Fei Xiaosong explained to Mr. Hua: "What I said is just a conservative estimate. There may be more."
There are many ways to collect intelligence, which can generally be classified into active intelligence collection and passive intelligence collection.
What is initiative.
For example, the investigation against the directors of Morgan Stanley is a proactive investigation.
Because this investigation is mainly to compete with Puchel and Mike for the right to speak of Morgan Stanley, all intelligence collection mainly revolves around this core.
As for how to investigate, there are many methods, including door-to-door visits, interviews, and interviews with managers.
When necessary, you can cooperate with certain Internet service providers, telecommunications service providers, social media, and other companies that can obtain large amounts of target data.
Just one thing requires a huge investment of manpower and material resources, and the consumption will be huge.
If active collection consumes a lot of funds, then passive collection requires a huge amount of funds.
Because you are not targeting a certain thing, but you need to collect what is happening in the economic field in case you need it.
? Collecting and organizing data requires a huge number of employees. A collection of this scale may require more than hundreds of thousands, or even more.
Excluding office space, the salary of these people alone will be a terrifying figure.
So, $1 billion a year is not too much.
"Xiao Hai, is intelligence collection really so important? Do you have to spend so much money?"
"Intelligence is not only important, it is very important."
Know your enemy and yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
The word "know the enemy" explains the importance of intelligence in war.
Sun Tzu called the process of knowing the enemy "prophecy". In layman's terms, it refers to the detailed study and understanding of the enemy's situation before making decisions or actions.
In ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, military strategists of all ages have attached great importance to "knowing the enemy".
The famous military strategist Jomini said,
If you want to win the war, the safest and most reliable way is to wait until you have completely correct information about the enemy's situation before taking action.
Therefore, intelligence is the basis and prerequisite for all combat operations, and it is also one of the objective foundations for determining the strategy to defeat the enemy.
War leaders should always give top priority to studying the enemy's situation when formulating military action plans, deploying troops, and planning major battles.
Countless war practices have shown that knowing the opponent's advantages, reality, strength, etc., in a certain sense, plays a decisive impact on the outcome of the war.
Only by truly knowing the enemy can we correctly use soldiers and weapons, skillfully use various combat methods, properly organize offensive and defensive battles, use our own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, and win by surprise.
"Whenever an army is launched, it is necessary to examine the internal and external power in order to plan its departure."
Before going to war, we must first consider the gains and losses of both the enemy and ourselves, and then decide whether to send troops.
Sun Tzu made it more clear about this kind of examination of the situation between the enemy and ourselves before making decisions.
"The three armies rely on their strength to move."
Intelligence not only plays an important role in military decision-making, but is particularly important in economic activities.
When choosing to invest in a certain country, you need to weigh the political situation, economic background, and cultural characteristics of the country before making a decision.
Otherwise, the industry will conflict with the culture of the local people, and the gains will outweigh the losses.
The main investment in the Han and Tang Dynasties was the futures market, which focused more on information needs.
For example, last time, Miranda time,
"If Yi Xiaohai didn't have intelligence to support him, he wouldn't be able to succeed.
so,
Only by grasping the changes in the financial market through intelligence and formulating corresponding countermeasures can we remain invincible.
"Master Hua, intelligence activities require a huge amount of activity funds, but compared with the benefits that this money brings to the company, it is simply insignificant, so we cannot lose the big for the small, and sacrifice the good for the end."
Master Hua really admired Yi Xiaohai's quotation from classics.
"You know a lot, I feel like I can learn a lot from talking to you."
"Then Mr. Hua, please talk to me more when you have time. I don't charge tuition."
"Hahaha."
Hua Ye laughed heartily, and everyone else also had a smile on their face.
The atmosphere in the office is also much happier.
Yi Xiaohai told Fei Xiaosong that intelligence collection work would be carried out as soon as possible and all the money would be taken from overseas accounts.
And set up a consulting company to affiliate all those people under the company.
Tip left with the task, Dong Li and Zheng Bingyun also went out to work, leaving Master Hua alone in the office.
"Xiaohai, the tof company you asked me to investigate has some eyebrows."
Mr. Hua brought good news to Yi Xiaohai.
"who is it?"
"I don't know who it is, but it's Qin or Qing."
There are three major shareholders of tof company, all of which belong to offshore companies. These offshore companies also adopt responsible cross-shareholdings, and it is difficult to find the people behind them.
The reason why Mr. Hua knows his surname is because the person in charge of Xiangdao of TOF let slip at a cocktail party that he mentioned Young Master Qin.
But because the other party was a foreigner, Qin Heqing couldn¡¯t read it clearly, so he couldn¡¯t be sure.
"Is it possible that those two characters are in the name?"
"When a foreigner calls someone so-and-so, young master, or young master so-and-so, he or she will say the last name, but not the first name. It should be the last name."
"Qin? Qing?"
Yi Xiaohai has no clue.
"It's impossible for him to associate Qin Meifeng with Qin after hearing Qin, and of course he can't associate it with the Qin family.
Mr. Hua saw that Yi Xiaohai had no clue at all, so he continued.
"If you can't think of who it is, I have an idea, but it's not a good idea."
"tell me the story."
"I heard that a mainland company invested by tof is called Dafei Foreign Trade. The boss of the company, Zhao Dafei, has come to Xiangdao. I think I can ask him directly."
Yi Xiaohai understood what Hua Ye meant by asking directly.
"His status is quite special. If we do this, it might be okay if he speaks out. If he refuses to speak, we will be in big trouble. We can't really kill people and silence them."
"I'll find someone to do it, and I won't involve you."
"do not."
Yi Xiaohai shook his head and rejected Master Hua¡¯s kindness:
"The background of this tof is not simple. If you really deal with Zhao Dafei like that, it will definitely be impossible to find someone to blame. You will definitely be implicated by then, so it's better not to"
Mr. Hua was a little moved.
If something goes wrong, given Yi Xiaohai¡¯s background, it¡¯s probably fine, but he won¡¯t be able to say anything.
Yi Xiaohai stopped him because he cared about him. This is a true friend.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"As you said, ask directly, but the way I ask is different from yours."
Mr. Hua meant to use force directly to force Zhao Dafei to tell the truth.
Yi Xiaohai can't do this.
He is ready to "convince people with virtue". As long as he investigates Zhao Dafei's weaknesses and prescribes the right medicine, he believes that the success rate will be higher than Hua Ye's method.