Chapter 866: The Arms Dealer's Bureau (Part II)
Even Lieutenant Colonel Bolson, an officer who is still among the elite, can't imagine with his brains, and perhaps only the mysterious farmer really knows what kind of existence the Bairdreo farm is.
Take the ongoing Gulf War as an example, although Bolson does not know much, he vaguely guesses that this war has a very close relationship with the Bairdro Farm, even if it cannot be asserted that the war was provoked by the Bairdro Farm, but it is certain that the mysterious farm will inevitably grab huge profits in the Gulf War;
The appearance of the famous war correspondent Clark confirmed Lieutenant Colonel Bolson's speculation, although Clark came to contact him with a strong smell of copper as an arms spokesperson, but Bolson recognized Clark at a glance as a member of the Baierdro Farm, just like himself.
Because the brooch in his heart is a hideous Indian ram skull head, which is the unique symbol of Baierdero's farm, and because of this, when Clark approached him, Lieutenant Colonel Bolson behaved very friendly, perhaps in the eyes of others, Bolson is like this because of the celebrity effect will treat the famous Clark in the United States, but only he knows that the reason why he treats Clark like this is mainly because he met the real "own person".........
"The benefits of media?"
Lieutenant Colonel Bolson couldn't help but purse his lips and smile: "Could it be that the achievement is to facilitate advertising?"
"Am I not like a perfect spokesperson?" asked Clarke, taking a sip of champagne and smiling charmingly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Bolton was stunned when he heard this, and immediately laughed, Clark was right, in this unprecedented modern war, as a well-known media reporter, Clark is indeed an excellent image spokesperson for weapons and equipment, especially the "Patriot" air defense missile system that was pinned on by the mysterious Bayerrod farmer, which is a perfect match among the best matches;
You must know that war is always a joyful feast for arms dealers, where killing is not only an art that will be successful, but also a show for advanced weapons and equipment.
Because of this, if you want to successfully sell a weapon and equipment that has been developed with a huge amount of money, in addition to the crazy performance at the exhibition, the most effective and direct way is to put it into actual combat, so that everyone can intuitively feel the real power of this equipment;
Taking the current Gulf War as an example, before the flames of war were ignited, several major arms groups such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Grumman, and General Motors sent their own public relations teams to the Gulf region to start the actual combat propaganda of their equipment.
For a time, the F-15, F-16, M1 tanks, M2 infantry fighting vehicles, "Aegis" missile destroyers, and other high-performance weapons and equipment filled the front pages of the world's major media.
And this is just a warm-up before the war for the arms dealers, after the start of the war, with the release of actual combat data, this kind of hype will be overwhelming, as for the effect, needless to say, under such an overwhelming hype offensive, there will eventually be a fish to bite the hook, not to mention that the performance of American equipment is not bad, so it is inevitable that the arms dealers will sit and wait to count the money.
It's just that before you can count the money, you have to spend money first, whether it's a large PR team, or the technical processing team behind it, or an independent evaluation agency, all of which require huge amounts of financial support, plus an overwhelming amount of media investment......... casually spending hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, all in all, this set of money-burning processes is not something that ordinary small arms companies can afford.
Therefore, the arms feast caused by the Gulf War is destined to be a joyful dance party for the powerful military-industrial complexes of the United States, but as the so-called flowers bloom and fall sometimes, although the United States military-industrial complexes are strong, it is impossible for everything to go smoothly.
When the landlord's family still has no surplus grain, it is naturally not uncommon for the military-industrial complex to be poorly managed, and what should we do if this is the case? It is estimated that there is only one answer, that is, a headache, and the US "Raytheon" company has a headache, because they were almost dragged down by the "Patriot" air defense missile system, which costs a huge amount of money and is extremely expensive.........
The "Patriot" air defense missile system is a new air defense system developed to replace the "Nikkey-2" and "Hawk" air defense missile systems, and the US military can be said to have high hopes, and its contractor "Raytheon" company has made every effort to complete the research and development from the end of the 60s to the beginning of the 80s, which took more than 10 years, but due to the technical limitations at that time, many design indicators of the "Patriot" air defense missile system were not completed, especially for the interception of ballistic missiles, and the success rate can be described as very small.
At that time, in accordance with the intentions of the US military and Congress, they were preparing to suspend the installation of the "Patriot" air defense missile system, but in this way the "Raytheon" company would inevitably suffer huge losses, and that was more than 10 years of investment and tens of billions of dollars in funds, which would have exhausted the "Raytheon" company's family funds long ago, and if it dragged on any longer, the "Raytheon" company would inevitably go bankrupt; because of this, the US military and Congressional proposal was tantamount to sentencing the "Raytheon" to death.
For this reason, the "Raytheon" company did not sit still, and quickly mobilized a huge lobby group to launch a powerful public relations offensive against Congress, the Department of Defense, and the White House.
If it is an ordinary arms company, it will accept its fate when it encounters such a situation, and there is no other way but to wait for death, but the "Thor" company, as his name suggests, is destined to be a god-like existence, because behind him there is indeed a supreme "god" - the mysterious farmer of Baierdero Farm!
As a major shareholder controlling 50.3% of the company's shares, the low-key and mysterious Baierdero farmer, like other large holding companies, does not participate in the daily operation of the "Raytheon" company on weekdays, and entrusts all professional managers to take care of it, unless it is a critical moment of life and death;
The "Raytheon" company was forced into a desperate situation because of the decision of the military and Congress, and the Baierdro farmer had no reason to stay out of the matter, so a series of tests, reports, and evaluations sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the bigwigs of the military and Congress, who had previously strongly opposed it, also seemed to feel some irresistible pressure and changed their words one after another to express their approval, so that the "Patriot" air defense missile system was successfully equipped with the US Army in 1982, and the "Raytheon" company was also able to survive in a desperate situation........
Although the crisis was temporarily lifted, the "Thor" company did not completely get rid of the embarrassing predicament; in any case, no matter how great the Baierdero farmer's magical powers, he had to take into account the national interests of the United States, and the defects of the "Patriot" system did not meet the technical and tactical requirements of the US military, not to mention that it was still facing an unusually large Soviet army with unusually large conventional forces;
Therefore, while the US military agreed to equip the initial model of the "Patriot" system, the "Raytheon" company also had to make concessions and promised to complete the follow-up research and development plan as soon as possible and to use it as an improved equipment unit.
And within a few years, all the research and development plans were completed and the troops were installed, but at this time, the "Raytheon" company's capital chain once again reached the point of exhaustion, even if the US military and Congress did not embarrass the equipment of the "Patriot 2" because of the lessons of the "Patriot 1", they still could not make up for the huge financial losses;
Therefore, the "Raytheon" company set its sights on the international arms market, but the sales situation of the entire "Patriot" series of air defense missile systems in the international arms market is not good, after all, the bad reputation left over from the "Patriot 1" has seriously affected the reputation of the series, especially several allies close to the United States, such as Japan and South Korea in Asia, Britain and Spain in Europe, to the "Patriot 1" I know very well about the turmoil, for fear that the dollars I have worked so hard to accumulate will be wasted, after all, no one's money is blown by the wind.
In this regard, eager to get rid of the dilemma of shortage of funds, and actively explore the international market "Thor" company said extremely helpless, but there is no way, the Baierdero farmer is not unable to let these countries pay for things, but once this is done, his transcendent status will be broken, you must know that his vision is not a small tens of billions of dollars, but the blue planet in which he is located, so after keeping the "Thor" company, the Baierdero farmer will also return to seclusion again;
However, seclusion is not the same as sitting still, when the shackles of the predicament tighten the neck little by little, even if the people who have the world in their hearts, they can't sit back and watch their golden hens being strangled like this, so once the time is ripe, the low-key and powerful wind will set off violent waves again,
And this timing was nothing else, it was the Gulf War, which opened the precedent of modern warfare, so the Baierdero farmer made a move, still in a low-key way, still doing it silently, still unconscious, his thick fingers began to fluctuate slightly, swinging all the marionettes to set up a set of classic arms sales odds........ (To be continued.) )