Chapter 565 America’s greatest patriot is panicking!
With the sound of the bell, the world has entered a new twenty-first century.
In a manor in the outskirts of New York, celebrities gathered together. Business talkers, government officials, military generals, and social sages could be seen everywhere. They were drinking, talking, and freely venting the happiness they had accumulated over the past few years, and together they welcomed their own special occasion. new century.
"I really didn't expect the yellow-skinned monkey to be so stupid!"
In a corner of the banquet hall, the Wright family and several familiar partners were gathering together to drink and talk. One of them, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo, did not hide his pride.
"Two hundred years ago, we had to pay real money to trick pigs onto the ship. Now we only need to ask the airlines to release a ticket, and they will queue up to deliver them to our door, begging us to accept them."
"What's more interesting is that we can choose the right pig!"
"Mr. Wright, obviously, this is the brand effect!" A hook-nosed man beside him quickly echoed: "Our America is no longer a newborn two hundred years ago, but the only overlord in the world."
"Henry, I appreciate your candor!" The senior member of the Wright family smiled and raised his wine glass and touched it with his hooked nose.
"For America!"
"For our America!" The hooked nose once again showed his emotional intelligence.
Middle-aged people like them are basically "forty-year princes" in large financial groups. They have to wait until the old guys go to hell to take their turn as the head of the family. Naturally, they like to hear this kind of blessing.
"Yes, the future belongs to us!" Another clink of glasses.
"But wouldn't it be a waste if we treat them as coolie miners?" A younger man next to him, looking at a blond man in his early thirties, said hesitantly: "You must know that they are all high-level talents, and they should be working for us. Create greater value.”
"It's them!" The Wright family immediately corrected them, casting their unruly eyes at the blond man, revealing a touch of sarcasm: "Remember, they are all lowly pigs! The only value of their existence is to save us mechanical fuel!"
Seeing the sudden tension in the atmosphere, Henry, the hook-nosed man, quickly smoothed things over with a smile: "Robert, this is not just an economic account. We continue to waste their talents, which is tantamount to bleeding this country. In a few years, this country will completely lose its ability to be autonomous." , become an obedient puppy like Japan and Korea.”
"Although we are not afraid of war now, war is very expensive. Why not use it if there are more economical ways?"
"But..." The blond man wanted to speak again, but his hooked nose led him away from the topic.
"Look who's here, wow, it's our enthusiastic 'Prosecutor Stark'!"
‘This idiot! ’ The hook-nosed man sneered in his heart: ‘You can’t bear to make friends with a few Chinese businessmen? ’
‘Chinese businessmen have been able to develop in the past two decades only because there is a big country behind them! When this country is gone, do you really think that the American consortium will not eat people? ’
‘Everyone thinks they have developed by relying on their own abilities. It’s really ridiculous! ’
'In those days, Song Ziwen could have his family fortune swallowed up by a few petty policemen and low-profile New York gangsters. How many Chinese businessmen today are in-laws of dictators? ’
‘They’re just a bunch of fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered! ’
...The arrival of Tony Stark brought this New Year's Eve dinner to an apparent climax.
The celebrities at the venue came forward to greet Tony in an orderly manner, which was a great honor to "America's greatest patriot".
As early as four years ago, when he returned successfully from his first space voyage, the White House specially awarded Tony a unique medal - "America's Greatest Patriot"!
This is the first of its kind and will probably never be heard again, specifically in recognition of Tony's great achievements in bringing America into the interstellar era.
If Tony only wants to be a simple technician, he can rely on this merit to enjoy a lifetime of flowers and applause. Congress will definitely not be stingy in approving a special welfare fund for him to support him for the rest of his life, similar to the treatment of retired presidents. .
But this guy who "deliberately" named himself after a comic character was not willing to just be a technician. He not only started a company, but also established a new foundation, uniting the top ten consortiums to monopolize spacecraft manufacturing and interstellar transportation, making other small and medium-sized consortiums hate him. My teeth itched.
The U.S. government, military, and large consortiums have actually "stealed" spacecraft manufacturing technology one after another. However, Tony Stark always allows his Stark Industries to innovate and use price wars to destroy other consortiums for spacecraft manufacturing. try.
The United States is a purely commercial country. Even military weapons and equipment are monopolized by several large arms companies, and specific suppliers can be temporarily adjusted according to budget changes. As a result, soldiers at the same military base can actually equip weapons produced by different companies at the same time. equipment.
If there is a cheaper spacecraft, the federal government must not purchase a more expensive spacecraft with lagging performance, otherwise it will be a huge scandal if it is exposed.
What's more, the manufacturing cost of spacecraft is too high!
Even if the top ten consortiums join forces, they will still need to invest a lot of resources and time. During this time, Stark Industries may have carried out several rounds of technological updates, and the products produced are destined to lose money!
Unless they join forces to destroy Stark Industries and steal all of Tony's technological reserves, the investment with no visible benefits will continue.
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The top ten conglomerates and Stark Industries are still in the honeymoon period. Since they can easily make money and suppress the rising stars together, why rashly start a war and leave opportunities for the rising stars to take advantage of the loopholes?
During World War II, if the old financial consortium had not been united enough, how would the Texas rednecks and California cowboys have made a fortune in arms and come from behind?
Not to mention the conflicts among the top ten consortiums, even each consortium is a mess within itself. Who wants to take risks unless it is absolutely necessary?
As a former big capitalist, Tony Stark understands the operating rules of American society very well. Although the American conglomerates in this world are many different from those in memory, people have changed, but human nature has not changed, let alone the greed of capitalists. Change!
Relying on his skilled business skills and bottomless technical reserves, he established the American "Interstellar Development Foundation", temporarily recruiting the top ten consortiums, and ostensibly establishing a set of basic behavioral norms.
However, if you want to make the hungry wolves of capital obedient, you must continue to feed fresh meat. This process must not stop!
For capitalists, there is a common red line that must not be touched: their vested interests cannot be harmed!
If Tony Stark harms their interests one day, the benevolent capitalist masters will immediately show their bloody fangs.
It was still the honeymoon period, so Tony certainly didn't have to worry about that, and he wasn't unprepared.
However, a phone call from Steve Rogers made Tony break into a cold sweat while he was changing glasses at the dinner party.
"What are you talking about? The letters home sent by Chinese immigrants were forged by artificial intelligence?"
Tony immediately pushed away the graceful girl in his arms, ignored the surprised looks of the celebrities and dignitaries around him, and walked to the toilet without looking back.
"Steve, today is the New Year's Day of the millennium, not April Fool's Day!" Tony wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with luck: "This joke of yours is not funny at all!"
(End of chapter)