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277 I just had an in-depth conversation with her last night. [Requesting flowers]
Inside Andy's office.
Andy, dressed in a business suit and thin black stockings, was busy at work. Hawke felt a pang of heartache seeing Andy so busy that she barely had time to breathe.
He sighed, forced Andy onto the sofa, turned off the computer, and rested for two hours before finally letting out a satisfied sigh.
"Fuck!" Andy cursed, quickly wiping himself with toilet paper, and said seriously, "The company's strategic structure is being adjusted. The general direction has been determined. Have you confirmed the personnel who will take over the company?"
“Hehe, just to help you relax.” Hawke said with a smile, “Let Cypher take over as CEO of the Giant God Group, and also serve as CEO of Umbrella Corporation. Also, help me establish a Ryan Energy Company with a registered capital of $50 billion. Ryan Group and Giant God Group will each hold 50% of the shares, and it will be under the Giant God Group.”
Andy: "???"
"What drugs are you on?" Andy asked, completely bewildered. "Going into the military industry, and now you want to go into the energy industry too? Don't we already have such a big mining company? Are we going to start a competition?"
“Hey~” Hawke waved his hand, “Those are old energy sources, they should be sold. Once Stark’s cold fusion technology is commercialized, Ryan Group’s market value of 400 billion will drop by at least 20% or 30%.
"Are you kidding me? Mining is the business that made us rich. You're just going to sell it off like that?" Andy looked utterly astonished.
Hawke laughed: "Stark has even shut down its military operations, why are we afraid to sell our mines? Stark's military business accounts for 70% of its revenue, but our mining business only accounts for 50%. Do you think I'm not even as good as Stark? Besides, if we're going to sell, we'll sell solid energy minerals first. As for liquid and gaseous energy minerals, we'll keep a few of the highest quality ones and sell the rest. Then we'll do the same with metallic and non-metallic minerals, keeping only the highest quality ones."
Andy thought for a moment, frowned slightly, and said, "Forget it, you should discuss it with your dad. It's not up to me to decide this. But you're right, if Stark's cold fusion technology becomes commercialized, it will indeed be a huge blow. Why not take advantage of this and sell some of our energy-related mining assets now? We can get a good price for them."
Andy felt that, under these circumstances, cutting losses was indeed the most cost-effective option. Moreover, mining is inherently a capital-intensive project. After reducing the mining operations, they could start afresh with a large sum of cash, so why not?
Currently, the main industries of the Lian Group, construction and mining, are all asset-heavy and have relatively long payback periods, but they are relatively stable, have strong risk resistance, and can easily obtain bank loans.
But if he could, Andy really didn't want to run so many asset-heavy projects. Among the many conglomerates, the Lane Group's cash reserves were relatively low.
“Lian Energy, Andy, you'll temporarily serve as CEO for me. Once we find a suitable candidate, we can hand it over.”
"The other one is Lane Defense, a defense company valued at $300 billion. Of course, we need to be cautious. So I think it's best if you take on the role of CEO of Lane Defense. As for Lane Group, you should compile a list of mineral resources that need to be sold and ask Goldman Sachs to find buyers for us. That way, you can relax a bit. Also, I think it might be possible to have Betty Ross serve as the vice president of Lane Defense."
Andy looked at Hawke, nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly exclaimed, "Big brother, are you kidding me? You want me to manage two companies again?"
Hawke waved his hand. "Keep an eye on things for now. You can handle some of the operations at Lane Energy and keep an eye on things. Leave the R&D to me. The same goes for Lane Military Industry. You can leave the business to Betty Ross."
Appointing Betty Ross as vice president of Lane Defense was undoubtedly a brilliant move.
Because her father is a U.S. Army general, a little insider trading between the two sides would be enough for Ryan Military Industries to make so much money they'd get cramps counting it.
Perhaps we can't go too far on the surface, and we can't let Betty Ross and General Ross interact directly, but do you think the American tradition of "revolving doors" is just talk?
As long as General Ross exchanges interests with his allies, and his allies then exchange interests with Lane Industries, and Lane Industries then exchange interests with Betty Ross—mainly referring to Hawke giving Betty hundreds of millions—this is enough to form a perfect closed loop of business logic.
Military industrial enterprises must form alliances with military personnel to build a military-industrial complex and create a close alliance. Only then can they become a force capable of influencing the United States. Otherwise, no matter how rich a lone individual enterprise is, it will be of little use.
“I had an in-depth conversation with her last night. Although we didn’t discuss this topic, I think it’s appropriate. What do you think?”
Hawke smiled.
He admitted that one reason he slept with Betty Ross last night was because her boyfriend is the Hulk, and he felt it would be exciting to make the Hulk even greener. But the more important reason was that he thought about the role that Betty Ross's identity could play.
Ryan Military Industry is newly established, like a fragile baby that is easily killed. To help it grow strong as soon as possible, it needs more nutrition. We need to find Betty Ross as its wet nurse and give it some milk. Taking off is only a matter of time.
"You're such a jerk!"
Andy gave Hawke a disdainful look.
They arranged everything perfectly for them.
He even squeezes every last drop of value out of the women he sleeps with at night; he truly lives up to his reputation as a young master of a big capitalist.
After considering for a moment, Andy said, "Okay, I will serve as the CEO of both Lane Energy and Lane Military Industries, and Betty Ross will serve as the vice president of Lane Military Industries. But if I think Betty is fine later, she can take over as CEO."
“Yes!” Hawke snapped his fingers.
"I'm going to be worked to death by you sooner or later," Andy couldn't help but complain. "You only feel comfortable when you don't make me do multiple jobs, right? How much work is that? Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle!"
“You can still focus your main energy on the Lane Corporation. You can delegate more of the Lane Military Industry matters to Betty Ross and give her more responsibilities. Otherwise, how can we trust her to become the CEO of Lane Military Industry in the future?” Hawke chuckled. “In addition, I can coordinate a few more senior managers to come and help, plus the military technical personnel poached from Stark Industries. I don’t think it will be too much trouble for you.”
"That's all."
Andy sighed.
Meeting Hawke in her life was a complete disaster.
After settling things here, Hawke set off for Yang, Russia.