Chapter 109: Everyone is happy
Huaguo's higher-level departments acted very quickly, and after receiving Wu Hongfei's report, the bigwigs quickly held a small-scale discussion meeting, and finally agreed to Wu Hongfei, or Cheng Yuan's conditions. After the approval of the higher-level bigwigs of the central government, they acted quickly and directly sent a formal negotiation delegation over, and the leader of this negotiation delegation was Cheng Yuan's old acquaintance, Chang Donglin, director of the State Council's Development and Reform Commission.
It should be noted here that the things that Cheng Yuan talked about with General Wu Hongfei or Director Wu Hongfei before were just private negotiations of intentions, and they were not even negotiations at all. Hua Guozheng's current dispatch of a negotiation delegation is a formal act, even if the delegation is going to conduct secret negotiations, but this meaning is different, because the content of the delegation's negotiations is to sign a contract with the other party, and the record is archived, which is an act of national effectiveness.
In the same way, since China has sent a delegation and shown sufficient sincerity, then Sweden should also send a reciprocal delegation, at the very least, Sweden's Saab Group must send a representative with sufficient decisive power to come over and conduct formal negotiations with the Chinese representatives, and sign a memorandum or contract or something like that. If the other party does not react, it proves that the other party is not sincere, indicating that what Cheng Yuan said before is bragging.
Generally speaking, if it weren't for the stakes, a country wouldn't be so childish, and at least send someone to Saab in Sweden to ask if it had this intention. However, if you ask such a question, it will be difficult to control the secrecy, coupled with Cheng Yuan's previous performance, so the superior leaders decided to continue to believe in Cheng Yuan once.
However, it is obvious that some people's worries are unnecessary, and after proving the sincerity of Hua Guozheng's axe, or seeing the official delegation coming, Cheng Yuan also quickly contacted Vivian and asked her to send a delegation of sufficient weight as soon as possible to negotiate with Hua Guozhengaxe.
Originally, Vivien wanted to come in person, but she almost forgot that she was not a princess of Sweden, but a duke of Norway and a princess of Spain, and there was also the honorary governor of the Coron Islands, that is, the Galapagos province. Therefore, at least on the surface, Vivien actually represents the interests of Spain and Norway, and her layout in Sweden is done in the name of Louis, after all, according to the original plan, Louis is the illegitimate daughter of the King of Sweden, a low-key but never negligible Swedish princess.
Moreover, in Cheng Yuan's opinion, it is not a good time for Vivian to show up frequently, at least when her own strength is not strong enough, it is not good for her to appear frequently, so this time it is still just a matter of letting her send an equal negotiation delegation over.
In fact, at this point, the Ostein Group, which has become a behemoth, no matter how low-key it is, cannot hide its figure and prevent itself from entering the public eye. You know, when the Ostein Group is just a small private company and doesn't show its fangs, you can choose to ignore you, but if you buy so many famous companies in one go, and you also come up with things such as robots, new materials, new fighters, etc., then in today's Internet era, it is unrealistic to think about not being noticed.
That is, because the Ostein Group gradually came to the foreground from behind the scenes, the actual owner of the company, Vivian and Louis, which was speculated by the outside world, began to gradually become well-known to everyone, and was targeted by major media, wanting to dig out all the information related to them, but unfortunately the two have been living in seclusion and never accept interviews, so they still give the public a sense of mystery.
However, no matter how mysterious they are, it does not prevent these two princesses from causing a wave in various places, nor does it prevent these two people from becoming fat in the eyes of media reporters, after all, Vivian and Louis have all the elements that attract attention: noble status, ups and downs, mysterious whereabouts, and strong strength...... Everything about the two of them can be made into a Hollywood inspirational blockbuster.
Not to mention anything else, just say that the Ostein Group, which they actually control, immediately upgraded to the top five of the world's top 500 companies after experiencing so many whale swallowing behaviors, and because of its mastery of the most advanced robotics technology and nanomaterial technology, it is known as one of the companies with the greatest potential.
It's a pity that because the Ostan Group is not a listed company, its finances have never been made public, and it is not clear how many shares these two princesses actually hold in the Ostan Group, and the wealth of the two has always been very secret, so the outside world does not know how much wealth the two of them have, and they cannot be rated on the personal wealth list.
Although I don't know how much wealth these two women have, in the new round of Forbes Most Powerful People list, they are ranked sixth and seventh among the world's most powerful people, and in the Most Powerful Women selection, they are second only to the German Chancellor, and together with the German Chancellor, they are rated as the three most powerful women in the world.
Not only that, but it was recently said that Time magazine wanted to publish their photos on the cover of a new issue, but because Vivian and Louis were usually too low-key and never circulated any clear photos to the public, coupled with the strong opposition of the other party, they finally gave up. Although no photos were published, the content of the article still gave these two women a high evaluation, saying that they are characters who can change the world.
The reason why there is such a high evaluation is entirely because the two of them can actually control the Ostan Group, and the Ostan Group is not only huge, with industries spanning Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain and other European countries, and has a strong influence on these countries, but also has mastered the world's top robot technology, the world's top new material technology, and top artificial intelligence technology and a series of technologies that are said to change the world. Just by mastering the Ostan Group, the two of them are ranked sixth or seventh among the most powerful people in the world, which can be said to be deserved.
Therefore, although Vivien and Louis rarely appear, they are already quite famous, and it is good that they do not move easily, but if they do, they will definitely be discovered, and then cause a lot of unnecessary speculation.
In today's situation, once Vivien or Louis comes to China, then there will be no secret negotiations, and they themselves and the Austan Group behind them will be able to let the outside world interpret countless meanings, and it really comes to that point, I am afraid that Western countries, whether out of face or lining, will put pressure and interfere in this, making this cooperation plan of fighter OEM yellow.
In contrast, Martina, who has become a Colombian national hero, is relatively not so troublesome, at least not yet in the eyes of mainstream society in the Western world.
After all, outsiders' interpretation of Vivian is still foggy, so they don't know how powerful Vivian is in Northern Europe now. If nothing else, at least in Sweden and Norway, her words are better than those of kings and prime ministers, and she is a veritable shadow head of state.
Of course, Vivian's power is also a kind of incognito power, which is different from Hitler's completely ** situation, because Vivian doesn't need to come forward at all, she only needs to control the political axes of Sweden and Norway and a few core power figures in the parliament, and then she can let these high-level powerful people issue orders on her behalf like a puppet.
This situation may not be easy to do in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, after all, the number of members of the National Assembly and the Senate is too large, and there are relatively perfect checks and supervision mechanisms between them, but in a small country like Sweden and Norway, which still maintains a constitutional monarchy, Vivian's method is very effective.
After all, under normal circumstances, who would have Vivien's ability to control minds? Who would believe that the dignitaries of a country have been hypnotized and become puppets of others?
As long as Vivian's orders don't go too far and make outsiders look okay, then this situation will not be discovered.
Moreover, even if Vivian can't be absolute in a **country, at least in the Ostein Group and its subordinate groups, Vivian can be said to be a man of his word and has absolute control.
seems to understand this, so Wei Wei'an had to send a little bit of a prison to sell a little cute, and then seemed to be very helpless to arrange a few Conservative MPs in Sweden, plus the vice president of the Saab Group to come over, according to the plan, they will take the private jet of Viking Airways, secretly come to China in their private capacity, and negotiate with the Chinese political axe.
These people came quite quickly, and it can be said that after Vivien made a decision, these people immediately put everything down and set off, but they had a kind of sudden surname in disguise, which made the negotiation process more secretive.
After the Swedish Conservative Party parliamentarians and the vice president of the Saab Group came to China, they went directly to Upper East City, and then began negotiations with Chang Donglin and his party, who had been waiting for a long time, in Upper East City.
Since both sides have established strategies and are more familiar with the general policy, this negotiation behavior, in addition to making a formal gesture, is also to make a more specific discussion in terms of details.
You know, this kind of cooperation in front of you, in the eyes of outsiders, is Huaguo taking a big advantage, after all, compared with the market and resources, the weight of high-end technology is heavier, under normal circumstances, Sweden and Saab will not carry out this kind of strategic cooperation with Huaguo.
Of course, from a commercial point of view, it seems that Sweden has taken a lot of advantage, and without paying a penny, it will get a foundry, even if it has invested in high-end technology, and it is a relatively sensitive technology such as fighters, but considering that Saab is also fully developing the sixth-generation aircraft of the Gray Swan, although this kind of fighter is already the absolute first in the world, in terms of technical reserves, it is an outdated commodity.
From a business point of view, it is cheaper to exchange outdated technology for a large amount of money and speed up the progress of one's own scientific research.
Politically, this is a risky one, but since Sweden has agreed, it proves that the risks are borne by the government, and as a company, this is naturally the best thing to do.
Of course, why do you have to choose China, this is actually nothing to say, although China has problems, but after all, it is currently the strongest purchasing power in the world, it is a typical rich and no technology, and the relationship between Sweden and China has always been good, and it is reasonable to have this kind of business behavior.
But even so, as the vice president of Saab, in the actual negotiations, he still cares for his own interests, simply put, there are more requirements for the amount of capital loans, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will ask for an interest-free loan of 100 billion yuan, which can be regarded as an absolute lion's big mouth.
In addition, as for the question of the whereabouts of the fighters after OEM, not to mention those that are shipped back to Sweden itself, as for those planes sold to China privately, the price is not cheap, basically a modified training aircraft without weapons and avionics system, each aircraft costs 150 million US dollars, comparable to the price of the F22, a typical expensive goods.
Of course, this is a sky-high asking price, and Huaguo naturally has to pay back, after all, the tone of cooperation between the two sides has been set, relatively speaking, this is a loss for the seller, that is, Saab.
In the end, the result of the negotiation was that Hua Guozheng Axe provided an interest-free loan of 30 billion yuan, which was put into the OEM project of the Crow Fighter in five batches, to be precise, that is, the money was directly given to Cheng Yuan's upcoming OEM factory.
As for the repayment method of this interest-free loan, the Chinese side does not want money, but sells the product, that is, the finished fighter product, to the Chinese side at a discount.
The purchase price of this kind of aircraft, the final negotiated price is 60 million US dollars each, this price is the purchase of a modified training aircraft of the Raven fighter, that is, there is no weapon system and avionics system of the aircraft, if you want to install the export version of the avionics system provided by the Saab Group, you will need to add another 20 million, the weapon system will not be provided in principle, and the Chinese [***] side will configure it by itself.
After the negotiation of this deal, I don't know if it was to curry more favor with Sweden or if there was a real need, Hua [***] actually directly placed an order with a total value of 500 million yuan to Saab to purchase the latest generation of integrated combat platform system developed by Saab for helicopters.
Although this combat system is relatively new, it is actually the level of the US Apache helicopter, although it is very advanced, but compared with the avionics system of the Raven aircraft, it is far behind. However, as far as Huaguo is concerned, this system is already advanced enough, after all, they can't get the avionics system of the US Apache helicopter.
Of course, what Hua [***] Fang really covets is the avionics system of the Raven aircraft, even if it is an export version, but people don't want to sell this kind of system, at least not now, they say that they must consider whether to install this set of avionics after the aircraft of the foundry is manufactured.
Just kidding, one of the major features of the Raven aircraft is the intelligent avionics system of others, if there is no intelligent avionics system, then the surname of the Raven aircraft can be greatly discounted, and it can only be regarded as a quasi-fifth-generation aircraft that requires the pilot's full authority. But if the avionics system is installed, it will immediately become a fifth-generation and a half-generation, and the surname can be increased by not a little bit, and it can kill any fifth-generation aircraft in seconds.
In fact, Cheng Yuan can naturally sell this avionics system to Huaguo now, but in this way, it will attract more attention, after all, the avionics system of the fighter is the brain of the aircraft in a certain way, representing the combat capability of the aircraft, or the attack surname. Without avionics and weapon systems, it can be barely said that the trainer aircraft, if it is equipped with avionics, it is a proper fighter, and it cannot be relied on, and it will be blocked by Western countries, or the United States. At this stage, Cheng Yuan is not prepared to take this risk, and it is not necessary.
In any case, the atmosphere of the formal and non-public negotiations between China and Sweden's Saab Company was friendly, the attitude was frank, the achievements were eye-catching, and the prospects were expected, and the results of the talks could be said to be truly happy for the Chinese government, for the Saab Company, or for the group led by Cheng Yuan. (To be continued.) )