"Human life?" Hu Qinghua couldn't help but look at Lu Jiadong sitting opposite him suspiciously, then put a few newspapers in his hand back on the table, raised his eyes and looked at the young man who had fought side by side with him again in disbelief, as if he had just met Lu Jiadong today, and then frowned, and continued in disbelief:

"It was money just now, why is it human life now? Jiadong, this good business still has to make human lives?"

"That's why these international arms dealers will pay any price in order to achieve their goals." Lu Jiadong understands Hu Qinghua's confusion very well, after all, at this time, China has not completely opened up the commercial field, and many shopping malls are deceitful and take the opportunity to hype up things, not to mention Hu Qinghua, who is the acting director of Wanshan Factory, even some high-ranking officials do not know very well, not to mention that Hu Qinghua is participating in the international arms trade for the first time, and it is naturally not surprising that he is not aware of the more insidious and vicious tricks of the international arms giants.

It's just that Hu Qinghua doesn't know much about it, but as a military expert who has crossed over from the 21st century, Lu Jiadong knows the undercurrent under the surface of the arms trade well, taking the Frankfurt Weapons and Equipment Expo as an example, it seems that the actual operation demonstration of equipment is in full swing every day at the equipment demonstration field, and media reporters, representatives of various countries, and ordinary people are always surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

However, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that the equipment that is displayed like a dance in the demonstration hall is without exception the products of several major Western arms companies, and the smaller arms dealers or slightly marginal military manufacturing countries basically do not even have the opportunity to play.

Even if you hit the big luck and are arranged for one or two performances, not only will you not receive the attention of the media and the industry, but you may also be exposed by the media with bad intentions of one kind or another, and even some shady scenes will be fabricated. So much so that a good physical display performance has become a ridiculous farce.

The same display and performance, but in a very different situation, to put it mildly, is the result of those large arms companies operating in the back, in order to achieve the sale of their own weapons and equipment. The relevant media have long been bought, and at the same time, several major arms companies will form offensive and defensive alliances because of the needs of interests, thus forming a huge interest group.

At the exhibition, the media was first used to carry out overwhelming publicity, and when it attracted enough attention, the actual demonstration of related equipment began, and then the media overwhelmingly publicized this equipment to the sky, and then there were customers who did not know the truth to seek purchases.

And this is just the most common practice of big arms companies. However, they will not stick to this, for example, they will pay bribes to government officials of the countries that are intended to be procured, for example, they will use certain means to force relevant countries to procure, and even some arms companies will directly and secretly eliminate opponents in order to achieve their sales goals, the most typical example is France.

In addition to geopolitics and energy demand, there was another important reason why France launched the war in Libya in 2011. That is, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ruthlessly and unilaterally tore up the purchase plan of 36 Rafale fighters that had been finalized in advance.

Gaddafi's wayward move completely angered the powerful French arms giants. The military industry circles with the French Dassault company as the core have constantly lobbied the French government to send troops to Libya, overthrow the Gaddafi regime, and support a new government that can continue to fulfill the contract. Until Gaddafi is completely eliminated

Of course, when Lu Jiadong explained the reason to Hu Qinghua, it was impossible to tell what happened in 2011, but Hu Qinghua could still understand the relevant truth. In any case, he used to be a well-known talent in the institute, and he basically understood a lot of things.

However, Rao is like this, for Hu Qinghua, it is still no less than a great baptism of thought, fortunately, after reform and opening up, the mind has also been emancipated like never before, and Hu Qinghua has not rejected it, but there is an indescribable happiness and gratification:

"I really didn't expect that there are so many cats in it, if you are a little careless, it is really possible to plant it in!"

"That's right!" Lu Jiadong nodded, lit a cigarette casually, took a deep breath, and then emitted a wisp of green smoke, and continued:

"Unless, we also have the strength to compete with the big Western arms companies, then we will also have more resources to invest in media public relations, product promotion and other aspects of publicity affairs, but unfortunately, we are just starting out, and even the funds are only enough for the round-trip expenses, so, hey"

Lu Jiadong didn't finish his words, but that helpless sigh was worth a thousand words, to be honest, he was quite dissatisfied with the effect of this exhibition, but he didn't have any way, the heavy equipment could not be transported because of financial problems, so it could only be replaced by a model.

Because of the monopoly of the big Western arms companies, the only real light weapons cannot be demonstrated, and there is no good publicity, and even the best weapons and equipment in hand are a lot of useless furnishings, and the embarrassment of not being cared for can only make the sales dismal and ugly.

Not to mention Hu Qinghua and other members of the Chinese military-industrial delegation, it is difficult for Lu Jiadong himself to accept such a situation, and you must know that the purpose of his trip to the exhibition is to earn enough funds to support the mass production and manufacturing of the YJ-8 anti-ship missile and its subsequent development, but the current situation

Thinking of this, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but sigh deeply again, and then took the cigarette in his hand in his mouth and took a few puffs.

In fact, as Lu Jiadong's colleague and friend, Hu Qinghua knows that Lu Jiadong is more anxious and worried about the current dismal sales performance than anyone else, and talking and laughing in front of everyone is actually to appease everyone, but in the dead of night, Lu Jiadong sat by the window more than once and smoked silently, which Hu Qinghua saw in his eyes.

Otherwise, he would not have come to Lu Jiadong today, in the final analysis, it was to seek a solution, but he didn't expect Lu Jiadong to think about these things thoroughly, and in the face of such an unsolvable situation, the current situation can only be the best result, so when he saw Lu Jiadong smoking again, Hu Qinghua stood up and patted Lu Jiadong's shoulder:

"Jiadong, you have done a good enough, if it weren't for you sitting here to check the gates, maybe we would have been swallowed alive by those scheming Western arms dealers! Now although we have not completed the sales performance, we have not fallen into the trap of those big arms dealers, and it is a merit to be able to escape in peace and stability!"

"Didn't hit the trap?

"What Jiadong, what are you talking about?" Hu Qinghua originally wanted to comfort and comfort Lu Jiadong, but when he said this, Hu Qinghua couldn't help but be a little stunned, he was not a stupid person who didn't know anything, how could he not hear the meaning of Lu Jiadong's words, but he didn't dare to believe it, because he didn't feel any traps or anything like that in the past few days, at least he didn't suffer any losses, how could he fall into the trap of others?

"Jiadong, you won't be joking, we haven't suffered anything, how can you say"

"Nothing to lose? you can take a look at this report" As he spoke, Lu Jiadong picked up the newspapers again, found a piece of opinion article, and then turned out a few similar articles and pointed them out to Hu Qinghua:

"And this article, although they are talking about French weapons and equipment, but in it, they say that the technology of the new 52 times caliber 155mm howitzer we developed is imported from their hands, although the article is very vague, but it will make our new artillery come to the bottom of the kettle.

There is also this report, which seems to be a test report of the Milan missile, but the test object is the Soviet T-55, and the most hateful thing is that the brackets at the back mark the Chinese Type 59 and Type 69 tanks, which can not only show the authenticity of the report and the rigorous and realistic attitude, but also inadvertently put our Type 59 and Type 69 tanks in an extremely disadvantageous position, as if our tanks are used as targets!"

Hu Qinghua glanced at Lu Jiadong's finger a few times, it was indeed the same as Lu Jiadong said, and then his eyes were sharp, and a wave of anger enveloped his fair and weak face:

"Jiadong, who did this, we can't let them succeed so easily, Type 59 and Type 69 tanks are forgotten, our new 52 times caliber 155mm artillery is a trump card equipment that has been tested in actual combat, but no one cares about such a good product, I still wonder what is going on, I didn't want to root the knot here, no, we can't just forget it!"

"We really can't just leave it at that, but so what? What can you find? You know, people run to us every day, talking and laughing like friends."

"You mean the next door"

"I didn't expect it!" Lu Jiadong shook his head emotionally: "This Sarkozy, it's a pity that he is not an actor!"

"I thought this guy had a big mouth and liked to spread rumors!

"If he hadn't wanted to sell weapons and equipment to us, he wouldn't have treated us so elegantly!"

"Hmph, this shameless villain" Hu Qinghua said and slammed his fist on the table, but at this moment, Lao Guo, who was in charge of the reception in front, hurriedly walked in, and when he saw Lu Jiadong, he said hurriedly:

"Captain Lu, there are two Argentines outside, who don't speak English, look at me"

"Argentine?" Lu Jiadong's eyes lit up when he heard this. )