Chapter 1302 Weighing the Issues of Employment
Things went smoothly, at least the richest man Wang couldn't miss such an opportunity. Moreover, Tony is also very confident in his ability.
Being able to become the richest man in the opposite country depends not only on the means of doing business, but also on the tactics of scheming. Such a person must be very intelligent and capable. As long as he is willing, he will definitely be able to stir up huge waves in this pool. And at that time, as long as he has his own cooperation, it will not be a problem for him to win those two companies.
Of course, if he really takes any action at that time, he will definitely be bombarded by public opinion and public opinion. Because after all, they are all American companies. As the president, he has a bad ass and helps an outsider to deal with his own people. Not to mention those capitalists who don't agree, even the people probably won't agree.
But even if they didn't agree, Tony decided to do it anyway. Because this is the only way to deal with those capitalists. Because only in this way can he curb those capitalists' collusion.
That's right, if he wants to find capital to control the news media as a channel for his voice, he does have many other options. Whether it is those rich people in Europe or those local tyrants in the Middle East, they are all good choices. They have money, and they don't attract too much domestic antipathy. At the very least, the vast majority of people would be more happy to see Europeans buy these two companies than a Chinese to do such a thing.
Why this is so is more complex. And the most important point is the difference of system and race.
Needless to say about the system, the different systems on both sides make them who follow the capitalist line inherently hostile to the other side. As for racism? There are many places to be particular about.
Racial discrimination cannot be said to be widespread, but it is inevitable. In the past, when the United States was strong, racial discrimination would definitely be shouted and beaten by everyone. This is not only because the slogan of the Americans is democracy and freedom, but more because they always have a feeling of superiority psychologically. Just like civilized people will always spurn those uncivilized habits, as Americans with high self-esteem, they will naturally regard the bad habit of racial discrimination as the object of their daily combat.
However, that was the past, the time when America dominated the earth. But now, America, which has been ruined, cannot support their self-confidence. They have already fallen from the clouds, so naturally, it is impossible for them to look at such a problem with a self-important attitude like before.
They become sensitive, they become vulnerable. It's like a balloon that's been inflated. If no one pokes them, they can fly in the air, but if someone pokes their fragile skin, they can explode in an instant. And at that time, who cares about racism and non-discrimination.
This is the status quo in America.
And those Chinese are the needle that pierced their skin. If it is those white people, they can still deceive themselves in a way of self-deception, and continue their dream of being a superpower and aloof. But if they are Chinese, their dream will be forced to wake up immediately.
Think about being woken up from a sweet dream, the annoyance is absolutely insane. And under this kind of madness, any racial discrimination will definitely not be a problem they care about. They will oppose for the sake of opposition, attacking all possible targets. Maybe even make some more extreme actions.
Logically speaking, as the president of the United States, since Tony knew that such a situation would happen, he shouldn't provoke them even more. However, Tony has his own considerations. In his consideration, Chinese companies are the only ones he can trust.
The reason is simple, because they will not be linked with those capitalists, there is a stronger existence behind them, and that existence will make it absolutely impossible for these companies to be linked with other people without their permission. This is not a good thing for the company, but for Tony, it is an out-and-out good thing. Because he can be sure that these Chinese companies will not stab him in the back at the most critical time.
If it were those European capitals and those rich people in the Middle East, Tony was not sure if he made this call, whether they would sell themselves to those consortiums in a blink of an eye. This is by no means impossible. For the sake of profit, there is nothing these bastards can't do. And once his plan is leaked ahead of time, everything will turn into a disaster.
Tony couldn't take such a risk, so he had to find the safest partner. Under this premise, the richest man in China is naturally his only choice. Although it is said that this will inevitably lead to such and other consequences, but in comparison, this kind of consequences is already completely acceptable to him.
In order to solve the problem of the mouthpiece of public opinion, Tony took great pains. As far as the current situation is concerned, once his plan is successful, the media and public opinion will completely lose their threat to him. He was very sure of this point, so he temporarily put aside his concerns in this regard and began to think about other issues.
The second method that the consortium can use against him is to encourage those laid-off employees through layoffs.
This trick sounds simple, but the harm is great. Because the number of people that the consortium can agitate is absolutely amazing. If they want, they can lay off millions of people directly across the United States. And once these millions of people make a commotion, it is enough to cause a devastating impact on the entire society and even the rule of the Stark government.
This is no joke. In the final analysis, the government is also an official organization for the better life of its own people. One of the basic functions of a government is to ensure that its citizens maintain a high employment rate. If the people are not employed, they have no capital to maintain their normal lives. And if they can't even maintain their normal life, do you think they will happily accept the rule of a government?
What's more, Tony can be sure that when those consortiums use this trick to deal with him, they will definitely include a sentence in the dismissal letter, because of the current government policy. These words were enough to make the people's anger burn on him. Under the premise of losing their jobs, those people don't care who is behind all this. They will only crazily vent their grievances to all targets, and compared with those private companies, the government is undoubtedly a better punching bag.
It is no longer a day or two for Americans to get used to venting their anger on the government. When they vented all their grievances on the government, when millions of unemployed people took their families and their relatives and friends to the streets and began to condemn the Stark government. People from those consortiums will definitely encourage them secretly, let them overthrow the current government, and make the Stark government no longer have a foothold in the United States.
At that point, the Stark government has only two options. First, follow the constitutional procedures and step down at the request of the people. And if this is the case, it means that all Tony's efforts will end in failure. He will hang on the name of a loser and be engraved in American history thoroughly. This is something he cannot accept.
And the second is that the Stark government used strong means to directly suppress these voices from the people. This is even more impossible. Let's not talk about what will happen to their nature if the Stark government does this. It is absolutely impossible for those military forces alone to allow them to do so. After all, armies are made of people too. When this fluctuation spreads to the entire United States, who can be sure that the American soldiers who form the basis of the army will definitely choose to follow them?
Even if they are willing to accept the order of the Stark government and start to suppress the people forcefully. The final result will certainly not be optimistic.
You know, the U.S. Constitution stipulates that people have the right to hold guns to defend their freedom. Once someone incites the people to think that this kind of suppression is an infringement of their freedom, then it may turn into a war between the people and the government in the end. The consortium is working behind the scenes to let the people and the government fight each other. No matter what the result is, even if the final winner is the Stark government, it is absolutely impossible for Tony to accept such a thing. So in the end, there is actually only one real choice.
That is to completely eliminate this possibility before the consortium uses such means.
That's what Tony's previous layout was for. This is the purpose of his spending huge sums of money to acquire those large entities. Only if he holds those large entities in his hands, can he not worry about consortium forces using such means.
Because he knows very well that the people will riot in the final analysis only because they don't have a stable job, and as long as they can provide them with a stable job, they will be crazy to make trouble with the government.
In terms of solving work problems, physical enterprises are the best way. There is a huge difference between the manpower required to start a factory and the huge demand for manpower required by a virtual project. And as long as he holds these large-scale entities in his hands, he will be able to embezzle a large number of unemployed people in society when the consortium uses this trick. Thus basically cutting off the ambitions of the consortium.
This is a trick, because he can not only solve the unemployment problem, but also throw the people's contradictions back to the capital in this way. The government has solved employment for them, and of course they will wonder why they are unemployed. And as long as they are properly guided, the blame will fall on the power of the consortium, and at that time, as long as they use cruel means, everything will be a foregone conclusion.
That's Tony's plan. And now, this plan has entered a critical moment.