Chapter 690
The satellite that Third Brother requested has arrived.
The others would arrive later, and in the meantime, both Abhishek and Anil Ambani had something they wanted to discuss with Hawke.
The latter shook hands firmly with Hawke, laughed heartily, and said, "This feels amazing! We've won the Oscar for Best Picture for the second year in a row."
Hawke was good at saying nice things: "That's right, this is a victory for both of us."
“I could have come earlier,” Anil said excitedly, unconsciously boasting, “but when I came out of the theater, I ran into Mukesh and Spielberg. Their 'Lincoln' was completely defeated by us, and they looked terrible.”
Abhishek felt that the Indian tycoon in front of him was a bit too eccentric.
It's best to be more cautious about some of the collaborations that were agreed upon before.
Anil continued, "I completely outmaneuvered Mukesh in film investment, leaving him speechless. He took most of my assets after my father passed away, and only today did I finally get my revenge."
Hawke, who had secured billions of dollars in investment from Anil, was adept at generating emotional value, saying, "Your investments in the American market have completely outpaced Mukesh's."
Anil agreed: "When the Indian International School in Los Angeles that we jointly built begins enrolling students, all of India will know that I am the real Ambani."
Considering that the other party continues to attract funds from India to invest in India's national school construction program, Hawke said, "That day is not far off."
In the eyes of these Indians, although Hawke was also profit-driven, he was very friendly to Indians and could be considered a good friend of Indians.
Abhishek interjected at the opportune moment: "All our past collaborations have been extremely successful." He then brought up a point they had initially discussed: "Regarding drones, could we collaborate again, as we have in the past?"
In front of the Indians, Hawke was actually very principled, but he acted as if he had no principles at all: "Business is business, of course we can cooperate. After all, we have been partners for many years and know each other well. Your side is also very trustworthy and has settled all the outstanding payments for previous trades in a timely and accurate manner."
Hearing this, Abhishek felt his heart bleed. Those remaining payments were supposed to be shared by him and his superiors and subordinates, yet he had to hand them over to the American thieves…
Hawke continued, "The military drones you requested are controlled goods in the United States. Exports require review by the Trade Commission and the Pentagon. I have already submitted this trade application, and the review will take time."
Indians are never in a hurry, and Abhishek felt relieved upon hearing this: "I'll just wait for good news."
Hawkeye nodded and said, "There's one more thing. The delivery date for West Coast Technology's satellite order with you is approaching. We've already loaded all the satellites onto the ship, and it's en route to Mumbai, India."
This is definitely good news for the Indian military, represented by Abhishek.
In recent years, the New Delhi authorities have tried many methods to advance India's satellite technology, but all of them have encountered setbacks.
Although several satellite launches were declared successful, the actual margin of error was much greater than the distance from Delhi to Old Delhi.
Abhishek finally received the satellite signal and said, "New Delhi has dispatched a professional team to Mumbai to coordinate with your side."
Because that batch of satellites was quite special, Hawke entrusted all of them to a third-party freight company and did not send professional technicians from West Coast Technologies and Surrey Satellite.
If anyone is there, they will inevitably be detained by the Indians, which will cause trouble.
The team led by Gilberto and Juan will soon return to Los Angeles.
Hawke said, "The initial costs for this batch of satellites were all advanced by West Coast Technologies and Surrey Satellite. Currently, we are in arrears with the hardware and software suppliers, and the technical team's bonuses have not been paid. We hope that you can pay the remaining balance for the satellites as soon as possible."
The satellites cost hundreds of billions of dollars to design, and even if Abhishek wanted to pay the remaining balance, no one else would agree.
Even with a drone deal looming, India has no intention of paying.
Abhishek said with a smile, "New Delhi is raising the final payment. You can rest assured that this money will be fully settled in the first half of the year."
Hawke had planned ahead from the very beginning of the deal; his trade with the Indians was all about getting their deposits.
High profits were achieved from deposits alone.
Hawke said, "When there's good news, be sure to get in touch immediately."
"Yes, it will." Abhishek was about to be promoted and would no longer be in charge of trade with the Americans.
The promise he made was just a piece of toilet paper.
Hawke, however, was well aware that as soon as the Indians received the satellite, they would immediately contact West Coast Technologies.
The atmosphere during the meeting between the two sides was exceptionally harmonious.
When Tom Cruise and Eric Ethan led the main cast and crew, along with other Hollywood figures who came to offer their congratulations, to the Beverly Business Club, Abhishek specially brought out a glass of champagne and toasted Hawke with it.
The "Sirius" cast and crew had a resounding victory at the Oscars, and the celebrations were just beginning.
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Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai.
Inside the villa rented by the West Coast Technology Company, Juan was directing people to destroy documents.
Gilberto, the person in charge, came in from outside and said, "Two business jets are about to arrive at Mumbai Airport. Drop everything except the essentials."
Shredders aren't safe, Juan said, pointing to several boxes. "I'll take some men to the construction site and burn these documents."
Two construction sites have been completed and are currently being looked after by Indian workers.
Gilberto gave them the day off yesterday, and they'll be back to work tomorrow.
He called his assistant, handed several bags to Juan, and said, "Make sure they are all destroyed."
Juan led a group of people, carrying bags and boxes out of the villa, loading them directly into two cars, and drove away from the hotel. They quickly arrived at the deserted construction site, found the empty oil drums and gasoline that had been prepared beforehand, and burned all the documents to ashes.
In Gilberto, things continued to operate seemingly normally. They had also informed the Indians in advance that the West Coast Technology Company members would be returning to North America to attend the company's annual meeting.
The West Coast technology headquarters in Los Angeles has already announced that it will be holding its annual company meeting soon.
The west coast branch in Mumbai had quietly become a mere shell company.
The branch office building is still operating normally, and the Indian employees recruited in Mumbai are still going to get off work as usual.
Even the Indian vice president acted as if he held absolute power.
But Gilberto and Juan, leading their team from Los Angeles, boarded two business jets under the guise of attending the company's annual meeting and left Mumbai to return to Los Angeles. At that very moment, the massive 10,000-ton ship carrying the satellite had just entered the Indian Ocean.
Indians are overjoyed, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the world's most advanced satellite.
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On the streets of Washington, the winter snow is gradually melting, and as the sun warms the air, new buds are beginning to sprout from the trees along the roadside.
After Tom Emmer voluntarily withdrew from the Elephant Party's nomination race, the Special Administrative Region, which had been filled with chaotic rallies, experienced a brief period of calm.
Congress rejected the hearings for Tom Emmer.
The Department of Justice announced that there was no evidence to support the claim that Tom Emer had sexually assaulted a female subordinate.
The FBI immediately dropped the case.
The two federal justices also stopped paying attention to the matter.
The president and first lady divorced in an unusually low-key manner.
A series of cases that the federal government had been focusing on investigating were suddenly all withdrawn.
Several energy, financial, and insurance companies have resumed normal operations and have resorted to legal action, demanding financial compensation from the federal government.
All of this was done quietly, without even alerting the media.
Or rather, the media receives the news but doesn't report it.
Freedom of speech in the United States is quite limited.
All parties seem to have laid low, gathering their strength and waiting for an opportunity to erupt again.
Inside the Peterson Strategic Consulting firm, Elizabeth Carter flipped through Entertainment Weekly, her eyes fixed on the Oscars ceremony.
The huge success of "Sila" will further garner public support.
The film's screenings in North America have been expanded once again, and the run may be extended into October.
Meanwhile, Netflix, Twitter, and Fox News, among other media outlets, have obtained low-cost streaming rights and will frequently rebroadcast the autobiographical film on their respective video platforms.
Old Peterson came in from outside, glanced at the entertainment magazine in Elizabeth's hand, and said, "I just contacted Caroline, the operations director at Twitter. She hired several top 20 professional film critics to publish reviews related to the 'Sila Riley' autobiography on Twitter over a long period of time. Then, based on people's memory and psychological threshold, she rhythmically pushes them to users, reminding all voters across the United States what those bastards from the Democratic Party have done."
Elizabeth said, "The core plot of the movie is undoubtedly Sila's soul cooking and Epstein's St. James Island incident, both of which involve a lot of teenagers. If I were a parent, I would definitely not vote for the Donald Party."
She thought for a moment and added, "The biggest effect of this movie and the series of events related to Epstein is that it caused the Democratic Party to lose a lot of support from family voters, who are one of the main voting groups."
Peterson brought over a document and handed it to Elizabeth: "Take a look, the latest opinion poll."
Elizabeth carefully examined the data from both parties: "The gap has widened to nearly ten percent."
Peterson cautioned, "We can't just focus on this aspect. There are many historical examples of people who have the upper hand in opinion polls but still lost the election."
“That’s right.” Elizabeth was well aware of this: “Because a significant proportion of voters belong to the silent majority, they rarely speak out, or have no channels to do so.”
Peterson added, "Hawk specifically warned that the votes of the dead could also become votes. He specifically warned Tom Emer during the last election. It seems that Hillary didn't use this tactic. This time, the Democratic Party is at a huge disadvantage, and it's hard to say that they won't take risks."
Elizabeth immediately pulled out some documents and said, "If we prepare in advance, we can turn their dirty tricks into crimes."
Peterson took the documents and said, "I'll go to the Department of Justice and Congress and submit these documents."
With Tom Emmanuel withdrawing from this election, the Department of Justice remains under the control of Hughes Sr., which allows for a lot of preventative measures.
Elizabeth packed her bag and said, "I'm going to see the president of the National Federation of Teachers. The work of the teaching profession cannot be neglected."
Compared to ordinary citizens, teachers are a large group that is very active in voting.
In an effort to gain the support of teachers, at Hawke's suggestion, Brian is preparing to introduce another series of measures to reduce the workload of teachers.
For example, public primary and secondary school teachers generally complain that the workload is too heavy, resulting in their own busy work, excessive pressure on students, and excessively difficult exams.
We need to make things easier for teachers, so they can earn money while lying down.
In short, the joyful education system in America must become even more joyful in the future, and efforts should be made to extend it from public schools to private schools.
After the Oscars ceremony, Hawke convened a meeting with the Twitter PR team to ensure that the film "Silali" maintained a certain level of buzz for a long time.
Epstein, on the other hand, revealed a lot of details about the St. James Island case and some eye-catching news.
These cannot be released all at once; they must be compiled into an annual variety show.
Every now and then, a news report about an explosion is released to keep the public remembering the disgusting things the Donald Party leaders did on St. James' Island.
Epstein has a long list of filthy things about people like Lassoton, Sylvia, and Joseph.
In addition, Hawke specifically instructed Hurricane Africa to keep a close eye on several armed groups in the Middle East, including the Al-Aqsa militia.
Previously, the Butterfly Company tracked down Dillon and the Delaware Club, whose owner, Jack Jones, had traveled to the Middle East multiple times under the pretext of business.
Through informants within the Al-Aqsa militia, Hurricane essentially confirmed that Jack Jones was the mastermind behind the armed forces.
Hawke habitually considers the worst-case scenario. If the Democratic Party truly has no chance of winning and has suffered consecutive election defeats for years, will it take a desperate gamble?
This could involve more than just assassinating members of the Elephant Party; it could also lead to a dramatic assassination of a Donald Party candidate, thereby stirring up public opinion, placing the Elephant Party in the position of the perpetrator, and gaining public sympathy and support.
Including Hawke, American capital groups have proven time and again that the benefits of a position in the Oval Office are so great that they are enough to make people take risks.
Directing and acting in one's own campaign isn't particularly difficult; Hillary Clinton used it in her last election campaign, though she pretended to be sick.
Just as all parties in the United States were making intensive preparations for the election, a 10,000-ton giant ship flying the Stars and Stripes, led by a pilot ship, slowly entered the port of Mumbai and docked at its berth.
Watching the cargo ship come to a stop and be secured with massive mooring lines, Abhishek, who had personally come over, was quite excited and said to his subordinates, "Our satellites are finally about to catch up with the world's advanced standards!" (End of Chapter)