Chapter 2152: We Were Attacked
Chapter 2152: We Were Attacked
Although there were some small unpleasantness, but in general, tonight's banquet was quite successful, except for a few uninvited guests, the guests and hosts were happy, especially Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi on behalf of Alice Group sent an invitation to nearly half of the rich people, and even made the rich people who came to the banquet tonight shout that they were not allowed to go here.
Of course, this is only a primary, and in the end, three-quarters of the riches who passed the primary selection will be wiped out, but even so, thinking that they have a 25% chance of becoming a partner of Alice Group, it is enough to make those who have passed the primary selection excited to sleep tonight.
Those rich people who lost in the primary election were naturally very disappointed, but no one thought that Alice's choice was unfair, everyone was mixed in the same circle, and everyone could naturally understand that in terms of the industry they were engaged in, those who could enter the primary election did better than themselves in terms of products, and they were not wronged.
DuPont Jr. is also very excited, although it is not yet certain where the Alice Group will cooperate with the DuPont consortium, but as long as the DuPont consortium can successfully establish a cooperative relationship with the Alice Group, this is the greatest success of the DuPont family. The Alice Group has a prominent position in the world, and DuPont Jr. naturally does not think that the Alice Group is deliberately giving eye medicine to the Morgan consortium and the California consortium in this way, and Zhang Lan and Zhang Chenxi can say that, which means that they really intend to cooperate with the DuPont consortium.
The only ones who were unhappy were Morgan Jr. and Smith, and the two of them even wanted to sing loudly, "You weren't sent by my enemies to play with me on purpose, did you?" As for pulling. Mr. Minister MΓΆnsfield, he is the one who laughs the most tonight, why? Because in essence, the Minister of Defense of the United States is actually a politician and businessman, not a standard soldier, as a politician and businessman, tonight Alice Group played the role of a qualified good money boy, spreading money, the staff has told him the statistics, and it is conclusive that if the Alice Group does have the intention of choosing dozens of partners, the economic growth rate of the United States can even increase by nearly 0.1% as a result!
Just because of one cooperation, the huge economy of the United States has been increased by 0.1%? When you hear this number, pull. Musefield was so excited that he was about to faint, because he was caught in the quagmire of two wars, and the huge military spending did not receive the expected results, and there was no way to enjoy the dividends of the war, resulting in a very sluggish economic situation in the United States, and the economic growth rate has been maintained between 1.8% and 2% for three consecutive years. The country's economy is actually stagnant or even regressing, and the reason why there is still a growth rate of 1.8 percent to 2 percent is all because of the impact of inflation.
However, before the end of the dinner, to Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi's surprise, they actually received an invitation from the special representative of President George W. Bush of the United States, and in order to show the importance of this invitation and to show respect for Zhang Lan and Zhang Chenxi, George W. Bush specially appointed White House Chief of Staff Card to deliver this invitation.
"The president invited us to visit the White House?" Looking at the beautifully bound but just right invitation card in his hand, Zhang Lan was a little strange, for no reason, what did George W. Bush invite us to visit the White House?
The White House is often open to the public, and during opening hours, the public can visit a number of rooms in the White House that are open to the public with the assistance of guides. β¦,
"Yes," Director Kade nodded, the standard Mediterranean hairstyle made Card's hairless head sparkle in the bright light, and the neat suit made Card's expression look very formal, "Mr. President, if you like, he will be your guide himself, introducing you to everything in the White House, and there will be a small welcome dinner at the White House in the evening, which will be attended by the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and other people along with their families. β
Oh, now Zhang Lan understands what Bush Jr. means, it should be some national policy and other national-level activities on the part of the White House, and he wants to communicate with himself, but he is worried that the more formal communication method will arouse his disgust, so he tactfully used the form of an invitation to visit and dinner.
Zhang Lan couldn't refuse this invitation, and he was also very curious about what Bush Jr. wanted to consult about his side, so he nodded immediately, "Please rest assured, I will go to the White House on time tomorrow, and I am personally looking forward to this meeting with Mr. President." β
Card's face was visibly relieved. To tell the truth, before coming, for this invitation, Card was ready to be rejected, what? Refuse an invitation from the owner of the White House? How is this possible?! But Kekade deeply understands that this kind of thing is impossible for others, but for Zhang Lan and Alice, these crazy people, it is too normal, if they are unhappy, they will not go if they say no, and if they don't give you the face of the president, they will not give you the face of the president, and the most embarrassing thing for Bush Jr. is that if Zhang Lan really doesn't give himself face, he really can't do anything to them, so he can only watch this slap on his face.
But Zhang Lan's expression suddenly froze...... He suddenly remembered that he had just invited little DuPont to go fishing on the aircraft carrier of the Alice Group tomorrow, and this time seemed to be conflicting.
"What? What's the matter? Seeing Zhang Lan's expression, Card's sweat came down, buddy, I know you like to play with people, but you can't play with me like this, if you toss like this, it will kill you.
"No, it's another thing," Zhang Lan's expression was very embarrassed, but he had to explain to Kad to see if there was a compromise solution, "I just remembered that just an hour ago, I invited little Mr. Dupont to go to sea with me tomorrow. β
I'll go! Something big should have happened to me! Card suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: Whether Lin Hongfei will be able to come to the White House on time tomorrow is a question that the White House has really seriously considered.
If it were someone else, the White House would not consider whether the other party had time to come to the White House, and it would be your creation to be able to let you come, and you would still be thinking about bargaining? How can there be such a good thing in this world? But if it is replaced by Alice or Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi, the situation is completely different, everyone is busy every day without touching the ground, who has the time to put down the work at hand to listen to your greetings?
At this time, if the White House wants to invite Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi, it must carefully consider the time of Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi, it is impossible for them to invite Zhang Lan and them, and Zhang Lan and the others will be able to arrive at the time specified by the White House.
"Well, what about the day after tomorrow?" Card confirmed to Zhang Lan again, "Or when are you more free?" β
"The day after tomorrow...... It's still the day after tomorrow," Zhang Lan thought about it, and felt that the day after tomorrow was a little rushy to go to the White House, and the day after tomorrow was more appropriate, "If there is no problem on Mr. President's side, our side will have more time the day after tomorrow." β
"The day after tomorrow...... Kade quickly filtered the work schedule of Mr. President in the past few days, there are no major events the day after tomorrow, they are all things that can be coordinated or postponed, and he nodded immediately, "Okay, then the day after tomorrow." ββ¦,
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The United States is still very efficient, and a grand signing ceremony was held the next day, perhaps in order to reflect the importance that the United States government and military attach to this signing ceremony, the United States government not only arranged a number of media interviews, and even the major media in the United States also broadcast the signing ceremony live.
As a media person, everyone knows that this signing ceremony is of great significance, this is the first time that Alice Group has provided military equipment to the United States in a real sense, not as before, especially exciting is that this battlefield combat vehicle provided by Alice Group to the soldiers of the United States was previously equipped with the three armies of the Republic on the other side of the ocean, which has attracted the interest and attention of the majority of netizens.
What could be more exciting for the media?
After the signing ceremony was completed, Xiao Chenxi held a huge, symbolic key model and handed it to the signing representative of the Ministry of National Defense of the United States, this action symbolizes that the Alice Group should completely "conquer" the door of the world's most stubborn arms sales market, which is an extremely symbolic moment.
Before the signing ceremony was technologically advanced, the media that broadcast the live broadcast posted the video materials and pictures on the Internet, and the domestic netizens cheered, threatening that this indicates that "madeinchina" will sweep the military equipment field of the United States after entering the United States business in a big way.
Although the majority of netizens and friends know that it is impossible for the "madeinchina" of the Republic to comprehensively sweep the military equipment field of the United States, the strength of the military industrial giants of the United States is there, how can it be done casually by shouting a few slogans? But this does not prevent everyone from being happy because of this matter, for so many years, this is still the first time that our Republic of China has exported the main equipment in service that the United States cannot master, and it is completely normal for everyone to be happy.
Different from domestic netizens, the reaction of domestic netizens in the United States is relatively calm, on the contrary, in the eyes of ordinary netizens in the United States, this is the government to make up for the mistakes made before, because Alice Group itself is a United States company, and the government has made a huge mistake by refusing to purchase Alice Group's equipment in order to safeguard the interests of those military giants, and this time it is just a mistake. On the contrary, because the Alice Group came in to disrupt the situation, it will force the original military industrial giants to invest more research and development efforts and more funds to provide more advanced weapons and equipment for the United States' army, which will be of great help to maintain the global interests of the United States.
Within the Mi Army, they are more curious about the "little donkey" provided by Alice Group.
After the war in the past few years, the soldiers of the United States have loved and hated their previous battlefield transportation tool: the Humvee military vehicle, and what they love is that the performance of this car is stable and reliable, and you basically don't have to worry that this car will leave you halfway; What I hate is that in the face of the cold guns and roadside bombs of the Iraqis and Afghans, the Humvee is the dog ignoring the buns with "thin skin and big stuffing, eighteen folds", and people can bite off the fragrant meat filling inside with a light bite.
Because of the strong protest of the soldiers on the battlefield, the Ministry of Defense of the United States has also selected several bulletproof military vehicles to be sent to the battlefield for testing, but the final results are not ideal.
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The well-known ABC TV station came up with ingenuity and sent a film crew to follow the strategic transport planes of the United States Air Force to transport these armored cars to the Iraqi battlefield filled with the flames of war and gunpowder, and wanted to interview the soldiers of the United States on the spot whether they were satisfied with this car. β¦,
The reporters first came to the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the Mi Army, and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the Mi Army is considered to be the army that has been stationed on the medical card battlefield for the longest time in the Mi Army.
After obtaining permission to enter the barracks, the first thing the reporters saw was that more than a dozen soldiers were holding rifles to shoot at a car in front of them, and the guns in the hands of the soldiers were also varied, including M16A2 automatic rifles, M4 carbines, AK-47 automatic rifles, and even G36 automatic rifles and an M40 sniper rifle.
This car, which is being ravaged by the soldiers of the United States and painted in the color of desert camouflage, is one of the 100 military vehicles provided by the Alice Group to the military of the United States to test the troops.
The approach of the fighters made the journalists somewhat incomprehensible,
The reporter then interviewed a soldier, "Excuse me, what are your companions doing?" β
"Oh, you say they," the soldier excitedly shouted to the reporter, glancing at his comrades who were shooting, "and they're inspecting the new trucks." β
"Inspect in this way?" The reporter was taken aback by this.
This ABC TV reporter is also a well-known war correspondent, I have seen a lot of all kinds of strange things on the battlefield, but I have never seen the crazy soldiers, these weapons and equipment that have passed the acceptance of the Ministry of Defense of the United States, the soldiers on the battlefield actually want to use the guns in their hands to verify it in person?
That's crazy, isn't it? The reporter couldn't help but burst out with a word, "This car of Alice Group has been verified by the strict verification agency of the Ministry of Defense of the United States, and it has been proved that it can fully meet your requirements on the battlefield. β
"Waste of taxpayers' money?" The soldier scoffed at the reporter's surprise and said disapprovingly, "No, I don't think, I think this is the best use of taxpayers' money," said here, the soldier pointed to the car in front of him and said, "Now we verify this car, at worst, at best, it is just a waste of a car, but what if after our verification, this car does not meet our requirements?" We can save the lives of at least a few of our companions...... Can life be measured in money? β
The reporter couldn't help but be speechless, everyone knows that in fact, life can be measured by money, in the United States, you can go to the gangsters to help you do anything, killing an ordinary person only costs 20,000 US dollars, according to the difference in identity and social status, each has a different offer, which itself is a disguised admission that life can actually be measured by money.
For example, Comrade Lao Sa, the biggest number one executioner of this war...... Of course, this is what the people of the United States say...... There is a deviation from history, and now the head of Comrade Lao Sa is no longer the original 25 million US dollars, and the price of the head of Comrade Lao Sa given by the United States has been as high as 100 million US dollars.
This is enough to drive anyone crazy, in other words, that is, the government and the army of the United States believe that Comrade Lao Sa's head is worth 100 million US dollars, and who can say that this is not the price of life measured by money?
The soldier was still talking to the camera, "If this car can meet our requirements, we can safely and boldly patrol the streets, without worrying about roadside bomb attacks, and we don't have to worry about bullets shooting from somewhere that will pass through the steel plate of the car body and kill us, because personal safety is guaranteed, we can be more brave when fighting, which increases our chances of victory...... Mr. Reporter, do you still think that we should not do this experiment? β
The reporter, who has always been sharp-tongued, couldn't help but be speechless again at this moment.
"Boom~~"
At this moment, a violent explosion reached the ears of reporters and soldiers, and the reporters, who were caught off guard, suddenly stood unsteadily and sat on the ground.
We've been attacked!