Chapter 568: More Enemies Than Supporters
Wen Ming and the US military representatives, headed by the Minister of Defense, spent three days negotiating.
As Wen Ming expected, the willingness of the Secretary of Defense and others to cooperate with Wen Ming is not entirely because Wen Ming's research results have a great effect on the improvement of US military strength.
Their main purpose is actually to secure their position.
While the term of the post of Minister of Defense is not too long, as are other positions such as Chief of Staff of the Army, that does not mean that they do not have other needs. At their level, even if they do not have positions such as secretary of defense or chief of staff, they can still have a high voice in the US military.
What they want is to extend the term of their current position, to seek the possibility of going further, and to continue to have sufficient authority in the U.S. military after leaving office.
Wen Ming's research results can help them get all this, and Wen Ming, with their support, can influence this US presidential election.
In their view, Glady-Roosevelt and Wen Ming have the same interests, they are a collection of interests in the same camp, so cooperation with Wen Ming can get them the support of the new US president.
The combination of the three will be the control of the world's largest power in the next four years, or even the next eight years.
So, there are only two key points in the final agreement.
First, the U.S. military will contribute $50 billion to the two research projects established by Wenming to devour and strengthen the research funds of the drug. In addition to providing funds, the U.S. military only has the right to report on Wenming's research on a regular basis, without any right to interfere.
Second, the research results of phagocytosis and enhancement drugs belong to Wenming, and although the U.S. military can share the research results, the focus of sharing is the right to buy. In other words, the U.S. military can only purchase devouring and strengthening drugs manufactured by the Umbrella Company at cost price, and they have no right to ask the Umbrella Company to hand over the original materials of the technology to them, and naturally they cannot hand over the research materials of the Umbrella Company to other arms companies. However, when Umbrella sells products to third parties, it needs to obtain their authorization.
These two key points are very beneficial to Wen Ming, and after the contract was signed, several people around Wen Ming felt a little incredible.
Why are those people like the Minister of Defense so idiotic?
Wen Ming explained: "That's because the $50 billion is not their money, and they are not doing business with us, just to use this cooperation to get my support for them and the support of the new US president in this election." ”
"If they are businessmen, if they are spending their own money, they will naturally not be able to accept such harsh conditions. Unfortunately, it's not. ”
After seeing that Donus and the others understood, Wen Ming said again: "Moreover, they feel that the Umbrella Company needs to obtain their authorization to sell the Devouring and Strengthening Elixir to anyone in the future, which is already the biggest retreat left for them." Even if someone exposes this kind of deal, as long as they grasp it, they will be able to avoid any responsibility. ”
The cooperation with the Pentagon began in this way, but neither Wenming's umbrella company nor the top executives of the Pentagon involved in this cooperation have changed. Everything about them is exactly the same as before.
However, the impact of this cooperation on the US political circles is very large.
Those well-informed high-level politicians have already figured out what kind of project the two sides are cooperating on this time, and the so-called confidentiality agreement is a piece of waste paper in front of those people.
But the focus of their attention is not the devouring and strengthening potions of the umbrella company, but the cooperation between Wenming and the Pentagon this time.
"We're done."
The Republican Party, one of the two major ruling parties in the United States, naturally has candidates for the current US presidential election, but after receiving the news, this candidate directly lost confidence in participating in the election.
He was very disappointed and told his staff: "The current defense minister, as well as the army chief of staff, and other high-ranking military officials involved in this cooperation, all have political forces behind them. Their cooperation with Wen Ming is absolutely allowed by those forces, and those forces can influence the electoral election that will ultimately decide the presidential election, and we have no chance. ”
The presidential election in the United States is not directly selected by voters. Instead, on polling day, voters across the country vote for 538 electors representing all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
The 538 people will form the electoral team, and their votes will determine who will become president of the United States.
Faced with the state of the Communist Party candidates at this time, one aide said: "We still have a chance, and the vast majority of states have a winner-takes-all rule." In other words, if you win the support of ordinary voters in a certain state, then the electors elected in that state will also vote for you. ”
In the U.S. election process, ordinary voters not only elect electors, but also vote for their supporters.
The winner-takes-all rule is that if all voters in a state vote for a candidate for president of the United States with more than 50% support, then all electors in that state will vote directly for that candidate, and cannot vote on their own ideas, even if he is another supporter.
The aide continued: "We can take the opportunity to expose this cooperation of theirs, find out what is not in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, and we can also work with those arms companies, the umbrella company is now snatching their own defense contracts, and I think they will definitely be willing to support us at this time, and make trouble for Wenming and Wenming's support of Gladydy Roosevelt." ”
"Through these methods, we can influence as many states as possible that are 'winner-takes-all,' and if we can win elections in those states, we will inevitably end up with a higher vote than Glady-Roosevelt."
The words of this aide gave hope to the candidate of the Communist Party.
It has not only the support of the US political circles, but also the support of other countries, the people of the world, including the American people, and now the support of the US military.
This made him lose hope, but now he suddenly figured out, how could such a powerful Wen Ming have no enemies?
He has too many interests, he is snatching the cake that belongs to the old powers, and he wants to be the mastermind behind the US government.
How is it possible that no one has chosen to oppose it?
One camp naturally cannot stand down the people of the world, and how much support Wen Ming gets, how much hostility he will gain.
Even if Wen Ming has the most supporters now, when his enemies unite, they will inevitably be stronger than him.
Because only a few people can share the final cake, and those who don't share the cake are all enemies of Wenming and belong to the majority.
"So, let's contact the arms companies, as well as the generals in the U.S. military who are not in the same camp as the current Secretary of Defense."
It's not just the Communist candidates who have made a move, but also the arms companies with a keen sense of smell who don't want Umbrella to become America's largest defense contractor.
In addition to these people, some countries have also begun to move.
For example, in countries such as China and Russia, their intelligence officers also got some information about the devouring and strengthening potions, and the two research results of the umbrella company made them feel frightened.
Among them, Huaxia felt pain, and they couldn't understand why Wen Ming, a Chinese man, was willing to reach such a cooperation with the U.S. military.
"It's only $50 billion, and we can give it to him, or more. Don't he know that we are now richer than the United States? ”
"I need you to figure out what his purpose is."
All of a sudden, the whole world was surging because of Wen Ming's victory.