"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to celebrate the holiday season without the wise decision of Mr. John Shepard, and I hereby propose that we all raise a glass to Mr. Shepard and wish him good health and success!"

"Then I'll thank you all!"

Shepard raised his glass of champagne and drank it down, then placed it on the plate of the waiting waiter and said.

"Then then, everyone feel free, everything here is for you, enjoy it!"

As soon as Shepard's words fell, the crowd in front of him dispersed.

These are Shadow Company employees, from a variety of positions, and now they are bringing their families together at Shepard's estate in Florida for a ten-day New Year's break.

As a capitalist, Shepard still pays more attention to the physical and mental health of his employees, so after completing the early accumulation of bloody capital, he quickly began to merge land in the United States, acquiring several plots of land in Wyoming and Florida with good scenic plots, and establishing luxurious estates there, of course, this place is not just for his own residence, on the one hand, these assets can be used for higher level tycoons to carry out py transactions, on the other hand, they can also be used for employee welfare, The Wyoming estate is perfect for summer and autumn hunting, and there is also an Indian reservation next to it, with resorts and casinos for recreation.

Shepard has already started to implement it within the company, and the top 30 performers can lead their families to enjoy it all, the expenses are paid by the Shadow Company, and everything is reimbursed for the cost of travel.

In addition to Miami and Wyoming, in fact, Shepard also bought small islands in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, these uninhabited islands and reefs are actually not too expensive, for him, it is the income of a few orders of arms, but the construction of those islands is more laborious and laborious, because of the need to transport materials, to build docks, and even to stop work for several months due to weather problems, after all, there is a chance of a typhoon, and the slightest accident can capsize.

In addition to the above areas, the resorts of Comoros are also a good place to go, under the management of the Shadow Company and the Comoros government, the current Comoros has begun to transform into the future Bali, the Comoros not only vigorously promotes various preferential tax policies, attracts investment, but also vigorously builds a variety of resort tourist areas, because the national defense construction is all contracted to the Shadow Company, so the Comoros government does not have to spend money for the army at all, only needs to ensure that the cost of the domestic police department is enough.

Shepard has not been less than through various means to promote the beautiful scenery of Comoros, and even the number of Japanese who come to Comoros for vacation is not a small number, because Shepard has not let those painters advertise in various popular animation films and television, villains want to go to Comoros for retirement, decent people want to go to Comoros for vacation, in short, Comoros is like Hawaii, and it has become the obsession of many Japanese.

However, because it is necessary to transfer to Comoros, it is quite troublesome for many families with their families, so unless they are specially organized, generally speaking, the team building within the Shadow Company will still choose the United States.

After greeting the staff, Shepard went to the courtyard outside the main building of the manor, surrounded by several cadres.

Most of the employees and their families chose their own goals, some of them chose to go to the restaurant for a buffet, some took their children to the water entertainment area outside the estate, where there was a lot of entertainment, and Shepard also had the train track designed to run through the manor for Thomas's little train to pass through.

"Looking at all this, I just feel that my blood and effort outside are worth it!"

The leader of a firepower team warmly looked at his son, who was holding a water gun and shooting at his wife on the small train, and then drank most of the cold beer happily.

"yes, aren't we doing that out there for the sake of our families!"

Another bearded mechanic from ground staff saw his daughter in a beautiful bathing suit like a princess playing in the pool, but then his smile disappeared without a trace, because there was a spirit guy standing next to his daughter, who was his daughter's boyfriend, and he came with them!

"Boss, I think it's best to change our rules, and we shouldn't allow those unrelated people to come along!"

"I can

It doesn't matter, the forms are all filled out by yourself, your daughter wants to bring the little lover, I can't force him to come with a revolver!"

"Alas!"

The beard sighed helplessly.

At present, the season has crossed the threshold of 84 years to 85 years, this year is a relatively important year for Shepard, for the Soviet Union, the United States, especially those countries in the Cold War, are very important, because just this year, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, Andropov's successor, Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU died, these *** are trying to save the Soviet Union from those problems that have been solidified, but unfortunately, their policy has not been implemented for long, which had to be suspended because of the death of the host.

The one who took over as secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU was a heavyweight, some hated him as a traitor, and some regarded him as a hero, and this heavyweight was Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, who had the nickname of the map in later generations.

It was also on his hands that the red flag fluttering at the top of the Kremlin fell, a huge country fell, and an era came to an end.

For Gorbachev, there are countless controversial opinions even in later generations, and Shepard used to scold this guy for being uncompetitive for a while in his previous life, but now, he only thinks that this old man with a mark on his head is a good man.

Because it was during his tenure that the Soviet Union began to cut military spending, although in essence, his starting point was good, to reduce unnecessary military spending to develop the economy, and then give back to the army, which became a virtuous circle, but when it came to implementation, it was completely different.

Because the army is actually a political entity, and it is also a group with weapons, cutting military spending will naturally affect their right to speak, weaken the power in the hands of those generals, and also affect the income of soldiers and weaken the combat effectiveness of the army.

The most important thing is that the weakening of military spending will make many nimble people start to think all kinds of crooked things, such as those state property stored in warehouses.

This is also one of the reasons why Shepard feels that a good era has come, because the good era of zero yuan of Soviet arms purchase is coming!