Chapter 693 Arms Dealers' Courage
In terms of the overall situation, Fan Yaobing has never been saved by the embassy, which is harmful.
In addition to the losses involved, the bombing of the restaurant objectively gave China an opportunity to think deeply and change. On the one hand, the people realized that economic construction is the basis for enhancing the overall national strength. On the other hand, they also firmly believe that only a strong military force and an advanced national defense industrial system can fundamentally protect and defend the achievements of economic construction.
Since then, a large number of military-industrial enterprises with low work efficiency and high energy consumption have been eliminated through policy bankruptcy. The retained enterprises have also enhanced their technical strength and business capabilities through policy investment in technological transformation and security transformation, exerted the overall advantage of military-civilian integration, and created a number of vital brands.
Lao Tzu said that misfortune depends on good fortune, and good fortune depends on bad fortune. Judging from simple dialectics and contradictory thinking, there are countless examples of bad things turning into good things. Of course, things are caused by humans. If you are in power without a clear mind, bad things will still become worse and out of control.
As the largest defense contractor in the United States, Lockheed Martin accounts for one-third of the US Department of Defense orders and controls 40% of the world's arms market. Its business involves aircraft, missiles, aerospace, defense electronics, computer services and communication systems, and is best at aerospace. Its production and launch of almost all military satellites in the United States.
The company's famous products include old fighter jets, Zero stealth fighter jets, fourth-generation fighter jet mutual, special mission reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft, submarine-launched missiles, theater missile defense systems, etc. The latest and largest order in operation is that the fourth-generation fighter of the US Air Force, Yu Lockheed Brothers, began to build a company to design and produce seaplanes in 1913. The first success was the launch of the "Lightning" fighter jet in 1938, which became famous in dealing with the advanced "Zero" fighter jets of the Japanese army at that time. This was the first military aircraft developed by Lockheed Aircraft Company, and was designed by the legendary Kelly Johnson. In 1936, the US military announced the design requirements for a twin-engine interceptor, and the following year the Army adopted the design of Lockheed.
When it was widely used in the Pacific battlefield, it has excellent characteristics that made the Japanese army terrified: high speed, heavy armor, and powerful firepower. Many American ace pilots were proud of flying the aircraft. The most famous record was to shoot down the plane of General Yamamoto Isle of the Commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet on Bougainville Island, killing him on the spot. The Japanese pilots hated and feared and called it a two-body demon.
After World War II, Lockheed opened a market for reconnaissance aircraft and developed high-space spy reconnaissance aircraft in 1955, the US military's large military transport aircraft, the 10,000 series of "Galaxy" submarine missile "Polaris", etc.
Martin, a pioneer in aviation, started to develop medium-sized aircraft in 1909. Martin produced the first bomber in the United States and quickly became the main supplier of the US military. During World War II, the Luan bomber it developed was famous. After World War II, Martin developed intercontinental missiles, aerospace launch devices, etc. The "Magellan" spacecraft it produced entered space and became a long-term contractor of NASA, making key contributions to the US detection of planets.
In 1995, Lockheed and Martin merged, referred to as Lockheed, and acquired General Motors' aircraft engine company, etc., becoming the world's largest aerospace and fighter aircraft manufacturer. Its business is concentrated in four core areas: aerospace, aviation, system integration, and technical services.
Today, the company employs more than 190,000 people, ranking 69th among Fortune's top 500 industrial enterprises in the United States.
Although the relationship between China and the United States is tense, Lockheed Martin's senior executives still attach great importance to Fan Wubing's visit, so they specially sent the company's executive vice president and financial officer Macons Bennet to come forward to receive him.
Bennett is also quite talented. The merger between Lockheed and Martin was done by his work. He also considered a merger with Northrop Grumman, but was forced to give up due to strong opposition from the Department of Justice. If the merger is successful, the company will have a quarter of the US Department of Defense's funds.
Bennett knows Fan Wubing's background very clearly. As an arms dealer, it is very important to understand potential customers and their needs. For important people like Fan Wubing, the company's intelligence department has very detailed research reports. Therefore, after receiving Fan Wubing's request to visit the company in advance, Bennett quickly gained a full understanding of Fan Wubing's situation.
Bennett is very jealous of Fan Wubing's financial situation. Unfortunately, he is now in mainland China, and his orders are obviously not sold there. He will not want ordinary equipment in mainland China. However, the Ministry of Defense will definitely not allow exports of cutting-edge ones. It is a pity.
Despite this, Bennett was very attentive to the reception of Fan Wubing because he also knew that Fan Wubing's power in Indonesia is expanding very quickly. He said he was uneasy and could place some orders with him when the Indonesian government recovered. Some relationships must be laid a solid foundation at the beginning, especially Fan Wubing, a big man who basically controls the financial power of the Indonesian government, needs to communicate well.
"If Mr. Fan needs some personal arming, we can provide it."
Based on the principle that no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, Bennett said to Fan Wubing.
"It's not that I can't think about it, but I have to say hello to Australia and the Inzu government first." Fan Wubing said with a smile.
Bennett's proposal was a surprise consideration. After all, there are many industries in front of the private islands he bought in Lombok, Indonesia and Australia. It is necessary to have a certain amount of private armed forces as the Ukrainian master. It is difficult for domestic equipment to be able to make use of this aspect. There is nothing wrong with purchasing Lockheed's equipment.
Fan Wubing proposed that he was interested in Lockheed Martin's odorous glaze factory and hoped to visit it.
Bennett hesitated for a moment, but thought that Fan Wubing was not a professional, so he took a quick look and there was nothing serious about it, so he nodded and agreed.
However, before they set out to the stinky touch factory, Fan Wubing's old friend Maximos suddenly arrived and warmly welcomed Fan Wubing's visit.
"Are you joining Lockheed Martin again?" Fan Wubing was a little incomprehensible about the frequent changes in this old Jewish man's job. Although the professional views of foreigners are different from those of Chinese, Maximos is so old, so why are you trying to do it?
The old Jewish man was still strong, and he filmed the chapter 693 of the arms dealers' courage and lust on his shoulders. He said affectionately, "The music of the work is constantly working on me."
I am now the senior vice president of Lockheed Martin.”
"How many senior vice presidents do you have in your company?" Fan Wubing asked back with doubt.
"There are always a few people?" the old man replied with a haha.
After all, it is a large company with more than 190,000 employees. It is understandable that there are several senior vice presidents. If there is less, Fan Wubing really doubts whether they can control it?
As soon as Maximos came, the atmosphere was different. After all, the old man and Fan Wubing were in business together, and the two of them had bought satellites together before. Maximos was also the first manager of Fan Wubing to sell high-tech products, so he was naturally quite familiar with it.
Therefore, Bennett also said that everyone can have a meal together and then visit the Sauce Touch Factory, so that Fan Wubing can gain more confidence in his company. After all, Bennett still hopes that his company can sell some things to Fan Wubing.
In Bennett's eyes, Fan Wubing is equivalent to a big fat sheep. If this fat sheep doesn't pull off a handful of hair, it's not his Bennett style. If he was not sure before, Maximos's appearance at this time added a lot of confidence to him.
"At least, you have to let Fan Wubing buy something back." Bennett was already thinking about what to sell Fan Wubing to get better.
Fan Wubing also knows a lot about Lockheed Martin. Among the American companies who are most enthusiastic about arms sales to Taiwan, Boeing provides Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Raytheon provides Patriot missiles, while Lockheed Martin provides mainly old fighter jets. As for another United Technologies company, it provides Blackhawk helicopters.
For many military fans, when talking about these companies, they always grit their teeth and want the government to impose sanctions on them. In fact, this idea is a bit unrealistic.
The export direction of several major American arms dealers may be Europe, the United States, or the extremely unstable Arabian Peninsula or the vast African military, but they have never been mainland China. For this, they have always pursued an arms embargo. It would be a brainless saying to impose sanctions on them.
Speaking of the bombing of the embassy, Fan Wubing also clearly saw that the radical forces vigorously promoted nationalism has caused too much optimism among the people and public opinion in China, so they did not know how much they were.
After the embassy was bombed, some domestic public opinion clamored to go to war with the United States, but at this time, what strength can you directly challenge the United States? Or some people say that Americans are afraid of death and are paper tigers.
In fact, what Americans are most afraid of is war. Since World War I, they have started their business by relying on arms business. What arms dealers expect every day is not world peace, but they wish they could be full of wars everywhere. Only by fighting can they have their market, profits, and the foundation of the Americans.
While having dinner, Ding Bing and Ding Xue asked quietly next to Fan Wubing, "Is the embassy's plane produced by their company?"
Fan Wubing shook his head and said, "No, that's the Tian stealth bomber, developed by Northrop, two things."
"It seems we shouldn't work with them, right?" Ding Bing said to Fan Wubing, "I've seen the news these days, and the above mentioned that they bombed the embassy and only mistakenly exploded the matter. It was very infuriating to read it.
Fan Wubing knew that the two sisters were indignant about the public opinion of Americans. When they thought that they did not know the inside story, it was inevitable that they would be annoyed, and it was not surprising. So Fan Wubing explained, "Some people say that deleting is a lackey of the US government. This statement is wrong. "It is not a lackey of the US government, but an integral part of the US government. The United States does not have a propaganda department. The large American communication company is the propaganda department, including Disney."
"There is no publicity department?" The two sisters felt very incredible after hearing this. "Then how do they work?"
In fact, many people do not understand the operating mechanism of the US government, just as many people think that the Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States, but in fact the Federal Reserve is just a private institution.
The US government has never been a great democratic government. As the agent of megacities, simply put, the United States is more like a large company, and these large interest groups are the board of directors. The US president is the general manager. Every four, the board of directors will throw out a few candidates and ask all employees to vote to choose the general manager. This is American democracy.
Since the United States is dominated by large enterprises, many government units have omitted it, and the Propaganda Department is one of them. In fact, with such a successful Hollywood, where does Disney need the Propaganda Department?
There are no large state-owned enterprises in the United States. For example, the most important oil companies and power companies are all private enterprises, and these industries closely related to people's livelihood are all controlled by private enterprises. There are no national defense technology units in the United States, and all arms come from the private sector. For example, Lockheed Martin, Thor, General Motors, Boeing, Ford and other companies.
The interests of all these large companies are the interests of the United States.
In this board of directors with complex interests, those with strength each have the top, but there is only one of the most powerful ones, the oil tycoons Lockeferre family. The Lockefer family controlled Elkeson and Chevron Oil, and later Secretary of State Rice, who was once the executive director of Chevron Oil, and Secretary of Defense Lama Sfield, was once the chairman of the United States' Rand Think Tank. The backend funder of Rand Think Tank is Lockefer Martin, the largest arms dealer in the United States.
This is also the practice of previous US governments. Most of the Secretary of State comes from oil companies, while the Secretary of Defense comes from arms companies. In fact, the real US government is not in Washington, but the headquarters of multinational corporations in New York. The shadow State Department of the United States is the department of the Rockefeller Oil Empire in New York.
"So, the bombing of the embassy should be controlled by Lockheed Martin behind the scenes? They are brave enough!" After hearing Fan Wubing's explanation, the two sisters said in surprise.
Chapter completed!