"Well, that makes sense."
"That's right, Vought International has been a bit arrogant lately."
"Those so-called super freaks actually want to get involved in our military."
After William finished speaking, the vast majority of the American representatives, especially the officers representing the military, showed expressions of indignation.
After all, if you let those Superman types join the army, what do you want them as officers and soldiers to do?
The most terrible thing about killing people is to cut off their financial resources, so this is why the U. S. military and government have been reluctant to let Walter get involved in the military field.
"Everyone!" William also said passionately and angrily, "Although we, Russell Family, are a capitalist family, as long as there is money to be made, we will never refuse.
But if we are facing a national crisis, we Russell Family will help the country overcome the difficulties without any explanation, and I think the same is true for other arms families."
When William was plating gold on the so-called Russell Family, he did not forget to praise other arms dealers.
Although only Umbrella and his family were present, it was inevitable that among these officers there were also officers who were close to other arms dealers.
Among them, there may also be people who love Vought International.
However, Serena, who was standing next to him at this time, had already scanned the facial features of this group of representatives and used the Internet to conduct a comprehensive mining and search.
It can be said that from the moment Serena met these representatives, he already knew them better than their mothers. Naturally, he also knew who was involved in improper activities with Walter.
But since there was no opportunity for private conversation, Serena kept a quiet look and became a female secretary who looked like a vase.
There was a pause.
William said with a sharp tone, "And as I said before, Walter saw that Germany was going to be defeated, so he decided to join our country as the wind dictated.
From our point of view, Vought's actions are the icing on the cake, but what about Germany and Hitler? Isn't this the crime of treason and surrender to the enemy?
And they help the enemy country to deal with the motherland without any explanation. To be honest, how much patriotic feelings can the descendants of such a person have?
If such a family is allowed to get involved in the military, the consequences will be absolutely disastrous."
"Well..." After hearing this, the army colonel from before replied with a deep voice, "Mr. Russell, what you said is consistent with our military's point of view.
But in the Senate ratification committee...
Half of the members have agreed to hold a ratification meeting, and only the chairman of the committee, a congressman from Oklahoma, has not yet agreed.
However, with Vought International's methods, this approval meeting will definitely be held as usual, and it is almost impossible to prevent Walter from entering."
As William who has just watched the entire episode of <The Boys>, he naturally knows that the Oklahoma congressman is the congressman who was slept with by 'The Doppelganger' in the first season.
This congressman used to be from Marine Corps. He is not short of money or power. Naturally, he is more biased towards the military and will not agree to Walter entering the national defense system at all.
But Homelander's Oedipus object Madelyn used 'The Doppelganger' to become a slutty female bartender, successfully seduced the congressman, and then used her real body to take homosexual photos.
Homosexuality is taboo in Oklahoma, so the last congressman who blocked Walter from entering the military had to compromise in order not to lose power.
"Haha." William did not show any worry, and chuckled, "Walter has Watt's methods, I have to admire this.
But if an ordinary soldier, after being equipped with our Umbrella individual soldier system, is comparable to Watt's second-rate or even first-rate Superman...
White House Will you still consider letting Vought enter the national defense system?
Besides, we at Russell are a family from the United States, and companies like Lockheed and Grumman must be tens of thousands of times more resistant to us than Vought."
"Indeed." The Army Colonel nodded.
On the other hand, the air force colonel on the side frowned slightly and asked, "Mr. Russell, you just said that ordinary soldiers can be equipped...
So what's the price for this individual soldier system?"
William went straight to the point. "Five hundred thousand."
"Half a million???!!!"
All the representatives present were shocked when they heard the quotation of William.
What is the concept of five hundred thousand? Is it expensive?
Not expensive!
On the contrary, it is cheap, really cheap.
The weapons, ammunition and equipment that are standard equipment for individual army soldiers fighting on the front lines such as Afghanistan and Syria are around 23,000 yuan.
The price of an individual soldier system for elite soldiers belonging to Special Operations Command is approximately between 300,000 and 500,000.
Umbrella's individual soldier system obviously has cross-era combat capabilities, but it is only sold for 500,000, which is no different from giving it away.
Even if it is impossible to equip the entire army, if tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Special Operations Command are replaced with Umbrella's individual soldier system, with the financial resources of US Government, it will definitely be possible to upgrade them all in the next ten years.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers loyal to the army and government, or the Superman class under Walter's command, which one is more tempting? No need to think about it, William also knows the answer.
"Mr. Russell." After the shock, the navy captain asked with a serious expression:
"Although I don't know the cost of your set of equipment, half a million yuan should be infinitely close to the cost price, so... what is your real purpose? Don't talk to us about patriotism."
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being a colonel!" William laughed and said, "Patriotism is one thing, but my true intention..."
William said, slowly approached the three colonels, and whispered:
"I hope White House can approve our Russell Family's tax-free status within ten years."
"Tax-free..."
"Russell, it seems you are not a complete patriot."
"This... we need to report it to the minister, who will then negotiate with the president."
The three colonels who had obtained William's 'real' purpose all showed troubled faces, but their eyes showed much less fear towards William.
After all, you Russell Family are from a capitalist family. You can't fool these three fifty-year-old colonels by buying a highly technical individual soldier system for only 500,000 yuan, regardless of your patriotism.
But once the true nature of a capitalist is revealed, the colonels become less taboo, because in their eyes, there are no saints in this world.
Tax-free, this is definitely a super privilege in the United States.
In the United States, you can anger the Drug Enforcement Administration, CIA and FIB, but you must not anger the IRS IRS.
It is said that the drug lord who was unable to be brought down by the CIA was unable to escape the IRS and was abruptly eliminated by the special armed unit of the IRS.
Therefore, William sells weapons that can fight Superman at extremely low prices. While showing his patriotism, he also hopes to obtain sufficient profits, which directly dispelled the suspicion of this group of representatives.
Eventually.
U. S. representatives stated that all this requires consultation with the Department of Defense before they can give William a reply.
William was not in a hurry. He did this just to improve Umbrella's status in the military and government as soon as possible.
Later, after some polite words, William took Serena and others and drove away from Andrews Air Force Base.
Inside the SUV.
William, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at the street scenery outside the car window and said softly to Serena, who was sitting next to him:
"Serena, it's time to arrange an operation to massacre Super Trash, let US Government, the military, and Walt know that...
There really are 'super villains'."
"Yes."