"Hello, Minister Wenjin! I am the captain of the Brazilian Navy's aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, and this time the Minas Gerais was sent to the Bazán shipyard for a major overhaul, so I became the head of the Brazilian Navy's new aircraft carrier program research team, responsible for the development of Brazil's second aircraft carrier program! ”

To the point, without even needing Yang Hui to make more introductions, Mittre was very direct in introducing his position and roughly revealing the mission of this visit to Thailand.

That's it, after Wenjin heard it, he fell into a burst of thinking for the first time, it now completely doesn't understand what Brazil wants to play, when it comes to Brazil's second aircraft carrier, then Brazil's first aircraft carrier, is it going to be sold to Thailand? That old thing doesn't seem to have much value!

But there are only some ideas in my heart, and the actual situation is really not clear, so Yang Hui, who is a matchmaker, needs to play a role.

"That's right, Minister Wenjin, this time the Brazilian side is here to sell the aircraft carrier, they need to purchase a new fleet aircraft carrier, but the cost of a single aircraft carrier is too high, so to find a way to reduce the purchase price of the new aircraft carrier, they first found our republic, but due to our country's special international environment and needs, so it is impossible to purchase aircraft carriers with Brazil, but I thought of your country's needs at the first time."

Anyway, it was just to ease the tension between the two parties when they met for the first time, and Yang Hui didn't mind helping the two parties find out the topic, so as not to waste each other's time.

It just so happened that after Yang Hui's explanation, Wenjin's doubts were effectively alleviated, and only then did I know that the Brazilian side did not seem to be here to sell the old aircraft carrier, and now there was a basis for detailed discussions between the two sides.

Although there are still all kinds of doubts in the mind, at least there is an entry point for the topic: "Selling aircraft carriers?" If your country is not planning to decommission the converted Minas Gerais and sell it to us, then I really can't think of where Brazil can find an aircraft carrier to sell to us, at least I know that Brazil is now also a ship importing country, and if it wants to build an aircraft carrier, I think it is unlikely! ”

In the face of Mittre, who came to sell, Wenjin mercilessly pointed out how ridiculous this so-called sales pitch was, at least at this time, he did not know that the Brazilian side was helping the Spanish Bacin shipyard advertise and sell aircraft carriers.

Fortunately, Mittre did not deny these facts, Brazil's national conditions are like that, and the Navy has long accepted these problems. He only knows that the task now is to find a way to pull in an ally and share the cost of the development of the aircraft carrier with Brazil.

first generously admitted that Brazil did not have the ability to build aircraft carriers, and then again denied the intention to sell the Minas Gerais aircraft carrier, and finally explained what kind of aircraft carrier was being sold this time, and why it was necessary to bring Thailand along.

"The reason why I want to sell you the aircraft carrier is because we in Brazil want to purchase a new aircraft carrier, but this light fleet aircraft carrier must be newly developed, and there is no mature template in the world before that, so there will be some research and development expenses and other expenses. If only one aircraft carrier is purchased, all the costs will be calculated in the cost of this aircraft carrier, and the final cost of the guide will be very high, and we in Brazil cannot accept such a result, so we hope that another country can also purchase an aircraft carrier of the same level, so that we can share the cost of research and development. ”

After figuring out the reason why Brazil came to sell the aircraft carrier this time, Wenjin finally became interested, this is the rhythm of organizing a group to buy an aircraft carrier, which can reduce the cost at the same time, but also have the opportunity to customize according to demand, and it feels exciting enough to think about it.

"This is interesting, then I will tell you the truth, Thailand does have the idea of purchasing aircraft carriers, but now the initial intention is to purchase a helicopter carrier, and even the tonnage cannot exceed 10,000 tons, so I don't know how big a gap between this positioning and the fleet aircraft carrier required by the Brazilian side."

What a big difference, this is obviously a big gap, a 10,000-ton helicopter carrier and a 20,000-ton fleet aircraft carrier, I really can't think of how much similarity the two will be.

Feeling that his IQ had been suppressed, Mittre looked at Yang Hui helplessly, and he must have complained infinitely in his heart why Yang Hui introduced such an unreliable teammate, obviously not on the same line as Brazil's needs, and I really can't think of how to carry out this cooperation.

At this time, if you change to someone else, the cooperation is really not so easy to continue, and if you don't do it, the negotiation will collapse directly, but who is the intermediary this time? It's the protagonist Yang Hui, who is not sure, how can he get involved in this matter.

"Oh, there is indeed a big difference between the helicopter carrier required by Thailand and the fleet aircraft carrier required by Brazil, and it seems that it is difficult to combine the projects into one, but if we think about it carefully, we know that in fact, what the helicopter carrier can do, the fleet aircraft carrier can do, and what the helicopter carrier cannot do, the fleet aircraft carrier can also do, so if there is a chance, Thailand can actually consider purchasing the fleet aircraft carrier, which is more useful."

I don't know how the previous Bazin shipyard fooled Thailand, and in the end changed to purchase a light aircraft carrier with a sea harrier, but it is nothing more than that Bazin shipyard controlled the cost of the aircraft carrier, and there is no other possibility than this reason.

And now, Yang Hui has to learn from the methods of the Bazin shipyard back then: "Don't be in a hurry to deny it, we now want to know how much money Thailand intends to spend on the purchase of aircraft carriers, if possible, we may be able to work hard, after all, Thailand's purchase of a helicopter carrier, will also encounter the purchase of only one aircraft carrier but have to bear all the research and development costs, which is not a small expense." ”

With his best efforts, it is not easy for Yang Hui to spend a small amount of money to do big things for Thailand.

But shouldn't there be gains if you work hard? At this time, Wenjin seemed to understand what Yang Hui said, and revealed the maximum budget he could strive for.

"To be honest, our current aircraft carrier project is only an early stage of research, and the light fleet aircraft carrier mentioned by Brazil just now is indeed very attractive, but I tell you the truth, even if it is to purchase a fleet aircraft carrier, the cost that the government can approve cannot exceed 500 million US dollars at most, and it is definitely impossible to exceed this figure, so"

It is worthy of being a small country, and the purchase of a fleet aircraft carrier is only 500 million US dollars, so there are indeed some problems.

It should be known that the British Invincible-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 81 cost nearly 200 million pounds; The third ship of the Invincible class, the Ark Royal, which was commissioned in 87, cost 300 million pounds due to inflation; Calculate how much you will get for building another Invincible-class anti-submarine aircraft carrier in the nineties?

Not to mention anything else, considering that inflation will definitely reach 400 million pounds, and then we have to take into account the exchange rate between the pound and the dollar, the construction of an invincible-class aircraft carrier in the nineties, 600 million US dollars will definitely not be able to run.

Building an invincible-class aircraft carrier is so expensive, and a fleet aircraft carrier with a larger tonnage and stronger performance in all aspects cannot be settled without $800 million.

Now Thailand is going to purchase a fleet aircraft carrier for $500 million, and the gap is indeed a bit too big, and the shipyards of any country in the world will not dare to take such orders, unless it is the Bazin shipyard that is famous for "cutting corners" to take orders, and it has to be all kinds of low costs to work. (To be continued.) )