Chapter 229 Arms Sales Agreement of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Hearing this excited shout, Tan Bin was stunned at first, you must know that the location of his office is the General Staff, the army's operational command organ, which has strict discipline, and such a loud noise will never be allowed, but listening to this voice, it seems that he doesn't care about this discipline at all, which makes Tan Bin's face suddenly sink when he regards discipline as a mountain. ∈↗,
But just when his face was just cloudy, a premonition flashed in his mind like an electric light, and then his eyes suddenly widened, and the whole person couldn't help but get up from his seat, not only Tan Bin, but also Qian Lei, who was sitting opposite him, at this moment, the two looked at each other in the same amazement, and the tacit understanding on the opposite side made the two nod at the same time:
"Telegram?"
"Arms sales!"
As soon as Tan Bin's voice fell, he hurriedly left his seat, and Qian Lei turned around and rushed to the door of the office first, and at this time, the eager footsteps were getting closer and closer, so Qian Lei hurriedly opened the door of the office and opened, at this moment, Wang Chuanchen, who was sweating profusely, almost pretended to be full of Qian Lei, fortunately, Wang Chuanchen, as a soldier, reacted quickly and stopped at the door, otherwise he would have to hit a star!
Seeing Wang Chuanchen's anxious appearance, Tan Bin couldn't help but glance at the sweaty Wang Chuanchen and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter, doing so panic!"
"Chief, telegram!" As soon as Tan Bin's voice fell, Wang Chuanchen couldn't hide the excitement on his face, and said loudly to Tan Bin and Qian Lei: "I just received a telegram from Director Liu from Pakistan!"
"Lao Liu's telegram?" When Tan Bin heard the telegram from Liu Haotian, his eyes widened instantly, and then he couldn't wait to stretch out his hand to Wang Chuanchen:
"Quick! show me!"
Wang Chuanchen took out a few pages from the folder in his hand and handed them to Tan Bin: "This time, Director Liu and Xiao Lu have gained a lot in Pakistan, and Pakistan alone has reached an arms sales contract of 50 million US dollars!"
"50 million dollars?" After listening to Wang Chuanchen's words, Qian Lei on the side thought that Wang Chuanchen had said the wrong number, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked:
"Xiao Wang. Are you sure you read that right? How could it be 50 million dollars?"
"Director Qian, I'm sure I'm not mistaken!" Facing Qian Lei's questioning, Wang Chuanchen nodded with an unconcealable look of excitement and replied affirmatively:
"And it's not just Pakistan's equipment sales, the U.S. side has also ordered $100 million worth of arms and supplies from us for in-kind assistance to the Afghan resistance group, and in addition to that, Pakistan and the U.S. have also reached a three-year purchase intention with our foreign arms sales delegation. According to this agreement of intent, Pakistan and the United States will purchase nearly $2 billion in weapons and equipment from our country in the next three years!"
"50 million US dollars, plus 100 million US dollars, and nearly 2 billion US dollars in the next three years" Qian Lei, who was originally familiar with various data, couldn't believe his ears after listening to this huge number one after another, and reached an agreement worth 150 million US dollars, and an agreement of intent was nearly 2 billion US dollars.
Such a huge amount of money has far exceeded Qian Lei's imagination, in fact, Qian Lei, as the director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. According to Pakistan's national strength and financial situation, and taking into account the cost of weapons and equipment provided to Pakistan in the past, Qian Lei concluded that the value of this arms sale to Pakistan will not exceed $8 million at most.
However, what Qian Lei did not expect was that the amount reached by Liu Haotian and Lu Jiadong not only easily broke through the $10 million mark, but also jumped to the 100 million yuan mark. The agreement of intent has exceeded the $2 billion mark.
As these numbers rang one after another in Qian Lei's ears, the so-called astronomical numbers in his heart continued to rise. So that in the end, his whole person seemed to be a little unstable in the sea of money, which made him feel like a dream, which made Qian Lei can't help pinching his thigh with his hand, until he felt the pain in his heart, Qian Lei was sure that he was not dreaming, so he was excited. patted his thigh and excitedly called:
"My good man! I never dreamed that they could get so much money, $150 million in agreements, $2 billion in intentions, my God, our country's weapons and equipment procurement amount in the past few years combined will not reach this number!"
In the face of such a huge amount. Qian Lei's shock was actually inevitable, you must know that China's military spending at that time was less than 20 billion yuan, although according to the official exchange rate at that time, this amount is converted into US dollars is not a small amount, but if it is calculated according to the real exchange rate in the market, then China's actual military spending is less than 5 billion US dollars.
In addition, it is necessary to ensure the research and development and maintenance of nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles, plus other necessary support, and there is basically very little left for equipment procurement in a year, which is why Qian Lei said this, and was even more shocked by this huge figure.
In fact, not only Qian Lei was so shocked, but also Tan Bin, who was holding the message and reading it carefully, when he read these numbers for the first time, he couldn't believe his eyes, and hurriedly ran to the desk to take out his reading glasses, and looked at them several times, and after finally confirming that he was not mistaken, a touch of unconcealable excitement gradually appeared on his face:
"Haha~~ This Liu Daring and Xiao Lu are really capable, not only won Pakistan's arms sales orders, but also received in-kind assistance from the United States for weapons and equipment by the way"
"Physical weapons and equipment of the United States?" Just now Qian Lei was just stunned by the huge transaction figures, and he didn't care about the specific trading country, but now after listening to Tan Bin's words, Qian Lei reacted, so he didn't wait for Tan Bin to finish speaking, and asked suspiciously:
"They didn't go to Pakistan, how could they have something to do with the United States, and not only that, but they also got $100 million from them, didn't they rob the Bank of America?"
"Even if you rob the Bank of America, you may not be able to get so much!" As he spoke, Tan Bin handed the telegram in his hand to Qian Lei: "Just look at it, if I hadn't seen the description above, even if I wanted to break my head, I wouldn't be able to figure out how this Xiao Lu did it?"
"Xiao Lu?" After listening to Tan Bin's words, a trace of doubt appeared on Qian Lei's face, and then he reached out to take the telegram and read it at a glance, but the more Qian Lei looked at his expression, the more surprised he became, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, until after reading it all, Qian Lei looked at Tan Bin in front of him, and his tone was full of incredulity:
"I really didn't expect that Xiao Lu would have such foresight and judge that the United States would provide huge assistance?"
"Originally, I also thought it was very incomprehensible, but if I think about it carefully, there is also a reason in this!" Listening to Tan Bin's words, Qian Lei's eyes couldn't help but stare at it, and Tan Bin didn't care when he saw this, but continued:
"I got the news from the Second Department of the General Staff that the military attache of the US Embassy in China approached the Second Department of the General Staff at the beginning of this year and tentatively inquired about similar plans and attitudes.
"You mean, Liu Daring should know the reason for this, plus Xiao Lu's judgment, the two are combined"
"It should be right!" Without waiting for Qian Lei to finish speaking, Tan Bin nodded affirmatively, while Qian Lei nodded approvingly, and then sighed sincerely:
"That is, his old Liu, if it were me, I wouldn't dare to do such an uncertain thing!"
As soon as Qian Lei's words fell, Tan Bin said: "I'm the same, otherwise how could the high-level appoint Lao Liu to be the person in charge of foreign arms sales, which must value his courage and courage in this regard!"
"Why else would you call him Liu Daring, without this guts, he wouldn't be worthy of being the director of the Third Bureau of the General Staff!" said Qian Lei's face with a bright smile:
"But no matter how bold he is, he has to have Xiao Lu to help him support, I just read the telegram, this Xiao Lu is really amazing, just by this judgment, he can thread the needle, tie Pakistan and the United States together, and use the money of the American family to sit on the business of the two families,
And it also fully demonstrates the quality that an arms dealer should have, a Type 63 rifle costs $100, Type 63 107 rocket launcher plus accessory ammunition $4,000, our inventory equipment is still like this, not to mention others, at this sales price,
Our production costs are almost negligible, and the $150 million is almost equivalent to profits, which fills our purses! Not only that, but with this money, we can be regarded as having food in our hands and not panicking, whether it is the research and development of military projects or the transformation of military factories, we can face it calmly!"
"What's the matter? Now don't you say that our General Staff Armament Department has generalized Xiao Lu's conclusion?"
"You old Tan, I don't say angry things when I'm in a hurry, you can also find fault with this!" Tan Bin's half-joking words, Qian Lei could naturally hear it, so he also had a playful smile on his face:
"But I'm right, you do draw biased conclusions!"
After listening to Qian Lei's words, Tan Bin was a little puzzled: "Oh, how can it be biased?"
"Because Xiao Lu also has an international political specialty, you haven't summed it up!"
"Yes! Yes, you're right!" As soon as Qian Lei's words fell, Tan Bin nodded in response, and then hearty laughter broke out in the office (to be continued......