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Chapter 334 Let’s talk about industrial upgrading
"Financial company? Does Mr. Chen know about this?"

Bandung Building two days later.

When Zhou Xu heard the request made by the visiting Wang Qi, he asked back with a little surprise.

"I don't know. Our young boss has repeatedly warned us not to let Mr. Chen know."

Zhou Xu had only heard of Wei Xiao, this outstanding figure, but had never seen him in person, so his impression of him was very vague.

The few impressions he had were that she and Mr. Chen were the legendary couple of the domestic business world.

"Why don't you want Mr. Chen to know?"

"I guess it's because he's stubborn. He says whatever he wants. Mr. Chen is so good that he always puts us, the young boss, ahead of him. It's normal for young people to compare with each other."

“That’s true a little bit.”

Wang Qi crossed his legs and said, "Besides, I think our CEO Wei's idea is very good. It can indeed reserve some cash flow, not only to provide blood transfusion to Shunfeng, but also to help if there is a person with short stirrups in the Morning Shield system in the future, right?"

"That's not wrong..."

Zhou Xu carefully thought about the feasibility of this matter.

Wang Qi's identity is somewhat special.

Although he came from the Shunfeng system, he has been serving the Chendun system recently and is Chen Chen's money bag.

It is also a large washing machine.

All the money earned by ARD's North American companies, including Zhou Xu's, will be laundered and brought back to China through Wang Qi's hands.

Therefore, Wang Qi is the only person in the Shunfeng faction who knows Zhou Xu's secret and is the bridge.

But at the end of the day, we are all family.

Whether it is the Shunfeng series or the Chendun series, they are just CP fans of President Wei and President Chen.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely help the young boss lady."

Wang Qi smiled happily upon hearing this, and said, "I want to thank you on behalf of President Wei..."

"Don't thank me yet, let's take it slow."

Zhou Xu interrupted Wang Qi's polite remarks, chuckling, without saying anything good.

You want to say that Mr. Chen made this request and asked you to help Mr. Wei.

Without further ado, we did it right away.

Even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to make any request to Mr. Chen.

but……

Wang Qi is different.

Zhou Xu was also an old swindler. He would take advantage of others and would consider it a loss if he didn't pick up any money when he went out. He had no intention of letting Wang Qi pick up the money and leave here for free.

"Old Zhou, you're not going to be too formal with me, are you?"

"Brothers should settle accounts." Zhou Xu waved his hand. "You said that I can get through the regulatory links easily, but do you know how many people I have to bribe behind the scenes? Someone has to pay for it?"

"You are becoming more and more like Chen Chen, your stingy and cunning behavior." Wang Qi felt that the entire Chendun system had a heritage.

"Don't worry about it. I can help you get through financial supervision, but you have to do me a favor."

Wang Qi sighed softly, shook his head slowly and smiled bitterly: "Go ahead."

"That's right. ARD's market share is relatively stable now, but we can't just stand still. Go back and discuss it with Mr. Chen and the others and come up with something new for me."

"What do you mean?"

“Industry upgrading.”

Zhou Xu also has his own troubles.

Whether at home or abroad, the logic of running a business is the same.

At first, they dominated the market with cheap goods and gained a foothold.

When you have a certain market share, you can no longer just focus on selling high quality products at low prices.

We also need to consider developing some high-end products.

First, to optimize profits.

Secondly, to change the brand’s image in the market.

This is the path all hardware companies must take.

Now ARD is stuck here.

After continuous efforts, they have already possessed a stable market and are the undisputed king in the field of multi-rotor drones in North America.

The characteristics are good quality, low price, large quantity and enough to fill you up.

But it will be more difficult for them to move up and gain market share in fixed-wing and large drones.

Ultimately, it is the limitation of technology.

He hopes to continue along the original path, with Chen Chen providing some of the technology, which he will package and develop independently in North America, thus opening up a higher-level market.

But this request really made Wang Qi feel a little embarrassed.

"Old Zhou, this is too big a matter for me to handle."

"Just talk to Mr. Chen. He's busy and I can't see him."

Wang Qi still felt it was difficult to deal with: "The key is that you want the technology for large drones. Even if Mr. Chen agrees to give it to you, will the higher-ups agree?"

In a word.

Zhou Xu was silent.

The technology of multi-rotor drones will leak out and stay there.

This thing doesn't have much value.

But large drones are different.

As for the double-tailed scorpion, although to the country, she is Mrs. Niu to Chendun.

But once this plane goes abroad, it will still be a king bomb.

Zhou Xu sighed helplessly: "Since you can't help with this, let's change it. You help me with it, and I will help you with financial supervision."

"Come and listen."

"We sanctioned 13 companies a few days ago, most of which are engaged in drones. If nothing unexpected happens, our ARD is among them."

Wang Qi nodded: "I know about this."

"Can you talk to Mr. Chen and ask him to help you find a way to get us out?"

In the past two years, the two sides have imposed sanctions on each other numerous times.

ARD was often on the list before, but it did not affect actual operations.

But this time, the sanctions really hit the weak spot.

Very powerful.

Both the supply chain and customers are somewhat stuck, which will affect ARD's revenue to some extent.

But when Wang Qi heard this request, he shook his head like a rattle: "Let's talk about industrial upgrading."

"???"

"No, Lao Zhou, use your brain and think about it. If you are removed from the list, won't you be exposed?"

Wang Qi was a bystander and his mind was as clear as a mirror.

Any of those thirteen companies could be released, except ARD.

ARD's current image is in ruins and is bound to collapse.

The more sanctions he faces, the more stable his image becomes.

The safer ARD is in the North American market.

finally.

Wang Qi agreed to discuss it with Chen Chen and find a way to help Zhou Xu solve the problem of industrial upgrading.

Even if we cannot give him the Scorpion, we can at least give him some specialized technologies so that they can go there and research them on their own to consolidate the position of America's old domestic drones.

What Zhou Xu has to do is to do his best to help Wei Xiao get through the barriers in the North American financial market.

In fact, even if Wang Qi did not agree to this condition, Zhou Xu would do it.

After all, it was President Wei who proposed it, how dare we not agree?

If he refuses today, Mr. Chen will break his legs tomorrow.

Therefore, Zhou Xu immediately sorted out the relevant matters.

After working in the North American market for so many years, he has a clear understanding of the business rules and logic there.

It seems that their financial industry is a solid block, but in fact, it is full of holes.

Outside financial institutions cannot come in because they have not found a suitable foothold.

As long as you get through the centralized regulatory agency like the FDIC, it won't be difficult to engage in finance.

To get through the FDIC, you have to find the right person.

After analyzing the key points of interest, Zhou Xu handed all matters over to his confidant Andrew.

The relationship between Andrew and Zhou Xu is very delicate.

On the surface, Andrew is the CEO of ARD and holds all the power, but in reality, Zhou Xu is the controller of the entire industry.

But Andrew is not just a puppet. He and Zhou Xu are more like comrades-in-arms.

The two share the same vision and ideals.

Andrew would personally handle anything that Zhou Xu was not convenient to do, and do it to perfection.

Therefore, in some things, Zhou Xu only needs to put forward the general outline, and the remaining details will be perfected by Andrew.

So it was the third day after receiving the order.

Andrew came to the White House to visit Whiteman, who had become VP at this time.

"My dear friend! Long time no see!"

Whiteman was genuinely happy to see Andrew's voice and appearance.

Therefore, his rise to power is inseparable from the support of new technology arms dealers like Andrew.

And Andrew is different from other companies.

He is not only the financial sponsor.

He is also an entrepreneur with great vision.

"The industrial upgrading plan you proposed is very timely."

Andrew was a little surprised: “Really?”

"Of course, I have made this plan a priority during my term and will definitely promote it vigorously."

Whiteman was in a good mood.

He started out as a state legislator and actually didn't have much experience in implementing specific work.

He was able to become VP only because of his excellent eloquence and the interpersonal relationships he established in his early years.

This approach is somewhat useful during election campaigns.

But once one has actual power, eloquence becomes of little use.

Therefore, he urgently needed some executable plans to gild his VP.

The Smart America plan proposed by Andrew is perfect.

In essence, this is a strategic plan to support the development of emerging technology industries.

Increase investment in autonomous unmanned equipment, expand the application of drones from military to civilian use, and then form a low-altitude economic network.

At the same time, increase the proportion of small smart devices in national defense, such as individual combat instruments and unmanned combat equipment.

This can passively expand the market atmosphere of emerging technology companies.

This set of plans is actually the specific implementation version of Chen Chen's MAGA.

A set of plans conveyed by Zhou Xu and written by Andrew.

The original intention was to expand the market for ARD.

But Andrew himself did not expect that this thing would hit Whiteman's heart.

Because Whiteman's financial backers are emerging technology companies, not old oligarchs.

He was deliberately trying to weaken the influence of the old oligarchs, and the Smart America plan was the perfect weapon.

Moreover, after this plan was submitted, it inexplicably received a lot of support.

Perhaps because they were scared by Rabbit’s drones, they began to belatedly patch the system and prepare to make up for their shortcomings in the industry.

Anyway, this is a pleasant surprise.

Andrew nodded slightly: "As long as I can help you, it will be my honor."

"You have both the enthusiasm of a Westerner and the humility of an Easterner. To be honest, if you didn't already have your own business, I would really like to have you work here."

"There will be a chance."

Whiteman smiled and took out a document from the drawer: "Smart America is already in the process of being implemented. The company that produces the cameras you mentioned in your report."

"ROBLINK?"

"Yes. Their products are currently installed in police equipment in thirteen states across the country, and the response has been very good."

"Yes, their company has very good technology, and we are also using their products ourselves."

Whiteman nodded with satisfaction: "Behind an excellent company, there must be more excellent companies. Andrew, you are amazing."

This is not a compliment between comrades.

It's praise from the heart.

There are plenty of emerging technology companies behind Whiteman.

But to be honest, most of them are traditional companies disguised as emerging technologies.

There is no technology or innovation.

ARD is different. They are innovative not only in products but also in business philosophy.

They don't have those fancy things and are always making products and doing practical things.

All the drones launched are of good quality and low price.

Like the ROBLINK recommended by Andrew, which mainly makes security cameras, it has been widely praised after being promoted to police equipment.

The products are exactly the same as ARD's.

Affordable, good quality, and powerful.

This made Whiteman feel that ARD was a treasure.

Not only are they good at making their own products, but their supply chain is also top-notch.

"I have recommended it to the Ministry of National Defense. Once the process is completed, ROBLINK will be included in the equipment procurement list."

Andrew smiled and nodded: "I thank you on behalf of ROBLINK."

“You are still too modest. We need more companies like ROBLINK.”

Andrew just nodded and smiled, thinking to himself, don't worry, you can have as much as you want.

If you go to Huaqiangbei and throw a brick at a company like ROBLINK, it can kill a large number of people.

After being used to eating coarse grains, seeing a little bran seems like a delicacy.

Sometimes I think they are quite pitiful.

but.

There must be something hateful about a pitiful person. Thinking of this, Andrew felt a little more balanced.

"Sir, last time you said your son had returned from Europe?"

Whiteman nodded: "Yes, now I have accepted a charity foundation. Why do you suddenly ask this?"

Andrew smiled slightly: "Kenyon has a PhD in economics, right?"

"Yes, I used to work at the IMF. What's wrong?"

Andrew waved his hand calmly, saying, "A few friends and I are planning to set up a technology-based company specializing in digital currency. We are in great need of talent in this area. I wonder if Kenyon is interested?"

Kenyon is Whiteman's only son.

Whiteman knew his level best. It would be difficult for him to be an ordinary clerk in a bank.

Therefore, Andrew's sudden proposal to hire Kenyon to join their company was self-evident.

Whiteman beat around the bush and asked, "Digital currency? Who does it serve?"

"If we want to build a smart America, the power of small and micro business owners cannot be ignored, and innovation also requires financial support."

“What about the prospects?”

Andrew said with ease: "We are very optimistic and we estimate that our market share will not decrease."

In a few words, Whiteman already understood how big the cake was.

This way, he felt more at ease.

Then he answered his son's question directly: "Kenyon does have experience in this area. If you need it, I can help you get in touch with him."

"Thank you for your hard work, sir."

At this point, Andrew felt that he had basically completed the task assigned by Zhou Xu.

Although he kept silent about financial regulation, he had already achieved his desired goal.

Smart people often stop at the right time.

Whiteman agreed to his son's employment, which meant that he had already invested in the company and his son was the collection account.

He will also find a way to handle subsequent regulatory matters.

The title of VP is more than enough to handle several channels.

So Andrew slowly stood up: “Then I won’t bother you anymore.”

"Wait, my friend." Whiteman waved his hand, turned around and took out a file bag from the cabinet.

"I have a project here, but I have encountered some problems. I am now soliciting opinions from a large number of people. As ARD is the leader in automatic flying vehicles, I hope you can join us."

Andrew took the document without thinking: "Of course, what exactly is it?"

Whiteman didn't say: "Look, everything is in it. If you join, please go to the Space Force Rapid Response Office as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)