Chapter 1510 - 1508: Diverging Perspectives

Chapter 1510: Chapter 1508: Diverging Perspectives

Power is something that has a shelf life.

While it is still effective, you can use power to do many things.

But when power has passed its expiration date, if you still want to use it, you must pay a heavy price.

For example...

Wealth!

If there is no accident, even if the President gets re-elected, he will retire in four years and leave the political arena forever.

He might, like other Presidents, unwilling to sit idly by, form a campaign team to help others run for office.

Or use his former influence to become a broker.

However, few engage in the latter, because once the power is lost, personal connections also lose their value and it’s hard to stir up storms.

He would become a marginalized figure who is not at the margins.

If he still wants his children, relatives, to smoothly grasp power, he will have to pay a great cost.

But now he doesn’t need to, the Chairman of the Progress Party Committee has promised to make his little nephew a remarkable person, at least a Senator.

With other family members, they will all have a brilliant future, which is a good thing for the entire family.

So he did not oppose the short elderly man’s suggestion, did not fight against it, and acquiesced to the result.

At this moment, when he spoke these words, he was exceptionally relaxed. He thought he had long since let it go, but at that moment, he realized he never really did.

Mr. Truman’s face held a genuine smile, "I still lack an adjutant..."

He was hinting that the President could let his little nephew first become his aide, using the position of a presidential aide as a step into politics, essentially securing his future achievements.

There are always people who say that the spirit of the Federation is the spirit of fairness, that it is a pursuit of freedom.

People would be glad that they went to the same kindergarten as a certain President, rejoice that a certain teacher became a President, they think, this is the Federation, this is the spirit of the Federation.

Few can see what is behind it all, here, there is never love and support given without reason, everything has long been priced.

When an "ordinary" child becomes the Presidential aide, no matter how slow he runs, he has already surpassed 99% of people in life’s race.

Never expect fairness and freedom to allow ordinary people to catch up with these "ordinary people", they are not ordinary at all, you think they are ordinary because you are too ordinary.

So ordinary that you cannot even see the hidden things on them, because you cannot see, so you would think—

"We are all the same!"

The President was slightly stunned, then declined Mr. Truman’s suggestion.

"He is still very young, we do not know if he has the capability to do well all the things we hope him to do."

"I don’t want him to cause trouble for you."

Lynch and Mr. Truman immediately tasted the meaning, saying he didn’t want his little nephew to cause trouble for Mr. Truman, in fact, meant he didn’t want his little nephew to be labeled with some sort of mark.

Mr. Truman is still very young now, even if he serves two terms and then steps down, he will still be young, not yet sixty in eight years.

For him, his influence in politics would still last about ten to twenty years, and by then, the President’s little nephew should have grown up.

Being labeled by someone or some group for too long is fine when the influence is present, everything will go smoothly.

But once the people above, those "labels" lose influence, things will turn bad.

The President’s little nephew doesn’t have a military background, being labeled by Mr. Truman only makes his early life smooth, his later life will be turbulent.

Moreover, the President’s expectations for his little nephew should not be limited to ordinary politicians!

Looking at the Presidents throughout Federation history, rarely has anyone run with someone else’s label and succeeded, rarely.

While enjoying the benefits of these labels, you must also bear some other responsibilities.

The President’s expectation for his little nephew might be...another President!

Mr. Truman did not insist, he glanced at Lynch, who pursed his lips.

"If there is anything I can help with, feel free to contact me."

The President did not refuse, nor did he say any pleasantries, he understands what wealth means in this country.

He just nodded and said thank you.

The atmosphere in the dining room became very good, the two people had cleared the air, untangled the knot in their hearts, made arrangements for the future, everything was back to how it was before, they became good friends again.

At least, it seemed that way.

The next day Mr. Truman left Bupen, he scheduled his work in advance and hurried to those swing states to win over local voters.

The President continued to toil over the Duncan case, and from the current perspective, his likelihood of stepping down smoothly is very high.

Actually, as long as it’s not impeachment or resignation due to self-blame, it’s not a bad ending for him.

Even though he didn’t get re-elected, he served six years as the President, which is not too bad.

And Lynch started a new round of negotiations with the Air Force.

He arrived early at the Flight Research Institute, as the Air Force Lieutenant General himself would be coming to discuss business, Lynch had to come early to wait.

No one else dared to discuss such a large order.

Because they are afraid of taking responsibility, only he could handle it.

Within the institute, including Darkstone Airlines, everyone thought the Air Force attached great importance to the new order, but Lynch knew the pressure Peng Jieao had on the Air Force was too great.

They often spread intelligence such as having over twenty thousand aircraft ready for war, not only does it put tremendous pressure on the Federation Military, but also on the countries opposing them globally.

Whether this intelligence is fake or not, at least if they say it, and you have no countermeasures, it’s not appropriate.

The Federation’s current air defense focuses on two aspects, one is anti-aircraft artillery, and the other is Lynch’s proposed "air control with air," using aircraft to combat aircraft.

Anti-aircraft guns have been continually produced, but the Air Force favors the "air control with air" theory more, and when Lynch proposed "controlling the war outside the homeland," it received strong support from Congress.

To better sell fighter jets, Lynch also put forward some core cooperative theories.

For instance, anti-aircraft guns, which can only be deployed on the homeland as defensive equipment, no matter how outstanding or advanced they are, are always passive defense military equipment.

And this means that once they come into play, the flames of war must already have reached the Federation’s homeland, a result the Federation cannot withstand!

But air control with air is different, using fighter jets to counter other countries’ air forces is an active defense.

Completely capable of engaging in combat outside the Federation’s territory before enemy air forces enter the Federation’s airspace, preserving the tranquility and integrity of the Federation Mainland.

Congress greatly endorsed such statements, after all, everyone’s base is domestic, it’s all in the voters, if they are unwilling to protect the homeland through proactive defense tactics, resulting in homeland damage.

The people would be enraged.

Public anger means the politicians’ dereliction of duty, and they will lose the power in their hands!

Most importantly...

The order amount for purchasing fighter jets is larger, the benefits Congress can pass on are hence greater!

For the military, how does buying a bunch of anti-aircraft guns compare with buying a bunch of planes?

When the convoy reached the research institute, Lynch displayed a grin, having people come to deliver money made him immensely satisfied.

In fact, many capitalists or generals or decision-makers like to touch some work themselves, but they actually know nothing about the work.

Yet they are particularly unwilling to let their ignorance be discovered, so these people are especially easy to deceive!

This is like the CEO of a conglomerate asking a technician in a workshop for some parameters. Can a CEO understand the good or bad of parameter changes?

He doesn’t, he merely hopes to learn about specific data to create the impression that he understands, but in reality, they don’t.

This is an aircraft, the Federation’s most advanced technology!

Not to mention a military man, not even a lieutenant general, even Ministry of Defense’s R&D personnel may need a lot of time to verify before reaching a slightly accurate and reliable conclusion.

Before the Lieutenant General got out of the car, Lynch instructed the Chief Engineer, "Later, slightly increase the performance by twenty percent."

The Chief Engineer was no longer as nervous as during the first negotiation with the military, but hearing Lynch’s words, he was still a bit stunned and then asked in a slightly worried tone, "Isn’t that too much?"

"If they find out during tests that it does not meet the parameters we stated, won’t we be in trouble?"

The Chief Engineer was a bit concerned, he felt such deceit wasn’t a small matter.

Lynch smirked, "First of all, the data we mentioned is theoretical, surely there are gaps with actual results. Secondly, those gaps are not only due to the aircraft itself but also the pilots."

"Good pilots can exploit 120% of an aircraft’s performance, while bad pilots might only achieve 50%."

"Don’t worry, follow my lead, and since our current orders have no technology right now, by the time they hit the assembly line, we will definitely have improvements in parameters."

"Shh, no more talking, just do what I say!"

Even the current real parameters are top-notch globally.

It might not demonstrate a generational gap, but surpassing others by twenty or thirty percent is quite achievable.

After all, from converting aircraft from civilian to military use, since the first military aircraft was born, the Flight Research Institute and Darkstone Airlines have remained leaders in this field!

They are the industry’s benchmark, the industry’s model!

Is this boasting?