Baojian

Chapter 674 Arms

"Brother Bai, even if what you said is true, what does it have to do with Hongmen?"

After listening to Bai Zhentian's words, Qin Feng said disapprovingly: "It is impossible for us Chinese to control the lifeblood of the United States. Those Westerners always have a defensive mentality towards the Chinese..."

What Bai Zhentian said is too far away from Qin Feng's life. In Qin Feng's Jianghu dictionary, there is no explanation at this level, because these things have nothing to do with him at all.

"Of course there is a relationship, and a deep relationship."

Bai Zhentian took a deep breath and said, "Qin Feng, do you know why even the most arrogant drug dealer in the world dare not provoke arms dealers?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Qin Feng laughed and said, "If drug dealers want to own weapons, they have to go to arms dealers to buy them. If they offend the arms dealers, wouldn't they cut their own way?"

"What you're talking about is just one side."

Bai Zhentian shook his head and said: "The main reason is that every big arms company has an elite private armed force, even if this armed force confronts the special forces of various countries, it will not be defeated... "

"With the financial resources of those arms dealers, they can indeed afford such armaments."

Qin Feng nodded, then frowned, and said, "But how can the US government tolerate the existence of these armed forces? The most powerful armed force in any country should be in the hands of the government, right?"

A great man once said that power grows out of the barrel of a gun. No matter which country this sentence is applied to, it is an undeniable truth.

Although the United States emphasizes democracy and freedom, it is very nervous about the country's armed forces.

They have the most complete system to govern and restrain the strongest military force in the world, and they simply will not tolerate so many forces in the country that can compete with the army.

"These armed forces are usually called mercenaries..."

Bai Zhentian explained patiently: "In the United States, mercenaries are allowed to exist, and many times they even use mercenaries themselves to go to war. In the Iraq war, many small groups of troops were composed of mercenaries...

These mercenary organizations seem to be very independent, but in fact, most of them are formed by arms dealers.

In normal times, they can take on various tasks, but when arms dealers need them, they are the sharpest blades that can help arms companies eradicate enemies that block their progress...

As far as the US government is concerned, the existence of these mercenaries will not affect their regime. On the contrary, in many cases, the US government even has to borrow the power of mercenaries to do some shady things..."

"Yes, Brother Bai, let's talk about something reliable."

Qin Feng interrupted Bai Zhentian's words with a wave of his hand, and said, "I don't want to hear the confidential things you said. If I hear too much, I might be approached by the US Federal Investigators one day. I think you should talk about Hongmen and The relationship between arms dealers..."

Hearing so much nonsense from Bai Zhentian, Qin Feng guessed that the purpose of Bai Zhentian's trip must have something to do with arms, but he didn't understand why Hongmen would get involved in these things.

"Brother Qin, I won't hide it from you..." Bai Zhentian stared at Qin Feng closely, and said, "Hongmen holds a large share in one of the five largest arms companies in the United States..."

"What? How is this possible?"

Qin Feng was really surprised this time. He shook his head and said, "Brother Bai, the status of the Chinese in the United States has never been very high. How could they allow Hongmen to become a shareholder of the arms company?"

Any company that can become the top five arms dealers in the United States has undertaken a lot of arms orders related to the national defense affairs of the United States. This is absolutely crucial to the United States, which has always imposed arms blockades on various countries.

Therefore, these companies are all determined by the government after countless strict reviews and inspections. Groups with Chinese backgrounds like Hongmen basically have no possibility of participating in them.

"When Hongmen became a shareholder, the company wasn't an arms dealer, it was just a refrigerator factory."

Knowing that Qin Feng didn't believe it, Bai Zhentian explained: "Although Hongmen holds a large part of the shares in this company, Hongmen has no right to manage this company, and just takes the dividends he won every year according to the shares... "

It turned out that the company Bai Zhentian mentioned was the most famous Raytheon company in the United States.

In [-], two young scientists who graduated from Cambridge founded a small company called "American Apparatus Corporation".

This small company was mainly engaged in the refrigerator business at the beginning. After failure, it turned to the production of Raytheon brand electronic tubes, which achieved great success and quickly occupied a large market share in the United States.

In 1925, the company officially changed its name to "Raytheon Manufacturing Company". Ray comes from French, meaning "a beam of light", and theon comes from Greek, meaning "from God".

During World War II, Raytheon started with the manufacture of magnetrons for radar and went on to manufacture entire radar systems.

In 1945, Percy Spencer of Raytheon invented the microwave oven and discovered that the magnetron could also be used to cook food.

Raytheon began manufacturing guided missiles in 1948, and in the postwar years Raytheon also manufactured radio and television transmitters and related products, and gained involvement in the educational publishing industry.

Raytheon became involved in transistor manufacturing in the 1950s, including the popular CK722, which was marketed to hobbyists.

Raytheon then successively established Defense Systems Company, Intelligence and Information Systems Company, Missile Systems Company, Network Central Systems Company, Aircraft Company, Technical Services Company and Space and Air Systems Company.

After more than 80 years of development and innovation, Raytheon has become a leader in industries such as military technology, government and commercial electronics, business aircraft and special mission aircraft.

In the field of military industry, such as the famous Sidewinder missile, Tomahawk cruise missile, and the Patriot missile that shined in Iraq are all produced by Raytheon.

Many people now know the glorious history of Raytheon, but few people know that in the 20s, Raytheon once faced bankruptcy.

That was when the two founders of Raytheon failed to operate the refrigerator business. They had no money to develop new businesses, so they could only try to raise funds, hoping that someone could invest money to help them get out of the predicament.

It was at that time that Hongmen injected a sum of money into this humble small company, and it was this money that helped the company come back to life, and the future Raytheon Company came into being.

But when Raytheon was reorganized, the company's founders signed an agreement with Hongmen's investment firm.

The content of the agreement states that although the investment company is the major shareholder, it can only extract dividends from it, and is not allowed to participate in any scientific research and actual management related to the company, nor to view Raytheon's core confidential documents.

It is this agreement that made the U.S. government vigorously support Raytheon. After strict supervision, it handed over many government orders to Raytheon, making it the fifth largest defense partner in the world.

"Damn, Hongmen still has this background?" After listening to Bai Zhentian's words, Qin Feng's mouth was wide enough to swallow an egg.

Qin Feng really didn't expect that Hongmen could infiltrate into the most cutting-edge industries in the United States. No wonder the relevant domestic departments have always wanted to win over Hongmen.

"Without this background, do you think a Chinese gang can take root in the United States?"

Bai Zhentian sighed. In fact, Hongmen's life is not easy. Although this background makes the US government fearful, it is more of suspicion and precaution.

The U.S. government has always wanted to buy back the Raytheon shares held by Hongmen. For a while, it even tried every means to attack Hongmen, hoping that they would withdraw automatically.

However, Hongmen has always persisted, and has never violated the rules. Except for the nominal shareholders, they cannot participate in any specific affairs of Raytheon Company, which is why they have been safe for so many years.

What makes Hongmen even more depressed is that after learning about this incident, the relevant domestic departments are trying to win over Hongmen to obtain some confidential documents based on the righteousness of the country and national feelings.

But those departments don’t know, not to mention that Hongmen cannot obtain those secrets, as long as it dares to make any moves, it will be labeled as leaking state secrets and completely eradicated. Hongmen's monitoring.

"Brother Bai, you shareholders, are you aggrieved enough?"

Qin Feng can understand Bai Zhentian's difficulties. Although he can get a large amount of dividends every year, the feeling of having a sharp knife hanging around his neck is not very pleasant.

Now Qin Feng also understands why Hongmen has built so many secret manors everywhere. This is also a way out for himself in case the U.S. government turns against him.

Qin Feng looked at Bai Zhentian and said, "Brother Bai, since Hongmen can't manage the company's specific business, what is the purpose of your trip?"

"Brother Qin, you can't let out a word of what I told you today!"

Although the room has been strictly searched and there is still electronic wave interference, Bai Zhentian still lowered his voice and said: "The mercenaries of Raytheon Company were formed by Hongmen. If there is a problem, Hongmen will naturally come out..."

In any case, Hongmen is the major shareholder of Raytheon Company. In addition to being subject to many restrictions, Hongmen still has some benefits. The money that Raytheon Company pays Hongmen to maintain the mercenaries every year is an astronomical sum.

For Hongmen, maintaining Raytheon was tantamount to safeguarding his own interests. The elite force controlled by Cao Guoliang actually existed in the form of mercenaries.

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