Chapter 628
It can be said that Abel's greater requirement for Black Rock is to be able to extend his influence outside rather than mere profits.
Especially in places like Africa and West Asia.
That's why he is different from the bosses of other PMC companies. He obviously can make money more easily, but he doesn't. Instead, he lets Black Rock go to Nagada, Africa, to hang out.
Now, I've only been here not long ago, and I didn't expect that we would achieve such results by messing around together.
"Since even James said so." Other think tanks also agreed with the suggestion of our military adviser.
Abel followed the advice of James L. Jones and made the final decision: "Then let Felix Wilkenhuyinsen and Neil McCormick do it. Try to make it look better, Don't let international public opinion pay attention to me."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then left to arrange things. The tone of the matter was set here.
But James L. Jones was retained, and Abel had a few more words with the former Marine Corps executive.
James is a typical Five Corners mid-level guy.
He comes from a good family, a high-ranking military family in Virginia. His father, grandfather, uncles and other elders have high status within the US military, and are basically equivalent to the aristocratic families within the US military.
Families like theirs have great say in the military-industrial complex and are numerous in number.
In fact, this is not just the case within the US military. The current situation in all walks of life in the United States can only be said to be very similar to the period from the Jin Dynasty to the pre-Tang dynasty of the great Eastern country.
The United States has been a country for more than 200 years, and there are many big capitalists who have been extremely wealthy for generations. The elites from other walks of life below will naturally learn to imitate.
As a result, "shihou families" from all walks of life appeared.
What kind of labor aristocracy monopolizes and controls the guilds? Members of the American military family have been in the middle and upper levels of the Five Corners Building for generations. The sons of lawyers are lawyers, the sons of doctors are doctors, the sons of prosecutors are prosecutors, and so on.
Privileges are everywhere in this country. The noble families, or "chiefs" and their descendants enjoy the privileges in all aspects of this country.
For example, Edward Snowden exposed the "Prism" program, which embarrassed the White House internationally and even easily escaped from the United States.
Why? The reason is simple, because he himself comes from a similar "patriarchal family" in the United States.
First of all, his ancestor was one of the members on the Mayflower. His family is a very typical group. His ancestor's name is on the signature list for the founding of the United States.
Then his growth experience can be said to be a good one, and he is a member of the elite.
It is precisely with this kind of background and experience that he can escape from the pursuit of a world empire like the United States even when he is "crazy". He can stay alive and disgust the United States abroad without being captured, or in various ways. A kind of suicide.
Because in fact, during his escape, many Americans gave him a wide berth.
The reason is because of his background and the privileges of his American noble family.
Replace it with an ordinary American soldier, or a foreign veteran like Julian Assange.
If you stay in prison until you die, it's all because there is a lot of noise outside and the United States can't do anything directly.
In essence, the former Abel Smith had almost the same identity.
Their ancestors all signed the signature sheet for the founding of the United States, and so did the Shrub family.
These families have one thing in common, that is, if we look back strictly, their ancestors were almost all slave owners...
Well, in fact, the first batch of white families who came to the United States and succeeded to this day and are still doing well today almost all have ancestors who have not been slave owners.
Only the immigrant families who came to the United States after the Civil War had basically never been slave owners.
I digress. In short, a military officer like James L. Jones, who was born into a wealthy family, would basically have a smooth journey from starting out as a soldier to retiring at the level of a general.
After retirement, most of them can continue to be re-employed, whether at home or abroad.
Those in China are naturally similar to James L. Jones, becoming guests of major companies, or simply starting their own company.
This is a relatively typical revolving door transaction.
If they are abroad, they often provide military consulting and military advisory services to foreign governments.
Data shows that many foreign governments pay generous remuneration to American military talents!
When working abroad, the salaries these "James" can get start at six figures, and millions of dollars in salary are not uncommon. This is far more than the income of most members of the US military while on active duty.
For example, in today's U.S. military, the base salary for an active-duty four-star general is $203,698 per year.
In terms of normal salary income, this is already an absolutely high salary among members of the US military.
But if the four-star general works for a foreign country, it will definitely not be a problem to increase his income tenfold.
For example, the Kingdom of Tessa hired a former Navy SEAL as their special operations consultant, with an annual salary of $258,000. The United Arab Emirates provides helicopter pilots with an annual allowance worth $200,000, and aircraft mechanics on the ground receive an annual salary of $258,000. It's $120,000.
This is only the middle and lower levels of the US military. If you reach the general level of the US military, Tuao has provided consulting fees worth more than 10 million US dollars to several former senior members of the US military. A consulting firm owned by six retired members of the Five Corners Building negotiated a $23.6 million contract with Talka to help Talka build an air force base in Perth Bay.
In Azerbaijan, a retired American general's daily consulting fee is US$5,000.
Many of these American generals and admirals had previously been stationed and worked in these countries and had established ties with that country at that time.
Even some members of the US military have already negotiated with the local government on work during their active duty period...
Although the rules on the surface stipulate that retired US military personnel need to be approved before they can serve the government overseas. But these approvals are almost automatic. Since 1999, there have been more than 500 approval requests, with approximately 95% approved.
And even for those who have not been approved, the Five Corners can do nothing to them. At most, they will only withhold their pensions.
But the amount of pension is nothing compared to the extra money these retired US military members earn overseas.
So in parallel time and space, more than ten years later, when a large Eastern country had its own aircraft carrier for the first time.
A few years later, U.S. military observers were surprised to find that the take-off and landing postures of the pilots on the aircraft carrier and the various appearances of the aerial formations looked very much like the pilots of the Empire. They were simply cosplayed from the same model.
They quickly investigated. Investigation results show that dozens of retired American pilots have been working there for many years in recent years...
These "enthusiastic" American pilot captains and squadron leaders taught them step by step the empire's most powerful air enemy in the future.
The separation of empires is more strange than this.
What Abel learned from his conversation with James L. Jones was astounding.
From the perspective of a serious American, Abel knew that this was actually very inappropriate.
But he is also very clear that under the current American background, no one dares to stop this kind of thing.
Who dares to stop it? Even if Master Luo is reborn as the commander-in-chief of the United States, he will never dare to take action rashly.
Because if you want to prevent this kind of thing, you are almost going against all the elite members of the US military!
From various generals to various technical elites at the middle and lower levels, such as pilots and mechanics. Except for the most useless Red Deers, almost everyone will hate anyone who prevents him from making extra money.
To try to stop this is to go against the most elite members of the U.S. military.
It is estimated that even the peak Master Luo who won World War II may not be able to do this kind of thing.
This huge empire is already aging.
Without strong competitors, it might be able to survive for hundreds of years.
Like the time when the sun never set on Spain, and the time when the sun never set on Britain.
As for the more powerful American world empire, its fate is ultimately different from the first two.
Because its powerful competitors have already appeared and are rising crazily.
The high-ranking officials of the empire basically turned a blind eye to this due to their arrogance and inertia.
After chatting with James L. Jones for a while, Abel finally ended his work for the day.
He took his exclusive elevator directly to his residence on the top floor of Smith Tower.
Basically, as long as he is in Manhattan, he mainly lives here after work.
At the door of the diamond crown-topped elevator hall, casually responding to the greetings of the female bodyguards guarding the entrance, Abel pushed the door open and walked into the living room without making a sound.
The house was very quiet and warm, and Britney or Avril was not seen.
Abel took off his windbreaker and threw it on the simple, dark-tone antique sofa.
Having said that, the original interior decoration of the Smith Tower was in the American modern style that Abel preferred, which was a style with simple and monotonous colors.
But after Keira took over, the little California princess seemed to have very similar style preferences to Yin Kana and her father in decoration...
To sum up, it seems to be "local tyrant style".
At her request, the decoration and layout of the living rooms, living rooms and other public areas on the four floors of Diamond Crown Complex were all adjusted for her.
Various classical styles are mixed together, very conflicting and strangely harmonious at the same time - it is the nouveau riche style.
Looking around the living room on the first floor, you can see Arab-style artistic patterns carved on various furniture, combined with European medieval-style velvet materials, as well as many furnishings and antique decorations from ancient oriental countries. Everywhere in the room is the atmosphere of a royal palace in the medieval times of mankind.
One word, trench.
The antique sofa does not feel old-fashioned at all. There are rice red and red cushions placed in an orderly manner on it. The color pattern matches the style of the sofa very harmoniously and is very beautiful. The sofa is covered with a snow-white fabric rug, and the combination of the drooping hem and the sofa cushions feels cute.
So the trench must return to the trench, and the soil must return to the soil. After all, Keira is a young girl, but she is still not as earthy as Daddy Yinkana.
Katsa——
Abel opened the door of the master bedroom and walked into the bedroom. The bedroom used light colors to relax the body and mind. The lighting configuration here is very distinctive. The reflected indirect light source makes the overall feeling of the room feel amplified. A peaceful atmosphere filled the room amid the light and shadow.
The bright light shining in from the large windows makes the room look particularly bright, reflecting the snow-white Simmons duvet. The white linen fabric is very eye-catching and textured. The cushions here are in blue, which is very elegant.
"Where did he go?" Abel took off his suit and threw it on Simmons, then his tie. He unbuttoned the collar of his white shirt, unbuttoned and rolled up his cufflinks. The temperature in the room was a bit high.
Abel walked out of the bedroom, looked in other rooms, and then came to a room with a closed door and the sound of music faintly coming from inside. He smiled and slowly turned the door lock, opened a gap, and opened the door. Peek through the crack.
I saw Britney doing stretching exercises on a fitness equipment, her hair was tied into a high ponytail, and her beautiful face was covered with sweat. When Abel saw her wearing tight clothes like this, he immediately felt excited.
During the workout, Xiao Tiantian fully showed off her good figure, coupled with her lovely and sweet appearance. What's even worse is that she only wore a white tight vest and a pair of black briefs, with two pairs of snow-white The heaven-defying moon is covered in sweat, and the sex is incomparable. The small vest sets off the perfect lines of her entire upper body and delicate collarbones, telling Abel that Britney's slender figure has no trace of fleshy waist. This figure is really great, with a perfect waist. The slender Otsutsuki shows the figure that a top idol female star should have.
No wonder thousands of European and American middle-aged men are crazy to pay for her, the same number of European and American conservative women are crazy jealous and attack her, and the same number of European and American young girls are crazy to imitate and learn from her.
"boom--"
Abel smiled evilly and pushed open the door.
"ah--"
"Hey young——"
Being startled, her beauty turned pale, and her face looked frightened. Britney suddenly let go of her hands holding the equipment, and her delicate body fell to the ground. Her beautiful eyes widened and she looked at Ya with a smirk on her face. Bo.
"Hate! You scared me -" After seeing clearly that the intruder was Abel, Britney sat on the ground and yelled loudly with her pretty face flushed. However, because of Abel's appearance, her beautiful eyes were filled with surprise. and filled with joy.
"Ha ha--"
Abel smiled and walked over, picked her up who was dripping with sweat, and placed her directly on the treadmill next to her.
Then he turned on the treadmill, adjusted it to the slowest speed, and the two of them started walking on it.
Then he slid on Britney, easily xxxxxx.
Britney cooperated meekly throughout the whole process, and the two "communicated" directly on the treadmill.