In the United States, the status of industry and capital has never been equal.
Jack Welch, the president of General Electric, who is now in full swing, once mentioned in his autobiography that when he suffered a setback in his career for the first time and planned to leave GE, his classmates at the University of Illinois wondered why he didn't come to Wall Street.
It only takes a year to talk about financing with the CEO of General Electric.
This metaphor is equally appropriate for Eva, the CEO of Yota Communications, who, in just a few short months, has deeply experienced the coldness and enthusiasm of Wall Street.
Now Eva is back in the hunt for Wall Street.
And it all started a week ago, when the Pentagon announced that it would abandon its plans to develop its own global communications system and fully adopt Iridium's satellite system.
When Peterson first offered to lure the Pentagon into the game, Eva didn't take it seriously.
Until the Pentagon, which showed great interest in this, invited her to Arlington for further consultations on the matter.
Eva quickly told Seryosha about it, and Seryosha was very happy when she learned about it.
"Eva, it looks like we're really going to have to get started.
It doesn't matter, you can agree to this matter, unless the CIA asks all the offshore financial centers in the world to change their own banking laws, they will never want to know who is behind the YOTA in their lives," Seryosha replied confidently.
Since Seryosha didn't care at all about Yota and the Pentagon cooperating, Eva's heart was in her stomach.
A's technical director, accompanied by Blackstone partner Mr.
Peterson, traveled to Arlington County, Virginia, to communicate with officials from the U.S.
Department of Defense's Intelligence and Information Unit about the Iridium program.
After going through layers of strict security, Eva and the others walked into this mysterious place.
Each member of the team was given a temporary badge and were asked not to move around freely, and to be assisted by the staff here if needed.
Naturally, Eva's team did not dare to make a mistake in the Pentagon.
They followed closely behind a black female officer who was in charge of receiving them, and after many turns, Eva and they were ushered into a conference room filled with sunlight.
The room is circular in shape, with a carpet emblazoned with the Pentagon logo in the center, surrounded by a single sofa.
Sitting on the couch with a great view of the Thomas River not far away.
This is an experience that most people will never experience in their lifetime.
Everyone waited in the room for about ten minutes, and there was a knock on the door, and then an officer opened the door and immediately stood up and saluted, and Eva and the others hurriedly got up when they saw this.
I saw two officers in their forties and fifties walking into the room.
"Mr.
Peterson, Ms.
Eva, welcome to the Pentagon," the other party held out his hand to greet Peterson and Eva, and then introduced himself: "I'm Brigadier General Arnold, the head of the intelligence department here, and the one standing next to me is Colonel Thomas, our head of technology." ” "Hello Colonel Thomas" Eva quickly reached out to greet the other party, the other party seemed to be a little unkind of words, he looked at Eva seriously, and then reached out and shook Eva gently.
"Alright, let's get straight to the point.
A view of the product," Brigadier General Arnold said first.
"Okay, we've done a detailed test of the prototype you sent, and to be honest, I'm a little surprised by your technology, your product is much better than we expected, so technically, I'm inclined to use your technology" Colonel Thomas looked very serious, but his words were very respectful of Yota's products, which made Eva even more confident in the second generation of Yota's communication technology.
After Colonel Thomas explained the advantages of YOTA technology, he raised several shortcomings, the most important of which is whether YOTA's base station equipment can continue to perform so well when it is sent to low earth orbit.
Eva took the initiative at this time and said: "Colonel Thomas, Brigadier General Arnold.
Although we have not conducted satellite tests, we have installed YOTA base stations on aircraft for verification, and the results have fully met our expectations, so we are full of confidence in the performance of YOTA systems on satellite platforms. ” "Arnold, Yota has a problem with the supplier of the satellite test platform, Motorola wants to terminate the cooperation with us, I heard that Lockheed Martin has a similar set, can you talk to them, we will deduce the money to buy this set of technology."
At this moment, Peterson, who had not said a word, suddenly said to Arnold.
"Mr.
Peterson, Lockheed Martin, I'll go and negotiate with them personally, I don't think the problem should be big, but we are more concerned about the composition of the board of directors and shareholders of Iridium.
If it is convenient, I would like to ask you to tell us about it, because this matter is a matter of national security, so please Ms.
Eva must tell me the truth," replied Brigadier General Arnold.
"Okay, Brigadier Arnold, so far our investors are mainly from Japan, Western Europe, and the United States, of which the Japanese investors have taken 15 of our shares, while the European investors are mainly Columbia Bank, and their shares are about five percent, and the domestic Lehman Brothers and Columbia have the same shares, and the rest of the shares are completely in the hands of Yota Communications, we are an authentic American company," Eva replied calmly.
"Okay, we're going to do a thorough background check on Yota, and our Department of Defense wants to deal with Americans' own companies, and while there are a lot of foreign companies among your shareholders, it sounds like they're all allies.
I think the basis for our cooperation is good.
We will report this to the Minister of Defence, and if nothing else, we will give you a final answer in about a week.
Arnold stood up and said.
"Okay, I look forward to our happy cooperation" Eva also hurriedly stood up and stretched out her hand to say goodbye to many parties.
When he left the Pentagon, Peterson seemed very relaxed, and on the way back, he told Eva that he could stop worrying about the Ministry of Defense and focus on the preparation of Iridium.
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Eva followed Mr.
Peterson's advice like a schoolboy, and a week later, the Department of Defense gave a positive result, as Peterson expected, and Iridium received its first customer in the preparation stage.
What's even happier is that Lockheed Martin is willing to sell its latest military communications satellite technology to Iridium, and Eva finally doesn't have to look at other people's faces. t1706231537: