Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

In the Chinese Internet in the previous life, the United States was keen to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries
This is a point of view that almost everyone agrees with.At first, maybe Carter didn't think in this direction subconsciously. After all, in Carter's core, he was still "independent" and "never interfere in other countries' issues".

But right now, the CIA's actions in South Korea are about wooing Roh Tae-woo; in the Iran-Contra incident that just broke out, the National Security Council allocated funds for arms sales to support the Nicaraguan anti-government forces; or Japan
If you look at all these piles and one thing together, it is not difficult to see that the United States is thinking about a big game.This series of actions also matched the strong diplomacy advocated by President Reagan.Even, it was a bit too strong!

The arms sales to Iraq can be said to be for hostages, or to deal with the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. South Korea is here to ensure the stability of the East Asian bridgehead, and Japan is for economic recovery.
Nicaragua, this is a small country in Central America, what do you want to do? !

Sitting in the construction site office of Longshan Base, Carter silently lit a cigarette.
Human energy is always limited.

In addition to taking care of work and controlling the direction of business, Carter found that no matter his geographical location or the series of arrangements above.
The only thing I have directly participated in is South Korean affairs, but there is also Japan that may indirectly affect or get involved.East Asia is Carter's main battlefield!As for other places, what Nicaragua, what Iran in the Middle East.
Powerless!

Looking back at the present, the problem here in South Korea is that if you want to take out the shops in the Yongsan base and win over those old-fashioned consortiums, I am afraid that the shops alone are not enough. The logistics supply and the contracting.
"Ginsberg, go ask Mrs. Miles and the others, did you find any problems at the Cummingde store?"

After giving instructions to the non-commissioned officer in the office, Carter got up and left the office.Drive straight to the North District.
"General, I would like to replace the commercial service contractors in the base. The reason is: the constant qualifications of contractors all year round have made these people gradually slack off. Both the quality of services and the quality of goods have declined seriously, so that With the price they charge, there is a gap! I hope to pass, re-bid, and revitalize the base!"

After pulling out the high-sounding reason, Carter secretly watched Livesey's expression
The little old man chuckled:
"It makes sense, but what should we do? Many contractors' contracts have not yet expired. At this time, they have to be dismissed. Even if someone pays liquidated damages, they may cause trouble."

"So I need to catch one of them, and I'm going to make a fuss about the Kang Mingde store. As long as I catch one, we will be lucky!"

"These are small problems, and it is difficult for basic merchants to cause trouble. You know what I mean"

After the old god lay back on the ground, Lieutenant General Livesey said lightly:
"We're old acquaintances, so I won't talk too much. I just want to guarantee that the base will operate without any problems. You can make up your mind about other things."

"I understand!"

Sure enough, it was such a plan!

After coming out of Lieutenant General Livesey's office and walking on the road in the camp, Carter sighed inwardly.Even sometimes I have to admire, Lao Bu and his hand are really big
As General Livesey said, the basic, superficial store, may be worth a lot to the common man.But for those shops, it is definitely not enough to share with many consortiums.

But what if a series of supporting logistics support such as communication, fuel, material transfer, maintenance support, and even the production and procurement of ordnance spare parts are all handed over to those Korean consortiums?Then this is very tempting!

Similarly, only this matter may be a problem that General Livesey and even Lao Bu and others are not easy to deal with.

The cake in this is huge!
After all, the U.S. military is different from the militaries of many countries in terms of the idea of ​​​​building an army. In other words, in capitalist countries, the connection between the military and commerce is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.In terms of logistics support of the US military, it has always been a tradition of fully integrating with business, improving efficiency, and optimizing resource allocation.

The oil suppliers, ordnance parts, etc. of the U.S. military stationed in South Korea were originally purchased from American merchants.Now it is replaced by Koreans, there is no difference in essence, the US military itself does not produce these things!
But the problem is that, not to mention the fuel supply for the entire US military stationed in South Korea, just the fuel supply for one base, this is a big business worth tens of millions every year!If it is about matching, such as the ship engine produced by SK Group, or the production materials for some non-core vulnerable parts of US Navy ships, hand them over to produce these spare parts in South Korea.
Intellectually speaking, this decision is not a bad thing for the US troops stationed in South Korea.

With consortiums deeply involved in these matters, the relationship between the United States and South Korea will become closer!At the same time, the maintenance cost of the US troops stationed in South Korea will also be reduced
Only, doing so will offend people!

If you want to open a small store in the army, you may have a complicated relationship, let alone a supplier of bulk commodities such as oil and machinery.These defense contractors who deal directly with the military are generally concentrated in the Republican Party.

When Carter recalled, he could even think of a few people he met when he held the Republican Congress in Connecticut.Seems like a defense contractor.
Dealing with this group of people is no less than stabbing fellow Republicans in the back.No wonder Lao Bu and others couldn't come forward directly!
It was no secret to Carter that Mr. Bu was planning the 88 presidential election.Before participating in the presidential election, it was first a candidate campaign within the Republican Party. At such a critical juncture in the competition for the Republican presidential nomination, it would be hell if Mr. Bu dared to stand up and challenge the nerves of this group of defense contractors.
The logic is here, it works!Self-consistent!

"This is really worthy of me."

When they realized that they were counting on themselves to do black work: when they wanted to meet the interests of the United States and protect their own interests, they let themselves stand up and sing the red face, and they played the white face behind their backs.
Carter couldn't help but sighed with a wry smile.

I don't have any dissatisfaction with being used as a tool. Think about it carefully, if you do this by yourself, you will benefit a lot, right?
As hosts, both parties have to sell their own face, and the business will come out slowly like this!

Joint venture?

Or direct investment? !
Carter seems to have smelled a chance to join the Korean consortium in advance!

While deciding to do it, Carter was thinking about a possibility: would there be a way to not offend himself, or not to offend those "colleagues" so much, but to get things done?