Chapter 144: A Conference Room
"Okay, since there is no other offer, then the deal. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Mr. Huo Jichang, please prepare the materials I need within a month. Next, we will start selling the next product: a CNC machine capable of machining with angstromian precision, please start quoting......"
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Langley.
"Haven't you made any progress yet?" Monroe looked at the group of busy Internet experts under him, looking at their pale faces and highly nervous eyes, and he was about to get angry, but the swear words that were about to erupt turned into a sigh when they came to his mouth.
At this time, on the big screen, the masked man had already agreed to Huo Jichang's offer for exoskeleton machinery.
Monroe frowned and exclaimed, "Jennings! ”
"Sir?" Jennings was the most specialized CIA analyst specializing in intelligence analysis in the China region.
Monroe pointed to the screen, "Tell me what you think." ”
Jennings showed a confident smile: "Sir, Huo Jichang is an important businessman in the entertainment industry in China, but the companies under his name, including the ones he controls, do not have any machinery manufacturing, power, materials, or other high-tech related industries. In addition, according to our intelligence, he has flown to Yanjing three times recently, and has been in contact with some powerful figures in the Chinese government. And his liquidity was not enough to support him to buy so many supplies as he had proposed in his offer. I think it can be inferred that he was asked by the Huaxia government to buy this item. ”
Monroe had to admit that Jennings had a point. In terms of information related to Huaxia, he has always trusted Jennings's interpretation and judgment.
After a moment of silence, Monroe picked up the encrypted phone and dialed a number: "Pick me up from the president's office." ”
After a while, Crump's voice rang out: "I'm Crump." What's up? ”
Monroe shared Jennings' analysis and did not say his own.
Crump was silent for a moment and said, "I see. What is the progress of the operation? ”
Monroe whispered, "No progress for the time being. ”
"Keep up the good work." Kramp hung up the phone.
The national conditions of the United States and China are different, in the United States, even the most advanced weapons related to national security, the highest end of science and technology related to the national economy and people's livelihood, are not led by the government to develop them, but by the government departments to bid, major companies to provide solutions, the United States government to buy it.
Therefore, as long as it is a company in the United States and the technology bought by the rich, it will eventually be used by the government of the United States, which is actually the same as what the Chinese government is doing.
The difference is only that what is researched under the leadership of the Chinese government is ultimately controlled by the Chinese government, and it is the Chinese government that has the final say on whether to export or not.
On the side of the United States, the state control is not so strict, and there are two ways: one way, the entire research and development process is paid for by the government, and the property rights of the final production are owned by the government; The other is independently developed by the company, which can be purchased by the government of the United States and other countries.
Capital will chase profits. So Crump doesn't need to do anything at all, and the big companies and conglomerates in the United States will naturally find a way to buy those epoch-making products and technologies on the dark web. And if they buy it, in the end, the government of the United States will definitely be the beneficiary.
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In the eyes of many, the president of the United States may be the most powerful person in the world. But there are also those who don't see it that way.
Like a couple of people in this room.
They were described in different ways, the oldest in a wheelchair, wrinkled like weathered old bark, with a tube in his nose and an oxygen tank beside him; The youngest looked to be in his forties, with a lean face.
They almost never appear on television, on newspaper headlines, on the frivolous news circulating on the Internet, and are never easily recognizable if they go out on the street.
It is hard to imagine that in their hands they have tens of trillions of wealth in their hands, controlling a number of banks, mines and arms enterprises.
Is Crump powerful? But if it weren't for their approval, Crump would never have been in that position.
John Gayce is the richest man in the world? But if they made up their minds, in just a few days, John Gaiss would be in debt.
A 100-inch LCD TV hangs from the wall of the spotless conference room, which shows a masked man listening to an offer.
"Alright, let's talk." The eldest old man said angrily.
The youngest walked up to the TV, turned it off, and unplugged it. Everyone pulls out their phones and takes the batteries out; Models that cannot remove the battery are sent outside the door and naturally have someone else to keep it.
Then they returned to their seats and sat down.
The old man smiled weakly: "Both the east and the north have already acted. I heard that there is also an urgent discussion in Europe, and it may be involved at any time. I think it's time for us to do something about it. What do you guys think? ”
"I don't think we should let that madman blackmail us," said the youngest middle-aged man, looking energetic and confident, "if we can make an agreement with other people and move forward and retreat together, we can definitely keep the price down." ”
Someone agrees: "He wants to barter for gold and platinum group metals?" We can leave not a single kilogram left on the market and see how he changes it. ”
The old man was noncommittal, and motioned with his eyes for the others to speak.
Others expressed a different opinion: "But the things he sells are really genuine, and whoever has that kind of technology has the future." So I think it's very difficult for us to come to an agreement with those people because they want to monopolize those things as well. ”
"But it's not an option to keep bidding like this."
"Yes, now the big consortia haven't made a move, and when everyone competes, the amount of the transaction will at least increase by 5-10 times."
"We can't afford to wait any longer, we can't afford to let an upstart like John Gaiss take advantage of it. When that set of miniature rockets came into our hands, it could at least create hundreds of billions of profits for us, but he exchanged resources worth hundreds of millions of euros. Even if it hurts us to bid together, at least we can hold the future in our hands. ”
"Now he wants these precious metals, can you guarantee that he will need them in the future? I don't think it's something we can control. ”
"If you want me to say, we should still find a way to find the man's location and control him directly."
"Everybody wants to control him, but no one has been able to do it yet. And that person must be from Huaxia, even if his identity is exposed, the Huaxia government will definitely hold him in the palm of his hand, and it will not be our turn. ”