industrial maniac

Chapter 114 Raymond: Cash on Delivery

early morning.

Dongshan Mansion, family area.

Lao Liang, the leader of the National Development and Reform Commission, was sitting in the study, flipping through the newspaper restlessly.

In the evening, a special channel called, saying that someone who claimed to be a relative, surnamed Xu, urgently needed to use Nanbangzi's resources to deliver a batch of advanced equipment.

According to the process, as long as the other party provides the secret order, there is basically no need to repeatedly confirm the identity, so as to avoid missing opportunities.

But the address Xu Fei gave was too outrageous.

Incheon Market Camp Port... Naval Port? !

Director Liang wanted to call to ask, but the tin toy factory was off work, and his mobile phone was always busy.

After thinking a little bit, he gritted his teeth and notified the special channel to take action.

Now four hours have passed, but there is no news from there.

drop by drop...

Suddenly, the red mobile phone on the desk rang.

"Hey?"

"Leader, there is news, the equipment has been obtained."

"Is the process going well?"

"It went very smoothly. The North American soldiers were very enthusiastic. They not only helped to load the ship, but also sent two armored infantry vehicles and dozens of sets of M-[-]s for the captain to use for self-defense on the road."

"..."

"This thing sounds really outrageous. When I heard this, I thought it was a friendly army."

"What equipment do you have?"

"Metal composition direct-reading analyzer, German Zeiss industrial CT measuring machine, Washima Mitsubishi drilling and milling processing center, Washima Mitsubishi Taiwan group moving machine, two industrial robots... In general, it has a great impact on the automobile manufacturing industry. help."

"When the goods arrive, first ask Dongshan Heavy Truck if they want equipment, and sell them as soon as possible, and remit the payment to... the purchase account."

"What about the infantry vehicles?"

"Send it to the Huangnigang Tin Toys Factory. Maybe someone dropped by and transported it here for other purposes."

"Good leader, the freighter will arrive at noon tomorrow and berth at the port of Yancheng. However, when the personnel involved in the operation reported to the higher authorities, they were monitored."

"So careless?"

"The NSA is going crazy lately..."

beep...

The development and reform leader heard the busy tone, put down his phone and took a look, and saw the alarm prompt displayed on the screen, his brows instantly twisted into characters of eight.

Speaking of the NSA, the other party came to him so quickly?
Is it because their own communication technology is too backward, or is the other party too unscrupulous?

………………

North America, Detroit.

Lei Meng didn't know that the M8 he wanted had to be disassembled, disassembled, and disassembled by three groups of people before he could get it.

I don't even know that General Motors pays $20 per car.

All he knew was that GM did make an M8.

It is even speculated that the Daewoo General Factory manufactures precision devices, and the four major automobile bases newly put into production by Shanghai General Motors are used to produce large parts such as chassis and tracks.

Cooperating with Huaxia Weapons, not to mention the M8, I am afraid that it is not the KIFV infantry vehicle imitating the AIFV, which has already sold well all over the world.

Damn GM!

You are dead!
drop by drop...

Raymond blew out his cigar, shook off the snow on his shoulders, and took out the satellite phone with encryption device.

"I'm Raymond."

"Mr. Raymond, I am the head of the NSA's Asia-Pacific region. Just now we intercepted a set of communications in the Incheon area, which may be helpful to you."

"Oh?"

"The specific information is still being analyzed, and the general vocabulary includes: Daewoo General Factory, production equipment, shipping to Yancheng port..."

"I see. Keep all the information at the end. It may come in handy."

Raymond hung up the phone, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the GM shareholders who were hiding in another office and whispering.

'The matter is exposed, should the production line be transferred immediately? '

The North American base stationed in South Bangzi must be under the orders of the North American Military Department.

But that group of people in charge, even if they rotate every three or two years, all use the base as capital to make a fortune.

Investing in the local area, reselling armaments, collecting money to handle affairs, and privately selling illegal supplies through base channels... can be found everywhere.

Just like the logistics director of the F9 area of ​​​​Humphreys Base who was just tried recently.

In the first half of 99, I applied for 100 million US dollars to purchase a construction vehicle worth 60 yuan.

After buying it, I found that the car did not meet the requirements.

The person in charge waited for two months, applied for the scrapping of the engineering vehicle, and then invited bids. At a price of 20 US dollars, he hired a construction company run by his retired comrades in Nanbangzi. He dug a big hole behind the base and investigated afterwards. , The pit digging project only cost $1.

Then, the person in charge spent another 20 dollars to hire his retired comrades to bury the engineering vehicle that he bought less than three months ago.Then re-apply for 200 million to purchase a construction vehicle worth 120 million.

United Defense has done two deals and must be happy.

In consideration of the client, and to reassure other clients, Carlyle invested in a team of lawyers to help the logistics executive with the lawsuit, and finally changed the 20-year prison sentence to 1 year...

What happened next doesn't explain anything.

But what the logistics director has done is enough to show that overseas bases can really be lawless.

It is not impossible for General Motors to send some dollars to the general manager of the base and ask the soldiers to help transfer the factory equipment.

Raymond took off his woolen coat and stepped into the conference room.

900 chariots cost 330 million yuan for the military, and his budget for General Motors is also 330 million yuan, which means that he can't make money. How can there be such a stupid arms dealer?

Therefore, he originally planned to purchase 20 vehicles first, and after they arrived, they would be disassembled and analyzed, and United Defense could build the same model.

When the time comes to get rid of General Motors, the company will be able to complete the remaining orders independently.

but now……

With so much evidence, if you don't kill the other party, you are ashamed of your brother Nash's sacrifice!
Raymond stepped into the meeting room, pulled up his seat, and looked around at the GM shareholders who had stopped discussing.

"900 M8s, I hope to deliver them within two months."

General Motors Chairman Smith naturally has no objection to taking all the orders.

But building chariots is not assembling cars.

Manufacturers produce, need a cycle.

It will also take a cycle to deliver it to Huaxia Weapons, and then hand it over to Modu General.

It still takes a cycle to renovate and transport it back to North America.

Two months is too late.

Smith thought for a while, "Mr. Raymond, if you don't mind going to Huaxia for inspection and saving transportation time, maybe it can be delivered in two months."

"Do you think I will go to Huaxia?"

"You have a special status, so you definitely won't go, so we need at least a year."

"Up to three months!"

"Half a year."

"Three months!"

"Hold on."

Smith exchanged glances with shareholders, picked up his phone and walked out of the conference room.

Contact Huaxia Weapons, and the latter contacts the manufacturer.

For the convenience of communication, Xu Fei kept in touch with the armed old man.

I heard that a big customer asked for a one-month manufacturing cycle...

(General Motors cut out the time for its own modification, and then subtracted the time for ocean transportation, three months became one and a half months, and the armed veteran deducted the time for Huaxia weapon modification, and finally only one month remained.)
Xu Fei called out the translucent page, counting.

The M8 uses only a small number of core components and electronics from the Grizzly.

Others, including cylinders, flywheels, and crankshafts, are all mass-produced using the basic production line.

This will open a series of model card slots.

From a simple mechanical device at the first level, to a complex mechanical device at the second level, a simple electrical device at the third level, and a complex electrical device at the fourth level...

Let alone open 300 card slots.

Putting it outside, it is almost equal to 300 production lines.

But that's just production.

In addition, it is necessary to open up many new assembly lines, hire welding, electrical and other technical personnel, and recruit a large number of engineers to participate in the operation.

And purchase gantry cranes, robotic arms, transfer vehicles...

If the above conditions are met, the production plan is set based on the current power supply.

On the first day, 10 sets of accessories were produced, and engineers were asked to assemble them first.
During the assembly period, another 20 sets of accessories will be produced, and the assembled engineers will continue to assemble.

Then 40 sets of accessories were produced...

After a cycle is formed, the daily output may be only a few vehicles in the early stage, but the accumulation of a small amount becomes a lot. As long as there are enough personnel, it is possible to produce thousands of vehicles per day.

One month is enough.

Moreover, there are fifty maintenance students from the military department.

They are experts in the industry, but they are not familiar with the structure of the Grizzlies.

Let the other party participate in the assembly of M8, the name is: practice!

After assembling 900 M8s, the trainees are about to graduate.

Xu Fei picked up the mobile phone that had not been hung up, and replied to the armed old man.

.........

GM Chairman Smith was secretly relieved when he received the reply.

"Mr. Raymond, three months will be fine."

"I want cash on delivery."

"Mr. Raymond, 900 M8s, with a budget of nearly 30 billion. No manufacturer is willing to pay the full amount in advance. You need to pay in stages."

"I can't trust you professional scammers who have been fraudulent for 30 years. You must inspect the goods first and pay later."

"That's not called fraud, that's called financial management."

Smith defended a few words, walked out of the conference room, and contacted Huaxia Weapon again.

United Defense pays on delivery, General Motors will definitely delay payment, and Huaxia Weapons will also delay payment...

The armed old man received the news and passed it on to Xu Fei.

Xu Fei responded straight away, "I pay for all the toys I sell and deliver the goods, let alone this stuff? Tell foreigners, don't even try to pick up the goods if you don't have money."

Armed veterans convey their opinions.

Smith: "Sir, in fact, our company has a very good relationship with you. At least Magic City can prove our company's reputation."

"What if you go bankrupt during the delay in payment?" The armed old man didn't want to advance the scarce foreign exchange to TEP, and also asked for a cash settlement.

General Motors was already suffering serious losses, and in late 99, it was fined another $49 billion. Smith could not afford funds, let alone a loan.

But he didn't plan to argue with Raymond any more.

With such a big deal, United Defense can't just let it go, right?

"Sir, if you don't trust GM, we can mortgage Modu GM to you."

"I'll think it over."

Armed veterans are just middlemen, and the final decision depends on TEP's wishes.

When Xu Fei received the news, he went to the old man with armed equipment and asked for a copy of the detailed information of the general.

Mortgage does not mean ownership, and he doesn't need other people's factories. He just wants to see how much it is worth, so as to avoid GM's bad debts, and his own bamboo basket will be empty.

But from the perspective of a super toy dealer...

A company that invested US$97 billion in 16 is now worth at most US$5 million.

First, the paid-in capital is low.

The second is that there are a bunch of technologies that I don't need, and I don't have too many real assets.

Even if there are several car bases under construction, North America will not ship the most advanced equipment to the country.

It can even be said that the batch of second-hand equipment brought back from Daewoo can be offered as treasures in Shanghai Universal.

All in all, if you want to reciprocate the payment, you have to add money or add collateral.

.........

The armed old man helped convey it a few times, and suddenly understood the ins and outs of the whole incident.

According to the sales process:
United Defense → TEP → Huaxia Weapons → General Motors → United Defense.

Follow the payment process:

United Defense ← TEP ← Huaxia Weapons ← General Motors ← United Defense.

If United Defense receives the goods and does not pay, who is the most unlucky?

In other words, this is the trick that Carlyle invested in General Motors.

Using M8 as a bait, using TEP, a shell company, to catch Huaxia weapons, and then using the network of "General Motors Investing in Magic City GM" to string all these together...

Once the plan is successful.

The 900 M8s self-produced by United Defense are left-handed and right-handed, but GM owes TEP nearly $30 billion in debt.

Normally speaking, if United Defense fails to pay for the goods, there will definitely be disputes between the two parties, or even go to court.

However, TEP obtained a large amount of assets from General Motors, including Shanghai General Motors, the Daewoo General Factory that was subsequently mortgaged, and the $10 billion Citigroup bond that was pledged...

If Carlyle takes the opportunity to put General Motors into bankruptcy, all the collateral will most likely belong to TEP, but United Defense will not have any losses.

As for the role of Huaxia Weapons in it...

In an official capacity, gain the trust of General Motors and complete this series of operations.

With this in mind, the old man in military equipment convened a staff group to ponder over it seriously.

Then I was shocked to find that all the problems that I didn't understand before were all explained.

Perhaps since investing in TEP, the other party has planned everything that has happened in recent months, and now it is only time to close the net.

But it's too scary, right?
In less than three months, this kind of situation was set up.

Get rid of a world-class car company - General Motors.

Changing positions, packaging a large multinational company-TEP.

Take the opportunity to take down China Tower Corporation and Magic City General Motors, and develop the Asia-Pacific market before Huaxia joins the WTO, so as to consolidate the capital base.

He even controlled the head office of one of the top [-] companies in the world...

"As expected of a world-class investment group second only to 'Blackstone', Carlyle!"

At this moment, the armed old man felt unprecedented vigilance and fear towards this North American company.

After all, the opponent is still one of the top ten arms dealers in the world, and the main competitor of Huaxia Weapons.

It can be said that the other party is far more terrifying than the stock god Butterfield and the evil Soros.

As for whether all this is a coincidence...

is it possible?

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

"We have to fight back."

The armed old man no longer cares about the M8 in his hands, and only has one thought in his mind: kill the opponent so that his own life will be better.

The staff group immediately moved...

How to counter it?

Xu Fei!
Is there anyone more suitable than him?
But here comes the question, whose son-in-law is Comrade Xiao Xu?
Behind the Carlyle investment is the Kleiman consortium.

According to intelligence, Kleiman's shareholders include Raymond, the Old Bu family, and the Harden family...

Raymond had only one son, rumored to be same-sex attraction.

Old Bu's granddaughter...is married.

Harden over there...

The confidential staff officer suddenly remembered something, "Watch!"

The armed old man didn't know, so, "Watch?"

"Xu Fei's plastic watch, Harden also likes to wear it."

"Nonsense, that model has always been popular, maybe it's just a coincidence."

After the old man with military equipment finished speaking, he fell into deep thought.

Are there so many coincidences in the world?

(End of this chapter)