Chapter 341: Boss, You're so shameless
The relationship between Canada and the United States is actually complicated.
From the map, Canada is surrounded by the United States from two directions, while Canada has a territory of 9.98 million square kilometers, the second largest crude oil reserves in the world, and various mineral resources, but a population of just over 30 million.
Why, then, is Canada not afraid of American aggression?
Not in the superficially peaceful 21st century, but in the period when Canada was ruled by the British, why didn't the independent United States 'save' Canada and include Canada in the federal territory by the way?
In fact, the United States attacked Canada twice, the first time in 1774, when the United States was not really independent, but was only making a fuss about independence. As a result, the U.S. military encountered a joint counterattack by Canada and Britain, and if it weren't for the fact that the British army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it for some reason, then it is not clear whether the United States would be able to become independent later.
The second time was in 1812, when the United States became independent, and although there was still a North-South question that had not been resolved, it was indeed independent. At that time, Napoleon was at the peak of his life in Europe, Britain had no time to take care of Canada, and the Americans were ready to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.
As a result, the peak of Napoleon's life suddenly took a sharp turn, the pressure on Britain was reduced, and the pressure on the United States increased.
Moreover, at that time, there were Indians engaged in guerrilla warfare, and the result was that the British army burned the White House......
During the final tug-of-war, neither side was able to completely deal with the other, and only a peace agreement was signed, which restored the relationship between Canada and the United States to its pre-war state.
It stands to reason that under this premise, Canada and the United States should be enemies of life and death.
But in reality?
Because Britain is weakening day by day, its control over Canada is getting lower and lower, so Canada has slowly begun to communicate with the United States from Britain to restrain the existence of the United States.
From diplomatic power to legislative power, Canada slowly changed from a colony to an independent country. After World War II, the United States established NATO, which pulled Canada in, and Canada and the United States established a military alliance.
Based on this relationship, in 1982, the United Kingdom officially gave Canada the power to establish and amend the constitution, and Canada became a real country.
In other words, originally the two sides were enemies, but the reason for becoming enemies was Britain. The strategy of the United States is to dig into the wall, and after unremitting efforts, the junior finally took the position and became the head of the Canadian family.
The two sides even signed a defense agreement, which means that Canada's security is protected by the United States, in other words, the US military can easily enter Canada. It is said that it is two countries, but in reality there is not much difference, and Canada can be regarded as one of the federal members of the United States of America.
"If it's built in Canada, I don't think the U.S. government side will mind."
Wen Ming's decision was deliberate, because he is a good Chinese, but he now has a green card from the United States and a Pentagon title. In this case, it is difficult for his industry to become the domestic production of China in this world, and it can only be regarded as the domestic production of the United States.
The Huaxia market is too big, and the superiority of the product does not worry about making money, but if you want to become the industry hegemon, Huaxia domestic is a very good label.
If you establish your headquarters in Canada, you can put a layer of Canadian label on the American label on your body, Canada is the little brother of the United States, but the little brother also has an identity and a ticket in the United Nations.
And the biggest advantage of this kind of formalism is that Wen Ming's headquarters, and even the factories to be established in the future, can go to Huaxia to recruit people. The boss is Chinese, the products are made by Chinese people, and there is no problem with the Chinese domestic label.
After listening to Wen Ming's consideration, everyone in the conference room was dumbfounded, and after half a ring, Cage pulled the corners of his mouth, and said as if he wanted to laugh without laughing: "Boss, you are so shameless, do the people of your motherland know?" ”
The word shameless is very apt, so the Sith and the others nodded in agreement.
Wen Ming didn't show the slightest embarrassment, and said: "There is a toothpaste brand in Huaxia called China Toothpaste, but it is a brand of Unilever in the United Kingdom. One of the e-commerce companies currently on the rise in China is called a certain Libaba, and the biggest capital behind it is Japan's Softbank......"
(PS: No blowing, no black, I'm talking about a fact.) )
After giving some examples, Wen Ming said with a natural face: "And although I have a green card in the United States and even have the rank of colonel in the U.S. military, I am not only Chinese, I lived in China for the first 16 years of my life, and I am only 20 years old now." ”
"So, why can't I say that my product is made in Huaxia?"
No one in the conference room could refute Wen Ming's reasoning, in fact, there was no need for them to refute it at all, because it was actually just a means of marketing strategy. For enterprises, it doesn't matter whether the marketing means are shameless or not, the key is whether they can create enough benefits.
For the sake of profit, the gallows dare to go up, what is the shamelessness?
Sith coughed dryly and said, "Then, when we carry out publicity in the Huaxia market in the future, we can do more work in this regard." ”
Wen Ming nodded and said: "Not only that, although we want to acquire Nokia's factory, we still need to build a factory ourselves, because the number of our future products is only those factories are completely insufficient, and I still have to reserve some factories for Nokia." And I hope that we can cooperate with Huaxia as soon as possible to establish our Apple factory in Huaxia. ”
"By providing them with jobs, tax revenues, etc., we can naturally say more openly that we are a domestic product in China. In Canada, we also have to set up a factory, there are already many Chinese in Canada, we can go to China to do recruitment work, so that more Chinese people can come to Canada to work for me, a Chinese person. ”
"As you know, Umbrella can't have a factory in a country other than the United States, but it's negotiable to build it in Canada. And Canada's population itself is small, and Americans look down on Canadians in their hearts, so where can I recruit at my umbrella factory? Naturally, it's Huaxia. ”
Wen Ming's assumptions were spoken little by little, and the other people in the conference room kept recording them with pens. And in their minds, somewhere in Canada in the future has become a populous high-tech city, and in that city, Wen Ming is the king.
In fact, there is another thing that Wen Ming did not say, that is, there will be more restrictions in the United States, and if he can run to Canada, it will really be a leap of the sea.
As for whether the US government and the Pentagon will allow it, it is naturally a matter of exchange of interests.
The Sith asked, "Where is the location?" Most parts of Canada are too cold, and I heard that very few people buy sports cars there because there are eight months of the year when it snows......"
Wen Ming asked Lilith to bring up the world map on the projector, and then zoomed in on the map of Canada and the United States.
"Look, doesn't this look like a piece of Canada inserted into the United States?"
On the map, the border between Canada and the eastern United States has an inverted triangle, with Detroit and Cleveland on both sides of the triangle, and inside the triangle is the territory of Canada, Toronto.
The fact that the NBA was able to get Toronto on board is already a testament to the relationship between the two countries.
Wen Ming pointed to the bottom of the inverted triangle area and said, "I plan to build a headquarters in this area, not only next to the United States, but also not far from Boston, New York, and Washington. Preferably, it is next to this Lake Ontario as it has direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. ”
Cage asked, "Why go straight to the Atlantic?" We are not involved in sea freight. ”
Wen Ming smiled and didn't explain.