In the end, Lin Youde and Mary Belle reached an intention to cooperate and prepared to jointly build the Tower of Babel with the United States. As for the specific distribution of benefits, of course it was left to the negotiation experts below to bargain. There are specialties in the field, and even Lin Youde, who has accumulated countless negotiation experience over the years, is completely inferior to those professional guys in terms of entangled with the details of treaties. Now that the intention to cooperate has been confirmed, the meeting between Lin Youde and Mary Belle can come to an end, so the two of them stood up and shook hands to say goodbye after chatting for a while. Just after leaving the White House, Viola asked Lin Youde in the car: "Is it okay to cooperate with the Americans like this?" "Of course there are problems. It is more reliable for us to build the elevator ourselves. But, dear wife, I I will be sixty soon, and I still want to see humans colonize Mars." After Lin Youde finished speaking, Viola immediately showed an understanding expression. "I see. Indeed, to speed up the process, bringing the United States in would have the best effect." Viola sighed, and then changed the topic, "What are the next activities? I can't remember what's on the schedule. "It's arranged." "I'm going to meet an old friend." Lin Youde said, putting his arms around Viola, "You are so much younger than me, and your memory is starting to fail." "I'm pretending to take care of your feelings. Isn't it okay to look like this? Don't be ignorant." Viola nudged Lin Youde with her elbow, and then the two of them laughed together. ? ** Charlotte Roosevelt¡¯s house is located on the outskirts of Washington, next to a cherry grove. The house looks like an all-wooden structure, and you can feel the atmosphere of returning to nature from a distance. It doesn¡¯t look like the residence of the once-famous former president and a powerful goddess. When the motorcade of Lin Youde and his entourage stopped in front of the wooden house, Charlotte opened the screen door and came out of the house. "You are still making such a big show, do you need to be so solemn when you come to visit a retired former president?" Charlotte said in a tone that could not tell whether it was a joke or serious, and then did not wait for Lin Youde to walk up the steps of the wooden house. , turned around and returned to the house. However, she did not close the screen door, so she expressed her welcome to Lin Youde in this way. Lin Youde and Viola entered the wooden house one after another. After entering, they directly entered the living room. The whole room was clean and tidy. Charlotte was busy in the kitchen connected to the living room, and she could smell the aroma of borscht in the air. "This is the first time I heard that you became interested in cooking after you stopped being president." Lin Youde said as he walked through the living room and came to the kitchen. ? American kitchens are all set up together with the dining room, and the same is true for Charlotte¡¯s cabin. Lin Youde sat down at the kitchen table and looked at Charlotte who was busy in front of the stove. To be honest, Lin Youde found this scene quite novel. Viola followed Lin Youde to the table and sat down, while Xiaolu was holding Alulu's hand and accompanying her sister to observe the primitive American tribe-style decorations placed in the living room of the wooden house. "What are these colorful things, sister?" Alulu asked puzzledly. "This is one of the gods believed by the Mayans and Aztecs, called Quetzalcoatl. It is a god that symbolizes harvest and is also in charge of death and rebirth." While Xiaolu was explaining, Charlotte picked up the A pot of borscht was placed on the stove and brought to the table. Then she started to put the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and said as she put them: "You have to find something to do in your retirement life, right? I'm different from you. My successor is very powerful, so I don't have to worry about anything now. . The United States of America can run efficiently without me, unlike someone who is obviously older than me but still has to work hard." Lin Youde laughed. "I think there are people who clearly want to use their remaining energy, but are squeezed back by capable juniors. They have no choice but to ridicule those who are still using their remaining energy." Charlotte served Lin Youde with a bowl of borscht and poured it out. He put the soup in front of Lin Youde with a little force. "Have you talked to Mary Belle?" Unlike Lin Youde's expectation, Charlotte went straight to business without warning. "Not only have we talked about it, we have also confirmed our intention to cooperate." Lin Youde stirred the borscht with a spoon and replied slowly, "The Tower of Babel project will become the largest transnational cooperation project in the world." "It seems that Mary Belle He is determined to clean up the domestic political system of the United States." "Why do you say this?" Lin Youde looked at Charlotte, who continued to serve soup and replied: "With the character of American capitalists, the orbital elevator. The investment value of such a project that cannot generate income in a short period of time is infinitely close to zero. When it was first built, the capitalists could get various? Parts order, so I won¡¯t say anything, but when the elevator is built, the number of tops drops sharply, and the focus of spending money turns to elevator maintenance, the capitalists will be unhappy. They don't get a share of the money spent by Congress. It's clear what they will do at this time. Mary Belle will either step down at the end of her term, or be passed a no-confidence vote by Congress, and she will eventually step down. " "On this point, Miss Mary Belle said she is using some unconventional means to bring the capitalists to heel" "The Mafia's intimidation tactics may be effective at first, but soon the capitalists will have to fight with the FBI If they get mixed up, the FBI will wipe out the mafia, and Mary Belle's strategy will be ineffective. "Charlotte finally finished sharing the soup. She sat down on the chair and continued, "I don't think she will let it go. The final result may be something you will be very happy to see, that is, a civil war breaks out in the United States. Damn it, the rising racial sentiment in the country right now is troublesome enough, and another civil war is unthinkable. " Now is the late 1960s. In this time and space, because McCarthyism and the Un-American Committee have existed longer than in other time and space, the climax of the American civil rights movement has also been postponed. However, if you look closely at American society, you will find that there is great success There are seeds of uneasiness hidden in the scene, and racial conflicts are indeed slowly intensifying. Apparently Charlotte has seen this. In another time and space, the late 1960s was the time when racial conflicts were at their most acute, and there were even science fiction writers. He believed that a racial war was bound to happen, so he created a series of soft science fiction stories, and history is always similar. The contradiction between blacks and whites in this time and space has not disappeared, but it has not yet reached the point where it finally breaks out. Lin Youde understands Xia Lu. He took a sip of borscht and asked, "If Miss Maribelle messes up, will you step in to clean up the mess?" " "I don't think so. The failure of the war caused me to lose many people. Now I am actually more powerless than you think. "Charlotte pointed to the coffee table in the living room and said, "Did you see the book on the coffee table? It's hard to sell my memoirs now. This is all your responsibility, my old rival. "