What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 608 Sixth Master - Unmanned Version?
"So you were just trying to fool people?"

Upon hearing that Tang Wen had spoken with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Hande roughly understood what was going on, and immediately wilted and pouted, saying:

"The fleet will definitely be dispatched. It was decided a few days ago that once the next few new ships are commissioned, a fleet will be formed to lead a trade delegation on a friendly visit."

His words were brief, but they contained a wealth of information:

The fleet's friendly visit alongside the trade delegation was like tying a carrot to a stick; anyone wanting to do business and make money had to witness the might of the 100,000-ton battleship. This two-pronged approach silently achieved its goal.

The original world line lacked domestic strength, but now with hundreds of thousands of tons of warships at its disposal, wouldn't it be a waste of money if the navy didn't go out and explore?

Tang Wen was pleased with this, but it was clear that Zhao Hande's disappointment stemmed from the belief that the sale of government bonds did not constitute a successful financial strategy, and he quickly added:
“You only saw that Nanyang bought most of it, but what about the remaining small portion? That’s not a small amount either, and it’s clear that it’s a very attractive financial product in the West.”

At that time, domestic economic thinking was still quite conservative, and most people believed that they should spend as much as they earned. It took Tang Wen a lot of effort to successfully restore Zhao Hande's confidence.

The latter was determined to go back and cram on modern economics, and then shifted the topic to the much-anticipated Indian brother:
"We should try to get those CH47Ds back as soon as possible. Once India backs down, this arms sale will likely cause problems."

"Hmm...that's not necessarily true."

Tang Wen thought that the current sanctions were only slightly stronger than in history, and with Dai Ying backing him up, India probably wouldn't be so easily interfered with.

However, he has no interest in taking advantage of the situation to get benefits from the US, but is now seriously considering a question:
After inducing the northern neighbors to abandon the mushroom project, why not get the southern neighbors to abandon it as well?
This thing is too dangerous, please don't spread it!
Although later generations often ridiculed India for its Brownian motion, it was, after all, a prominent and influential nation. Whether or not it had a mushroom-shaped egg was a completely different matter, and its impact was enormous.

And if stopping it is already so difficult for Prism Building, then the identity of Geigin is even less effective.

But the Lost Empire has no reason to attack the Third Brother; the logic doesn't make sense!

This matter still needs to be guided to the Empire. Although Prism Building is currently at its most angry state, it clearly has no intention of personally getting involved. We need to take it a step further.

Zhao Hande, who was standing to the side, suddenly noticed that Tang Wen had begun to think silently about something, and his heart skipped a beat:
As everyone knows, whenever Tang Wen ponders, strange and unexpected changes occur in the world.

"Xiao Tang, what trouble are you in now? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Huh? Oh, it's okay."

Tang Wen used a three-pronged attack, then immediately changed the subject:
"I was thinking about how to help train the navy. Right now you have ships but lack soldiers and generals. How can I turn a blind eye to this?"

It's a pity the US's aircraft carriers are being kept under tight control lately, otherwise I'd try to get you some instructors.

"No, no, no, we're training very well."

Zhao Hande quickly interrupted him; his old bones couldn't bear to hear such a shocking topic.

……

The Qi Jiguang aircraft carrier cruiser didn't stay for long. The more than 700 tons of gold were hoisted quickly, and even with various protective measures, it only took two nights. After that, it quietly left under the cover of night.

The bank weighed all the gold, the exact figure being slightly over 732 tons, and also assessed the jewelry.
It has to be said that the third brother also has a strong love for gemstones. After careful selection, there were so many diamonds that there was a small wooden box. The appraiser was almost dumbfounded when he grabbed a handful of diamonds that fell like rice grains.

All the jewelry, ornaments, and diamonds were valued at over $5 million, but Tang Wen let the ship girls each pick some, and sold the rest for $3 million.

With the temple treasure and the gold from Dai Ying, Tang Wen took away 1024 billion yuan from China in one go. In addition, Gai Jin had nearly 50 billion US dollars in cash flow through stock speculation, X Company and other channels, and tens of billions more from selling ships. His finances were extremely abundant.

It's definitely not right to hand over so much money to Gaijin Company. Even if Hu Li and her finance staff aren't greedy, their slightest negligence could cause significant losses.

Tang Wen packaged 1024 billion yuan and 20 billion US dollars in foreign exchange to establish a new investment company called "Hailan Fund". He was the general manager and Zhao Hande was the legal representative. The headquarters was located in the remote Echeng Dawan Town.

Clearly, this is a wholly-owned small and micro enterprise with a registered capital of 1200 billion yuan, enjoying various tax benefits and exemptions.

Then, the Hailan Fund was directly entrusted to a team established by the central bank for operation, which received 5% of the Hailan Fund's annual return as compensation.

Don't underestimate this money. Even if you deposit this 1200 billion yuan to earn interest, at the current bank interest rate of 9%, it would be 107 billion yuan per year, and at 5%, it would be 5.4 million yuan!

Entrusting your finances to a professional team is a risky move. Even conservative investors who don't achieve a 20% return are practically slacking off in this day and age, and might end up spending more and more.

The central bank helped Tang Wen manage the money for various investments, including investing in Gaijin itself. This was not only more discreet but also easier to manage, and the risks were greatly reduced.

At the same time, the Hailan Fund can also be used to collect funds from special channels, such as ship sales revenue, repayment of loans worth hundreds of billions, etc., which are all based on tens or hundreds of billions.

There might be some audacious madmen eyeing this money, but Tang Wen believed that no matter how much was misappropriated, the higher authorities would make sure to make it up to him properly.

This is much more reliable than any Swiss bank, allowing Tang Wen to free up his energy from all sorts of trivial matters.

For the domestic market, it's more reassuring to have such a massive amount of money in their own hands. After all, there are certain methods to how this amount of money is spent, otherwise it will inevitably disrupt the market.

Currently, the company with the largest market capitalization in China is Shanghai Petrochemical, with a market value of 800 billion yuan.

The previously unlisted Gaijin Group had a number of heavyweight companies under its umbrella, including Gaijin Heavy Industry (shipyard, First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, Aviation Machinery Plant), Feiyue Automobile, Gaijin Petroleum (including fixed assets in Nansha), Shanghai Semiconductor, and Giant Electronics (computers, servers).

Before the giants like China Telecom, China Railway, and China Construction Investment were restructured and listed, Gaijin was the largest company in China.

However, the domestic perception of GK is rather nuanced. Although GK is a local company in terms of its members, location, and equity, it is sometimes regarded as a "foreign company" in Southeast Asia.

News of the establishment of the Hailan Fund began to appear in China within a few days:
A new vein has been unexpectedly discovered in an abandoned gold mine in Shandong Province, and experts say the reserves are considerable.

Meanwhile, newspapers were spreading rumors that private gold reserves were abundant, amounting to tens of thousands of tons, and that the government planned to purchase gold from private groups to increase gold reserves and enhance their resilience against risks, etc.

This is a gradual build-up of momentum to whitewash gold. After all, people need to know about gold's stabilizing role first, and there needs to be a reasonable explanation for the reserves jumping from over 300 tons to 1000 tons.

……

Shandong Province, Qingdao Island Base
An ordinary medium-sized cargo ship was docked in the naval port. A group of experts boarded the ship at night and saw the dilapidated and unrecognizable aircraft wreckage in the cabin.

The main body and radar of the E2C wreckage from the Enterprise have been salvaged. It has been sitting there for more than half a year. The paint on the surface has long been corroded away, and the cross-section is in terrible condition.

From the outside, it looked like a complete mess, but when the experts went inside, they were immediately filled with gasps of surprise.

"Wow"

"hiss"

The gasps of surprise were clearly due to excitement. This E2C was not a bombed wreckage, but rather a plane that was pushed into the sea when the Enterprise caught fire and was feared to explode. Apart from broken wings and damaged radar, it was largely intact, and its internal electronic equipment was also preserved intact.

Furthermore, aircraft and their equipment are not prone to rust. Firstly, they are mostly made of aluminum alloy and composite materials, and secondly, their workmanship is entirely worthy of their exorbitant prices, with most having very comprehensive protective measures.

So you can imagine the ecstasy of everyone when they entered the cabin and saw all the electronic components intact. One of them even found the aircraft's secure communication device, which contained a large number of Imperial Navy combat orders and communication codes!
Even if the empire has been replaced, the intelligence from the past is still very valuable to interpret!

Tang Wen, standing to the side, suddenly felt a little cheated when he saw this scene. What if the current Dongda had Sharingan and could really get pregnant with just one glare? Wouldn't it have been better to have less back then?

However, the naval and air force officers nearby were pleasantly surprised by the initial assessment results:

"This E-2C is basically intact. Although it was flooded, it did not significantly affect its structural integrity. This will greatly advance our development of early warning aircraft!"

The navy and air force were all smiles, and then Old Zhang told Tang Wen some good news:

"The flood-sensing jamming system has been successfully developed, but you will have to conduct the complete shipboard testing yourself. Once we confirm that its performance is sufficient, we will produce 10 sets for you."

Do the parameters meet the design requirements?

"Yes, and we have improved the heat dissipation and adopted the latest vacuum tube technology. As long as the power-on time is limited, it will not overheat and explode. However, the research institute does not have the conditions for full power-on testing."

If possible, it's best to choose a sparsely populated place with little to no cell phone signal... like Antarctica.

Tang Wen nodded, watching the hardworking electronics and radar experts amidst the foul-smelling wreckage, and suddenly remembered something, looking solemnly at Old Zhang:

"In the future, if you develop electronic warfare, early warning aircraft, or anti-submarine aircraft, you must never allow R&D personnel to conduct random tests, at least not senior researchers."

He thought of an accident that would happen a few years later, in which researchers insisted on boarding a new electronic warfare aircraft during a test flight, resulting in a crash that caused the loss of a large number of leading experts, almost equivalent to the Nedelin disaster in the radar industry.

Of course, the aircraft department bears a large share of the blame. The safety of domestically produced imitations of former Allied transport aircraft is not very good (especially the Y-8), which is far inferior to the C-130 of the same class.

China now wants to develop a domestically produced version of the E-2 that can be used by both the navy and air force, but the Y-7 transport aircraft they chose is also mediocre and could easily lead to accidents.

Moreover, there are even fewer experts in the relevant field at this point in time, and the consequences of a crash would be absolutely catastrophic.

Old Zhang nodded. He would relay this to his superiors. Since Tang Wen said that, it must not be without reason.

"By the way, are you planning to go to Southeast Asia recently?"

"Just these few days."

Tang Wen did not hide the fact that the authorities in the region were very interested in the proposal to sign a unified purchase agreement and loan with Gejin, and that Serginho had contacted him many times.

As the saying goes, some are dying of drought while others are drowning in floods. Tang Wen already has more money than he can spend, but the Javanese authorities now treat even tens of millions of dollars as a treasure and can't wait to have it.

As long as he keeps the other party hanging by a thread with a contract, Gaijin has a way to profit.

Can we discuss unmanned wingman technology further?

Old Zhang suddenly changed the subject, and this time the topic was brought up again in China, obviously because it was stimulated by the RF100.

Currently, China is wholeheartedly following in the footsteps of the empire. The RF100 seems to be the threshold for a solution to deal with the swarm of drones. Of course, we need to try to copy it. If we can also obtain the Little Black Box drone, that would be even better.

With so many J-6 fighters in China that can completely replace the RF-100, they've finally found a place to go!

……

Los Angeles

The main design of the X Building has only just been confirmed and the foundation has just been dug, but the office building that Shi Juzhu rented is quite impressive and has been used directly as the headquarters of the MDA Alliance.

Shi Juzhu, who came from a background in Chinese characters, already had a good understanding of technology. With Tang Wen's guidance, he quickly got X Company on the right track, built a complete team, and always maintained control over the discourse within the MDA Alliance.

Just a few days ago, Tang Wen, using his great prophecy, told him that the key technology of MDA mobile internet, WLAN, must be acquired and permanently opened to the MDA Alliance.

The real reason, of course, is that he wants the WLAN protocol. However, if Gaikin were to come forward on his own, the IEEE would definitely obstruct him. Instead, he could succeed by leveraging the influence of the MDA.

Despite the support from the IEEE and Australian authorities for the 802.11 group that researches WLAN protocols, the MDA Alliance is a giant corporation that covers almost the entire US internet.

When Tang Wen solemnly stated that WLAN was the cornerstone of MDA, these new money-makers pounced on it without being told, and the 802.11 team immediately knelt down and bowed their heads.

In fact, the 802.11 group already had the support of many Internet companies. Although they recognized its transformative transmission capabilities, it was still in the early stages of development. They were flattered to be able to become the cornerstone of MDA's ability to change the future, and even thanked Tang Wen for his support.

At that time, everyone generally believed that mobile communication protocols were TDMA, CDMA, GSM, etc. No one expected WLAN to suddenly emerge.

In an effort to eliminate potential competitors, the 802.11 group and the MDA Alliance proposed the formation of the WLAN Alliance, a year ahead of the original world line.

The 802.11 group licensed the 2.4G communication protocol to all WLAN Alliance members and promised that the faster 802.11a (5GHz band) would also be licensed once it was successfully developed.

This naturally includes Giant Electronics (a subsidiary of Gaijin Networks), which, after investing a certain percentage, became one of the founders of the WLAN Alliance, acquiring both technology and patents.

Tang Wen's X Company and Gaijin Network both participated in the MDA project. However, citing the weakness of domestic technology, he worked with Cisco to win the WIFI base station development part in the MDA alliance's technical breakthrough.

MDA will ultimately fail, but wireless and base station technologies will obviously be of great benefit to future mobile communications.

However, neither Giant Electronics nor Gaijin Networks had any relevant experience. Song Nan, with the money in hand, used the acquisition strategy and quickly brought news to Tang Wen:

"Boss, there's a good company in Shenzhen with excellent technology, but they're not very willing to sell."

Tang Wen asked with great dissatisfaction:

"Just pay more, what company is it?"

"What's your name..." Song Nan momentarily forgot her name:
"Anyway, the pattern looks like a flower petal. It seems like they used to make telephone switches. It wasn't a small company. It might be easier if you can handle it."

Tang Wen: "..."

"Forget it, let Shi Juzhu try to poach some Chinese from Cisco."

(End of this chapter)