American Celestial Master

Chapter 73, The Patriarchate of Constantine and the Poor Daoist
Lin Qiusheng sneered after hearing this:

"Mr. Brown, to be honest, I can directly pay for the one or two million dollars needed to complete a system to prove the feasibility of the idea. As for the subsequent two hundred million dollars, do you think I am publicly showing After installing this system, will I still not be able to find the corresponding investment? Mr. Brown, I am not the kind of nerd who left school and joined the company. Yes, but I can easily live in this community now, which means I'm not, don't you think?

The value of this system, I know better than you, I have been preparing for this system for years and have been preparing for this day ever since I discovered the possible changes.I think your conditions may be too harsh.

Moreover, I do need angel investment, but this project is a project that is not afraid of not being able to find investment. Believe it or not, if I say that my project only accepts rubles, some people will be accused of 'linking to Russia' , sent me rubles.

At present, the angel investment I need, besides money, I value other things more.And even if you can provide the things I value, I can't give you 40.00% of the equity.I can let angel investors follow this project to make money and make a lot of money, but my partners and I must have absolute control over this project.I will never allow any possibility that the capital side will kick out us technical parties through various means in the future. "

What he said was very direct and very blunt, and even accused Mr. Brown of wanting to take advantage of deception.But Mr. Brown is not angry, because this is just a matter of business. As long as there is a common interest, it can improve the efficiency of communication and reduce unnecessary waste of time.

"Well then, we still need to continue to strengthen mutual understanding." Mr. Brown said, "Mr. Lin, you said that you value angel investors in other aspects besides money. Can you explain this more clearly? Be specific."

"This is like an attitude to talk about things." Lin Qiusheng thought to himself, "In fact, Americans and Indians are very similar. They all have one thing in common, that is, as long as they can take advantage of it, they will find a way to take advantage of it. .Even if there are no conditions to take advantage, they must create conditions to take advantage. And when they fail to take advantage, they generally do not have any emotions of anger, but will quickly adjust their strategy and continue to talk, but they will continue to test you to see if there is a chance Take advantage of you in other ways."

Thinking this way, Lin Qiusheng said: "First of all, our future enterprise must be a technology-led enterprise. The operation department can only serve the technology department and not the other way around. Mr. Brown, have you considered that in the future, we Who is the company's most likely competitor?"

Mr. Brown thought for a while, and then said: "Those companies currently engaged in security business do not actually pose too much threat to us. Their methods are too traditional and too backward. If you say it, then the Church May become our competitor?"

Lin Qiusheng nodded: "Mr. Brown, you are right. Historically, the church has played a very important role in suppressing such things. For example, for a long time, the church and the devil, There are many legends of conflicts between vampires, werewolves and witches.

Just like the ancient books of China, the method of using this kind of power was recorded in the era when the mysterious power could still work.I believe that there are probably similar records in the church, but these methods have gradually become ineffective, so they have been ignored.After this series of events happened, there must be someone in the church who would remember these things and recreate them.Of course, for us, the slower they move, the better.So, do you know anything about the church?Can you have any influence on some activities of the church?

In addition, these records of the church are also very important knowledge. I guess there will be more of these things on the Catholic side, and of course there should be a lot on the Orthodox side.Do you have access and means to get some out? "

"If the information on the Catholic side is in the United States, I can think of a way." Mr. Brown said, "As for the Orthodox side, I can also get in touch with Patriarch Constantine through my friends. We can get some good things from Patriarch Tandin. Although it may be difficult to get particularly important holy relics, it should be no problem to check some information."

"Do you have a way to contact Patriarch Constantine?" Lin Qiusheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Mr. Brown to have such a way.

"That's right, you know Patriarch Bardo I of Constantine has been serving in the Orthodox diocese in the United States before." Mr. Brown said with a smile.

For historical reasons, among the several Orthodox patriarchates, Constantinople has the highest status, and the Patriarch of Constantinople (the official name of the Orthodox Patriarch) is also called the Universal Patriarch.

But since Constantinople became Istanbul, the actual influence of the Patriarch Constantine has dropped significantly.In order not to pay the poll tax, a large number of Orthodox believers have changed. If there are fewer believers, the church will have no money, and then it can only rely on the assistance of the parishes in other places to live. The dioceses of the diocese of Constantine have obtained the status of the patriarchate by providing assistance to the universal patriarch. For example, the largest diocese of the Orthodox Church, the Russian diocese, came from this way.

According to the rules of the Orthodox Church, every patriarchate is equal, and of course the diocese of Constantine is more equal.In order to guarantee this equality, the patriarch of each patriarchate must be born in the diocese.When Constantinople became Istanbul, although Turkey was relatively tolerant of paganism, in order to facilitate control, it was stipulated that only Turkish Orthodox Christians could become the universal Patriarch.However, the Diocese of Constantine continued to split into new independent bishoprics, and then believers continued to convert for poll tax. As a result, in the Diocese of Constantine, there are even serious Turkish Orthodox believers. Ten thousand are gone.

The universal patriarch created on this scale will naturally be despised by the stronger patriarchs below. For example, the largest diocese, the patriarch of the Russian patriarchate, feels that he should be the real universal patriarch. Patriarch—I have more than 1 million believers under my command!
As for the other patriarchates, many of them follow behind the Russian dioceses, after all, they are richer.In order to compete with the powerful Russian diocese, the diocese of Constantine can only rely on the power of Western countries, that is, the power of heretics. Bardo I's ability to become the universal patriarch is inseparable from his experience. The Ecumenical Patriarch, his theology was learned in Italy, and he had been teaching in the United States before becoming the Ecumenical Patriarch.

"The position of the Ecumenical Patriarch is very fragile. He cannot do without the support of us in the United States. Plus the Diocese of Constantine is very poor," Mr. Brown said. "I can reach them through some friends."

Mr. Brown's statement touched Lin Qiusheng. The Patriarchate of Constantinople is now a dilapidated house, but their ancestors were really rich.They really have a very large, very valuable collection there.And because the diocese of Constantinople has too few people, although the religious status is high, the decline of talents is almost inevitable.This can be seen from the fact that Bardo I wanted to study theology in Italy.Lin Qiusheng felt that, considering that the hibernating Lord of Armies hadn't shown signs of waking up, there may not be many priests in the Diocese of Constantine who really understood and were truly capable. If they couldn't take advantage of this opportunity, they should hurry up Wool, Lin Qiusheng felt sorry for such a good opportunity.

"The Patriarchate of Constantinople has a predestined relationship with the poor." Lin Qiusheng thought this way, but shook his head and said:
"But Mr. Brown, you should also know that there are quite a few people who have such a relationship and are willing to help me. In the United States, there are many people who are willing to invest in this project and have more money and means than you. I'm going. Why do I have to cooperate with you?"

Regarding this question, Mr. Brown has already thought of the reason:
"Mr. Lin, you are right, but compared to these people, I have a huge advantage - I am safer than them. For example, if you are willing to cooperate with JP Morgan Chase, they may be able to directly send Junshi The library of the diocese of Tandin will be moved here for you. But will you cooperate with them?"

Lin Qiusheng also laughed: "Cooperate with them? I'm not stupid. If I cooperate with them, if I still have a piece of skin left in the end, it's their mercy.

Well, Mr. Brown, if you can quickly, preferably within this month, arrange for me to go to the Patriarchate of Constantinople to observe their collections, we can count your [-]% of the shares.After the success of our use version, you invest another [-] million US dollars, and we can give you an additional [-]% of the shares-this is already the most I can come up with.My companions are all the founders of this plan, and in this way, your shares are no less than theirs. "

"That's still a little less," Mr. Brown said. "It's an investment of $[-] million."

"Compared to the prospect of making money and the status we can get because of it, this is already the most valuable investment in this era." Lin Qiusheng said.

"What if I can get something valuable from the Catholic Church?" Mr. Brown said, "You know it's very valuable. Let's take the first step and register the technology involved in their stuff as a patent, even if the lawsuit ends in the end." But they can also greatly delay the time. And now, time is the most precious, isn't it?"

"If you can get some real things from the Catholic Church, and help us apply for patents for technologies based on their knowledge, and take responsibility for dealing with conflicts with their laws, then..."

Lin Qiusheng turned to Fidel and said, "Then Fidel, what do you think, you and I each take a little more from our shares and give Mr. Brown 14.00% of the shares?"

(End of this chapter)