After breakfast, Simon did not indulge in the goblins, but instead took a helicopter to Manhattan with Chen Qing.

Chen Qing was going to Cersei Capital, and the team of Apollo Management Company sorted out some investment projects related to China, while Simon rushed to the Westeros headquarters, which is also located in the Rockefeller Center in the Midtown District.

All the morning hours are spent carefully reading the information related to the US shipbuilding industry collected by A’s assistant’s office team.

This is a key point that Simon needs to reverse in the next few years.

As noon approached, we met with James Rebeld, who also came to work on the weekend and rushed to the luxury house of Rebeld's home on the Upper East Side, where lunch had been arranged.

The two of them discussed the information Simon had read in the morning along the way.

Based on the information in hand, and without even having to recall the information in mind, Simon is very pessimistic about the prospects of the US shipbuilding industry.

Fortunately, it was only ten years after the end of the Cold War, and this country has not completely abandoned its own martial arts. Therefore, the system for both military and civil shipbuilding is very complete, but at the civil level, it is rapidly devouring market share by Japanese and Korean companies.

If there is no immediate rescue, perhaps ten years later, the United States' civil shipbuilding industry will be optional.

As for the military level, it is hard to describe.

For example, the Ford, which was built at a sky-high price of more than 10 billion US dollars, was launched for five years and had not even formed combat effectiveness. As for the reason, it is very embarrassing that it is not that China lacks talents and experience from scratch, and the United States lacks nothing. The problem is that the Ford itself has too many problems and various faults.

Those who don't know think that the Ford was built by the Indians.

Third brother: I felt offended!

All right……

The topic extends to the dining table, in addition to the Rebeldes, there are also the married Philips.

Simon's plan is also very simple.

Focus on support.

It is impossible to save the entire industry. Therefore, Simon plans to acquire several shipbuilding companies with good foundations, covering both military and civilian use, and then use all the resources and energy of the Westeros system to support it.

Not only funds, but also the federal policy level, and even, if necessary, technology and talent transfer can be forcibly carried out from overseas to the federal local area.

For example, South Korea is a good target for getting a fry.

The operation method is similar to the semiconductor reflux that has been many years later.

However, many things were too late at that time, and this time, there was still plenty of time.

Of course, Simon will also re-plan next.

Philip's wife Nora Register, who got married quickly in the middle of the year because she was pregnant, will be about to give birth next month. She is still inconvenient to move now, so she insists on appearing at the dining table.

Listening to Simon's discussion with everyone, Nora couldn't help but think that at the lunch when she sent Simon a wedding invitation to Simon half a year ago, a young tycoon once said that he was unable to make too many changes to the Federation because the person who tried to do this last time was lifted off his skull.

Now……

Simon obviously intends to do this.

Although Nora saw that Simon did not give her all, she was obviously going against the trend.

Go against the general trend.

After successfully marrying into the Rebel family, Nora became more steady. Therefore, this time she didn't even raise doubts, but she couldn't help but show some expressions and reveal her inner thoughts.

Simon happened to catch Nora's ecological changes and looked over: "Nora, are you confused about my changes?"

Of course I also remember my attitude.

Nora did not hide it and nodded with a smile.

Simon thought for a while and said, "Some things are always something that people have to do, and I am not someone who challenges the windmill at all costs. I can only do my best."

In fact, what Simon didn't say is that if his efforts have no result in the next ten years, he would turn without hesitation.

Turn to tear the country apart.

Only if LGBT is not enough, LGBTQIAPKDX is considered passing. Two genders are not enough, three genders are also discrimination, and 73 genders are the standard.

In short, the ultimate goal is to allow countless groups to attack each other, hate each other, insult each other, and challenge each other... so as to ensure that the people are absolutely unable to unite to the greatest extent.

Doing so will certainly damage the foundation of this country.

However, since it cannot be reversed no matter what, it will be damaged. Then, turn to Latin America, making the bottom layer confused and powerless, and the upper layer of the pyramid can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and control everything.

At that time, the bottom can get the greatest "freedom" and give you the power below $950; give you the privileges of BLM; even the slogans of MAGA can be given to you, everyone can make it casually. However, if they have any signs of turning the finger in the "wrong" direction, such as Capitol Hill, and... in short, they will immediately carry out the most severe suppression and blackening of the public opinion level.

The Federation will never allow things like beautiful scenery.

It really reached a certain point that no one in the game was innocent, so Simon would not feel guilty or ruthless at all.

Simon just wants to protect himself.

I Tried!

This flashed through my mind, and Simon turned to Philip and mentioned another thing: "Phil, on the way back, I mentioned it to your father. Next, you go to work in the Ministry of Commerce. I hope you can change your position."

To support George W. Bush to take office successfully, Simon certainly would not only have the position of Secretary of State.

Philip has been working in the Treasury Department for several years and has also participated in the negotiations of the rescue plan between the US government and the South Korean authorities. In recent years, he has accumulated considerable experience and connections.

In the initial plan, Philip would next turn to the Ministry of Commerce, with the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce responsible for international trade, and would also serve as Director of the International Trade Bureau affiliated to this position.

Although Philip is only 29 years old this year, age in this country is not a problem.

Furthermore, the purpose of choosing this position is also obvious, and it is to cooperate with the global expansion of the Westeros system.

However, Simon has changed his mind recently.

James obviously hasn't mentioned it to his son yet, and Philip was a little surprised: "Simon, what?"

Simon said: "I want you to be the Assistant Secretary for Industry and Security in the Ministry of Commerce, and to be in charge of the Industry and Security Bureau, not the one before."

The Assistant Minister of Commerce in charge of industry and safety, "Industry" is very easy to understand, but in terms of "safety", perhaps many people's first feeling is that they are associated with "industry" and think they are responsible for supervising production safety.

Actually not.

The "security" here later became famous, referring to "national security".

More than ten or twenty years later, the United States launched sanctions on the outside world. One of the most popular excuses for using sanitizer is "national security". The department that initiated the sanctions is often the US Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Industry and Security under the Department of Commerce is responsible for formulating and implementing it.

However, more professional, the function of the Bureau of Industry and Security is to supervise all trade behaviors that may affect the national security of the United States, such as import and export control of cutting-edge technology, import and export control of sensitive goods, supervision and control of international currency clearing, etc.

When Philip heard Simon say this, he recalled the discussion about the shipbuilding industry just now and immediately understood why his brother-in-law had arranged this way.

Simply put, it is to curb the hollowing out of the US industrial system.

To be more simple, for example, if the Bureau of Industry and Safety says that certain accessories of a certain aircraft cannot be subcontracted to overseas manufacturers, it cannot be turned overseas and can only be produced locally. Or, if the Bureau of Industry and Safety believes that certain semiconductor technologies cannot be transferred, it limits that relevant technologies can only be kept in the United States, thereby retaining more related industries and jobs for the federal government.

This is a super gate that prevents the outflow of federal industries.

After looking at his father, seeing James nodding slightly, Philip thought a little and nodded quickly: "Okay, Simon, I'll follow your arrangement."

Nora beside Philip looked at her husband, then looked at her in-laws and Simon opposite her, and opened her mouth slightly, but she still said nothing.

After all, her husband and father-in-law have agreed, not to mention Simon's decision. If she speaks to stop her, it is likely that the most important people in this family will feel disgusted.

Nora always knew in her heart that her mother-in-law looked down on her and she had always had some grudges about her using pregnancy methods to promote this marriage. In short, since her husband had no objection, she didn't plan to say anything else.

As for the reason why Nora doesn't want Philip to take this position, it's also very simple.

Too easy to offend people.

In recent years, the various outreach, outsourcing and technology transfer of the Federation have been a major trend. What Philip needs to do is consistent with Simon's plan, and it is still against the general trend.

Nora even imagined that after her husband took office, he would not only put down the gates and strengthen supervision, but also review various industries that had already flowed out in the past few years and force some of them to move back to China. This kind of thing that allows capitalists to make less money or even less money will be understood as much as a rebound.

Of course, Simon had these thoughts, and he understood that the people sitting there knew what he thought. Seeing Philip agreeing, he thought about it and added: "I still have the attitude just now, Phil, we will only try to do what we can do. If the resistance is too great, we will not offend everyone and force it forward."

In any case, it is much easier to start doing it now than to try it in vain twenty years later.

Simon's goal is actually just to delay.

To the greatest extent possible, delay the pace of the country's decline from prosperity.

Just like a classic survival story: two people meet a bear in the forest. If they want to survive, they don’t need to run faster than the bear, they just need to run past another person.

The same is true for the country.

Just like the United States, it outperformed the Soviet Union, turned around and devoured the Soviet Union's legacy, and had enough food and drink, and could run away for many years.

Simon had plans for a long time.

In the 1990s, it outperformed the Soviet Union. The next time the Federation was going to ‘outperform’ was Europe.

Of course, in order to ensure that you have won, you must throw some trips to Europe in private to ensure that Europe, which has old arms and legs, has completely fallen and can never get up again.

At that time, you can gain more than ten or twenty years of life.

Follow up and continue to expand consumption with the next target.

After all, the "bear" is there, and the change of bulls and bears is like the rise and fall, and no one can avoid it. But history has proved again and again that you don't need to run past the bear, but you just need to run faster than your opponent.

Then, go back and pick up the corpse.
Chapter completed!