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Zheng Xian thought for a moment. Ryan's assets here must be over 100 billion US dollars. He wasn't afraid that Hawke would swindle him out of his money. "Okay, then that's settled."
Hawke: "Are you alright? If not, I'm hanging up."
"Wait! Wait!" Zheng Xian hurriedly called out, "Besides the F-22, what other assets can you acquire from Stark Industries? If there are projects similar to the F-22, we can cooperate in this way: we will pay for the acquisition, you will own the company, and you just need to send us a copy of the technical data."
"..." Hawke was completely baffled: "Zheng Xian, you're too greedy. Having the F-22 isn't enough, what else do you want? How about I sell you the Tellurum configuration?"
Jung Hyun said shyly, "It's not that it's not possible."
"Get lost, you bastard! You're even greedier than me!"
Hawke hung up the phone without saying a word.
If he could, why wouldn't Hawke want to do that? But in reality, it's impossible!
It's one thing that Tony couldn't possibly sell Hawk so much stuff, but it's another that the top elites in America couldn't just stand by and watch the Lane family grow to that size.
The Lane family has been expanding rapidly recently, and now they want to acquire Stark Industries' military manufacturing division. What are you Lane family up to?
An uprising?
After hanging up the phone, Hawke's mood visibly improved: "Hehe, without spending a penny, I acquired an F-22 manufacturing division, allowing my military industry to take shape quickly. This feeling of getting something for free is just too damn satisfying."
I don't want to pay the money, but I want the goods!
I didn’t expect it to actually work.
While operating a military-industrial enterprise may not be as lucrative as playing the financial game, the military-industrial enterprise wields considerable influence, enabling Hawke to rapidly expand his power. Coupled with the protection of Umbrella Corporation and the vision of the Titans, Hawke's new business system will soon take shape, making him a significant force of capital in the world.
“Young Master,” Barney, sitting in the front seat of the car, asked with concern, “Isn’t what you’re doing too… disregarding the U.S. government? If the U.S. government finds out you’re reselling F-22s, they certainly won’t let it go.”
"What are you afraid of!" Hawke said, "The risk is a bit high, but the profit is very high. As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. How can you make money without taking some risks? And the risk isn't as big as you think. First of all, the United States can't possibly know the specifics of Zheng Xian and his team's development of the fifth-generation fighter jet. It's top secret among top secrets. So how can the United States determine that the fighter jet they've developed has the specific technology of the F-22?"
"Secondly, even if the US government discovers it, it will be a long time from now. By then, if 597 investigates how the leak occurred, it will be very difficult to find out anything! Because now is the time for us to hand over the reins to Stark Industries, who knows whether it was our side or Stark Industries that leaked the information? This creates a lot of room for disputes."
"Finally, even if they trace it back to us, they can just throw out some temporary workers as scapegoats. Does America really dare to sentence me to death without any evidence? Impossible!"
Barney and Yin Yang only vaguely understood what they were hearing.
It seems like this is something only American tycoons like Hawke do; they can't even be bothered with selling F-22s.
Even though the two had been injected with the Extremis virus and become superhumans, the thought of them being associated with the F-22 terrified them, fearing that the US government would blow them to ashes with missiles.
"Alright, you don't need to worry about these things. I'll handle them. Now let's go to the Ryan Building."
Hawke gave the order.
"Yes!"
Barney and Yin Yang didn't dare to think too much about it. With their limited mindset, they were completely incapable of participating in such a high-level game. They should just obediently follow Hawke's orders and continue doing their work.
Their relationship with the Ryan family is too deep to be separated; in any case, when the Ryan family is wiped out, they will certainly be among the victims.
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"Hey!"
Hawke, smoking a cigarette, suddenly chuckled softly.
Besides earning $200 billion by selling the F-22 technical blueprints to Zheng Xian, Hawke actually had another purpose!
Based on his previous experience, the US government was likely to stop F-22 production and not allow F-22s to be sold abroad. Therefore, Hawke's possession of the F-22 manufacturing department was practically equivalent to receiving a pile of scrap metal.
He remembered that in his previous life, the F-22 was too expensive. The cost of each F-22 already in production, after factoring in the development costs, was close to $330 million. That is to say, 35 F-22s were equivalent to one Ford-class aircraft carrier. This weapon was known as a money-devouring beast, and even the wealthy United States was finding it hard to afford. In addition, with changes in the international situation and changes in the United States' military strategy, they could not find any potential adversaries even with binoculars. They realized that the F-22's performance was somewhat excessive, so they gradually shut down the F-22 production line...
What's the point of Hawke playing now?
The production line must be running so that Hawke can continue to make money from it. Moreover, the maintenance costs after shutdown are too high, and Hawke doesn't want to waste his own money to continue maintaining the F-22 production line for America.
So, selling the F-22 to Zheng Xian would accelerate the development of Zheng Xian's fifth-generation fighter jet. Once Zheng Xian's fifth-generation fighter jet is unveiled quickly, Hawker's business will come in, right?
The United States will definitely have no choice but to continue its massive F-22 production.
Hawke's production orders will increase.
He doesn't expect the F-22 and the future Lane Defense to make him a lot of money, but at least he can't lose money, right?
Hawke didn't want to have to draw money from other industries to subsidize Lane Defense.
"As for the F-35... let's leave some room for America for now."
Hawke thought about it and decided there was no rush to sell the F-35s to Zheng Xian. He would wait until their domestically built aircraft carrier was launched and they urgently needed fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft before making a decision...
The car arrived at the Lane Building.
Hawke returned to the chairman's office and called his father, John Lane, to tell him that he and Tony had reached an agreement to acquire the F-22 production division.
This isn't like harvesting a unicorn in the financial arena, or shorting Rockxton. Acquiring a portion of Stark Industries' business, technology, and factories requires prior consultation with them.
John Lane on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and didn't say much, only that he would go to Washington today to discuss things with Mr. George in the White House.
With John Lane backing him up through his relationship with Mr. George, and Tony's own wishes, Hawke's Lane Arms acquired the F-22 manufacturing division at breakneck speed. Even though Obama angrily tried to stop it, it was completely futile, since Tony was still the chairman of Stark Industries.
"shit! shit! shit~"! "
In the office of the vice chairman of Stark Industries, Obadiah smashed a decorative bottle on his desk to the floor, scattering shards of glass everywhere, his face contorted with rage.
He did promise Tony that he would help Stark Industries transform into an energy company, but that was just a stopgap measure. He was hoping to buy some time and then reverse Tony's mind.
Although the Arc Reactor might earn far more money than military production, how could capitalists possibly complain about making too much money?
Obama didn't expect Tony to act so quickly, reaching an agreement with that kid from the Lane family to sell off the F-22 and F-35 manufacturing divisions at a low price.
Putting the F-35 aside, the F-22 was a huge piece of the pie for Stark Industries, and giving it to Ryan made Obama furious.
“Ryan!!”
Obadiah growled:
"This matter will absolutely not be left like this!"
Although Tony is still the chairman of Stark Industries, Obama has long considered Stark Industries as his own. So the low-price sale of the F-22s is not cutting Stark Industries' flesh, but cutting Obama's flesh, which is now in excruciating pain.
"You will definitely pay the price for taking advantage of the chaos!"
Just as Obama was racking his brains about how to retaliate against Ryan, another call came in from an unknown number.
"Hello, my dear Obama, I'm back."
That familiar mechanical tone of voice instantly transported Obama back to the past.
"Again?"
Obadiah's eyes widened.
You've already extorted $30 billion from me, and you still want to extort me? Do you have any humanity left?
Even when you're fleecing someone, you can't keep fleecing the same sheep until they die.
"You Hydra people want to fight me to the death, don't you?"
Obama said with a grim expression:
"Do you really think I wouldn't dare report Hydra's existence to those official departments?"
A small number of America's top elites actually knew about Hydra's existence. For example, Darren Krause, CEO of Pym Technologies, Dario Agger of the Roxon Corporation, and Ichiro Yashida, chairman of Yashida Industries in Japan, also had close ties with Hydra's wife. It can be said that Hydra's existence was not absolutely secret. The reason why Nick Fury did not know was because S.H.I.E.L.D. was actually called Snake Shield, and Nick Fury had long been trapped in an information cocoon.
Of course, with Hawke's guidance, Fury in this life thoroughly investigated Alexander Pierce and gained some information.
“My dear Obama, you’ve got it wrong. We’re not here to blackmail you this time, but to make a deal with you.”
Hawke smiled.
Hawke had planned beforehand that once Tony returned to New York, he would blackmail Obama again.
The opportunity has arrived!
Hawke's new company, Lane Defense, together with Lane Financial Group, acquired Stark Industries' F-22 and F-35 manufacturing division.
Of course, the main funding (Li Nuo and Zhao) came from Ryan Financial Group; Ryan Military Industry didn't have much money at all.
At the same time, Andy began restructuring the Giant God Corporation.
Giant God Group was established, and Ryan Bio was renamed Umbrella Bio, which was affiliated with Giant God Group.
At this point, the Giant God Group had two subsidiaries: Umbrella Biotechnology and Ryan Military Industries.
Emilia has spent $200 billion in cash, which is almost depleted, so she's looking to Obama for some money to recoup her losses.
In addition, when Hawke was pushing Lane Industries to acquire the F-22 manufacturing division, Obama, that old fox, also jumped out and caused a lot of trouble.
If it weren't for the strong support of Tony and John Lane, Hawke might not have been able to complete this level of acquisition so smoothly.
Although it's only worth 20-30 billion, the acquisition difficulty is hundreds of times greater than that of Roxon Financial, which is worth 50 billion.
Wouldn't Hawke give Obama two big slaps to vent his anger?
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“I have no good deal with you Hydra. As long as you don’t bother me, we’ll keep to ourselves,” Obadiah said threateningly. “If you want to continue to exploit me, then we’ll both go to hell.”
Obama wasn't the kind of person who was weak and easily manipulated. The reason he was blackmailed and had to pay up the money the first two times was because he was almost absolutely confident that he could hold the blackmailer accountable and make them return the money with interest. Who could have predicted that he would run into someone as overpowered as Hawke?
Now that Obama knows that the person extorting him is Hydra, he naturally understands that the methods he prepared to use on ordinary people will not work against Hydra. If he takes out more money, he will only be giving money to Hydra for nothing.
“I have already given you $30 billion, you should be content. Those who are too greedy will get burned.”
“Mr. Obadiah, you’ve really misunderstood us. We’re here to make a deal with you in good faith,” Hawke said. “Could you please let me finish what I have to say?”
"you say.".
Obama remained noncommittal.
“There are no secrets in this world that stay hidden forever.” Hawke smiled slightly and said, “Since you dared to instruct the Ten Rings to assassinate Tony Stark, then you should understand that this 597 secret cannot be kept forever. Sooner or later, Tony Stark will find out. So, given your status and influence, if you were to go head-to-head with Tony Stark, you would be the one who dies.”
Obadi asked coldly, "What do you want to say?"
Hawke: "What I'm trying to say is, Mr. Obadiah is probably already secretly planning to get rid of Tony Stark, isn't he?"
Obama remained silent.
Saying yes is not good, but saying no is treating others like fools.
Obama was indeed preparing to kill Tony and then take over for himself. Otherwise, living with Tony, who would kill him as soon as he found out the truth, would be a real ordeal for Obama, and he would be living in constant fear.