We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Chapter 397 Arms Dealer

This New Year's Day is another New Year's Day that is stimulated by migrant workers from the Far East. This has become a common meal for Hong Kong Islanders during the Chinese New Year, and they are all somewhat used to it.

In the past, the media relied on so-called insiders to obtain year-end bonus information for employees of Far Eastern companies, but now several Far Eastern companies have gone public, and these data are all published.

Although it is not known how many year-end bonuses each person received, the overall amount is more impactful.

The focus of all media and Hong Kong people is on three listed companies: Far East Chip, Honor Computer and Watsons Beverages.

It is not surprising that the first two companies are technology giants. In this industry, almost half of the market profits have been taken away by these two companies.

The former paid out a year-end bonus of HK$38 billion, while the latter paid out a year-end bonus of HK$25 billion. Even employees who have been employed for less than half a year have year-end bonuses of 2 to 4 months' salary.

Although the number is quite large, if converted into US dollars, it is just that. Many companies in beautiful countries have issued more than Far East Chip.

But compared to per capita, Far East Chip is a solid leader in the non-financial industry.

The key is that the Far East department has always given out year-end bonuses based on contributions rather than seniority. It is not news that employees who have just joined the company have received a year-end bonus of one million Hong Kong dollars.

In addition to these two companies, a company that no one expected appeared in the public eye, which can be said to have shocked everyone's jaws.

Watsons Beverage’s year-end bonus this year is as high as HK$44 billion, more than the two technology giants.

The main reason is that the net profit of Watsons Beverages in 1984 exceeded 14.2 billion US dollars. It can be said that the profit made by Watsons Beverages during the Olympic Games was so much that it would make oil even if you pinch it.

However, this is only an estimate. It will take some time for the specific data to be released, but the possibility of being lower than this number is very small.

This has also caused the market value of Watsons Beverages to skyrocket, almost exceeding 1200 billion Hong Kong dollars. Two years ago, this would have been the top ten listed companies in the world.

Now, it's simply impossible.

Johnson & Johnson, which ranks ahead of it with the 12th highest market value in the world, has a market value of US$164 billion, which is almost 1380 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, the market value of Watsons Beverages is very weak. If it were not for the blessing of the Olympic Games, it would still be around 70% to 80% of its current profits.

But even 70% to 80% can see the popularity of Watsons drinks around the world, including soda water, tea series, Arctic Ocean, Jianlibao, high-end juices, and improved versions of Red Bull.

When Watsons Beverages wanted to acquire this Thai brand, Xu Shubiao refused to agree, let alone sell it, or even invest in it.

Although Watsons was optimistic about this cheap refreshing drink, its sour and sticky formula caused a lot of controversy among Watsons executives.

Some people think this is an opportunity to seize the island's national health care market, while others think that many people, especially Europeans and Americans, cannot accept the taste.

After being rejected by Red Bull, Watsons directly developed related drinks for physical energy. For this reason, Red Bull also took Watsons to court.

As a result, if Physique Energy is judged to have plagiarized Red Bull, then Red Bull can be deemed to have plagiarized Strength Health.

Relying on Watsons' strong market channels and good taste, Red Bull was directly trapped in Southeast Asia.

In addition, Watsons Beverages has also cooperated to acquire many beverage brands in recent years.

In 1983, it snatched the Stokely-Van Camp Company from the Quaker Oats Company, which owned Gatorade, which was of great interest to Watsons Beverages.

It acquired a 1.37% stake in Italian coffee product manufacturer Lavasa for US$44 million, and acquired Australia's Ovaltine Milo Company for US$ million.

In addition, Watsons has also cooperated with local governments in Northern Europe and Fiji to launch multiple high-end mineral water brands.

It is precisely this kind of diversified beverage development that has a market value of about 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is in line with the expectations of all institutions. However, no institution is opposed to its substantial growth. How did Leek come about.

The media only saw that the overall number of year-end bonuses of Watsons Beverages was larger, but did not mention that there was also a huge difference in the number of employees between Watsons Beverages and the two technology giants.

On a per capita basis, one Far East Chip employee can equal the year-end bonuses of three to four Watsons Beverage employees.

But other places are easy to say, that is, there is a problem with the year-end bonuses of Arctic Ocean and Jianlibao in rabbits.

According to the year-end bonus plans of Arctic Ocean and Jianlibao, ordinary employees of Rabbit can receive year-end bonuses of about 5,000 to 8,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is already the lowest among all branches of the two beverage companies in the world.

It’s not that Luo Nianzhong is discriminating, but that the value created by Rabbit’s employees cannot be compared with factories elsewhere.

This is not because the employees are lazy, the main reason is that the products they produce are mainly supplied to the local area and Southeast Asia, and the profits are naturally incomparable with those in other places.

But even this incentive plan still encountered difficulties, good guy, plus the salary, it is already a household of 10,000 yuan a year.

Although it is Hong Kong dollars, on the black market, a household of 10,000 yuan for two years is quite adequate. How can it be repaid if other factory workers know this?

After final consultation, the plan was decided to distribute the funds separately to Hong Kong personnel and local personnel.

The year-end bonus plan for local workers ranges from 500 to 1,000. In addition, each person will be given items with the same year-end bonus as a reward.

The money that was intercepted from the original amount was used to establish a hardship fund in the name of Arctic Ocean Factory to help employees who have difficulties at home.

However, these matters were all handled by Li Xiang, and Luo Nianzhong didn't even know about this situation.

Because at this time, he was meeting with several important guests on Hong Kong Island, which was related to whether the Luo family could further expand its field of guests.

"Luo, I have to say that your private resort is really good. Both the software and hardware are absolutely top-notch in the world.

No wonder this place is rated as one of the top ten resorts in the world and can earn you so much profit every year.”

"Ha, I want to know what you mean by this sentence is that you think my resort is good, or making so much money every year is good."

Luo Nianzhong's answer made the three people present, including himself, burst into laughter. It exposed the capitalist nature of trying to turn vulgarity into elegance and selling dogs over others.

There is no shortage of money, but no one will think it is too little.

The prerequisite for a good resort is money. Everyone knows this truth.

We are both thousand-year-old foxes, what kind of chatting are we doing here, are we greedy? Bear with it.

"By the way, I haven't welcomed Mr. Krone to Hong Kong Island as a guest yet. I don't know if I had a good rest last night. If you have any needs, don't be polite and be sure to ask."

Max Krone, head of the Krone family.

His family is one of the main constituent families of the Cleveland Consortium, and is also the mainstay of the American military-industrial complex. The famous General Dynamics family has the greatest say.

"Mr. Luo is too polite. If you still can't rest well here, I think that person must be deliberately looking for trouble."

"Hahahaha, I take this as Mr. Crown's compliment to this place."

Max Crowe said nothing and made an affirmative expression.

After chatting for a while, the little cowboy took over the conversation.

"Luo, I won't be hypocritical with you about our relationship. Let's talk about what you meant on the phone. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Krone represents the opinions of not only General Dynamics but also Lockheed."

The beautiful country's military-industrial complex does not refer to a company but to a group.

It is mainly composed of a series of industries such as the military, arms dealers, think tanks, Congress, and the media.

The media is not important now. There is no need for the media to publicize which country poses a threat to us or who we want to sell weapons to.

For now, the existence of polar bears is the best publicity.

How does the beautiful country come up with such huge military expenditure every year? The military takes part, and the arms dealers take the lion's share. These arms dealers then spend money to support the election of members of Congress and think tank personnel to do research.

It can be said that this is a cycle, a community of interests for hundreds of billions or even hundreds of millions of dollars every year, and the link among them is the arms dealers.

There are thousands of arms dealers, large and small, and tens of thousands of supporting facilities suppliers in the United States, but there are only a few that really have a say, and the rest basically revolve around these few arms dealers.

The Texas power of the little cowboy, the Lowe family's Boeing, DuPont's Newport News Shipyard and its own gunpowder company, plus Krone representing General Dynamics and Lockheed, occupies a lot of power.

As long as they agree, Luo Nianzhong's plan can be promoted.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll tell you two about the specific situation."

After thinking for a moment, Luo Nianzhong said with a serious expression.

"Do you both know that Big Camel inquired about the Sky Monkeys and weapons and equipment from Beautiful Country?"

Seeing the two people nodding, Luo Nianzhong continued, "Now the big camel has found me."

"What?" Both of them were surprised, and then Max Crowe asked, "You mean the rabbit?"

It was impossible for Luo Nianzhong to get airplanes, tanks or even sky monkeys in the beautiful country. The only possibility was rabbits.

"If this is the case, I would like to thank Mr. Luo. After returning to the beautiful country, I will let the government put pressure on Rabbit to stop this transaction."

The Middle East is very important in the eyes of beautiful countries. Now having a polar bear is enough to cause a headache, and it is impossible to involve other countries to share the interests of the Middle East.

"No" Luo Nianzhong shook his hand, "Do you still remember what I said to the little cowboy? And why Mr. Crown came to Hong Kong Island."

"With a big deal worth tens of billions of dollars, Mr. Luo wants to be a middleman?" Krone responded.

“The reason why the beautiful country does not sell Camel equipment is because of the Kingdom of Judah. ​​What if we bypass the beautiful country and support those people in the Kingdom of Judah?

Don’t forget that the military and arms dealers are not under their control. As for those congressmen, they only see parts and components from companies such as General Dynamics or Lockheed.”

"An agent turned traitor for money and sold the stuff where it didn't belong, simple as that."

Luo Nianzhong's voice lingered in the hearts of the two of them like a demonic sound. The little cowboy and Kerang looked at each other and fell into silence, while Luo Nianzhong continued to offer fire.

"Do you want to make money? It's not a shame. There are many people who sell their motherland for money.

For example, what appears on the camel this time is not only military parts from the beautiful country, but also polar bear weapons and rabbits’ backward monkeys.”

Rabbit's Sky Monkey and Polar Bear's weapons, Luo Nianzhong once again impressed the two of them.

The Luo family has great influence in Asia, but no one knows how big it is. They did not expect that Luo Nianzhong could actually control the two countries of Rabbit and Polar Bear.

"I want to know how much of this order we can get and what the specific items are."

"Important parts of the M1 main battle tank, Stinger portable anti-aircraft missiles, important parts of the Apache helicopter, and a large amount of ammunition. I feel that since the betrayal cannot be for petty profit, it must be at least three to five billion US dollars. No?
The big camels are very rich, and if they could get fighter transport planes, I think they would all want them.”

Luo Nianzhong is attacking the opponent's weakness. The M1 main battle tank is General Dynamics, and the Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile, the familiar Stinger, is also designed by General Dynamics and produced by Raytheon.

Apache is represented by Hughes Aircraft, a Texas-based military industry company. They are currently negotiating a merger with McDonnell Douglas, and with this order, they should be able to take a lot of initiative.

If you have a helicopter, you must have a lot of rockets, right? This is a Lockheed product.

Whether it is a fighter jet or a helicopter, a large number of Boeing parts are used, and in terms of gunpowder, DuPont can provide it in large quantities.

Luo Nianzhong's plan covers almost all the top arms dealers in the beautiful country, and there are no long-range killers like Chuan Tianhou. Those who support Judas will not make too big a fuss even if they have opinions.

As for the pressure on the rabbit side, there is nothing we can do about it. With or without the participation of the beautiful country, there will be pressure as long as the rabbit is sold.

But the polar bear is still there, and the beautiful country doesn't want to and won't get into trouble with the rabbit.

In the end, Luo Nianzhong protected himself while also taking some of the pressure off Rabbit. Those who benefited could only wave flags and shout without taking any substantial actions. They were the type that makes big thunder but little rain.

As for whether the camels need many things, that is not something they can decide.

While introducing the plan, he observed the expressions of the little cowboy and Krone. Although their expressions did not change much, Luo Nianzhong knew from their eyes that their hearts were moved.

After a moment of silence, Luo Nianzhong didn't hurry and even went to change a cup of coffee for the two of them.

"Mr. Luo, although my visit to Hong Kong Island was brief, it left a deep impression on me. However, there are emergencies in the country that I need to deal with, so I have to rush back first. I'm really sorry."

As soon as he came back with coffee, Max Crone offered to resign, and Luo Nianzhong expressed great regret.

"I originally wanted Mr. Crown to stay here for a few more days to fully experience the charm of Hong Kong Island. This is really a pity."

"We have a long time to come. I think there will be many opportunities for us to meet in the future."

After Max Crone said this, Luo Nianzhong stopped trying to stay. After wishing the other party a good journey, he turned to the little cowboy and said, "What about you? Do you want to stay and I'll entertain you well?"

"Forget it, don't forget, I'm the general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, and this is not the offseason."

"Well, it seems I can only save my thoughts until next time."

The two of them arrived in a hurry and left in a hurry. Luo Nianzhong knew that they had to rush back to discuss with those people.

Didn't you hear what Max Crowe said, there will be many opportunities to meet in the future, if you refuse, there will be no chance for the two of them to meet.

And Luo Nianzhong was also very happy. The reason for his happiness was not this business but the shortcut to the future prosperity of the motherland.

In addition to not wanting to break with the beautiful country now, the most important reason for attracting the beautiful country is that it can gain access to the military industry level of the beautiful country through this business.

A big camel may not use so many things, but it's not bad to be a second-hand dealer.

It doesn't matter now, but it will be of great use in the future.

(End of this chapter)