825 Hundreds of millions of dollars missed (94/100)
"How about it? Add forty percent, discuss with them, even if two or one is added to five, half of the family is fine." Zheng Yucheng looked at Wang Guilin, "Tanks and missiles, as many as you can deliver, you can deliver as many as you want." Where can I find such an opportunity to make a fortune?"
Xie Kai didn't expect that the conditions of the prince were brought back, and Wang Guilin, who had always valued money and should be supported the most, was silent.
It was Zheng Yucheng, who looked anxious.
I can't wait to deliver all the contracts at once.
Increase 4% of the expedited funds, where can I find such a good thing?
"Iraq's equipment, it can't be moved. Wang Guilin looked at Zheng Yucheng with an anxious face, "We can't lose our reputation, if we lose our reputation, no matter how much money we have, we can't buy it back, especially in the international arms market, we are just starting out." ”
"Lao Wang, how much can you do with this hundreds of millions of dollars in profits? At least you can invest in the research of a few basic technology projects!" Zheng Yucheng was anxious, and saw Xie Kai sitting on the side drinking tea silently, and he didn't say a word, "Xie Kai, you can tell him well." ”
Can Xie Kai speak?
He was really tempted.
But he also knows that in the international arms market, China's heavy equipment exports have been greatly affected because of the reputation of the 59 tank in the Gulf War.
If you have a bad relationship with the United States, you can spend money to buy Soviet-era weapons from countries such as Russia and Ukraine, and those things, although relatively backward, are not cheap, after all, they are the legacy of the Soviet Union.
What is not good with Russia and other countries is naturally Western countries, which have so-called world-class weapons and equipment from Europe and the United States, so what about the higher prices?
China's heavy equipment exports are almost minimal.
Some customers are traditional old customers in Asia and Africa who cannot afford expensive European and American equipment, and who do not have much cooperation with Russia and other countries.
Although, in the Gulf War, 59 tanks were destroyed from the air, the reputation was really stinked at that time.
Otherwise, the other party would have agreed to such an urgent funding, with Xie Kai's kind of urine that looks at money a long time ago.
"He, if he wants, do you think he will not say anything about this, just tell us?" Wang Guilin snorted coldly.
Xie Kai, this kid, is becoming more and more cunning.
He simply didn't express his opinion on this kind of thing.
"Can't you, right?" Zheng Yucheng looked at Xie Kai in disbelief, saying that Xie Kai gave up hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, and he felt a little incredible.
Many times, Xie Kai took that kind of shamelessness to the extreme, and he also spoke eloquently, saying that national interests are supreme, and there are only interests and no friendship between countries.
Now tell Zheng Yucheng that Xie Kai has changed sex, and for a while, it is naturally difficult to accept.
"I think now that we are not so short of money, we should be more creditworthy. The reason why the United States and the Soviet Union did not take their customers seriously was because their technology was advanced enough and their countries were strong enough. If we want to get more orders, we have to maintain our credibility. Xie Kai looked at Zheng Yucheng seriously and made it clear that he really didn't want to take the money from Saudi Arabia.
Zheng Yucheng looked like he had seen a ghost on his face.
Is this still the Xie Kai he knows?
"Didn't you say that the prince threatened you to either accept their price increase and pay for a part of the equipment in advance, or lose the entire contract. Xie Kai, that's more than five billion, dollars!" Zheng Yucheng was a little angry, "Once we lose such a contract, many of our plans will be seriously affected, and that is our future!"
Zheng Yucheng's voice was so loud that it almost became a roar.
"We can not care about the 100 million dollars, but 5 billion dollars, can we not care?" Zheng Yucheng asked the two of them with a roar.
"Even if we don't agree, there will be no problem with this contract. Xie Kai said affirmatively. "They are blackmailing us with this, just like I wanted to blackmail them at the beginning, and if I didn't give it to the patriots, I wouldn't talk about the contract......
"Can we afford to gamble?" Zheng Yucheng asked coldly.
Wang Guilin stopped talking.
A hundred million dollars, he can not care.
But five billion dollars, related to the development of the entire 404, he could not but care.
It's impossible not to care.
Even the state cannot not care.
But the problem is that this concerns the reputation of the entire unit in the international arms market.
The largest source of funding for 404 is the export of arms and equipment.
"Xie Kai, can you be sure that if you don't accept this condition, it will not affect the subsequent signing? They will still sign the contract quickly and pay an advance payment of 3 billion US dollars according to the contract?" Wang Guilin asked Xie Kai with a serious expression.
Saudi Arabia earns hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and it doesn't care about these three billion dollars at all.
China's foreign exchange reserves last year were less than $3 billion.
"Yes, but we have to do our best to deliver as much equipment as possible. Xie Kai said, "Otherwise, they will sign the contract, but it is difficult to say the advance payment." ”
This is the reason why Xie Kai threw the problem to the two of them.
"At present, the only thing we can provide in stock is 4 flying shield-359s, 100 ground red flags-1......" Wang Guilin pondered for a while, thought about it again and again, there is only so much that can be mobilized in the warehouse.
"The Red Flag-2 is something they need. South Yemen is armed with at least six Scud missile launchers, and the Scud B with a range of 300 km. "If their army doesn't enter South Yemen, the Dihongqi-1 missile, which has a range of only 220 kilometers, will not be able to reach the opponent's launch position." ”
That's just the way it is.
From the border between Saudi Arabia and South Yemen to the southern coastline of South Yemen, it is nearly 400 kilometers.
Saudi Arabia should not have provided North Yemen, which they support, otherwise, North Yemen, with their weapons and financial support, would have reunified North and South Yemen by force.
"We didn't produce this before, only a few samples for testing, until the order from Iraq came...... And the samples used for testing, this time also consumed. Wang Guilin shook his head.
Even if you start ordering production now, you will have to wait until 5 months later to deliver it at the earliest.
"What about the first deliveries to Iraq?"
"It has been delivered, and now the third batch of forty pieces has been completed......" Wang Guilin frowned and looked at Xie Kai, didn't he say that he didn't want to fight the Iraqi order?
"What about our trials?"
"There are only five pieces, which need to be continuously improved, and the new batch of improved five, many improvements, have just begun to place orders. ”
"In other words, we can scrape together ten pieces in a short period of time?" Xie Kai asked.
"According to the technical standards of the ground red flag-2, it will take at least half a month to improve the warhead. Wang Guilin said.
Xie Kai had an idea in his heart, "In this way, 10 of Iraq's missiles will be sent out first, and they will be given to Saudi Arabia first, and the ten missiles in our hands for testing will be changed as soon as possible." What do you think of the usual transportation, which is by sea, and after the change, the Il-76 is used to transport it to Iraq?"
What else?
If you don't want to lose credibility, that's the only way to go.
"What about tanks? They want tanks too. Zheng Yucheng had no choice but to deliver 40 Dihongqi-2, he could get nearly 15 million US dollars more, which was enough to produce one and transport ten.
Can ...... now
"Give them the 359 tanks of the Special Operations Brigade!" Xie Kai gritted his teeth and said, "They were originally used for combat experiments, and they can be replenished in a few months at most." ”
Zheng Yucheng couldn't object.
The tanks in the hands of the special operations brigade were originally planned to be replaced with 359, the price of these tanks is extremely cheap, the performance is not a little worse than that provided to Iraq, and the armor is even stronger because of the reserved upgrade space for the installation of reactive armor.
After discussing it properly, Xie Kai made a list, whether it is the Dihongqi-2 or the M-80 273mm rocket launcher, it can be delivered to Saudi Arabia, but this amount is too small.
The avant-garde anti-aircraft missiles and the Red Arrow anti-tank missiles have been collected for testing at the base and equipped with special operations brigades, and there are quite a few of them.
With the checklist, Xie Kai appeared in front of the prince again, this time with Zheng Yucheng and an Arabic translator borrowed from the military.
"Xie, you know, you will lose the opportunity to make hundreds of millions of dollars!" Wang Ye looked at the list in his hand, a little incredulous.
He has always believed that Xie Kai is a greedy arms dealer.
China is short of foreign exchange, and in the face of such an opportunity, Xie Kai and his greedy people actually gave up.
"Your Highness, the person in charge of our unit is also here, although we are very short of money, but we are more concerned about credibility! Xie Kai's heart was dripping blood.
I knew that I had worked hard, and I had to produce a batch of them there.
If you can't sell it, you can also use it for equipment, right?
Regret is useful.
"Yes, Your Highness, in order to show our sincerity, after the contract is signed, we can provide this list to you, although the quantity is a little smaller, it can also respond to emergencies, and we will produce and deliver it as soon as possible...... Of course, these are all ...... according to the contract price" Zheng Yucheng's face was even more grief-stricken.
Even if he gives up an extra dollar, he is cutting his flesh.
"If you don't think about it anymore, if you don't think the extra money is enough, we can discuss. "The prince thinks that there is nothing that money can't solve.
Xie Kai smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, these batches of emergency delivered to you are all ...... drawn from our troops for combat experiments."
Prince Sultan was shocked.
If this is the case, the sincerity shown by the Chinese will be even more sufficient.
"It's the unit you visited last time for the exercise, most of the weapons and equipment they use are developed by our unit, and the usual training is to help us test ......," Xie Kai continued to explain, "If Your Highness really wants to get more, except for the Flying Shield-359 and M-80 273mm rocket launchers, the others should not be a problem......
Looking at the prince's unsightly face, Xie Kai didn't know if the other party could agree.
As Zheng Yucheng said, they can't bet.
Don't dare to bet either.
A five-billion-dollar contract, which cannot afford to lose.