Chapter 4541 Coca-Cola Is Caught in the Crossfire
Although the attention of "g23" was distracted by the "death ray technology", it was not enough. Lin Feng still had a trick up his sleeve!
In the entire underground world, including the attention of the aboveground world, everyone was focused on Casablanca, Morocco. There was a sensational news in the United States. California Governor Schwarzenegger finally held a statewide referendum on whether the "Windy City" should be incorporated into California and become a city under the jurisdiction of California. California citizens will decide whether Lin Feng's "Windy City" will be included in one of the cities under the jurisdiction of California.
According to the negotiation between the California government and Lin Feng, all the land ownership rights of the "Windy City" still belong to Lin Feng, but the city belongs to California. The California government will establish the Windy City Government in the Windy City to assist the residents of the Windy City to elect the first government officials of the Windy City and assist the Windy City to enter a normal management mode. Of course, at the same time, for California, California taxes will be levied on the Windy City in accordance with California laws. According to the fiscal budget announced by the California City Government, the incorporation of the "Windy City" into California will bring billions of dollars in new taxes to California, and the California government will not have too much financial expenditure on the "Windy City".
Because everything in the city belongs to Lin Feng. So, Lin Feng will naturally pay for its maintenance. Of course, the outside world is worried about whether the Windy City will be controlled by Lin Feng or even controlled? Regarding this point, California Governor Schwarzenegger made a speech before the referendum.
"For the 40.12 million citizens of California, regarding the issue of the "Windy City" joining California, I hope everyone understands that no matter who the "Windy City" belongs to, or who California belongs to, it may belong to someone, but it must be subject to the most fair and perfect laws on this planet. No one, any city, any place can go beyond the law. So, we don't have to worry about someone interfering with the operation of a city. Under the law, I believe that our world will become better and better!" Schwarzenegger said emotionally.
And Schwarzenegger's remarks. Undoubtedly dispelled the concerns of many California citizens about Lin Feng's control of the Windy City. After all, Americans are a nation that lives on wheels and lawyers. They can't live without wheels during the day, and they can't live without lawyers. Basically, all Americans believe in the fairness of the law.
"Now, the referendum begins. All Californians, you can choose to vote at the betting station in the city hall, or you can vote according to your driver's license number, insurance policy number, and passport number. As long as you are a California citizen, you can vote in the most convenient way possible. The voting time will end at 8 p.m. tonight." Schwarzenegger announced, "And I can foresee that when the 'Windy City' becomes a city under the jurisdiction of California, California's economy will usher in another golden period of development because of the arrival of the 'Windy City'. And California's past fiscal holes will be filled because of the arrival of the 'Windy City'. Moreover, the 'Windy City' will become the first real future technology city in California, and will serve as a pilot city for California's future development direction!"
Voting begins!
In today's age of advanced Internet,
California citizens can vote very conveniently. People who go to the city hall to vote only account for less than 10% of all voters. The vast majority of people choose to vote online. And online voting. Not only does it save money, but it can also get the voting results at the first time, and it uses the real-name system, so the voting results are absolutely valid.
"Good, good, this result is very good!" Schwarzenegger saw the real-time rolling voting results. He laughed with a cigar in his mouth. In just one hour, there have been more than 1 million votes, of which more than 90% are in favor. For this kind of referendum, as long as more than 70% of the votes are in favor, the referendum will have legal effect.
"Lin Feng, did you see the vote? It seems that Californians are very in favor of the Windy City's institutionalization. I believe there will be no problem with this." Schwarzenegger laughed and called Lin Feng to congratulate him.
"Haha, that's also thanks to your speech. Otherwise, I believe many Californians would be suspicious of the Chinese-style ** brought about by the urbanization of my 'Windy City'!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "By the way, will there be any opposition from Congress?"
Schwarzenegger took a puff of his cigar fiercely.
"Of course there are people in Congress who oppose it, otherwise I wouldn't have initiated a referendum. Some people use the excuse that the entire city belongs to you to oppose the urbanization of the Windy City, believing that after urbanization, the city will not be able to operate like a normal city and will be under your full control. Moreover, your presence will affect the operation of the entire US government and will corrupt the current clean and efficient US government." Schwarzenegger blew out a long smoke ring.
"Haha, can I be so contagious?" Lin Feng laughed when he heard it, "These guys really give me face. But it doesn't matter, their views can't change the views of the people, as long as the people can understand it."
"Well, I believe that the people of California will give you justice. Okay, I'll call you later and bring you good news then!" Schwarzenegger shouted and hung up the phone in a hurry.
Lin Feng smiled lightly. He was not worried about the referendum in California. There was absolutely no problem with the urbanization of the Windy City. Because he had no benefit from this matter, only losses. Every year, there would be a lot of land value-added tax and business tax, etc. California is the most developed state in the United States, the richest state, and the state with the highest education of citizens. They can naturally see the interests involved, so Lin Feng is not worried.
Besides, this referendum was originally used by Lin Feng to distract the attention of ‘g23’.
“It’s time to deal with Monsanto!” Lin Feng tapped his fingers.
Although GMOs are still hot in the international community, everyone’s attention has long been disturbed by the news released by the United Nations Health Agency not long ago.
GMOs may harm human organs, and long-term consumption may cause mutations in human organs. What a terrible result. And there are unknown elements in it. Whether it is harmful to the human body is still uncertain. ——This sudden news shocked everyone. No one expected that the United Nations Health Agency would suddenly break such an amazing news.
Although Monsanto strongly denied it and questioned whether Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the United Nations Health Agency, was bribed by Lin Feng, it released such a set of data that was simply a fantasy. However, no matter how much Monsanto opposed it, the public's perception of Monsanto's genetically modified organisms began to change. Although they did not say it, they were completely opposed to it and believed that it must be harmful, but it was not like before that it was a high-tech product and was beneficial to the human body. Now people's views began to become vague, and they did not know whether it was harmful or harmless.
At this time, Lin Feng took action. No, to be precise, it should be "WikiLeaks" that took action.
"WikiLeaks" once again released a message on its website. To be precise, it was not a message, but some information. And this information is Monsanto's past information.
Monsanto was founded in 1901 by John Quinn, who founded Monsanto in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The name Monsanto was taken from John Quinn's wife's maiden name, which is known to everyone, but the information released by WikiLeaks is unknown to the outside world. That is why John Quinn named himself Monsanto, not just to please his wife's father, that is, his father-in-law.
At that time, John Quinn's father-in-law, Emmanuel Monsanto, was the funder of a sugar factory based on St. Thomas Island in the Danish West Indies. After John Quinn named himself Monsanto, he received financial assistance from his father-in-law and established Monsanto. Later, with the technical support from his father-in-law, he cooperated with a pharmacy that was looking for a supplier of saccharin for soft drinks, which became Monsanto's first pot of gold after starting a business.
And this soft drink company is now the famous Coca-Cola! In other words, Coca-Cola has always been a partner of Monsanto. Over the years, it has never changed. The world's largest beverage producer is cooperating with the world's largest chemical factory. This sounds a bit sensational and chilling, but it has been a fact for decades. It's just that no one has ever reported it. Of course, even if it is reported, it will be withdrawn. And the two companies have basically kept this matter secret for many years.
As a result, it was now exposed by "WikiLeaks". This is a headache for "Monsanto". After all, "Monsanto" is a chemical manufacturer. It goes without saying how many toxic products it has produced in the past. The outside world also knows this. As a result, everyone has just discovered that Coca-Cola actually uses saccharin provided by Monsanto. Will this be toxic? This will affect the cooperation between Monsanto and Coca-Cola.
Of course, if Monsanto is a headache, then Coca-Cola will be jumping up and down! How did this news get out! Over the years, Coca-Cola has been downplaying this matter and never talked about the formula. Why not talk about the formula? Why has the formula been kept secret? Because the most important point of the formula - saccharin, comes from Monsanto, a chemical company. If this is made public, what will consumers think?
What is the result? This time Monsanto came up with GMOs and actually linked it to Coca-Cola. You can imagine how upset Coca-Cola is! It was completely caught in the crossfire!