Chapter 1517: Testing
As a general, Astmoreland's annual salary is still very high. It adds up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and the personal income tax he needs to pay is ridiculously low. This is unique to American soldiers in different time and space. benefits.
At the same time, in terms of medical care, pensions and other benefits, General Astmoreland enjoys far more than ordinary working-class people, and even reaches a very high level.
But no one would complain that he earned less. After all, General Astmoreland's family did have several prodigal sons, so his current salary was simply not enough to support those prodigal sons.
Although he also wants to learn from his colleagues and start a 'side job' or something like that, everyone knows that he is not that easy to deal with, so until now, he has not thought of doing a 'side job' , there is no way to put it into practice.
In other words, no one is willing to reach some cooperation agreement with him.
However, the appearance of Kim Hyuntai gave Astmoreland an opportunity.
Anyway, he will retire in two years. If he doesn't find a way out as soon as possible, then after he retires, he will have to go home, face the prodigal sons in his family, and watch them put everything they have worked hard for their whole life into. , just like that.
But after hooking up with Kim Hyun Tae, this kind of worry is completely unnecessary.
First of all, after he retires, he will be hired by Kim Hyun Tae and earn his high annual salary. The prodigal sons in his family will also have a very suitable arrangement, and they will no longer have to stay at home doing nothing.
Presumably Kim Hyuntai would not treat the prodigal sons in his family badly.
Astmoreland does not seek to make the few prodigal sons in his family better. He just wishes that these guys can do something before he burps, so that everything in his family will not be ruined in his lifetime.
As soon as he closes his eyes, those things are beyond his ability to care about.
Besides, in this different time and space, the cooperation between the military and the political circles in the United States and the capitalists is basically no longer like this.
The current President Kenney, his daughter and uncle, were immediately hired by the financial giants on Wall Street after he became president, and comfortably received an annual salary of more than one million per year.
I heard that a publishing house has contacted Kenny and reached an agreement. After Kenny leaves office, he will publish an autobiography or memoir, which can make a lot of money.
To be honest, for these,
Astmoreland was quite envious.
At one time, he also hoped that a publisher would come to him and ask him to publish a memoir or something.
However, due to his poor personnel in the army, no one was willing to come to him at all. Even if they did, they would only come to his popular colleagues.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to say that Astmoreland is not envious or jealous.
After all, Astmoreland is not a saint who has no desires or desires.
But now, things have turned around.
The young man standing in front of him, who was not yet 18 years old, had the strength and ability to meet all his expectations for this.
The new American capitalists are not just bragging, they actually have this kind of power.
And beside him, there is another big capitalist in the United States, the Jewish Anne.
Therefore, let alone Kim Hyun Tae, it is definitely worthy of Astmoreland to make the right decision for Annie, a strong woman, right?
Moreover, Kim Hyun Tae also promised an annual salary of 3 million, so how could Astmoreland not be excited.
That's an annual salary of 3 million.
Even though he is not too young after retiring, with his condition, there is no problem in working for Kim Hyun Tae's "Security and Defense Consultants" company for ten years.
Therefore, thinking about it this way, he will definitely become a multi-millionaire after retiring. More importantly, he will be involved with two American capitalists. This is the most critical thing.
If the prodigal sons in his family can change, they may not have to worry about it in their lives.
As a father, Astmoreland was also worried about the "bastards" in his family.
"Really...really?"
The excited Astmoreland looked shocked and unbelievable.
To be honest, he never thought in his life that he would have the opportunity to earn one million yuan a year.
Although his current annual salary is not low, he can't afford to have a few bastards and spendthrifts in his family. Therefore, his current salary is not enough to squander the money for a few losers in his family. He even owes a lot of money to the bank because of those bastards. Less debt.
Because of this matter, General Astmoreland would have a headache every time he was alone, so much so that he was very worried about his family's future.
Jin Xiantai smiled, and his big white teeth were even a little reflective. He held General Astmoreland's right hand slightly tightly: "I don't need to joke about such things. Uncle George knows me. I have always been a good person." I mean what I say. If you are worried, I can sign a contract with you now, stating the salary level for you to join the 'Security and Defense Consultants' company under my name after you retire."
In a capitalist society, don't be very shy about talking about money or feel embarrassed to talk about money. In fact, you can talk about this kind of thing openly.
Kim Hyun Tae, who has come to the United States in a different time and space, and has lived for almost three years, has gradually become accustomed to talking about money openly.
And what Kim Hyun-tae said was exactly what Astmoreland wanted.
As the saying goes, words are not enough. If it can be put down in black and white, it would be even better.
"If this is possible, I personally think it would be best."
Therefore, Astmoreland climbed up the pole and nodded to Kim Hyun-tae.
Regarding Astmoreland's attitude, Kim Hyun-tae himself did not have any aversion or not. He even thought that it was good to put it down in black and white.
At least in this way, he can really confirm his relationship with General Astmoreland, create favorable conditions for serving in South Vietnam in a few days, and tie General Astmoreland to his side.
Although General Astmoreland is not popular in the army, he still has some value anyway.
And he has been in the army for so many years, it is impossible that he really has no friends, and those friends are also his intangible assets, so to win Astmoreland to his side is equivalent to holding his relationship in his hands, which is a very important one.
Besides, Kim Hyun-tae is about to serve in South Vietnam, and General Astmoreland is the highest military commander of the United States in South Vietnam. His identity and power will greatly facilitate Kim Hyun-tae's service in South Vietnam.
Even if other factors are not considered, this alone is enough for Kim Hyun-tae and General Astmoreland to reach the agreement he just proposed.
An annual salary of 3 million US dollars is definitely a high salary. Most Wall Street elites can't even reach this level, but Kim Hyun-tae thinks it is worth it.
Besides, he is not short of money.
Recently, some of the investigation teams he sent out have reported that the subprime bond market is indeed as chaotic as he judged, so Kim Hyun-tae basically doesn't need to worry that his and his daughter's investment of more than 70 billion US dollars will go down the drain.
It can even be said that this investment of more than 70 billion US dollars will eventually bring him and his daughter Coco a very rich return on profit.
Of course, it is unknown how much the final return will be.
But Kim Hyun-tae personally judged that at least doubling it is absolutely no problem.
At that time, those Wall Street bankers who signed the bet agreement with him will definitely lose a lot of money.
However, Jin Xiantai is not worried that the bankers cannot afford to pay the money, because these guys have made a lot of money in the process of the "Plaza Accord".
After harvesting this money, General Astmoreland's annual salary of only 3 million US dollars will be nothing.
Even without this investment, the income of Jin Xiantai's companies is enough for him to support the plan of launching the "Security Defense Consultant" company.
You know, all the companies under Jin Xiantai's name are profitable and have no losses, and some companies have become more and more profitable over time.
Therefore, with the support of these "cash cows", Jin Xiantai can do anything.
Old George took the trouble to draft a contract, and then Jin Xiantai and General Astmoreland signed their names respectively, and made three copies, and Jin Xiantai, Astmoreland, and Old George, as the guarantor, each took a copy for safekeeping.
At this point, Jin Xiantai and General Astmoreland have officially established a relatively stable relationship built by interests.
For a while, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. After all, everyone has become "one of us", so some things can be said unscrupulously now.
The first person to speak was Astmoreland. As soon as he spoke, he talked about the equipment problem of the US troops stationed in Vietnam, and tentatively asked Jin Xiantai if he had any ideas to provide some less important military supplies.
Obviously, Astmoreland is ready to open his mind and cooperate with Jin Xiantai and Old George to get some benefits from this matter.
Jin Xiantai himself is not opposed to this at all.
Although he is not short of money, no one in this world will complain about having little money.
Since Astmoreland has such an idea, he must ask and see how to operate this matter.
After all, he also owns a military material factory that cooperates with the military, specializing in providing tents, military bedding, canned food, etc. for the US troops stationed in Vietnam. If there is a chance to get involved in other fields, Kim Hyun-tae will definitely not refuse this opportunity.
But Kim Hyun-tae needs to find out what kind of plan Astmoreland has.