Chapter 566

In the United States, the status of industry and capital is never equal. Jack Welch, the president of General Electric, once mentioned in his autobiography that when he first suffered setbacks in his career and planned to leave general electric, his classmates at the University of Illinois wondered why he didn't come to Wall Street. In the words of his classmates, if he wanted to attract the attention of the CEO of the company by joining General Electric, Even the best talents need ten years. If you choose to go to Wall Street, you can talk about financing with the CEO of Ge in one year.

This metaphor is also suitable for EVA, CEO of Yota communications. In a few short months, EVA has deeply experienced the coldness and enthusiasm of Wall Street. Now EVA has become the favorite of wall street again. It all started a week ago when the Pentagon announced that it would abandon its plan to develop a global communication system and fully adopt Iridium satellite system.

When Peterson first proposed to bring the Pentagon in, EVA didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until the Pentagon showed great interest and invited her to Arlington for further discussions on the matter. EVA just quickly told this matter to Xie liaosha, and Xie liaosha was very happy to learn about it.

"EVA, it looks like we're really going to have a good time. It doesn't matter. You can agree to this. Unless the CIA asks all the offshore financial centers around the world to change their banking laws, they will never know who is behind Yota's scenes in their lifetime! " Xie liaosha replied confidently.

Now that she doesn't care about Yota's cooperation with the Pentagon, EVA's heart is in her stomach. So more than half a month later, EVA took Yota's technical director to Arlington County, Virginia, accompanied by Blackstone's partner Mr. Peterson, to communicate with the intelligence and Information Department of the U.S. Department of defense on the iridium project.

After layers of strict security, EVA and others enter this mysterious place. Everyone in the team was given a temporary chest card. They were asked not to walk around at will. If necessary, they could be assisted by the staff here. Of course, EVA's team didn't dare make mistakes in the Pentagon. They followed closely behind a black female officer who was in charge of receiving them. They didn't know how many turns they took. EVA, they were led into a sunny meeting room.

The conference room is circular, with a carpet printed with the Pentagon logo in the middle. The carpet is surrounded by a single sofa. Sitting on the sofa, you can see the beautiful scenery of Thomas river not far away. I'm afraid most people will not be able to experience this experience for a lifetime.

After waiting in the room for about ten minutes, there was a knock on the door. Then an officer opened the door and immediately stood at attention to salute. EVA and others got up quickly. Two officers in their 40s and 50s entered the room.

"Mr. Peterson, Ms. EVA, welcome to the Pentagon!" They reached out to greet Peterson and EVA, and then introduced themselves: "I'm brigadier general Arnold, the head of the intelligence department here, and this is colonel Thomas, our technical head, standing next to me."

"Hello, Colonel Thomas!" EVA quickly reached out and said hello to each other, the other side seems to have some bad words, he looked at Eva seriously, and then stretched out his hand to hold EVA gently.

"Well, let's get to the point. Thomas, let's talk about what you think of Yota products first! " Brigadier general Arnold said first.

"Well, we have carried out a detailed test on the prototype you sent. To be honest, I'm a little surprised by your technology. Your product is much better than we expected, so technically speaking, I'm inclined to adopt your technology..." although Colonel Thomas looks very serious, he highly praises Yota's products, This makes EVA more confident about the second generation Yota communication technology.

After Colonel Thomas explained the advantages of Yota technology, he put forward several shortcomings, the most important of which is whether Yota's base station equipment can show such excellent performance as before when it is sent to low earth orbit.

EVA took the initiative and said, "Colonel Thomas, Brigadier General Arnold. There is a certain reason for your lack of concern. Although we have not conducted a satellite test, we have installed Yota's base station on the plane for verification, and the results fully meet our expectations. Therefore, we are full of confidence in the performance of Yota system on the satellite platform. "

"Arnold and Yota have some problems with the supplier of satellite test platform. Motorola wants to terminate the cooperation with us. I heard that Lockheed Martin has a similar set of technology. Can we talk with them and we can buy this set of technology?" Just then, Peterson, who had been silent, suddenly said to Arnold.

"Mr. Peterson, from Lockheed Martin's side, I will go to negotiate with them in person. I think it's not a big problem, but we are more concerned about the composition of iridium's board of directors and shareholders. If it's convenient, I'd like to ask you to introduce it, because it's related to national security, so please tell me the truth Replied brigadier general Arnold.

"Well, Brigadier General Arnold, so far our investors are mainly from Japan, Western Europe and the United States. Japanese investors have taken 15% of our shares, while European investors are mainly Bank of Columbia. Their shares are about 5%. In the United States, the shares of Lehman Brothers and Columbia are the same, And the rest of the shares are in the hands of Yota communications. We are a real American company! " EVA replied calmly.

"Well, we will do a detailed background check on Yota. Our department of Defense wants to deal with American companies. Although there are many foreign companies among your shareholders, they all sound like our allies. I think the foundation of our cooperation is good. We will report this matter to the Secretary of defense. If there is no accident, we can give you a final answer in a week or so. " Arnold got up and said.

"OK, I hope we can cooperate happily!" EVA also quickly stood up and extended her hand to say goodbye.

When he left the Pentagon again, Peterson was very relaxed. On the way back, he told EVA not to worry about the Department of defense, but to focus on the preparation of iridium. EVA listened to Mr. Peterson's advice like a schoolboy. A week later, the Department of defense gave a positive result as expected. Iridium gained its first customer in the preparatory stage. What's even more gratifying is that Lockheed Martin is willing to sell its latest military communication satellite technology to iridium, so EVA finally doesn't have to look at other people's faces.