Chapter 1618: Waves: Affecting Little George (1/4)
Although Chen Geng did not publicize the matter of going to China for investigation and investment in the media, it was impossible to hide such a big matter from Millican's intelligence agency, and Chen Geng did not mean to hide it, so in fact, on the same day, little George already knew about it.
However, little George actually didn't take it very seriously, because on the one hand, Huaxia has always been one of the main countries for Millican enterprises to invest overseas, and Millican's investment in China accounts for a considerable proportion of the foreign investment attracted by China; on the other hand, Chen Geng's attitude towards China is also known to everyone, and it is understandable that he organized a business delegation when he went to China this time.
But soon, little George didn't see it that way......
The White House chief of staff, Andrew Card, who is familiar to us as White House Chief of Staff, knocked on George Jr. and said to him, "Sir, there's a report from the FBI, and I think you should probably know about it." ”
After signing a paperwork, little George looked up and asked Andrew Card, "Oh, Andrew, what's the matter?"
After saying that, George Jr. also made a joke with Andrew Card: "Could it be that those FBI guys have discovered the B terror entrenched in the country again?"
Andrew Card didn't think the joke was funny at all, and he said with a straight face: "It's hard to describe this thing as 'important' or 'unimportant'...... After learning that Mr. Fernandez Chen intends to organize a business delegation to China, there are now more than 350 companies that intend to follow Mr. Fernandez Chen to China, and the number of companies that have signed up is still growing. ”
After saying that, Andrew Card added: "These companies are all enterprises of a certain size. ”
Andrew Card's "enterprises with a certain scale" are all enterprises with annual sales of more than 500 million US dollars, of course, this is easy to understand, although Chen Geng did not set any threshold for the enterprises to join the group, but if the annual sales of a company are only a few million US dollars, do you think the boss of this enterprise has the courage to sign up? To put it bluntly, the annual sales of a Wal-Mart Wal-Mart supermarket are also hundreds of millions of dollars, okay?
Since it is an enterprise with annual sales of more than 5 US dollars, then the "big enterprise" style has to be put out, although Chen Geng stipulates that a company can only have three representatives at most, but not only we Chinese people know that "there are policies, there are countermeasures", Millikan people are also very flexible at this point: a company only gives three random places? OK, it doesn't matter, I want three places.
However, three places are obviously not enough to do anything, in order to ensure that the accurate situation is grasped after arriving in Huaxia. I'll let the rest of the expedition team take a commercial flight to China, right?
Normally, a company sends at least a dozen inspectors to take commercial flights.
Basically, these more than 350 companies are doing this, and even the companies that sent more than a dozen inspectors are "small" companies, and those larger companies, such as the sewage treatment company that Rep. Scott Vathner helped to intercede, plan to send more than 30 inspectors, and they plan to conduct a comprehensive survey of the sewage treatment situation in China's economically developed provinces.
Of course, George Jr. didn't know about these situations, and neither did Andrew Card.
But little George's brows furrowed: "There are so many?"
If it can be called a "certain scale" enterprise by Andrew Card, it can't be too small, right?
"Yes," Andrew Card nodded, "I think it's even possible to have more than 500 companies in the end," Speaking of this, Andrew Card's expression became serious: " Sir, I know that you have a very good personal relationship with Mr. Fernandez, but I must remind you that even if there are 400 companies that follow Mr. Fernández to China in the end, based on the average investment of 10 million US dollars per company in China, the total investment amount of these 400 enterprises is 4 billion US dollars, which is a lot of money!
But I suspect that the average investment amount of each company in China is very likely to exceed 20 million or even 30 million US dollars, and a simple calculation, the investment in China this time may even exceed 10 billion US dollars!
$10 billion may sound scary, but you know, since the dot-com bubble two years ago, Millican has too much money desperately looking for investment locations, and Fernandez Chen's position in the investment industry is also known to you, which is why so many companies are crazy about following him to China......
At this point, Andrew Cader paused and continued: "Of course, $10 billion in investment in China is scary, but it's nothing compared to our country's economy, but I'm worried that it will have an impact on our economy, and then affect your election. ”
Little George stopped talking, his expression had become extremely serious!
Standing up, habitually pacing around the office, thinking about what to do:
On the one hand, these companies were called by Chen Geng to follow him to China for investigation and investment, that is to say, from a legal point of view, these people's practices are completely reasonable and legal, and it is difficult for the government to do anything, let alone stop it;
On the other hand, although this matter was organized by Chen Geng, not to mention that Fernández Chen had formed a strategic alliance with his own family, the most important thing is that he did not break the law at all, and at the same time, he was also helping Millican's company expand the market and find new sources of profits.
But the question is, if these entrepreneurs follow Fernández Chen to China to investigate and invest, how much money will these enterprises have left to invest in China?
As Andrew Card just said, this will have an impact on Millican's economy, and then on his own votes, which are always the first thing to consider for politicians.
And if your opponents use this to attack themselves, it will be even more troublesome.
Frowning and thinking for a while, little George looked up at Andrew Card and asked, "So you mean to stop this?"
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PS: Sorry brothers, I went out in the afternoon, I just came back, and today is still 4 more.
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