Third New Tokyo City and the Sakurajima Government both know the news that the new American President is coming to visit. The Sakurajima Government is very excited. After all, this is the first country that the new American President has visited!
Doesn’t this prove the importance of Sakura Island from the side? Moreover, the political methods of the new president should not be underestimated. The bubble economy (artificial stock market crash plus bubble economy) that could endanger the world was suppressed by this great president.
And what about Sakura Island? The bursting of the bubble has made Sakurajima miserable. All domestic companies have suffered heavy losses, and the Sakura government still needs to provide enough funds to maintain EVA's combat capabilities.
If EVA does not have enough combat power, then the third generation of Godzilla in the ocean will ruthlessly destroy the urban area, and monsters landing from other places will also wreak ruthless destruction.
The Sakura government, which cannot withstand the bubble economy, will be completely destroyed by these damages. However, the maintenance fee of EVA is not a small amount, and every repair can bring down the economy of a small country.
The Sakurajima government has repaired it dozens of times, and the amount of money spent has been countless. According to an official from the Finance Department: "If all the money spent were stacked together, the height and weight would far exceed that of an EVA!"
Although the specific weight cannot be calculated, this statement is not an exaggeration. As the ultimate combat weapon of mankind, each EVA (non-mass production machine) will cost tens of billions!
Coupled with the military expenditures of the Self-Defense Forces, the Sakurajima government's annual military expenditures will not be less than 10 billion yen and are increasing every year. Before the bubble crisis, they could barely afford it, but now it has become a deadly knife!
But the money cannot be cut off. Without the assistance of EVA, the monsters can easily sweep across the entire island country. This becomes a fatal two-way choice!
No matter which one you choose, it will quench your thirst. This is already an irrepressible bomb. The island government can only place its hope on the mother country, America. If the father country can support a sum of money and sign a new trade contract, then this bubble will The crisis can be overcome.
Therefore, after receiving the news, the Sakura government prepared a welcome meeting in Third New Tokyo City early. Even the Sakura Emperor, who did not care about politics, also brought his family to live temporarily in Third New Tokyo City and prepared to express his support at the welcome meeting. American tribute.
The Prime Minister and cabinet ministers were still dealing with the troubles caused by the bubble crisis, but they still dragged their heavy government affairs to wait in New Tokyo City, and personally planned a grand welcome party.
This welcome party hired many famous 'snack gods', as well as maids who are weak and easy to push down. They are all specialties of Sakura Island.
As the leading department that consumes funds, members of the NERV Sakura Department also have to participate in the welcome party. Although these NERV department members do not want to participate, the Sakura government is also secretly threatening.
If NERV cannot help the Sakura government attract investment, the Sakura government will also lay off people on a large scale due to economic problems, and the funding that increases year by year will gradually be reduced.
The Sakurajima government has shown its cards. Even if EVA is a combat weapon to protect Sakurajima, they do not intend to continue to provide funding, but they do not intend to give up these combat weapons!
The Sakurajima government has begun discussing a plan to build NERV itself, in which EVA will be responsible for protecting the island country, and the Sakurajima government will pay for the control of the Third New Tokyo City and an annual funding of 1 million yen.
Third, New Tokyo spends billions on maintenance every year. After all, it is also the largest war fortress in human history. How can the cost be so small?
Moreover, the Sakurajima government only gives control rights, but the Third New Tokyo City still needs to pay taxes every year, and what can it do with a funding supply of one million yen? I can't even get a month's salary.
The de facto controller of this base, Commander Ikari, looked down upon the Sakurajima government's burning of bridges, but he didn't say much. After all, similar things had happened many times before.
But the card expenses are very difficult. This base is very huge. The electricity bill for two months is more than 1 million yen, and the necessary living supplies are also a huge expense.
Although Commander Ikari himself doesn't have much money to spend, he doesn't turn on the air conditioner even when it's hot in summer. Instead, he chooses to soak his feet in a basin of cold water.
But what about everyone else? Even if these people don't need wages, they still have to be provided with basic living supplies, and the airframe must be repaired after the battle. If repairs are not carried out, there is no need to expect to participate in the battle again.
Commander Ikari and Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki Kozo also tried to seek assistance from SEELE. The SEELE Council also promised to provide 50 million yen per year as financial subsidies, but the money was better than nothing.
Although the two have been thinking of ways to increase funds, SEELE is not a fool. They have long been aware of Ikari Yuantang's ambitions, but they have not found a new replacement, so they are still using him.
They have long had the idea of suppressing Commander Ikari. Even if this incident had not happened, they would have used various methods to block funds or reduce the supply of materials.
SEELE has also dispatched at least 300 spies. Although these spies were discovered and secretly killed by Deputy Commander Dongyue, a steady stream of spies are still inserted into NERV, and many unknown intelligence materials are also flowing in. of outflow.
SEELE has known Commander Ikari's private plan for a long time, and these mature people have no intention of stopping it. After all, they still expect Commander Ikari to work hard.
After all, the current plan relies entirely on Commander Ikari, and no one else except Commander Ikari has the ability to take over the plan.
Commander Ikari also knows the situation. In SEELE's opinion, he is just a relatively easy-to-use dog, but they would not have thought that Commander Ikari is an old fox!
It was true to ask for funds, but SEELE's spies were also incited to rebel. Those who could not be instigated were all handed over to Deputy Commander Fuyutsuki. The information being passed on now was all information deliberately revealed by Commander Ikari.
All this is under the control of Commander Ikari!
In the underground base surrounded by steel, Commander Ikari smiled slightly, wearing black sunglasses with his hands crossed on his chin. The sunglasses also reflected under the light, giving him a more in-control attitude.
However, Deputy Director Fuyutsuki on the side still submitted a financial statement at an inappropriate time, and the dense deficits on it ruthlessly broke Commander Ikari's cold attitude.
Commander Ikari sighed helplessly, he still needed to attract investment.
The commander slowly stood up, took his feet away from the slightly warm water basin, put on his slippers before drying them off, and left. The current commander needs to attend a grand welcome party in order to obtain benefits from the new American president. invest.
But this time Commander Ikari is not alone. Commander Ikari plans to drag all the NERV staff to attend the welcome party. At least he can save a few days of food expenses and use the air conditioning for a few days.
