Bill Gates glanced at Fang Chen and Pittman with a strange expression, Fang Chen's tens of millions of dollars were a little too easy.

After all, this is 10 million US dollars, such a large sum of money, for 99.99% of the people in the world, it is an astronomical amount, and even for him, it is a figure that cannot be ignored.

Although he is now worth tens of billions, most of them are Microsoft stocks, and he doesn't have much cash in his hands.

After all, except for Microsoft's listing, he diluted some of his shares and got a sum of money, and the rest is Microsoft's dividends in recent years and his salary as chairman, which is actually not much.

And you must know that in the year when Microsoft went public, he relied on 46% of Microsoft's shares, and his worth finally broke through to 100 million US dollars, and how much money could be diluted, just 30 million US dollars.

As for Microsoft's dividends, it is even more few, only a few million dollars.

In the past few years, he has more or less sold some shares of Microsoft, and he barely has more than $200 million in his hands, but most of them have been invested by him in other businesses, and the $10 million he gave to Clinton is still squeezed out.

And it was this 10 million US dollars that made Fang Chen, a Chinese person, instantly become Clinton's guest of honor, a close friend, and what kind of attitude the Clinton couple had towards Fang Chen at the earliest, he saw it in his eyes.

You can see the power of 10 million dollars.

Even if it is not good, let alone 10 million US dollars, it is hundreds of thousands of US dollars, which is enough to change the ambassador here with the president, not only can the capital be recovered, but also a lot of money can be made.

Bush's ambassador to France, Howard Leach, was given $280,000 to Bush and others in the Republican Party during the campaign.

Will Felish, an old friend of the Bush family and rancher, donated only $170,000 to Bush to become ambassador to Britain.

But after all, he has a good relationship with Bush and is an old friend of Bush, so it is understandable to give less.

To be honest, he thinks that if Northrop is willing to give this 10 million dollars, it would be better to give Clinton and win Clinton's favor.

However, he just thought about it casually, it was just worthless for Northrop and Pittman, how could he not know that it was impossible for Northrop to donate $10 million to Clinton if he was killed, after all, Northrop had always taken a Republican position.

Well, that's right, in the last campaign, Northrop gave money to Bush.

Besides, the president is not in the eyes of Northrop, so would the president of the Democratic Party dare to embarrass Northrop?

To put it mildly, the president of the Democratic Party also listens to these arms dealers.

This is evidenced by the fact that no matter which president comes to power, he will start a war.

On the contrary, Fang Chen, who has nothing to do with the United States, and has a deep background, backed by the two big countries of China and Russia, Northrop is either kind of talking, or can only stare dryly, and there is no other way.

If Fang Chen hadn't been born in China and didn't have a huge network of deep-rooted connections in Russia, but was born in a small country, he would have been approached by Northrop and forced to sign a contract with the city.

It is simply a fantasy to want to make Pitman so polite, to take it and take it, and to let Fangchen slaughter it.

Does he know that there are many mercenaries doing black work under Northrop, and even some wars in the Middle East and Africa are provoked by these people under Northrop.

If the price is right, the U.S. troops stationed there don't mind playing the role of bandits.

Otherwise, I think that how Pittman's irascible temperament came about, isn't it because Northrop has been too domineering and lawless for a long time.

With Northrop as a backer, Pitman really doesn't have to care about who he is, let alone restrain his temper.

And he really admired Fang Chen's ability to tell lies and not make drafts, and to talk about people and talk nonsense.

Just now, I kept saying that one by one, Northrop's defeat in Russia has nothing to do with him Fangchen, since it has nothing to do with it, then naturally there is nothing to talk about, and let Pitman go to find a temple to worship.

Now that he saw the benefits, he immediately changed his tune and said that as long as Pitman accepted his terms, the matter between him and Northrop would be over.

In particular, Fang Chen said that he didn't care whether Northrop could enter Russia or not, at most he could only guarantee that he would no longer obstruct Northrop, and he really almost threw up.

It's just brazen!

Hearing Fang Chen say this, Pittman didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or continue to be nervous.

Whatever Fang Chen said no matter whether their Northrop Company can enter Russia or not, it is, as long as Fang Chen does not obstruct it, with the strength of their Northrop Company and the infiltration of Russia by the United States, it is simply not too easy to break into Russia.

And ten million dollars is indeed not much, and there is still a large part of the distance from the upper limit of the price he is ready to pay, but in the dark, he has a feeling that Fang Chen's next condition is definitely not an easy thing to complete, otherwise, with Fang Chen's character, how could he give up such a good opportunity to blackmail them from Northrop Company.

Through some of Fang Chen's information, as well as the conversation just now, he already knew how difficult Fang Chen was, especially how impossible it was for Fang Chen to give up the benefits he had acquired.

At this point, looking at what kind of fate Fang Chen's former opponents have fallen into, it is clear.

Seeing Pittman's frightened appearance, for fear that he would open his mouth, Fang Chen suddenly smiled, "Mr. Pittman, you don't have to be nervous, I just want Northrop to help me do something, I believe that with Northrop's strength in the United States, this matter should be just a trivial matter." ”

Hearing this, Pitman gritted his teeth, "Mr. Fang said with a smile, although Northrop is more or less famous in the United States, it can't reach the level of covering the sky with one hand, there are many things not to say and do, just touch it, and Northrop will fall into a place where there is no place to be buried, but you can rest assured, what can be done, our Northrop Company will definitely be duty-bound." ”

Although he couldn't wait to agree to all of Fang Chen's conditions, and then quickly put the matter over, to be honest, he didn't want to see Fang Chen again in his life, dealing with Fang Chen was too aggrieved, he couldn't fight, he couldn't scold, and his momentum was fiercer than him.

But there are some things that can't really be done.

It can't be said that Fang Chen wants Northrop to assassinate the president, and he agrees, right?

Although it is not true that the arms company has not assassinated the president in history, this time is not the same time, and today is different from the past.

As for the Rockefeller consortium, the Morgan consortium, the First Citibank consortium and other top ten chaebols, they dare not touch a single hair of sweat in Northrop.

Although after the eighties and nineties, these ten major chaebols have gradually been hidden behind the scenes, but an existence like him still knows very well what kind of strength these chaebols have, and even Northrop has two chaebols behind it, otherwise Northrop will not be able to become the world's third largest arms dealer, and is also ready to swallow the world's fourth largest arms dealer and the world's largest radar manufacturer, Grumman.

Therefore, there are some things that he would rather continue to offend Fang Chen than agree.

Hearing this, Fang Chen suddenly smiled, revealing eight white teeth, "President Pittman, you are laughing, how can I make too many requests." ”

Wu Maocai on the side couldn't help but roll his eyes, just like the ninth master, he was going to pit this Pitman ruthlessly.

After a deep sigh, Fang Chen said slowly, "Bell Labs, do you know Mr. Pittman?"

Hearing this, Pittman was instantly shocked, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Fang, this is impossible, I can't help you with the idea of Bell Labs." ”

Bell Labs, in the United States, and even the world, is well-known, including the birth of eight Nobel laureates, with 25,000 patents, countless world-influencing inventions and discoveries originated from Bell Labs.

As we all know, the hegemony of the United States as the number one in the world is supported by three legs: military hegemony, financial hegemony, and scientific and technological hegemony, and the most important of them is scientific and technological hegemony.

With its strong scientific and technological strength, the United States has almost monopolized all the top technologies in the world, and even those European countries and the East are not enough to compete with the United States in top science and technology, so they can only bow down to their ears.

And the best representative of the scientific and technological strength of the United States is Bell Labs.

As for the parent company of Bell Labs, AT&T, it is even more remarkable, even if it has experienced several splits and monopoly penalties in the past 100 years, it still monopolizes the long-distance and local telephone market in the United States, and is a veritable giant.

One hundred years ago, in the nineties of the last century, the U.S. Congress passed the "Sherman Antitrust Act", which mainly prohibits restrictive trade practices and monopolistic trade practices.

AT&T's patented telephone technology failed, and overnight, more than 6,000 telephone companies sprang up in the United States.

Faced with the first competition and challenge in its history, AT&T quickly swept away all its competitors with its leading technology and commercial acquisitions.

At the beginning of the 20th century, AT&T had a near-monopoly on the telecommunications industry in the United States, making it the target of antitrust laws.

In 1913 and 1925, AT&T faced two more monopoly laws, and was even forced to separate from the Canadian telephone business to focus on the American market.

Although it lost the possibility of monopolizing the market, technology can still be its strong point, and AT&T, with the support of Bell Labs, is still at the top of the entire industry.

After World War II, telephone penetration in the United States reached 50 percent, and AT&T became one of the most profitable companies in the United States.

Later, although the U.S. Department of Justice punished AT&T twice for monopoly, it still could not change AT&T's monopoly on the telecommunications industry.

Eventually, the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't bear it anymore, and AT&T was forced to split up for the first time, splitting up seven other Bell Jr. companies.

But this is just pruning and pruning the leaves of this uncle. After getting rid of some of the minutiae of departments and products, it was less than a decade before AT&T was in full swing again.

For a long time, the price of international calls in the United States was not determined by the market, but by the AT&T and the Federal Communications Commission. It can be seen that AT&T's influence on the entire telecommunications industry.

AT&T can be said to have reached the extreme at this time. It's not just the traditional telephone business that's way ahead. Moreover, it is ahead of the world in the emerging network and mobile communications, and the repeated restrictions of the anti-monopoly law cannot dim this bright star.

For example, AT&T is the fifth-largest company in the United States, ranking 16th in the world's top 500, with revenues of $70 billion, and dozens of subsidiaries and joint ventures.

In addition, AT&T spent huge sums of money a few years ago to acquire more than a dozen companies, including NCR, the fifth-largest computer company in the United States, and McCaw, the largest mobile communications service company.

AT&T employs 310,000 people in more than 100 countries and territories around the world.

And in addition to AT&T itself, there are two spun off small Bell companies, which are also among the world's top 500, which can be described as absolute behemoths.

In contrast, Lockheed Martin, the world's No. 1 arms dealer, ranks only one hundred and thirty-second, and its revenue is not even one-third of AT&T.

As for the second-place Boeing, it is only ranked 166th, which is not much stronger than the 193rd ranked Southern Bell.

And their Northrop company is even worse, directly lined up to more than 300 people.

AT&T is such a behemoth, Fang Chen actually said that he wanted to hit it, isn't it crazy or something.

Seeing Pittman's frightened, panicked, and timid appearance, Fang Chen suddenly felt a little helpless, didn't he just mention Bell Labs, as for being scared like this.

"I'm not asking you to give me the pot of Bell Labs, I just want you to help me dig up a few people from Bell Labs, as long as you are in charge of the research of basic projects alone, I think there are some depressed people in any lab, right?" A strange smile tugged at the corner of Fang Chen's mouth.

Pitman was speechless for a moment, he really didn't expect Fang Chen to have such an idea.