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"By the way, there's another news here, I don't know if you're interested?" After talking about CSCB, Wang Siqing suddenly said with a smile.

"Oh... What's that?"

"You see, this is sent from Silicon Valley, it is an invitation letter about the second World Computer Expo held in Beijing, China, and it is sent to YY's headquarters in Xiangjiang, China, and it is also sent to the headquarters of Silicon Valley Feixun Technology.

Schmidt knew that you were more concerned about the situation in Huaxia, and asked if you were interested in attending, so he sent this invitation over, why, didn't he mention it to you at the previous reception?" Wang Siqing explained with a smile.

"The World Computer Expo is still in its second session, and this name is really loud!" Li Feng smiled and joked after looking at it.

“…”

"Haha, look at the time, if you really have time, if you are bored, you can go around. ”

"The time is March 24th, Huaxia time, which happens to be the time of the Oscars here, do you still want to go?" Wang Siqing asked again.

"That's it, you are reminding me then, it depends on the situation, whether it is the Oscars or the expo, you can go around, and then choose. ”

"Okay, then I'll mark it out, and you'll decide when the time comes. ”

"Well, that's fine!"

“…”

……

Two days later, San Diego, California, Northrop Raytheon headquarters.

"John, what do you think?" Rumsfeld asked Li Feng with a smile in the chairman's office at the headquarters of the new Northrop Raytheon company in San Diego.

In the office, in addition to Ram, there are the former Northrop CEP, the current vice president of the company, Kent, the former president of Litton, and the current vice president, Hugh, all of whom are the top leaders of the new company.

"That's a good proposition, to be honest, I always thought that Newport News Shipyard was already Northrop Grumman, but I didn't expect it to be, it seems that we all want to go together!" Li Feng quipped.

"So you're in favor of our acquisition?" asked Kent Cressa with a smile.

"I think it's good, if we can buy it, it will naturally ensure our supremacy in the shipbuilding field, although the profit in the shipbuilding business is low, but the potential impact is huge. I just don't know if Newport News Shipyard is willing to sell?" Li Feng replied with a smile.

"John, as you just saw, in '96 Newport News Shipyard was spun off from the parent company and listed in New York, with a market value of about $2 billion, and they got the funds through the IPO financing, and they are ready to enter the commercial shipbuilding side again.

This is not the first time that Newport Shipyard has developed into commercial shipbuilding, but unfortunately, it has failed in the past, and has had to lose a lot of money and huge losses. In our view, Newport is moving towards commercial shipbuilding again, and it also creates an opportunity for us to acquire. Kent Cressa explained with a smile.

…..

"Oh...?"

Faced with Li Feng's doubts, Kent Cressa immediately explained, and Li Feng also understood the dilemma faced by the Newport shipyard.

According to the general opinion, Newport Shipyard is known as "the cradle of US aircraft carriers and the world's first shipyard", and it should not be bad for money, but in fact, Newport Shipyard is really bad for money.

Yes, as the only super shipyard in the United States and even in the world that can build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and a very small number of nuclear-powered submarines, according to the average person, it should not be bad for money, after all, whether it is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier or a submarine, it is a super expensive thing.

However, what outsiders don't know is that although the Newport News shipyard has never been short of orders, the profits are actually very low or even unprofitable, and the owners of the shipyard, the Huntington family, and the management are heartbroken.

Yes, the Newport News Shipyard, known as the 'cradle of aircraft carriers and the world's number one shipyard', is a truly private, family-owned company, and of course, the shareholders of the shipyard are also diverse, but the Huntington family still holds the lion's share.

At the beginning, in order to reduce the shipyard's dependence on the navy, the Newport News shipyard in the 70s carried out commercial shipbuilding attempts, preparing to build a world-class luxury cruise ship, but the ability of the old American shipyard to manufacture commercial ships is really debatable, coupled with the energy crisis at the time, the result is naturally a failure, heavy losses.

……

Since the 70s, Newport News has entered the field of commercial shipbuilding, but the result is a fiasco again and again, and finally the company is a little unable to hold on, it really has no money, and has to be spun off from the parent company Tannick in 96 and listed independently on the New York Stock Exchange.

And then the funds raised by the IPO are ready to enter the commercial marine sector, well, Newport News' management and shareholders are not convinced.

Although it is only the beginning of 98 years now, the history of the previous life has already told us that Newport News still suffered heavy losses and ended in failure, for which the final result was in 01 years, by the US imperialist military giant Northrop Grumman for 2.6 billion US dollars.

Today's Northrop Raytheon Company can build anything except for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States imperialism due to the shipbuilding business of the former Northrop Grumman Company and the original Litton Company, but in terms of aircraft carriers, it has to be said that the Newport News shipyard is a monopoly.

Therefore, Li Feng reacted at this time, if he wanted to go around the aircraft carrier or something, although it was not too difficult, after all, his identity is indeed different now, but it is not as casual as he thought, after all, his company can't build an aircraft carrier.

"In other words, do you think Newport News Shipyard's next commercial ship plan will fail?" Li Feng realized at this time, and suddenly asked with a smile.

"Haha... John, I think so, and when this plan fails and ends up with huge losses, that's when we buy the Newport News shipyard. Rumsfeld replied with a smile.

"And who are you now...?"

"Now, just to say hello to you, we can collect all aspects of the shipyard privately and prepare for possible acquisitions in the future. ”

……

In the face of such a super management who thinks so far-reaching, what else can Li Feng say, he can only say silently, I am waiting for the day when I set foot on my own shipyard to produce aircraft carriers.

Next, Li Feng had a good time in San Diego for a few days, visiting the people of the former Northrop Grumman Company, such as museums and strictly secret laboratories, which opened Li Feng's eyes.

Fortunately, there has been a lesson from Raytheon before, so as not to make a fool of yourself. In the face of those world-leading scientific and technological military products, Li Feng was surprised, and he was also very proud in his heart.

Of course, Li Feng, who had a heart for a long time, put forward the idea of wanting to fly a plane. Well, in his previous life, he was used to hearing those super business tycoons flying planes by themselves or something, Li Feng had already thought about it before, and he had trained a lot of courses in Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Aircraft Company before.

Li Feng plans to take some time out every year to think about being able to drive an F22 or something in the future, and fly a few laps, which is definitely very extraordinary. As for Li Feng's physical fitness.

Well, in terms of physical fitness, even the physical fitness of the world's No. 1 pilot is not as good as Li Feng.

Li Feng still remembers that when he was at Hughes Aircraft Company or Raytheon Aircraft Company, those training teachers were surprised when they saw Li Feng's physical testing data, and they all said that their boss's physical fitness could be said to be the best in the world.