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Now that the overall framework and rectification process of the umbrella are all done, the rest will be much easier to handle!

However, the HR department of the umbrella is quite special and cannot be easily mined from other companies. It requires not only professionalism in HR, but also a good understanding of military matters.

Ordinary HR must be acclimatized!

Sean looked at Little John, "I need your help to find information among the retired military officers over the years. Is there anyone who has engaged in HR work after retirement? Even if the work experience is not that rich, HR is easy to learn.

Regarding the military aspect, there is no way to understand it without military experience.”

"I'll try." Little John agreed.

In addition to this matter, Little John also suggested that it would be best to have some cooperation with the military to gain some experience during the company's reorganization.

This thing cannot be seen from the outside. You must actually explore it to know the depth, shallowness, thickness and thickness.

The matter was settled for the time being, and the next day, Sean went to Washington with Little John and Weinberg.

In the secret villa that he had previously ordered Norris to buy, Sean once again met several senior military officials who had dinner together last time.

Regarding the garrison mission during the construction of the Moroccan naval air base, they just mentioned it and passed by without anyone taking it seriously.

The military is not spending its own money, and Sean doesn't care about the profit.

Just get used to it.

After a meal, Little John smiled and talked about his retirement life, and everyone understood it tacitly.

After the meal, Sean stood up and left. Of course, Norris had other arrangements for the old men, which was enough for them to be happy.

…

"What?" Sean looked at Lorraine in front of him in disbelief.

"Telephone, Gaddafi." Lorraine clicked to show that Sean heard correctly.

"Why is he calling me?" Sean wondered, but picked up anyway.

"Mr. Sean, I'm glad to be on the phone with you. I believe you know who I am." Gaddafi's voice came from the phone.

Sean raised his eyebrows, oh, I know what does it have to do with introducing myself to you?

"Of course, who in the world doesn't know Mr. Gaddafi's name!" Sean complimented casually.

Ka DaZuo's hearty laughter came from the phone. Sean was about to ask where Ka DaZuo got his phone number from, but he heard Ka DaZuo's voice coming from the phone again, "Mr. Sean, I'm calling here because I want to

Invite you to have a meal and come to Libya. I believe we will have a pleasant dinner."

What Sean heard was a black line on his forehead. Are you really sick? Why would I come all the way to have a meal with you?

I know there must be something wrong with Ka Dazuo, but you just have to say it directly. Why are you talking so much nonsense?

Do I have time to play with you?

However, Colonel Card's next words made Sean agree, "I heard that Mr. Sean is a pure businessman and would not dare to set foot in Libya because of the tense relationship between the United States and us."

Ha, Sean twitched his lips, "Of course, capital is free and has no borders. I will go to Libya as soon as possible!"

After hanging up the phone, Sean cursed in a low voice, saying he was crazy, and then ordered Lorraine: "Send me the latest intelligence on Cardano and Libya."

Lorraine went to prepare, and Sean was not idle either. Today he and Weinberg would go to the White House to visit President Reagan.

In addition to the mission of the Foot Covering Building, we must also fight for the protective umbrella of government missions. Now that the military contractor market is developing rapidly, we must seize time.

The appointment with Reagan was in the afternoon, that is, Sean and Weinberg were here. If it were someone else, they wanted to make an appointment with the president of the world's largest country a day in advance. What a waste!

As soon as Lorraine left, Monroe opened the door and walked in. He came in a hurry from New York. Sean didn't know how many days he could stay in the United States, so he had to hurry up and deal with official duties.

Currently, in addition to Umbrella's business, the most important thing is the construction of Monero's credit card system.

Like Katzenberg's film company, Sean didn't have the energy to take care of it at all. He just heard that "Goodfellas" had been released and that Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung's movies were about to be released.

Sean guessed that he wouldn't have time to attend any premiere.

"The card machine system was laid out quite smoothly. The system server was provided by IBM, and the price is reasonable." Monroe began to report as soon as he sat down. "In terms of data transmission, we have cooperated with six telephone companies.

The solution is that currently no phone company can build a network across the United States and can only choose the largest service provider in each state."

"IBM thinks there is no problem. Although the data has been cut, the problem of aggregation can be solved by using an interim method. Set up a base point on the east and west coasts respectively, and conduct data exchange every three days. Only a few people can really fly between the east and west frequently.

This kind of people should be the best customers, so even if their card is depleted, it won’t be a big problem.”

"We have estimated the bad debt rate and it can be tolerated."

"What's the problem?" Sean asked with a smile.

"The merchant has pre-installed the card machine!" Monroe said solemnly: "Once we officially start processing credit cards, then the merchant must have a card swiping machine when customers use it."

"But the problem now is that we have not officially withdrawn from the credit card swiping business. This is still a new concept in the world. Even VISA is only applicable to hotels and official business. It is very different from us. Even so, ordinary people have not listened.

Pass VISA.”

"In this case, merchants are not willing to spend a lot of money to install a credit card machine!"

Sean frowned, "That is to say, without a credit card machine, we can't open a credit card, and if credit cards are not popular, merchants will not be willing to install a credit card machine!"

"Yes, an endless loop!" Monroe said in a deep voice.

"Isn't it possible that the promotion department has nothing to do?" Sean asked with a sullen face.

"Inviting celebrities to advertise, plus newspapers and TV stations to promote the new concept on a large scale, let the whole country know about it, and then promote it, but I don't think this will work, the effect will not be very good, and the results will be very slow, and it will not solve the fundamental problem.

Regarding the endless loop problem, the effect may be good when the trend first arises, but soon the trend will be diluted by other news, and then nothing will be left." Monroe said with a frown.

Sean nodded, he thought so too, but how to solve this endless loop is really difficult!

This is unlike later generations, when everyone knew the concept of credit cards.

Concept, concept…

Sean muttered, and there was a vague idea in his mind.

Waving his hand to silence Monroe, Sean leaned on the sofa, covering his eyes with one hand and began to think deeply.

In fact, although the promotion department's ideas are old-fashioned, old-fashioned also means insurance, with a high lower limit.

Just change it a little bit!

Moreover, you can’t just rely on advertising, you can also add some promotion techniques.

"I have an idea. Let's go to Hollywood tonight and talk to Katzenberg." After a long while, Sean smiled and said: "I'm going to the White House later. I have no choice, poor man.

A life of hard work.”

Monroe opened his mouth, and originally wanted to say, "Okay, I'll wait here," but Sean choked him and coughed on the spot.

Versailles and so on, I hate people the most!

…

During lunch, Lorraine sent over information about Cardano and Libya in recent years.

It's not confidential information, but it's enough.

In 1980, the United States declared Libya a "state sponsor of terrorism" and closed its embassy in Libya.

In 1981, U.S. Navy aircraft shot down two Libyan aircraft and the two countries severed diplomatic relations.

In 1986, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered the cessation of economic and trade relations with Libya and the freezing of Libyan assets in the United States. Since then, military conflicts have occurred one after another between the United States and Libya.

In the early morning of April 15, 1986, the United States dispatched 3 aircraft carriers, 34 other ships, and hundreds of aircraft, including 18 F-111 fighter-bombers, to conduct a surprise air strike code-named "Golden Canyon" against Libya.

Large-scale ultra-low-altitude bombings of the capital Tripoli and the important port city of Benghazi resulted in the loss of a total of 14 aircraft, 5 radar stations and more than 700 casualties in Libya.

After suffering repeated attacks from the United States, according to normal logic, Libya will be very nervous. However, if the Chairman of the Organization of African Unity and the King of Kings, Kadanozo, bows his head, then he is not Kadanozo!

Even in the face of the U.S. economic blockade and military strikes, Cardano still kept clamoring internationally, from the United Nations to the African Union. Reagan was very distressed by this. This is a toad that falls on his feet and does not bite.

People respond to others in a different way.

In addition to challenging the United States, Cardano is also confronting France!

Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, fell into civil war within a few years of its independence in 1960. In 1983, Colonel Cardzoux ordered to intervene in the Chadian civil war and occupied the northern region of Chad in the name of supporting the northern rebels. The French

The forces were driven out.

Of course, this will not delay Libyan oil exports to France, Italy, Spain and other Western European countries.

A war is a war, and business is a business.

In August of the same year, the French began to vigorously support the southern Chadian government forces in establishing a defense line in the central region to resist Cardano's attack.

After the United States bombed Cardasso last year, Chadian President Houssein Habré saw an opportunity and began a counterattack with the support of France.

Interestingly, the information shows that the fighting was originally at a stalemate, but in the first two months, Habré saw the Western Front, supported by Sean, using pickup trucks as transportation vehicles to stir up trouble and rain on the sand embankment line, causing the Moroccan troops to complain.

Afterwards I was greatly inspired.

With the help of France, a large number of Toyota cars were imported through Cameroon, and anti-aircraft machine guns, small mortars, rocket launchers and other weapons were mounted in the rear compartments to start mobile warfare.

Sure enough, this attack made Colonel Kazuo complain incessantly. The armored troops couldn't defeat the Toyota convoy...

Defeated steadily!

So... "Ka Dazuo is in a hurry?" Sean looked at the information and couldn't laugh or cry on his face, "He didn't ask me to help him solve this 'Toyota Tactics', right?"

Lorraine shrugged, she also thought that might be the case.

"No, should Toyota pay me an endorsement fee?" Sean suddenly raised his head and said, "Damn, now Toyota is famous, at least in Africa!"

Lorraine ignored Sean's strange thoughts and asked instead: "Do you have a way to deal with this Toyota tactic you created?"

"It's not easy!" Sean touched his chin.

Toyota pickup trucks are small, light, fast, have low engine noise, and have low requirements for gasoline standards. If they are painted in earthy yellow and left in the desert, they will be difficult to find at a distance.

Moreover, due to the low power and the hot desert temperatures during the day, the temperature difference between the engine and exhaust pipe positions and the outside world is relatively small, making it difficult to lock even the infrared-guided individual air defense weapons Sam-7 or Stinger.

Even if the lock is really completed and the shot is accurate, what is the price of a Sam-7, what is the price of a Stinger, and what is the price of a broken pickup truck!

As for an RPG, don't even think about it. Even if you are within the range, if you want to hit a Mercedes-Benz pickup truck with an RPG, you can only pray to God.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the fighting parties are limited to Africa.

If they were any of the five gangsters, what nonsense Toyota tactics, a special operations team would teach them how to behave in minutes.

"The only thing that can defeat magic is magic. In fact, it's not completely impossible." Sean said after thinking about it for a while.

"You really have a way?"

Sean's standard tactical retreat, what does it mean to be a military expert.JPG

"But Libya and the United States are antagonistic. The White House has not announced the resumption of business ties with Libya. You are violating the government order." Lorraine reminded.

(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~!

What a bullshit government order!

Sean doesn’t care. Who said it was me and Cardano who were trading? It was clearly Morocco!

After lunch and a short rest, Sean and Weinberg went straight to the White House in the afternoon.

After getting the military order, Sean also wanted to get the government order.

After chatting for a while in the president's office, Sean directly mentioned his intention.

The current agency responsible for protecting U.S. officials traveling abroad is the Diplomatic Security Service.

(PS: Fast and Furious veteran Luke Hobbs (played by Dwayne Johnson) is a DSS agent)

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the forerunner of the CIA and the Department of Homeland Security. It was established after World War I, but its responsibilities are very complex. It is responsible for the analysis of international threats related to U.S. interests, information security technology, anti-terrorism, investigation of security technology, and protection of citizens.

, the security of property and information, provides a safe and reliable environment for the foreign policy actions of the U.S. government, foreign intelligence agencies conduct investigations into the activities of the U.S. Department of State, assist in apprehending criminals who have fled into the United States, and monitor State Department employees, applicants and contractors

The dealer does a background check.

It is responsible for many things, and its forces are relatively scattered, and most of them are civilian personnel. The real combatants are called MSD teams, and there are very few people.

It's like a department of 10 people, with 9 leaders watching one person dig holes.

However, the size of the department is already very large. If it wants to expand, whether it is the CIA or the FBI, all the six major intelligence agencies are opposed to it.

How about I give you a department to be responsible for?

The protected persons, whether they are embassies or visiting government officials, are also dissatisfied. There are too few actual combat-effective security personnel, and the safety of these American officials who are preparing to do bad things outside is not fully guaranteed.

The cooperation method that Weinberg designed for Sean is to only provide full-time combat security personnel for DSS. They will obey the instructions of DSS staff and will never interfere with the DSS's own work. Instead, they will focus on the most dangerous part of the work.

Beared it.

Well, he is the one working among the 10 people.

Therefore, when Sean mentioned it, Reagan agreed without any hesitation to bring it up at the next congressional meeting.

I believe that even people from the Donkey Party will not object!

After all, officials of the Donkey Party also have to travel frequently. No one will provoke doctors when they are sick, and no one will provoke the security personnel responsible for protecting their own safety.

The most important thing is that this proposal is bound to be welcomed by the FBI and CIA, which is equivalent to fundamentally reducing the possibility of DSS expansion.

And it is unlikely that DSS will object strongly. After all, it is only outsourcing of combat personnel and will not affect the absolute majority of collar...ahem, civilian personnel. The most important thing is that the funding will not decrease, but will increase significantly.

After all, hiring so many security personnel costs money!

The fees for umbrella protection are quite high.

This can be said to be a perfect proposal that is in the interests of everyone.

As for government spending, that's never been an issue!

This is the value of the former Secretary of Defense. The cooperation plan he designed with the government is perfect. Weinberg’s initial budget is 100 million per year. If it is not enough, then more will be added. When it comes to protecting the safety of government workers, the United States has never

stingy.

DSS will not be stingy with spending money either.

It is the same principle all over the world. If the budget is 100 million, but at the end of the year, only 60 million has been spent. Then the fiscal budget for the second year will inevitably be reduced to 60 million!

But if 150 million is spent, the fiscal budget for the second year will inevitably increase. Even if it does not increase to 1.5, at least it will not be reduced.

This is called year-end surprise spending... cough cough.

Therefore, Sean is not worried at all that DSS is reluctant to hire people. They will spend every last cent, and Sean will not be stingy and will not lose a penny of the benefits that should be given.

He is already planning to hire a group of retired DSS senior executives.

Of course, this matter is not urgent. Now Sean wants to talk about Colonel Card.

Umbrella is also a private military contractor supported by the military. Of course, it must maintain communication with the military and the White House.

"Kazuo!" Reagan was very surprised that this guy would actually think of asking Sean to solve the problem.

After a sneer, Reagan said: "When he was young, Colonel Kadzo was still a passionate young man. His family was very poor and his parents were illiterate. However, when he was a child, he was determined to study and went to college. You know what happened in Libya in the 1950s?

Literacy rate?”

"But since overthrowing Libya, Cardano has gradually become arrogant. He even confiscated U.S. assets in Libya. Your Rockefeller family has suffered heavy losses because of Cardano." Reagan said with a smile.

Sean shrugged and said nothing.

"Now, Cardano has completely forgotten about it. Our attitude towards Libya is definitely against it. You have to understand this."

"Of course." Sean nodded, and then said: "I have paid attention to the developments in Libya before, and I think it would be a good thing for Libya if Colonel Cardazo withdraws his troops from Chad and restores the previous border line. The so-called occupation

The northern part of Chad has no value except to satisfy Cardano’s own needs.”

"He hasn't even taken care of the opposition forces in Libya!"

"So, I think it makes sense for the United States to support the Chadians and allow them to continue the war on the border with Chad."

"It's like the Imperial Cemetery has completely mired Lao Maozi in the mud. By delaying Kadzo in northern Chad and supporting the opposition forces in their country, Kadzo is too worried to take care of himself. Only in this way can he dampen his arrogance and make him bow his head!

"

"I can't predict the chain reaction that will occur after Cardano gets stuck in the quagmire. It still depends on the National F Department to judge this aspect." Sean smiled and raised his eyebrows.

Reagan thought about it for a moment and realized that this matter was very practical. The two countries had been feuding for a long time. As early as 1970, Colonel General Carter announced that he would take back the U.S. military base near the capital Tripoli.

Later, Gaddafi held on to 143 tons of gold reserves in an attempt to create a pan-African currency to compete with the current global U.S. dollar system. At the same time, he used the huge oil production to interfere with the United States' petrodollar plan. At the same time, Gaddafi

Excessive export of oil is also one of the reasons why the current supply of oil exceeds the demand and the price of oil drops.

Of course, people like OPEC are oversupplying...

That’s why Reagan ordered the air strike on Libya. It’s a small country, but it does great harm.

I don’t know what Ka Dazuo is thinking. He wants to fight with the United States...

Of course, Capt. Colonel really made the United States very uncomfortable, and the United States found that it had no choice but to compromise when it found that it could not kill Capt. Colonel and could not launch a large-scale war of aggression.

First: There are old men who are eyeing it. Second: The price of oil has reached a historic low. The oil tycoons have no motivation to push the United States to launch a war. What are they doing to seize the Libyan oil fields?

Just to reduce production?!

Even if production is reduced, several Middle Eastern countries, including Shadamu and YL, will only increase production to fill the gap.

Oil prices still cannot rise.

Therefore, similar to YL, the United States has also been trying to improve relations with Cardano.

If Colonel Cardiff can be forced to bow his head this time, and the two sides re-establish diplomatic relations without causing trouble for the United States, Reagan will have achieved great results!

"What suggestions do you have?" Reagan thought for a moment and looked at Sean with a smile. He was asking Sean what benefits he wanted.

This is America, there is no service for the country or the people, only transactions!

"As we all know, the United States never interferes in the affairs of other countries!" Sean said nonsense seriously: "The United States sympathizes with the suffering of the Chadians and will support Chad with a sum of funds, but how the Chadians use it is their business.

"

“Chad is too poor, they have no industrial capacity, and in order to fight against the brutal Cardano and to achieve national unification, they can only purchase large quantities of arms. As an umbrella for private military contracting, they can sell arms to Chad.

"

"Of course there is no problem with the United States, but Chad is a traditional French force. It uses francs and almost all its weapons are purchased from France. In view of your relationship with France..." Reagan shook his head with a smile.

Sean:!!!