Unintentionally planted willows in the shade, never thought of selling vortex spray fire-fighting equipment, but the business came to the door one after another.

Yesterday morning, the Saudi Fire Department made a purchase intention through Prince Muteb, claiming that if the price is right, at least fifteen vehicles need to be purchased; Then came the United Arab Emirates, which was so worried about fires in their oil wells, oil collection stations, oil depots and chemical plants that they sent the head of the fire department to ask NB Electric's agent in Dubai for prices.

Several other Middle Eastern oil-producing countries have directly contacted the ambassador to Kuwait to NB Electric. Even those switch panel dealers have expressed great interest in representing this powerful firefighting equipment.

In chronological order, the Hong Kong Fire Services Department and the Airport Authority can only come last.

Spare parts are too special to be accepted by people who purchase brand new, and they may not be able to procure. Selling second-hand assembled goods like the ones that are being used in Kuwait will not only affect the brand that has been cultivated with great difficulty, but after-sales service is also a problem, and it is not easy to price.

I have money to make, but I don't know how to make it, but I can't stump the charter.

Considering that the brother-in-law has promised that as a Hong Kong company registered in Hong Kong, enjoying a low tax policy and receiving government grants, NB Electric should also do something for the citizens of Hong Kong, and the charter simply put aside other purchase intentions, and asked Daniel to contact the trusteeship office in Berlin first to ask how much it would cost to purchase two retired turbojet engines.

To his surprise, the Trusteeship Board had been studying for a day without a clear offer, but had asked him and Daniel, the president of Europe, to return to Berlin for an interview.

One gift to Kuwait is fourteen units, and it is so troublesome to purchase two units? Just as he was hesitating whether to return to Berlin, his good neighbors Angela and Dr. Kling called one after another. Tell him to go anyway.

The power grid and power plant are repaired by the chief engineer of Alberta. The desalination plant and water supply pipeline were repaired by Bernard engineers. There are "jellyfish" in extinguishing fires, Chen Zhenghuai helps coordinate domestic follow-up personnel, financial director Wang Bingcun is responsible for settlement, and there is Zuo Heng, manager of the Middle East branch in dealing with the government.

Thinking that everything was already on the right track, it wouldn't do much to stay, so I arranged it. Hurried back to Germany with Daniel.

The phone was hesitant, and the charter knew that Dr. Klinsmann must have something inconvenient to say, and walked out of the airport and got into the broken car he drove himself.

"East Germany once had a powerful military force second only to the Soviet Union in the Warsaw Pact system, especially the air force, which was self-contained, with hundreds of fighters of various types, and if you count the mothballed MiG-15, MiG-19 and MiG-23, at least 1,000. It was again on the front lines of the Cold War, and each fighter was equipped with a brand new engine.

Now it has been streamlined and reorganized, and only the MiG-29, Tu-154 transport planes, Mi-8 helicopters, and some air-to-air missiles have been retained. Everything else has to be dealt with. chapter, this is an opportunity. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we can eat all those engines and convert them into turbojet firefighting equipment to sell to the world. What's more, we can also gain some very valuable experience from it. ”

Turbojet engines and gas turbines are the same principle, and repairing, maintaining, and modifying hundreds of turbojet engines, as he says, can gain some valuable experience.

The charter pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "What models are there?" Can it be converted into firefighting equipment? ”

"Of course."

Dr. Klinsmann turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "There are too many models, from the earliest single-seat and two-seat trainer MiG-15 to MiG-23, all of which can be modified. ”

"What's Angela's opinion?"

"Her opinion is not important, what matters is the opinion of the federal government. The talkative West Germans want you to eat all the planes and provide thousands of jobs. ”

"Former KPA Air Force ground crew?"

"There is no doubt about it," Dr. Klinsmann sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Zhang, my dear little capitalist, the West Germans' money is not so easy to make, and although the proceeds from the fire fighting are entirely from Kuwait, and you have also helped the West German company to grab a large order, the federal government still thinks that you have taken a big advantage." ”

"I did take advantage of it," he said, smiling, and said lightly, "as for whether or not they can get it out of my pocket again, it depends on their sincerity." ”

"We'll find out if we're sincere or not, I don't think it's a bad thing, otherwise they wouldn't have arranged a meeting at Angra's house."

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived at the villa of the former East German Academy of Sciences, and Professor Achim had just returned from work at Humboldt University, and was busy serving dinner to the guests. Angela warmly introduced tonight's special guests, Mr. Meyer Bell, Director of the Trusteeship, and Major General Webb of the Ministry of Defence.

She smiled and asked, "Gentlemen, shall we talk after eating, or will we eat after talking?" ”

The charter let go of Director Meyerbel's hand and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it first." ”

"Alright, let's go to the study."

After the charter and others sat down, Director Meyer Bell took out a list from his bag: "Mr. Zhang, this is the number of various types of fighters and engines that have just been counted today, as long as you can meet some conditions of the federal government, the Ministry of Defense can hand it over to NB Industrial Manufacturing at any time." ”

The charter glanced at it, handed it to Daniel beside him, shook his head and said: "Mr. Director, NB Electric is not an arms dealer, and is not interested in these fighters, even if you want to use the engines on it, you don't need so much." ”

Daniel thought so, nodded again and again: "We only need a few units, you give so much at once, who should we sell to?" ”

The various types of fighters left behind by East Germany were the most difficult assets to deal with.

Before the outbreak of the Gulf War, several African countries were interested in the MiG-21, but a "desert storm" by the US military wiped out all their confidence in the MiG-21. As for the MiG-23, the outdated MiG-19 and MiG-17, which are called "widow makers", no one cares about them.

It feels a pity to send it to the aircraft cemetery, and it is useless to leave it, and it takes a lot of money to maintain it. finally caught a big wrongdoer. Director Meyer Bell will not let it go easily: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. President, Doctor." You can use the technology you've just developed and convert them into turbojet firefighting equipment. This market is very large, and I believe that many countries will be interested in it. ”

The charter still shook his head: "Mr. Director, NB Electric is not a second-hand goods dealer, and doing so will affect our reputation. ”

"After-sales service, this is completely different from production and sales, hasn't the doctor's repair shop always done this?"

"Klinsmann's repair shop" became almost a joke in Berlin, and the old man was very unhappy. He immediately corrected: "Mr. Director, it's NB Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., not my repair shop. ”

"It doesn't matter what it's called, it's important to start this business so that you can make a lot of money."

"I have deep doubts about that," Daniel said, pointing to the conditions indicated under the list, "Mr. Director, an average of $1,000,000 a unit, plus cash and 2,000 jobs." I really can't think of any possibility of making a profit. ”

Major General Webb obviously wanted to throw away this hot potato quickly, and couldn't help but ask: "What about the deferred payment?" ”

"Gentlemen. At Business Talk, we don't make any decisions lightly without doing market research. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, this price is unacceptable, for $1 million, we can purchase three or more retired engines from other countries." You must know that most of them belong to old models, which cost money for maintenance, cost money for modification, and leave some of them as spare parts. ”

$1 million a piece, it's a lion's mouth.

Angela was embarrassed and hurriedly reminded: "Mr. Director, from a business point of view, Zhang really has to consider the customer's affordability. ”

Negotiating, it is asking for a price to pay back on the spot, Director Meyer Bell asked with a casual smile: "How many units does Mr. Zhang think is more appropriate?" ”

"As I said, we don't make any decisions without doing market research."

"Does that mean you don't have any doubts about providing 2,000 jobs?"

"Mr. Director, you should know that we have been working hard for this for a long time, and in Germany, including waste incineration plants, we provide more than 3,000 jobs; In the Middle East, we have helped more than 2,000 East Germans find jobs, and the number is growing. ”

Director Meyer Bell pretended to ponder for a moment, and said as if he had made a lot of determination: "Well, in view of your company's contribution to the federal government, the Trusteeship Bureau has made some concessions, and the fighters and engines on the list are carte blanche to NB Industrial Manufacturing and Processing, and the price will be settled at 60% of the sales price after the modification, and you will not have any risk." ”

In the eyes of others, this is an opportunity for the federal government to make money for NB Electric. But in Daniel's view, this is the federal government's request for NB Electric to help dispose of waste military supplies. Although there is no risk, it will not have much benefit, and he immediately shook his head and said: "Mr. Director, there is a cost for modification, and there is a cost for sales, not only to pay taxes, but also to provide after-sales service." Your conditions are too harsh to be acceptable to us. ”

“55%？”

"35%," Daniel said without hesitation, "35% at most, otherwise you can only find other companies that are willing to take over." ”

Is anyone willing to accept that they can wait until today?

Director Meyer Bell sighed secretly, looked up and asked, "Mr. President, according to this proportion of estimates, how much money can the federal government recover after all these fighters and engines are disposed of?" ”

"I think we can renovate about 500 units of firefighting equipment, and at a million dollars each, we should be able to recover 170 million US dollars. This is the best outcome, you must know that the vast majority of the fighters on the list should have been thrown into the aircraft graveyard a long time ago. ”

600 fighters, those engines don't need to be counted at all, on average more than $200,000 each, which is about the same as the bid of an American aviation enthusiast, but he only needs one, and it is still the MiG-21 with the best performance.

From this point of view, NB Electric's bid was quite reasonable, and Director Meyer Bell weighed it and agreed: "Just 35%, go through the procedures tomorrow, and hand it over the day after tomorrow." ”

Daniel was anxious, shook his head again and again, and said, "No, no, no, where do we put so many planes?" Mr. Director, it would be appropriate to hand over one by one, and we also have to find a way to dispose of the useless equipment, especially the body, which is too troublesome, and I wish they could be thrown into the incinerator like garbage. ”

Major General Webb didn't want to have too many dreams at night, so he proposed: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. President, how about giving you an airport?" I'll hand over the entire Leipzig airbase to you, where there is an aircraft repair shop, fully equipped and ready for your modifications. ”

Leipzig has two airports, one is Leipzig Halle Airport and the other is what he calls Leipzig Air Base.

The charter is all too familiar with that airbase, and if NB Electric does not take over these aircraft, it will become an aircraft graveyard like later generations. It was not until Germany completely abandoned nuclear power and vigorously developed new energy sources that the aircraft there were disposed of and a photovoltaic power station with an installed capacity of 40,000 kilowatts was built.

Taking over the airport is equivalent to taking over the people at the airport, which is equivalent to an additional expenditure, except for that aircraft repair shop, which has no effect on NB Electrical.

Daniel didn't dare to call the shots, Dr. Klinsmann was unmoved, the charter was silent, and Major General Webb proposed again: "Three, the Ministry of Defense can even hand over two more Tu-154s, one passenger plane, one transport plane, good performance, like new, as a multinational company, I think the three should have several aircraft, and only in this way can they be commensurate with your status." ”

"Give it to us?" The charter will be suspicious.

"I'm sorry, I can only give you the right to use it, but you can fly until you are scrapped."

"What's the difference between that and having us pay the federal government for the maintenance of the aircraft?"

After being exposed, Major General Webb said with embarrassment: "Of course there is a difference, you can use it, you can even sell it, as long as you can sell it for a good price, the Ministry of Defense will give you a lot of commissions." ”

From fighter jets to airfields, from airfields to large planes, these guys have changed their ways to make themselves pay for themselves, and in order to continue to mix in Germany, they can't categorically refuse. Looking at the helpless look of the good neighbor, the charter sighed secretly, and said with a bitter smile of helplessness: "Mr. Director, General Weber, how many more things do you want to hand over to me?" ”

Director Meyer Bell smiled proudly: "Zhang, don't be like this, you are a good friend of the German people, and we will consider your interests as much as possible." As long as jobs can be provided, as long as it can help the federal government dispose of these things, the Trusteeship Board will make some concessions on property rights. Believe me, that airport is very promising and can make a lot of money if it is run well. ”

Major General Webb lost no time in chiming in: "There are airports, there are planes, and you can even form an airline." ”

The facilities of military airports are far inferior to civilian airports, not to mention that there is a large civilian airport not far away, and diversion and shutdown are the only benefits. The airliner did not obtain an airworthiness certificate in Germany, and the regulations were ridiculed, and I couldn't help but joke: "General, if I really set up an airline, I will give you a free air ticket for one year, and let you sit on the Tu-154 every day." ”

The plane with such a high crash rate would not dare to sit on the West Germans if it was killed, and even if it had an airworthiness certificate, even if it could really form an airline, it would lose all its money. How could General Webb not hear what he meant, and smiled casually and said, "It's my pleasure." (To be continued......)