CHAPTER 324: CHAPTER 104: HERE IS A PARENT EXCHANGE COUPON, UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS EXPIRED

If asked which city is the most famous in America, the vast majority of people will immediately recall New York, if not Los Angeles or San Francisco.

If you ask many Easterners where America’s capital is, most of them will still answer New York.

Compared to those economically developed areas, Washington as a political center is somewhat of a small presence.

It might not even be more famous than the local White House or Pentagon.

Washington is not even in Washington State, one is on the West Coast and one is on the East Coast, separated by tens of thousands of miles, and Washington State has even independently become the Washington Republic.

"I admit that Military Science is still among the top five corporate enterprises in the world today, dominating North America with endless glory, nearly unifying America at one point, but in my view, whether it’s New America or Military Science, your situation is not really favorable..."

"The East Coast and central regions have been largely polluted by nuclear and biochemical warfare, agricultural planting areas are continuously contaminated, and the destruction of infrastructure from years of civil war is difficult to sustain..."

"Although currently Oregon, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and other six states have been declared to rejoin the New America system nominally, any discerning person can see that as soon as there is any disturbance, those that should be independent will still be independent..."

"Last year, New America’s GDP ranked 24th in the world, basically unchanged from the previous year, still on par with Myanmar, Malawi, and other third-rate countries, on the same level..."

"We all know you are brewing the next wave of offense, determined to reclaim the entire North American territory, but the problem is, how do you plan to face the pincer attack of Huang Ban and the European Community..."

Rosalind Miles

Former Military Science CEO, now the President of the United States, was sitting in her presidential office in Washington, alone in the room, watching the dialogue between two people on her computer screen.

One was Lin Miao, the other was Freddy, deputy director of Night City’s marketing department.

Miles’s expression was indifferent, as someone who has held the throne for a dozen years as a veteran politician, it’s hard to decipher what she was thinking from her expression.

However, the pen that kept rotating in her hands showed she was in a pretty good mood.

Just like every connection between the opposition party and the ruling party.

When she was in the opposition party, she spared no effort in promoting the dangers of the authoritarian government, at any cost preventing the government from expanding its powers.

But once elected to the ruling party, all the words she spoke in the past became nonsense, immediately changing her tune and finding ways to expand government power.

Miles was like this, the former president Elizabeth Criss was like this too.

They both served as Military Science CEOs, but when they became New America’s presidents, the only thing on their minds was how to nationalize Military Science, making it part of New America and expanding the government’s jurisdiction.

Then...they actually managed to do that halfway.

That’s why it’s called "halfway," as Military Science nominally did become nationalized, but the core remained autonomous, controlled by the current CEO Lucas Harvard, making it difficult for the government to intervene.

Elizabeth and Miles had planned for more than twenty years for the Unity War, only to suffer a crushing defeat at Night City, originally intending to unify nationwide prestige and completely take over Military Science, causing New America’s plan to return to its peak to be shelved.

Military Science was willing to lend a hand in Night City to press the Trauma Team, partly indeed for Lin Miao’s possession, partly to hammer the Trauma Team, a Washington Republic enterprise.

This group caused plenty of trouble for New America during the Unity War.

"Alright, I know what you mean." Freddy in the video said, "You want us to increase investment to develop light industry, to do things for Military Science and New America that are inconvenient to do, expanding New America’s influence in Night City and the Free States."

"We have money, and as much as needed, but the skill? If New America needs a glove, there are plenty willing to come forward. Why should I believe you can accomplish these things, just because you would go all out and only end up with the Trauma Team in a draw?"

"Kurt Hansen."

Lin Miao mentioned a name.

"You think he and his Netherworld Dog Team are troublesome, right."

Having been New America’s vanguard team, they now establish themselves in Night City, even managing businesses successfully. Although Miles sold them first, Dog Town essentially became an indelible band-aid for New America.

"Within a year, I will make Kurt Hansen and his Dog Town disappear from this world forever."

"Military Science couldn’t wait even a year’s time, could it?"

"..."

Miles had already watched this video segment back and forth over ten times in the past few days, she had to say this guy is interesting.

Arrogant?

Overconfident?

But what he said was not wrong.

New America has never abandoned its plan for unification, whether the enemy is Huang Ban or the European Community.

But one must admit, in face-to-face military confrontation, Military Science and New America are indeed at a disadvantage, otherwise, Huang Ban’s Kujira wouldn’t have pushed them back in those years.

Therefore, these years, New America has been seeking alternative plans, developing new weapons that could have decisive roles on future battlefields.

For Lin Miao, Miles’s evaluation is of an ambitious, extremely proactive person.