Chapter 44: Space Exploration Technology Department

"All right."

William looked at Halsey's face, and couldn't help but feel his heart throbbing.

William shifted his gaze and said, "You know, I'm your boss. Isn't it too shameful for you to hug and hug me like this every day."

"Oh?"

Halsey narrowed her eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.

She quickly opened her eyes again, frowned slightly, and curled her mouth.

She suddenly stretched out her right hand to pinch William's chin, making William passively look at her.

'?!?'

William looked at Halsey's extremely serious and slowly approaching face, and asked with a trembling lips: "Halsey, what are you doing?"

Halsey didn't answer right away, but instead asked with a vague look in her eyes as they became almost face to face: "Am I really just an employee to you?"

"I, you, this?!?"

William looked at his opponent's lips as they immediately touched his own.

William was beyond a little flustered.

Was she always this proactive?

But...

I guess William likes it.

He didn't resist, and instead chose to accept it calmly!

Just...

"Boss, Egypt..."

Only at that moment Hank walked into the first class area, interrupting the two's ongoing movements.

"Ah.....Wow." Hank sighed blankly.

"Huh, oh Yeah!" Halsey quickly got up, walking into the bathroom to avoid embarrassment.

William looked at Hank with a cold eye.

And said unwillingly, "Hank, what's the worry?"

"Boss, that..." Hank pointed to the bathroom at the end of the cabin and said: "Why don't I talk about it later, you and Dr. Halsey can continue first?"

'Continue..... continue.'

William naturally wouldn't really scold Hank for interrupting him if the news was important. But does this make his subordinates think he is chill?

"There's no need." He leaned on the back cushion of the sofa, and whispered slightly lazily: "Let's talk."

"Yes."

Hank turned his back with his hands and said respectfully to William: "The Egyptian President, Mr. Mubarak, contacted the captain via radio and said that he wanted to say hello to the boss. He said that if the boss is not busy, he wants to personally welcome you while you visit Egypt."

"Welcome he?" William was taken aback.

It looks like this worlds Egypt has felt a recent economic downturn.

Then William shook his hand and said, "You ask the captain to reply to that Mr. President. Tell him that I am very busy, but thanks for the kindness and perfunctory."

"Yes." Hank turned to leave.

"And wait there's more."

"Boss, is there anything else you want to order?"

"Ah, tell that Mr. President, that I'll say hello to his mother."

"Yes, boss."

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Since the United Nations Conference.

Umbrella's international status has risen linearly, covering almost all areas.

Not only the cutting-edge technology, but also the life industry has been taken over by Umbrella.

As in Canada.

From toothbrush ointments to large housing estates, all have distinctive red and white umbrella signs.

The Canadian government's response?

Umbrella has long since become the largest taxpayer in Canada from it's founding, and now it has become too late for government to curb it's influence.

Besides, the Canadian Army also signed an order for standard weapons from the Umbrella Arms Department at the beginning of the year.

Although can be said that Umbrella is in Canada, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Umbrella Corporation can cover the Canadian sky with one hand unlike it's own government.

The signing of the arms order not only brought tens of millions of pocket money to William, but it also help inspire him.

So in April 2007, Umbrella established a space exploration technology department, claiming that they will help lead mankind into the interstellar age.

This shocking move can be regarded as just another quick grab of global attention.

The mentally handicapped newspapers on Wall Street will never let go of the opportunity to complain, saying that William Russell has completely lost heart.

Since Apollo 17 in the United States in 1972, humans have never set foot on the moon again.

An Interstellar Age?

Such a rant from a company, of course, has caused a lot of abuse.

Coupled with the continuous rise of Lehman Brothers' stock price, most investors also followed the trend and mocked William, saying that they were waiting to lose money.

However...

With the Xbox console's R&D plan that had suddenly become 'leaked', profit was instantly increased for the market value of Microsoft.

William, the largest shareholder of Microsoft, has indirectly doubled his worth, which can be effective as knocking out all the people who dared to use their mouths to be cynics.

Because of "Resident Evil", Microsoft's Bungie team will make the first game based on it, which will very likely greatly increase the sales of originally popular comics.

After all, the game industry in this world is extremely backward, let alone the concept of console and handheld.

This wave of operations has completely established Umbrella's position in the hearts of teenagers.

As the man behind-the-scenes, William of course would not say that this leak was led by him.

Although he doesn't care about gossip, he will never allow Umbrella's reputation drop.

Besides, the establishment of a space exploration science and technology department was just his helpless move.

This world does not have the genius Elon Musk, and there is no company like SpaceX, so William can only have the future pushed by himself.

Department headquarters and launch base were built by Umbrella engineering team in Newfoundland and Labrador. This allowed them to mainly design Umbrella's unique private satellites for detection, communication, navigation, etc.

The expected goal was to cover the world and provide real-time information for Umbrella's armed personnel.

Because of the mature technology in this area, it can be realised without any problems.

As for the launch vehicle?

They would just buy it!

Money was not a problem.

Besides, the current National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is not welcomed by most senior Americans at all.

As for the purchase contract that Umbrella threw out, they were not even frowning, and even readily agreed.

Although the department's scientific researchers don't know how this will help the Interstellar Age, they will not ask too much if they sign the non-disclosure agreement.

In fact, the actual function of this department is just to cover another secret department.

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Coordinates: 54°N, 62°W.

Permission: B level or above.

Name: Delphi Base.

Description: Delphi is a secret base located in the inland uninhabited land of Newfoundland and Labrador. The base holds the top technical talents in Umbrella.

The armed personnel who defend the mission are all in charge of the two companies of the UBCS.

Except for the Umbrella engineering team with guaranteed loyalty, there are no C-level personnel.

Delphi was the first base to build a nuclear fusion reactor, and it was also the most confidential of all Umbrella's research facilities.

Delphi is the temple of Apollo in Greek mythology and the centre of the world in Greek mythology.

William's intention to name this place Delphi was obvious...

This base was built to break through the shackles of gravity and go into the universe, making Umbrella the core of the human world.