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Zheng Lanting, who was extremely proud of his son's work achievements, gently pulled Zheng Yi, who saluted him, picked up an automatic rifle with a retractable butt, and asked with a curious smile: "Paul, can you introduce me to these kinds of rifles?" ”

Zheng Yi was contemptuous of his father's pretentious posture, and the look on his face was still very respectful:

"It's my pleasure! Sir, this gun in your hand is slightly different from other wooden guns, this gun is called an automatic rifle by the British, and we Chinese are used to calling it a machine gun, in fact, they are all the same, it is a portable small arms that can fire automatically, except for the shape of the butt and the material, the other parts are the same. ”

"For example, if you have a gun in your hand, the butt made of steel bars can be fired against the shoulder, or the butt can be stowed away to shorten the length and make it easy to carry."

"The price of the three different butt designs is basically the same, and our production cost is less than £2.5, which is equivalent to 24 dollars, and the price is doubled. If large-scale production can be sustained, the cost can be reduced by about 20 percent. ”

"Oh!? Hearing you say that, I want to shoot a few shots right now, haha! Are you confident in the sales of this gun? "Where does Zheng Lanting know the technology, he only cares about whether he can make money and how much money he can make.

Zheng Yi took the gun from his father's hand, skillfully loaded him with a twenty-round straight short magazine, and revealed to him in a low voice: "Xiaofu sent a telegram from Wuhan last night, saying that after General Li Zongren and his generals and colonels test-fired, they liked this gun very much, and asked to ship a batch of three thousand guns as soon as possible. ”

"In addition, our nine-millimeter military pistols Gui army also took a fancy to it, and issued an order for Xiaofu for 1,000 pieces, and 18 dollars a piece with 100 rounds of ammunition."

"What?"

Zheng Lanting's eyes widened, and he was stunned: "So fast? ”

"It's not fast, the five sample guns that Xiaofu quietly brought over are all manufactured under my personal supervision, both in terms of quality and appearance, they are far better than similar products used in the domestic army, the price is moderate, not high or low, and it is strange that they can't be sold." Zheng Yi is as confident as ever.

Zheng Lanting took the machine gun handed by Zheng Yi, observed it repeatedly, and reminded in a low voice: "Don't be busy first, your Uncle Yu must think about it, you can't ignore the Huangpu family just because the Gui department placed an order first, I'll tell you about this matter when I go back, and then I'll finish the qualitative first...... Can you help me, how do I hold a gun? ”

A few Brits on the side had already picked up their guns and started firing.

Zheng Lanting didn't understand what kind of shooting position the gun in his hand should adopt for a while, and finally mastered the essentials with the help of his son, and started shooting decently, but because the finger that pulled the trigger was too stiff, he finished the bullet in the gun within five seconds.

The targets that others were aiming at were all 50 meters and 100 meters away, but Zheng Lanting was aiming at the nearest 30-meter target used to test the pistol.

As a son, Zheng Yi wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so he had to replace it with a magazine, whispered to his father where to shoot, and then adjusted the burst to a single shot, and asked Zheng Lanting to try again.

Half an hour later, the tests of both weapons came to a successful conclusion.

The shareholders were full of praise for the M1928 model, which is simple and beautiful on the outside and excellent on the inside, and the effective range of 150 meters and the accuracy far higher than that of the German-made MP28 submachine gun won everyone's praise.

After whispering with two Royal Navy captains, two HSBC representatives immediately demanded mass production of the M1928 automatic rifle, and then brought the shareholders together to ask that the newly formed precision machinery manufacturing company acquire the patent rights of Zheng Yi, the gun's designer.

The proposal was immediately supported by a majority of shareholders.

Zheng Lanting, as the first shareholder, thought about it, simply called Zheng Yi over, conveyed everyone's meaning to Zheng Yi, and finally expressed his attitude very carefully:

"I support the shareholders' opinions, which are very important for the future development of precision machinery manufacturing companies, and I hope you can give up the patent rights."

Zheng Yi was annoyed, such a move was obviously to stew the hen that would lay golden eggs, but he also knew that only by letting the British hold the patent rights could he sell this excellent automatic rifle to the British Royal Army and a large number of colonial troops, and then obtain greater benefits.

Under the expectant gaze of the shareholders, Zheng Yi hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded reluctantly: "Okay, I agree, how can the gentlemen compensate me for my losses?" ”

The shareholders immediately laughed, and the representative of HSBC proposed to pay 50,000 pounds, which was neither high nor low, which was just within the psychological tolerance of the shareholders, so it was unanimously agreed.

Zheng Yi didn't think so, he thought about it for a moment and proposed another solution: "Gentlemen, I saw an abandoned converted patrol speedboat on the slipway of the shipyard. ”

"If everyone agrees, I hope that the shipyard will continue to complete the transformation of that 150-ton patrol boat, replace the 1922 400-horsepower diesel engine produced by Rover, and then install two 2.5-inch rapid-fire guns with shields, and sell them to me for 80,000 pounds, which means I only need to pay 30,000 pounds!"

"Oh no, no! Dear Paul, the price you offer is so low that it will cost you at least £120,000 to complete the renovation as you want, which means you will have to pay at least £70,000 to recoup the cost. ”

Mitchell, the general manager, spoke out loud about his opinion, which immediately attracted the attention of shareholders.

Zheng Yi explained unhurriedly: "Dear Mitchell, you can't calculate the price of a new ship......"

"As far as I know, the abandoned converted patrol boat on the slipway, which has been in continuous use for eleven years, has long been ruthlessly abandoned by the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet, and has been on the slipway in the sun and rain for almost another year, and if I don't buy it, the shipyard will have to sell it for scrap steel."

"What's more, my requirements are very low, and the shipyard only needs to continue to complete the reinforcement and refurbishment of the hull, and then install a diesel engine with modest horsepower and two small-caliber rapids guns that have long been outdated, which can bring tens of thousands of pounds of profit to the shipyard, which is definitely a win-win business."

Where does Mitchell have such good eloquence as Zheng Yi? In addition, he didn't want to offend Zheng Yi and Sir Zheng Lanting, the major shareholder who reused Zheng Yi, so he shook his head and stopped talking.

Rochester was very interested in Zheng Yi's proposal, and discussed it slightly with the two HSBC representatives, then walked to Zheng Lanting's side and whispered for a while, and finally looked at Zheng Yi with a smile: "Dear Paul, can you tell us who you will sell this speedboat to continue to renovate?" ”

Zheng Yi smiled honestly: "I want to sell to the army of the central government in Nanjing, and only they need such an old and backward speedboat, of course, the shipyard needs to make that speedboat as beautiful as possible, at least it looks like a very attractive new speedboat." ”

Rochester raised his eyebrows and laughed: "It's a good idea, I agree with it in principle, of course, you need the support of several other gentlemen." (To be continued.) )