"What's going on now?"

Nearly seventy years old and with a mole on the corner of his mouth, Norio Ohga sat in the first seat of the conference room, staring at the documents on the table with a serious expression.

To his left, sat Kuni Ando, vice president of Sony.

On the right-hand side is Nobuyuki Idei, Sony's co-CEO, who is about to pass his inspection period.

On the other side is Howard Stringer, executive director of Sony and chairman and CEO of Sony (America).

As they sat around the table, they clearly heard the question of the 'CD father', and as the words fell, Norio Oga, Kuniwei Ando, and Nobuyuki Idei also turned their eyes to Howard Stringer at the same time.

Because of this project, he brought it.

"If I say that the explanation they give me is just to make a movie, do you believe it?"

Howard Stringer looked at the three of them calmly and did not give a clear answer, but at the same time as his voice fell, Kuniwei Ando on the side had already spoken, and asked in an angry tone: "Do you believe it?" ”

"When the trade war between Japan and the United States started again, they suddenly invited us to bring the 'Black Hawk incident' to the screen?"

"Even if it's just a movie, we have to think about it!"

"Because it would be seen as a provocation!"

But that's not the point! The point is who exactly is leading this project! ”

"Although I have never been involved in film and television production in my 30 years at Sony, even if I don't understand the process, I can see that producer Roland Allen and executive producer Arnold Schwarzenegger are just working!"

"Aren't the consultants Henry Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney really leading this project?"

"And who are they?!!!"

"You're from CBS, I think you know better than we do, right?"

"If you didn't understand, you wouldn't have flown from New York overnight!"

That's right, after the staff of Sony Pictures Entertainment saw the cover of the project, they understood that this was definitely not something they could participate in, so after asking Arnold Schwarzenegger about his intentions, reporting became the only option.

But when they submitted the project to Sony's headquarters in America, they saw the directory and the chairman Howard Stringer, who also found things tricky, contacted the Japanese head office directly, and then ......

Under the banner of tea tasting, the head office invited him to come to Japan.

On the day of arrival, the three sessions had already begun.

As Roland thought, during the trade war between the United States and Japan, asking the military to endorse "Black Hawk Down" is a kind of conspiracy that Sony can't resist, but again, he didn't expect that Sony would remove him from the list of action planners as soon as he saw the project - this is really a card at all!

Of course, it's nothing more than Sony would do that.

Because the current situation is slightly different from the situation when Roland conceived it.

It is precisely because of the bits and pieces of changes that Sony's judgment and Roland's brain circuit have deviated by 108,000 miles.

Roland felt that such a project during the US-Japan trade war would make Sony think that it was a temptation from the United States and had to take it, but when the project was put in front of them, the temptation and speculation still existed, but this was only one of the factors.

"They should now want to know what kind of attitude we have towards this trade war."

After Kuniwei Ando roared, when the atmosphere at the scene dropped to freezing point, Nobuyuki Idei opened his mouth to clear the siege, "In the past few decades of trade frictions, we have made concessions many times, so this time they will continue to probe and hope that we can be the same as before." ”

"Therefore, Ando-kun, you don't need to be so angry, because they obviously won't tell Howard the truth."

Hearing this, Kuniwei Ando, who was glaring at Howard Stringer, sighed heavily.

Although he did not apologize, the action of lowering his head and remaining silent was also a manifestation of retreat.

In this case, Norio Ohga, who was sitting in the first seat, was very satisfied, first glanced at Kuniwei Ando, then nodded at Howard Stringer, and finally walked towards Idei: "Continue to ......"

He holds meetings to solve problems, not to listen to everyone arguing.

After getting the chairman's approval, Nobuyuki Idei continued.

"Of course, like Ando-kun, I also feel that something is wrong with this matter."

"If it's just a simple temptation, they can put some of our products on the list of import restrictions as before, and then we take the initiative to reduce production, and we can reach a corresponding tacit agreement."

"But the problem is that instead of doing that, they chose a film that has nothing to do with trade between the two countries as a means of testing us, which is surprising."

"When I first saw the project, I didn't understand why they did it, and even though Black Hawk Down is a sensitive topic, as long as we have DOD endorsements, it can't affect us in any way."

"Compared with using trade strikes to probe the market, this kind of tactic is too mild."

"But after I listed the problems they have faced recently, I realized that using "Black Hawk Down" as a test is indeed the best way, because - they can gain more from this movie!"

Speaking of this, Nobuyuki Idei suddenly bent down, picked up the document bag placed next to his feet, opened it, and distributed it, and when the well-organized documents appeared in everyone's sight, the reasoned speculation made everyone present frown.

"On 17 and 18 March, the Senate and the House of Representatives respectively passed the bill on the 'National Missile Defense System,' but after the passage of the bill, they did not immediately announce the detailed rules for their implementation, nor did they make public the procurement plan, but started a trade war with us."

"And while fighting the trade war, they asked us to shoot 'Black Hawk Down'."

"These three things don't seem to have anything to do with each other, but actually, I think they're already on the cards."

"Using "Black Hawk Down" to test us should not be the original intention of DOC, but a new plan that is beneficial to them after the intervention of the DOD, which is a synthesis of the 'NMD' plan."

"Because the root of hindering the development of the 'NMD' program is not the condemnation of the international community, but money and people!"

"Looking at it this way, isn't it more natural for Henry Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney to appear?"

Yes, after receiving the project of "Black Hawk Down", Sony couldn't figure out how DOC, which focuses on trade wars, got mixed up with DOD again? Although a trade war is also a war, it does not require the use of firearms at all!

But when they saw the bill on the 'National Missile Defense System' passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of America before the trade war began, they understood why DOC and DOC, two institutions that couldn't fight together, would unite!

Because of the money!

The 'NMD' program is indeed bullish, but they are very money-burning!

For example, the 'Standard-2' anti-aircraft missile purchased by the America Navy costs 49,000 yuan for one piece!

The estimated purchase price of the 'Standard-3' for the 'NMD' and 'TMD' programs, which is an anti-missile missile with a maximum flight speed of Mach 15.25 and capable of intercepting ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere, is as high as 18.4 million pieces!

In this case, even if the bill is passed, it will be very difficult to implement the deployment!

In the past, the military-industrial complex would lobby Congress at this time to come up with a proposal to increase defense spending for the greater good of themselves, but now it ...... Aren't there better real-life examples on the horizon?

The combination of last year's embassy bombing and "Saving Private Ryan" not only opened up a new battlefield for America, but also allowed those military-industrial enterprises to receive more supply orders.

"Henry Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney were originally from the military-industrial complex, and when they intervened at this time, they must have wanted to pull orders for the Reaper drones for their old club General Dynamics! And the DOD is cooperating with them at this time, and it must also have the meaning of asking Congress to increase defense spending and let them roll out the 'NMD' and 'TMD' plans! ”

"The shameful incident of "Black Hawk Down" is just a breakthrough, and when the movie is released, they will be able to show Congress the tragedy of the year with visual images! And to prevent this from happening again, the best thing to do is to give them money! ”

"Equipped with new equipment, the survival rate of soldiers will be increased infinitely by bombing them with drones a few times before launching ground operations, and the 'TMD' program will also ensure the safety of military bases while bombing the enemy!"

"In this way, the bombing with zero losses can continue continuously!"

"A movie can help solve two problems, which is completely in the interests of military enterprises!"

"In addition, in the whole of Hollywood, we are the only non-American company suitable for filming!"

"In this way, wouldn't it be easy to understand that DOC and DOD joined forces to use "Black Hawk Down" to test it?"

Hold the grass!

Cow beep!

Nobuyuki Idei's strange brain circuit surprised the three people on the scene!

Temptation is just a casual one?

The real goal is to sell arms?

After thinking about it, they suddenly felt that it made sense when they didn't find a flaw!

No way, who let these three things happen at the same point in time?

If it had been two months ago, no, a month ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger had come to seek investment with a project, and they wouldn't have thought about it, but now, the bill has been passed!

In the case of lack of money to implement, this can indeed be the reason for them to promote the project!

Of course, there are a few problems.

"If that's the case, I can understand looking for Schwarzenegger, but looking for Roland ......" Kuniwei Ando's eyes flickered.

"It's normal to look for Roland Allen, because Roland has a 25% stake in Sony and Amperin and Warcraft Films." Nobujiki Idei: "In the agreement we signed, he had the right to ask the distribution company to distribute any film. ”

"In this case, having him as a producer can guarantee the release of the film."

"But isn't he a student of Steven?" Kuniwei Ando frowned, "They ......"

"I won't handle these things myself."

"But the eldest son of the Olsons, who adopted Roland, had a deep connection to Gilead, the pharmaceutical company where Henry Rumsfeld now works." Now that Nobuyuki Idei has thought of this kind of answer, he won't let his solution be questioned," says Gilead's latest announcement for the month, on the last page of the document. ”

"They acquired NeXstar pharma for $550 million, of which $300 million was injected by Roland, which gives Roland 18.4 percent of Gilead's shares."

"Since he and Henry are both shareholders in Gilead, they run a film project together......"

"I guess there should be no problem, right?"

Listening to Nobuyuki Idei's firm words, Kuniwei Ando immediately bowed his head and flipped through the documents.

When he saw the content of the printed announcement, his brows were even more twisted.

Since the '90s, he has been the president and CEO of Sony Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation of America, and he has always felt that there is something wrong, but he just can't find a clue and can't say it.

This kind of suffocation made him very uncomfortable.

But just when he wanted to continue arguing, trying to find out the flaws in Idei's thinking through a lot of conversations, or discovering his uncomfortable pain points, Norio Ohga, who had been listening to the first seat for a long time, ended their conversation.

"What do you mean, Black Hawk Down?" He looked at Nobuyuki Idei.

"Yes." Nobuyuki Idei nodded.

"You mean, thinking about it?" He looked at Kuni Ando again.

"Yes." Kuniwei Ando did not hesitate.

"So what do you mean? You didn't just say anything. His eyes fell on Howard Stringer.

Faced with such an inquiry, this guy, who has dual citizenship of Rotten Country and Eagle Sauce, pushed down his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"I think what Nobuyuki Idei said makes a lot of sense, and I agree."

"But I don't think there's room to think about it."

"Because even if we find out what they really think, how much courage can we have to refuse?"

"If Nobuyuki Idei's guess is correct and we refuse, we are rejecting DOC, DOD, and those military-industrial enterprises that can kill us at will, and if his guess is wrong, then we will face an unknown enemy."

"I don't know which enemy is terrifying or what the existing enemy is terrifying, but I know that we can't fight against these enemies on the surface alone, and in this case, we have no choice but to agree."

Oh, yes!

The dimensionality reduction attack implemented by the will of the state is not something that a single enterprise can withstand.

No matter how much they analyzed, it was just a guess about what their chances of survival would be after the incident, as for resisting......

After the signing of the Japan-US Security Treaty, 50,000 troops were stationed in the island nation, and they had to collect sky-high protection fees every year.

To put it bluntly, they actually know in their hearts that no matter how loud the trade war is, it will only be a lasting.

In a situation where homeland security depends on the 'protection' of the other side, the economy will never be able to do anything to the other side.

After all—

Truth is everywhere within range.

Economic prosperity, cultural prosperity, will only be built on fists.

The weak only deserve to accept it, and there is no choice.

Such words made Nobuyuki Idei sigh and make Kuniwei Ando close his mouth.

When the atmosphere of the scene tended to condense infinitely, Ohga Norio knocked on the table and said, "That ......"

"Take it."