Chapter 292: Another Choice
It's just that the cooperation project in the United States has been vetoed, CFIUS is particularly wary of the defense industry, and both sides feel that the possibility of passing is close to zero after analysis, and Yang Ming does not want to have a fluke mentality.
Because he intends to borrow the technology of American enterprises, or transform some American military products, and then apply them...... In the big picture, he was an espionage.
Especially in this period of confrontation, it is possible that he will be directly prosecuted by the United States. So after weighing all the factors, I didn't feel the need to take this risk.
Then I started looking for other places.
I also hold my breath in my heart - if you don't give it to the U.S. government, isn't there anywhere else?
He wants to do it now, and it was not an absolute inclination at first, but after the meaning of the United States came out, he decided to do his best!
However, most of the military industry that can be allowed to be privately researched is concentrated in Europe and the United States, and the situation in Canada is not clear, and they are expected to have the same attitude as the backyard of the United States.
If it were Europe, Britain was an option, and for a while the government was so poor that they considered handing over the maintenance of nuclear weapons to private contractors, which was also a precedent!
But there is still a problem: Britain is also becoming more stringent in its vetting of investments in key sectors, and they have much in common with the voices of the United States.
For the same reason, although France always has a maverick in its bones, in the final analysis, it is also in the circle of NATO, and it is possible to be controlled in the early stage without restrictions and in the later stage.
Come to think of it, countries that have ties with Europe, the United States and NATO either obey the orders of the United States, or they are not interested in this aspect, and there is not much room for development if the territory is too small.
Yang Ming looked it up, but there was no suitable one.
This made him wonder, the country is not to be engaged, there is no environment abroad, and there is always a feeling that the good cards in the hand are going to rot...... Is it going to be castrated, to transition to civilian?
This is also a way, but the technology of the other side of the cooperation is in the military field, and the United States is the first to refuse if it wants to enter China.
"Hell yes!"
Yang Ming patted his head, it is not impossible for him to improve the hardware technology by himself, but it is really difficult for a person to do everything well!
I closed the notebook in confusion, and if I had no choice, I went to relax. Yang Ming continued to learn to fly and take the license, and at the same time, his wife's affairs were completed.
Then it flies across the country, but that's the way it is, you don't have a clue when you focus on it, and you come to the door when you ignore it.
At a small gathering of a few buddies with beer barbecue one night, Zhang Bing brought what he had done in the United States a while ago for the sake of face.
"I have a friend who now runs a private security company in South Africa, and he bragged to me that he has thousands of employees, long guns, short guns, and armored vehicles, and the local security is very bad, guns are rampant, foreign businessmen and rich people need a large number of bodyguards, and the market is very large. ”
"This is the place in South Africa that I remember, EO, which used to be the world's largest mercenary company, was also there. Song Dewen recalled.
Zhang Bing nodded: "It's over there, but EO was forcibly disbanded in 1999, and then kept up with the mainstream of the world, and transformed into PMS, PSC, and military consultants, which are cloaked in legality, but they are essentially unchanged, but they have an extra layer of legal identity." ”
"Lao Zhang, do you have any ideas?" asked Song Dewen.
"It's not me, it's the fourth child who wants to be a warlord. Zhang Bing smiled.
"You're also a thief, and you don't have a lot of thoughts about playing with that gun!"
"It's a man who likes it, it's just a difference between a profession and a hobby. Zhang Bing smiled, "My friends have always invited me to go to South Africa to play and see lions and elephants. ”
"You say, South Africa should have a military industrial base, right?" Yang Ming asked suddenly.
"Surely! The white government has already developed nuclear weapons, and if it weren't for the pressure of the great powers and deindustrialization, Africa would not be easy to mess with now!"
"But not now, stepping on the sinkhole of deindustrialization. Song Dewen shook his head.
Yang Ming had also heard about this.
The rest of the world is well-known: Mandela, a free man, broke apartheid and established freedom and equality! The whole world called Mandela "a good friend of the people of the world" and gave him numerous medals to thank him for his wise and martial decision to denuclearize and deindustrialize!
Just because of the decision to go to industry that year, South Africa's trade barriers were broken up and dismantled, so that European, American, Chinese and even African capital frantically poured into and seized South Africa's once dominant market and technology, and made a lot of money!
It used to be advanced in industry, medicine, finance, commerce and ...... All fields have regressed in an all-round way, from a quasi-developed country to a third- or fourth-rate country!
This is a case of a standard good hand playing poorly.
But these historical rights and wrongs aside, South Africa suddenly came into his sights.
Although its industry has been messed up, the emaciated camel is still a bit meaty! Yang Ming also does not rely too much on the local technical base, as long as the minimum standards of materials and raw materials can be met, South Africa is not lacking in this aspect.
In addition, foreign investment has always been very welcome, and because there is no military alliance with any European or American countries, and because its geographical location is insignificant, it is subject to very little control in this regard.
It is also the same as the United States, where guns are free, and even excessive, so social security is very poor, and there are all kinds of private security companies, some of which are ranging from helicopters to armored vehicles, and they are completely private armies.
Taken together, South Africa, a once developed place, is very suitable for his standards, he can invest, he can engage in equipment project research and development, and he can use the shell of PMC to develop private power.
With the exception of a few local regulations, there are hard and fast rules that require the hiring of black employees. However, these can be solved by arranging positions at will, and there will be no obstruction in the most important places.
Zhang Bing saw the thoughtful look on Yang Ming's face, and understood: "Want to go over there and have a look?"
Yang Ming told the truth: "Alas, my recent project was blocked by the Americans, they think I want to steal technology, but I don't want to go to Europe, I am doing this in China is reactionary, where else do you think it is appropriate?"
Zhang Bing said: "If you don't rely too much on the local export of high-end technology, you only need people and basic materials, which is indeed possible, and South Africa is not as unbearable as the outside world says." ”
"When you say that, I want to go to the free land over there. "Yang Ming has nothing to do recently, his career is on the right track, and he is just missing a hobby.
Zhang Bing decided: "I'll go with you! Go meet my old friend, by the way, take a look at the project you talked about last time, if you settle down in the local area, it is definitely necessary to have your own security team, I will help you train it, otherwise you will not be at ease to develop there." ”
"Hey, hey, two old brothers!" Song Dewen said.
He definitely wants to go, because the last time he came back from the United States, Zhang Bing's guy just kept blowing, what entered the United States, played something that the US military couldn't play, fired artillery, hit missiles, and rode a Yanpo, that wave of steady profits and losses, next time I have to go!
So Song Dewen couldn't hold back, it was more difficult to go to the United States, but it was not so difficult to go to South Africa, where you could play with guns and hunt.
Yang Ming smiled: "You guys are more at ease with me, they all say that the security over there is not good, and when the time comes, I will issue you a gun and help me keep an eye on it." ”
"That's as it should be, you are the boss who pays the salary, we are employees, we must protect the Dharma left and right!" Song Dewen nodded again and again.