Chapter 784 Starting with Money and Ending with Benefits

Seeing Anne shaking Li Changheng's arm in doubt, Taylor took the initiative to explain with a smile, "Your Highness, the reason is very simple, after receiving the orders from the Navy and Yi Se Lie.

Grumman must be too busy in a short time.

And blind investment to expand the assembly line, tens of millions, or even one or two hundred million dollars was invested.

With the price of F14 as high as 70 million, but only earning a few million, how many orders do we have to get to earn back these investments?

If you really invest so much, you might as well spend the money on upgrading the F14.

Moreover, when the oil crisis broke out, the oil in the hands of the Iranians became the fat that countless consortiums desperately wanted to get.

Not to mention that other military-industrial groups will target Boyin and Grumman together.

Unless we completely move closer to the US Navy, the Wujiao Building is unwilling to see that the money is earned by one or two military-industrial groups.

The development and assembly of future fighter jets are also restricted by Boyin and Grumman.

Moreover, behind these military-industrial groups are the interests of one or several financial groups. "

Annie was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly understood and nodded. The United States is not England, which almost has no funds to support the research and development of fighter jets.

England can tolerate the dominance of the 'Rolls-Royce Company' because there is no other way.

But for the United States, let alone the issue of monopoly, just the competition and contradictions between the US Air Force and Navy, and the Navy often chooses Grumman.

There is a high probability that the U.S. Air Force will choose fighters from other companies.

If you want to win the favor of the US Air Force, you must upgrade the F14, so that the combat capability of the Tomcat far exceeds that of the F15.

Taylor glanced at Li Changheng, and saw that the boss didn't show any displeasure.

Immediately continued to please Anne and said, "Just take F15 and F16 as an example, McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics involve the Texas consortium and Morgan.

Even in terms of mutual shareholding between consortiums, Citigroup and Rockefeller are actually parties with common interests.

It is not impossible to take all, but as far as Citigroup and Boyin are concerned, the gains outweigh the losses.

After all, Boyin does not rely on one type of aircraft to make money, and Grumman will not stop developing new fighters with sufficient funds.

Once it is targeted by everyone, the loss will be even greater. "

Annie originally thought that Li Changheng took the initiative to persuade Grumman to back down because he maintained the overall research and development capabilities and vitality of the US fighter jets.

But I didn't expect that according to Taylor, it was all because of interests.

"Honey?"

Li Changheng shrugged and kissed Annie on the forehead, but the moonlight from the corner of his eyes glanced at the dozen or so people around him, Citigroup, shareholders of U.S. floats, and a few Jews among the top management.

Then he smiled and said to Annie, who was blushing, "The benefits are enough, a qualified arms dealer will sell arms to the US, and at the same time sell weapons to the enemies of the US.

Even if Satan really existed, hell would become the customer of arms dealers.

Therefore, if I were Farouk who was in charge of arms purchase negotiations, I would join forces with the US Navy to eat Grumman's production capacity for many years to come. "

While Taylor and the others agreed, they laughed without any embarrassing thoughts.

Although the Jewish shareholders are all about money, these people know very well in their hearts that they, American Jews, can get more attention and benefits in the United States because of their existence.

Several shareholders soon understood that if Li Changheng could not be satisfied with this military purchase, Grumman and even Boyin might turn around and become their enemies.

It's a pity that F15 and F16 were born a few years later, so Yi Se Lie didn't have much choice in this time period.

Several people made eye contact with each other for a moment, and after a while, someone slowly stepped back and left the crowd to report the news.

Although Li Changheng didn't look over, but from the corner of his eyes, he kept paying attention to any movement around him.

A few minutes later, after talking about the companies' response measures once the oil embargo starts on the desert side, I reminded several companies that it is best to prepare some funds in the near future.

Li Changheng turned the topic to something unimportant.

Everyone also understands that the current situation is not right, and even in the eyes of Citigroup, Mobil, and Boyin, Grumman is not yet one of his own.

"Henry, Farouk is here."

Reminded by Taylor, Li Changheng saw Farouk-Kamen when he turned around, and walked over quickly with a few people.

"It is an honor to meet you, Your Highness."

Annie smiled and nodded in response to Farouk, "It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Carmen."

Then looking at Li Changheng, he took the initiative to avoid suspicion and asked, "Honey, do you need me to help you get something to eat?"

Annie thought that Li Changheng would keep some things secret from herself as before, but she didn't expect Li Changheng to shake his head.

He held his hand and looked at Farouk and said, "Mr. Carmen, do you want to hear my advice?"

"certainly."

Not only did Farouk's eyes light up, but everyone around him was staring at Li Changheng, and even some guests who saw Farouk leading someone over couldn't help but gather around again.

Li Changheng waited for a few seconds before continuing, "I'm sure that the people in the desert will use the oil embargo to retaliate against the United States and other countries that spend more.

For a long time to come, the economies of capitalist countries will fall into more serious inflation due to the soaring oil prices.

And once the capital world falls into economic recession, the red polar bear will take the opportunity to win over more desert tyrants.

Even if this war is over, the situation in the desert area will be difficult to alleviate in the future, and even the risk of the fifth desert war breaking out is not small at all in my opinion. "

As soon as this remark came out, most people gasped, but not everyone held a different opinion.

In the first one or two years of the oil crisis, most people in the economic circles of the United States, whether on Wall Street or in academia, believed that even if the oil price could not return to the low price of US$3, the crisis would not last long.

And this is also one of the main reasons why the Keynesian school, who opposes laissez-faire and advocates state intervention, will be pulled down by the liberal economics.

For Li Changheng, there are many ideas for making money in his mind, but in the environment where government intervention is prevalent in the United States, banks are like being shackled by a layer of shackles, making it difficult for him to develop freely.

Even the investment bank under the name of Citigroup is not a full version of the investment bank.

Securities issuance, underwriting and trading can only be done in cooperation with Morgan.

Instead, investment analysis, venture capital, and project financing can use funds to avoid troubles, and truly do what you want.

When it comes to helping companies with corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, Citigroup can't make it clear.

Moreover, if you want to merge other companies, although no matter when, it depends on whether the US government agrees or not.

But the difficulty of mergers at this time is much more difficult than in the future.

Therefore, in Li Changheng's view, people or policies that affect his money are enemies.

And breaking this layer of shackles will definitely get the support of most investment institutions, brokerages, and banks.