The Goddess Shines on America

Andra Adams, since he bears the surname of the founding father a hundred years ago, it is not surprising that a hundred years later he will become the legal representative of a top arms dealer. At the age of seventy-two, he was born during World War I. He has experienced the largest war in human history, and then faced the historical turmoil of North Korea and Vietnam. Lian is old, but he still has aspirations.

The standard of the meeting was not low, and Alice went directly to the main entrance on the first floor of the building to greet her. Due to the nature of the private meeting, the only person accompanying her was Monica, who was the secretary. The old man didn't bring many entourages, only Tom, a young man with the same secretary. After exchanging greetings in front of the car door, the four of them took the high-speed elevator to the top floor together.

"This building is a miracle." Seeing the rapid increase in the number, Adams held a silver-plated mahogany cane and praised: "The speed of Mitsubishi's products is commendable. Ms. Wang, I heard that the blueprint for this building was created by you. The design department of the company is only responsible for the detailed description work?"

Alice said calmly: "Compared to designing electronic programs for the new generation of fighter jets, learning architectural design is not difficult at all, not to mention that I am just drawing an outline."

The teenage girl who is amazing every second, Andra Adams took a deep look at her. Tom's eyes kept scanning between the two women. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old Asian girl, and a brown-skinned girl with an elegant temperament and a model figure. The only two people he saw were two beauties in a row. How many?

Simply chat, and then everyone moves forward. The office area of ​​Umbrella Investment Company is spacious, and the rows of office seats are neatly arranged without being crowded, but the employees are obviously very busy. A group of four people crossed the central aisle, but no one looked up to salute.

"This is the hub. Ms. Wang is indeed a person who can design a blueprint of a skyscraper, and she has a lot of experience in the layout of the corporate structure." Adams did not hesitate to praise: "I have done a very detailed review of your industry. The investigation, these employees need to deal with, but the information transmitted from the whole country or the world, their talents must be very outstanding, right?"

When they said this, the four of them hadn't entered the director's office, and the blank area in front of the gate was farther away from the employees. Adams looked up. This is a "company" that occupies the entire floor of the office building. The rows of desks on both sides are not sparsely spaced. In addition, the clear scenery and sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows, coupled with just the right green potted plants, work part-time. enjoy.

"You are right, ordinary people are not qualified to work at this level."

Alice is naturally happy to delay here and show her strength to her partners. Who would not want to.

"George!"

A man wearing a Gucci shirt stood up and walked towards the four quickly: "Alice."

"Mr. Adams, this George is one of the persons in charge here, a former Wall Street senior investment manager, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and has worked in both KPMG and Goldman Sachs for seven years. George, tell this Mr. Adams about the company's daily life .”

"Okay, Alice."

A few or two titles have already made Adams aware of the relationship between employees in this hub. Umbrella Capital Investment Company is not listed, but Adams has its own relevant channels, and it legally leads all the companies invested by Alice Sole in the form of controlling shares. Since it is a hub, the 50 or so employees in front of me must be multi-millionaires who enjoy high stock options and bonuses.

"The basic network hardware of the entire Alice Building adopts the latest Cisco products and is updated at any time, including the most efficient encrypted optical fiber lines. And the network loan here in Umbrella is exclusive to each computer, which is completely free Will be affected by the delay effect caused by other people using the network."

“We deal with a lot of e-mails every day. They are sent from companies all over the world to branches or offices in Alice Building. After the first round of centralized processing, they will be sent to us."

"Whenever we receive new emails, our first task is to rate the urgency. The most important incidents will be reported to the chairman as soon as possible, and the subsequent matters will be sorted out by Miss Monica. Finally, form a unified document and hand it over to the chairman. Of course, our chairman himself also sends and receives a lot of emails every day, but that is certainly not within our scope of authority."

The soft-spoken explanation, the last chuckle, and the instant answer after the instant question, George showed his language organization ability to the fullest.

Adams thanked George and looked around. From the beginning to the end, no one in the office area looked up at them. Everyone was concentrating on operating the computer or sorting out a large number of documents. Sometimes someone got up and prepared to print paper. If you move your ears carefully, the sound of the surrounding printers has never stopped. Although it is not certain that every machine is working non-stop, it is enough to keep these employees busy.

"This kind of corporate organizational structure is not ordinary." As soon as he stepped into the office, Adams said: "Miss Wang is of Chinese descent, and I think she knows the ancient Chinese government structure very well?"

Alice's eyes lit up: "It seems that Mr. Adams understands it well?"

"Haha, who has experienced World War II, who can forget China's role in fighting the Japanese invasion?"

Adams sat on the sofa in the reception area along the way: "Actually, the management system of the enterprise basically follows the principle of autocracy. Even the board of directors also has a Socratic trial. Therefore, your management method of layer-by-layer promotion is indeed very useful. It is conducive to the centralized processing of information, but... it is also easy to cause employees to leak secrets, right?"

Facing the probing gaze thrown by the old man, Alice's smile remained indifferent: "I have my own unique secret. Alright, Mr. Adams, you see that Monica has brought the tea, why don't you talk about something serious?"

Today's meeting has actually been brought forward, and Andra Adams did not expect Alice to reply so quickly, but this will not delay any work. A document that had been prepared in advance was handed over to Alice's audience, followed by oral explanations. After all, even if anyone could predict the content of the cooperation, the reason and fundamental purpose still needed to be clarified.

Northrop Grumman's comprehensive strength is extremely strong. As one of its businesses, although its military aircraft production capacity is not as good as that of Lockheed, it can also be compared with Boeing, which at least means that it is stronger than Boeing. What's more, its real strength lies in the production of warships, and it is the most experienced manufacturer of warships and submarines in the United States. Alice is well aware of how dependent the U.S. global strategy is on the Navy, and even more understands what it means to have the only Nimitz aircraft carrier shipyard in the world. Such an unparalleled giant came to cooperate with her, and the plan is naturally far-reaching.

"Lockheed made an invitation to invest in YF-22 with your help in designing it. For three or four years, although you have been its shareholder for a long time, you have not been able to really get involved in the military industry. This is the reason."

However, as an old ginger, Adams opened his mouth to sow discord: "Miss Wang, am I right?"

The sudden words made Alice almost speechless. The old guy met her for the first time, but he firmly grasped her psychology, which was really not easy.

Lockheed, a well-known military aircraft research and development and satellite and missile production company, most people can't get its attention at all, and the people who think about it have obvious plans. Of course, Alice hopes to use the technology developed by YF-22 to invest in this company, but how can a century-old arms dealer be infiltrated easily?

"You are truly astute..."

After pausing for a moment, Alice rubbed her choked throat and said, "It's just a fraction of the shares. Even if the board meeting is held, a vote is meaningless."

Adams nodded and said with a smile: "It's not interesting. Lockheed occupies all the satellite orders of the US Department of Defense. This is not the same as making random guns. Besides, Miss Wang, do you still remember their slogan?"

“…we never forget who we work for?”

"Exactly! Although Lockheed was originally established in Los Angeles, and Skunk Works even had a relationship with Disney, it has now completely become a part of the East Coast consortium. The original Thirteen Colonies, Miss Wang, Moreover, it is Lockheed, which is most valued by the Ministry of Defense, and the straight-line distance from the White House is no more than twenty miles away, does it really give you much room for development?"

The old man moved forward slowly, blatantly sowing dissension, telling the truth that cannot be refuted. The purpose was too obvious, so obvious that Alice couldn't even hide her smile, and it was clearly on her face.

In fact, the current situation is to compete for talents, which is similar in nature to Deng Jiaxian's return to China. Lockheed only wants Alice to help them design the YF-22, and there will be a dividend. As for going deep into this enterprise, it is impossible. So now, Northrop Grumman has come to poach the corners of the peers. Everyone is from California, and the fellows are looking for the fellows!

"So Mr. Adams means..."

Alice pretended to be confused, and Adams also cooperated to shake off the burden: "The California consortium needs you to join, or in other words, we can try to establish a super consortium covering the entire West Coast. Los Angeles has always been If Northrop Grumman joins the important military production base in the country, I believe that the formation of this consortium will definitely take shape faster, right?"

as expected!

Alice laughed, finally, finally, how long has this skyscraper of mine been standing in downtown Los Angeles. Fortunately, the Bank of America Building is next door, an important part of this California consortium, did you think of recruiting yourself as a sweet potato?

In ancient times, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, but as a businessman, it seems that there is no need to be so hypocritical, right?