Chapter 496 Breaking News

Listen to the birdhouse.

The chirping of birds, the chirping of cicadas.

Zhu Lin came over with a cup of tea and saw Liu Tao holding a pen and writing on the paper:

Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain

Cultivate this body in the cave for thousands of years

Practice diligently to gain enlightenment

Reborn and transformed into a human being

Focus on the Tao without distracting thoughts

Take refuge in the Three Jewels and abandon the mortal world

I hope the Bodhisattva will enlighten me

Cross my Suzhen and emerge from the mortal world

Later, Liu Tao drew a line next to it and wrote "Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain".

Zhu Lin asked curiously: "What is this? Doesn't it look like poetry?"

Poems are often not so straightforward.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "This is poetry, a song, and a story."

Then Liu Tao recalled watching "The Legend of White Snake" with his family in front of the TV when he was a child. At that time, he didn't have to think about anything. It was the most innocent and happy time.

He has forgotten many things. Time has baptized his memory and washed away many things.

But there are also some memories that are deeply ingrained and have not been washed away by the years. Instead, they have become purer, deeper and clearer under the baptism of time.

He hummed softly:

Qingcheng~Shanxia~Bai Suzhen

In the cave ~ for thousands of years ~ to cultivate this body

Ah~~ah~~ah~~

After singing, Liu Tao took a sip of tea and then slowly told the story of "The Legend of the New White Snake".

Bai Suzhen was originally a little white snake practicing in the mountains. One day, the little white snake was captured by the Snake Old Man and nearly died. Fortunately, he was saved by a little shepherd boy. Bai Suzhen secretly swore: I will remember this life-saving grace forever.

After seventeen hundred years of practice, he finally shed his snake body and transformed into a human form. She originally wanted to go to Mount Emei to continue practicing, but after Guanyin's guidance, she remembered that there was still an unfinished love relationship in the world. Following the instructions, she came to Hangzhou West Lake to look for Xu Xian, her savior in her previous life...

Taking shelter from the rain in the same boat, borrowing an umbrella from a boat, cleverly transforming the palace, saving people with magic, realgar, stealing Ganoderma lucidum, intercepting evil spirits, etc., each of the bizarre and wonderful plots slowly unfolded like a picture scroll.

Zhu Lin was fascinated by what he heard.

When he heard at the end that the "Wenquxing" descended to earth, Xu Shilin studied diligently and finally lived up to expectations and won the top prize in the scientific examination. Following the imperial edict, he returned to his hometown of Zhenjiang to visit relatives, and then went to West Lake to worship in front of Leifeng Pagoda. Filial piety moved heaven, and Bai Suzhen was finally able to get out of the tower openly, see the light of day again, and reunite with Xu Shilin's mother and son. Xu Shilin married his cousin Li Bilian. Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing, Fahai and Xu Xian also resolved their grievances and completed their merits. The four of them were able to ascend to heaven together and become immortals. Zhu Lin couldn't help but said: "Fahai is so bad, how can he ascend!"

Liu Tao smiled. This was also the most unpleasant thing in "The Legend of the White Snake" that made the audience feel the most unhappy. He also asked how this "bad guy" who always embarrasses the protagonist can achieve success. This is really infuriating.

He didn't explain much. After all, making people angry is also a kind of success!

"I'll write this story down, and you can look for a director willing to film it. If you encounter any problems, let me know." Liu Tao said, "Since you want to act in just one more TV series or movie, then this story might very suitable."

When Zhu Lin heard this, she realized that Liu Tao had created this story for her, and she couldn't help but be very moved.

In the next few days, Liu Tao finished writing "The Legend of the White Snake" and also wrote down those classic songs. After all, whether it was "Waiting Once in a Thousand Years", "Love", "Past and Present Life", "Heart" "Lake Rain and Wind", "Heaven Doesn't Understand Love", etc., are enduring and have influenced countless people.

Before leaving Beijing, Liu Tao made a special trip to the Ordnance Industry Corporation.

He has received news that this year, the Ordnance Industry Corporation will be abolished and merged with the Machinery Industry Corporation (First Machinery Department) to form the National Machinery Industry Commission.

This is another big move after the previous change of the Fifth Machinery Department to the head office.

This also means that from now on, the Fifth Machinery Department will completely become history.

Of course, after the reorganization, Panshan Group is still under the management of the National Machinery Industry Commission. After all, the National Machinery Industry Commission will be responsible for the management of the weapons industry and machinery industry.

After Liu Tao took back the foreign exchange settlement rights last time, Panshan Group's independence has become very strong. It can even be said that it is only nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ordnance Industry Corporation.

After walking into several leaders' offices, Liu Tao was about to leave, but was stopped.

"What? What did you say!?" Liu Tao's eyes widened when he heard the leader's words, with a look of disbelief on his face, "Is Lao Mei crazy, or is Ka Dazuo crazy!"

Liu Tao took a breath of air.

But the leader just told him that a big event had just happened in the world. Libya used the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile to sink a Perry-class frigate that was provocative in the Mediterranean.

The Perry-class frigate is a general-purpose missile frigate with moderate performance in the U.S. Navy. It has a variety of tactical uses and can undertake tasks such as air defense, anti-submarine, escort, and attack on surface targets.

Although Perry-class frigates are not as capable as some high-performance frigates, they are built in large numbers due to their affordability.

So far, the United States has built forty or fifty Perry-class frigates.

Moreover, the construction of the first Perry-class frigate started in 1975 and was only launched in 1976. Even the first ship has only been in service for almost ten years.

After ten years in service, it is still a very new warship for warships that have been in service for thirty or fifty years.

According to the latest cost of Perry-class frigates, one has exceeded $100 million.

Such a Perry-class frigate was sunk. Considering the cost of the frigate itself, plus the 180 crew members and the weapons on board, it means that the United States has lost at least $500 million.

More importantly, this is equivalent to being slapped hard by Colonel Ka.

Considering that the relationship between the two sides has been getting worse in recent years, this is simply a precursor to war, or a fuse.

"Are there any casualties?" Liu Tao asked hurriedly.

"I'm afraid that the crew of the entire frigate will not survive. According to the news, the anti-ship missile hit the middle, and the frigate quickly entered the water and sank. The Libyan side did not carry out rescue." The leader said in a deep voice.

Liu Tao took a breath of cold air. He could foresee that the Americans would not give up.

He didn't know what the two sides were doing.

The Americans have had a hard time these years. Even though they continue to issue bonds, inflation still plagues the United States. The inflation rate of up to 10% is a clear example. Moreover, the national debt of the United States now exceeds 2.6 trillion US dollars. The total amount of foreign debt exceeds that of the domestic debt. The United States has also changed from the world's largest creditor country to the world's largest debtor country.

Not only that, the economic policies of the United States in recent years have also widened the gap between the rich and the poor.

The economic crisis has always plagued the United States. In the past ten years, the United States has always been weak in the economy. Even though the situation of the Soviet Union is not very good now, the pattern of the Soviet Union attacking and the United States defending has not changed.

He doesn't understand why the Americans are still provoking Colonel Ka.

This is a dare to provoke, and the other dares to fight back, just hoping that the world will not be in chaos!