Luyere couldn't help but be delighted, although Meng Jianye's words were not explicitly stated, but the meaning was also very clear, that is, Endeavor Ships had no intention of competing with the French shipbuilding bureau for Thailand's frigate project.

Think about it, China's 053H2 frigate has nothing that can be used except for a few C-801 anti-ship missiles and a chicken-ribbed ZKJ-1B combat command system, and it can be technically turned into slag in minutes by the "Medina"-class frigates with balanced combat power such as air defense, anti-ship, and anti-submarine in minutes.

If it weren't for the obvious price advantage, it is estimated that it would not have been able to enter the eyes of the Thais.

Now that the Chinese themselves know the current affairs and withdraw from the two-front battle, they also save their own hard work and labor, and now as long as they deal with the Thais wholeheartedly, I believe that it will not take long to win this list.

At this moment, Luyere's mind thought a lot, but it was only a short moment, just happy to be happy, Luyere was still very calm on his face, nodded, and responded pretendedly: "It is good that your company can understand us, if it causes inconvenience to your company, we will help your company solve it as soon as possible within the scope of our ability, after all, we still have some influence in Thailand." ”

"That's great, I heard that your country's Faso company has developed a set of industrial design software, and we have been famous for a long time, since Mr. Louyere is so generous, then we will take your ride and buy five sets of the latest version of shipbuilding 3D industrial design software. ”

Lu Yeer looked at Meng Jianye with a calm face, and couldn't help but be a little confused, he was just polite, why did this guy start to climb down the pole? What's more, did he mean to engage in a conditional exchange? Obviously let you get out of here quickly, okay, could it be that his words were not explained?

"Monsieur Louyère, Monsieur Louyere, are you listening to me?"

Just when Luyere began to suspect that there was something wrong with his expression, Meng Jianye reminded him a few times and pulled him back to reality, seeing this, Luyere immediately refused to open his mouth, but before he could speak, Meng Jianye continued with the previous conditions:

"Let's continue the conditions just now, in addition to the design software, we also hope that your country can provide a number of CNC machining equipment, preferably advanced CNC machine tools that can be seamlessly compatible with design software...... Mr. Louyère, you see......"

If Meng Jianye just talked about Dassault's design software, Luyere didn't want to think about it, and could directly refuse, because no matter how high-end that thing is, it is not a dish of the French shipbuilding bureau, but if it comes to high-performance machine tools, Luyere has to think about it.

After all, in addition to the military ship business, the French shipbuilding bureau also controls many first-class upstream equipment manufacturing enterprises in China, including many world-renowned high-end machine tool brands such as Line and Soma.

If he can get Thailand's frigate order on the basis of winning China's machine tool order, then his trip to Southeast Asia can be said to be a lot of money, not to mention the rebate commission is enough for him to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and the position of president of the international affairs department that haunts him must also be in his pocket.

In short, it is a good deal for public and private, so Luyere frowned and thought for a moment before he spoke: "I don't know what requirements your company has for CNC machine tools?"

"I have a list here, please take a look!" Meng Jianye said, taking a list from Fan Zhuoming's hand on the side, and then handed it to Lu Yee.

When Luyere received it and looked at it, his brows wrinkled unconsciously: "Everything else is easy to say, but the four five-axis machine tools inside are a little difficult, especially the seven-axis five-linkage large gantry machine tools, but they are prohibited by the Paris Coordinating Committee." ”

The so-called Paris Coordinating Committee, or Batumi for short, is an unofficial international organization brought together by Western countries led by the United States in the field of international trade, and its purpose is to restrict the export of strategic goods and high technology by member countries to the red countries.

The five-axis machine tool and the seven-axis five-linkage large-scale gantry machine tool derived from it are all important high-tech products that are prohibited from export in Batumi, so Luyere knew at a glance that the list given to him by Meng Jianye was very heavy, so heavy that he could not bear it.

However, Meng Jianye shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "What age is this, and you are still talking about Batumi? The F-14s of the United States are going to be sold to us, is it useful to talk about these old-fashioned things? The items on the list are priced at $300 million, and if they can be achieved, we will pay you another commission of one point when the things arrive." ”

Meng Jianye said it with pride, as if the 300 million US dollars were not his own, and he would not feel distressed at all if he threw it out, but in fact, the 300 million US dollars were really not Meng Jianye's, but the book assets of his mother's company.

As for the real source, it is more complicated, but no matter how complicated it is, the only thing that can control such a huge amount of money is the existence of the state.

Where does Luyere know so many twists and turns, and even if he does, I'm afraid he will have a headache, because there is no way to trace the real owner of this large amount of money, because when the funds are remitted to the account of Meng Jianye's mother's company, I don't know how many operations have been done, and it has long been messed up.

But that's not the point, because at the moment Luyère is not concerned with the source of funds at all, but on the amount of money itself, and the commission of that point.

Three hundred million dollars, one percent of the commission, that is three million dollars, a full three million dollars, even if Luyere has traveled half the world, seen a lot of winds and waves, and is short of breath at this moment, there is no way that this commission is too rich, so rich that it is difficult for him to have the courage to refuse.

This is not that the restraining force of Batumi has declined, but that China and the West are now in a honeymoon period, and even the Americans are sending good things to the Chinese, why can't the French?

So Luyere pondered for a moment before he said: "Although the matter is difficult to do, it is not without room for operation, so when I report to the headquarters of the Shipbuilding Bureau, if it is approved, I will contact you again to finalize the specific details." ”

"Then please, Mr. Louyere!" Meng Jianye got up and stretched out his hand, and Luyee also stretched out his hand and shook Meng Jianye: "I will give you an answer as soon as possible, Mr. Meng Jianye." ”

"Well, I still have some things to attend to in Thailand, so I won't bother you. With that, Meng Jianye nodded politely and prepared to leave, but before he could reach the door of the living room, Luyee behind him reminded him: "Mr. Meng Jianye, I hope you will do what you said in the bidding for Thai frigates." ”

Meng Jianye stopped, turned his head and smiled kindly at Luyere: "Compared with the bid for the frigate, the industrial software and the machine tools on the list are the things I am most interested in. ”

After speaking, Meng Jianye gave Lu Yee an extremely affirmative look, and then straightened his clothes and left the living room with his head held high.

……

"Xiao Meng, is there a machine tool shop in France?"

When Meng Jianye and his entourage came out of the Shangri-La Hotel, not long after they got in the car, Fan Zhuoming, who was in the same car, worriedly said the problem in his heart.

No way, Fan Zhuoming only heard of Japan, Germany, the United States of machine tools, but never heard of the French machine tools, it seems that in the United States, Japan, Germany under the halo of the three countries, the French machine tools seem to be inconspicuous.

When he was formulating a strategy in China, he had such a question, but at that time, the chief made a decision, and he was not easy to speak. After arriving in Thailand, he was busy and didn't have a chance to speak, and it wasn't until the initial intention of 300 million US dollars was reached that Fan Zhuoming realized that it was 300 million US dollars.

China's annual military expenditure is less than 20 billion yuan, which is less than 400 million yuan when converted into US dollars, and 300 million US dollars is almost one-tenth of the annual military expenditure.

"What do you think?"

Fan Zhuoming, who was waiting for an answer, didn't expect Meng Jianye to kick the ball back again, and he almost didn't hold back his internal injuries, but he still endured and said, "There should be no day and virtue, right?"

"A country that can be self-sufficient in the fields of aviation, aerospace, nuclear energy, and precision manufacturing, and is in the advanced ranks of the world, how much do you think it can be worse than Japan and Germany?" Meng Jianye asked rhetorically, but this time, Fan Zhuoming did not speak.

There is no way, he really can't answer Meng Jianye's words at all, is France's industrial capacity poor? Look at Dassault's Phantom and Rafale; look at Airbus's A-series; look at the nuclear power plants all over France; look at the high-speed railways covering the whole territory of France; look at the Ariane rocket; and then look at the nuclear submarines in the French shipbuilding bureau......

You will know that French industry, especially cutting-edge industry, is not bad, but in some areas even stands out in the world.

And to support the foundation of such a huge industry, if the machine tool industry does not have a little unique skills, how can there be such a great industrial achievement?

In fact, the French machine tool industry is not bad, but it is one of the few top in the world, and it is a senior five-axis machine tool manufacturer that Meng Jianye is preparing to introduce in the seven-axis five-linkage machine tool manufacturer.

Since 1957, the company began to carry out the development of five-axis machine tools, and in the sixties and seventies, the company has formed a number of series of five-axis machine tools, becoming one of the few high-end machine tool manufacturers in the world.

At the same time, Germany's five-axis machine has just started, and Japan's is still groping for low-end CNC machine tools, which are not even slag compared with France's Rene company.

In the eighties, the machine tool industry in Germany and Japan came from behind, but the French machine tool industry that was one step ahead still maintained its advantage in technology, but limited to production capacity and French policy, French machine tools have always given priority to domestic manufacturers, and the number of exports is not much, coupled with the competition between Japan and Germany at the bottom price, so it seems that the French machine tool is somewhat silent.

But that doesn't mean that French machine tools aren't advanced.

Of course, the technical aspect is only one of the reasons why Meng Jianye chose French machine tools, but it is not the most important, the factors that really make Meng Jianye choose to introduce French machine tools, or the French dare to break the routine of mavericks,

After all, Batumi's bullshit stuff is very disgusting, if you import similar machine tools from Germany and Japan, whether the two countries agree or not is this time, the key depends on the face of the American father behind it, after all, these two countries are pinched by the American father, and a bad one can make them unable to survive and die.

On the other hand, the French, although they are in the NATO system, have never regarded the United States as their father, at best they only regard the United States as their big brother, because of this, France and the United States always have a superior mentality of settling accounts with their own brothers, reasonable Our brothers sit down and have a good chat, if there is a problem, you don't care if you are a big brother or not, go to the side, Lao Tzu is too lazy to bird you.

It is precisely because of this attitude that France can have the rooster demeanor of national defense, industrial and diplomatic independence.

Meng Jianye is interested in this, will choose to introduce advanced equipment from France, no way, who makes the Gallic chicken so rigid by nature, dare to be under the pressure of the American father, but also wanton obscene development, this is a kind of ability in itself.