons of mass destruction. Stay hidden and wait for follow-up."
Katherine was shocked to see Luke's reply.
Are you the FBI? Are you also being paid by the CIA and NASA?
But Catherine quickly calmed down.
I secretly mentioned this to the president and told him Luke's analysis.
As a big man who had experienced many ups and downs, the president glanced at Catherine and understood what she meant.
But at this time, there is no way to inform the public publicly.
People in the upper class all know that if this matter gets out, maybe all the weird people in the United States will take to the streets to protest again.
Maybe those who oppose aliens and those who welcome aliens will fight each other in the streets...
Ordinary people cannot be told, but the top leaders are already prepared.
The Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were all separated in hidden and secure bunkers.
It’s because they’re afraid of being caught together.
As the fleet approached, it was discovered not only by NASA but also by other major powers.
However, everyone concealed the truth and did not tell ordinary people.
Now we don’t know the purpose of this alien fleet, so we must be prepared.
Seeing that the fleet was approaching the Earth's orbit and had slowed down enough to enter the atmosphere, Luke asked Lilith to interfere further.
Unexpectedly, the accident still happened.
The other party was obviously interfered with and the route deviated.
The smallest spacecraft in the center hit the satellite that was changing its orbit.
The nuclear power battery on the satellite exploded.
The shock wave not only disrupted the fleet, but also partially destroyed the small spacecraft.
The small spacecraft separated from the main force and fell in different directions.
At this time, the fleet had already entered the atmosphere, and it was almost impossible to change the flight trajectory.
They relied on residual speed to enter the atmosphere, and it was too late to start the spacecraft engine.
"Lilith~"
"The small craft landed in the waters near HK in Dongda. The other four are changing their routes and are expected to land south of Oahu."
"Send a Pelican."
Luke put down the tablet, started the car and drove to General Adams' office building.
The navy has received the news and the entire base has begun to mobilize.
However, due to an exercise scheduled a few days ago, none of the large surface ships were present at the base.
When Luke arrived at the office building, he happened to see General Adams about to go out.
"General Adams."
"Luke? Why are you here?"
"I said it was a coincidence, do you believe it?"
General Adams did not exchange pleasantries with Luke. He was rushing to the command center to contact the fleet conducting the exercise.
Just as Luke was talking to General Adams, four visible lines of fire streaked across the blue sky and fell into the sea not far away.
General Adams hurriedly grabbed Luke.
"Come with me first. It's urgent. You are being recruited."
Luke looked at the old general in silence.
"Are you sure?"
The old general pulled Luke into the jeep.
Shout to the driver:
"Quick, let's go to the command center."
Then he turned to Luke and said:
"With you by my side, I don't have to wait for my adjutant."
