Chapter 88: The Second Summit

At the beginning of 2009, the mainland's one-bomb multi-satellite technology had not really reached the forefront of the world. Although there are only 10 satellites launched in www.biquge.info Circle, they belong to different orbits due to different purposes, and these satellites are still launched in two batches for insurance purposes.

Of these ten satellites, three are navigation satellites, three are reconnaissance satellites, two are communication satellites, one remote sensing satellite, and one geodesic satellite. According to different uses, they are also divided into geostationary orbit satellites and geostationary orbit satellites.

Although relative to some large countries, these satellites traveling around can not play a big role, because the number is too small. But you must know that in this world, the vast majority of countries do not have their own satellites, and in this regard, Zhou You has been ahead of the vast majority of countries.

Communications and navigation satellites were launched in early January, and from the very beginning of the launch, the traveling headquarters in Singapore and Bolivia began to operate at full capacity, and it took less than a month for scientists hired with high salaries to decode all the programs of the navigation satellites and enter the practical stage.

So far, Tmall's logistics team can not only use GPS positioning, but also collect data and positioning through its own company's satellites. These data will be a powerful tool for turning into profits in the future.

Just after the Spring Festival, the second satellite was also launched, and the reconnaissance satellite and the geodesic satellite also accurately reached the predetermined orbit. The launch of these satellites represents that the traveling military service company has truly entered the digital stage, and the instructions of the command headquarters are no longer only transmitted to the squad leader, but can be directly transmitted to the receiver of each soldier.

And every soldier's weaponry, including helicopter gunships and missiles, can be directly controlled by the center. Although there are less than 5,000 people in the traveling military service company, the combat effectiveness that these 5,000 people can burst out is several times that of an ordinary army.

The Gulf War in the United States has made people all over the world aware of the changes in modern warfare, but although they have a big family and a big business, their expenses are also amazing. Even they can't do it so that the command can control every soldier's weapon and let the soldier make the best choice on the battlefield.

On the one hand, there is the reason for cost, and on the other hand, there is the reason for scale. The number of soldiers traveling around is not large, and the computer of the command headquarters can analyze the best way to deal with it according to the overall situation, but if there are really tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, even a supercomputer, it cannot do a complete analysis.

With its own military reconnaissance satellites and its own center, the role played by each soldier on the battlefield has multiplied, which has made the armies of many countries send contact letters, hoping to observe the training of the traveling armies.

This is a good opportunity to advertise, and everyone who travels around does not refuse, no matter what country it is, they all agree. So, throughout March, the traveling headquarters in Singapore, the Bolivian Monitoring Center, there have been military observation missions from all over the world, studying the combat training of the traveling military service companies.

They are not afraid to follow along, because the cost of doing so is prohibitively high, and few countries in the world can afford such a large investment.

Modern warfare is fought for naval power, air power, missile power, and even nuclear deterrent forces, and the role that the army can play is getting smaller and smaller. Instead of investing so much in the Army, it is better to invest in other areas that can play a greater role.

Therefore, even developed countries, except for special operations, they will use this way of traveling, and ordinary wars will definitely not use this way, so the cost is too high, and the gains outweigh the losses.

However, as a military service company, if Zhou You wants to make his military force competitive, he must be fully armed, because his strength is directly proportional to his investment.

And he invested so much, a supercomputer, several satellites, and scientists, staff, fighters and weapons on the ground, definitely not just to form a deterrent.

More than two billion dollars were spent, and only an army of less than 5,000 men was armed, and if it did not pay off, it was a net investment. But as long as there is a little return, the investment cost is greatly reduced.

For this reason, Zhou You opened his own control center and conducted two large-scale exercises in a month. The troops involved in the exercise included troops from South America, Africa and Afghanistan.

Under the control of the command center, the three armies conducted two large-scale joint exercises, and although they were on three different continents, they were able to operate in tandem.

This method of warfare was also an eye-opener for everyone, especially Singapore's military, who couldn't keep their mouths shut over it. Because the roving military satellites also open the channel to the Singapore army, their military forces deployed around the world can also use the roving chain of command.

The use of communication satellites allows the entire company under Zhouyou to use its own independent communication signals, and Zhouyou's mobile phone uses a closed interface, which also prevents anyone from eavesdropping on any call records through his mobile phone.

Not only personal security, but also the company's information security has been greatly improved.

On April 2, the second G20 summit was held in London as scheduled. The summit also became a traveling sales pitch, with security agreements reached with the United Kingdom, France, and Germany and Belgium during the three days in London.

On the battlefield in Afghanistan, the traveling military service companies provide security and military services to the armies of these four countries, and also undertake a large contract that lasts for 10 years and totals 1.7 billion dollars.

The contract stipulates that Zhou You will serve the overseas legions of these countries for the next 10 years, on the condition that Zhou You will purchase up to $1.2 billion in passenger aircraft and transport aircraft from the European Union, including a special military transport ship.

This contract may seem like a big deal, but in fact it is not big at all, and the annual cost of military services outsourced by the US military exceeds $5 billion.

Moreover, it seems that Zhou You did not seem to take advantage, but someone took part of the expenses for himself and expanded his military power, and Zhou You was quite satisfied with this.

Zhou You's contract with the EU is quite unpleasant to the United States, but they already have three military service companies of their own, and they have no business to take care of Zhou You, and it is impossible for Zhou You to leave European countries aside and buy arms from them. Business is to take care of each other, you use my service, I will purchase your goods, unilateral payment, no one is willing to do.

In terms of cooperation, the United States has received a cold reception, and at the G20 summit, they have become the target of public criticism. Although countries are still working with them to face the crisis because of the financial crisis, discordant opinions have become the biggest voice at the summit.

From the beginning of the meeting, the mainland, Russia, and the European Union took turns to call for the reform of the dollar-dominated international monetary system and an end to the era of dollar dominance.

Of course, because of the strong position of the dollar for almost a century, it is impossible for the dollar to be abandoned outright now, but other countries just want to dig an opening in this embankment.

In the course of the meeting, the leaders of the participating countries issued a statement agreeing to provide a total of $1 trillion in financing to multilateral financial institutions such as the World Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Among them, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has increased its funding from $250 billion to $750 billion to help countries in distress, mainly the United States.

In the area of financial regulation, the leaders agreed on the need to regulate and supervise all financial institutions, financial products and financial markets with systemic influence, proposed for the first time to place hedge funds under financial regulation, and agreed to take action and impose sanctions on "tax havens" that refuse to cooperate.

This also means that the financial model of the world's crude oil will be changed, and funds like Soros's Tiger Fund, which has gone bankrupt and collapsed, will no longer have the previous loose asset management, and they want to mobilize even a half million dollars, and the governments of the world will know about it.

Now if he wants to snipe the pound and snipe the baht, it will be a complete joke. This decision is tantamount to putting a tight spell on the heads of those investment institutions and funds, and no institution has a transcendent position and a channel to evade surveillance.

Of course, although these funds and investment institutions have been affected to a certain extent, they are not the most affected, and the most affected should be those offshore financial centers and banks that are known for their secrecy, among which Union Bank of Switzerland and Credit Suisse have been the most affected.

Under pressure from countries around the world, led by the United States, Switzerland's two largest banks had to abandon their centuries-old tradition of secrecy and hand over many secret accounts.

In the area of financial institution reform, the leaders decided to replace the current Financial Stability Forum with a new Financial Stability Board and to work with the IMF to monitor risks in global macroeconomic and financial markets. The IMF and the World Bank will also implement reforms and give emerging economies and developing countries a greater voice.

The high salaries of bankers have also become the object of reform, and they can no longer unscrupulously pay themselves high bonuses and cannot use speculation to obtain high returns for themselves, and this has a very positive effect on rectifying the financial order.

These do not have a big impact on Zhou You, because the funds of Zhou You are almost all personal funds, legitimate business operations, which no one can stop.

Perhaps the third decision that will have the greatest impact on travel is the unanimous commitment of world leaders to oppose protectionism, promote global trade and investment, and stimulate the healthy development of the global economy.

Opposing protectionism and eliminating trade barriers has a very significant positive effect on the development of Tmall under the control of Zhouyou, and if it is really implemented, Tmall will become the largest enterprise in the world, and there is no one.

But Zhou You is also very well aware that this is easier said than done. Countries cannot open their doors to low-priced foreign goods to storm their markets and crush their own enterprises. If this is the case, the world's market will probably be occupied by a few developed countries and the mainland.

Until 2016, when the world was reborn, countries around the world were still struggling on this road, because of the impact of mainland goods, the trade protection of countries around the world became more serious.

In this world, not all countries like the globalization of trade, the developed countries want to protect the markets they occupy, and the backward countries want to strengthen their own industries, and the two are irreconcilable.

As a result, the mainland has become a thorn in the side of most countries, because Chinese manufacturing really makes them powerless.

In the 90s of the last century, or until 2008, the global competitiveness of Chinese goods was not very strong. During this period, the mainland was not so much a big manufacturing country as it was a big processing country.

But relying on a little bit of accumulation, taking advantage of the arrival of the financial crisis, Made in China has truly become the most competitive commodity in the world.

Same price, my quality is better than yours, same quality, my price is lower than yours. The price of many Chinese manufacturing is even lower than the cost of some countries, how do you make them compete?

China's processing has become China's manufacturing, and China's manufacturing has become China's quality. In many fields, not to mention American goods, even German goods are also crushed in the face of Chinese manufacturing.

At this time, if they do not practice protectionism, I am afraid that they will have to watch Made in China occupy the whole world.

Of course, the main sales scope of Tmall is still small commodities, and the products in this range will not affect the economic and technological development of a country, so Zhou You is confident that in the next few years, it will expand the market share of Tmall little by little.

The two-day meeting was over, and Zhou You also achieved satisfactory results, although this time he wanted to come up with 100 billion dollars to save the market, but when the world economy has sunk to the bottom, he will only make money and not lose money.

In addition to the economic aspect, security companies and military service companies have also received large orders, at least without having to travel and reinvest money to keep military service companies afloat.

Tmall's expansion also achieved satisfactory results during this meeting, Zhou You and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had an open and frank meeting with him on the current resistance and advantages of Tmall, and the two sides agreed to make a large-scale adjustment to the catalog of goods sold by Tmall in South Korea in the next month, and will add as many as 10,000 foreign goods.

But at the same time, Tmall's procurement catalog in South Korea will also make a major adjustment, adding more than 2,000 products. Specific adjustments will be negotiated in the coming month.

At the end of the meeting in London, Zhou was ready to leave, and on the way back to Singapore, he will make a brief stop in Afghanistan to inspect the troops serving the French army.

Before setting off, Ma Hongtao excitedly rushed into the room where he traveled with a telegram. "Fourth brother, President Susilo of Indonesia signed Presidential Decision No. 4 of 2009, officially abolishing Circular No. 6 of 1967 and changing 'China' to 'China'."