Chapter 14: This basket is so big

When Maximos was shouted by Harry Ford, he immediately realized what a terrible fact he had told.

Oh my God! This is the most confidential thing about Hughes!

Yes, Hughes added bombs to Australia Star, and it was not the kind of self-destructing device that was set up for confidentiality. It was a real bomb. As for the purpose, although the senior management did not have a famous saying, as the senior vice president of Hughes and a smart businessman who is well versed in the market for commercial satellite launches, it is not difficult for Maximos to infer the reason for the company's doing so.

In recent years, commercial satellite launches in the United States and Europe have repeatedly failed, and both star and arrows have been destroyed from time to time. It can be said that this reason has led to a sluggish commercial satellite launch market. In view of this situation, many large companies have also suspended or postponed their plans to own commercial satellites.

As the United States, which has always monopolized the international commercial satellite launch market, naturally does not want to see a new competitor appearing in this not-so-large market. Moreover, Americans always believe that the Chinese are far more difficult to deal with than Russia. As a big country with a population of more than one billion and a big country with nuclear deterrence and satellite launch capabilities, China is undoubtedly a powerful potential rival of the United States in the commercial satellite launch market.

So, should this opponent grow up and play against him? Or should he kill him when he is still in his infancy? This choice is obviously easy to make.

Although Hughes does not have to worry about who will launch the satellites it produces, it is an American company after all, and the national will of the United States is obviously higher than anything else. Therefore, it is very reasonable for the company to make some moves on the satellite at the advice of the government, the military, security agencies or large consortiums.

Although some of Hughes' upper-level managers have opposed this evil behavior that may lead to the loss of credibility of their own company, the voices of support overwhelmingly, and the national interests of the United States must be fully respected.

So among the two satellites produced by the company for Ossett, Hughes added an induction explosion device. This device can blow up the main control components of the satellite after the rocket is launched. Due to the capacity and the considerations of discovery, the equivalent of the explosive will not be too large. However, Hughes engineers believe that regardless of whether the rocket will be affected, satellites that rise to space will definitely not be able to send back any signals.

However, this matter is very secretive. Even among the senior executives of Hughes, there are only a few people who can learn about it. Maximos knew it, Harry Ford knew it, and a few people knew it.

But how did Fan Wubing know about this?

Maximos' cold sweat immediately soaked his underwear. He suddenly found that his alcoholic spirit was blown away by the strong wind and disappeared without a trace. The silence in the room and the cold eyes of everyone gathering on him made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Everyone, I think I've probably drunk too much and told such a ridiculous joke." Maximos wiped the cold sweat from his head and said to everyone awkwardly, "China's brewing industry is indeed very developed. The power of this kind of liquor is enough to make a senior manager of a multinational company become a nonsense in an instant. This is probably what I'm doing now."

However, everyone obviously would not believe his explanation. Since Fan Wubing suddenly asked this question for no reason, and Maximos answered this question very casually. The two are seamlessly connected, what can this mean?

This can only show that the bombs contained in the satellite mentioned by Fan Wubing do exist. Since there are bombs in the Australian Star, will the three satellites bought by Fan Wubing be as clean as he said?

This is a very serious problem!

Fan Wubing didn't say much, but patted Maximos on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Dear Mark, I hope that when my satellite is launched into space, it will not be a wreckage. If so, I believe that the compensation will destroy your company."

Maximos immediately sweated coldly and hurriedly assured Fan Wubing, "Dear Fan, I think there are some misunderstandings in this. Our company will not add bombs to any satellite."

"Oh?" Fan Wubing looked at the people in the room and asked with a smile, "But when I asked just now, Mark, you didn't say that. Could it be that there is something wrong with my ears and I have an auditory hallucination?"

"Well, it must be like this! Audio-samurai!" Maximos immediately agreed when he heard this. "When people drink too much, they will easily have hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, vision, etc. Unreal feelings. I think I may have also had false emotional responses. We shouldn't really care about the jokes after drinking. You should know that this does not conform to the general rules of business activities."

A general at the base heard the conversation between the two and wanted to question Maximos. As soon as he moved his mouth, he was stopped by the general. He felt aggrieved and wanted to ask why he didn't let himself speak, but he saw the general pointing at Fan Wubing with a smile, meaning that he would let him wait and see.

The general felt that Fan Wubing asked such a question unexpectedly, of course, would not be aimless. Although he didn't know how he thought of this seemingly incredible question, the general believed that with his character, it would be impossible that after asking such a very embarrassing question, there would be no following.

Sure enough, Fan Wubing smiled at Maximos with a smirk, and then touched his arms with his hands. There seemed to be something hidden. He stared at Maximos unkindly with a smirk, "Dear Mark, I think that although people will get drunk, they shouldn't be drunk like something like a tape recorder?"

When Harry Ford and Maximos saw Fan Wubing take out a small tape recorder from his arms, they had the intention of killing people. Fan Wubing was so bad!

Who has a tape recorder in his arms when drinking?! Isn’t it clear that he is here to frame people!

"Well, let's listen to what this little thing has recorded." Fan Wubing pressed the rewind button of the tape, and the room suddenly became quiet, and only the hissing sound of the tape turning in reverse was heard.

After pouring the tape, Fan Wubing pressed the playback button. There was a blank space before. Suddenly Fan Wubing said, "Oh, I almost forgot. I should have enjoyed the good things myself."

So he pressed the pause button, took out the small headphones from his arms, stuffed them into his ears, and then inserted one end into the headphone jack of the recorder, and then started playing again.

This guy is so bad! The people in the room originally wanted to listen to the recorded sound replay, but no one expected that Fan Wubing would play with this trick again. Isn’t this awesome person? I have seen people hurt people, but I have never seen people like this!

Maximos was really anxious at this time and asked Harry Ford in a low voice, "Did I just said loud?"

"What do you think?" Harry Ford was in a worse mood at this time. He hated the company very much why such an old Jewish man was appointed as senior vice president and even involved in such extremely secret matters. Now, isn't it? He finally made a big fuss in the company!

If bombs are added to the customer's satellite, this kind of thing will not only be the impact on the market, but the insurance companies will be the first to come to the door and track down the previous cases of failed launches from beginning to end. Could it be that the failures are all caused by Hughes' intentional use of bombs?

Although most people think this is impossible, they just need an excuse, an excuse to attack Hughes and make profits for themselves.

This excuse was actually told to the public by the drunken Maximos at the banquet, and it was recorded!

After listening for a while, Fan Wubing smiled and suddenly threw the recorder to the general, and then said, "Hehe, dear Mark, although your voice is not charming, it is valuable! But I don't care much about these things. Is there any bomb that has something to do with me? You guys have discussed it and done it!"

After saying that, Fan Wubing shook his hand and walked away.

The people in the room stared at each other and couldn't figure out why Fan Wubing did this. He suddenly slandered Maximos, which was equivalent to a big scandal about Hughes's company, but he easily threw the evidence of this matter to the military. What does this mean? No one can guess.

The general was holding the miniature walkman and suddenly felt a little amused.

"It's really a problem!" The general thought to himself. Fan Wubing suddenly played with such a trick. He was so beautiful. When the people in Hughes thought he wanted to use this as a threat to ask Hughes for what conditions he had, he actually stopped doing it. But this thing is equivalent to a hot potato. It's trouble to anyone's hand. The general held this walkman and felt that he was being used by Fan Wubing again?

But he thought about it. Can he get some benefits from Hughes using this incident? At least Maximos and Harry Ford have made such a big fuss in their hands. They definitely don’t want the company to know about it. Taking this opportunity to learn more about Hughes’ research progress and their known as the most advanced commercial communication satellite, it is also a good thing.

"This Fan Wubing is really acting like a wild and unpredictable!" The general shook his head, put on his headphones, and after listening for a while, he ordered his secretary with a strange expression, "This is an important physical evidence, immediately put it away, put it on a seal, send it to the confidential room, and send it to the confidential room, and send it to the guard for 24 hours. Remember, unless I am present in person, no one is allowed to touch this thing."

"Yes." The secretary had a serious expression and took the recorder. He waved his hand immediately and took the thing away with two soldiers.

Maximos and Harry Ford stretched their necks and watched them take away the evidence of the crime. They were extremely depressed. If this matter broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, after Maximos was awake, he suddenly felt that this was not the worst thing. If the thing was in Fan Wubing's hands, it would be more troublesome, because this guy had no rules and was entirely based on his personal preference. If he really brought the recording to publication, it would definitely cause an uproar. Now that he suddenly threw the thing to a senior Chinese military general, this was not a turning point.

The military cannot mess around like Fan Wubing.

Maximos immediately started to think about what he could make the other party give up the evidence. He had some not-so-important confidential information from Hughes. If he could use these to exchange with the Chinese military, it would be much less than the losses caused to the company after the tape was exposed.

So Maximos envoyed Harry Ford to enlist a color, and both of them thought of one place at this time. It was at least much easier to deal with the Chinese military than to deal with the extremely cunning little villain Fan Wubing.

At least in such negotiations, formal diplomatic rhetoric can still play a certain role, especially the traditional friendship between China and the United States, which can sometimes be used as bargaining chips for negotiations.

"Mr. General, I think we should discuss some things carefully." After the old Jewish man figured out this, he became much better and immediately suggested to the General with enthusiasm.

The general was very funny when he looked at the two foreigners who were obviously anxious like ants on the hot pan, but were about to pretend to be nothing. So he nodded and agreed, "Well, don't worry, don't worry, as long as it is under the framework of a Chinese, we can talk about any issues."

The two foreigners immediately became a little dizzy and thought to themselves that this big man was also infected with the habits of the little villain? This is not a good sign!

Not to mention that they were full of ghost thoughts here, Fan Wubing left the seat directly.

He Yun's task was to follow Fan Wubing closely and be responsible for all his affairs in the base, especially after Du Pengfei pulled out his gun, he was even asked to be inseparable, so he followed him out.

Fan Wubing looked very happy, and there was something inside. He Yun listened carefully and it seemed that it was something that ordinary people were so happy today. I had never heard of it before.

"Hey, why did you bring the recording to someone else? If you keep it, can you threaten the people from Hughes? What conditions do you agree to?" He Yun felt that Fan Wubing didn't look like a person who was indifferent to fame and fortune, otherwise he wouldn't have caused this sudden attack and recorded the audio for Maximos.

Then after Fan Wubing succeeded, he easily left the physical evidence to the military and took it out of this matter. It really made He Yun feel difficult to understand. Could it be that Fan Wubing's personality is actually very noble? It's impossible!

Fan Wubing looked at He Yun and smiled slightly, "What should I do if I don't give it to them? Have you ever seen that when I took out the tape recorder, the military people's eyes were straight?"

In fact, the bureau has always been very concerned about Hughes's communication satellite products, so their reaction was so positive after Fan Wubing proposed to steal satellites. Although China's technology has been improving, there is still a big gap in microelectronics and chip design compared to the United States, which is undeniable. Otherwise, Chinese computers would not have to rely on imports from the United States. Loongson, which has been in operation for many years, will not be able to go public in large quantities.

Fan Wubing gave such a good handle to the military, and of course they were more nervous.

"In this way, won't you get nothing?" He Yun still felt that he could not understand Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing smiled slightly and said, "How can you get it if you want to give up, but if you don't want to give up, how can you get it?"

Maximos and Harry Ford followed several engineers from the base to go back to the debugging site where the satellite was located. The work there cannot be stopped. As for the negotiations, it doesn't matter if it slows down. Anyway, Guang Fan Wuyan has to launch three satellites, so there is time to discuss it.

The base commander followed the general to the confidential room. He looked at the strange-looking general who took out the micro recorder and put on his headphones. After listening for a while, his expression became equally strange.
Chapter completed!