It is indeed very expensive to do something. From the founding of the Ocean Business Department to now, it has been a few months, and it has been thrown away several hundred million US dollars in tangible and intangible. While the operation department is sufficiently equipped, Zuo Lin also needs to consider more for all the people in the operation department. The spiritual affinity fabric is used to make clothes, and no matter what the cost, the people in the operation department must be equipped. Various tools and weapons that everyone is familiar with or are not familiar with must be gradually implemented. Conventional weapons are already relatively comprehensive, but in terms of transportation, communication, etc., the level of the operation department is still at the level of the last century. If it weren't for the beginning of this century, this would be something that can make people cry.

"How much time do we have?" Zuo Lin asked.

"Invisible confrontation or actual fight?" Insula asked.

"What do you think?" Zuo Lin's meaning should have both.

"The invisible confrontation depends on you and Sun Digui. In fact, it has begun now. Will the Truth Society watch the Druid Council grow? I don't believe this. They worship the power of money more than us. As for the fact that it is really going to start, it depends on how far you can push the Truth Society." Insula seemed to have never thought that the Druid Council would be at a disadvantage.

"You are very optimistic. Our intelligence supervisor?" Zuo Lin said with a smile.

"The Truth will come to the United States with the first batch of immigrants, and it has been operating bleak for hundreds of years. In the end, it has only survived until the establishment of the US dollar-based 'Bretton Woods System' after World War II to gain a great rise. What about us? Now, it's our time. From losing to the Romans 2,000 years ago to now, the Druids have not encountered any problems that cannot be solved. Gustav said well, we have finally waited for this era, and we will never see the opportunity pass."

Zuo Lin nodded. It is indeed a good situation now. If it is messed up, it will be a shame for anyone.

"The peace agreement does not have direct confrontation... Usually, what should I do or what should I do. It is better to clear the surrounding area, right?" Insula threw a SD card to Zuo Lin, stuffed the last piece of steak into her mouth, wiped her mouth very carelessly, and left.

Looking at the small flash memory card, Zuo Lin's eyes also flashed.

189.

material

When Zuolin and Insula were talking, Murray actively attracted the attention of the people around him, and temporarily ignored Zuolin and Insula, but it did not prevent him from hearing the conversation between them word by word. The ones that Insula gave Zuolin to Zuolin must be very important and secret information. When these information was fully digested by Zuolin, when Zuolin decided to take action, perhaps someone in this world should be trembling.

When the people around him regained their attention, Murray asked Zuolin quietly: "What did Insula give you?"

"I haven't seen it yet, how do I know?" Zuo Lin said with a smile.

"Anyway, try to call me whenever you have something to do. There has been no exciting activities for a long time." For Murray, playing football is a very profitable job. Although he may be a big help to the entire team and cannot influence the results of all games, that is enough. Playing football is not a lot of exercise for Murray, and it is far from the stimulation of fighting against a close-knit enemy. He is a "leopard". Which guy with the title of a big cat is not a strong guy with strong combat power?

"You are so famous, you are not good at absent from the competition and training, right?" Murray, who has multiple nationalities, is still a member of the English national team, and it is not that easy to withdraw from the task. For Zuo Lin, there may not be one or two people missing. Now, Zuo Lin's subordinates are very strong.

"Oh...but I can't buy out my contract like you." Murray sighed.

"Don't think about this." Zuolin changed the subject, "How are you and Sally?"

Speaking of the girl he likes, Murray's eyes have changed a little. It was full of tenderness, but also nervous eyes. If it was a short time to get along for a period of happiness, it might not be a problem. But what if it wasn't? What if it wasn't? If you want to spend your whole life with Sally? Do you have to hide your identity as a druid for the rest of your life? Don't say that this is basically impossible. Even if it can be done, then this hypocritical relationship is not what Murray wants.

He patted Murray on the shoulder, and Zuo Lin, who had already noticed Murray's concern, left on his own. He needed to examine the contents of the SD card that Insula gave him.

Before the party was over, Zuo Lin first found Susan, the nominal owner of the party. He said he wanted to go back and make an important phone call, and then returned to his residence. Zuo Lin is now somewhat inseparable from those advanced electronic devices. Although he did not bring a laptop to attend the carnival this time, he still brought the very useful PDA with him.

The information that Insula gave Zuo Lin mainly involves two aspects. One is the various contents traced out from the clue of Tang in Hong Kong. The other is the contents traced out from the clue of the virus laboratory that he and Insula cooperated to destroy.

Tang, a Hong Kong family made a tough move for Zuo Lin in Ouyang Yang, and it has not been over yet. The guys who were quite capable and powerful among the guys who were included in private videos by Tang, may not be able to fight against Tang, and may not say anything harsh, but those obstructions in the open and secret made Tang feel a little difficult. If it weren't for Tang's business focus not in Asia nor in the Chinese circle, and in order to retain the future dealings.

Tang's methods Ouyang Yang only released a small part of the video, and the troubles these days have been enough to make Tang's collapse. In addition to the trans-Pacific intercontinental business, the most important thing about Tang's business is the local business in the United States and the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. If these businesses can be carried out smoothly, no one would believe it if they did not have the approval or even support of the Truth Society behind them. The Truth Society regards the Truth Society as the back garden. But that is,

It is a business in the United States. Since Zuo Lin once said that he would investigate Tang's family and deal with Tang's family, intentionally or unintentionally set up many obstacles on both sides of the Xu family on the East Coast and the Hu family in Los Angeles, Tang's business was also greatly damaged. After all, as a Chinese family, Tang's family still tends to use Chinese in its own industry. Compared with Tang's family, the Xu family and Hu family have much greater influence among North American Chinese. As Zhang Ling began to take charge of Zuo Lin's business.

The industry in Brazil and the business of Tang's Caribbean will inevitably be affected. Zuo Lin almost accidentally set up a large encirclement to put Tang's net in it. Tang's current situation is not a problem. Because of Sura's hint, it is probably to let Zuo Lin take action to eliminate Tang's as soon as possible, so as not to have such a small trouble that can hinder both Asia and the United States when there is a large-scale conflict with the truth. Although it cannot cause any storm, it is somewhat annoying.

Compared with Tang, the clues drawn from that virus laboratory are much more complicated. Starting from several controlled devices, Insula followed the manufacturers, middlemen, channel transporters, etc., all the way. Those who were in charge of the research were not borrowing unknown people in the circle. How these people were discovered, contacted and recruited to participate in the research is another story in the middle. The large amount of funds needed for the research itself, the funds needed for hiring personnel, and even the smuggling of the batch of precision equipment that cost more expensive than the equipment itself is also a clue. Although, with the current trend of economic globalization, the complex situation of countless funds flowing from one country to another every day, this may be the most difficult clue to track. Insula started from both the people and the equipment, and asked clearly which one Who paid the expenses? Then he went to search for the people who paid the expenses, who were instructing them, who provided them with the expenses, or what purpose they were responsible for the expenses themselves, and how did their own funds come from. Gradually, as there were more and more clues, the clues gathered into a huge net. Following one by one, following one by one, following one by one, carefully distinguishing the different contents and rumors that different people said, and Sula finally completed the puzzle that was so complicated that it was impossible to add. All the sources of funds finally pointed to a Mannheim Foundation headquartered in Washington. This foundation is a relatively open organization established by the Truth Society in the United States, and it is also one of the centers for them to make money, launder money and pay various unclassified expenses.

The clues are interrupted here. The Mannheim Foundation's staff list often appears, and among the people who come and go, none of them are psychics or practitioners. I am afraid that this foundation has been operating on ordinary people and ordinary people with talent in financial management and investment. Truth Society only needs to make instructions on the allocation of funds. Truth Society can get answers to the questions they need from the end of each dollar. For example, those viruses.

Although there is no evidence that this virus has exploded in any corner of the world except for the experiments in villages near the laboratory, the truth of this virus was obviously not to burn the money that cannot be spent. Whether it is used for biological terrorist attacks or developing a vaccine to kill a country, this kind of virus is extremely sudden and contagious, and will suddenly disappear after several generations of reproduction, leaving only a small amount of information that is not enough to track down the source. They are extremely powerful weapons.

There is also a part of the information in the SD card about "Paradise Island". Although I don't know the location of Paradise Island, I can still speculate from various information. Since the Truth will be able to bribe the logistics companies to transport supplies to Paradise Island and allow the Coast Self-Defense Force to deliberately avoid "discovering" Paradise Island's cruise routes, then these things that have been changed by them will inevitably show an unnatural posture. Summarize various unnatural postures and analyze and organize them, and the rough location will be drawn. It is a considerable sea area. Compared with the satellite photos on Google Eanth, there are many small islands of a certain size. If you really want to check it, it is probably not that simple.

"Zuo Lin! Come out to have a drink!" Just as Zuo Lin was considering whether the pile of information that Insula threw to him was to check Paradise Island or just give him a basic understanding, Hermione Porter seemed a little excited and unusually excited and sounded downstairs.

"Drinking?" Zuo Lin's mind echoed, and suddenly remembered that Hermione had only drank some light champagne, and even her father had complained that the little girl should not be exposed to alcohol too early. And in Murray's team, under everyone's observation, Hermione's wine did not seem to be so good.

When Zuo Lin arrived downstairs, Hermione was already lying on the sofa, holding the soft cushion and fell asleep. Susan was on the side, looking embarrassed and wanted to wake up the drunkard guy and get it back to the room. But between a nearly mature girl and a nearly childish girl, the difference in body shape and weight was so big.

"Susan, you are the hostess of the party. Go back quickly. I'll get this disobedient child into the room and go back to the party, okay?" Zuo Lin laughed and picked Hermione up with the mat. Susan had no choice but to nod depressedly and ran away. Hermione's weight was nothing for Zuo Lin. She put Hermione on the bed and covered her with a quilt, adjusted the temperature of the air conditioner in the room, and Zuo Lin left. If she didn't go back to the party and missed the grand end of the upcoming party, it would be a bit rude.

...Whether you are going to investigate the paradise island or find a way to wipe out Tang's strength at once, you have to wait at least after the carnival. Now, he can't get out.

190.

melody

That day, many people were drunk. Everyone even encouraged Susan to drink with her. Fortunately, Susan was a good boy with a firm stance and firmly resisted the temptation.

Although the druid's alcohol capacity is generally very good, not only because the body is tolerant of alcohol and has a very fast metabolism, but also because for the druid, alcohol, as one of the sacrificial supplies, is almost as long as the history of the druid Council, or even longer. Druids who cannot drink alcohol almost do not exist. Even so, they can't resist the constant urging and being urging at the party, and after the party, they continued to drink in the living room of their residence. So when Hermione, who was not drunk, got up from the bed and ran downstairs to find water to drink, she saw Murray and Chirom put their shoulders on each other and hummed a distant and wide melody, and poured the best pure malt whiskey one after another.

So, when Zuolin, who had read Insula's information carefully again and walked downstairs to the living room, he came to the scene: Murray and Chirom were still humming with each other's shoulders, while Hermione was holding a notebook, holding a pencil, sitting on the ground against the back of the sofa, recording the score. Zuo Zhuang was stunned. The two drunk druids hummed together, which was that they had been singing the tunes they had grown up since childhood: a classic song.

Dictations are Druid's literacy textbooks and are also one of the most basic methods of practice. Although it is not absolutely forbidden to spread the word, such a musical girl genius will definitely be curious about the origin of this tune. How can we fool it?

"Hermione...what are you doing?" Zuolin asked.

He hurriedly dipped his lips with the bright yellow Shidelou 4b pencil in his hand and gestured to Zuo Lin to silence. Hermione continued to bury her head before she could raise her head. It was not until a few minutes later that she was convinced that the two drunken men were already circling the main tone over and over again. Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Wu Lin with her shiny eyes, and said, "Do you have this tone?"

Looking at the young master's sincere and eager eyes, Zuo Linwei nodded and said, "Yes. I will do it." He had been thinking about how to make up a story to get away with it for a few minutes, which was much better than letting this smart girl say a little bit of cliché.

"Can you sing it to me?" Hermione asked after hesitating, "This song should have lyrics. Obviously there should be."

Zuo Lin scratched his head and said, "You came down in the middle of the night for this?"

At this time, Hermione remembered that her basic goal of finding water to drink had not been completed. She jumped up, threw the notebook covered with symbols that only she could understand, and threw the pencil aside, rushed into the kitchen and poured a glass of cold water, drank it all in one gulp and rushed out again.

"This is the only thing left now," Hermione said happily.

Is the girls' logic so strange? Zuo Lin touched the back of his head and said, "Don't disturb them from sleeping, go to the living room, okay?"

The contestant village is still quite far from downtown Los Angeles where lights are strong. The two small hills are isolate the city's lights from the other side. In the living room on the second floor, through the large glass doors that are as bright as a mirror, you can see a few stars. Although they are just the brightest stars, it is also rare.

"...Which passage do you want to listen to? These are many songs collected by one of our friends." Zuolin said: "Many of them are tunes that have been lost for a long time. From those few people, there are ancient Celtics, Vikings, etc.... What do you want to listen to?"

Hermione's eyes shining brighter. Of course, she knew what kind of sensational effect would be if these music were published. Of course, the inheritance and development of music and the genre of music made many modern musicians use these traditional music elements intentionally or unintentionally, but if it is really authentic, it is different after all. However, since it was sorted out by someone, it is hard to say that the copyright belongs. Hermione has no idea of ​​achieving her career in other people's name, but these music is really attractive to this girl who grew up almost in melody.

"Can I hear it... all! all!" Hermione's tone was full of enthusiasm.

Zuo Lin pulled a leaf from the indoor potted plant in the living room and blew it for a while. Then, he said, "Let Murray find a bagpipe for you tomorrow... There are too many."

Hermione thought about the tune just now carefully. The bright and changeable sound seemed to be the birds in the forest, quietly watching everything happening around her. Watching people pass by their territory and leave... it seemed to be the sound of nature itself.

"You have collected so many songs, why are you?" Hermione asked curiously. The resources of these songs, from the perspective of her professional musician, are definitely a huge asset. They are not only material but also spiritual.

"Aren't we running an environmental protection institute? We need some information for our wife to raise funds. We once thought about making some short films or some commercials, and at least there is something for everyone to see at the fundraising meeting. The cameraman has found all the music. It should be very suitable to use these as soundtracks. But the friend who collected the music has died of illness." Strictly speaking, it is not a lie to say that the friend who collected the music has died of illness. The druid, the senior who created the classic songs, didn't know much about his past.

Younger, but the others are hard to say. Making some short films and using the pictures and videos taken is just an idea that a few people put forward, and it is still a very long way to implement it. And in Zuo Lin's mouth, it seems that everything is ready. Sometimes, Zuo Lin is a little unfamiliar with himself who can tell lies that are difficult to see through, but he is not disgusted. Concealment and disguise are all compulsory courses for all druids, and an important lesson they have learned from nature.

Hermione thought about it carefully and asked, "Can I join?...I like these songs, really."

"We are going to Serengeti for materials and filming in the beginning of next spring. Can you suffer?" Zuo Lin wanted to scare the girl away.

"No problem!" Hermione agreed very happily. "Has one of these ancient songs been born there?"

"More than that, there are many. The drums of African tribes have been ringing from ancient times to the present. What is preserved there is far better than everyone imagines. However, the situation is not good now. A few years later, some tribes will disappear. Many tribes are becoming more and more like so-called civilized people, and civilized people...haha, it's better not to mention it." Zuo Lin said calmly.

"How bad is it?" Hermione once watched Serengeti in a documentary, Englo-Endro Crater, millions of wildebeests there, crocodiles ambushed in the river, leopards strewn on the grassland, and lions occupying their hunting grounds. This is the place she longed for.

"Water..." Zuo Lin sighed, "Travelers need to consume a lot of water. Although they have been there and contributed the funds needed by the reserve, they have also consumed a lot of water. The fresh water used by a rich man to take a bath may be enough for some life to use for a long time. The balance there cannot accommodate so many people, and even less to consume."

Hermione was silent. But Zuo Lin thought a lot. He continued lightly, "In fact, many times, protection is so simple. Look at how many people, when they go to restaurants and cafes, they always habitually take an extra tissue and keep it, afraid that if they need to use it, even if they are used according to their habits, there are very few opportunities to use this extra tissue. If everyone competes for less insignificant tissue, their lives will not change. No one asks them to change. But how many forests can stay in a year? Those models who claim to protect nature without wearing fur, and even run naked to perform, how many fish can they poison their cosmetics all year round? Those who know that their family members don't like it and still have to get pets at home, they are a little more rational, and how many small animals can there not be wandering on the streets in a year?"

"I'm sorry," said Hermione ashamed, "I'm one of those who like to get extra tissues."

"Maybe, it's not a bad thing to go to Africa to see it? When you get there, you should be able to hear a lot of melodies that shock you, just like I did at the time." Zuolin suddenly remembered something. He took out the pda in his pocket, pulled out the SD card of Insula, took out another SD card from the leather case, stuffed it in, and activated a file. It was the drum beats sent by Pauletta to him, collected from various tribes in Africa. Under the terrible sound effects of the pda, it still showed a terrifying charm.

"When I arrived in Africa, I would ask the guy who collected these drum beats to be a guide. He is a photographer of National Geographic. Maybe you know, it is the famous Pauletta who is desperate," said Zuolin.

"Pauletta?" Hermione exclaimed. Pauletta has been almost the most famous and craziest photographer in the world in the past two years. His animal photography and documentary photography have repeatedly won awards in various competitions, especially since he has been dealing with various bloody conflicts in Africa, in succession of coups and battles, and around the most dangerous animals in Africa. But he is still alive and constantly taking photos that make everyone dumbfounded.

Of course Zuolin would not tell Hermione that Pauletta was a druid, and that those dangers were nonsense to him. Especially those animal photography that made people frightened. For Pauletta, those animal models were much easier to deal with than beautiful models who were almost unclothed in the studio.
Chapter completed!