advanced player in arc

Chapter 502 Clearance Deal

All countries are paying attention to the development of giant companies, because their influence is increasing day by day, and they have already had a huge impact on society without knowing it.

It's just that some countries have the ability to manage it, while others can only watch. It depends on the composition and strength of the country, as well as the influence of the company.

Social giants hold a huge amount of data, covering all aspects of life. At the beginning, the "data gate" incident of a social network giant caused an uproar in the world, causing the market value of this technology company to evaporate hundreds of billions of dollars in ten days, and the trust of the public plummeted.

The loss of the company is secondary, and more importantly, the large amount of leaked information can be directly used to influence major political events such as presidential elections and national referendums.

This has triggered the outside world's fear of the Internet giant's "power to the sky", as well as reverie about the future.

It is an undeniable fact that the strength of large multinational companies is increasing day by day, and their influence on society is enormous.

So in the future, will large corporations be stronger than ever?
Will they lead the government by the nose in pursuit of supply chain efficiency?

Then, will the boundaries between countries gradually disappear?

Many science fiction works describe the relationship between giant companies and countries in the future, but that is just a fantasy about the future, and all kinds of extreme things may happen.

This kind of fantasy is based on facts, but it is magnified and extreme in science fiction works.

When it comes to large companies or chaebols, their blood is information, which is what people often call big data now.

Their technological products have penetrated into every bit of life, people are influenced and manipulated, and the data collected by the state in the past has now become the bargaining chip of the enterprise and an integral part of their invisible power.

And as people rely more and more on the Internet, at this rate, tech giants may soon have more personal information than national governments, especially when it comes to the level of detail.

Although this information will be largely limited, behind these data lies the great persuasive power of enterprises to users.

Moreover, due to the particularity of private companies, making customers more convenient and serving them better has always been their principle, and large enterprises may eventually win the hearts of the people.

As soon as state agencies are aware of this problem, many services are also learning from private companies, but due to some fundamental supply and demand relationships, they cannot be the same as private companies.

It has to be said that this has replaced the functions of the state in some respects, or eroded the rights of the state.

Throughout history, the king’s power in the Middle Ages in the West depended on the loyalty of the lord. The ancient Eastern period was similar to this model, and it is the same in modern times. The prerequisite for any organization to exercise power is that someone is willing to obey them.

However, even if it wins the hearts of the people, it is very difficult for a company to surpass the country.

Not to mention the absolute comparison of force, not to mention the amount of resources occupied, whether it can be self-sufficient, etc.

If big companies want to replace the country, the first thing to bear the brunt is development, but it is up to the country to decide whether to allow large companies to prosper and develop. This feels a bit refuting.

Moreover, the public must be loyal to large companies collectively, rather than the current political system. The public also needs to value enterprises more than the country, so as to form a situation where the company is greater than the country. However, so far, few private companies can do this.

After all, using products to increase user viscosity, except for a small number of extremely loyal fans, loyalty and trust are really not enough for the country.

So for the time being, private companies are still unable to do business with the country. Their survival cannot be separated from the country, and the countermeasures against large companies in various capable countries have already been spread out and are becoming more and more complete. Anti-monopoly legislation is One of the most common means.

Some multinational companies will not only be punished by other countries, sometimes even local companies will be punished, and the punishment is not small.

But what happened now really made them more knowledgeable. A private company based in a small African country actually defeated the United States, and it was in the military.

It is not easy for the United States to sanction Falcon International. Africa is a place where wars continue, and it is a natural hotbed for the development of security groups like Falcon Nation. It can accept all kinds of orders. Its development is not like other companies, where it is controlled by others. Not many.

And there will be some barefoot countries who are not afraid of wearing shoes and will not pay attention to the United States, anyway.

Falcon International is based in Africa, and at most it is dabbling in the war-torn regions of the Middle East. This has little impact on the stable powers in the surrounding areas for the time being, and the matter of Falcon International has clearly told them: charge money, It's too late if you don't recharge, brother dei.

Therefore, when those countries with the conditions began to focus on developing technology and their own strength, and had no time to estimate other things, Falcon International officially embarked on the road of internationalization.

But fortunately, it’s not too much to go. Those big countries are eyeing the world’s number one throne, and Falcon International is only taking over the work of small countries, those small countries that are easy to forget.

Although the country is small, there are many things. Not only is the country not peaceful, but there are also pirates at sea.

At first they didn't let Falcon International take over the defense directly, but they paid for Falcon International to fight against domestic anti-government forces and pirates, and the results were good, clean and neat, and they didn't do anything outside the contract, so they also It is more and more acceptable to spend money to hire private companies to do security and defense.

Later, some small island countries that relied on tourism to develop their economies simply authorized all the defense of the armed forces to Falcon International. The defense of these small countries was originally the same thing. The main threat came from pirates at sea. The problem of piracy Seriously affect the development of domestic fishery and tourism.

And what happened to Falcon International really scared the pirates in the surrounding area. It's obviously a tiger, so it's embarrassing to pretend to be a house cat?
Those pirates who had collected the money directly came to the door to refund the money, and some heard that Falcon International was coming, so they just slipped away.

Anyway, the world is so big, where to go to rob is not robbing, the big deal is to fight with the local pirate organization, which is better than Falcon International.

It's just that Falcon International currently has a small number of ships and security personnel, so the scope of business development is not very rapid. It only develops in the surrounding areas of the East Gulf of Africa, and has not extended its hands to other places for the time being.

And Falcon International’s trophies are also looking for buyers. Considering the cost-effectiveness, Falcon International does not intend to sell the “dead fish ships” directly, but plans to repair them all before buying them, so that they can sell for more money .

So they just put the word out and started looking for buyers, and their technical maintenance department has started to check and repair the ship.

A nuclear-powered steam catapult aircraft carrier, two guided missile cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-submarine frigate, two attack submarines and a supply ship, these are all good things that other countries want, and they are all first-class in the world ships.

The United States is very opposed to it on the surface, but it does not take any specific actions.

There are also quite a few people who make small moves within themselves. Some private arms companies and shipyards want to get more orders, and they dare to do anything.

Under such circumstances, time has entered the legendary 2020.

In the new year, whether it is a country, a company, or an individual, there are new plans, not to mention that it still represents the future of 2020.

This year should be a carnival for the earth and aerospace industry, because the space programs of many countries are related to this year, but there was a space crash a few years ago, so no one can get out now.

The first garbage disposal ship of Arclight Aerospace has already started to work, and the efficiency of cleaning up garbage is very fast, but if you want to launch the spacecraft freely like before, you have to wait for two years.

(End of this chapter)