The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, James Murdoch's first reaction was, "Why?"
Although Fox News has always maintained a clear stance, Roger Ayers has adopted a hands-off approach to the LGBTQ movement to avoid excessive controversy, neither supporting nor opposing it on the surface, in order to minimize the trouble caused by these freaks.

Should we now embrace the vibrant multicultural movement?
James Murdoch's subordinate: "Including Fox Television Network?"

“Only on the social media platform we acquired,” the man said quickly. “Fox Television’s stance on diversity remains unchanged.”

James brandished his pen, pondering, and said, "By creating controversial topics and attracting public attention, Roger is planning to make a breakthrough in the social media industry."

The subordinate said, "Twitter, the leader in the social media industry, is said to have started to make a profit. It seems that its quarterly profit is higher than Fox Television Network's annual profit."

Hawke's face immediately flashed through James's mind, and he realized that this might be a rare opportunity.

He had been eyeing Fox for more than a year or two, but Roger Ailes was domineering and held firm to his power over Fox, refusing to concede even a little.

Previously, James had a plan to push Megan Taylor to become the deputy director of Fox Television Network and bring in a third party to deal with Roger Ailes, but Megan Taylor directly refused, causing the plan to fail before it could be implemented.

Now Roger Ailes wants to stand against Hawke?
James considered for a few minutes and then instructed his subordinates: "Keep an eye on Roger Ayers and that social media company called 'Stories,' and try to get information about the trade negotiations and future operational plans."

Just as his subordinate was about to leave, he called him back and specifically instructed him, "Be careful and don't alert Roger Ayers for now."

After everyone left, James pondered for a moment, picked up his phone, dialed Hawke's private number, and said, "Do you have time? I'd like to buy you a drink."

Hawke replied from the other end, "We're currently entertaining clients from India. Your victory celebration party is coming up soon. We'll drink at the party."

Hearing this, James's burning passion calmed down a bit. He realized he had been too hasty and immediately replied, "Okay, let's have a good drink then."

After hanging up the phone, he began to think seriously about how he could make the situation more advantageous to him.

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West Los Angeles, Indian International School.

A large area of ​​land here has been covered by fences, and a group of workers wearing hard hats are carrying out construction.

The project has just started and they are still cleaning up the construction debris that has been pushed to the ground.

On a nearby elevated platform, Hawke accompanied the official delegation from India to tour the progress of the project.

This time, the team was once again led by Abhishek, an old friend of West Coast Tech.

Hawke briefly explained: "The project officially broke ground last month and is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in five years. The school preparation period will take more than a year and a half. We need to introduce the most advanced teaching equipment and the most outstanding international teachers."

In other words, it will be at least seven years before the school can actually start enrolling Indian students.

In countries and companies that value efficiency, this would be absolutely unacceptable.

But Hawke dared to say that because the person standing opposite him was Indian.

Abhishek thought this was normal and there was nothing wrong with it. He even praised it, saying, "The efficiency is very high, and the planning is inspiring. This school will surely be a testament to our friendship."

“In the next fifteen years, there will be more than 15 such schools,” Hawke said, making grand promises.

There's no other way; the Indians have given us so much money that if we want to get more investment, we have to make the pie in the sky even bigger.

Abhishek smiled broadly and asked, "What are the plans for student recruitment?"

Hawke had a plan in mind, saying, "The main students will be from upper-middle-class families in the United States, as well as international students from South Asia. With the combination of these two groups and world-class faculty, we will definitely build a top-tier university."

Abhishek nodded repeatedly; what he saw, heard, and felt was all about sincere cooperation.

India has found a very reliable partner on the west coast of the United States.

Hawke led his group on a tour of the international school construction site, and then headed south to the West Coast Convention Center in Silicon Beach.

Electric handcarts have already been marketed to the Pentagon and Israel, so how can we give up India, such a big customer?

Moreover, West Coast Technologies has already signed a formal procurement agreement with the U.S. Army, which is the best advertisement for its products.

The two sides had already communicated on the matter multiple times via phone and video, and an assessment team accompanied Abhishek's team.

Hawke received Abhishek normally, but the real work was done by West Coast Tech and Henderson, among others.

The West Coast has already discussed cooperation with India on several occasions and understands the working style of the people there, so it's not difficult to impress them.

That afternoon, the two sides reached a cooperation agreement.

Indian procurement personnel also had ample reason to report back home, given that this was new equipment being procured by the US military.

Abhishek followed Hawke into the conference room and focused on the satellite issue, asking Hawke, "When will the ordered satellite be completed?"

Hawke said with a smile, "Surrey Satellite is working overtime to produce the satellites. Your company requires the most advanced satellite communication and reconnaissance technology. The R&D team is researching a high-throughput satellite technology that can realize a three-dimensional network of satellites in the sky, fixed base stations on the ground, and mobile base stations on vehicles."

He was simply using new technology to lure India into a trap: "Once this technology is successfully developed, it will only require a few hundred satellites to achieve seamless coverage across all of India, reduce transmission signal latency to 20 to 50 milliseconds, and support high real-time scenarios such as 4K video conferencing."

As Hawke spoke, Edward had his assistant bring over thick stacks of documents and distribute them to all the Indian clients present.

This is a prospect development report personally written by Benjamin, a former renowned professor at Caltech and now the chief technology officer of Surrey Satellite, along with his team.

However, it will require many years of investment and research and development to truly achieve this.

Hawke was simply using this as an excuse to further delay the delivery of the satellite program in an effort to secure more orders for so-called communication and survey satellites from the Indians.

Needless to say, transactions with Indians are always conducted through the payment of a deposit.

What Hawke wanted was the Indian's deposit.

Within the Indian team, several technocrats glanced through the documents, whispered a few words, and the leader spoke quietly with Abhishek for a while.

Abhishek smiled and said to Hawke, "Our order for satellites requires the latest technology. If possible, please apply these technologies to this batch of satellites."

India can afford to wait a few years, after all, it has been decades since they developed their own equipment such as the Tejas fighter jet and the Arjun tank.

Hawke had no objection: "Sari Satellite is a highly specialized company, and you are one of our first international partners. We attach great importance to this trade cooperation and will certainly use the most cutting-edge technology to complete the final manufacturing and launch of this satellite." Abhishek also specifically asked: "If India purchases a new satellite, will we still adopt the previous cooperation model?"

Hawke, of course, wouldn't refuse: "You can talk to West Coast Tech."

Abhishek knows how these deals will develop later, so he is now showing particular sincerity, making it seem as if he is treating the other party as a close ally.

Similarly, Hawke's attitude was also very good, and the two sides seemed to get along exceptionally well.

The two sides also discussed cooperation on software development.

India has spent a large sum of money to buy the rights to a new encrypted office communication software from Twitter.

But no matter how unreliable they are, they won't be directly used at the New Delhi government level.

An Indian software company, using Twitter as a blueprint, obtained the relevant licenses and developed a new generation of network communication software for use by the Indian government. It has passed the tender and acceptance by the New Delhi authorities and has begun to be installed in various departments in New Delhi.

Twitter's powerful algorithm is almost transparent at its core.

In addition, the first batch of three-wheeled vehicles has been transported to Mumbai, and India has officially received them.

The Indians are using various excuses to delay making further payments.

Although what they actually want is the Indians' deposit, West Coast Tech is also in preliminary negotiations with the Indians in order to take the initiative and the moral high ground.

Because this was the first time, and the amount and scale of the traded goods were not large, the disputes were kept within a very small scope under the deliberate control of both parties, and did not affect the cooperation at a larger level.

It can only be said that both sides have very clever plans.

Hawke then spoke with business representatives from Mumbai.

The West Coast Tech delegation, which had made significant progress in negotiations based on substantial concessions from the Indians, still faced numerous internal disputes and stalling.

Mumbai authorities approved the best plot of land in the commercial district, and banks provided high-value interest-free loans for the project, among other things.

In return, the West Coast decided to use an architectural design firm in Mumbai to design the factory and office buildings, and to find an Indian construction company to carry out the construction.

The negotiating team, led by Gilberto, seemed particularly adept at networking in India, with both of them using companies recommended by the mayor of Mumbai.

As a result, before the factory area even entered the construction phase, unexpected problems occurred frequently at the design level, and this project will not be able to enter the construction phase this year.

Hawke was well aware that any cooperation with the Indians would inevitably end in disaster.

Indians don't pay the balance, and the range of goods offered on the West Coast are all severely downgraded versions.

Right now, we should try to gain as much benefit as possible.

After hosting a banquet for the Indian trade delegation that evening, Hawke had just stepped out of the hotel when he received a call from Frank, the king of pretentiousness on Venice Beach.

He had just seen the news and loudly reminded Hawke, "The Indians are here again, staying at the hotel on Venice Beach. You need to keep an eye on them and prevent them from planting landmines on the beach."

Hawke, considering the nature of Indians, said directly, "This is a bit difficult."

Frank was furious: "Just now, two girls from the beach rescue team stepped on a landmine, which disgusted them. Those landmines were buried not far from the hotel where the Indians were staying."

He directly threatened, "If you don't deal with this, I'll take all the girls on Venice Beach, deliver the landmines to the hotel entrance, and find reporters to report on the good deeds the Indians have done."

Hawke, still intending to empty the Indians' wallets, said, "Okay, I'll figure something out."

Frank then softened his tone and gave a special warning: "When cooperating with Indians, be careful not to get swindled out of everything."

Hawke understood the good intentions and said, "Don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Edward: "You're in charge of communicating with the Indians and reminding them to pay attention to hygiene, especially at Venice Beach, where there are public toilets."

Edward said, "It's best not to mention the toilet."

Hawke had to face the reality: "That's right, in the eyes of Indians, roads, beaches and the sea are all their legal toilets."

Every time an Indian delegation comes to Los Angeles and stays in a hotel on Silicon Beach, the sanitation and dirtiness index of Silicon Beach more than triples.

Even members of the Los Angeles City Council have introduced a bill requiring the Indian partners to pay a special sanitation and cleaning fee.

If it weren't for Hawke's involvement, this bill would most likely have passed.

Not long after, West Coast Technologies reached a new satellite agreement with India, under which India will import a second batch of communication and survey satellites from West Coast's subsidiary, Surrey Satellite, with the same quantity and price as the first batch.

Similarly, the Indians would first pay five percent of the total trade amount as a deposit, and the remainder would be paid within two weeks after the satellite arrived in Mumbai.

At the request of the Indians, the delivery of the first batch of ordered satellites could be delayed, but new communication and survey technologies would need to be added.

The second batch of satellites will use an upgraded version of the new technology.

Both parties are very satisfied with the transaction.

In the hotel's conference room, an Indian expert confidently declared: "As long as we obtain these two batches of satellites, we can disassemble and study them, use reverse engineering to thoroughly understand the technology of the Americans and British, and enable India to achieve domestic satellite production and reach world-class standards."

Abhishek stated, "I'm only responsible for the business side; the technical aspects are still up to you."

Most of the Indians in the trade delegation had their usual confidence that if the Tejas fighter jet and Arjun tank could be produced domestically, the same could be achieved for communication and survey satellites.

Abhishek asked, "What about launch vehicle technology? Do we need to discuss launch vehicle technology transfer with SpaceX?"

“No need,” another Indian expert said. “Since 1992, we have used ASLV rockets to launch experimental satellites into orbit many times, and in 2008 we also sent the Lunar 1 probe into space. Our launch vehicle technology is not a problem at all.”

Abhishek is a patriot who sometimes dreams of India's complete self-sufficiency in space technology.

Even if explosions occur from time to time, they are an inevitable price to pay for technological progress. (End of Chapter)