Chapter 244: Cooperation in Area 51
The next morning, Zhou Ming, who had left Wenrou Township, got up early, and went out after leaving breakfast for Lin Muqing and Tang Ran.
When Zhou Ming arrived here, they were eating breakfast in the restaurant, and judging from their bloodshot eyes, it was obvious that these two distinguished guests had not rested well yesterday.
"Mr. Zhou Ming, we can tell you the good news, we have contacted the family and the Morgan consortium last night, and they are all willing to help us in the problem of embarrassment of the Rockefeller and Adams family alliance, and they are also willing to provide us with no more than $500 million in financial assistance and the guarantee they can. ”
Edward saw Zhou Ming coming, he directly said everything he wanted to say, and in the face of Zhou Ming's surprise, he said honestly: "I don't think my little cleverness can take any advantage in front of you, so it's better to say it frankly than to humiliate yourself." ”
Zhou Ming knew that they had confessed to themselves, but he didn't expect to admit it to this point, but for a politician who successfully ran for governor, Zhou Ming still had to be suspicious of what came out of the mouth of this kind of person who eats people and does not spit out bones.
Of course, there is no need for him to keep some issues that do not involve the interests of the family or any secrets.
"Thank you, Mr. Governor, for the good news you brought me, but what about my trip to Iraq?" Zhou Ming asked again.
Faced with this question, Edward did not answer directly, but first looked at Zhou Ming suspiciously for a while, as if to determine whether Zhou Ming was really going to Iraq, Zhou Ming told him with a smile: "Don't look at it, I will definitely go to Iraq, from Brighton to San Francisco for such a long time, don't you know what kind of character I am, Mr. Governor?"
In the end, Edward gave up, and he replied to Zhou Ming: "For this question, the Morgan consortium has its own contact channels in Baghdad, and can even directly enter the presidential palace, through their channels, you can guarantee that you will not encounter any danger to your life more than sixty percent." ”
"This is already a very high chance, since it is in the area where war is about to break out, then in return, I will also take you to see his secret factory with my friend today. Zhou Ming said.
Edward and Louis didn't speak again this time, for their expressions were grim, and they were obviously ready for it.
They then left and headed straight to the airport in San Francisco, where another ally of theirs was waiting in the airport's special guest room, a Chinese man, and Zhou Ming said: "This is Mr. Tang Yu, the second in line to the throne of the Tang family, he is a shareholder of Rockfield Company, and he holds the prestigious Skunk Works project in his hands. ”
"It's a pleasure to have the opportunity to meet and work together, Mr. Governor and Mr. Louie, and to prove my sincerity, I'm going to take you on a tour of the Skunk Works. ”
Tang Yu said expressionlessly, as if he was not talking about a world-famous weapons manufacturing base, but a very ordinary community, but since he was deprived of his inheritance, this Mr. Tang Yu has been in a serious and angry state at any time.
Edward and Louis had no problem with this, in fact they came for it.
Maybe it seems that they went to the skunk factory for a purpose, but in fact this is the most sincere performance, this is like I have a production project to cooperate, before looking for a cooperative company, I must look at the other party's production workshop, it can't be too casual, right?
On the other hand, Zhou Ming is also to satisfy his curiosity, after all, it is a super aircraft factory that produces F22, F35 and F117, although Zhou Ming is not a military fan, but if he has the opportunity to visit, as a man, he must not let go.
Of course, in addition to these, in order to help Iraq really drag down the all-round superior US military, Zhou Ming needs some special weapons, and in the current world, only the highest-end Skunk Factory is likely to be completed.
Then they boarded the private jet that had been prepared together, and on the plane, Tang Yu reminded Zhou Ming again: "I need to tell you that I am only a shareholder of Skunk Works, and Skunk Works is an extremely special existence, in principle, I have no right to interfere in any of their projects, so you must also convince his CEO, do you understand?"
Zhou Ming gave Tang Yu and OK a gesture, and then after an hour and a half of flight, they arrived at a secret base located on the border with Nevada.
"This is Kingston Labs, Skunk Works' largest and most fully functional laboratory and manufacturing facility. Tang Yu introduced Zhou Ming and Edward Louis.
The plane landed on the runway of the base, perhaps for the convenience of hiding, the runway here is much shorter than other runways, so the aircraft regardless of take-off and landing, need specific devices to complete, the comfort is much worse than normal landing, seat belts are necessary, otherwise it is easy to be thrown into the cabin and a person turns over on his back.
When the plane stopped, Zhou Ming took Edward and Louis to follow Tang Yu off the plane, obviously connected, there were already people waiting there, they were all wearing blue uniforms, and the leader was a middle-aged man with short hair, Tang Yu introduced Zhou Ming: "This is Dr. Douglas, he is also the CEO of this Kingston laboratory." ”
Zhou Ming took the initiative to shake hands with Dr. Douglas and introduce himself, and then they followed Douglas into the base.
Perhaps due to the high cost of excavating the mountain, the interior of the Kingston site is undoubtedly a scarce piece of land, so there are no labyrinthine corridors designed to enter the base and you can see a huge manufacturing plant.
Like the photos of the Skunk Factory found on the Internet in the previous life, this is a factory with a huge space, on the gray floor below, densely parked many aircraft-like things, now all of them are still steel skeletons, three or five groups of engineers like ants shuttle back and forth between the planes, according to Dr. Douglas, this is the aircraft manufacturing plant, and the following are the planes that are being assembled and tested.
"It's so spectacular, I can't imagine it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it's a masterpiece of God, and even the legendary Area 51 is nothing more than that. Louis exclaimed.
Hearing Louie's exclamation, Dr. Douglas suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at him with disdain, and said, "Area 51? Please don't mention the playground that creates suspense in front of me, okay? He is on the other side of the mountain, and his biggest role is to attract all the tourists who want to explore the secrets, if there really is a District 51 in the world, this is the real Area 51!"
Dr. Douglas's words were very confident, and they also made Zhou Ming very interested, after all, if anyone who pays attention to American science fiction in later generations, there is no one who does not know about this famous 51 district.
For these mysterious things, Zhou Ming also checked them on the Internet in his previous life, but what he didn't expect now was that whether it was the information published on the Internet, or countless people risking their lives to go to the nearby mountains to secretly take pictures, it was just the fake 51 district. The purpose of that fake Area 51 is to help hide the real Area 51 and attract everyone who wants to get a look at Area 51.
When everyone and the media are racking their brains about how to enter the fake Area 51, I am afraid that no one can imagine that the real Area 51 is on the other side of the mountain.
However, it must be said that the U.S. government has taken great pains to hide the real Area 51, because although the area over there is a fake Area 51, whether it is in the modeling, or the unidentified aerial vehicles that appear from time to time, the vibrations from the underground, and the area that is closely monitored, they are all done in accordance with the requirements of the real secret base.
"But Dr. Douglas, is this just an ordinary aircraft factory?" Zhou Ming asked suddenly.
Douglas frowned: "This sir, this is the world's most advanced laboratory, all the most cutting-edge talents and crazy people gather here, whether it is creative or otherwise, this is the top here, so it is not only airplanes here! The first atomic bomb was shipped from here, stealth aircraft that cannot be detected by radar, intercontinental missiles that can hit long distances, etc., in addition to these, we have also carried out a lot of other weapons research work in this laboratory." ”
Dr. Douglas was very conceited, "I can responsibly say that every year there are absolutely more programs written here than any software company in the world!"
"It seems that there won't be any aliens here?" Zhou Ming asked again.
"Of course not, this book is not defined as science fiction, everything is within the limits of science and has a factual basis!" replied Douglas.
After listening to this, Zhou Ming asked meaningfully: "Yes, it seems that my idea of coming to the Skunk Factory may be correct, but I don't know if you can produce bullets?"
Hearing Zhou Ming's question, Douglas was immediately stunned, he looked at Zhou Ming in a daze, and said with some annoyance: "Mr. Zhou Ming, please tell me that you are just joking with me, otherwise I will definitely invite you out." ”
Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "I'm sorry Dr. Douglas, I'm not joking, I really want to ask your Kingston laboratory to help me make a special bullet that can hit 100 shots, that is, the bullet is equipped with a miniature guidance device, and it has a bullet that can readjust the flight trajectory after it is fired and can accurately hit the target, can Skunk Factory make it?"
As soon as Zhou Ming's words were finished, Dr. Douglas stared at Zhou Ming's eyes fiercely and asked, "What do you know about the miniature laser guidance system?"
Douglas's sudden move startled Zhou Ming, but with Zhang Lin watching from behind, Zhou Ming was not worried about what the problem would be, so he replied: "I don't know, I just want to have such a bullet, can your laboratory be completed?"
Zhou Ming really didn't know, the reason why he would say this kind of bullet was because he had found out that there was really this kind of bullet in later life, although the time given on the Internet was on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 10 years, and it was indeed produced by Skunk Factory, but after experiencing the science and technology exhibition of Apex Company and seeing those technologies that were many years ahead of the times, Zhou Ming thought that maybe in the secret laboratory of Skunk Factory, there would be this kind of bullet that was still in the experimental stage.
Therefore, Zhou Ming asked Douglas with the attitude of giving it a try, and according to the character of the general scientific madman, this kind of out-of-time concept will definitely arouse his interest, and as long as he is interested, he can convince him.
Douglas didn't answer immediately, he stared at Zhou Ming's eyes for a long time, and after making sure that Zhou Ming really didn't know, he said: "It seems that you are also a person with genius-like ideas, and the answer I give you is that we don't have the kind of bullet you said at present, but we have a miniature laser guidance system that has been formed, as long as this system is installed on the bullet, and then after special adjustment, I believe that you will be able to achieve the 100% hit target you need." ”
"But I'll need it soon. Zhou Ming said again.
"Trust my lab, I can mass-produce it for you in no more than a week!" Douglas agreed, patting his chest.
Zhou Ming smiled and stretched out his hand: "That means we can start cooperating?"
Douglas happily high-fived Zhou Ming and said, "Of course, on this special bullet project!"