Federal politicians were obsessed with power because power could bring them most of what they wanted.
Capitalists were obsessed with wealth because wealth was almost omnipotent in this world.
Different people made different choices. The Lieutenant General had chosen wealth.
Later that night, Lin Qi escorted him back. As soon as he returned to the hotel, the others who were still awake took the initiative to visit him.
They claimed they could not sleep and wanted to chat, but every officer who knocked on the Lieutenant General's door with that excuse eventually exchanged a knowing smile.
Before long, nearly everyone who should and could come had arrived.
"I know what you're concerned about. Lin Qi and I just discussed these issues."
"To build the Missile Force, all we need to invest is manpower and funds..."
At this point, a Major General raised his hand and interrupted the Lieutenant General. The Lieutenant General did not feel offended in the slightest.
He gave a refined, slight nod, signaling for the Major General to continue.
"Our Military Expenditure is a little tight. I looked into it today, and their investment in missile research and development is on the scale of a billion-level superproject."
"You know, we may not be able to come up with that much money..."
The Western Military Region was having a harder time now than it had during the war. After covering all kinds of daily expenses, only a little over a hundred million in funds remained available.
It looked like... quite a substantial sum of money, but in reality, it was not all that much! No budget could be carried out perfectly, so when submitting one, they usually overstated it by twenty percent.
But even then, unexpected events sometimes occurred, such as the Federal Military's sex scandal.
Congress would