industrial maniac

Chapter 154 'Three links' sneaking through Chen Cang

Raymond thought about sinking the Alpha.

With the help of two other GM relationships, General Motors acquired Teridyne Technologies, which participated in the M8 R&D bid, and obtained another armored artillery system technology.

Then pointing to the rows of M8s laid flat on the port before shipment, he announced the completion of mass production, and swaggered to intercept the joint defense order, with a quotation as low as 290 million US dollars.

At this time, let alone reneging on his debts, he may even lose the order.

If 900 M8s are thrown into the sea while the order is still in the hands of United Defense, and General Motors cannot deliver the goods, our own side will not only keep the order, but also claim compensation confidently when the contract expires.

But Raymond didn't dare to do that.

The sinking of the Alpha is bound to cause a worldwide sensation.

The sinking of 900 chariots into the sea will also become the biggest scandal in North America.

The White House will investigate, Congress will investigate, and the military will investigate.

You can doubt Fobole's ability, you can doubt the CIA's ability, but you can't doubt the pervasiveness of NSA, DIA, and NRO.

Once the results of the investigation come out, Raymond is likely to face hundreds of years in prison, and even die accidentally in prison.

Therefore, it has nothing to do with him when the Alpha hit the rocks.

However, the sinking of Alpha was the result Raymond wanted!
This is simply ecstasy!
No matter how the instigator framed him, no matter how the White House, the Congress, and the military investigate, his identity can guarantee his innocence.

In this way, you can make a real and confident claim.

Therefore, the top priority is to produce another 900 M8s and deliver them as soon as possible. At the same time, prepare the legal team to sue GM for breach of contract.

This is an armament order, and a delay is equal to a delay of a fighter plane.

Let the Congress fine 10 billion dollars, let the military fine 10 billion dollars, let the White House fine 10 billion dollars, and we will claim another 10 billion dollars, and everyone will make a fortune together!
40 million dollars!

General Motors just received the largest penalty in history of more than 30 billion dollars last year, and broke the record again this year.

Smith bastard!

Lei Meng quickly took out his mobile phone and contacted people from all walks of life.

However, the Alpha hit the rocks, and cabins 1, 6, and 9 flooded at the same time...

How could it hit the rocks, and the cabins in three different areas flooded together?

There must have been sabotage.

Lei Meng's fingers dialing the number paused slightly, and he first thought of the three-way self-directed and self-acted.

However, if the other party wants to intercept the joint defense armament order, it must deliver the goods to the North American Military Department as soon as possible. There is no reason to do so.

Then Northrop Grumman came to mind.

When the Carlisle Consortium was founded, Lao Bu and General Dynamics snatched the B-2 manufacturing company from Northrop and Boeing, and killed the son of Northrop's major shareholder by the way.

Later, Northrop's major shareholder hid for several years and suddenly acquired Grumman, becoming the fourth largest arms dealer in the world-Northrop Grumman.

The other party has developed the Hum-class destroyer and the F-14 Panda carrier-based fighter, and is mainly engaged in the ship business. It is a deadly rival with General Dynamics, which also operates ships and submarines.

Some time ago, our own side fought with Tee, and the other side started fighting everywhere, and even took away the order of two cruisers from General Dynamics.

According to the news, before the Alpha hit the rocks, there happened to be a warship made by Grumman that returned to North America for repairs from Nanbangzi Incheon Naval Port. Several soldiers even boarded the Alpha and conducted a comprehensive search on the grounds that a ship was lost. military dog.

Of course, the warship has been delivered to the Ministry of the Sea for more than ten years, and no one can be sure whether it was done by the Marine Corps of the Ministry of the Sea.

'Tee, Grumman, Marine Corps...'

'It doesn't seem to have anything to do with my family. '

Raymond held the phone steady and continued to dial.

……

the other side.

General Motors Chairman Smith, when he received the news that the Alpha was about to sink, did not show much panic, but was very calm.

As a 'military adviser', since he knew in advance that Raymond planned to renege on his debts, he would naturally have to be fully prepared and not leave any excuses for the other party.

900 M8s were indeed loaded into the Alpha, but the detour to Honolulu was not because the Sea of ​​Okhotsk was frozen in winter and could not go to the Bering Sea channel.

Instead, General Motors has a dedicated loading and unloading dock in Honolulu, which is used for the distribution of automobile products, or to China, Nanyang, or to Australia and Nanbangzi, Japan.

The Alpha arrived at the dedicated pier and used a car loading machine to dump 900 M8s overnight to another cruise ship, which sailed to San Francisco, while the Alpha continued on to Los Angeles.

This is to prevent Raymond from jumping over the wall in a hurry, using his identity to suppress people, and detaining the Alpha.

Unexpectedly, it was sunk directly!
However, Smith does not believe that Raymond did it.

United Defense → Weapons → General Motors → United Defense.

Raymond made this move in order to renege on his debt.

Even if the "three links" withhold the order of United Defense, it is only to get the payment for the goods, and the final money will still go back to the first United Defense.

Moreover, Raymond quoted a price of 320 million US dollars for one car, and its own purchase price was 350 million US dollars for one car. The extra 30, or 2.7 million US dollars, was equivalent to giving to the other party.

General Motors boosts stock with arms orders.

United Defense received an additional $2.7 million for completing the order.

No matter how you look at this business, everyone is happy.

Smith can guarantee that Raymond will receive both money and goods, and under the pressure of numerous evidences, he will definitely reconcile with his family.

But why did things evolve into the way they are now?

The Joint Defense Headquarters was bombed, killing Nash.

GE intelligence officers were burned, six dead.

Harsco's steel grating laboratory was bombed, and a group of people died.

Raymond was attacked and nearly died.

The headquarters of General Dynamics was bombed, and a large group of middle and high-level people were killed.

CNN headquarters was bombed, no casualties for the time being...

There are two other evidences that GM purchased low-quality steel from Wajima in our hands...

Now the Alpha suddenly sank again...

'If I can do it all over again, I will never join the M8 order! '

Smith took a deep breath and looked back at the big and small shareholders who admired him inexplicably.

"General Electric helped to contact the military department. 900 M8s will enter the delivery process within a week. After the acceptance, Congress will settle a payment for the goods. In addition to the cash withdrawn from the stock market, funds, and futures during this period, we can Redeem the collateral."

"The overall value of Hanwha shares, Citi bonds, Daewoo General Factory, and 50% shares of Modu GM pledged to Weaponry is far greater than the appraised value."

"We have to get it back. Otherwise, when the contract expires, the mortgage agreement will take effect, and the details will be exposed. General Motors will lose its industries in two regions at once, and the stock will definitely plummet."

"In the past, a loss of US$30 billion in market value would have been considered a hemorrhage at best, but now that we are uniting with General Dynamics and General Electric to fight against Carlyle and Bain, this kind of hemorrhage is very likely to be magnified infinitely by the other party, and even take the opportunity to short own side."

"In addition, the inexplicable forces are involved, and the other party's purpose is very likely to hope that things will continue to escalate. If they dare to sink the Alpha, they may kill us."

"So, why don't we take advantage of the weapon delivery mortgage contract and let's go to Huaxia together, and have the right to complete the M8 order and reward ourselves with a vacation trip."

"Mr. Smith is absolutely right!"

The shareholders of General Motors, already obeying the words of the smart Smith, have recently made a lot of money with the other two GMs. Hearing this, they no longer hesitated and contacted their respective families one after another.

Good to go to Huaxia!
It's the safest place.

"By the way, Mr. Smith, the Hongqi manufacturer requires another 100 bulletproof Hongqi, otherwise the second batch of 20+80 orders will not be delivered."

"Damn it, last time we agreed to add 80 cars, and now we are asking for an additional 100 cars, this Hongqi factory manager is too greedy."

"what should we do?"

"Ask General Electric for money."

…………

To the west of Daze Power, Daze Toy Factory.

"Selling cars is really profitable!"

Xu Fei saw 200 cars x 150 million, totaling $3 million in payment, and suddenly he was not interested in toys.

But the production of toys can gain energy, but it has to be made.

Moreover, compared with the huge lineup of the automobile manufacturing industry, the humble toy factory has the highest revenue ratio.

In other words, to manufacture a car, you need to invest 1 to 2 red notes in exchange for 20 to 50 red notes.

But to make a toy, invest a few cents, but you can get tens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands of dollars.

The most important thing is that toys have a large output and a wide coverage, and can also derive a series of industries such as animation and movies.

Therefore, in consideration of the sound development of the toy factory, and to make room for the upcoming expansion of the car assembly line, the Daze Iron Toy Factory, which had been leasing the Daze Power Plant, moved to the new factory that had already been built.

The new factory covers an area of ​​200 mu, and the workshops of 50 meters x [-] meters are arranged in an orderly manner.

The overall layout is like Daze Power next door, divided into production area, assembly area, packaging area, storage area, and logistics area.

They are connected by conveyor belts, and inspectors, statisticians, and supervisors are set up in sections, and workshop workers sit on both sides of the conveyor belt, wearing blue dust-free hats, blue dust-free clothes, gloves, and foot coverings. , Masks are all indispensable, and each performs its duties.

In addition, electrical workers responsible for assembling small speakers, players, small motors, and electric heating fans must wear static rings on their wrists.

From putting in raw materials to sealing and transporting toys away, it is a complete 'one-stop'!
"Hello, factory manager!"

Xu Fei stepped into Workshop No. 1, and the employees sitting on both sides said hello together, "Everyone sits, everyone sits, and we can't move to a new house, so we will break the rules."

When the employees heard this, they quickly lowered their heads and glanced at the day of the week today, "Hi village chief!"

"good very good!"

Xu Fei straightened out the badge on his left chest, "Call this on Saturdays and weekends from now on."

"..."

Employees have no problem with that.

As for standing up and saying hello, is it delaying production...

Do you know industrial robots?

Fully automated production, fully automated assembly, fully automated carton stacking, fully automated box sealing, and fully automated loading into logistics vehicles.

During the experiment, thousands of toy factory employees were so frightened that their faces changed.

That means all will lose their jobs.

But Xiao Xu, the director of the factory, kicked the equipment away, "It's too much power consumption, why not save the electricity for production and continue to rely on manual assembly."

Therefore, the employees of the toy factory respect Xiao Xu from the bottom of their hearts.

Because everyone knows that in order to feed the villagers, Xiao Xu, the factory manager, doesn't even use the advanced equipment of foreigners.

Since then, no one dared to be lazy, no one dared to find fault, no one dared to ask for leave at will...

As for changing names every day.

It's the spice of life in a boring, repetitive work environment!

At this time, a nearly 50-year-old workshop monitor from Xujia Village said:

"The factory manager..."

"Today I am the village chief."

"Grandpa Xiaofei, when will this TV show change? Watching Journey to the West all day long, your third grandson has started to learn monkey tricks."

"Third grandson?"

"Three cripples at 68, he works in the afternoon today."

"He's still alive?"

"It never died."

"How can I remember that I buried it last year, and I dug a hole."

The woman director next to him raised her head and said, "That's his second brother, Er Gouhang."

"Oh……"

Xu Fei thought about it seriously, but he didn't know when the boss died, "Where does he live now?"

"The staff dormitory on the east side was divided into two 100-square-meter houses when the village was demolished, 2 and 2 in Unit 303 of Building 304."

"Why is it the third floor?"

"The first and second floors are connected units, 200 square meters, he thinks it's too big, even the third floor, he still complains about the emptiness all day long, recently moved back to Daze power dormitory, squeezed together with five old men, during the Spring Festival Yes, smoking at night almost lit the quilt."

"Must criticize!"

"He's old, and whenever we talk about it, he jumps and scolds, so he will listen to you."

"Then give me a message. If you don't respect the old man, hang the embankment when you turn around. When the time comes, set up a small wooden sign for him on the spot. There is no stone tablet or ancestral forest."

"If he heard this, he would probably be scared to pee at the scene."

"To put it mildly."

Xu Fei strolled around, chatted with everyone he saw, and at the end, counted the heads, "Where are the other 500 people?"

"At the Huangnigang Toy Factory, the new house hasn't come down yet, so they live in the old dormitory of the fan factory."

"Well, tell my little secretary if you have anything to do. I don't know how many times I've left in one day, so I have to dig a hole or add some soil."

"Don't worry, village chief, although you are busy, old and new, I will let you meet each other."

"That's good, everyone continues to work. If anyone plans to start a business, just say that our Xujia Village lacks everything, except money."

"Thank you, mayor!"

"Hmph, what can I do if I'm not old enough, I'm the village chief."

Xu Fei walked to the door of the workshop and saw a few kids playing in the safe area, "Who am I?"

"village head!"

Then he picked up the vicious dog, "Whose dog is this?"

"The village chief's house!"

"Secretary, buy each of them a football, the best quality!"

"Village chief, I want a basketball!"

"Oh?"

Xu Fei looked at the tallest one, and compared his hand with his own, he even reached his nose, "How old is it?"

"11 is old."

"I'm 11 years old, don't say 175, send it to the Youth Cultural Palace, hire the best basketball coach, give me a hammer to the death, wait until the [-]th and [-]th, and see if I can enter the Huaxia team."

"Village chief, I just want a basketball."

"No, from today onwards, you are the future of our youth group."

Xu Fei took off the badge on his left chest, took out his own red scarf from the document bag, and helped him put it on solemnly and grandly, "Come on!"

"Yes, Shuji!"

The child, who was originally reluctant, was full of energy in an instant, and looked into the eyes of his playmates, full of pride.

Afterwards, Xu Fei ran through the other workshops one by one.

People from the village and from other places, no matter how far or near they are, all chatter a few words.

Wait until the work is over.

On the way back to the Daze power workshop office, the SEAL liaison sent a communication through an encrypted channel.

It is said that the Navy SEALs who returned to North America to repair, ran into the Alpha by chance, and went up to have a look, but unexpectedly found that it was an empty ship.

"The Alpha did not ship the M8."

Xu Fei watched the CNN news all afternoon, only thinking that in order to reduce the impact, the three links covered up the relevant information of 900 M8s.

Now it seems that Smith should have crossed Chencang secretly and used another ship to transfer the chariot halfway.

Xu Fei quickly returned to the office, found the world map, and marked the route of the Alpha cruise ship.

I noticed Honolulu next to the Hawaiian Islands, and then looked through the general distribution path of the magic city...

There's a dedicated dock for General Motors here!
"That is to say, it is very likely that 900 M8s have arrived in North America, and General Motors has also contacted the North American Military Department in all likelihood, and may even enter the acceptance process."

"In this way, General Motors intercepted the order of United Defense, and United Defense needs to return the M8 payment to the North American Congress..."

"Lao Lei is going to suffer!"

Xu Fei wanted to tell the other party, but suddenly hesitated.

He and Raymond are dog friends.

The two have a good personal relationship, which doesn't mean they have anything to do with Carlyle Investment.

If Carlyle thinks that TEP is profitable, it will absolutely unite with Bain Capital to get rid of itself.

Especially during the financial turmoil, the other party suddenly attacked the North American Iron Tower. If it hadn’t been delisted and the tower’s infrastructure capabilities were very strong, otherwise the company might lose tens of millions of dollars.

The money was earned by the engineers who worked hard to find illegal immigrants, and then played a few games of Texas Hold'em.

and so……

Xu Fei decided to hide the news that the Alpha did not deliver the M8, and to complete Raymond's M8 order as soon as possible in exchange for a large amount of money.

If Raymond can't handle it, he will resign from Carlyle and become the general manager of Hongqi in North America.

Last time the opponent poached us, next time we poach each other.

Xu Fei thought about it, and came to the M8 production workshop that had been cleaned up. First, he picked up a batch of Grizzly Chariots, then picked up a batch of middle-aged and middle-aged boys who planned to join the army after graduation from school, and then pulled out two hundred engineers. Let the half-children get familiar with the structure of the Grizzly Chariot as soon as possible, and then learn how to disassemble it.

As long as practice makes perfect, the assembly of M8 can be completed.

After finishing the order of 900 M8s, I will study the theory later and learn the repair and maintenance of the Grizzly Chariot.

In this way, a group of students was born.

three years?six years?
No, it only takes half a month!

As for what to do next?
Work for free!
Assemble agricultural machinery, assemble small red flags, assemble big red flags...

Many parts, including the engine, are modified from the Grizzly Chariot. This is called learning more and practicing more, and being an all-round mechanic.

Moreover, the Grizzly Chariot, which is supported by technology, is bound to become the main armament of one's own camp.The rhino heavy tank with technology support will also be deployed in important places.

It's just that the top can't afford the money now, and can't afford the ultra-luxury version.

If half-children learned real skills in Daze, they would definitely not come back after serving as soldiers for three years when they arrived at the military headquarters.

"I hope you can understand Xiao Xu's difficulties."

Xu Fei looked at the gradually busy workshop and turned back to the office area.

The big secretary presented the folder.

"Director, Jingcheng appreciates your handling of the matter of the management of the electromechanical power plant. It should be opened, and it should be mentioned. It is vigorous and resolute, with the style of a general. But it is also reminded that too much is too late, and the worry is far away in Guangzhou. What's going on in the electromechanical plant in the district?"

"Tell the Guangzhou government that I plan to wait for the electromechanical plant to get on the right track and transfer Hongqi's motor business there. The first phase of investment is 50 billion red notes to develop an electric version of the small red flag for civilian use. In the next three years, it is estimated that 5 jobs will be created. Post, if there is any trouble during the period, the whole factory will be moved to Daze, anyway, the electromechanical power plant is quite broken, and at worst it will be changed to a garbage recycling station."

"Director, the operation center doesn't seem to have such a plan."

"Can't I even blow it?"

"Good factory manager."

Xu Fei looked around and found that there was nothing to deal with.

Putting your legs on the desk, half lying in the office chair, looking at the bird's-eye view of Daze Industry, lost in thought.

Recently, he always felt that he had forgotten something important.

Student Lou Nannan?
No, the two of them texted every day and chatted until midnight, the buttons on the mobile phone were all worn out, and recently the thumbs hurt from pressing them, so they stopped talking.

Old Xu?

With Zhao Weiguo, the construction career of the two brothers will be even more brilliant.

Big cousin?
At the end of February, I came here once and had a reunion dinner with my aunt and uncle. The once fat dragon is now very strong, and it seems that he stayed there very well.

other……

There is a military division, operation center, toy industry, supply and marketing business, all of which don't need to be bothered.

There is Lao Huang, seven men and eight women, and there is no need to worry about car sales.

Zhang Shiren is responsible for purchasing crude oil, and by the way, the selling point is sudden...

"Yeah, where's Lan Dong?"

Xu Fei quickly called out the small map, and checked what Lan Feng was doing through the vision of the SEALs.

This appears to be a tropical rainforest.

Twenty black and yellow skinny men, wearing messy military uniforms, were sitting or standing around the hut.

With fifty heavily armed SEALs on his back, Lan Feng was talking to the leader of the opposing team.

"South Vietnam? Or Cambodia?"

Xu Fei dragged the small map, compared it with the Nanyang map according to Lan Dong's travel route, and finally determined that it was the latter.

"Sell Little Red Flag to war-torn areas, will the superiors agree?"

At this time, the leader of the black and yellow skinny man walked to an off-road jeep and gestured to remove the roof, trim, and center console shell, as if asking for a price.

Lan Feng stretched out two fingers.

The leader shook his head, and gestured to remove a few headlights, remove the back seat, remove...then extend the exhaust pipe to the sky, like the front of a four-wheel tractor.

Lan Feng stretched out one and a half fingers.

The leader smiled happily and shook hands with Lan Feng, as if they had reached a cooperation.

"Let me just say, it's absolutely reliable to arrange for Director Lan to go out to discuss business!"

Before the words fell, a few groups of Boom appeared outside the area where the two groups were located~
A thin, black and yellow man ran over yelling.

The two sides united together and rushed forward...

"Oh, why is it so difficult to start a business?"

Xu Fei contacted the liaison of the SEALs and asked them to arrange another group of team members to go on vacation with Lan Feng.

Just finished working.

Raymond called.

"Xu, I want to see 900 M8s within a week, money is not a problem."

"Old Lei, I read the news. Don't you think it's strange that the Alpha sank?"

"No matter what, as long as I deliver the goods, this matter will be over."

"Judging from your tone, it seems very tired?"

"Carlyle Chairman Keynes betrayed us, Carlyle and Bain's funds may be locked up, so even though I know your capital is weak, I hope you can help me, at least 900 M8s, Make it as soon as possible.”

"I think it should be fine!"

(End of this chapter)