Chapter 653 The Way to Develop a "Zero-Sum" Society

America is a melting pot of nations, but it dissolves whites. As for the blacks, it's just that because there are so many people, they can only give a little sweetness. And how many people are the yellow race? Why would the white race give more political resources to the Chinese? Behind the Chinese, in particular, is China, a country that competes with the United States. And the homeland of the Jews is only the little brother of the United States.

No matter how powerful the Jews are, they can only defend the interests of the United States itself. If the Chinese get more political resources, they will definitely be more inclined to China. That's a situation that threat theories and conspiracy theories don't allow.

In other words, it is the inevitable psychology of a country that is accustomed to being the world's boss. For other countries, they do not have a "win-win" mentality for the time being, only "zero-sum".

It can be said that when there is competition between China and the United States, it is a bit whimsical for Chinese Americans to want to obtain the status and treatment they deserve by integrating into American society.

Link wasn't very old, but he saw this quite clearly. So he had been avoiding direct competition with those conglomerates. If there is a need for cooperation, he cooperates.

If, according to other people's ideas, if you have an annual output of more than 30 million tons of high-quality crude oil and enough funds, the most likely thing to do is to enter the oil industry yourself.

But Link didn't do that, he sold all the crude oil to the oil companies controlled by the conglomerates. That allowed him to avoid direct conflict with the consortium, and even had a little bit of a partnership.

The most serious of his previous direct conflicts with those consortia was GE. But that time there was no competition, just the interests of each other. That conflict is in the past.

The direct competition should be that between him and the three governors. But although the seed industry is a major industry that controls grain, Link has always been relatively restrained, and it is just a battle of ideas. He allowed the Benehans Group to build up and capture the market within a year. So that Meng Sandu and the consortium behind them did not have time to react, and the established facts were created.

Even so, he shows no signs of continuing to expand, and his seed products only account for about 30% of the market.

It's not that he's not confident, it's that he has to act within the tolerance of those consortia now. At least until there is enough strength to fight them, it has to be done.

So this time he took out an unmanned logistics system to share with those consortia. This can be regarded as "mending" the "cracks" that have appeared due to competition in agriculture. At the same time, I hope to "ease" the relationship with these consortia and share common interests.

It can be said that what Link did was not to want to fit into those consortia, but to want those consortia to have to recognize his status in the United States.

But his strength is still weak. He is not even sure that he can protect his rights and interests in unmanned logistics systems. He needs to unite all who can. The one who naturally has an alliance with him is, of course, Chinese. But Fu Zi and Fan seem to think that is impossible.

He was silent for a moment and said, "I've always been curious. It has been more than 160 years since we Chinese struggled, strived for, and actively integrated in the United States. What do we Chinese get? Nationality? Now, as long as we are legal immigrants, who in the United States does not have a nationality? Equality? Our skin color is still the object of discrimination. Perhaps the most significant achievement we have achieved has been to keep the Irish from discriminating against us. ”

He stood up and said with disappointment: "I wonder if the Arabs will come to America and stick to their religion, and the Jews will stick to their Judaism. Like blacks, we integrated into American society and embraced Catholicism. In addition to the Spring Festival, which has become a means of marketing, what else do we have left? We don't value our own things, and want to value us more than others? The so-called integration is just an illusion that belongs to us. ”

He scoffed and said, "They're knocking on a door that will never open for us." ”

Americans, only when they need to be friendly with China, be kind to the Chinese. If there is a need for confrontation, all the benefits previously given will be recovered. That's the trick of the Americans.

The conversation between Link and Fuz can be said to have ended unhappily.

However, after Fu Zi and Fan Zhongkun left, Fan Zhongkun called him.

Fan Zhongkun said on the phone: "Link, if you want to unify the ideas of the Chinese, it may be a little difficult. ”

"I didn't know before, but now I know. Link smiled wryly and said. "It was a lot harder than I thought. ”

"The origin of the Chinese is a bit complicated. And many people don't have much sense of identity with China anymore. Fuzi, he is a Manchu. The ancestor was once a nobleman of the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to have much sense of belonging to the mainland and the nation. Although, after entering the twenty-first century, there are more than two million people from the mainland. But most of them are people who desperately yearn for the United States. Even the country and the nation do not agree, and it is a bit nonsense to talk about unity with them. ”

Link was silent for a moment and said, "I see. Thank you, Lao Fan!"

Fan Zhongkun is right, it is indeed a waste of saliva to want to talk about ethnic unity with a group of people who have no sense of national identity in the first place.

In this case, he probably didn't need to think about uniting with other Chinese.

Fan Zhongkun said: "But there are still some people who are different from them. For example, I used to think that it was easier to make money in the United States, but it turned out that it was much more difficult than at home. If you don't come out, you can't go back. I've wanted to go back for a long time. "It is very difficult to become a naturalized Chinese citizen now.

"Maybe you can immigrate to Hong Kong [4] again. Link said with a laugh. "Hong Kong doesn't discriminate against Chinese people. ”

Fan Zhongkun also smiled and said: "Hong Kong [3] is indeed an alternative plan. He paused, then laughed. "Although I am a member of the 100-member club, I don't have much power to speak in the 100-person club. So I probably can't help much with other industries. At the Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, I can still help you talk about it and suggest that they accept the pollution-free standard. ”

"Thank you!"

Accepting the pollution-free food standard is indeed a support for Link. If a restaurant accepts pollution-free standards, it has a greater impact than a group of people.

Although there is no way to affect the whole of the United States in San Francisco, San Francisco is one of the most populous cities in the United States, and there is nothing Link dissatisfaction with being able to influence such a city.

Fan Zhongkun seemed to be saying this in order to say this. After saying that, the call ended.

Link sat for a while and then asked Tiger to contact the airport to see when his plane would take off.

After Tiger went out, Link took out his cell phone and called Claire and said, "Claire, if you can arrange it, go to Seattle and talk to those banks." See if they're willing to invest. ”

After saying this, he said a few more words to Claire and hung up.

Tiger came back and told him that the plane could take off in an hour. Link nodded, got up and left the hotel.

After he got on the plane, the plane had to wait a while before it could take off. He thought for a moment, then took out his phone and dialed a number he had never dialed before: "Hello, Mr. Lynch. I'm Link Hans. ”

"Hello, Mr. Hans!" Philip Lynch was playing golf with a friend when he received his call. "Will you call me?"

"I heard from Flren that you're interested in unmanned logistics systems. ”

"Yes, I do want to know more about this project. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "If Mr. Lynch is interested in this." We can make an appointment to talk. ”

"Of course, I wonder if Mr. Hans is available, maybe we can make an appointment to talk. ”

Link smiled and said, "Then I don't know when Mr. Lynch is free! I can wait for you at Fox." ”

Philip Lynch pursed his lips when he heard this, but said with a smile: "My recent schedule is full. I'll go back and have a look. I'll call you again in the evening to make an appointment. ”

Listening to the other party's words, Link smiled and said, "Okay!" After saying that, he hung up the phone.

The schedule is full, and you want to check if you are available that day? That is, things are not rushed.

Link's plane returned to Mora Airport, and before he could get into William's car, he received a call from Claire: "Link, I just spoke to Joshua Smith of the Seattle Garden Bank. He seemed interested in our project. ”

Joshua Smith Link had a middle-aged man's face in his mind. This man was seen at last year's annual meeting of the Washington[2] Bankers of Sheldon State. The other party also proposed to cross-exchange the shares of Garden Bank with the shares of Ozette Bank at the same price.

It's just that Link refused on the spot.

He remembered someone and asked, "What did he say?"

He wants to invest in unmanned logistics systems. Some inquiries were also made about the progress of the system. Claire asked. "What do you think about this?"

Link thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any information about Garden Bank?"

"It's not intelligence, but it's commercial. ”

Link said, "You send me an email, I'll take a look first." I'll go back to the office later. We'll talk about it in detail when the time comes. ”

Just as Link reads the email from Claire.

In the president's office at the headquarters of the Garden Bank in Seattle, Joshua Smith was drinking and chatting with his closest partners.

His friend said, "Joshua, I'm still not optimistic about investing now. Now it's too risky. ”

Joshua shook his glass and said with a smile: "Kent, any investment is risky. The greater the risk, the higher the return. And isn't there you?" he was different from this friend. This friend's business philosophy is more conservative and cautious, and he is more adventurous, and the two cooperate, and the other party can help him plug all the loopholes. "Although that project has not been tested in the market. But I firmly believe that this is an opportunity for us. ”

"I know you want to make Garden a really big bank, but you can wait until it's a little less risky to get involved. ”

Garden Bank has expanded its business across the United States through mergers. But Garden Bank's foundation is weaker elsewhere in the United States. Or that the foundation of Garden Bank is relatively thin. To become a major U.S. bank, you also need to be involved in projects that will affect the lifeblood of the U.S. economy.

That's not just for the money, it's for the status of the industry.

But Kent felt that unmanned logistics systems were too dangerous.

He added: "I remember you saying that Link Hans is not a very good person. ”