Chapter 826 (1/2)

When Mike Donald finished, old Edelman knew what the GM president meant. This is to let Edelman lobby the military to replace military vehicles and win orders for them.

And it is definitely not a small fight, otherwise GM's own strength is enough. No wonder they attach so much importance to it and even do not hesitate to unite with their previous biggest competitors. It seems that GM and Ford have great plans.

Old Edelman said seriously, ”it can make President Mike pay so much attention and unite with Ford. There must be a big move, but I don't know what effect you want to achieve. ”

As the world's largest public relations company, of course, it has participated in the public relations work of U.S. military procurement. Moreover, several internal executives have worked in the Ministry of defense before, so it can be said that they are familiar with these things.

Mike Donald: ”Mr. Edelman should have paid attention to the major automobile manufacturers in the United States. You should also know what is the status now. At present, GM and Ford are in a difficult situation. If they don't get orders from the Ministry of defense, they are likely to close some factories. ”

”GM has achieved some results before, but now there are many variables. Other auto manufacturers in the United States will not agree that GM will eat alone, especially Ford will block it. ”

”Fortunately, an agreement was reached with Henry Ford II yesterday, no matter how many military vehicles the U.S. military replaced. All of them are based on general accounting for 55%; Ford accounts for 35%; The remaining 10% will be handed over to other auto manufacturers. ”

”Our two families hope that the US military can retire all military vehicles. Of course, it can't be completed at once. You can take several steps, but it's best not to take more than a year. ”

Old Edelman was shocked to hear that he wanted the US military to retire all military vehicles. As one of the countries with the largest military in the world, the number of military vehicles is definitely the first in the world.

With so many military vehicles retired at once, the national defense budget simply can't pass. This requires a huge amount of money. Even if it is stronger than the U.S. military, it is impossible to spend such a huge amount of money at once. Even if you can barely take it out, you should understand the principle of equal distribution of interests.

The position and role of the army in the future war are declining. How can the Ministry of defense agree to replace so many military vehicles for them.

Old Edelman: ”I'm not afraid of your jokes. It's beyond the scope of general ability. Public relations companies are not omnipotent. The US military has more than 300000 transport vehicles; The price of each unit is calculated according to US $100000, and the cost alone is more than US $30 billion, or even more. ”

”After all, some vehicles need to be equipped with other equipment, and the overall cost may exceed $50 billion.”

”The Ministry of defense will not agree to spend so much money on the army within one year. You know, this is not a missile and can not play a strategic deterrent role. In other words, changing to a vehicle is not the most urgent thing at present. ”

”With Edelman's public relations ability, plus the influence of Ford and GM. It is expected that 100000 military vehicles can be replaced, which should be the best result. ”

Although old Edelman wanted to make money, he also knew that if all American military vehicles in active service were replaced; The public relations fee charged will definitely be astronomical. But not all money can be earned. His analysis is more in line with the actual situation. But if only one-third were replaced, GM and Ford would not come to public relations companies for help.

With the strength of the two countries, combined with the situation of the American automobile industry; As well as the excellent performance of general Hummer, the Ministry of defense will still give some face.

Mike Donald smiled and said, ”of course, I know it's very difficult to replace all military vehicles, otherwise it's impossible to ask you out of the mountain to help coordinate. Maybe we can really get things done together. There is no absolute word about anything! ”

Old Edelman thought for a moment and said, ”it may be the best result to replace half of the military vehicles. In many cases, unless God comes to America“

If there is no particularly effective way to get the US military to agree to replace half of its military vehicles, it may already be the limit. Mike Donald has made a careful plan for a long time. How can he meet half the order!

Mike Donald: ”at present, most of the vehicles used by the U.S. Army are produced by Jeep brand. At this time, Jeep does not belong to the United States in a strict sense. More directly, it is not controlled by Americans at all. ”