Chapter Twenty-Four: Philip's Whimsy
Another young employee stood up and said, "I think we can hold professional activities such as the Weapons Development Forum and the Weapon Creative Design Contest to attract more weapons enthusiasts to participate." ”
Carl was still happy to say to the secretary beside him: "Sophia, write them down, these ideas are good." ”
While listening to these ideas, Philip was also thinking about how to run the defense exhibition well, and suddenly an idea popped into his head, instead of asking the media everywhere to do publicity, why not start a professional media himself? For example, the famous "Jane's Defense Weekly" in another time and space, it is the most famous military magazine in the West and even in the world, and its information analysis has always been regarded as authoritative in the Western media and government, and its database is widely purchased by governments and intelligence agencies. This established its authority in the field of international military media, which mainly reported on military and security affairs, and its readers were mainly government, military, and business decision-makers responsible for defense. The team of weekly contributors is very large, with nearly 70 special correspondents all over the world. The magazine has a circulation of only 25,000 copies, but it is priced higher, costing almost £300 a year for a subscription. A kind of brand effect has been formed.
If we can take advantage of the opportunity of holding a defense exhibition to create a similar defense weekly, then we can not only promote the defense exhibition, but also use the platform of the defense exhibition to launch a military weekly magazine to the world, which has never appeared in this era, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. In addition, if the world's famous arms manufacturers and famous weapons are regularly reported in this weekly, and even some lists are produced, it will undoubtedly attract the attention of more arms dealers, buyers and professionals. For example, the list of the world's top ten famous rifles, the world's top ten main battle tanks, and the world's top ten fighter jets not only makes ordinary military enthusiasts like to see, but also makes arms dealers love and hate.
With this in mind, Philip stood up and said loudly, "Guys, I have a great idea to share with you." The delegate just now talked about holding a forum, so I thought of a more brilliant idea, which would be to create a professional defense weekly and distribute it to the whole world. In this Defense Weekly, we can create some lists to attract the attention of arms dealers, arms buyers, and ordinary military enthusiasts, for example, we make a ranking of the world's rifles every year, called the Top 10 Rifles in the World; In the same way, it is also possible to rank the fighters of various countries, which is called the top ten fighter jets in the world, and so on. In this way, the arms manufacturers who can make the list will definitely rush to it, because this list will have a great effect on his arms sales. Look, what about my idea? ”
Carl's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he slapped the table with excitement, stood up and said, "Philip, what a brilliant idea!" I've decided right now to start a defense weekly, and I'll call it Koo's Defense Weekly. Hehe, I believe that with this media, we can promote our company's products very well, such as the Gungnir assault rifle, which can be carried out in this magazine for a series of publicity, and we make a list of the top ten rifles in the world, and the Gungnir assault rifle is the undisputed king. ”
The participants were very excited when they heard Karl say this, and they were afraid that Bofors would become the leader of the world's weapons manufacturers! What a glory!
Philip laughed and said, "Don't get too excited! In fact, these are nothing, our future will be very good! Why don't I tell you a story so that everyone can relax. ”
"Many years ago, in our neighboring country, there was a young soldier Scott who was secretly sent to the capital for training by the organization. A high wall separates the young soldiers from the outside world, and they are not allowed to step out of the gate without the unanimous consent of the officers of the third rank above. In the midst of boredom outside of training, the young soldier became acquainted with a man named Monkov. They were fellow countrymen, and they both loved to drink and discuss military issues, especially the classic battles and famous generals of the First World War, so they quickly became acquainted and became the most ironclad brothers. ”
During that time, the two junior servicemen often discussed some ideals and aspirations in life. One day, Monkov smiled and asked Scott, where is the most dangerous place to do what we do? Scott said seriously, of course, in the enemy country, if we are caught and tortured, we can only repay the motherland with an iron will and a brilliant life......"
Monkov smiled again and asked Scott, what kind of people are most lacking in the organization? Scott was puzzled, what kind of people were most lacking? The organization has now successfully penetrated into the enemy's interior, such as the enemy's government, army, and intelligence agencies...... When Monkov heard this, he waved his hands and laughed, "You--you don't read as much as I do, and you have a wide range of ideas." It is unclear how much influence the news media has on governments and the public in the world...... Wasn't a certain president ousted by the press? ”
Monkov paused, the smile on his face immediately faded, and his eyes showed seriousness and firmness, we have not done enough to infiltrate the enemy's news media, which is not conducive to guiding the enemy's public opinion and paralyzing the enemy's will. It's a shortcoming of our work, and that's where I can make a difference......"
"Scott was a little surprised, so what are you going to do...... A bright smile like spring appeared on Monkov's face, I intend to break into the enemy's press! You know, I'm not in a good condition at home, and that's where I can trust my enemies. Even though this road is very dangerous, and perhaps one day I will fall under the guns of the enemy, for the sake of the motherland and the people, I am willing to sacrifice everything and go to the soup and die without giving up. ”
More than two months had passed quickly, the cold had melted away from the flowers that had bloomed everywhere, and the training period was almost over, and Scott was about to return to his original organization, and was thinking about seeing Monkov again, when he knocked on the door and entered.
After a few pleasantries, Monkov smiled and told Scott that the organization was going to send him to study in an enemy country, and of course, this was just a cover identity. He was ready to break into the enemy's military press. Scott froze, knowing how special the mission was, and that he might need to spend the rest of his life in an enemy country...... Scott had mixed feelings for a while, moved by him, proud of him, sad for the future difficult to tell, and silently blessed him, wishing him that he could not only complete the tasks of the organization, but also pass each day in peace, and return with honor when his gray hair was gray......"
In this way, many years passed in a flash, and Monkov had a second name -- Longkov, and his magazine "Kokov Defense Review" also became famous all over the world, becoming a powerful weapon for propagating weapons and equipment and guiding world military public opinion, making great contributions to the country and to the cause of peace for mankind.