Giant of the times

Internet companies are originally very money-burning companies. In the past, investors favored them and made almost crazy investments, which allowed these Internet companies to survive. However, after the Internet bubble burst, investors fled and avoided it, causing a large number of Internet companies to go bankrupt.

It can be said that the entire Internet market is in a sluggish state, and there are very few companies that can survive the Internet winter.

Li Zetian is very relaxed, watching flowers in the garden, and can be said to be the biggest winner in this Internet economic crisis. Now all he has to do is wait, wait for the stock prices of these Internet companies to drop to the lowest, and then buy the bottom! ! !

The wait may not be too long...

At present, Li Zetian has acquired many companies in Southeast Asia, is integrating resources, optimizing them, and is very busy. However, the biggest problem at the moment is that Li Zetian still has a lot of money on hand and nowhere to spend it.

In Li Zetian's view, putting money in the bank is the stupidest choice, so he needs to find new investment projects.

However, out of concern for one's own security, it is necessary to establish a powerful arms company. If Li Zetian owned an unparalleled arms company, he would not only increase his influence around the world, but also make countries around the world fear him. In addition, after the September 11 incident in the United States, terrorists became slightly more rampant. They were all a group of desperadoes. Without high-tech weapons, Li Zetian would have no idea.

You know, a trillion-dollar super rich man like him must be one of the primary targets of terrorists. Especially during this Internet economic crisis, Li Zetian cashed out trillions of dollars. This is obvious to all and cannot be concealed.

And so much money is enough to make terrorists take risks. Even if there are a lot of bodyguards around Li Zetian, they can't restrain the greed of the other party!

Therefore, Li Zetian was very eager to develop more advanced high-tech weapons and equipment for his bodyguards to protect himself and his family.

Of course, we must also strengthen research and development in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, robots, energy, biogenes, and new materials.

In early August, Cronos Industries reorganized and transferred its LCD division to Samsung. Samsung is already a world-class company in the field of LCD, and now coupled with the LCD segment of Cronos Industries, it can be said to be a powerful combination.

From now on, Chronos Industries will be an arms company.

Li Zetian plans to develop Chronos Industries into a Stark arms company similar to Iron Man, and it is best to develop Iron Man suits in the future.

There are many arms companies in the United States, but the top-ranked arms companies are related to national security. Their importance is self-evident, so Li Zetian is naturally not allowed to acquire them. Therefore, Li Zetian could only acquire arms companies with middle and lower levels of strength.

Li Zetian has always adhered to the principle that if you don't do it, it will be enough, and if you do it, you must do your best!

Although it can only acquire middle- and lower-level arms companies, as long as they recruit people with high salaries and increase research and development efforts, they will catch up technically sooner or later. What's more, Li Zetian's acquisition targets are not limited to the United States, but are looking to countries all over the world. Any arms company with development potential is Li Zetian's acquisition target.

Chronos Industries is not a US company, but a large international arms company that supplies weapons to countries around the world.

Since August, Cronos Industries has begun acquisitions in a hurry.

In just one month, 7 small and medium-sized arms companies were acquired at a cost of US$24 billion.

The acquisition is just the beginning.

Li Zetian is a man who cherishes his life very much. He had previously devoted all his efforts to invest in the development of genetic technology companies. Now, in order to develop an arms company, it is naturally impossible to spend only 24 billion US dollars. Acquisitions are in full swing. Companies from many military powers such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Israel are all targeted by Li Zetian. If he cannot acquire the other party's company, then he will buy the other party's technology or pay a high salary. Poach the other side's talent.

Li Zetian didn't believe it. Spending money couldn't build a powerful arms company!

Lockheed Martin in the United States is powerful. It is one of the top arms companies in the United States. However, its market value is only tens of billions of dollars.

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"Acquiring arms companies is no better than acquiring other companies. Many countries have come forward to stop it!" Dongfang Yuqin sighed slightly.

On October 5, after Cronos Industries acquired 19 small and medium-sized arms companies one after another, European and American countries were afraid that Cronos Industries was too powerful and stepped in to obstruct it.

Li Zetian curled his lips and expressed disdain for these countries.

However, since they came forward to stop it, Li Zetian did not intend to continue the acquisition.

"Yuqin, I think we can merge Space Exploration Company and Evolution Robot Company into Chronos Industries!" Li Zetian thought deeply, thinking, since you prevent me from acquiring other companies, then fine, I will not acquire them, but I I can do whatever I want with my own company.

Space Exploration Corporation and Evolution Robotics are both high-tech companies, and many of the technologies involved can be used in the development of arms and weapons.

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said: "This idea is okay! The 19 small and medium-sized arms companies acquired by Cronos Industries are world-class in their own fields. When integrated, even if they are not as good as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and other companies, they are still considered is the world’s top arms company.”

"The team of Space Exploration Company comes from the Soviet Union, and it has always been a world leader in the aerospace field. The merger of Chronos Industries and Space Exploration Company definitely does not belong to Lockheed Martin or Boeing."

"If you add the world's largest robotics company, Cronos Industries is simply too powerful, with unlimited possibilities in the future!!!"

After Dongfang Yuqin finished speaking, her eyes were full of yearning and expectation.

Li Zetian also looked excited. By combining so many powerful companies, I wonder what kind of magical sparks will come out of the powerful alliance! !

"Sure!!! Just do what I just said, let's build a super awesome arms company!!!"

"Okay!" Dongfang Yuqin responded with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, Colt Company sent you a gift!" Dongfang Yuqin said suddenly, and soon found a beautifully wrapped box under the cabinet.

Colt is one of the 19 arms companies acquired by Cronos Industries. It mainly produces small arms.

In fact, Colt is a famous firearms company in the United States. It has been a household name since the American Civil War. Among them, the Colt pistol is the most famous firearm in the late 19th century. In the more than 100 years since its introduction, as many as 30 million revolvers, rifles and other weapons were produced under the name of the Colt company. , no other weapons company can match it.

However, the threshold for light weapons is much lower than that for heavy weapons. Colt has many competitors, and now it has lost its former glory. In 1984, Colt suffered an unexpected blow when the U.S. military decided to withdraw the M1911A1 pistol. In 1988, Colt lost a contract from the U.S. government to order M16 rifles, which was tantamount to a catastrophic blow to the company.

According to Li Zetian, on the evening of June 14, 2015, Colt announced that the company was filing for bankruptcy protection.

As the saying goes, "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse." Colt is still a world-class small arms manufacturing company, and it has such a glorious history, so Li Zetian chose to acquire it. Li Zetian believes that as long as investment is increased, more advanced weapons can be developed. At that time, employees of Umbrella International Security Company can be equipped with guns produced by their own company, saving a lot of costs.

"Looking at the size of this box, I guess what Colt gave me should be a pistol!" Li Zetian said with a smile while opening the box.

Dongfang Yuqin smiled and said nothing, but her expression confirmed Li Zetian's suspicion.

Soon, a classic Colt M1911 pistol appeared in front of me.

Dongfang Yuqin introduced: "The M1911 pistol was designed by Browning in 1905 and is the most famous pistol in the world. Once launched, it immediately became the standard pistol of the US military and remained there for 74 years (1911 to 1985). It has experienced World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War. It is the automatic pistol with the largest cumulative production in history! Your M1911 pistol is one of the first batch of M1911 pistols produced by Colt Company that year. It is very Collectible!"

After a pause, Dongfang Yuqin said, "I heard that someone outside is willing to spend $80,000 to purchase an M1911 pistol."

Li Zetian nodded and picked up the M1911, which felt good in his hand.

"It's a very nice gift, I like it very much!" Li Zetian put the M1911 pistol in a glass cabinet and used it as a display to decorate the study. As for the bullets, they were placed in a drawer of a wooden cabinet. It is safer to keep guns and bullets separately. William, a naughty boy, likes to play with guns. I'm sure he will steal a gun from him to play with...

Next, Space Exploration and Evolution Robotics were merged into Chronos Industries, becoming two divisions of Chronos Industries: Space-X and Robot-X.

Chronos Industries began to build larger branches, laboratories and factories around the world and pooled the resources of various companies together. From fighting alone to fighting together, a total development!

Of course, this process is a bit lengthy.

Soon, or in the blink of an eye, the end of the year is here.

In the living room, Dongfang Yuqin compiled a piece of information for Li Zetian, which contained all of Li Zetian's properties.

Li Zetian looked at it and handed the information to Yu Jingqiu.

After Yu Jingqiu read it, her face was full of shock: "So many companies!!!"

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Who gave us more money?! You know, money begets money, so of course we have invested in a lot of companies!"

After a pause, Li Zetian chuckled and said: "I want the whole universe to know that the entire earth is owned by our family!!!"

Yu Jingqiu and Dongfang Yuqin were immediately speechless.

"Okay, it's just a joke!" Li Zetian retracted his cynical expression and said seriously, "There are so many companies now, and the management is very chaotic. I have an idea to carry out a major organizational reform of the company and transform the company into Streamlined and integrated into more than ten departments: energy, biology, medical, food, electronics, network, artificial intelligence, finance, daily chemicals, arms, etc... Chronos Industry is an example of integrating multiple companies into one Company, resource optimization, higher efficiency!”

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and agreed: "Well, I very much support this. In addition, I suggest that companies with low technical content, low profits, or even losses can be sold!"

"Well," Li Zetian touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "The company's reform team involves many issues, so there is no need to rush. Yuqin, please let our think tank team come up with a feasible plan first!"

"OK."