Chapter 212 Pursuing profit is the primary purpose of capital
After Alderazi Killian received the US$100,000 from Lin Hao to purchase the patent, he contacted Maya Hansen and introduced himself as soon as he returned to the United States. research ideas and make requests for cooperation.
Maya found that the research results of both parties were highly complementary, and Killian's ideas were consistent with several directions that Tony Stark reminded her.
As a scientist, seeing that my hard work has further possibilities, there is no reason to refuse such cooperation.
After the two parties negotiated the distribution of patent rights, they both used part of the funds to establish a new laboratory.
After returning to the United States, Killian finally came out of his initial self-denial and realized that he had made a loss.
Take the contract and consult a lawyer. The other party suggested that he change the initial data and re-register the patent.
But Killian was even more stubborn. He waited until he cooperated with Maya to develop a new serum, and then registered a patent based on the new results.
Because the samples fused with each other and chemically reacted, the initial data had been changed beyond recognition. Killian simply changed the name and gave the new serum another name.
Then he registered it as a new patent, completely forgetting the licensing contract he signed with Lin Hao.
At that time, Lin Hao was busy quarreling with his colleagues and harvesting the "grievances of living beings" for the lottery. He had no time to worry about these things. Anyway, he wanted the Extremis virus just for research to see if he could perfect it and use it on himself to improve his survivability.
After all, Lin Hao was very weak and insecure at the time, so he naturally had to use all means to strengthen his foundation.
It’s just that Lin Hao became stronger and stronger and gradually no longer needed this virus serum.
Scientific research is a very expensive job. The two hundred thousand dollars that Killian and Maya got from selling patents were quickly burned out, plus their own little savings.
Fortunately, after merging their research results, they came up with the first generation of extremis virus that can be used, which can actually heal severed limbs and regenerate them.
Although there is still a small problem of exploding, it is enough to attract the attention of the funder's father.
The American military came to our door unsurprisingly.
The technology that can regenerate amputated limbs is very suitable for the needs of the military. This will not only bring economic benefits, but also stabilize the morale of the military.
The American military, which is planning to start the war in Iraq, needs such a product that can allow soldiers to put down their worries.
As long as you don't die immediately after being hit to a vital point, you can rely on the serum to heal your wounds after you come back. Just think about it and you will know how much combat power this can inspire.
So the military stepped in and injected funds into Killian and Maya's laboratories, and the two were able to update the version of the Extremis virus as much as they wanted.
After receiving the news, the Cleveland consortium relied on its close relationship with the military and relied on carrots and sticks to move their laboratory to their base camp, Cleveland.
As we all know, the Great Lakes region is the traditional center of heavy industry in the United States. The Cleveland Consortium, which started with the "Coal and Steel Joint Venture", achieved a leapfrog development of capital during the two world wars and became one of the operators behind the scenes in the United States.
Unfortunately, after entering the new century, traditional industries declined, and the financial and information industries began to lead the new generation of capital waves.
The financial capital of the Cleveland Consortium is weak. It owns five financial institutions including the Cleveland Trust Company, but its strength is limited. It has to rely on the Eastern Consortium, especially the financial institutions of the Morgan Consortium, to raise funds.
Coupled with the "de-industrialization" trend that emerged in the Western world after the 1960s, traditional heavy industries were in decline, and the Cleveland Consortium's influence in the United States also declined.
Many people do not understand why "deindustrialization", which abolishes martial arts, has arisen in the Western world. This is because capital wants to pursue profits.
As long as this premise is understood, many strange phenomena occurring in the capital world can find logical explanations.
All actions of capital are solely for the pursuit of profit. If there is no profit, who will maintain the production line and support a group of workers in vain?
If there is no profit, they would rather pour the milk into the smelly ditch than give it to the poor who cannot eat.
Because after giving alms, no one will be willing to spend money to buy milk.
No one spends money to buy it, so how to make profit?
Why not sell at a reduced price? It would be nice if I could make up for it a little bit. Damn you, can you still have money if you are a poor man?
The poor man who lost his job is penniless and has no value even for being exploited.
Even if the price is reduced, they can’t afford it!
So we can only dump them and keep the price high so that the middle class who can still afford it can spend money to buy it.
This can truly make up for some losses.
After the world war, peace came, and the world's demand for steel and weapons was greatly reduced. Heavy industries in various countries were forced to shift to the civilian sector. Factories that could seize the market could still survive, while those that could not seize it would have to go bankrupt. .
The government in the capital world cannot spend money to support the entire industrial system. It will not be like us. Even if many upstream and downstream factories do not make money at all, they will issue subsidies to maintain it.
At most, in order to maintain their force, they retain a few large weapons manufacturing companies in the form of military orders, but they will not issue subsidies to maintain the entire industrial system. This behavior is even defined as "authoritarian means that violate free competition."
Are the capitalists too stupid and short-sighted?
No, just because the country is not unique to a certain consortium.
Everyone has heard the story of "Three monks had no water to drink". Since the country is not owned by my consortium, why do I need to provide money to maintain the heavy industry system?
If the next war occurs, the production lines can be temporarily adjusted. As long as the military issues massive orders, countless factories are guaranteed to rise across the United States.
This is called capital orientation.
During the First and Second World Wars, wasn’t this what the United States did?
The "Fine Eagles" believe that even if World War III occurs, they will still have time to adjust their production lines and repeat the grand occasion of the "World Factory" during World War II.
Selfishness allows them to reduce the scale of heavy industry when profits decline.
Arrogance makes them feel that they can always dominate the earth and be superior.
Therefore, the influence of the Cleveland Consortium, which mainly focuses on heavy industry, after entering the new century is far lower than that of the Rockefeller Consortium, which controls the lifeline of oil, and major consortiums in the financial field that have always been sunrise industries, such as Morgan and First Citigroup.
What happened to the Cleveland Consortium is that people can’t just watch their own influence get worse, right?
For decades, they have also been deploying emerging industries. However, with their weak financial strength, they often cannot win over the Rockefeller, Morgan, and Citigroup.
After all, emerging industries need capital, not old and cumbersome heavy industrial production lines.
Fortunately, this time, relying on the layout in the military for many years, I finally learned about Killian and Maya's research results first, and acted decisively.
The Internet is too expensive, and the Cleveland consortium cannot compete with consortiums in the financial field, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention they haven't collapsed yet, and a little money leaking from the fingers is enough to support Killian's laboratory.
Killian and Maya have since moved the lab to Cleveland.
After nearly ten years of research, the stability of the Extremis virus has gradually increased, but the shortcoming of exploding has not been eliminated.
It is because this shortcoming is so obvious that it has almost no value for civilian promotion except for the needs of the military. Other consortiums have gradually lost patience and allowed the Cleveland consortium to have exclusive use of the desperate virus.
What everyone wants is good stuff that can make money, not suicide bombs.
Killian, who has been suffering from the flaws of the Extremis virus, has finally seen the light of day.
What if the strange ability of the "Eye" sect is merged with the Extremis virus?
Beholder and virus join forces.
(End of this chapter)