Seeing the steady stream of people and equipment arriving, Enzo and Ji'an, who were in charge of security, finally breathed a sigh of relief: the president's safety was finally more solidly guaranteed.

In the past, they proposed to strengthen the security forces for Contini, and this time they are naturally no exception to the United States, according to the requirements of the traffic security alert, the United States is not a place of chaos after all, but when Contini proposed to ask for tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment a month ago, they were also shocked, what does the president mean by this? Want to rebel in the United States and prepare to enter the White House?

Contini smiled: "It's more serious than entering the White House, and the situation in the United States will soon be turned upside down......"

As soon as the two wanted to persuade each other, Contini waved his hand: "Of course, I use economic means and will not use violence, but I want to prevent others from using violence against me, so I must rely on all-round security forces, and I will also let the battleship anchor in New York, in case it doesn't work, we will retreat directly......"

The two glanced at each other, and they didn't understand why the president was full of hideous faces when he said the word "economic means", but they knew not to ask what they shouldn't ask. What are you afraid of? As far as the soft-footed cat kung fu of the American police and the National Guard is concerned, it is really not in the eyes of the president's guard.

The number of tanks and armored vehicles is not large, under the guise of security equipment imported by Blackwater, which has been approved in advance, and the number is not much, as long as 6 and 12, the United States has agreed, but there is no approval for these equipment, and it seems that the most inconspicuous and high hopes are heavy-duty off-road vehicles - they are declared imported through the customs channel, a total of more than 40 vehicles.

Contini was the concept of a pickup truck equipped with a machine gun in later generations, and used the high-power general chassis created by General Motors to create an omnidirectional 4-wheel drive off-road vehicle, equipped with an 8-liter diesel engine, with high horsepower and strong passing performance, especially suitable for deserts, barren beaches, mountains and other complex terrains unique to Italy, as for fuel consumption, of course, it is also surprisingly high - 45 liters per 100 kilometers, and there is no suspense if it breaks through 55 liters if it is heavy-duty off-road.

This new off-road vehicle is covered with 4-5mm armor on both sides of the door and the vital parts of the body, which can prevent the threat of pistol bullets and grenade explosion fragments at close range, of course, it is not enough to deal with machine guns and rifles, but this is not the target of these armors, the whole car is generally equipped with Browning heavy machine guns, 3000 rounds of ammunition, firepower is very fierce, and it has played a prominent role in the Libyan battlefield, of course, the price is not expensive, and the production cost is slightly more expensive than Fiat's 3000A series tanks, Because the 3000A series tank weighs only 6 tons, this armored off-road vehicle actually weighs nearly 4 tons.

Contini was pleased with the model, and then the bad taste came back and he personally named it the Hummer H1 armed off-road vehicle, which was used in conjunction with the United Force sidecar motorcycle.

Immediately after arriving in the United States, the new SUV entered Contini's bodyguard corps and was used to continuously build up the force - the cars were unarmed at the time of entry, so they were civilian products and did not need to be reported to the Department of Defense at all, and when they arrived in the United States, Browning machine guns could be procured and installed locally through the American branch of Blackwater, and then the vehicles were equipped with heavy machine guns. The Americans always thought that those heavy machine guns were used for stationary fortifications, and who would have thought that the Italians would put him on a vehicle? The so-called inspection of the US military industry is actually for the purpose of purchasing this batch of security forces.

As for the rest of the American equipment, Contini can hardly look at it, and the only thing that can be seen is probably the Garand rifle. But when the Italian arsenal was improving and finalizing the 1929 semi-automatic rifle (caliber: 92mm, using the same bullet as the 1926 rifle and K98) according to Garand's design, the United States' own Garand rifle was still arguing with the Ministry of Defense, and the plan was overturned and restarted, and even the comparative test had not yet been carried out. The requirements of the Ministry of Defense are only for others to deal with at will. This time he followed Contini back, and the Ministry of Defense did not have a letter of approval, which made him completely speechless.

During the inspection, Contini smiled at Garland: "So the system is still very important, many American intellectuals attack my slogans, and there is also a misunderstanding of the fascist policy, you have personally dealt with the two defense systems of Italy and the United States, you must have a deep understanding, right?" ”

Garland nodded, and said hatefully, "I would love to put the Model 1929 rifle on their heads to let them know what efficiency is, but I can't ...... it."

"Why don't you resign from the Springfield Arsenal? Come with me to Italy, you're not a native American anyway, you moved from Quebec. Contini advised, "You should move to Italy again, as long as you are willing to come, when you get to Italy, I will solve the nationality problem for you immediately." I won't talk about other vain words, come and give you a technical level 6, an annual salary of 120,000 US dollars, and then give you company shares, you can enjoy dividends every year. ”

"$120,000?" Garland was a little incredulous and stammered, "President, I'm less than $10,000 a year at the Springfield Arsenal right now. ”

"120,000 is just a basic salary, settling-in expenses, transportation expenses, clothing expenses, children's education expenses, etc. Contini smiled, "Don't you see that Halik (the designer of the Czech light machine gun) is here?" And your compatriot, Mr. Christie, hasn't he recently succeeded in tinkering with tanks? They are also Skill Level 6. Mr. Domark, who invented the Hundred Waves of Rest, is not an Italian, so he does not work and live in Italy? I don't have any conceptual views or regional views when employing people, but I just hope that talents can give full play to their own value. This life is very short, can the US military wait 10 years if you don't adopt it? How many more 10 years do you have to wait? A semi-automatic rifle they are all so crooked, if you see a fully automatic rifle and the glasses are not shattered? ”

Garland nodded: After the semi-automatic rifle was adopted, Contini put forward the concept of a fully automatic rifle, but also frankly pointed out that the current rifle ammunition is too powerful if it is made into a fully automatic one, and the power of the universal 9mm pistol bullet for submachine guns is not enough, so he thinks that it is necessary to use an intermediate-power bullet - this will be the possibility of the success of the fully automatic rifle, he is eager to try this concept, and wants to tinker with a new weapon, but the problem is that Italy has the opportunity to show its skills, in the United States? Semi-automatic rifles have not passed, how can they engage in such an illusory thing as intermediate power ammunition?

He gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay, I'll go to handle my resignation in the next two days, and I'll go with you when you return to Italy." ”

Contini asked Aquilani, the administrative secretary, to quickly take out a check, fill in the figure of $220,000, and then hand it to Garand: "Advance the settling-in allowance, allowance and first-year salary, buy more gifts for your wife and children, dispel their concerns, and hope that we can continue to work together." ”

Garland now really understands why the technical backbone of the United Group who have the ability to mention the president is respectful - the president is an intellectual and intimate person, and there is no joy in working under him, there are always people who say that Italy has no freedom, but Garland never sees it that way, he thinks that he is willing to engage in research and development in Italy, no matter how tired and complicated it is, for people who really want to do business, even the air is sweet there, as for doing nothing, he always wants to criticize this and criticize that, Then, of course, only a greeting to the iron fist of the fascist dictatorship.

After fooling Galland away, Contini now has to see what kind of rifle the U.S. military will adopt in the future, and he is now full of anticipation for this kind of prank. However, the time is not yet ripe for large-scale poaching, and it is impossible for him to give such a high salary to everyone like Garland, Christie and others, so the United Group must go bankrupt, and only when the crisis breaks out and countless middle class and engineers are thrown into the streets overnight, that is a good time to carry out talent buying.

The military industry is almost exhausted, and now Contini needs a talent to detonate the stock market, and he has a name for a long time: Jesse Livermore!

Livermore's office was on the 18th floor of the Heksell Building in New York, and the security and secrecy were so tight that the janitor downstairs took his money, and when Livermore's unwanted visitor came, the janitor said, "There's never been a guy named Jesse Livermore." "Even if a visitor arrives by appointment, there will be a bodyguard at the door of the room that arrives at Livermore for security checks. There were about 60 people in the room looking after telephones, telegrams, and stock quotes telex receivers.

However, Contini wanted to meet Livermore without such a complicated situation, and on the night of May 4, he directly attacked Livermore's luxury apartment on Long Island, New York, surrounded by a large number of guards. At first, Livermore's bodyguards were frightened by this unbridled intrusion, brandishing pistols and threatening to use force, but when Livermore saw that it was Contini, he immediately put away his unhappy look and sneered: "I thought it was a distinguished guest, it turned out to be His Excellency the President." If you want to see me and make a phone call, I can......'t afford to be so excited, I can't afford it."

Contini laughed: "You and Baruch are big players in the stock market, and they are also the most influential and successful stock traders on Wall Street, so it's not very respectful to call you to the door." ”

"No, no, no...... You're the most influential person on Wall Street, and we're just feeding under your care. "Others don't know how strong Contini is, but Livermore knows it very well - this is a big man who can carry the Fed, and he doesn't know how much more powerful than a speculator like him, but why did he suddenly come to him?

"Won't you give me a cup of coffee?"

"Of course, of course, it's my pleasure to have the president here, please ...... inside"