Without high welfare, the local people's hearts will become unstable.
Without the financial means to maintain the military, the vast army will also fall into decay and collapse.
Burton seemed to see the scene of the Jieke Group collapsing due to economic issues.
"Very good, continue to lure the Jieke Group into spending money, let them compete with us in the space race and see who can't hold out first."
Lawrence nodded, this plan was also something they had decided on earlier.
"So, Mr. President, are we not considering taking military action for now?"
Judith thought more deeply. With the scale of the Jieke Group, letting it collapse naturally would take at least a few years, and who knows how much harm this process would cause to the Beautiful Country.
As the hawk faction in the Beautiful Country, the CIA had lost too many brothers to the Jieke Group, and he wanted to see the group's collapse as soon as possible.
"That would be after winning re-election."
Lawrence tapped Judith, the internal political struggles in the Beautiful Country were extremely intense at the moment, and whether he could get re-elected depended on the support rate this year. If he started a war, he would be taking a great risk, and he wouldn't trouble himself at such a critical moment.
When Judith heard Lawrence say this, she immediately understood. If Lawrence failed to get re-elected, dealing with the Jieke Group would be the next president's problem, whether it would be war or peace, it would have nothing to do with him.
The three of them continued to discuss and work out strategies to deal with the Jieke Group.
When Judith returned to her villa, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
In the living room, Judith called out her wife's name a couple of times, but there was no response.
The nanny explained, "Mrs. Smith and Lady Caterina came over to invite the madam to attend a salon. Miss Ouloda is already asleep, she has to go to school tomorrow."
"Out playing all day, and no control at home."
Judith complained with some dissatisfaction. Just as she finished speaking, she heard footsteps coming from the entrance.
A woman in her forties walked in, wearing fur, her blonde hair styled high, carrying a Hermes bag, a crystal bracelet around her wrist, and red diamond earrings sparkling under the chandelier.
This was Judith's wife, Paris, forty-two years old this year, a former fashion model. Even though she had crow's feet due to aging, her beauty from her youth was still discernible.
"What are you doing, talking about me as soon as I come in?"
Paris snorted lightly at Judith, "You're always busy with work and never home. If I didn't go out with friends to relax, I would be bored to death at home."
"But don't stay out too late!"
"I'm back now, aren't I?"
Paris threw her bag onto the sofa and stomped up the stairs.
Judith shook his head, knowing he had upset his wife.
Half an hour later, after freshening up, Judith went to the master bedroom and saw his wife in her nightgown, sitting in front of the dressing table, holding a delicate bottle, looking at something in the mirror.
Because she had removed her makeup, Paris' skin looked terrible, saggy, dull, with dark spots, and the crow's feet were particularly noticeable.
"Did you buy more cosmetics?"
Judith approached his wife.
"Nothing... nothing."
Seeing Judith, Paris made a slight covering gesture. This unusual action made Judith feel curious, and his eyes fell on the delicate bottle, his eyes widening instantly.
Because on that bottle was the logo of the Jieke Group.
"What is this, Jieke Group's product, you bought their product again?"
Judith's tone was somewhat displeased. Because of Paris' past use of Slimming Pills, he had talked to her about it.
"Do you want to argue? Your dad uses their hair growth liquid, why didn't you scold him? And your mom, her body was out of shape, she lost weight only because of the Slimming Pills. Your niece's myopia was also cured by their Near-sighted Pill! Their products are really good. What's wrong with me using them? I'm doing this for you."
Paris suddenly exploded, glaring fiercely at Judith.
Judith was at a loss for words because his whole family had used Jieke Group products.
"But still... I'm the CIA director, Jieke Group is our CIA's nemesis, what will people think if they find out?"
Judith smiled wryly, but he didn't continue to blame his wife and instead pointed at the cosmetics on the table.
"Is this a new product from the Jieke Group?"
Paris picked up the bottle, her eyes gleaming with excitement.
"This is called Tianyuan Whitening Liquid, a new cosmetic product launched by the Jieke Group that supposedly solves all skin problems, making people ten times more beautiful and ten years younger. This product is currently in the trial phase, with only a few available. I got one through Darling's connections, and it cost 2.99 million US dollars."
Judith doubted he heard the number correctly. He knew Darling, she was a very wealthy lady with a family company worth hundreds of billions.
Judith himself was also well off, with a high income and some side income, his net worth being several tens of millions of US dollars, which is why Paris could spend 2.99 million US dollars on Tianyuan Whitening Liquid.
Paris got more and more excited: "2.99 million dollars, and this isn't even the top grade. The most advanced Tianyuan Whitening Liquid sells for 12.99 million dollars. Darling uses that one. Oh my God! You have no idea how outrageous the effect is, she looks like she's twenty years younger. Unfortunately, I don't have that much money, otherwise, I would have bought that too."