Lucas said quietly
"The European Community wants his life now, with a black market bounty of twenty million on his head, half a million for each factory explosion, and five thousand for an employee."
President Miles just smiled at Lucas
"Do you care about that money?"
"I don't, but someone does."
Lucas took out a few photos from his pocket, showing the Pig Bay Dungeon in Cuba, and pictures of local Cubans being trained as soldiers.
"My advisory team and board members agree on withdrawing from Cuba, throwing Horizon Corporation out, and taking the opportunity to split up his company to obtain their secret brainwashing technology. This is the greatest benefit we can obtain while avoiding the risk of souring relations with Europe."
If Miles were still the CEO of Military Technology, she would definitely do so.
Capital is short-sighted, and it is impossible to risk confronting the world's strongest economic and military conglomerate for seemingly insignificant profits.
