The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Having received advance notice from Hawke, West Coast Technology developed a highly professional India trade plan and warmly welcomed India as a trading partner.

When a customer inquired about the performance of the desert camouflage three-wheeled vehicle, Henderson arranged for someone to take the customer to the mountainous area outside Los Angeles that afternoon for a field inspection.

The West Coast three-wheeled vehicles, manufactured under OEM agreements across the ocean, cost no more than $1000 each when imported.

The specially customized desert camouflage version costs only around $3500.

West Coast tech companies are indeed marketing to the Pentagon, labeling their products as future US military products to make them truly deserving of the name.

Modified and driven by professional extreme athletes, the desert three-wheeled vehicle demonstrated exceptional mountain adaptability, earning high praise from several Indian customers.

These individuals even got into the car for a test drive on the spot.

Of course, the customized version removed the "Reversing, please be careful" sound that could be mesmerizing.

Both sides quickly began trade negotiations on the matter.

Indian Amir specifically sought out Henderson and said, "This product has excellent mountain transport capabilities and extremely good road clearance. It's a top-of-the-line product from America."

Henderson confidently stated, "This is a genuine American military product designed and manufactured on the West Coast. You have already seen its performance. The company is currently in procurement negotiations with the Pentagon. In the near future, we will see these vehicles appearing in the Middle East and Africa, and even at US military bases around the world."

Even today, American military products still hold a prestigious reputation.

The Indians specifically sought out information and found that West Coast Tech was indeed in talks with the Pentagon about three-wheeled vehicles.

As for when the deal will be finalized, that remains a distant unknown.

The message reached Hawke in Washington, who told Henderson directly, "The deposit should be at least five times the profit. Anything less than 100,000 units is out of the question. The modified version is too expensive. We'll ship the regular version in desert camouflage. All we want is the deposit."

The specific negotiations will naturally be handled by the West Coast.

Hawke, meanwhile, leveraged Tom Emmer's bailout and economic stimulus plan in Washington to continue pushing forward his own series of initiatives.

Tom Emmer also kept his promise and pushed a series of plans, including Twitter, the West Coast, and space exploration technology, into Congress as White House proposals.

Other cash subsidies under the guise of high-tech development, such as employee high-tech training subsidies, talent introduction subsidies, and office equipment technology subsidies, amount to over a billion US dollars.

The former requires continued lobbying and will only be formally approved after review by the budget committee in October.

The latter will be distributed soon.

With the rise of a new president comes a feast of gluttony.

Things were back on track in Washington, and Hawke returned to Los Angeles.

The negotiations between West Coast Tech and the Indians were nearing completion, and Hawke ultimately made the final decision.

This is a $27 billion order that includes communications satellites, survey satellites, and meteorological satellites.

The Indians demanded that the west coast be delivered in one go.

The West Coast, on the other hand, is demanding that Indians pay at least $15 billion in deposits.

Ultimately, both sides agreed on a deposit of 50% of the total price, and both were very satisfied.

Indians are plotting to buy satellites off the west coast for half the price.

The West Coast was originally targeting Indians for their deposits.

As for the satellite, it will definitely be shipped. The Indians can't figure out how to use the stuff inside, that's their problem.

The agreement on three-wheeled vehicles is still under negotiation, but it is basically on the verge of being finalized, as the Indians urgently need mountain transport vehicles.

Similarly, the West Coast was also targeting Indian deposits, sending out only standard versions painted with military camouflage.

Then we'll just have a war of words; public opinion is in America's hands.

Moreover, the West Coast is backed by the world's largest online media network.

This is also the consistent practice of the United States: those aircraft that require an application to unlock before taking off, and various second-hand military equipment in the most basic versions.

Hawke's teachings reveal the predatory nature of large American corporations.

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Venice Beach, Los Angeles.

In the parking lot, a voice said, "Please be careful while backing up." Frank drove a green tricycle and backed it into the open space next to the RV.

Edward jumped out of the trunk, took out two dozen beers, and put them in the ice bucket under the parasol.

Frank, wearing a floral shirt, got out of the car and said, "Hey, you cotton grower, where's your order for vegetables?"

Edward gave him the middle finger and pointed to a food delivery truck that had driven up: "Perfect timing, it's here."

Two deliverymen each carried several bags and placed the food containers on the table.

Edward paid the bill and called out to Hawke, who was enjoying the view from the roof of the RV, "Boss, lunch can begin."

Hawke descended the spiral staircase from the side of the RV and sat under the parasol.

Frank brought over the cutlery and asked in surprise, "What scenery is there to see that you've been admiring for so long?"

Hawke said, "I appreciate the sanitation workers cleaning up the trash. I don't remember Venice Beach being this dirty before."

This reminded Frank, and he said, "What's it to you?"

“Me?” Hawke was confused. “I’ve never thrown trash on Venice Beach.”

Frank opened a can of beer, handed it to Hawke, and said, "A while ago, a large Indian business delegation came to Los Angeles. It seems they were discussing trade with one of your tech companies. They stayed at a hotel right next to the beach and often took walks near the beach after work. After all, this area is not only a startup district for tech companies in Los Angeles, but also a famous tourist area."

Hawke immediately had a bad feeling: "It can't be that bad, many of the people who came have a certain social status in India."

Edward has been based in Los Angeles for the past few months and is relatively familiar with the situation: "Indians are very particular about pomp and circumstance. The higher a person's social status, the more people they have to entourage. As for the quality of those entourage... well, it varies. For example, they can speak very nicely, but their toilet habits are not something to be complimented."

This was pretty much what Hawke had guessed. He said, "Which bastards are urinating and defecating on Venice Beach?"

"What do you think?" Frank snorted a few times, took two gulps of beer, swallowed them, and continued, "These bastards have no concept of going to the toilet. Whenever they want, any place is a toilet. Dozens of businessmen came, with hundreds of entourages. They love to use the toilet on the beach. The huge Venice Beach has become a minefield."

He was furious: "I stepped on a landmine at least three times!"

Hawke asked, "Why didn't you call the police?" Frank looked Hawke up and down: "You seem to have forgotten that you enjoy special privileges in Los Angeles, and the Indians who do business with you are no exception."

Hawke joked, "I never imagined that one day I would become a protector of people who urinate and defecate anywhere."

Frank shook his head and said, "Behind your profits, the tourists at Venice Beach are suffering. After the Indians left, at least a thousand landmines were left on this beach."

Edward said, "I used to think that the Black people in the slums were low-class enough, but compared to Indians, they are all highly qualified people."

Hawke clinked glasses with the two men and said, "Celebrating the departure of the Indians."

Sipping their drinks, enjoying the Brazilian barbecue Edward had prepared, and watching the unlucky guys occasionally stepping on landmines in the distance, the three of them suddenly lost their appetite.

Frank put down his knife and fork and asked Hawke, "How many billions did you negotiate with the Indians this time?"

Hawke roughly stated, "The contract amount is very high, exceeding five billion US dollars, but at most half of that will actually be implemented."

Frank understood: "You're after this half, aren't you?"

Hawke said, "Twitter and West Coast tech are American companies, so of course they should follow the American style."

Frank bluntly stated the true nature of many American businesses: "They cheat and swindle whenever they can, engage in all sorts of fraud and false labeling, and when they can no longer operate, they resort to force to rob them."

“Don’t frame me. I’m a legitimate businessman,” Hawke retorted. “India is one of the top ten countries in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength. I wouldn’t dare to rob it.”

Frank understood: "You're going to rob other small countries?"

Hawke retorted, "Hey, old man, it's America that's been robbing the world, not me, a legitimate businessman."

“That’s true.” Frank said with some regret, “I was planning to have you achieve some kind of success in the robbery, and then send me over to be the governor.”

Edward interjected, "And then you, you old bastard, led an entire Venice Beach beauty rescue team to form a governor's council?"

After several years of construction and promotion, the Venice Beach Rescue Team has become a beautiful sight in Los Angeles.

Frank had become the spiritual leader of the group: "When I become king, I will amend the laws of the country so that every man can marry 100 women."

Hawke suddenly added insult to injury: "Every divorce results in half of the assets being taken away."

Frank fell silent instantly, after all, his current situation was largely due to his impulsive marriages and divorces in his youth.

Edward added insult to injury: "Then you can go to the United Nations and drive your RV into the UN building, tear up the UN Charter and say it's just a pile of waste paper."

"You're right, but this is suicide." Frank, still somewhat dazed from walking up a certain height, said, "You've stomped on the faces of the Big Five, do you think they'll let you get away with this?"

After lunch, Hawke went to a nearby West Coast technology company, first visiting the satellite control center and the merchandise exhibition hall, and then chatting with Henderson about India's trade plans.

The value of the signed contracts is not the actual value, but the West Coast's revenue from this trade is expected to exceed $35 billion.

In addition, like Microsoft and Apple, some of their products naturally contain backdoors.

As for genuine American military products such as three-wheeled motorcycles, West Coast Technology has already shipped orders to the other side of the Pacific.

The products exported from there are both low-cost and high-quality.

However, since it's sold to the Indians, the quality doesn't matter at all.

When Hawke returned to his office at the Coast Building, Campos was already waiting in the meeting room.

He went straight over and asked, "Any progress on the situation in the Middle East?"

“Yes.” Campos provided a series of documents and said, “At Hurricane Corporation’s African branch, Andrei recruited some elite Black and Arab people as planned.”

Although the overall combat skills of Black and Arab people are worrying, there are a few elite individuals among them.

For example, some of the former Tanzanian soldiers, particularly those from the Tanzanian army, possessed military skills, organizational abilities, and discipline that far surpassed those of other African soldiers.

As required by Hawke, Hurricane Africa mainly recruited elite veterans from Tanzania.

In the drone strikes against the Valley Company, Ture, Essien, and Drogba from Tanzania played a key role.

Hawke opened the document and quickly flipped through it, which involved several armed groups from Iraq to Syria.

The information obtained from Abedin's laptop, along with some from Ivanov's side, exposed financial dealings between several overseas foundations and these organizations.

Legally speaking, these overseas foundations have no connection whatsoever with Hillary and the Richards, and even if they were to hire someone to commit murder, it would not be their responsibility.

But Hawke is neither the FBI nor a federal court, so he doesn't need evidence at all.

If there's a connection, investigate first before taking any action.

Hawke saw a photo of an Arab man with a large beard whose age was impossible to determine.

Campos then said, "His name is Jurani, and he is the leader of a civilian military organization active in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. According to our deduction, he received sponsorship from two related foundations to recruit soldiers and build a militia armed with extremist beliefs."

Hawke saw the introduction and asked, "Do you know what this team is called?"

"They've had several names," Campos said. "They're currently called Shamdo."

Hawke had never heard of this before; there were countless armed groups, large and small, in the Middle East after so many years of war.

There are too many things that have been orchestrated, including those supported by Russia, Turkey, and the United States.

Campos said, "This organization receives a large amount of funding, grows very rapidly, and started after the outbreak of the Iraq War."

Hawke carefully reviewed the documents and, combining them with his memories, said, "Before Larimer stepped down, she was already planning the location of the Oval Office. She was originally determined to win this election. Perhaps all of this was a setup made in advance in the Middle East. If she had been elected or had taken another important position, this extremist organization would have completely erupted and disrupted the situation in Syria."

Campos thought for a moment and said, "Traditionally, Syria has always been within the Russian sphere of influence."

In the great power rivalry, small countries have almost no autonomy and are all just victims.

Hawke considered the relationship between Russia and the United States, as well as the Ivanov and Hudson River estuary helicopter crashes, and perhaps he could think of some solutions from this perspective.

Several years ago, Hillary used armed black militias in South Sudan to try to kill him in Africa.

If Hawke didn't prepare the same feast, wouldn't that be a poor hospitality?

He asked, "Have the people been sent over?"

"They're recruiting," Campos said. "The carefully trained men have already joined them." (End of Chapter)